Winter Camping with a slide in...

[dexter]

I am posting for buddy who cant log in...

He picked up a slide in camper for his truck and wanted to see if anyone here had advice or tricks for us... we plan on doing some riding in remote areas and will be using the camper for base camp. Insulating tips?? wrapping propane tanks??


Thanks...

 

[dan wilson]

biggest thing I could tell you about camping in the winter,have extra propane tank's,you will go thru them,have a mr.buddy heater also,that will help keep a little warmer and the furnace does not run as much,they have a low oxagen sensor and will shut off for safety,most camper's are not well insulated,so bring extra blanket's,sleeping bag's,so you can keep the heat down a little at night so the furnace does not run as much.take water in jug's and keep inside,water pipe's freeze very quick in camper's,take r.v antifreeze for the tank's so they don't freeze up,I just bring water to do dish's and clean up.

 

[WANN4STROKE]

I use winshield washer fluid in the toilet and use my HONDA 2000 to run the furnace at night.

David

 

[yam177]

I used one for racing. Just brought a big propane bottle in the trailer worked fine for us

 

[arteeex]

A down sleeping bag with a -30 rating and you're all good. There's no reason to go for carbon monoxide poisoning in your sleep. That makes a lot of paperwork for the folks that find your body.

Keep some windows open so the moisture from your breath can get out of the truck and your stuff will stay dry. I've done this quite often in temps down to -30 and it's completely managable. Save the heater for when you're awake.

 

[yam177]

A down sleeping bag with a -30 rating and you're all good. There's no reason to go for carbon monoxide poisoning in your sleep. That makes a lot of paperwork for the folks that find your body.

Keep some windows open so the moisture from your breath can get out of the truck and your stuff will stay dry. I've done this quite often in temps down to -30 and it's completely managable. Save the heater for when you're awake.

See below I though this is what he was talking about. I used to use one and they worked great

 

[dexter]

thanks guys... yam177 that is the type of camper he has. slides right in the back of the truck.

he just bought a honda 2000 suitcase and it seems to run everything fine.

any insulation underneath???

 

[yam177]

I spray foamed the underside of the Bed of the truck. Seemed to help alot!!!. I put insulation in the sides as much as I could I camped at -25 and the inside stated 64 so I was fine.


I replaced it with this

 

[dexter]

wow.. well done

 

[SnowBandit]

yam177 nice setup. I would love to get a goose neck trailer setup like that.

 

[dexter]

anyone wrap the propane bottles to keep them warm? supposedly warm propane burns more efficiently??

 

[THKSNOW]

anyone wrap the propane bottles to keep them warm? supposedly warm propane burns more efficiently??

The 500 gallon propane tank in my yard(s) doesn't wear a coat...

 

[Sasquatch]

anyone wrap the propane bottles to keep them warm? supposedly warm propane burns more efficiently??

No warm propane has more pressure. At -40 and colder you can open a near empty bottle and nothing comes out. I have seen a truck not start because it was so cold out. They opened up one of the lines and no propane came out of it. They put the line back on and pushed it into a heated shop for a few hours. It started right up. Gauge said half a tank of propane. Propane can freeze.

I once used my slide in camper in the winter at -30 to -40C I only lit the furnace after supper and shut it down in the morning. Went through 10pds of propane a day. The snow melted on the roof and I has icicles as big as trees down the sides of the truck. Not well insulated that camper was.

I replaced my camper with another one that is better insulated so it depends on the camper as to how it is in the cold winter temps. Both my slide ins do not need electricity to run tha furnace. Campers past 1975 or so all now have electric blowers on them. You do need a generator to keep the batteries changed up all night. Furnace will kill a battery in a few short hours.

 

[dexter]

thanks sasquatch... that is what I was looking for. Lots of people have no idea what we are talking about.

 

[yam177]

thanks sasquatch... that is what I was looking for. Lots of people have no idea what we are talking about.

I have not had any issues with mine even at -30F temps but to each their own