twinsmom04
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Hi, know all about draining water and adding antifreeze. But what about stuff like clothes, blankets, quilts, mattresses... does that stuff all need to come out too? Can't seem to find the answer anywhere here in search so maybe that means that its a non question... thanks!
TV - 2007 Silverado Crew cab shortbox with 5.3l engine
TT - 2007 28BHS Passport
campers include me and my 4 year old twin boys and occasionally DH
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garyhaupt
Kitimat, BC, Canada, Mile '0' of Alaska HiWay #37
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Moisture is major issue. Lots of people place trays of absorbent stuff. It's available at RV shops. If your rv is at home, are you going to leave a heater in it? That'll take care of most the problems. Leave a vent open. I know, but the moisture has to able to escape. Your clothes are just fine. Yes, anti-freeze in the lines or you can blow them clear. Check to ensure your hot water tank is drained. The drain cock is on the outside of the rv, in the cabinet with the burner. Put anti-freeze down ALL the traps...shower too and some in the toilet. Throw some down the black/grey tanks. You want anti-freeze everywhere/anywhere water can be. If you are in Northern BC, you'll want to take out the batteries. Starter and house. They can freeze. Open up all the cupboards, take out all soups, juices..any liquid. If it freezes..such a mess. If you are in other than the North, it's your call. When I lived on the lower mainland I never took anything out, but I always had a heater running. Open up all the inside doors to allow for some air movement.
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Gary Haupt..northern BC
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Fizz
Ottawa, Canada
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Do you have mouse problems there? Is your RV mouseproof.
Our cottage isn't mouseproof so we put all clothing in mouse proof containers. We have tight closets and dressers plus a couple of huge rubbermaid bins for blankets and pillows.
Mice love to chew things up to make nests.
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twinsmom04
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Thanks  I've taken out all the canned and bottled stuff. Left the dry powder stuff like pancake mix that is in Modular Mate Tupperware and took out anything that wasn't in Tupperware.
Not sure how the mouse situation will be. Better safe than sorry though as it is parked at the edge of the parking lot at work which is gravel and has a wild berm behind it to protect the neighbors from having to see all the rigs and trailers. I wish I could store it at home but this is at the end of the street. I think I'll go pick up some storage bins. I do have some large ones already but they don't seal shut like the rubbermaid ones... the lid just closes. The trailer itself has an enclosed underbelly but I haven't got under there to see if all the holes have been foam sealed too.
I think I'm actually going to take the trailer in to get winterized.. I just don't know enough of the mechanicals to do it this year.
oh, and I'm in the North Okanagan so we do freeze quite nicely here. We managed to kill the battery already over the summer (too much camping in shade and drained it several times but that's another post)So the battery is going to be removed and used as an emergency spare and then we'll buy another one in the spring.
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Little Kopit
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Bounce is said to discourage mice.
& I, I took the road less travelled by.
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Fizz
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Little Kopit wrote:Bounce is said to discourage mice.
A popular myth
Sorry LK but I proved that wrong by setting mouse traps on top of sheets and filling every trap.
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Little Kopit
TheMaritimes.ca
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Much depends on other camper chemistry eh?
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Eric & Penny
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We don't leave our clothes in the 5ver all winter, just the pillows & bedspread on the bed. Since getting the 5ver 4 years ago, we put A FEW mothballs in about 4 little plastic baggies & poke a couple small holes in them. We then place a few throughout the trailer and one in the storage compartment below. Have never had a mothball smell at the end of winter season and have NEVER had any rodent or anything else enter. Don't know if this would work for the BC climate, but so far it has worked 100% for us in our Manitoba winters. Also - don't know if this is true, but I read somewhere that rodents don't like walking on gravel (which is what our 5ver is sitting on). Does anyone here now anything about this?
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robatthelake
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In BC Mothballs are just too strong, maybe it has to do with Humidity, but that smell is really strong here!
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driveby
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if you can get power to your TT, add a couple space heaters (~$30 at Home Depot) then you can keep your TT at 10C and not worry about it. What I do.
2008 Itasca Sunova 35J Class A
1997 TJ Sahara, hard and soft tops and AC
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