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Maureen4664
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Calendar Event: Picking up R-pod Posted: 24 Apr 2016 at 8:46pm |
Thanks, Charlie. I should be doing that instead of burning my propane. But tomorrow night I'll turn the furnace off and bring one of my small electric heaters out there.
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CharlieM
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Posted: 24 Apr 2016 at 4:16pm |
Originally posted by Maureen4664
Thanks, Leo! Finally got the trailer level enough to separate it from my truck. Now I'm hoping the water lines don't freeze Tuesday night when it's supposed to be 29 here! Think it will help if I plug in and turn the heater on overnight? Are we having fun yet?
| Running a small electric heater inside will work well. Open the lower cabinet doors so the warm air can circulate around plumbing and close the slide. Keep the fresh water tank at least 1/2 full so it doesn't freeze and leave the two waste tanks empty. Most of the RPOD plumbing is within the insulated floor/walls. The most vulnerable section is the fresh water tank drain and/or pump pickup hose IIRC. The hoses themselves are OK, but occasionally a fitting will crack. High 20s should be no problem.
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Charlie
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OLD: 2013 RP-172, 2010 Honda Pilot 3.5L 4WD
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Maureen4664
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Posted: 24 Apr 2016 at 4:01pm |
THANKS, Dave! I didn't see your response right away and posted the same question in another forum. But I'm breathing sighs of relief already and going out to plug into my garage now!
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Posted: 24 Apr 2016 at 3:04pm |
You should be OK with a heater on. I have camped into the low 20's and had no issues.
Glad you got unhitched! All of this gets easier with practice. You'll be fine.
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Maureen4664
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Posted: 24 Apr 2016 at 1:24am |
Thanks, Leo! Finally got the trailer level enough to separate it from my truck. Now I'm hoping the water lines don't freeze Tuesday night when it's supposed to be 29 here! Think it will help if I plug in and turn the heater on overnight? Are we having fun yet?
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Thanks for all the fish.
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Leo B
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Posted: 23 Apr 2016 at 7:07am |
Good Luck!!
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Maureen4664
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Posted: 22 Apr 2016 at 9:56pm |
Home with the new R-Pod! "Trial by fire" as one kind man said when he stopped to help while I was stranded with a flat tire on the thruway. It was there I learned that the trailer tire lug nuts are not the same size as the truck tire lug nuts. I have a Gorilla wrench with two sockets on order as a result of this experience. And this evening I can't disconnect my Equilizer hitch from it's ball. Off to watch YouTube videos now to see what I'm doing wrong. The learning curve continues bending  . Wish me luck tomorrow!
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Maureen4664
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Posted: 15 Apr 2016 at 10:13pm |
The weather has been weird here. A very mild winter and a spring that doesn't show up (except for all the extra light, which is of course wonderful.) The woodstove is still cranked at my house!
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Posted: 15 Apr 2016 at 9:59pm |
Originally posted by Maureen4664
It's been so cold here in April I'm hoping the spring rush hasn't started here. But I'll know soon!
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It's been funny in New England hasn't it? It looked like an early spring, and then everything came to a screeching halt. I just headed out on my first trip today, to the beach in RI, all the way down I saw no campers in tow at all - only boats and ATVs. The bay effect should keep it from getting any lower than 40F tonight.
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Maureen4664
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Posted: 15 Apr 2016 at 7:37pm |
Glad to hear this about Couch's. Their price was so good I wondered whether they would have any service at all to accompany it. Now I won't be embarrassed to ask all the complete novice questions I will have. Thanks for the info!
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Thanks for all the fish.
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