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    Posted: 06 Oct 2013 at 11:22pm
This past weekend we took our 151 on its second camping trip since we bought it 4 weeks ago.
We headed up the road to Silver City, Id.. Well about a half hour before dark, snow was here and there but not on the dirt road. Well the higher we got, the more unnerving the drive became. We finally found a area big enough to turn around and park. So we camped overnight at 6500 ft. with some strong gusty winds. I kept waiting for them to subside but they were relentless till we got off the mountain.
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 Give oneself 4 times as long to get up a dirt road than driving without trailer.
 Make sure winds are not hitting the left side of trailer, winds blow in and keep the inside
about the same temp as outside.
 Need to replace those high coefficient of cooling blinds with CURTAINS.
The new 3.90 rear end ratio did help quite a bit on the hills. First trip out the small 4.6 v8 struggled with the stock 3.55 ratio. Also hit  Dan's Ferry Service Gas Station that only sells non ethanol gas.  


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 07 Oct 2013 at 8:33am
Sounds like it was a bit chilly and nerve-wracking, but the view you had looks like it was gorgeous and worth the trip! 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 07 Oct 2013 at 5:47pm
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 07 Oct 2013 at 7:56pm
Odd that you had a problem with the wind keeping the interior so cold, have you looked for unsealed openings, such as around the fridge and holes in the floor?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 07 Oct 2013 at 9:32pm
I will check around the fridge, no holes in the floor, did find major gaps before the trip around the
aft storage doors. They cut out an extra inch or so of foam and did to fill it in after installing the doors.
luckly I had insulated the exterior plumbing as they was ice on the side of the trailer in the morning.
Made sure and ran the water for a bit every 2 hours or so.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 08 Oct 2013 at 5:02am
I wondered how cold it was. We spent a couple of weeks in our 177 when it was windy and 34 or 35 degrees at night, and the heater did a good job keeping things warm. I never have been out when it was freezing, so that may have been the difference.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 08 Oct 2013 at 2:41pm
Closest town was 27 that night, so we were a few thousand feet higher.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 08 Oct 2013 at 9:33pm

Originally posted by Keith-N-Dar

I wondered how cold it was. We spent a couple of weeks in our 177 when it was windy and 34 or 35 degrees at night, and the heater did a good job keeping things warm. I never have been out when it was freezing, so that may have been the difference.

I've camped in mine at 10 F.  My little electric heater barely ran yet it was still toasty inside, even with the vent cracked open and a window cracked open (moisture control).

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 08 Oct 2013 at 9:42pm
The wind makes a difference, but ours is tight as a drum, so my guess is that we would be fine below freezing in the wind.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 09 Oct 2013 at 6:19pm
From looking at the fridge with outside vent cover removed, there is about an eight inch gap between the bottom of the fridge and the wood support. Should this be sealed?
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QUOTE=mtbmitch]I will check around the fridge, no holes in the floor, did find major gaps before the trip around the
aft storage doors. They cut out an extra inch or so of foam and did to fill it in after installing the doors.
luckly I had insulated the exterior plumbing as they was ice on the side of the trailer in the morning.
Made sure and ran the water for a bit every 2 hours or so.
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