It has to be quite cold to get the waste tanks to freeze. What freezes is the pipe leading to the knife valves. Just make sure left side of the coach faces south and only dump in the late afternoon in the sun. After you dump, just add a couple quarts of RV antifreeze to the tanks to fill the dump pipes. Skirting the entire coach works much better than any other type of insulation. Never depend shore water. Use only your internal tank and refill in the late afternoon as needed.
Move south when the night time temps get below 15 degrees or expect losses. It is much easier to put up with 100+ degree days than to survive a zero degree night.
I learned that hard way after being trapped in the closed KOA in Lyman, WY, after 22 inches of snow and the temperatures in the low teens. It was the end of March. We spent 4 days in the closed KOA (opens May 15) waiting for the highway to open east of Lyman. Fortunately the KOA owner lives on site and took pity on the poor stranded folks and turned on the electricity. By the way, it is a great KOA and run by the nicest people you will ever meet.
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Jim & Roy Davis
2016 Hurricane 31S
1961 Rampside in tow
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