Friends,
This Forum has been a great resource for information, clarifications and plenty of helpful tips. Yes I've been trolling but now I need a little help, or maybe just some assurance to calm some fears.
My wife & I have been researching RVs for several years now, looking to re-start our lives with new adventure. We're both retired in our mid+ 60s, love to travel but haven't been able to do much, still anchored with family support, but we've been preparing for when we can actually get away.
Well... after renting an RV for a test run last fall (great trip), attending a bunch of RV shows, comparing hundreds of layouts and just researching the heck out of things ( 8) trolling this great forum), we settled on a 2018 Coachmen Leprechaun 319MB (Class C), found the one we wanted in February and next week we go pick it up. The rig is currently in North West PA and we're in Maryland about 350+ miles distant.
This forum has been an absolutely great resource and rather than trolling... I need a bit of advice or perhaps just some reassurance for our trip back. After the checkout inspection and spending the first night at the dealer for a live in check out, we plan to take two days to bring it home. Now the problem. Part of the reason for us not scheduling pick up until April is weather. The weather has been pretty good but currently it is predicted to be in the mid-high 30's daytime and going down to about 27 at night. My concern is potential freezing of water lines. I can disconnect the city water during the night but the rig will have water in it (can't really checkout systems in a winterized RV). I'm bringing a small electric heater to potentially put under the RV and an incandescent work light to perhaps hang someplace where the water lines might be (Don't really know the water line arrangement yet).
Anything else I could do, should we winterize before we leave the Dealer or is one 27 degree night not of great concern?
Thanks for all of the great advice I've gotten from this site and look forward to reading more of your discussions.
.\Mark
This Forum has been a great resource for information, clarifications and plenty of helpful tips. Yes I've been trolling but now I need a little help, or maybe just some assurance to calm some fears.
My wife & I have been researching RVs for several years now, looking to re-start our lives with new adventure. We're both retired in our mid+ 60s, love to travel but haven't been able to do much, still anchored with family support, but we've been preparing for when we can actually get away.
Well... after renting an RV for a test run last fall (great trip), attending a bunch of RV shows, comparing hundreds of layouts and just researching the heck out of things ( 8) trolling this great forum), we settled on a 2018 Coachmen Leprechaun 319MB (Class C), found the one we wanted in February and next week we go pick it up. The rig is currently in North West PA and we're in Maryland about 350+ miles distant.
This forum has been an absolutely great resource and rather than trolling... I need a bit of advice or perhaps just some reassurance for our trip back. After the checkout inspection and spending the first night at the dealer for a live in check out, we plan to take two days to bring it home. Now the problem. Part of the reason for us not scheduling pick up until April is weather. The weather has been pretty good but currently it is predicted to be in the mid-high 30's daytime and going down to about 27 at night. My concern is potential freezing of water lines. I can disconnect the city water during the night but the rig will have water in it (can't really checkout systems in a winterized RV). I'm bringing a small electric heater to potentially put under the RV and an incandescent work light to perhaps hang someplace where the water lines might be (Don't really know the water line arrangement yet).
Anything else I could do, should we winterize before we leave the Dealer or is one 27 degree night not of great concern?
Thanks for all of the great advice I've gotten from this site and look forward to reading more of your discussions.
.\Mark