Greetings all. Looking forward to learning about RVing. I'm an oil field engineer and looking into possible long term living in a fifth wheel. The catch though...primarily during the winter in ND. For the past five years I have been throwing the idea around and everyone up here says I am insane to consider it. As time goes by the bug bites harder and harder and it is now becoming more of an ambition and desire. I usually live in the provided living quarters that the operators provide on the wellsites. What I am wanting is to have "My Own Space" and not have to constantly move my belongings in and out of the provided shacks every six weeks approx.
From what little research I have done, Teton seems to be one of the better long term living fifth wheels out there. The size I am looking into is around 30' give or take. I want to avoid the massive 5th wheels for the sake of space on location and less to heat and easier to tow. I have an '08 3/4 Ton Duramax so it can't be to big. I have gotten with my local RV dealer and they said they would go through and put heat tape on all the lines and tanks, totally enclose the bottom and then make a skirting to go around the base.
I am looking for advise and experiences people have had living in cold weather climates. The extreme months like the end of December through the first of Feb, I will probably not stay in an RV because temps get down around -30F and colder. I am more interested in temps -10F and above...not that that is much better.
Thanks in advance for any input and I look forward to learning from all the experience on this forum.
From what little research I have done, Teton seems to be one of the better long term living fifth wheels out there. The size I am looking into is around 30' give or take. I want to avoid the massive 5th wheels for the sake of space on location and less to heat and easier to tow. I have an '08 3/4 Ton Duramax so it can't be to big. I have gotten with my local RV dealer and they said they would go through and put heat tape on all the lines and tanks, totally enclose the bottom and then make a skirting to go around the base.
I am looking for advise and experiences people have had living in cold weather climates. The extreme months like the end of December through the first of Feb, I will probably not stay in an RV because temps get down around -30F and colder. I am more interested in temps -10F and above...not that that is much better.
Thanks in advance for any input and I look forward to learning from all the experience on this forum.