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05-10-2015, 12:18 PM
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Crap....Very Worried...Got VERY Cold
Went on our first 4-day camping trip last week and a very rainy front came in...but we still enjoyed ourselves. (A rainy day camping is better than a sunny day at work!)
Anyway, the weather report was for more rain with a low (last night) of only 32. So on Saturday I was going to wash the trailer before parking her in the lot but more rain moved in. So we got the inside all cleaned out and I drained the fresh water tank and heater and let the water out of the low point drains.
Rained turned to snow around 8 last night (low-30's) and, this morning it was 22 freakin-degrees....I'm very worried about water freezing in the trailer and will have to go get her in a few days to do some checking.
Crazy Rocky Mountain weather...sometimes I really hate it... 
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Rick & Karen
(Retired USAF, MSgt)
Monument, Colorado
8-year Travel Trailer RVers
2013 Forest River Rockwood Ultra-Lite 2904SS
2014 Toyota Tundra Maxcrew SR-5 TRD 4x4 (with Firestone airbags in the rear)
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05-10-2015, 12:26 PM
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Join Date: May 2015
Location: Colorado's Front Range
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We picked up our 2016 Roo 21SSL on Friday. The guys at the dealership had filled the fresh water tank to test everything, and asked if we wanted them to empty it before we left. I felt bad that it was raining so hard, and told them no, we'd do it. So then it started snowing last night, and we woke up to almost a foot here in Aurora. Yikes! I turned on the water heater, tank heaters, and furnace, and let them run all night. I went out this morning and water flowed from all of the faucets, so I guess that's a good sign!
Hope yours fared as well-I was sweating it for sure, with a brand new trailer!
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05-10-2015, 12:28 PM
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Left Coast
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: vancouver,washington
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What's the elevation there? Here it's nice today, and we're at 400'.
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05-10-2015, 12:29 PM
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Did you just let the water drain out the low point or did you blow out with air?
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05-10-2015, 12:35 PM
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I was going to blow it out with air but it started pouring so only drained both low points, fresh water, and water heater. (And opened all faucets when they were open to help drain.)
From now on, going to blow out the lines with my compressor.
Oh, my house is at 7,000 feet but the trailer is parked at the Air Force Academy which is around 6,200 feet.
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Rick & Karen
(Retired USAF, MSgt)
Monument, Colorado
8-year Travel Trailer RVers
2013 Forest River Rockwood Ultra-Lite 2904SS
2014 Toyota Tundra Maxcrew SR-5 TRD 4x4 (with Firestone airbags in the rear)
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05-10-2015, 12:45 PM
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Yeah...we used to live out west - crazy is a mild way to describe the weather! I remember one memorial day in N NM .... It hailed so hard that 2" of pea-sized hail accumulated before it melted about 2 hours later 
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05-10-2015, 02:26 PM
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Left Coast
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: vancouver,washington
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What a guy will do and go to to be closer to heaven! Good luck.
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05-11-2015, 11:14 PM
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Life in Colorado is not for the meek. We're just east of the other CO posters. On Saturday we started with a flood advisory, that graduated to a flood warning for the Platte River. Then we had a Flash Flood warning for small steams and creeks. Then we had a Severe Thunderstorm warning and a Tornado Watch. By evening we moved into a Frost Advisory and a Winter Storm Warning with snow totals expected to be 6" to 10". All we need now are the locusts and frogs to make the weekend biblical.
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05-11-2015, 11:28 PM
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You should be fine. It would have to be below freezing for quite a few hours before it would start to freeze completely solid in your lines. Some ice may have formed which I doubt but not cold enough to freeze solid expand and break a line. I wouldn't worry to much about it.
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05-12-2015, 10:14 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by wyo700
You should be fine. It would have to be below freezing for quite a few hours before it would start to freeze completely solid in your lines. Some ice may have formed which I doubt but not cold enough to freeze solid expand and break a line. I wouldn't worry to much about it.
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Yes, I believe so....I've had to work (I work 12-hour shifts) every day but a friend didn't have his winterized or even drained and he checked it and everything was fine.....phew.
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Rick & Karen
(Retired USAF, MSgt)
Monument, Colorado
8-year Travel Trailer RVers
2013 Forest River Rockwood Ultra-Lite 2904SS
2014 Toyota Tundra Maxcrew SR-5 TRD 4x4 (with Firestone airbags in the rear)
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05-12-2015, 10:26 AM
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Location: Centennial, CO
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Colorado Rick - we are staying in Monument, Colorado. It was definitely a crazy weekend. At 7,300 feet, things go from nice to crazy weird in seconds. Got to love Colorado!!
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05-13-2015, 08:43 PM
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Yea, CO, UT, ID, WY, MT all have weather patterns that can change in hours from sunny and warm to cold and wet. Been there; done that. But damn it's fun!!!!!! 
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05-13-2015, 09:00 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by f5moab
Yea, CO, UT, ID, WY, MT all have weather patterns that can change in hours from sunny and warm to cold and wet. Been there; done that. But damn it's fun!!!!!! |
Your avatar says it all......(sled puppy)
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05-13-2015, 10:15 PM
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Forgot to change my avatar...Sled Puppies....
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Trailer: Lifted 228BH, heavy duty springs and Yokohama tires DELAMINATED ROOF
TV: 2016 GMC Sierra Z71 4x4 CC, SLT
Spare TV: Two Alaskan Malamutes
Living somewhere in ID; previously lived in Moab UT; previous to that, don't ask!
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05-13-2015, 10:19 PM
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Left Coast
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Quote:
Originally Posted by f5moab
Forgot to change my avatar...Sled Puppies.... |
Beautiful! 
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05-14-2015, 09:29 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by f5moab
Forgot to change my avatar...Sled Puppies.... |
Are those Alaskan Malamutes? My childhood dog was one...great dog!!
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Rick & Karen
(Retired USAF, MSgt)
Monument, Colorado
8-year Travel Trailer RVers
2013 Forest River Rockwood Ultra-Lite 2904SS
2014 Toyota Tundra Maxcrew SR-5 TRD 4x4 (with Firestone airbags in the rear)
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05-14-2015, 10:17 PM
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Sure are. Three year old female (darker coat), two year old male. Female raised as a pup from 8 weeks, male picked up a few weeks ago in Reno from a foster home from a local Malamute rescue.
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Trailer: Lifted 228BH, heavy duty springs and Yokohama tires DELAMINATED ROOF
TV: 2016 GMC Sierra Z71 4x4 CC, SLT
Spare TV: Two Alaskan Malamutes
Living somewhere in ID; previously lived in Moab UT; previous to that, don't ask!
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06-01-2015, 11:23 AM
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Since not posting conclusions to threads are pet peeves, I'm happy to report the cold spell didn't harm anything in the trailer.
One positive thing is that we'll be camping well into late-fall this year as I will blow out the lines between camping.
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(Retired USAF, MSgt)
Monument, Colorado
8-year Travel Trailer RVers
2013 Forest River Rockwood Ultra-Lite 2904SS
2014 Toyota Tundra Maxcrew SR-5 TRD 4x4 (with Firestone airbags in the rear)
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