Indoor Storage Tips?

[Theo]

Our TT is wintering indoors this year. It will be inside a large building with a concrete floor...but...it is not a heated space. I was thinking that it might be a good idea to leave the roof vents open a tad to help keep the the TT from smelling musty. Is this recommended?

We've winterized and removed most of what is kept in the TT (except glasses & dishwater). The batteries are being kept at home on a Battery Tender. Tires are filled to max cold pressure.

Are there other indoor storage tips I should think about?

TIA!

[fella10]

rain, wind, snow, sun, travel, ... we haven't closed our bath vent since the day we towed the trailer off the lot 4yrs ago, ... the other one is over our bed and we do open it occasionally, but most often keep it closed and stuff one of those square pillows in it, ...

correction: I did close the bath vent one time when we had a hurricane coming, other than that, full open from the day we got it in 2015, ...

[Hatchdog]

Like you I too store indoors, unheated building with a concrete floor. I open all vents an inch or two and a few windows too. I also put an air dryer as shown in the link below to keep air flow going. This prevents humidly and keeps the air fresher also.

Next year I plan on keeping the tires off the concrete floor which was recommended to me on a classic car forum. My trailer has the OEM Castle Rock tires on it which I plan on replacing next spring so I didn’t worry about them being on the concrete. Not sure if there is any validity to the tire on concrete thought but for a not a whole lot of dollars I bought plastic garage floor tiles for my car to park on.

https://www.westmarine.com/buy/west-...18?recordNum=1

[tdisraeli]

I've been doing this for years per advice from my neighbor. Primary benefit, indoors or outdoors, is preventing any creases in your rubber. He told me to either put my TT on jacks or at least move the trailer a foot in either direction, 2-3x a winter.

[CincyGus]

Originally Posted by fella10

rain, wind, snow, sun, travel, ... we haven't closed our bath vent since the day we towed the trailer off the lot 4yrs ago, ... the other one is over our bed and we do open it occasionally, but most often keep it closed and stuff one of those square pillows in it, ...

correction: I did close the bath vent one time when we had a hurricane coming, other than that, full open from the day we got it in 2015, ...

X2 ---This assuming you have a vent cover over it such as a MAXAIR vent cover or similar.

Dishwater statement concerns me. If you mean dish soap or something else, okay. As far as water, I'd remove it all prior to freezing temps if you have them. RV winterization videos all over Youtube will walk you through that if needed.

A couple other things I do is take a bar of Irish Springs bar soap and shave it into slivers and put it around my tires and tongue jack to repel mice. I also set traps under sinks where water lines come up through the floor because those little buggars can make themselves almost flat to get into a place they want in. We clean out any food not in cans or sealed jars. That said, I've never had a mouse in 10 years of owning a camper using this technique and never caught a mouse in one of my under cabinet sinks. I don't know if the Irish Springs thing really works or I've just been fortunate but I read that on a forum when I first started, had no mice so I've continue to do it yearly.

[Theo]

Thanks, all! We’re ready to take the TT in 2-days!

Correction: “dishwater” s/b dishware!

[Chuck_S]

15 winters in a barn at the fairgrounds in Cleveland for my Roo and C-Dory (motorboat). They only recently required removing the propane tanks -- use them on my gas grill at home.

Normal winterization (blow out the water lines). Remove food. Can't think of anything else.

Roof vents are literally always open in summer or winter storage. Batteries remain in place as they self discharged very slowly when cold. Negative connection to the battery switches so there is no parasitic electrical draw whatsoever. 12.4vDC in April is 80% charged.

-- Chuck

[Theo]

Batteries (2-6v) will be removed and will join my tractor battery on a garage shelf with Battery Tenders. I think I'll keep the LP tanks on the TT.


Yes, we do have the vent covers over both fans so the fan hatches will remain partially open.


Thanks!

[njfishing]

Never in all my years of storing did I ever feel the need to jack up the RV to take the pressure off the tires and never had any issues so seems like some extra work with little benefit... Tires are usually replaced every 6 years anyway with out regard to the amount of tread left just to be in the safe side...

If you decide to go this route before you do, you'd probably want to contact the manufacturer to make sure you are using the proper jack points so you don't do more harm then good.

[Theo]

Not jacking mine up either! The facility I use does not allow customers to park their own units or work on their RVs. It is a high security facility and anyone entering must be escorted by a security guard.

OTH, it's very convenient and you can watch as the skid-steer takes your RV inside and maneuvers it in place. It's amazing how they can control the RV with the skid-steer!