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    How To Prepare And Live In Your RV In Extremely Cold Places
    How To Prepare And Live In Your RV In Extremely Cold Places
    How To Prepare And Live In Your RV In Extremely Cold Places
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    How To Prepare And Live In Your RV In Extremely Cold Places

    By Shawn Carroll

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    After spending several winters living in an RV in western Montana, author Shawn Carroll shares his solutions for the problems of living in an RV in extremely cold weather. The biggest concern facing any winter RVing is freezing up the water lines and holding tanks. Learn how to skirt and heat your RV to prevent damage from ruptured water lines and the inconvenience of being frozen up. These solutions were tested in temperatures colder than -40 degrees below zero

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherShawn Carroll
    Release dateFeb 5, 2015
    ISBN9781310282607
    How To Prepare And Live In Your RV In Extremely Cold Places
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    Shawn Carroll

    Shawn Carroll was raised on a ranch in Montana. After graduating from high school he served a four year stint in the Navy. He has worked on several construction projects in Wyoming and Montana. He became interested the subject of preparedness and its importance during the Y2K scare of 2000 and living in “tornado alley” for four years. It became apparent to him that if one was not prepared for any natural or manmade disaster, they would be at the mercy of friend or foe.He currently lives in western Montana with his wife and has several books in progress. One book is about the EMP threat to the United States and the devastating effects it will have not only here but in the world.

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      How To Prepare And Live In Your RV In Extremely Cold Places - Shawn Carroll

      HOW TO PREPARE AND LIVE IN YOUR RV IN EXTREMELY COLD PLACES

      Shawn Carroll

      Copyright © 2014 by Shawn Carroll

      Smashwords Edition

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. Please do not participate in or encourage the piracy of copyrighted materials in violation of the author’s rights. Purchase only authorized editions.

      This e-book is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This e-book may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you're reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Disclaimer

      This ebook is designed to provide information about what I, the author did to set up my RV for winter living. This information is provided and sold with the knowledge that the publisher and author do not offer any legal or other professional advice. In the case of a need for any such expertise consult with the appropriate professional. This ebook does not contain all information available on the subject. This ebook has not been created to be specific to any individual's or organizations' situation or needs. Every effort has been made to make this book as accurate as possible. However, there may be typographical and or content errors. Therefore, this ebook should serve only as a general guide and not as the ultimate source of subject information. This ebook contains information that might be dated and is intended only to educate and entertain. The author and publisher shall have no liability or responsibility to any person or entity regarding any loss or damage incurred, or alleged to have incurred, directly or indirectly, by the information contained in this ebook. You hereby agree to be bound by this disclaimer or you may return this ebook within the guarantee time period for a full refund.

      CONTENTS

      1. Facts about RVs

      2. Materials Needed

      3. Insulating the Undercarriage

      4. String Theory

      5. Boxing the Tanks

      6. Skirting

      7. Heat Taping the Water Line and Hydrant

      8. Sealing up the Outside of RV

      9. Preventing the Refrigerator from Freezing Up

      10. Basement/Storage Compartment Heating

      11. Sealing up the Inside

      12. Electric Heaters

      13. Gas Heaters

      14. Outside Snow Management

      Appendix

      About the Author

      CHAPTER ONE

      Facts about RVs

      Recreation vehicles are popular for people who like to camp out over the weekends, travel on vacations or live full time as they travel at their leisure. The advantage of an RV is you can make it your home as you travel. You have your own bed to sleep in and your own bathroom to use. The down turn in the economy has forced many people to make their RVs their homes in locations that are not sunny and warm year round.

      The RV manufactures are constantly designing and making RVs that will appeal to a wider range of customers. You have pop ups, slide outs, air conditioners, generators, half RV half car/toy haulers, fold up beds, bunk beds, fold out barbecues, outside showers and the list of gadgets and do dads are endless that one can get with an RV. These options ad weight to the RVs which means the customer has to have a bigger rig to pull it around. This translates to a higher cost for the potential customer which translates to selling fewer RVs. To overcome this manufactures have to build lighter and less expensive RVs. They build the RVs with lighter materials so they can add as many options as possible to gain sales to a wide range of customers. Unfortunately one of the areas where the RV manufactures cut weight and cost is

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