Welcome to New Members

[Jon in AZ]

Even a 4 season trailer has to be winterized for storage in a cold climate. Keeping the furnace running to protect plumbing continuously would be prohibitive in terms of propane use.

If you use the trailer all winter, that's not an issue, but if you come and go, you are left with the dilemma... winterize while you're home for a spell, or heat the trailer...?

My mother always had that problem- she'd camp locally into the fall, stay home through the holidays, and take off for Florida or the Southwest in January. Every year she had to decide whether to winterize after the last fall trip. Since the climate in Maryland does not get bitterly cold, her usual solution was an electric space heater for that couple of months. That won't work for all RV's, depending on the location of plumbing and tanks. Hers was a small Class B and a small ceramic cube heater kept it from freezing with overnight temperatures in the 20's.

Perhaps a moderator could break off this conversation to a separate thread?

[David Tilston]

Originally Posted by rbryan

I think an all season or 4 season camper generally means one where you don't need to winterize and can camp in year round.

Nope. You still must winterize, or heat the trailer year round. Otherwise freezing will occur. Which will burst your water heater, plumbing, and maybe even your holding tanks.
Heating year round sounds expensive to me. Thus you drain everything, and put antifreeze in the lines. I am no expert on winterizing, I don't do it.
This is one of the reasons I like my simple Trilliums. I don't use the water system at all. It is bone dry.

Sorry for using the welcome to new members thread, but a burst hot water tank sucks.

On edit: Ahh, I see Jon beat me to it.

[rbryan]

Well yes, if you are going to store it in sub freezing temps, you have to winterize. My comment was regarding no need to winterize if camping for extended periods of sub freezing temps. Guess I should have clarified.

[Elphaba58]

Hi, I'm new to this site. I don't own an RV yet, but I'm looking to purchase one - new or used - within the next year. I'd like something small to start. I'm planning on semi-retiring, so I'll have more time to travel.

[War Eagle]

Originally Posted by Elphaba58

Hi, I'm new to this site. I don't own an RV yet, but I'm looking to purchase one - new or used - within the next year. I'd like something small to start. I'm planning on semi-retiring, so I'll have more time to travel.

Welcome, Jan! You'll find lots of great information and very helpful folks on this forum. Happy RV hunting!

[k0wtz]

our 13f scamper is bareboned no b/r no kitchen we take off in any wx and have fun. we are not fancy campers we either boonedock or mochdock either way is great.

just completed a long trip to quartzite az and back through ms and ark to home no camping fees. we stayed at loves, walmarts, heb grocery, public land in the desert any place that would have us for the night!

no one bothered us on the whole trip!

we will do it again next year but for longer

bob

[Daryl05]

New member to the page. Just purchased a Boler 17' RGH model and looking at getting it refreshed a bit and hit the road. Glad to join up here and looking forward to getting some advice and throwing some ideas around !

[k0wtz]

darly glad to have you

have fun

bob

[milo]

Originally Posted by Pam Garlow

Hello, and welcome to Fiberglass RV! We're a friendly and knowledgeable group of Molded Fiberglass Trailer Owners, and we're glad you're here!

Below are a couple of links that you may want to familiarize yourself with.
FiberglassRV.com Community Rules
Forums 101: Posting, Accounts, Basics

Thanks

[LarryShorten]

Larry and I are not new to RVing but we just purchased a Hunter Compact II and are looking forward to getting on the road again. This camp trailer is in beautiful shape. Larry will not need to do much at all. The former owner was Chuck Hagen and his wife from Washington. Some of you may know them.

We live in Oregon City, Oregon. Larry is a Mopar nut and I am a quilter/piecer; mostly for charity. Looking forward to meeting some new people who enjoy their fiberglass trailers!

[Borrego Dave]

Welcome to FGRV, which Mopar is Larry going to use for a tug? He can leave the Cuda 6 pac or Daytona in the garage....a bit to much power for your TT but would look cool .

[LarryShorten]

Yeah, we'll leave those cars in the garage and use our 2005 Dodge Dakota (4.7 V8 5 speed automatic) as our workhorse! Beep-Beep!

[tocoa]

Hi, I’m Tocoa. I joined the group a couple of years ago but I seem to have neglected to introduce myself. I'm from Vancouver Canada. My wife and I have tented and RVed (travel trailer and motorhome) for many years but have never owned a fiberglass trailer. We don't have a trailer and we are now looking to buy one.

[k0wtz]

welcome tocoa glad you are here enjoy yourself a great place

bob

[Blayzer]

Hi all. Just joined. I just purchased a 78 Beachcomber TM15. Thought I would be camping this year, but looks like I will be honing in my reno skills.

[akjruthies]

Hello! I am excited to have found this forum. I have been wanting a Scamp for years and my opportunity to purchase a 1981 13' Scamp has finally come! I will be looking at the trailer later this week. I posted in the 'mods, alterations, updates' section asking a few questions; specifically about a hole in the fiberglass at the rear of the trailer. I'm eager to be the proud owner of a Scamp, but I'm also very eager to learn more.

[Stephen_Albers]

Originally Posted by War Eagle

Stephen, just a suggestion - rather than using the "Welcome" thread to ask specific questions, search for thread already started on that topic, or create a new thread with an appropriate title too make it easier for others with a similar interest to follow your thread on that topic.

I'm a little shaky on posting rules.

[rbryan]

Originally Posted by Stephen_Albers

I'm a little shaky on posting rules.

They're not "rules", just best practice. We all learn from others here, and it's much easier to find what you're looking for if there's a thread with a relevant title.

[Eyeball]

Thank you for the warm welcome,

I'm new to this forum and new again to trailers since time flies and faces in the mirror reflect that.
I had a dream in the early '70s to own and enjoy a Boler trailer, but I woke up too soon.
As I drive a big truck, I found myself in Calgary browsing the net and found that same trailer I was dreaming about and always wanted.

A 17 foot Boler that's almost dead but still breathing.
Well....I couldn't haul it home right then so I dropped the idea until I got home.
I phoned the guy a week later and it was still for sale so a deal was discussed and I have arranged to haul it home on a planned trip with the truck.

I will post as I go along and hope to get familliar with some of you, as a face lift and updates for the 43 year old Boler are brewing and knowledge needs a boost.

I'm excited!😁 cheers.

[calliebeth60]

I'm Callie, I just brought home a 1973 13ft. Scamp. It looks in good shape, but after reading through some maintenance posts I need to look closer! Unfortunately my camper is parked about 25 minutes from where I live!Hoping to complete a full assessment using suggestions from other members. So grateful to have found this group!