4 Season Living

[reodds]

Hi everyone, I am new to this forum as a member, although I have been lurking for quite a while. My wife and I are ready to semi retire, and would like to build a TT conversion.

My main question is, we would most likely be camping in areas of cold for at least several nights (during the winter months) before we get to the warm states so have to prepare for that. Has anyone converted a cargo trailer with that kind of living in mind? Specifically, have you enclosed the chassis, build up the trailer floor and insulated the holding tanks to avoid them freezing?

I would eventually like to build a trailer similar in performance to the Oliver TT.

Thanks for all your help and recommendations!

Roger

[skochele]

Hi Roger,


I would suggest you to go through the OTTCT (OverTheTopCargoTrailer) blog:
viewtopic.php?f=42&t=44951
Lots of info - especially regarding the insulation for hot/cold weather

Regards,
skochele

[lrrowe]

I agree, go to OTTCT's link for some good information.
Typing in "insulating" to the search link produced these results.
http://tnttt.com/search.php?keywords=insulating

[reodds]

Thanks guys for the links. Some great information, buy I need to get a bit more in order to insulate the tanks properly.

Roger

[aggie79]

You may want to look at Lance travel trailers. I believe they take a similar approach to Oliver in that the heated furnace supply air is routed through a plenum that wraps around holding tanks and plumbing. If where you are campion is not too cold and you have shore power, then you may consider using electric resistance heating maps for your grey and black water tanks and heat tape for your plumbing supply lines. Since you're building it yourself, I would keep all of the supply lines above the floor in conditioned space.

[hankaye]

reodds, Howdy;

Thought I'd posted this earlier but mush have hit the wrong button ...
Quite a few fulltime Rvers use these, they can be had in both 12vdc and 120vac
take your pick ... Tank Heaters
http://www.annodindustries.com/shop/

hank

[aggie79]

reodds, Howdy;

Thought I'd posted this earlier but mush have hit the wrong button ...
Quite a few fulltime Rvers use these, they can be had in both 12vdc and 120vac
take your pick ... Tank Heaters
http://www.annodindustries.com/shop/

hank

Hank,
Thank you for the link. I am curious as to how these apply?
Take care,
Tom

[hankaye]

aggie79, Howdy;

reodds, Howdy;

Thought I'd posted this earlier but mush have hit the wrong button ...
Quite a few fulltime Rvers use these, they can be had in both 12vdc and 120vac
take your pick ... Tank Heaters
http://www.annodindustries.com/shop/

hank

Hank,
Thank you for the link. I am curious as to how these apply?
Take care,
Tom

Tom, as for 4-Season camping, a lot of RVers use them to heat the tanks and
various sections of plumbing to prevent them from freezing. As to how they
apply, I'm thinking ... with some sort of adhesive ???

hank