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Storage Logistics: Winterization and the Frozen Trap 🚐🛑❄️🔧
Even though we are coming into a new camping season, this is good info to keep in mind…
The logistics of bringing your rig back to [Adventure Storage & Rentals] for the off-season involves more than just backing into your spot (Day 4). It involves fighting physics.
If you store your trailer anywhere that dips below freezing, you must winterize your plumbing. Leaving even a tiny amount of water in a line is guaranteed catastrophic failure (split pipes, ruined water heaters). That’s a major logistics failure, and it's 100% preventable.
The Pro Tip: Don’t just pour antifreeze in the tanks and call it a day. Use the Bypass and Blowout Method.
1️⃣ Bypass the Water Heater: Never fill your water heater with antifreeze! Open the bypass valves so the lines around the heater get protected, and then drain the heater tank completely.
2️⃣ Blowout the Lines: Before introducing antifreeze, use an air compressor adapter (a "blowout plug") to gently clear the majority of the water from all lines (faucets, toilets, showers).
3️⃣ Pump Time: Now, as seen in today's image, run your water pump to draw the pink RV Antifreeze through every single plumbing line, ensuring the pink liquid emerges from every faucet.
Don't forget the traps (P-traps)! A small amount of pink logistics goes a long way.
📣 Are you a "Blowout" purist, or do you rely on the full antifreeze flush for your winterization plumbing logistics? Let us know which method you trust below! 👇
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Storage Logistics: Winterization and the Frozen Trap 🚐🛑❄️🔧
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