Okay, so I will call this past extended weekend (from Thursday Evening to this morning (Tuesday) a nice weekend in the forest.
My primary goal (to dump my tanks) was not a success. Yet, I was able to get (what I could tell) most of the tanks defrosted, the essential bit is still frozen.
I don’t know the exact term, but I will call it the downpipe. This is the pipe that leads from the tanks down on an angle to the connector for the drain hose.
This two foot stretch of pipe is still frozen, despite the heat tape on all that time and the heat cranked in the trailer.
I will be okay today through to Thursday during the day, after that, once night falls on Thursday, I am in trouble again.
For Thursday night it will dip below zero and stay below zero for all of Friday. And after that I won’t get warm enough during the day to thaw that pipe out.
What I really need is a warehouse or other indoor space large enough to park Wanda in for a few days to get heat in from the outside.
If I can’t dump my tanks this evening, (or that warehouse magically makes itself available) I will have to contact the RV Dealership.
I will have to have them finish this thawing and tank draining that I started. I just can’t risk it any further.
Sure, this means extra cost in the repair bill, as well as staying in a hotel for the better part of a week, but it is better than the repair bill for a cracked tank(s).
One way or another I will make this work, I will solve this problem and keep going. I simple can do no less; it’s just what I do.
As always: keep your head up, your attitude positive, and keep moving forward!
(And yes, always dump your tanks BEFORE the freezing weather hits.)
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