dont forget ....BACK UP HEAT......rv heaters are not built for the abuse that low temps hand out.......it is a 12volt blower and most heating systems in the RV industry were made under the assumption that it wasnt going to be used for extreme long term living conditions..................I have boondocked for years in New england and learned first hand its gonna happen and the RV Repairman is normally on vacation in the warmer weather that day.........so keep it in mind....its also alot cheaper to sub the heat out with electric......propane is the most inefficient fuel for heat when measuring BTU output........this means your gonna burn alot of propane

Welcome, John.

As for the winter, I can't speak to conditions at Fort Collins or Denver.  Jo and I are at the foot of the front range about 15+ miles south of Colorado Springs.  I does sound like you've made the right preparations, and I agree with the ideas of supplementing heat with electric heaters and with having an LPG supplier lease at least a 120 gallon tank instead of depending on the LPG cylinders with the RV.  We've been living in our Mobile Suites full-time for 4 years now and have been pretty much stationary both in Oklahoma City (3 years) and then where we are now (1 year).  With out 38-foot fifth wheel, we have two electric heaters; a small one on the dresser in the bedroom and a larger one in the living area.

Unless LPG costs are super cheap compared to electric, we still use the electric as much as possible.  We'll heat the living room with the Lasko electric heater and the electric fireplace until I go to bed at night.  Fortunately, our Mobile Suites is a true 4 season rig with thicker walls and more insulation, so we don't have to do too much in preparation for the winter.

Terry

We did several posts on our preparations for wintering in Michigan last year on exploRVistas.com. Look back at our posts, starting in October of last year. We ran a small oil-filled electric heater under our fifth wheel also, and that really kept our slide out floors warm. I kept that plugged in separately into the campground post on a totally different circuit. We never had to use our tank heaters, even when the outside temperature dipped to 25 below zero.

Also, moisture will be a constant battle in your rig. We ran small EvaDry dehumidifiers and also left the bathroom roof vent open a little. Don't ask me why that last one works...it just does. We resisted when people told us to do it, and we were amazed at what a difference it made, once we did.

Do any of the rest of you have opinions on the Mr Heater Buddy propane heater? That one worries me. I wouldn't be too sure about running an unvented propane heater inside.

Jim

-- Edited by Diana and Jim on Monday 26th of October 2015 12:01:05 PM