Heck yeah. I shoot all of my KZread videos with my GoPro. Works great! Enjoyed your video!

@TravelswithDelaney

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

@marymarmande8446

3 жыл бұрын

❤ ✌

Build your Lance a garage!

@TravelswithDelaney

3 жыл бұрын

That would be great!!

Love this video Patrick. Very good job winterizing for a 4 season trailer. I didn’t know you need to do that. Nice to know about using dryer sheets. All this advice helps also when you show how it’s done. Thank you again. Can’t wait until next video. See you on you on down the road.

@TravelswithDelaney

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

Great video, guys! Stay safe, those temps are no joke!

@TravelswithDelaney

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Good video for four season RV's. They are different and you can use them year around. Just different approaches to winterizing. There are benefits to a four season RV. Thanks, Patrick.

@TravelswithDelaney

3 жыл бұрын

There are definitely different approaches to winterizing.

Good video.. it really is just that easy. Thanks for sharing.

@TravelswithDelaney

3 жыл бұрын

I think people are shocked at how easy the whole process really is.

Sounded and looked great! Keep using for your filming. Good job. Beautiful place

@TravelswithDelaney

3 жыл бұрын

We definitely will be using it more often. The iPhone is just so convenient because we always have those on us.

*I had to winterize ours for the first time this year, it is getting colder than usual here, Thanks for the video*

@TravelswithDelaney

3 жыл бұрын

Did you guys get any snow this week? I know my aunt and uncle had 6" down at Canyon Lake,

Great clarity with the GP9!......Mike Mezo (Stay warm)

@TravelswithDelaney

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Mike! That footage did come out really good. We may be shooting more videos on the GoPro

Great job!

@TravelswithDelaney

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Joyce!

I winterized our T@B 400 all by myself this past fall, but I did put a lot of the pink stuff in the fresh tank. Next year I'm going to try it with that bypass kit--it's on my Amazon list.

@TravelswithDelaney

3 жыл бұрын

Either way works but it definitely takes a bit more using the fresh tank method. We have actually done it both ways before.

Thank you

@TravelswithDelaney

3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome

Always better safe than sorry - it may be a pain in the tusche when you have to de-winterize b so much better than the alternative! Camera audio was great!

@TravelswithDelaney

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Terri! I agree...better to be on the safe side.

Open all of the door cabinets I was told rv & home when the temperature is in the single digits Thanks for sharing!!

@TravelswithDelaney

3 жыл бұрын

Great tip!

We do our own wintering, as you said it’s easy to do.

@TravelswithDelaney

3 жыл бұрын

It really is a simple process.

Suggestion, headlamp would be a good addition for needed light with your hands full. Thank you for sharing and be safe.

@TravelswithDelaney

3 жыл бұрын

Good call!

Always wanted a "real" video about winterizing an RV. Most of the videos seem to be lead people to..."just go to the dealership" I subscribed for your experience and honesty.. bad lighting and all!! Thank you for your help.

@TravelswithDelaney

3 жыл бұрын

You are welcome!

I love watching your videos. I also own a Lance camper (not as new as yours but same model). Your video for winterizing was so helpful. I don’t know if anyone has ever told Patrick he looks like our MN state governor especially in this video.check out a picture of Governor Tim Waltz. Thank you for your very helpful videos!

@TravelswithDelaney

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Kathy!

We have a 2019 Lance 2375 and a 2014 Toyota Tundra with Priories hitch. This is our 4th trailer not including the coleman pop-up. I had been blowing out the water system with air. Last year with the Lance I was behind schedule and didn't have time to make modifications to blow outhe system so I decided, against my better judgement to use the link stuff. I I purchased the more expensive fluid specifically designed for RVs in hopes of avoiding the after smell in the Spring. Boy was that a mistake! We dealt with the rotten smell and taste for most of the season. This year I found it was easy to put a female garden hose fitting on the clear tube used for the link stuff. I still used the antifreeze in the the drains. Now we won't have to deal with the smell again. We love our Lance and would be happy to compare notes if you are so inclined. We live in New Hampshire but purchased our Lance in Albuquerque after capsizing our Rockwood in Texas.

@TravelswithDelaney

3 жыл бұрын

We have never noticed a smell from using the RV antifreeze before. We know a couple of people who use cheap vodka to winterize with! LOL

I went a little further on my winterization. I blew out the lines first with a compressor, drained the water tank and poured about 3 gallons in the tank to run up through the line to the pump. I also ran antifreeze through the tank rinse line and in our case, the shower miser line back to the tank. I probably used a total on 6 gallons of antifreeze but I'm fairly certain I'm good. I left my batteries in and put a battery tender on them.

You can leave your lithium batteries in the trailer, just don’t let the solar panel charge it in freezing temps. We live in RI and it’s cold, so we have a switch between batteries and panels we shut off. We Winter camp and charge them back up at a all year campground about once a month. You only lose about 25% in a month if you let it sit in yard. I hope this helps. Happy cold camping! Bob and Deb 👍🏻🇺🇸

@TravelswithDelaney

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the information on the batteries. I may just unplug the solar panel and then turn the battery switch off.

Just a word about dryer sheets - my cousin is afraid of mice SHE HATES MICE . When she winterized her pontoon boat she would use several boxes of dryer sheets . Needless to say , she was very upset when I had to remove two active nests one Spring day - and yes the nests were made up of dryer sheets . On rare occasions I would get a mouse in my camper . Ladybugs & stink bugs were more common . I finally took care of both of these problems in my camper . I spent a whole day (less naps) finding & fixing entry points . So far for the last 3 years no mice , no bugs . 👍😄

@TravelswithDelaney

3 жыл бұрын

thank you for sharing that. We have used dryer sheets for years and never had an issue. Good to know.

@squid5900able

3 жыл бұрын

What's with the dryer sheets???

@squid5900able

3 жыл бұрын

Brion spent 1/2 day fixing all the entry points underneath Shadow while camping in Joshua Tree last fall bc we had a guest at night nibbling on top ramen!

I didn't realize it was that easy to winterize a Lance. I have never done mine since I store it at an indoor storage place and it only freezes here for a few hours at a time here (FL).

@TravelswithDelaney

3 жыл бұрын

It's super easy thanks to Lance!

And one more......we just purchased our 1st RV, a Sonic 190VRB, and after we receive our 1st Indiana Covid vaccine (hopefully within 2 weeks), we'll head to the Tampa Bay area of FL (Largo, FL)....Sarah's sister lives there!.......stay warm & happy trails, Mike Mezo

@TravelswithDelaney

3 жыл бұрын

Congratulations and enjoy some warm weather down in Florida!

Howdy! I believe your model Lance has dry traps in the kitchen and bathroom sink. I believe it is a standard p-trap in the shower. So wherever there is a p-trap you want to include the anti freeze in the trap and put the drain stopper back in to avoid splashing. Saw you by-passed, but not empty the water heater. But we should probably assume that. We have the 2021 Lance 1985 and blow out the lines because we haven't researched whether or not the pink stuff is OK to consume, or have on our bodies, even in tiny, tiny amounts. But if we find the risk to be tolerable with your method, we will switch since it will shave off a bit of time and set up.

@TravelswithDelaney

3 жыл бұрын

I had emptied the water heater the week before when I had drained the low points. I probably should have mentioned that.

Thank you for your video. Wife and I are traveling full time in a Lance 2375. Your vids are.VERY helpful. Do you have any entry door issues? Jeff

@TravelswithDelaney

3 жыл бұрын

Our entry door can be difficult to open. The trick is to place your thump on the door edge as the rest of your hand pulls on the handle. It’s quirky but when we do that it opens easily.

Do you have a video on dewinterization of the Lance travel trailer

Just one thing you missed. You should also run antifreeze through your low drain points!

@TravelswithDelaney

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

You should engage your battery disconnect in the winter because your solar will try to charge the batteries and lithium should not be charged when temps are below freezing, it kills the battery life.

@TravelswithDelaney

2 жыл бұрын

We keep heat on in the trailer so the batteries are never below 40 degrees Fahrenheit

@gregb1714

2 жыл бұрын

@@TravelswithDelaney I see that they are in an outside compartment that is vented to the outside....Do they still keep warm in there?

Good video...it costs $150 in our area.

@TravelswithDelaney

3 жыл бұрын

WOW! Prices must have really went up on that.

Good video. Can you also do a follow-up video, how to de-winterize? Thanks.

@TravelswithDelaney

3 жыл бұрын

Yes! At some point I will do that when I dewinterize.

@bgunckel

3 жыл бұрын

@@TravelswithDelaney Glad to hear it, as I'm a newbie and the Lance owners manual is quite vague in some respects.

I miss seeing palm trees 😎 instead of pine trees in your videos 😉

@TravelswithDelaney

3 жыл бұрын

We do too! LOL

Hot water tank not drained , 1 cup A F per p trap, low point drains not opened

Send some cold down our way. High in the 80s down here in South Florida. I hope we never have to winter 🥶 Stay warm and safe, Alice

@TravelswithDelaney

3 жыл бұрын

We’d be more than happy to share! LOL. Congrats to Larry on retirement!!

On the lock it might not be the battery, there is a small on/off switch on the interior side of the lock near the interior manual lock. More than once I’ve managed to turn it off. So now when the lock is completely dead I check that first. The batteries have been lasting at least a year, I change them in the Spring.

@TravelswithDelaney

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you....I will check that and see if that might be the issue.

One item I forgot on my trailer. Blowing out the water line on the black tank flush! 😬 hopefully it’s okay but I just remembered that the other day. Yes, it’s amazing that people pay to winterize their RV. It’s pretty simple on most rigs. We just made reservations for southern Utah come late March. Can’t wait to get out and enjoy the rig. It’s a crime to let it sit in freezing weather under a cover since November.... Take care, Bill

@TravelswithDelaney

3 жыл бұрын

I have to be honest, I have never done that or the city water port on any of our trailers.

Hi Patrick, Did you drain the Water Heater prior to winterizing (as part of this video?)......as always a Great educational vid, and thanks, Mike Mezo

@TravelswithDelaney

3 жыл бұрын

Yes I had. I had actually drained the hot water heater and opened all of the low drain points a couple of weeks prior. This was just running the antifreeze through the lines

I’ve had lots of RV’s and done winterizing myself. Did I miss where you bypassed the hot water tank before you ran pink? Stay warm. -11 here today

@TravelswithDelaney

3 жыл бұрын

I mentioned right at the beginning that I had bypassed the water heater and tried to show the valve but the lighting was dark

07th Feb 2021- this morning at 0800 it was -37c with wind chill -47c, Cold.

@TravelswithDelaney

3 жыл бұрын

That is cold!

I just re-watched this one after your latest winter camping one today. One things that hit me again since I have been interested in this model is that though the batteries have nice hatches that they are vented for lead acid which is not good for Lithium in colder temps. Do you block and insulate those doors? It would be much better if they were in the heated interior I would imagine.

@TravelswithDelaney

3 жыл бұрын

Yes....I have put some insulation in the vents to help block out the cold air.

Just wondering about your water heater tank? Did you drain it previously with the fresh water tank?

If you have a water filter, bypass and remove the filter. I forgot mine one year and the filter tank broke

@TravelswithDelaney

3 жыл бұрын

We don’t have one but I am glad you mentioned that for others to see.

Hopefully when you drained the water system you opened the hot & cold water valves under the camper and opened the sink spigots inside. This drains the water at the lowest point in the camper. Also, the water heater needs to be drained by removing the drain plug after it is bypassed. When I do this in my Lance there is no residual clear water left in the system. Perhaps you did this, but I just thought I would mention it.

@TravelswithDelaney

3 жыл бұрын

Yes I did. Thank you....I should have mentioned that I had opened them up

Should we need that in SoCal? Don't think.so...unless we go somewhere cold, below freezing

@TravelswithDelaney

3 жыл бұрын

You should be fine! LOL

Great video. Couldn't you lower the propane heat to about 45 degrees and be just as safe without using up so much propane? The goal is to not allow the pipes to freeze, 45 degrees is a big margin.

@TravelswithDelaney

3 жыл бұрын

I have been running it a bit higher. More concerned about the lithium batteries which are in an area that does not have a direct heat source.

Good video but I guess I am confused where the water is coming from if you had already drained the tanks? Did you add some in order to winterize, or did I just miss something? Thank you for the video.

@TravelswithDelaney

2 жыл бұрын

It’s just the water in the lines. When you start pumping the antifreeze in, it pushes the water in the lines out

@kec2528

2 жыл бұрын

@@TravelswithDelaney thank you. I am a newbie. We just bought a 1985 and we live in CO so will be winterizing. Thank you again.

Could you just use the internal pump in Tab400 like when we disinfect the water lines with bleach cleaner solution. We don't have any 'pumps under the sink?

@TravelswithDelaney

3 жыл бұрын

The pump under the sink is our internal fresh water pump just like you have in the 400....just easier to get to in the Lance.

@squid5900able

3 жыл бұрын

Brion said we did have one( he didn't see the video)...he said it's under the bed? Or in the closet?... So IF we want to winter camp, would we be ok in Shadow from water not freezing in the Tab...we actually left Flagstaff before snow was predicted, last October 🤔

Nice vid. I know it’s not Winterization related, but looking where your pump is, you have plenty of room to install an Accumulator tank. It’s super easy to install, and it helps reduce pump run, and helps with consistent temps in the shower - I seriously think Lance should offer them as a standard, or at least an optional feature! SHURFLO 182-200. Check it out. :-)

@TravelswithDelaney

3 жыл бұрын

I need to look into that! Thank you for the tip.

Did you miss the city water inlet ?

@TravelswithDelaney

3 жыл бұрын

I did not do anything with it in this video.

I am curious. Where do the "rodents" that you spoke of get into your trailer?? Be well and stay safe. Very good stuff. bf

@TravelswithDelaney

3 жыл бұрын

Mice can get in the smallest of openings. Many times we have seen openings on trailers where the manufactures won’t completely seal openings where they run wires or pipes through the floor of a trailer. That small opening can be enough for them to get in. Expanding spray foam will assist in solving that problem.

@billfearheller4179

3 жыл бұрын

@@TravelswithDelaney Thanks Patrick, If all goes well my new 2022 Lance 1985 will finish ins late May or early June. Your channel has been very informative and helped me with my decision to buy. Be well and stay safe out there, bf

I have heard of mice making bedding out of dryer sheets. Since your plugged in, couldn't you leave the lights on in the RV? Folks out in Quartszide use lights under the hood of their vehicles and under their rigs to deter mice? Same principle, maybe? I know your tank area is "heated" but you just ran "some" water into your grey tank. Drain it or not to drain it. That is the question. Or, just dump remaining pink stuff into the tank. Better safe than sorry. Thanks for sharing! Steve

@TravelswithDelaney

3 жыл бұрын

We definitely could leave the lights on and they are LED so take very little power.

What's the minimum outdoor temperature that you feel is safe to camp in your Lance 1985 with the water on and with the furnace running? When I asked my Lance dealer that question, they did not want to commit to an answer.

How did you bypass the water heater?

@TravelswithDelaney

2 жыл бұрын

I just used the factory installed bypass switch that is located by the water heater.

@agarber1932

2 жыл бұрын

@@TravelswithDelaney My new 2022 1995 trailer does not have a bypass valve.

@TravelswithDelaney

2 жыл бұрын

@@agarber1932 That seems odd….most all trailers these days have them.

Drain the water heater?

@TravelswithDelaney

3 жыл бұрын

Yes....I had already done that a couple weeks prior as well as draining the low points

we still aren't familiar with how to winterise our motorhome and do pay $100 each time to have it done.

@TravelswithDelaney

3 жыл бұрын

Better to be safe and pay to have it done. I am sure would be able to do it yourself if you ever wanted to.

oops didn’t see his comment sorry everyone

Maybe someone can explain something to me as i watch this channel. What does the name Delaney have anything to do what this channel? Lol Did I miss something which is quite possible. 😁

@TravelswithDelaney

3 жыл бұрын

When we started our channel in 2017, we had a cocker spaniel named Delaney. She went everywhere with us so we named the channel, Travels with Delaney. Unfortunately we lost Delaney 6 months after starting our channel, to cancer. We have kept the name as a tribute to her.

@victoriasummers7444

3 жыл бұрын

@@TravelswithDelaney thank you for responding. I am sorry for your loss. Our pets are family. ❤️. What a great tribute to Delaney.

Are you winterizing the Lance because you’re staying in the cabin.

@TravelswithDelaney

3 жыл бұрын

We are going camping in the Lance this weekend. Just nervous with zero degree temperatures so we are being over cautious

Why did you have clear water if you blow out your lines?

@TravelswithDelaney

3 жыл бұрын

I did not blow out the lines. Just drained the water heater and the low points.