Living in a TAB MAX S during the winter... Doable?

ColoradoGal

Plan to give it a try here in Colorado if I indeed go thru with my purchase.

Nomad

What's the temp range in your area of CO?

ColoradoGal

Average... winter 20-30"s

ColoradoGal

most days 40's

Dalehelman

You would need some skirting around the bottom. A way to trap heat. Heat tape on water line.  A dependable heat source gas or electric. A cover such as a car port would be good.

ColoradoGal

Thank you!

Nomad

Waste water (gray & black) would be a problem unless you had a sewer hookup. Could freeze.

jkjenn

dalehelman said:

You would need some skirting around the bottom. A way to trap heat. Heat tape on water line.  A dependable heat source gas or electric. A cover such as a car port would be good.

If you get a portable car port beware of the danger of collapse if you get heavy snow.

I was actually just thinking about this today. Please let us know what you end up doing. I would like to do some winter camping in Colorado. I would be curious as to how hard it is to find fresh water fills and dump stations.

Are you planning on being mobile or staying in one spot? If one spot, you might want to get a macerator for the black tank.

Smullis7

ColoradoGal, I'm would love an update on this.  I'm in CO and would love to go out boondocking in the winter and was wondering what could be done to make this possible.  I would love to have the water (fresh, gray and black), but could pretend I'm in a tent again.  Will the Aldi, that uses glycol, still work for heat only?

jkjenn

Smullis7 said:

ColoradoGal, I'm would love an update on this.  I'm in CO and would love to go out boondocking in the winter and was wondering what could be done to make this possible.  I would love to have the water (fresh, gray and black), but could pretend I'm in a tent again.  Will the Aldi, that uses glycol, still work for heat only?

Just bring your shovel to dig out your boondocking site! I think you would have to use a generator because of the need to heat tanks. If you are good without the fresh water or tanks, you can definitely do it, I have done it. The Alde is a phenomenal little unit! I brought my own fresh water and used WAG bags. Your ability to recharge with solar will be diminished in the winter, but should still mostly work in CO, where you get all of that sunshine. In PA, it would not work. Nov - March is mostly grey skies. :(

Smullis7

Thanks, Jenn.  I'm from western PA near the border of Ohio...just NW of Beaver Falls, so I know the winter grey skies there.  :-)

ChanW

Yes, Alde works fine in cold. We camped as low as 5 below in Ontario one year, and stayed toasty.
I wouldn't recommend using the water or tanks, however. As soon as we hit the road leaving camp, all the heat left the living space, and the sink developed an icicle on its spigot. We should have winterized before we left camp, but that would've been pretty difficult in the cold, so next time we'll just use jugs.