Using T@B during borderline weather

We love camping during borderline seasons where during the day, the temperature is slightly above freezing but it could dip to below freezing during the night. This is typical during fall color seasons around here. Given this, can I use this trailer safely with water in all tanks as usual? We will probably get a site with electricity so heating won't be a problem but I am a bit worried about the exposed tanks and water lines freezing over night. The temperature will typically come back to above freezing during the day.

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  • Nomad
    Nomad Member Posts: 7,209
    There isn't a definitive answer - It depends on how low it gets and for how long. I've camped where the low was 27 but it wasn't long enough to freeze anything up. If it was 27 all night I probably wouldn't do it.
  • Cyclonic
    Cyclonic Member Posts: 1,232
    What year and model T@B do you have?  If it has an internal fresh water tank it should be OK if kept heated and if the freezing temp is short term, though personally I would just winterize and not use the water systems.

    States the T@Bpole has camped, so far ;)
    Nathan & Becky... 2013 Ford F150 FX4 TAB HLR... 2012 LG T@B T@Bpole.
    Sterling, VA
  • Nomad
    Nomad Member Posts: 7,209
    And then there's that - internal vs external. But either way your dump tanks and valves coud freeze/crack unless you dump some rv antifreeze in them.
  • Acei
    Acei Member Posts: 4
    Are there different models with external vs internal fresh water tanks?
  • Nomad
    Nomad Member Posts: 7,209
    Yes - For instance, a 2014 Max-S had a smaller internal tank. 2015s got the larger external.
  • USWildflowers
    USWildflowers Member Posts: 177
    Later 2015s got the larger external; early (like mine; a 2015 model built in 2014) still had the 5-gal internal. I'm glad, 'cause that allows me to camp in freezing weather with water in the tank. I camped in teens temps, but I did have enough antifreeze in the waste tanks to fill the drain valves and used the waste tanks minimally. I propped the door to the bathroom and to the water pump open to allow warmer air to reach those areas.
    gerry - Flintstone, GA - 2015 T@B S - 2012 Toyota Highlander

  • Ramrod
    Ramrod Member Posts: 164
    Buy water tank heater or blanket. Camping World and Amazon sell them. What a project! Please share some pictures.