The Easy Way to Winterize your Camper or Truck | Winter Maintenance for Overland Trucks
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- čas přidán 29. 11. 2023
- If you need to winterize your overlanding or camping set up? Look no further!
Today we are going to winterize a Four Wheel Camper Hawk, Patriot Camper X3 Trailer, and our 2021 Tacoma Build.
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I like how there are different maintenances for winter camping as well as hiking! My family and I once went on an elevator up the hill to a shop filled with skis and other winter equipment including ones for jet skiing! We jet skied across an iced up lake and it was really cold, so cold in fact that we had to put hand and feet warmers in our winter gear! We settled in a lodge, got warmed up then set off back to our own warm homes! My cousin wasn't feeling well enough to look at the beauty that was covered in snow! Good thing water's always in store during those times! The Striker could be a good overland truck name!
best part of living in SOCAL...no winterization needed! This is when we go the desert, best time of the year for overlanding.
Outstanding video X Overland! This video has been the “missing link” for all Patriot Camper Owners who live in a Northern (Cold Weather) climate. Very Well Done!
What I still don't know is how to get the RV antifreeze into the heat exchanger of the Webasto - do we need to actually run the heater, or simply open the valve for the shower on the unit? Water in the heat exchanger will expand and rupture the unit, it happened to me last winter during a stretch of sub-zero temps over multiple days and I had to replace the entire thing.
hang on - that Blue Funnel is a She Wee....google it lol - love ya videos - was 38C at 87% sticky stuff in Townsville today - and it only the start
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Ran Nokian studded tires on my 4x4 for 3 winters in Fairbanks. Very minimal improvement and rendered my vehicle illegal in almost all other states...but try it yourself if not sure! Of course I wouldn’t be “overlanding” in winter anyway
Good advice.
We cannot run “studded “ tires in southern Minnesota. But we are “the state of hockey “ 🏒 😂
(Skating on ice)
😂 Thankful for studs around here.
The last I heard Washington & Oregon were going to outlaw metal studs (around 2015). To cut down on road repair costs. If you drive a lot on ice studded tires are best otherwise studless are better on wet/dry roads.
Very good video 👍
Thank you!
add some lemon - you got a cocktail
How do you store the tyres that you removed from the vehicles? Inflated, flat or vertical
Do you guys use the LiFePO4 or lithium ion batteries?
Anyone recommend a good diesel heater for camping/overlanding?
We use the Webasto products and have no issues at all!
Do you apply any type of lubricant to door seals? (To keep from freezing shut)
We do not, but could see this being helpful for some people
How long did your pan american highway trip take? @@ExpeditionOverland
With empty water lines why not just keep the lines empty instead of refilling with a liquid?
I just take out my water tank..
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Draining water onto a shop floor on video for OSHA to lap up
I´m not an american, but isn´t that a problem as long as there is no grease or oil on the floor itself that might get washed into the sewer system?
@@heinzketchup4558 OSHA (Occupational Health and Safety Administration) doesn't deal with environmental stuff most of the time, unless it poses a risk to employees. For OSHA it's more about having water on a shop floor can causes people to slip without any sort of notification of a wet floor being up. That's only assuming that this is a registered business location, and not just a personal garage where they film CZcams videos.
The EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) might take issue with draining water out on a floor but only if it's clear that doing so is washing harmful chemicals into waterways or ground water. However there is nothing here that would immediately raise any real concerns for an EPA inspector. They would likely inquire as to where the drain water is released, but the shop looks relatively clean, for a shop, so I doubt they would care much.
@@caffeinated8935 thanks for the clarification!
Step 1: Live in a place that's not tropical and requires winterization.
Step 2:???
Step 3: Profit.