Staying on the hill in your enclosed

MRFUSION

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Been doing it for years, get to the mountain friday night, unload sleds and fire up the furnace. Got Sat radio, drinks and the only problem that happens is we are the first one in the parking lot but the last to leave up the mountain, some late nights. My trailer sleeps 6 if needed, insulated walls and floor with forced air furnace, TV, table and chairs. We are pouring some drinks while everyone else is loading up for the sleepy ride back to town. Its the only way to go IMO.
 

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I am very intrigued by this. I asked the same question last year.
I have a 22.5' fifth wheel and have a hitch on the back so could "carefully" take the set up out and away we go. My problem is battery life. My small generator isn't big enough to run the trailer. It could charge the batteries easily but the gas tank is small and wont last the night. Been thinking of rigging up a bigger tank for it and I'd have it made.

OR what if I ran the oven all night for heat (leave the oven door open). Unlike the burners up top if the flame goes out it WILL shut the gas off.
 

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I'm gonna stay in the trailer for a three day trip in December. Wondering what other guy's pack with them when staying in the trailer. Takin a bbq,camp stove, zodi, coffee maker,turkey deep fryer, etc. anything i may not be thinking about?

A bottle of rye, sled mag, and tissue to clean up the mess haha
 

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I am very intrigued by this. I asked the same question last year.
I have a 22.5' fifth wheel and have a hitch on the back so could "carefully" take the set up out and away we go. My problem is battery life. My small generator isn't big enough to run the trailer. It could charge the batteries easily but the gas tank is small and wont last the night. Been thinking of rigging up a bigger tank for it and I'd have it made.

OR what if I ran the oven all night for heat (leave the oven door open). Unlike the burners up top if the flame goes out it WILL shut the gas off.[/QU

how smalls your generator? dosnt take anything to run a couple lights and the furnace blowe a 12v deep cycle does it so im sure any gerator would be fine. and btraining is only legal here in alberta no b trains alowed in bc you pull 5th wheel and get a buddy to pull sleds the best way imo
 

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I am very intrigued by this. I asked the same question last year.
I have a 22.5' fifth wheel and have a hitch on the back so could "carefully" take the set up out and away we go. My problem is battery life. My small generator isn't big enough to run the trailer. It could charge the batteries easily but the gas tank is small and wont last the night. Been thinking of rigging up a bigger tank for it and I'd have it made.

OR what if I ran the oven all night for heat (leave the oven door open). Unlike the burners up top if the flame goes out it WILL shut the gas off.[/QU

how smalls your generator? dosnt take anything to run a couple lights and the furnace blowe a 12v deep cycle does it so im sure any gerator would be fine. and btraining is only legal here in alberta no b trains alowed in bc you pull 5th wheel and get a buddy to pull sleds the best way imo

Its a litle Honda EM500. Yeah wouldn't venture into BC.
 

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I run a 2000 Yamaha inverter, your right doesnt take much at all. Fill it up at night and will easily run all night but if it runs out my dual batteries will run the furnace for awhile. You need a forced air furnace to work properly, my last enclosed we had a catadyne style and it was warm enough but make lots of moisture plus the fresh air needed to be safe too, air movement is key for this. Shad
 
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