How cold can a wild cat go

Just out of curiosity what is the coldest temperature a standard wild cat take be fore freezing, As I hope to use mine all year round and temp might go down to -10 %C. would i still be able to survive or would I freeze. (just had a great weekend away +26%C)
Sean

By "all year round" I guess you mean live in it? If so, all this
is assuming you have the arctic package. Simply put, I think the
heating bill would bankrupt you. Your temperature of -10C
is...firing off a converter since I'm a braindead F kinda guy...14F is
pretty chilly. You'd have problems with your water hose, into the
unit, tank rinse hose, and black/gray water hose. You'd need
additional heat to keep the basement warm enough so the outside shower
stuff and the other water lines down there don't freeze. I
suspect the furnace would practically never shutoff, even with electric
space heaters inside to augment (and I've popped circuit breakers when
trying to run a heater on high and use the microwave at the same time).

We've spent some time in cold places while travelling. Water
lines freezing, park water taps freezing in the open position (that's
exciting), snow on the top of the slide (makes for an interesting if
time consuming departure).

I wouldn't take a standard Cat much below mid 20's F without doing some hard core winterizing mods. And like Bill already told you, the propane to heat it to room temps will keep you re-filling those 30# cylinders more often than you'd like. If you were to live in it during the winter, you'd have to put plastic insulation over the windows, foam insulation around exposed plumbing, a skirt around the bottom to keep wind from running underneath, a heat lamp in the basement, an electric heater in the main cabin to compensate for the furnace being turned down, open all your base cabinets that have plumbing inside to let the cabin warmth filter around the pipes, etc., etc., etc. I'm sure there's lots of things you could do or should do that I haven't mentioned. Bottom line, It's not cost effective to stay in a Cat all winter if it's consistantly below freezing several months running without dumping some major bucks into mods.

Another note on the propane...There are some construction guys that stay in TTs at one of the local CGs for several months at a time. They rent out the large 100+ lb. cylinders from a local gas company such as Ferrell Gas, etal, and pay a monthly fee to have the tanks exchanged periodically. I believe they get a lower rate this way.

TC

http://www.wildcatcamperforum.com/general-camper-topic-s-f6/surviving-the-cold-t1074.htm#9230

Sean,

Been there / Done that ..... and you can do it too. Take a look at the mods that I made to my 29RLBS to survive down to 5*F. We lived two winters in the Cat in the mountains of western NC. Supplemental heat was two 1500W oil filled electric radiant heaters, and two 60W bulbs in the basement. With the supplemental heaters, the furnace ran about every 30 to 45 minutes. We would go through two 30 gal tanks in a week. You need the furnace running to keep the belly warm.

If you're in a park and they let you, insulate your water hose and hose bib with that black styrofoam insulation, use heat tape inside that.
If you can't do that, disconnect the hose at night and be sure to have a couple of gallons of water in the water closet along with a gallon of RV antifreeze.

Yes, its more trouble to stay in the Cat in the winter, but it can be done.

Best of luck to ya'