Why We Winterize in Texas February 11, 2021, 12:02:50 pm Some serious chilly 🥶 weather! We’re hunkered down with our Rig prepared for this prolonged chill. 1 Likes
Re: Why We Winterize in Texas Reply #1 – February 11, 2021, 12:08:46 pm Ed, I have some friends that recently moved to Northwest Arkansas (Centerton) from California. The forecast calls for a low of -2 on Monday. Polar vortex, I guess!
Re: Why We Winterize in Texas Reply #2 – February 11, 2021, 01:47:31 pm Quote from: Ed & Margee - February 11, 2021, 12:02:50 pmSome serious chilly 🥶 weather! We’re hunkered down with our Rig prepared for this prolonged chill.I'm about 3 hours south of you and getting ready for another round of snow. These are pics from the January 10th snowshow. I feel your chill. Brrrrrr! 2 Likes
Re: Why We Winterize in Texas Reply #3 – February 11, 2021, 03:16:59 pm Quote from: debinvenice - February 11, 2021, 01:47:31 pmI'm about 3 hours south of you. Deb. What part of the Lone Star State? We’re headed to Rockport in late March or early April for a week. The beach and that area are just lovely that time of the year. Sadly many of the Texas State Parks are already full every weekend far into the future making trip planning difficult. However, there’s plenty of sites in most Texas SPs Sunday to Thursday. So it’s private parks on Friday and Saturday. And of course we need reservations about everywhere. Our planned private Park in Rockport is 100% occupied right now and had just 2 sites left in our timeframe in April. Bottom line - spontaneous camping is risky in these parts. And so it goes.
Re: Why We Winterize in Texas Reply #4 – February 11, 2021, 03:51:28 pm Quote from: Ed & Margee - February 11, 2021, 03:16:59 pmDeb. What part of the Lone Star State? I have been in Bastrop County (next door to Austin), since last April, caregiving for my soon to be 95 yr old mother and 88 yr old step-father. I go to Bastrop State Park every week on a day pass to dump tanks. I'm there so much, some know my name and rig and pretty much wave me through (I do make reservations). We will have all had our 2nd shots by the end of next week. Once that happens my other siblings will be able to come to town and spell me so I can start traveling again and take a break from the "Pandemic Projects". :-) 1 Likes
Re: Why We Winterize in Texas Reply #5 – February 11, 2021, 06:14:21 pm "I have been in Bastrop County..."I've got kinfolk in the Bastrop Cemetery, family name is Gatlin.
Re: Why We Winterize in Texas Reply #6 – February 11, 2021, 06:29:11 pm Quote from: Lazy Bones - February 11, 2021, 06:14:21 pm"I have been in Bastrop County..."I've got kinfolk in the Bastrop Cemetery, family name is Gatlin.I'll give them a wave on your behalf next time I'm near that area! 2 Likes
Re: Why We Winterize in Texas Reply #7 – February 11, 2021, 09:57:33 pm Was at Bastrop State Park last month! 1 Likes
Re: Why We Winterize in Texas Reply #9 – February 11, 2021, 11:42:08 pm Quote from: debinvenice - February 11, 2021, 03:51:28 pmI have been in Bastrop County (next door to Austin), Howdy, neighbor. I've been in Dripping Springs at my son's house since Christmas. We got our first shots; 2nd at the end of Feb. Then I'll probably head south to enjoy some beach weather. Yee ha 1 Likes
Re: Why We Winterize in Texas Reply #10 – February 12, 2021, 12:34:54 am In Houston here, won't be as bad as Dallas area, thinking of just running the heater at 50 (the lowest). Hope that's enough 🥶 1 Likes
Re: Why We Winterize in Texas Reply #11 – February 12, 2021, 09:30:13 am We live in Fredericksburg, TX where it may get to 0 on Tuesday morning. Our LD has been winterized and put in storage for a few weeks. 1 Likes
Re: Why We Winterize in Texas Reply #12 – February 12, 2021, 09:43:56 am Quote from: Ross and Beverly Taylor - February 12, 2021, 09:30:13 amWe live in Fredericksburg, TX where it may get to 0 on Tuesday morning. Our LD has been winterized and put in storage for a few weeks.Hoping to visit your neck of the woods again in the LD but will wait for warmer weather, ha ha! Need to get some more of that Texas BBQ!
Re: Why We Winterize in Texas Reply #13 – February 20, 2021, 09:19:31 am I found this to be an interesting article:https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/ford-trucks-generators-texas-homes-winter-storm-power-outages 1 Likes
Re: Why We Winterize in Texas Reply #14 – February 20, 2021, 01:46:54 pm Interesting! At first I had a mental image of a pickup with an Onan mounted in the bed. But reading the article, I can make a pretty good guess what they’re selling: a beefed-up (or maybe second) alternator plus an inverter. My F-series pickups already had 200 W inverter outlets front and rear, and this is just an extension of that. Makes sense.Curious about the cost, I did a little digging and came up with this at Edmunds:"The available 2-kW system for the F-150's regular gas engines is a $995 option. That's in the ballpark of what you'd pay for a similarly capable portable gasoline generator. When you buy the F-150 with its new [$4,500] hybrid V6 powertrain (PowerBoost), the 2.4-kW system comes standard. Going all-out for the 7.2-kW system requires the hybrid powertrain but a mere additional outlay of $750.”All in all, that's a lot less expensive than I expected. I figured Ford would be gouging buyers several thousand bucks for the generator options, but they’re not. I wouldn't buy a Ford pickup just to get the generator option, but if I were planning to buy one... well, I'd consider it.That said, a Honda EU series generator almost certainly uses a lot less gas per kW than a truck’s big V6, V8, or diesel would. And idling a truck for hours on end is generally agreed not to be good for it. 3 Likes
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