I have always been a summer time cowboy & never had a real living quarters till now.  However I have shows coming up & would love to use it.  I wonder should I leave it winterized?  Or could I just take water, & use the john if I empty the tank when I get home?  Any horror stories about them freezing up. 

This has been a great website, I have gathered lots of info.  I actually bought it last year & used the site a lot, it is an Exiss Event with a Sierria interior.  My only advice is what someone told me about a boat, you always want 2 ft more, no matter how much you have.

My only problem with the trailer is the gauge & pump my husband that winterized it said he had problems with the pump & gauge, however it is all drained and I can't really explain it since it's always worked fine.  He tells me I need to get it fixed before I take off now how do I explain this to a serviceman until Spring.  Please let it get warm soon.

We just keep ours plugged in all winter, and a ceramic heater on low, with cabinet doors open. Granted, it only gets into the 20s a few nights here and there- like tonight- but we also get warm weekends and I don't want to fool with flushing the AF out. I also leave the porch light on so I can tell at a glance if the breaker tripped or whatever, and the power's not running to the trailer.

If my trailer was parked at the barn, out of sight, or I lived where it really IS cold- etc- I think you'll have to go the route of adding/flushing the AF and go on with life. It's pretty cheap and not hard to do, just a PITA.  

 if you are in a area that dosent have hard freezes (below freezing for more than 8 hours at a time ) draining all the water out of the system is usually fine for temporary storage (a week or two).

If it gets colder for any longer get a blow out plug (a adaptor that screws on to the city water inlet) and using air blow out as much water as you can get out. Rv stores and a lot of walmart stores carry them.

If you are staying in the trailer in really cold weather disconnect the city water ,leave the cabnit doors open a little and try to keep your holding tanks drained if possable. If you cant drain the tanks dump about a cup of salt down the drains to slow the freezing .

If you are pulling your trailer in cold weather and your tank are not covered drain them. I replace a lot of holding tanks because no one concered how cold the tanks get when you are going down the hwy. at 75 mph.

Holding tank heaters work good if they are placed properly and the right size for the tank. You also have to use a heat tape on the abs pipes that are between the tank and the valve. Just dont for get to turn them off if you are dry camping.

I replumb about 4 trailers a year. Some times it is a fitting that need replaced, but usually I end up replacing most or all the water lines. one was a new rv that cost the owner over $3000.00 to repair. So if you think if might freeze the safest thing to is winterize.   

The Honda EU series  (EU 1000, EU 2000, and EU 3000) Are all inverter type generators. ( so is the Yamaha EF 2400is) The run at about 53-54 decibles.  Much quiter than normal generators that run at 65-70 decibles.  They also provide a CLEANER electrical signal that works better for computers and other high tech electronics.

They of course are two to three times more money that the average generator.

I have the Yamaha EF2400 and I turn it on for maybe an hour in the evening, to use my microwave to cooks dinner, heat the hot water in my trailer and charge the batteries.

As an Endurance Rider, we go all over all of the time.  North Rim of the Grand Canyon in October, it was 12 degrees overnight.  Yes, had heat and hot running water for a shower every day.  I now have rigged 2 batteries.  Heater fan works much longer now.  Most of the riders have some form of LQ without a problem.  I would think that if you drained the water while stored at home it wouldn't be a problem.  Winterizing to me would be when NOT IN USE.   I have used my camper 6 times since that Grand Canyon Trip this year.  I just leave it.

Two deep cycle batteries and a small generator to run while I am taking a shower and to re-charge for all night heater.  And I set the thermostat to about 55 at night.  I only have a truck camper, but I do this A LOT.