winter

who dry docks their motorhome

 
 
 
 
 
 

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Do you keep Motorhoming through the winter?
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no
 
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 ·  Posted: 20.09.2012  ·  #1
I was thinking it would be interesting to have a survey to see what percentage of the forum keep going right through the winter. What do you think Ally could we have wee graph thing?
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 ·  Posted: 20.09.2012  ·  #2
Poll added to your post.

You should be able to set up a poll yourself with a new topic.
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 ·  Posted: 20.09.2012  ·  #3
I dont know yet as its my first season motorhoming, previously with the caravan we didn't mainly because the sites we went to were closed over the winter.
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 ·  Posted: 20.09.2012  ·  #4
nothing to stop you now, along with the rest of the wild bunch :)
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 ·  Posted: 20.09.2012  ·  #5
getting dark at 4.30 pm is what puts me off in winter there are more and more sites opening in winter particularly at weekends but im still afraid of the dark :'( :sleep:
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 ·  Posted: 20.09.2012  ·  #6
I'm not afraid of the dark :whistle: :whistle: :whistle: but swmbo hates the cold and trust me when she says she is cold i can assure everyone that a penguins privates would not be as cold as she is, I have felt warmer dead things, but thats another story o.O
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 ·  Posted: 20.09.2012  ·  #7
We used our caravan all year so our motorhome won't be any different. I suspect we will use it even more than the caravan.
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 ·  Posted: 20.09.2012  ·  #8
we use ours 12 months of year so no dry dock in the winter .we are hardy people in this part of the country
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 ·  Posted: 20.09.2012  ·  #9
We motorhome all year.

The heating is great otherwise Johneen would not be away over winter. Another who really feels the cold..
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 ·  Posted: 28.09.2012  ·  #10
only 22 so far!!

:'( come on, there's hundreds of us on here.
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 ·  Posted: 28.09.2012  ·  #11
All year round for us..... we have been snowed in several times, got the photos to prove it. Year to date, i think we have had 5 weekends at home so far :D :D :D
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 ·  Posted: 29.09.2012  ·  #12
We are out all year when we are free . There is nothing nicer than waking up in the morning and you are in a white wonder land . As long as the heating is working that is by the way this is emily :happy: :-) :-) :up:
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 ·  Posted: 02.10.2012  ·  #13
I"d love to take weekends in winter but, as I work 6 days a week, I save my time off for the months when we can enjoy it :D Planning to "put her to bed" after Hallowen. :'( Now, if only I could find a friendly farmer with a barn big enough..... O-)
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 ·  Posted: 02.10.2012  ·  #14
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Now, if only I could find a friendly farmer with a barn big enough..... O-)


We do storage, but it's outdoor probably no good to you.
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 ·  Posted: 02.10.2012  ·  #15
Cant beat having a weekend away any time of the year :up:
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 ·  Posted: 04.10.2012  ·  #16
Thanks Ally :up: , got loads of room at the back of our house, I would like to get her under cover tho", even if it was only for a few months,say, Jan to March. Might go down the route of building a roof, it"d have to be 12mx3m and 4m tall :'( and would = £"s.... :(
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 ·  Posted: 04.10.2012  ·  #17
I keep threatening to make a Motorhome Port, but ain't got around to it yet :)
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 ·  Posted: 04.10.2012  ·  #18
Need to get a MH port onto one of the garages here as well, recon it will keep the MH a lot better in the long run.
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 ·  Posted: 05.10.2012  ·  #19
Me to Robbie, maybe one day it"ll happen but, as I said, I need a big "un and , because we"re near the coast, it better be anchored down well !!
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 ·  Posted: 05.10.2012  ·  #20
the problem with van ports is they look very industrial as they are much bigger than car ports.
a home built one could be built with a bit of consideration which would look better.
one was on show at donaghys last year but it looked like a hay barn !!
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 ·  Posted: 05.10.2012  ·  #21
know what you mean Bob, I have 3 garages around here so space is kinda limited now, they say hindsight is a great thing, if I knew 12 years ago we would have a Motorhome I would of made sure the walls were 4ft higher so I could of parked it in one of them. Only place now we can put one is in front of one garage, hopefully wont look to bad. Will keep the worst of the bad weather and really sunny weather of the van though which will help it stand the test of time :)

The other option was to knock down one garage and build one slightly bigger and higher but thats way to much work and money :(
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