htneighbors
Unbelievably Blessed!
Well, I've searched the threads and find nothing I'm looking for. I did find posts and pics of the 5th wheel skirt John (jpmorgan) posted. I found lots of advice, suggesting to purchase a full skirt for wintering in C-O-L-D locations. I do not - at this time - have the luxury of travelling south for winter...so...does anyone have a full skirt for your 5th wheel rig? Do you like it? Where'd you get it? Feedback, please. 
I'm looking at this company, http://rvskirting.com/ - they are about 200 miles south of me. Spring/Summer special at the moment - price goes up after July 4 - several hundred $$! They can come by here next Thurs or Fri, since they'll be passing thru - put the material on, make their measurements, marks, take notes - then remove it, go back to Denver, sew everything up, return in a week or two & install it. All for the summer special low, low price of $1700 for this 40+ footer. They have re-inforced corners and places where it fits tight against something, HD zippers on the front 5th wheel area so I can use it as storage and they seal up around all steps and around both sewer dump locations. Attached at the top every 12", staked down @ every 3' with PVC pipe in a pocket at the bottom to hold it down in between stakes. They give access to all storage bins underneath. Seems to seal up pretty good. He said total added weight is @ 100lbs, comes in storage and travel bags and one person can move and install.
I've seen several other places on the web that are cheaper, but you take your own measurements and they go by that and not near the custom fit. I do like the idea of them getting marks and measurements on my Cyclone themselves.
Reason is...I'm gonna have the Cyclone parked in Wyoming (see HOP) into the winter. Project was scheduled for completion Oct 1st...but...? Don't know how long I'll be here. Nov? Dec? In addition, in the next couple of weeks I will be wrapping my (already heated) 7 holding tanks, installing some more insulation above the plastic underbelly and heat tracing and insulating all pipes extruding from the underbelly, supply hose and drain hose. Place a heat source underneath near the piping, keep an electric heater, get a 250 Gal Propane tank from the nearest supplier and stay nice and cozy in the Cyclone...right!? No, really...right!?
The insulation I will be adding under the bottom of the Cyclone is from Home Depot. It is a pink-colored 4'x8' sheet of some hard-pressed foam type stuff, 2" thick and adds another R-13 to the rig. $32/sheet. I can cut it to fit in between the frame I-beams, put the underbelly back up and it'll stay. A co-worker on this job did that last year and said his floor was 73 degrees when the outside temp hit 38 below! He never had anything freeze up on him.
I just am not going to wait until too late to get this thing winterized. Gonna do it while it is still warm. Any and all feedback is greatly welcomed and appreciated. Thanks, friends!
(PS. - I'll definitely post pics of the whole process!)
I'm looking at this company, http://rvskirting.com/ - they are about 200 miles south of me. Spring/Summer special at the moment - price goes up after July 4 - several hundred $$! They can come by here next Thurs or Fri, since they'll be passing thru - put the material on, make their measurements, marks, take notes - then remove it, go back to Denver, sew everything up, return in a week or two & install it. All for the summer special low, low price of $1700
for this 40+ footer. They have re-inforced corners and places where it fits tight against something, HD zippers on the front 5th wheel area so I can use it as storage and they seal up around all steps and around both sewer dump locations. Attached at the top every 12", staked down @ every 3' with PVC pipe in a pocket at the bottom to hold it down in between stakes. They give access to all storage bins underneath. Seems to seal up pretty good. He said total added weight is @ 100lbs, comes in storage and travel bags and one person can move and install. I've seen several other places on the web that are cheaper, but you take your own measurements and they go by that and not near the custom fit. I do like the idea of them getting marks and measurements on my Cyclone themselves.
Reason is...I'm gonna have the Cyclone parked in Wyoming (see HOP) into the winter. Project was scheduled for completion Oct 1st...but...? Don't know how long I'll be here. Nov? Dec? In addition, in the next couple of weeks I will be wrapping my (already heated) 7 holding tanks, installing some more insulation above the plastic underbelly and heat tracing and insulating all pipes extruding from the underbelly, supply hose and drain hose. Place a heat source underneath near the piping, keep an electric heater, get a 250 Gal Propane tank from the nearest supplier and stay nice and cozy in the Cyclone...right!?
No, really...right!? The insulation I will be adding under the bottom of the Cyclone is from Home Depot. It is a pink-colored 4'x8' sheet of some hard-pressed foam type stuff, 2" thick and adds another R-13 to the rig. $32/sheet. I can cut it to fit in between the frame I-beams, put the underbelly back up and it'll stay. A co-worker on this job did that last year and said his floor was 73 degrees when the outside temp hit 38 below!
He never had anything freeze up on him. I just am not going to wait until too late to get this thing winterized. Gonna do it while it is still warm. Any and all feedback is greatly welcomed and appreciated. Thanks, friends!
(PS. - I'll definitely post pics of the whole process!)
