Time to dewinter the van --- already?

[starquake]

So, it's March, it's getting warmer and usually by April we dewinterise the van (ie, start leaving some of the water in the van), and leave our soft furnishings in etc.

The question is at what point will you be doing same?
I'm tempted (weather permitting) to go away next weekend for a run, and setup ready for the summer, given we have every bank holiday already booked for trips away except Easter at moment, and we need to be ready for the first in Easter.

 

[Verteuil Man]

We dewinterize our van by taking it to Spain.

 

[starquake]

We dewinterize our van by taking it to Spain.

Well we're taking the doggo to France this summer, but we only got back from Spain last week (we went Canaries and Maderia on a cruise).

I can see us goign to Spain in future years on the Ferry, but the long prebooking required for a dog cabin put that out from being an option this winter.

 

[Outdoors Dad]

We have usually been a away for few weekends by now but I feel it's been colder this year. We got van ready a couple of weeks ago. We are hoping for some sun this weekend. It's roof cleaning I hate the most, you never really see the benefits of your effort. I still take it out now again for school runs to keep her ticking over.

 

[Nirvanauk]

Picking it up today, taking it to the valeter tomorrow, then into the garage Wednesday for annual service and mot then getting ready for its first trip of the year to Whitby the first week in April.

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[Burge]

Service this Fri & MOT on the 18th ,then down to Portsmouth for a trip over to Isle of Wight CMHC site Southlands on Opening Day 21st March.Was up in the Lakes in Feb.

 

[Bill-H]

I don't 'winter' mine as I use it year round.
If not for time away, I use it on a weekly basis for traveling to see friends, supermarket shopping etc.
I prefer driving a larger vehicle and why would I not use it all year, it's taxed, insured and I wouldn't want a vehicle which had spent months each year not being run or turning a wheel.
I've an oil-filled rad in the hab area all over the colder months - takes a moment to pop it back in the house each time I go out, so all the soft funishings etc stay in there.
Get some clement weather - such as this week has been and I'm off out and away - just returned from a week trip which took in Ironbridge then out to the Norfolk coast. Probobly wouldn't have bothered if I had to re-commission my vehicle and load it back up, but it was a matter off five minutes from seeing the sun to popping some food in the fridge and driving down the raod.

 

[bigtwin]

So, it's March, it's getting warmer and usually by April we dewinterise the van

There’s scope here to add a new word to the MH dictionary:

Summerise - to prepare a MH for post winter use​

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It would sit quite nicely along ‘winterise’.

Ian

 

[Orion]

There’s scope here to add a new word to the MH dictionary:

Summerise - to prepare a MH for post winter use​

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It would sit quite nicely along ‘winterise’.

And very succinctly stated.

 

[PlacidoD]

MOT and a small service booked for Thursday. That will give me an MOT for 13 months and a whole 6 weeks before my ferry booking Newhaven-Dieppe late April so plenty of time if anything nasty comes to light at MOT.

Not given much thought to using the van before then or even during that late April trip but have already booked Hull-Rotterdam outbound on 1st September.

The other "small matter" I have to look forward to is insurance renewal due mid-May. I shall have to sort that before my late April trip if I am to get the best deal. So that is likely to be how I spend my Easter!!

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[hja]

We are away for a few days next week, first, shake down visit after the winter. I cleaned the fresh water tank over the weekend and have started to put things in. Bedding is in. Start filling food containers etc to day. However, we have low temps eg 3C next week forecast so have drained the boiler and left tank empty.