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08-29-2016, 05:36 AM
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Member
Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: Glenelg Center, Ontario
Trailer: 2010 Escape 19’ Sold in 2023
Posts: 87
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The owners manual mentions using a dehumidifier.
I wonder if that would help the folks residing in a higher humidity area.
Has anyone tried the dehumidifier approach?
Duer
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08-29-2016, 08:54 AM
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#42
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Tampa Bay Area, Florida
Trailer: 2015 Escape 5.0TA (Little Elsie) Extensively Personalized
Posts: 2,945
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Duer
The owners manual mentions using a dehumidifier.
I wonder if that would help the folks residing in a higher humidity area.
Has anyone tried the dehumidifier approach?
Duer
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Living in FL, I have humidity, high humidity. In storage, I keep a dehumidifier set to 45% RH all the time. It runs into the sink via a hose, then into the gray tank which is open and goes out on the ground through a garden hose which has a screened cap on the end to keep bugs out. It works, and I never have to empty the bucket.
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08-29-2016, 09:00 AM
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#43
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Member
Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: Glenelg Center, Ontario
Trailer: 2010 Escape 19’ Sold in 2023
Posts: 87
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Carl,
I totally agree did you discover this on your own, or thru the ETI Owners Manual?
Duer
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08-29-2016, 09:21 AM
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#44
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Southwick, Massachusetts
Trailer: None, sold my 2014 5.0TA
Posts: 7,124
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We use a dehumidifier a lot when we're using the trailer. Have had no need when it's just stored in the yard for the summer, at least not yet. In winter it'd freeze, like the tub of drying chemical does. Only time we've had storage problems was over the winter, and now we're winter travelers so that should solve that.
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Bob
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08-29-2016, 10:59 AM
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#45
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2013
Location: ..., New Mexico
Trailer: 2013 Esc19/'14 Silvrado
Posts: 4,193
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Never had a mouse in the trailer though keeping them out of the garage is a losing proposition for us.
On our big move west, away from the leafy hill country of the Garden State the Tahoe began to struggle and run so bad I finally had no choice but to find a Chevy dealer and get help. The SUV was in great condition, we were towing near Indianapolis at the time, but getting horrible gas milage with no clue as to what was wrong.
The nice service manager recognized our dilemma and took us right in. Fifteen minutes later he came out smiling and said, "Here's your trouble."
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"A billion here, a billion there...add it all up and before you know it you're talking real money." Everett Dirkson
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08-29-2016, 11:07 AM
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#46
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Central, Pennsylvania
Trailer: Escape#5 2022 E19
Posts: 26,268
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How nice of you to bring your own mice westward.....to their new home.....
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08-29-2016, 12:19 PM
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#47
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Member
Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: Glenelg Center, Ontario
Trailer: 2010 Escape 19’ Sold in 2023
Posts: 87
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Well then, do you feed your varmint friends well, encouraging them to stay and eat well until they expire!! If so what do you nourish them with...
Duer
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08-29-2016, 01:50 PM
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#48
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Highland Park, New Jersey
Trailer: Escape 19 February 2014
Posts: 975
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Clearing out cushions, etc.
The last two years we've stored the trailer in our driveway in NJ with a cover and we left bedding, towels, seat cushions etc., in place. A couple of posters have said they take these things out. Is that the consensus?
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08-29-2016, 02:04 PM
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#49
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Bellingham and Glacier, Washington
Trailer: 2013 Escape 15A
Posts: 2,051
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ruthe
A couple of posters have said they take these things out. Is that the consensus?
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I never have but then rarely do even six weeks go by (except in the summer) that I'm not out camping.
Edited: As gbaglo says, I open all cupboards and do the cushion thing, too. Once in a while, I even remember to put a dehumidifier on the counter.
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2013 Escape 15A, "Egbert"
'93 Ford 150 XLT or
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08-29-2016, 02:08 PM
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#50
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: North Vancouver, British Columbia
Trailer: 2009 Escape 17B 2020 Toyota Highlander XLE
Posts: 17,136
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I prop cushions etc. up, open cupboards and deploy two Dri-Z-Air containers. I have no room for stuff in my 800 square foot, no basement house.
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08-29-2016, 02:08 PM
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#51
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Southwick, Massachusetts
Trailer: None, sold my 2014 5.0TA
Posts: 7,124
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If it's like everything else, there is no consensus. We leave in the bed and dinette cushions, pretty much everything else goes. Thankfully it's a small trailer.
This pertains to longer non use periods, like months.
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Bob
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08-29-2016, 02:20 PM
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#52
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2013
Location: ..., New Mexico
Trailer: 2013 Esc19/'14 Silvrado
Posts: 4,193
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Only thing we do is strip the bed and vacuum up all crumbs.
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"A billion here, a billion there...add it all up and before you know it you're talking real money." Everett Dirkson
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08-29-2016, 03:07 PM
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#53
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Fremont, California
Trailer: 2016 21. '15 Ford Explorer V-6
Posts: 1,554
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Quote:
Originally Posted by gbaglo
I prop cushions etc. up, open cupboards and deploy two Dri-Z-Air containers. I have no room for stuff in my 800 square foot, no basement house.
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Glenn, What do you feed the mice when the cheese is gone?
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2016 - 21'
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08-29-2016, 03:23 PM
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#54
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: North Vancouver, British Columbia
Trailer: 2009 Escape 17B 2020 Toyota Highlander XLE
Posts: 17,136
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Food for thought.
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What happens to the hole when the cheese is gone?
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08-29-2016, 06:49 PM
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#55
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Member
Join Date: May 2013
Posts: 579
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ruthe
The last two years we've stored the trailer in our driveway in NJ with a cover and we left bedding, towels, seat cushions etc., in place. A couple of posters have said they take these things out. Is that the consensus?
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I leave mine in after cleaning for storage, in loose clear bags with a dryer sheet . not had a problem as of yet. Seat cushions I stand on long edge to let air flow around them and good to go.
Cypher
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08-29-2016, 07:38 PM
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#56
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Commercial Member
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Hillsboro, Oregon
Trailer: 2014 Escape 21 - "Felicity"
Posts: 2,945
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Being in the Pacific NW, we don't have freeze issue in winter. I do keep a dehumidifier running and take out a couple of cups of water every couple of weeks, so we don't remove anything. We camp year round, so need to be ready to roll within a day when the mood strikes us and the weather is decent.
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08-30-2016, 01:30 PM
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#57
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Olympia wa, Washington
Trailer: 5.0TA 2017
Posts: 2,255
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i do the same as tractors 1 i leave most everything in it and run a dehumidifier. everything is fine but i would not leave it like that if i did not run the dehumidifier. We are very damp here in the pacific wet west!
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08-30-2016, 07:05 PM
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#58
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Highland Park, New Jersey
Trailer: Escape 19 February 2014
Posts: 975
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What is the dryer sheet for?
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08-30-2016, 07:07 PM
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#59
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: North Vancouver, British Columbia
Trailer: 2009 Escape 17B 2020 Toyota Highlander XLE
Posts: 17,136
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ruthe
What is the dryer sheet for?
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Sops up the Coca Cola.
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What happens to the hole when the cheese is gone?
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08-30-2016, 07:29 PM
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#60
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Central, Pennsylvania
Trailer: Escape#5 2022 E19
Posts: 26,268
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Supposedly the dryer sheet's chemicals repels mice??
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