[DutchmenSport]

If it were mine and I was closing up shop for 6 months, I'd do exactly that ... close up shop.

Drain all the tanks, but leave a few gallons in each one to keep the dump slide valves wet.

Pull slides in (which you said you are going to to).

Also, snug up your trailer stabilizer jacks, or go through the process to relevel, especially if you have hydraulic jacks.

If you can attach a hitch lock, do so. It won't hurt anything, even on a fifth wheel, they make king pin hitch locks. A good thief can steal anything, but if a thief sees a hitch lock he is more likely to move on as the extra minute it takes them to remove it may be one extra minute too long for them.

Remove and put away your garden hose.

Pull the power cord to the camper and put it away. (yes, no power at all).

Close everything up tight, including roof vents.

Empty all the contents from the refrigerator and make sure the refrigerator door and freezer compartment door or drawer is cracked open for ventilation.

Remove all the food. ALL the food. If the camper reaches temps over 100 degrees inside (and that is highly possible), the heat build up can cause cans to explode. Remove everything. Sealed in a bag stuff, cereal boxes, and quick foods in boxes, is an item waiting for a mouse to enjoy. A mouse will chew on the cardboard and plastic packaging and then have a pleasant delight once they break through and find FOOD for them. Remove it all, thus eliminating Mr. Mouse's temptation and returning to exploded cans and what a mess.

Next, sweep and mop floors read good. Clean off all counter tops and flat surfaces, removing any food particles, sticky stuff, air spray can droppings, including hair spray and room deodorizer droppings (which is an attraction for bugs, ants, and mice). A mild Bleach solution works good here.

Take with you any valuables. Don't leave anything in the camper you'd absolutely regret forever if it got stolen, especially guns, legal documents, money, jewelry, electronics. Anything that you'd absolutely miss if it got stolen.

Turn off your propane tanks.

Disconnect your battery by pulling the negative wire on the battery. Flipping the battery cut off only will not keep parasitic draw happening on the battery. There are items that still run on the battery that are never shut off. Pulling the negative wire on the battery does shut down everything.

Last, right before you leave and shut the camper, set of 4 bug bombs inside the camper. Place one in the bathroom, one in the back of the camper and one in the front. Fire them off and get out of the trailer. Close it up. Bug bombs will penetrate all the cracks and holes even the tiniest of bugs can get through. They may attempt to come in, but when they crawl over the bug bomb poison, they die. You'll have dead bugs laying around when you return, but it's better they are dead than have an ant infestation or a Beatle infestation. Set off the 4th one in your basement.

For 6 months, that's what I'd do. (If you are going to be gone during the freezing months, (November through March), remember, even in Florida it freezes sometimes with the absolute weird weather we've been having for the past 20 years. So if you are going to be gone during those months, it would be good to winterize also. It's better to do it and not need it, than to not do it and kick yourself in the arse later because you a a couple thousand dollars of repairs because of cracked and broken water lines, valves, and seals.

Here's the deal. Close it up tight, put everything away, leave nothing out. Some "could" steal your RV power cord. A law mower could run over it. A kid might unplug it and then your camper is toast anyway. No, put it away, keep it safe and you have no worries. Same with your garden hose. Exposed to the sun and elements will only shorten its life. Closing all the vents, windows, slides, everything, keeps bugs, critters, and mice out. Leave them cracked just give them a front door into your camper.

When you return your battery may be low, but it won't be dead. When you power up the trailer again by plugging it back in, your converter will run everything but, if the battery is a good battery, it will still have adequate power to move the slides and keep the camper operational. The other option is to remove the batteries, take them with you, and keep them on a trickle charger at home.