Motorhome in storage

How long was the vehicle not used before you purchased it,?

Can you access your storage?

Can you access your storage site by making an essential journey is more to the point.

It does motor vehicles no good to leave them standing but you need to do a good few miles to get everything up to temperature and well lubed. In the current circumstances many people have no choice but to leave them standing and hope the result is nothing more than flat batteries. 

If storage is open ?   and as the OP states is not far away,  it could be an essential part of the daily exercise routine , 

Ours is right next door to a Supermarket we often use, although not the closest supermarket. I am intending to shop at said Supermarket once a month and look in just to check all is OK. I won't be starting the engine though. It's going to take more than a few circuits of the pound ( which I don't think they would approve of in any event) to warm it up and in particular get the exhaust system up to temperature. Ours has got a solar panel to charge the batteries, the OP says he hasn't got one. On our MH the  leisure battery would be easy enough to remove and take home to charge, the cab one very difficult. Perhaps they could rig up a small panel in the windscreen that would just keep  the cab battery topped up.

i can understand may be needing to run the engine etc if 3 months or more, but i thought modern tyres which i thought are steel walled now do not suffer from flat spot if not turned ?, dont have a problem with my caravan

If it does, it will just be another cost we will have to bear. I suspect the savings on sites for this year will easily pay for a set of four new Michelin camper tyres.

Think I would be more concerned about the battery going flat which is more likely if you have an alarm fitted. Why not take an exercise walk and disconnect it especially if you have no alarm installed.

peedee

If the storage site is closed as are the clubs ,then there is no access allowed except ,to return an LV or you are a "key worker"  then 24hrs notice is req no one else can gain access, ,we have food items that in normal times would be used up,but will now be passed the use by dates ,which we cannot get to

Everyones circumstances are different but we are all subject to the restrictions.

My MH is parked in my driveway, today we took it shopping for our weekly essentials, got some funny looks from some, but at the end of the day did it matter whether i went in my MH or my car?The trip was enough to warm all the fluids turn the tyres and top off the fuel tank etc. Intention is do this at least once a month depending on future restrictions.

However as an engineer, if your MH is laid up without preparation then do not run the engine for short periods or long periods at idle, acids form in the oil and exhaust which will cause long term damage. let alone the heat/cooling cycle of the engine. If you can disconnect the batteries (they will hold a charge for about 2-3 months disconnected if of a reasonable age), don't forget to ensure you have any codes needed for when reconnecting, better still as suggested take the batteries home and use a low amp maintenance charger ( I use and Optimate charger). Lets hope the water tank waste tank and loo are all empty and cleaned. Tyres if you have access, inflate them to the max pressure indicated on the sidewall, don't forget to lower the pressure before driving anywhere.

If this becomes very long term (6 months plus) then once on the road  do an oil and filter change after about 100 miles to help remove any damaging condensation held in the oil ways.

I wonder if perhaps a small solar panel that you could placed on the dashboard would help keep the cab battery charged?

David