Boondocking information needed

ChuckandSue wrote:
When boondocking in BLM land, can one do so with a 43ft 5th wheel?

It will all depend on your destination. We do an annual family campout up near Flagstaff, and there's no way you could get that rig into our spot, and it's got roads all the way in. Just a couple of corners that you simply couldn't make. I'm 29'3" and have to swing pretty wide on one, though I do have a couple feet to spare. Some place like Quartzite would be no problem. If you hit something there, you are trying to, impaired to just plain careless. :-)

Lyle

Check out this blog - http://www.wheelingit.us/category/boondocking-2/

They have a long class A and have found some nice spots where you should fit.

Hi,

While most forest campgrounds are limited in length due to them being built back in the 30's, when a car had a 80 HP engine was considered a high performance engine, and trailer length was limited to about 35' due to weight more than anything else. BLM usually are not marked out locations, but more a meadow that you park in, or bare desert land that is in a designated camping area.

I have found many camping areas where parking a 40' motorhome was going to be really easy. Not every place where I could get in my 30' motorhome, due to a ditch near the roadway that might be a little to steep for a larger RV to not bottom out, so some restrictions like that can be overcome with a shovel if you really want to park there. Or bring boards to get across a especially deep area.

I found the North Rim of the Grand Canyon in the forest is a free camping area, suitable for most of the summer, due to being 7500' elevation. From October to May, it is covered with feet of snow, and is fairly green all summer.

Quartzsite has many great places to camp out on BLM land, well suited for 40' RV's. Along the Colorado River near Moab is another area I want to continue to explore. Many great boondocking sites. What I did do is camp in town for a few days, and explore the area with my car. I found many suitable locations. I need to return to.

Here is a website you might enjoy. FreeCampgrounds.com there are about 2032 campgrounds listed today. More are added each month! Some are just "You can park free at Joe's tire shop", but many are real boondocking sites.

Have fun camping!

Fred.

Quartzsite is arguably the boondocking capital of the US, and there are LOTS of class-A, full buss, and fifth wheel chassis over 40' scattered all over the desert, most with toads, and lots of FW tow that are real semi-trucks. Essentially, anything goes in the BLM lands I've seen in Az and Calif.

Yes.

I cannot see why not. While we aren't as long as you, we are 38' and have never had an issue.
We see rigs larger than ours all the time on BLM land. I don't remember ever seeing any length restrictions. .Hugs, Di

As long as you can find a place to setup your good!