Whats up with this

I keep mine in a storage facility that is covered and secure. However driveways are made for RVs. Camp grounds are even though some are difficult. My driveway is short, and the city only lets up park in street for a little over a day. I see Rvs on driveways and really would not want to dodge it any time I'm not using it.

Because the first place most folks try to back a new rig in and park - is their driveway, or a storage lot.

Very few folks pick a new rig from a dealer, or private seller if it is a used rig, and drive straight to a campground.

With a new rig, all the clues about how to backup, when to turn, etc - that have worked well for years - are wrong. Almost always the new rig is a different length, or if the same length the axle placement different enough to make it turn a little differently.

Tom_Diane wrote:
I see post throughout the year where folks are having incidents happening in their drive ways! You bought the RV to go camping!
Why are they getting damaged in the drive way of the homes?
It would seem that the bulk of incidents would be at the camp grounds!
I wont reference any but you see them often enough through out the year!
I would suggest to go camping most of the year to avoid the accidents in the driveways of America!
Don't take any of this post personally, Im just stirring the pot on a Saturday night on the first of Febuary to see what it makes ! Im bored and want to go camping!

Perhaps it because a lot of fifth wheel owners don't have to time, resources, experience, etc. that you appear to think everyone has.

And I did not take this personally, I never had an accident....yet!

Tom_Diane wrote:
I see post throughout the year where folks are having incidents happening in their drive ways! You bought the RV to go camping!
Why are they getting damaged in the drive way of the homes?
It would seem that the bulk of incidents would be at the camp grounds!
I wont reference any but you see them often enough through out the year!
I would suggest to go camping most of the year to avoid the accidents in the driveways of America!
Don't take any of this post personally, Im just stirring the pot on a Saturday night on the first of Febuary to see what it makes ! Im bored and want to go camping!

There are some of us that still work for a living, thus the reason we can't camp all the time, and I didn't take your post personally, just replying.....I cannot answer the question as to why some have "accident's" in or near their driveway's, I have a long, sort of steep drive way to back into, (since 97' ) and even with 5er I have now at 39' 9" and loaded to 16,300#, I have to turn it in a cul-de-sac and then back it into my driveway....with trees on passengers side...never had an issue....

I actually see or hear of more incidents with people going into filling stations and hitting something, or backing into camping sites where there are quite a few trees and doing damage to their roof or upper side of their RV....maybe it's just inexperience for some who haven't been towing 5er's long and haven't gotten the gist of it yet..

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Move south, we did, and camp all year. Boredom goes away, issue solved.:B