Destination limits due to coach size
Hi All, New people here about to venture Into RV'ing. I have another thread whereby I am asking opinions on build quality and brand feedback. During that discussion a member mentioned I would b...
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How do those of us that have never had a 40+foot coach, and in fact have never had anything bigger than a 32 foot, know where a 40+ footer will not fit?
Well, how about when you park your 29 foot Class C in a space, backed in until the rear wheels are against the parking bolster, and your front bumper is only 2 feet off the road?
Or when, in the same campground, different space, there is barely enough room for your Dodge 1 ton with the 11 foot camper on it.
Or, in the same campground, different space, when your 19 foot camp trailer fits with just enough room to park the tow rig cross ways in front of it.
BUT you see big rigs in 2 out of the 20 spaces.
THAT tells me that in that particular campground, there are only TWO spaces that are suitable for big rigs, but 18 spaces where one will not fit!
Since it is a first-come, first-served area, what are the chances that when you arrive you will find one of those spaces empty? Pretty slim, actually, since guys like me really like them for all the extra room! Some of those spaces are so tight that slide out use is pretty iffy!
It really isn't all that difficult to tell by looking what will fit and what won't!
As for water, learning to conserve is, IMO, an absolute MUST! In the campground I just described, for instance, there are, IIRC, 4 water faucets. NONE of them are threaded. There is NO dump station, and dumping into the vault toilets is forbidden, as is dumping grey water on the ground. If you are going to use such a campground, learning to conserve your water is an absolute necessity!
But then, Hungry Horse is only about 10 miles away, and one of the campgrounds there might allow you to use their dump facilities.
For a price.
Here is a pretty good list of Montana dump stations:
http://www.sanidumps.com/sanidumps_usa.php?id=40
Well, how about when you park your 29 foot Class C in a space, backed in until the rear wheels are against the parking bolster, and your front bumper is only 2 feet off the road?
Or when, in the same campground, different space, there is barely enough room for your Dodge 1 ton with the 11 foot camper on it.
Or, in the same campground, different space, when your 19 foot camp trailer fits with just enough room to park the tow rig cross ways in front of it.
BUT you see big rigs in 2 out of the 20 spaces.
THAT tells me that in that particular campground, there are only TWO spaces that are suitable for big rigs, but 18 spaces where one will not fit!
Since it is a first-come, first-served area, what are the chances that when you arrive you will find one of those spaces empty? Pretty slim, actually, since guys like me really like them for all the extra room! Some of those spaces are so tight that slide out use is pretty iffy!
It really isn't all that difficult to tell by looking what will fit and what won't!
As for water, learning to conserve is, IMO, an absolute MUST! In the campground I just described, for instance, there are, IIRC, 4 water faucets. NONE of them are threaded. There is NO dump station, and dumping into the vault toilets is forbidden, as is dumping grey water on the ground. If you are going to use such a campground, learning to conserve your water is an absolute necessity!
But then, Hungry Horse is only about 10 miles away, and one of the campgrounds there might allow you to use their dump facilities.
For a price.
Here is a pretty good list of Montana dump stations:
http://www.sanidumps.com/sanidumps_usa.php?id=40
