Enclosed trailer behind motorhome??
Anyone tow an enclosed trailer behind their motorhome? I have a 30 ft class c and was thinking about getting a 5x8 enclosed trailer for my bikes and equipment. I'm wondering if campgrounds frown upon ...
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I sure view it differently. Small trailer behind a Class C is usually OK, but you run the risk of not having a site available since back-in sites are almost not an option. Our back in sites either abut fences or the edge of a cliff. Even if you can back the rig in, there is no room to open the door and get your stuff out. If there is a pull thru available you are fine, but you have just cut the number of potential sites in half.
As for the big rigs with the car haulers, no thank you. We finally just decided it isn't worth it. A forty foot RV towing a thirty foot car hauler is already over 75 feet long when you consider hitches, bumpers and the like. Then the car comes out and you add another 20 or more feet. Now you are looking at needing a site over 100 feet in length to keep everything together.
That big monstrosity needs a country mile to navigate. We have had several instances where making the turn to exit the sites they either cut is sharp and trench the neighboring sites or they underestimate the tail swing of the trailer and knock the hookups over like they were bowling pins. The straw that broke the camel was a couple of years ago when one of those monsters decided to leave at 4AM. They sheared off the water spigot and flattened the power box. They left a message on the answering machine that they "noticed the water spigot was leaking when they left". I don't know what possessed me to actually go up and look, because I envisioned a spigot that was dripping and could wait until morning. When I saw it was a 3/4 in line sheared completely in half, water a half a foot deep everywhere and the power knocked out to a row of RVs that vision changed and so did our acceptance of big rigs towing trailers. Haven't missed a beat since.
As for the big rigs with the car haulers, no thank you. We finally just decided it isn't worth it. A forty foot RV towing a thirty foot car hauler is already over 75 feet long when you consider hitches, bumpers and the like. Then the car comes out and you add another 20 or more feet. Now you are looking at needing a site over 100 feet in length to keep everything together.
That big monstrosity needs a country mile to navigate. We have had several instances where making the turn to exit the sites they either cut is sharp and trench the neighboring sites or they underestimate the tail swing of the trailer and knock the hookups over like they were bowling pins. The straw that broke the camel was a couple of years ago when one of those monsters decided to leave at 4AM. They sheared off the water spigot and flattened the power box. They left a message on the answering machine that they "noticed the water spigot was leaking when they left". I don't know what possessed me to actually go up and look, because I envisioned a spigot that was dripping and could wait until morning. When I saw it was a 3/4 in line sheared completely in half, water a half a foot deep everywhere and the power knocked out to a row of RVs that vision changed and so did our acceptance of big rigs towing trailers. Haven't missed a beat since.
