How limiting are the longer RVs?
What I'm getting from reading along is that the closer you get to 38ft. and beyond you are limiting yourself on the amount of places you can camp. How large of a problem is this? Can anyone give me ...
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Well, if you were 6’5” and 300# you wouldn’t be able to go the same places I do at 5’9“and 170#. Likewise, a big RV is not going the same places that a smaller one can. Whether that bothers you depends on where you want to go. So the first thing you should do is decide where you want to camp and do some research on site sizes. Keep in mind that because there are some big sites there’s no guarantee someone in a smaller RV hasn’t taken them.
In the sizes you’re looking at I think you’re predominately looking at RV parks. For the most part, national forest campgrounds and roads, except the most highly developed ones will be off limits. That wouldn’t stop you from boondocking close to the highway in the area, though, as long as the road is manageable. Some state parks will handle it, but many won’t. In short, the bigger the rig the more difficulty you'll have with less developed areas.
I’m not an advocate of chain saws. The last person we caught, a MH from CA, was sent on down the road in short order before he could even fire it up. At least in my area a saw is likely to get a hostile reception from other campers. But all my comments reflect mostly western camping, I don’t know much about back east.
A poster from CA, I think, looked at around 200 camp grounds there and quantified the size of RV’s that could get into them. It gave a feel for the relative restrictions of various size RV’s so I thought it was interesting even though you just can’t apply the numbers to every region. Unfortunately, I don’t have a link, if I stumble across it I’ll post it.
As said, generator use is usually restricted to certain hours, you won’t be able to run one all night anywhere I’m aware of. You could boondocking because you’ll be alone in the boonies, but do you want to do that.
In the sizes you’re looking at I think you’re predominately looking at RV parks. For the most part, national forest campgrounds and roads, except the most highly developed ones will be off limits. That wouldn’t stop you from boondocking close to the highway in the area, though, as long as the road is manageable. Some state parks will handle it, but many won’t. In short, the bigger the rig the more difficulty you'll have with less developed areas.
I’m not an advocate of chain saws. The last person we caught, a MH from CA, was sent on down the road in short order before he could even fire it up. At least in my area a saw is likely to get a hostile reception from other campers. But all my comments reflect mostly western camping, I don’t know much about back east.
A poster from CA, I think, looked at around 200 camp grounds there and quantified the size of RV’s that could get into them. It gave a feel for the relative restrictions of various size RV’s so I thought it was interesting even though you just can’t apply the numbers to every region. Unfortunately, I don’t have a link, if I stumble across it I’ll post it.
As said, generator use is usually restricted to certain hours, you won’t be able to run one all night anywhere I’m aware of. You could boondocking because you’ll be alone in the boonies, but do you want to do that.
