How limiting are the longer RVs?

Desert Captain wrote:

Tom/Barb wrote:

Desert Captain wrote:

Tom/Barb wrote:

korbe wrote:
I know of many Forest Service Campgrounds out west that you could not even make it through the access road, let alone back into a spot.

Most of the western state and national forest roads are made for 18 wheeled log trucks and service vehicles such as fire trucks, If they can go so can I.

I've had to trim a low hanging branch or two. :) always carry a chain saw, a quite one.

In most CG's you will receive a hefty fine right before they throw you out (in perpetuity), for trimming the native vegetation. Not many folks know how to properly trim trees and brush and doing so badly usually kills them. If your rig doesn't fit get over it and find a site that works. You're the one that selected the larger rig and that does not give you license to destroy the CG for your convenience. :S

We were talking about state and national forests.
Here in Wa. you can cut any dead standing or down trees. So I'll cut a limb before I back the Newmar umpteen miles out of a forest service road.
I do not cut wood on any private property with out permission, but I have cleared down trees from the roadway on several occasions, and the forest service folks are always grateful for the help.

We do most of our camping in remote, unimproved sites in the national forests, and leave nothing but tracks.

Seems to me that your post above is typical of those who are a little too up tight and read into posts that isn't there.

"Perhaps" (?) the entire state of Washington allows you to cut whatever you like but I guarantee you most states do not. Sounds like a case of the "The rules don't apply to me."
If you have to trim a site to get in you need a bigger site. :C

The entire state isn't state or national forest, much of it is privately owned tree farm, the answer to your quandary is to know where you are and what the rules are.

You'd probably have a hissy fit knowing we go remote to set up our firing range. yes that is legal here too.

Tom/Barb wrote:

Desert Captain wrote:

Tom/Barb wrote:

korbe wrote:
I know of many Forest Service Campgrounds out west that you could not even make it through the access road, let alone back into a spot.

Most of the western state and national forest roads are made for 18 wheeled log trucks and service vehicles such as fire trucks, If they can go so can I.

I've had to trim a low hanging branch or two. :) always carry a chain saw, a quite one.

In most CG's you will receive a hefty fine right before they throw you out (in perpetuity), for trimming the native vegetation. Not many folks know how to properly trim trees and brush and doing so badly usually kills them. If your rig doesn't fit get over it and find a site that works. You're the one that selected the larger rig and that does not give you license to destroy the CG for your convenience. :S

We were talking about state and national forests.
Here in Wa. you can cut any dead standing or down trees. So I'll cut a limb before I back the Newmar umpteen miles out of a forest service road.
I do not cut wood on any private property with out permission, but I have cleared down trees from the roadway on several occasions, and the forest service folks are always grateful for the help.

We do most of our camping in remote, unimproved sites in the national forests, and leave nothing but tracks.

Seems to me that your post above is typical of those who are a little too up tight and read into posts that isn't there.

"Perhaps" (?) the entire state of Washington allows you to cut whatever you like but I guarantee you most states do not. Sounds like a case of the "The rules don't apply to me."
If you have to trim a site to get in you need a bigger site. :C

rockportrocket wrote:
LOL there are thousands of places to rv with a 44fter fiver and semi truck. However , if you wish to let others dictate to you what size to get, good luck with that.

Yep,,, what he said.

We chose the Newmar because it fit the budget, and we like the creature comforts it provides, and yes we have given up some of the remote camp sites we used with the trailer or the truck camper. We worry more now about high centering the coach than we ever did with the truck and trailer.
We now unhook the toad and investigate the roads prior to committing the coach.
What I'm trying to say is there are work arounds to almost every limits your camper presents.

No camper is perfect. they all have their limits.

Desert Captain wrote:

Tom/Barb wrote:

korbe wrote:
I know of many Forest Service Campgrounds out west that you could not even make it through the access road, let alone back into a spot.

Most of the western state and national forest roads are made for 18 wheeled log trucks and service vehicles such as fire trucks, If they can go so can I.

I've had to trim a low hanging branch or two. :) always carry a chain saw, a quite one.

In most CG's you will receive a hefty fine right before they throw you out (in perpetuity), for trimming the native vegetation. Not many folks know how to properly trim trees and brush and doing so badly usually kills them. If your rig doesn't fit get over it and find a site that works. You're the one that selected the larger rig and that does not give you license to destroy the CG for your convenience. :S

We were talking about state and national forests.
Here in Wa. you can cut any dead standing or down trees. So I'll cut a limb before I back the Newmar umpteen miles out of a forest service road.
I do not cut wood on any private property with out permission, but I have cleared down trees from the roadway on several occasions, and the forest service folks are always grateful for the help.

We do most of our camping in remote, unimproved sites in the national forests, and leave nothing but tracks.

Seems to me that your post above is typical of those who are a little too up tight and read into posts that isn't there.

Insufficient information.

Where do you want to camp / park it?

Are you looking for boon docking or no hook up places?

State parks?

Rv parks?

Resorts?

every state is different in what their parks offer as far as cheap places to stay or away from it all. Do your home work or provide more information.

Generally speaking size doesn't matter unless you're looking at going primitive and looking to be away from everything or plan on using older state parks with size limitations. Where we live, Florida, there are very few places we can't go. Very few. Ymmv in other states.

Tom/Barb wrote:

korbe wrote:
I know of many Forest Service Campgrounds out west that you could not even make it through the access road, let alone back into a spot.

Most of the western state and national forest roads are made for 18 wheeled log trucks and service vehicles such as fire trucks, If they can go so can I.

I've had to trim a low hanging branch or two. :) always carry a chain saw, a quite one.

In most CG's you will receive a hefty fine right before they throw you out (in perpetuity), for trimming the native vegetation. Not many folks know how to properly trim trees and brush and doing so badly usually kills them. If your rig doesn't fit get over it and find a site that works. You're the one that selected the larger rig and that does not give you license to destroy the CG for your convenience. :S

Many have already explained the difference between 'campgrounds' and 'RV parks'. RV parks will present no problem. When we had a 36' DP and fulltimed around the country we stayed mostly in state parks and only found one in which the interior road was simply too tight for us to negotiate the site. The site, itself, was large enough but we couldn't get into it so we moved on. That said, there are quite a few national parks where you would not be able to camp in anything longer than 30'.

You don't need to use 50 amps just because you have a 50 amp system. You get an adapter that lets you plug into a 30 amp receptacle and you can at least run some of your appliances and your lights, maybe one A/C.

I have found that more often it is not an issue of the campsite but getting to the campsite. I have seen places that have more than large enough campsites for large units but the roads are laid out in too tight a pattern or the brush has been allowed to grow in so close and trees not trimmed that it makes maneuvering difficult.

I can honestly say nothing is better entertainment sometimes than watching someone with a rolling house try to get into a "real" campground with hills and trees and rocks, all the things that would normally be found in a forest or wilderness type area, I have been in places where even a 30 foot can be a real challenge, to those who think they can get anywhere with anything,,, sorry guys you obviously have not been in some of the parks around here, not saying they are all like that or all the sites are small, but typically we don't clear cut a forest to fit monster RV's, a lot of our newer parks or improved parks will have a "couple or more" sites capable of larger units with turning radius's in mind, but a large number or percentage are natural areas with a park fit into them.
so if you like RV Parks or resorts where your packed in to a parking lot style environment then get the biggest you can find. if you like back woods areas with wildlife and trees more rustic setting you may want to research the size first.

nothing funnier than someone with a huge RV complaining about not being able to fit into a campsite in a park like our provincial parks,,, like its a forest not a parking lot, the reservation site said what size unit can fit on the site, what were you thinking trying to get a 40 foot motor home on a site rated for an 18 foot trailer,,, yes I have seen it more than once.

LOL

"How dare that squirrel bury that acorn there 96 years ago and cause a tree to grow right in the way of me getting into this campsite, couldn't he have buried that 5 feet over to the left, and just imagine why would the last glacier leave that huge 50 ton boulder on the other side of the site entrance 20,000 years ago". "after all they should have realized that I would be camping here in 2013 and need to get my RV onto this site"
you have to admit it is quite humorous when viewed from the right angle.

:D

Your ability to maneuver and back whatever length rig you have is a big determining factor in where you stay. We have been to many CG's that list max site length as 30', which would mean it is impossible to put a 43' fiver on them. Instead, what we find is that the max length listed is way off, and there are tons of sites we can fit into. Don't always believe what is listed on a government website....