How long of a trailer is too long?
I am looking at toy haulers. We have seen some things we like that are a bit bigger but we know bigger isn't always better with RV's. We're looking at toy haulers but it will be for general camping us...
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Well, living and doing most of our camping on the East side, we've not had any difficulties getting in anywhere. We just make sure we have reservations and when making those reservations, we've always searched for sites that would accommodate the size of our trailers. And the trailers just keep getting longer these days it seems.
We went form a 10 foot box pop-up that opened up to 21 feet. Then a few travel trailers with true bumper to bumper lengths of 21, 31, and 35.5 feet. With tow vehicle, my longest length was 58 feet.
Now we have a 41.5 foot 5er. ... yea, really! Been out 3 times with it, all were previous reservations we made for the 35.5 TT several months ago. And, we had no problems getting the 41.5 footer in any of those spots. One was in Kentucky, the other was a private campground, and the last was an Indiana State Park.
We've not had any problems with length, but we do have to choose a little more careful. If a campground loop is not recommended for anything over a certain size, it's advisable to take heed. The actual campsite might accommodate even a larger trailer, but using the road to get there may be impossible with trees and obsticles that would hit the side of longer trailer on the side when making turns and such. But, you make those decisions when you book a reservation.
We don't boondock. Never have. We enjoy burning fossil fuel to support our wasteful life style ;)
We went form a 10 foot box pop-up that opened up to 21 feet. Then a few travel trailers with true bumper to bumper lengths of 21, 31, and 35.5 feet. With tow vehicle, my longest length was 58 feet.
Now we have a 41.5 foot 5er. ... yea, really! Been out 3 times with it, all were previous reservations we made for the 35.5 TT several months ago. And, we had no problems getting the 41.5 footer in any of those spots. One was in Kentucky, the other was a private campground, and the last was an Indiana State Park.
We've not had any problems with length, but we do have to choose a little more careful. If a campground loop is not recommended for anything over a certain size, it's advisable to take heed. The actual campsite might accommodate even a larger trailer, but using the road to get there may be impossible with trees and obsticles that would hit the side of longer trailer on the side when making turns and such. But, you make those decisions when you book a reservation.
We don't boondock. Never have. We enjoy burning fossil fuel to support our wasteful life style ;)
