50 AMP Tents

down home wrote:
We've seen the same things. They get away with because the Camp Hoasts let them,..usually,until someone says something. They like the larger spaces necessary for Big RVs...and then there is the nut factor. Soem do it op purpose because they resent and or don't want RVs near them, in their camp ground etc..and ocuppying the Big RV space the RVs can't usually fit in the tent sites around them giving them lots of space.

I have yet to see a campground, be it state, fed, ACOE etc., that have a site with electric only or FHU's sandwiched between undeveloped tent sites. Maybe at the end of a loop where the utilities stop you may have 1. The utilities are installed from site to site without skipping sites. I have also never seen a rule at any public campground stating a person with a tent has to take an undeveloped site or denying them a developed site. A person with a tent has just as much right to take a FHU or electric only site as a person with a Prevost. They both pay the same price. If the tenter reserved it first so be it, reserve earlier or go to commercial campgrounds where they assign you your site and you know what you get in advance if you take issue with it. I have hosted at numerous public campgrounds and assigning sites based on what RV a person has was never a responsibility nor have I seen it done anywhere.

time2roll wrote:
If a large MH runs one A/C continuous and a tent runs one A/C continuous they will use the same electricity assuming the A/C units are the same capacity.

Actual comfort might depend on size and insulation but both draw the same power.

This is very true, but when was the last time you saw a large motorhome with only one AC? Most of the ones I've see usually have three.

If a large MH runs one A/C continuous and a tent runs one A/C continuous they will use the same electricity assuming the A/C units are the same capacity.

Actual comfort might depend on size and insulation but both draw the same power.

Funny how the old farts call the youngins snowflakes and then show their own all about ME tendencies....

Gdetrailer wrote:

Although at least a big MH DOES have some sort of insulation AND it does have closable glass windows so it DOES attempt to contain much more A/C cooling than a tent..

Tents are not known for being all that air tight (one could even say barely water tight) and have zero insulation value.

I would give MH or hard sided trailers a big bump up in efficiency over air conditioning a tent.

Besides, if you don't like the heat and are planning to use a tent, perhaps you would reconsider tenting at that time until you have more moderate camping weather? I would if all I had was a tent and it was extremely hot.

Except the guy in the MH is cooling 5 times the area compared to the tenter, so net, the tenter is using less power.

Do you hold the RV'er to the same standard, that they should only camp when they don't need the air/con? Why shouldn't a tenter take an air/con unit with them?

My wife's health demands she have access to dryer air than we often have in this area. Before we got our camper, I would set a window unit on a milk crate so it could blow thru a window screen. I used a tarp as a boot to keep most of the air from escaping. Quilt between tent and rain fly helps in heat or cold.
Last time I pulled into a state park for overnight in the tent I started to unload gear on a electric site, then thought "What am I going to plug in?" Moved to another site, used my inverter and starting battery to grind the coffee.

Lynnmor wrote:
Took a stroll around my loop in a state park campground and observed some strange behaviour. The loop is less than 30% full with a mix of tent sites, 30 AMP and a much smaller selection of 50 AMP sites. 100% of the 50 AMP contained tents. I’ll walk the other loop this weekend to see what happens when the campground is booked nearly solid.

So there are no rules of distribution based upon available electricity?
All are same price?

Either way I don't see why it matters. Of course you could post the park name and location so we could read the rules.

down home wrote:
We've seen the same things. They get away with because the Camp Hoasts let them,..usually,until someone says something. They like the larger spaces necessary for Big RVs...and then there is the nut factor. Soem do it op purpose because they resent and or don't want RVs near them, in their camp ground etc..and ocuppying the Big RV space the RVs can't usually fit in the tent sites around them giving them lots of space.

So have you actually talked to these people and gotten all this information, or is this just your opinions and bias speaking out?

I've occasionally wondered why someone puts a tent where they do, but in all honesty, I don't really care. As long as it doesn't affect me I let them do as they please. Life's too short to fret about such things.

Lynnmor wrote:
There are numerous 30 AMP sites available, I just thought that it was a shame that others are denied the precious few 50 AMP sites that probably were reserved on the first day allowed. I need to brush up on the “it’s all about me” thing.

You're saying because someone spent more money on their camping equipment they deserve a 50a site more than a tenter? Yes, that is the "all about me" mindset.

We've seen the same things. They get away with because the Camp Hoasts let them,..usually,until someone says something. They like the larger spaces necessary for Big RVs...and then there is the nut factor. Soem do it op purpose because they resent and or don't want RVs near them, in their camp ground etc..and ocuppying the Big RV space the RVs can't usually fit in the tent sites around them giving them lots of space.