Anyone Carry Tree Trimmer?

mrkoje wrote:

aerbus32 wrote:
Truly amazes me some of the directions a simple post can go in. Inherent in paying for an assigned site is the implication that the site is acceptable for the rig. It's one thing if you pull into a self-registration site in the middle of the forest and make a bad choice. It's different when you've made a week's reservation months ahead at a popular urban destination, clearly stating your rig size and requirements, only to get there and find your assigned site is problematic and nothing else is available. This recently almost happened to me. In talking to both the office staff and a landscaper, they seemed unaware that the trees at this relatively new park are maturing to a size that is creating problems. The grass between sites is well manicured, as are the hedges. Healthy trees require pruning. In the wild, herbivorous animals do this. With today's commercially produced trees, pruning may not be quite that simple. I'd prefer to have the site ready when I am. I have had to ask in the past and wait until they got to it. That's when I document the incident for the world to see on an RV review site, hoping to save others future frustration.

I knew someone out there would comment that has some commonsense. :W

Agree completely. It amazes me how the trimming of tiny branches that are maybe 2' long and maybe 1/2" thick can be turned into "cutting limbs" or "cutting down trees". The public seems to be loosing it's reading comprehension AND common sense.

I don't think any of us that have actually trimmed overhanging branches would ever cut down an entire tree, or large limb, just so we could fit in a site. But just because the previous occupant of the site fit just fine, doesn't mean that we ALL will. RV's are different heights...

And, as a child of a campground owner, and past employee of that campground, I can tell you that my parents and I would have WELCOMED your offer that YOU trim back the overhanging branches. Saves us from climbing in the tractor bucket to do so ourselves. Heck, we'd even let you borrow our trimmers! Like I said in a previous post, from the ground, it is not always easy to tell exactly how low a branch may be hanging, UNTIL a tall rig pulls into the site. And with hundreds of trees, it's hard to keep an eye on every single one. We spent HOURS every week trimming trees, but there were still occasional instances where we missed a branch, or didn't trim high enough.