New Trend?

I don't care what direction my camper faces as we don't live inside anyway. I can point my camp chair any direction I wish. :)

No. Really don't care what others do as long as rules aren't taken advantage of.

In Michigan we have do it at one of our frequent favorite RV parks. Nice big field and trees the other side and not facing thee road.
On the other side of the road facing the lake too and not facing the road.
Nothing worth seeing on the road through the Parks. We try no to choose parks where the only sight is more rvs behind and the road in front.
Most Parks were laid out when the only RVs were Towables and the window was in the back. So you backed in so you can see the lake or the fields or whatever.
A lot of the Parks still have hookups on the wrong sides.

When my brother and us go camping together we do this all the time. One of us pulls in and the other backs in. This allows us to walk out in the same area as we all sit outside together. Now not all campgrounds are set up to allow this but when we can we do it. Never an issue in 10 years.

In extreme summer temps (e.g. TX 106, LA 103) we try to get a space that gets our roadside out of the direct afternoon sun. Our refer works better when it is out of the direct sun. At one park, all the spaces were the same direction so we asked if we could reverse park (park was empty) and was denied. We do cover the windshield from the outside which helps greatly but it was still darn hot.

On large coaches you must park with the rear higher than the front, The parking air brakes are applied to the rear wheels only, so when you use the leveling system you should not/can not lift the rear tires off the ground or you will slide down the hill and possibly bend your jacks.
So the site slope may be the reason they are driving in.
This is not the case on a TT or 5er that just pivets on the center axles but a long wheelbase coach is it an issue.

jwolf55 wrote:
On large coaches you must park with the rear higher than the front, The parking air brakes are applied to the rear wheels only, so when you use the leveling system you should not/can not lift the rear tires off the ground or you will slide down the hill and possibly bend your jacks.
So the site slope may be the reason they are driving in.
This is not the case on a TT or 5er that just pivets on the center axles but a long wheelbase coach is it an issue.

We had that happen with our previous coach (raising the rear wheels off the ground) at the American RV park in Albuquerque. The new area has all pull-through sites and are angled upward.

I put down the leveling jacks which raised the rear to level. Early, early, in the morning I felt a vibration. We were slowly sliding rearwards on the leveling jacks. So, I started up the engine, raised the jacks and leveled on the air bags, problem solved.

The new coach has air only leveling so we'll never lift the rear wheels.

Safe travels,
MM.