Park Models RV or Not?
Not sure if anyone has seen or read this already but HUD jumped into the fray here a few months ago and decided to start classifying Park Model trailers as manufactured homes. The RV industry is freak...
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Wrace wrote:mlts22 wrote:
Just... no.
Once HUD rules apply to park models, it is very easy to get those rulings to apply to all RVs, even the motorcycle tent trailer with very minor tweaks. What then? Most RV parks make a razor thin income with all the new regulations, higher taxes, and customer demands (if Wi-Fi isn't perfect, even though the place is paradise, people will give it a one star.)
With HUD rules for anything that parks at a campground, this would completely kill the RV ecosystem, just like how the EPA killed steel production, forcing us to buy all metal from China. Parks would be charging $100 a night or just closing overnight.
Is there any burning reason for HUD to be wanting this? Are people dying because park models are not classified as permanent structures? If not, the economy is still quite weak before adding additional burdens onto RV parks, RV companies, and RV buyers. I wonder if this is being done because it brings in more tax revenue, as opposed to actually doing good for anybody else.
You should probably receive some sort of internet penalty for exceeding the common sense quotient for a single post. Well said!
You are actually blaming the EPA for killing the steel industry? Do you remember when rivers in this country would catch on fire, you could not see more than 2 miles and breathing outside was hazardous to your health?
Nobody is interested in coming after your RV, they simply want to make sure that people are safe in their permanent residences, which is what park models are. Stronger roofs and hurricane straps arer what they want, not your Jayco.
