My truck has turned 10 years old but the camper it tows is only nine. For those campgrounds with a "ten year rule," does it mean both units have to be under ten years? Not trolling, just kidding. Let's have some fun with this.

My rig is only 8 (see photo in signature)I have been turned away often. I always argue that it's not 10 years old but they boot me nonetheless.

If your truck is 10 and the camper is 9, add them together for a total of 19.When the rig hits 20, it's a classic.Who would turn away a classic? :)

The camper can stay, but you'll have to leave the truck on the street. :)

There's a very simple calculation to see if you are within the 10 year limit:((Age of truck/147)*(age of RV*394))/(weight of driver*(number of dogs/number of times you've had poison oak))*((square root of GVWR)/(number of times you've dumped your black water tank without gloves+number of propane tanks)). Then take the tongue weight and divide it by 10. Then add the numbers in the RV Park's phone number and divide by the gear ratio.

The ten year rule is only a way for campgrounds to keep the unkept, neglected campers out of the campground. I'm well over 10 years old and never been turned away. Could happen tomorrow, so I guess I better wash the ole girl tonight.

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24 Replies

bsinmich
Explorer
Jul 11, 2015
I haven't been turned away yet. My 2 MHs are 20 & 40 years old and get a lot of interest but not refused. It also helps to have a lot of relatives who let you park in their driveways.
toedtoes
Explorer III
Jun 29, 2015
Why would someone put out money to dump an old RV at a park, when they can simply drive it to an empty road and dump it there? And most people know that simply removing the plates doesn't make it unidentifiable - there is still the VIN.

The reason for the rule is simply because it gives park owners the flexibility to deny unwanted people from staying in their parks - and the odds of the unwanted arriving in old junker RVs is greater than their arriving in new ones.
Jim_Shoe
Explorer
Jun 29, 2015
If anybody on this forum can actually identify the year of every RV that was ever made by looking at it, raise your hand. Neither can RV park owners.
There are two reasons for the rule.
1. People on this very forum complain about old, beat up RVs in a park where they are staying. That's bad advertising for the RV park.
2. An RV must be the toughest thing to throw away. Unless you find a salvage yard that can part it out, you're out of luck. OR, you can pull into an RV park that will take you. (Don't use your real name.) Then at night, remove the license plates from the RV or TT, hop in the TV or toad, and hit the road, making it the park owner's problem.
My 'C' turns 10 this year. But its stored in a heated building that I own when not on the road, and looks new. Next year, it magically becomes a 2006. If I get caught, they don't take away my next birthday, I just have to leave.
P.S. If anybody out there can identify the year of a classic Airstream by looking at it....
Tinyandthegang
Explorer
Jun 29, 2015
When I had an older travel trailer it seemed to get a year newer every year and I was never turned away.
Hermes
Explorer
Jun 09, 2015
I only ran into such an RV park once and as my rig was well under I went ahead and made reservations. It was interesting to find when we arrive the park was pretty old and not all that nice. I also noted a few rigs well over 10 years and some not so well maintained.
2012Coleman
Explorer II
May 29, 2015
navegator wrote:
The ten year rule is that everything starts falling apart after this magic number and the RV industry wants you to trade yours in for a new one!

They are in kahoots with the fancy big bucks RV resorts!

navegator ??
Really? Stuff started breaking on mine before it was 1.5 years old. Started with the plastic license plate tabs and went downhill from there.
Jebby14
Explorer
May 28, 2015
HA one of the dumbest things ive ever heard of. my tv is 13 and my tt is 24. I don't want to camp with that up tight crowd anyways. if I had that kind of money I wouldn't be camping in their fields I mean parks
steve-n-vicki
Explorer
May 27, 2015
I have not been to a camp ground that had an age limit , but I have been at one that required a RVIAA sticker
Oaklevel
Explorer
May 27, 2015
Not run into the 10 year rule yet .........been camping 30 years maybe they want us to quit after 10 :) ...... no chance if run into it just go elsewhere. Wish I could get the 1958 trailer that I see every summer at the campground........
Toolguy5
Explorer III
May 25, 2015
Been at a lot of places. Never knew there was an age limit. :h