What's Meant By Maximum Size?

I just don't worry about it. When I call to see if there is a space available, I state that we have a 32 foot motorhome with a towed vehicle. It is up to the management to decide if they can accommodate me. If they say they can't, I simply go somewhere else.
When we go to Forest Service campgrounds, where there is no person to call and there are no reservations anyway, we simply check the available sites (if any) and choose the one that looks like it will fit our needs. I have put a 29 foot class C with a towed Jeep in a 25 foot Forest service site. It worked just fine!

wandering1 wrote:
Trailer length, if you are confused ask the person at the RV park.:S

Best answer!

All kinds of possibilities - but *usually* it's the length of the RV they're talking about (which doesn't include a tow vehicle or toad).

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Awesome variety of replies and advice. I found the idea of the "long measuring tape and Google Maps satellite view for my smart phone app especially helpful.

We routinely do: research site specs online, talk with specific campground, walk or drive the grounds, hang back of TT over the edge, park TV alongside or elsewhere nearby.

The end answer does appear to be, "there is no real industry standard; just various interpretations of the definition and/or meaning of size". Indicating once and for all that indeed - size matters!

Thanks all!

If you are the "pull through, FHU site please" type of person then it is probably best that you pay attention to size restriction suggestions. A lack of reversing experience is going to make anything not dead simple a challenge.

If you are a "Give me a back in" no matter what type, you probably like a challenge. Neighbouring "observers" don't fluster you. If you are a traveler changing CGs every few days you have much experience & are very good at getting into places others would find impossible. Length limits are only a guide to this person. A 30'max CG gets translated into "I can get my 36'er in there somewhere".

Note Towed vehicles on a class A,B,C, need not be counted in "Total length" if you have two people... WHY: You "Drop" the towed outside the park and drive 'em in independently. Thus corners you have no towed.. Only the site.

YOU may need a second site or need to park the towed at the restroom or some such though. I'll do that Sunday (park the towed at the rest room) while I finish packing and bring the RV around,, WHY, cause if I do it that way there is a real tight corner I can make and cut a good half mile of park speed bumps off my trip.

I am in the call and confirm crowd. There are some parks where I know I fit even though my TT is several feet longer than the restriction. And there is another park I frequent that has a limit on one section of the park. It is not that the TT would not fit but there is no way you could navigate the roads/paths to get into your spot.