Camping in TC off truck
My planned trip for next summer involves week long stays at various places. What I want to do is take the TC off the truck, lower the jacks all the way, and use it that way, leaving the truck availabl...
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languiduck wrote:
I would like to see this proven please, because I'm throwing the BS flag. Try as I might, I can't find a law in writing that prevents unloading a TC at a campsite.
I don't think you really looked at (m)any land use/building codes, so you didn't find it. Here are a couple:
RV defined as, "Designed to be self-propelled or permanently towed by a light duty truck..." --take the wheels off and it's no longer an RV, it's a structure (possibly) governed by building codes, not vehicle codes.
"No person having ownership or other responsibility for property in the city shall occupy or allow the occupancy of any recreational vehicle upon the premises as permanent living quarters, unless approved for the use by the city." Once the use is over 30 days, and it is not mobile, it is no longer an RV but governed by land use and building codes. In addition many localities require permanent living structures to be a minimum square footage, with permanent toilet fixtures. Just like you can't live in a shed in most cities, you can't live in a truck camper that sits on the ground (not attached to the vehicle.
If that "RV" without wheels (now a permanent structure) is in a special flood hazard area you are probably required to have it "anchored" per FEMA regulations. So, you remove it from the vehicle and now it needs to have an engineered anchor so it isn't swept into the floodway.
Believe it or not.
