Do many campgrounds discriminate against TC's...?

We bought our first TC about 40 years ago and are currently on our 5th one. We all need to keep in mind, that much of the general public considers us all to be trailer trash, no matter what RV we own. Now in the pile of trash, there is a hierarchy of sorts, with the Class A units at the top, (containing a much higher grade of people, then at the bottom are us TCers and us hard siders, are a bit above the popup/soft side units. Travel trailers are not much above us, but some. Then come the 5th wheels full of old people, but they go to bed early so they don't cause much of a problem. Now the Class C units often are full of kids, noisy critters that they are, lots of parents yelling so this rig is also closely watched. The Class A units are at the top of the pile, as you can tell these people have money or at least did before they purchased their Class A. Now again these are full of old people, like the 5th wheels, and sometimes drink too much and stagger around the campgrounds, but they have money. LOL

We have run into less than half a dozen campgrounds that prohibit TC and usually tents. A couple of the old age type places in Arizona. We pulled into one of these in Arizona, back when we also owned a Class A rig, and found the park to be 55 and up only, and our daughters were teenagers, so we couldn't stay. My oldest daughter did comment about the cemetery located next door to the campground, about it being the most full service campground she had ever seen. LOL

There was one in Colorado, up near Breckinridge, Tiger Run, I think was the name of it. (Class A rigs only here) There is one we have seen here in Florida down toward the Keys, Blue Water CG, a real nice place but no riff raff like us allowed in our TCs. Just too offensive to the fancy folks that stay there I guess. Just not enough of them to worry about though. We put in about 100 nights a year sleeping in our TC and have done so for several decades. So places don't like TCs, IMHO, but they let me stay. I ran into this in Strasburg Colorado one summer. My wife was flying into Denver International and I stayed in Strasburg to be semi close. The woman owner/manager let me know she didn't approve of my rig. This was in 2004, my TC was a 2001 and my truck was a 2002. As I was filling out the registration form, she walked outside and around my TC, then came back in, wanting to know the year of both. So I told her. Her comment was "looks a lot older to me." But she took my money. I saw she had a "for sale" sign or two posted for the business and I told her I sure hoped she found a willing buyer, as I thought she needed a break from the job.

Mesa Regal - Mesa Arizona - No truck campers allowed.

Superstition Buttes Apache Junction - No Truck campers allowed

We phoned several others in Arizona that we did not record the names and were told NO.

All the years I have been camping, I have never been turned down also. If that ever happens in the future, I figure I will just spend my money somewhere else, and let everyone on RV.net know who they are.

Bob in Calif.

In 18 years of truck camping, we have never been turned away from a campground of any type.

We stayed at LazyDazy campground when we had our old KZ camper on my F250. The truck was modified with a larger turbo that whistled like a jet.

We pulled into the camp ground around 10pm and pissed off a group of sleeping campers with custom high dollar coaches. The next morning we were visited by management to let us know there was a Ford dealer down the street and they could help get us back to the campground if needed..(I smiled and thanked them..I was a little confused at first and the wife was hiding embarrassed in the TC) lol
Im sure we are on the black list now...Ill need to check in under Mr Smith next time..

I ran into one of those TC don't camp here spots near Austin here there web page http://www.sunsetpointlbj.com was looking for a spot to use our free night from good sams club saw there name at good sams web page so we headed over on our way home from Az well found them easy anoff have a big old sign out on the hwy no mention of No TC allowed have to dig throw there web site to find the no TC, tents or Pop-ups allowed. What was so funny our 75k rig was better looking than most in there

We full timed for over two years and camped in 200 parks in 43 states.

We only came across one "resort" in CO that restricted TC's.

One gain for TC owner, big rigs are not allowed in many Gov't campground, so we have more choice.

This winter I was in Florida at a County Park campground, not many big rigs cause the lots where not very big. There was a lot of people outside around a campfire, family and kids having diner around the picnic tables. This is my type of camping, fun, family, out in nature. In the big rig Class A only campground, beside walking the dogs, you do not see many people outside, almost pathetic sometimes.

Long life to Truck Campers

mkirsch wrote:
Not sure what you searched on but this subject comes up frequently. Yes there are RV parks that "discriminate" against truck campers.

Not "many" by any stretch of the imagination, though. A few, maybe some, but not "many."

If you come across one, just move on to the next campground. Good or bad, it's private enterprise at its finest. It's how someone wants to run their business, and how its run is none of your business.

Well said..

mkirsch wrote:
There are a couple of practical reasons why a campground owner would choose to exclude TCs:

1. Liability from jack failure/tipover with camper off the truck.

2. Removal/disposal of abandoned units. With a wheeled unit, all you need is a tractor or wheel loader and a chain to drag it away. A TC requires a heavy duty pickup truck, and are a pain to load for someone who doesn't do it regularly.

That's assuming it isn't some rot box whose jacks have collapsed. Now they've got a REAL mess to clean up.

Most campgrounds have some sort of wheel loader or tractor, but in my travels, campground pickup trucks are either old 1/2 tons, or have service bodies on them, and are generally loaded to the gills with maintenance junk. Some campgrounds don't have pickups at all. Their service vehicles are UTVs.

You're just not going to get very far dragging a TC with a wheel loader.

I've been told that these are BS reasons before, but when you realize how big of a cheapskate the typical campground owner is, you'll understand that anything they don't have to spend money on is a bonus.

TC's aren't that common so they figure they're not losing a whole lot of business.

LMAO... I've been pondering how to dispose of our old TC.

There are a couple of practical reasons why a campground owner would choose to exclude TCs:

1. Liability from jack failure/tipover with camper off the truck.

2. Removal/disposal of abandoned units. With a wheeled unit, all you need is a tractor or wheel loader and a chain to drag it away. A TC requires a heavy duty pickup truck, and are a pain to load for someone who doesn't do it regularly.

That's assuming it isn't some rot box whose jacks have collapsed. Now they've got a REAL mess to clean up.

Most campgrounds have some sort of wheel loader or tractor, but in my travels, campground pickup trucks are either old 1/2 tons, or have service bodies on them, and are generally loaded to the gills with maintenance junk. Some campgrounds don't have pickups at all. Their service vehicles are UTVs.

You're just not going to get very far dragging a TC with a wheel loader.

I've been told that these are BS reasons before, but when you realize how big of a cheapskate the typical campground owner is, you'll understand that anything they don't have to spend money on is a bonus.

TC's aren't that common so they figure they're not losing a whole lot of business.