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rpetritsch
Explorer
Apr 04, 2015

Min overall height for soft side

Still working on The Admiral for a truck camper. One of her main objections is that our POA restrictions do not allow parking RV outside overnight. It would have to be dropped off at a storage yard every night and reinstalled each morning.
Ah, but what if it would fit in the garage...... Is there any soft sided TC that would fit in a standard garage? My garage door is an even 7 foot high. Width is no problem as it is a two car garage with one door.
Thanks in advance for your help.
  • rpetritsch wrote:
    Wow! Never thought it would be that close. Thanks for the true picture.

    My camper, an Outfitter Apex 8, is a good deal taller than most popups, as it has a basement.
  • Two Things:
    1) my Jayco and F150 are 8-1/2 feet tall

    2) Just what the heck does your POA say? Isn't the intent to prevent folks from STORING their RV's? If you use it for hunting for a week, you are not storing it, you are using it. What are they going to do? make you take it off (which you are going to do when you are done hunting anyway).
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    RickW
    Explorer III
    rpetritsch wrote:
    Still working on The Admiral for a truck camper. One of her main objections is that our POA restrictions do not allow parking RV outside overnight. It would have to be dropped off at a storage yard every night and reinstalled each morning.
    Ah, but what if it would fit in the garage...... Is there any soft sided TC that would fit in a standard garage? My garage door is an even 7 foot high. Width is no problem as it is a two car garage with one door.
    Thanks in advance for your help.


    When I brought my brand new TC home, I parked the rig in the driveway overnight and got the early morning chastising from the HOA. I modified my landscape trailer with large casters, set the TC in the trailer and pushed it in the garage. The trailer bed height was about 12 inches and it cleared the 7 foot garage height by an inch and the sides by a few inches. (Also had to remove the jacks)

    Loading and unloading was such a hassle, that I put the TC in a storage site and we started looking for our current home. No HOA. Now I park it in my driveway.

    Good Luck,