Is it just me or have others experienced the loud trucks doing a warm up in the early morning in preparation to go to work. It happens to me no matter where I go.We have a nice mother and daughter living across the street here in the park. The daughter is in her thirties and has a job at a motel down the road. She starts the loudest truck on the planet at 0645 and allows it to warm up rather than just put it in drive off. I'm an early riser but why do workers in rv parks need to disturb others?I respect the fact that people need work and make a living but parks could place these rigs together in an area by themselves. Am I the only one griping about this?

It's not only trucks but some motorhome owners think they have to warm up their rigs for 20 minutes before driving off. I can see a few minutes warmup to get all the systems functioning but 20 minutes?

Dick_B wrote:It's not only trucks but some motorhome owners think they have to warm up their rigs for 20 minutes before driving off. I can see a few minutes warmup to get all the systems functioning but 20 minutes?Yes I find this more annoying then the people going to work

Considering you are living in a "community" with other people living in the same "community" and this is your "home", you can expect people to live their normal lives. If you were living in an apartment complex, you'd have the same situation going on. The only difference is, stick and brick buildings are a little more sound proof.Bottom line, they are doing nothing wrong, illegal, or immoral. They are well within their own boundaries to live their own lifestyle the way they want. The park would be way out of line if they tried to segregate groups of people into different sections. That would fall under the category of "discrimination". If they separated the active working group from the not active working group, they've just opened themselves up to a can of legal worms. Even if they designated different sections of the park for working and non-working and then let individual decide where they wanted to park, they would be opening a can of legal worms no one want's to eat.It would be no different than designating different sections of the part for different color of skin, religion, nationality, or even sex.When you live in a community, you have to accept the unconventional lifestyle of others, or else, simply, look for another place to live.What would happen if the neighbor who runs their vehicle engine in the morning started complaining about you for cooking steak in the evening and the aroma is filtering into their yard. And they are strictly vegetarians! How would you feel. Would you quit fixing steak for Supper because the smell blows to someone who is offended by the smell of meat?Think about it.

In the park we are at in Florida, we are surrounded by trucks with diesel engines and loud pipes. We also have numerous Harley's that have pipes that make them louder than factory levels. Yesterday the guy next to me let his diesel truck idol for 40 minutes before leaving. It's annoying yes, but it sure is less annoying than shoveling snow every day, which is what I would be doing if I didn't come to Florida this winter. If making a choice, I'm picking the loud trucks and motorcycles every time over the snow!

It is not just rv parks. I live in a subdivision in a rural area. My neighbor two doors down from me has 4 diesel dump trucks that he uses for his business. He starts them all up at 4:30 am every weekday. He lets them idle for over 45 minutes before they pull out. On the weekends, he plays loud music while he works on the engines. Every neighbor next to his house has moved and the houses have been vacant for years. Since we are outside the city limits, there are no restrictions.What it boils down to wherever you are is consideration for others. Some people have none.

Typical problem we all see in RV parks. | Good Sam Community

pnichols
Explorer II
Dec 22, 2019
dodge guy wrote:
Diesels from the last 15 years or more don't need any warm up time.

Most don't even need a diesel. They only bought it because they think it sounds cool.

That's about what I would have guessed ... thanks for your confirmation!

So ... this thread may be about not only lack of present consideration for others at campgrounds ... but also about lack of future consideration for others at RV purchase time - with maybe both lacks based on ego issues.

:h

(I hope this doesn't trigger another gas versus diesel emotional discussion.)
1320Fastback
Explorer
Dec 22, 2019
At Colter Bay last year i felt kinda bad starting the 12 valve at 5AM to drive to Yellowstone. I normally would let it warm at home for 10min or so purely to get the heater working but there amongst all the other campers I started it the second we were leaving for the day. It's not annoyingly loud overall but loud by todays standards for pickups.

Im with others, as long as you didn't modify it to be loud so be it.
185EZ
Explorer
Dec 22, 2019
Wow, some days I feel like my life really sux
then I come and see this
Thanks for making my day;)
2oldman
Explorer II
Dec 21, 2019
JaxDad wrote:
as opposed to 6:30 AM in the evening?

Speaking of high school dropouts...........
I guess that went right over your head.
cross21114
Explorer
Dec 21, 2019
Jayco-noslide wrote:
There's 2 topics here. First, we don't usually get noise especially snowbirding along with mostly seniors. Mostly national, state parks, etc. Secondly, "warming up" a modern vehicle is about 40 years outdated. Absolutely unnecessary from a mechanical point of view and for temperature a moving vehicle warms up faster. But I guess you can't go around the park preaching that. But the short answer is- No we don't have that problem.

I am always self-conscious about disturbing my neoghbors, and new diesels do not need to long warmup periods. I have everything put away, slids closed, and jacks up before I start up. As soon as I get enough air pressure to release the brakes, I am off.
JaxDad
Explorer III
Dec 21, 2019
2oldman wrote:
Spade Cooley wrote:
She is now pulling out sooner and I've adapted to her schedule arising at 0630. That's 630 AM for you draft dodgers.
It's 630 AM in the morning for high school dropouts.

As opposed to 6:30 AM in the evening?

Speaking of high school dropouts...........
ppine
Explorer II
Dec 21, 2019
Ear plugs are cheap. I never travel without them.
Diesels are noisy, no denying it.
Be considerate or go home.
The quietest places I ever stay with a lot of people are RV parks with senior citizens. They go to bed at 9 and don't go outside until about 8.
spoon059
Explorer II
Dec 21, 2019
Spade Cooley wrote:
All I want is a little consideration.

So what did she say when you asked her to try to keep the noise down?
westernrvparkow
Explorer
Dec 21, 2019
2oldman wrote:
Spade Cooley wrote:
She is now pulling out sooner and I've adapted to her schedule arising at 0630. That's 630 AM for you draft dodgers.
It's 630 AM in the morning for high school dropouts.
It's 6:30 a.m. for those who graduated high school and actually got educated in the proper way to write time. (colon between hour and minutes, lower case with periods for a.m and p.m.)
dodge_guy
Explorer II
Dec 21, 2019
I was getting gas one day and a guy in a lifted 2500, Ram I think? With a full exhaust with no muffler Pulled in front of the building. Before he got out he raised the rpm to about 1500 and went inside. It was 30 degrees outside, absolutely no reason for it other that to have people look at him (and make fun of him). Some people just shouldn’t even be driving!