40 Ft. Motor home with 22ft. trailer (Camp Rules)

[Rick_Hixon]

Hello and brand new to forum, my wife and I are considering a large class A with 10k tow capacity to tow a 20 to 22 ft. enclosed car trailer. The trailer will have an air conditioner and will be my garage/man cave. When staying in a park, I will always need a pull though and will be staying in most parks over 30 days. I would prefer to keep the trailer hooked up to the MH and use the man cave trailer to putter around watch TV or even make quite adjustments to my sports car. How hard will it be to find a long term stay with this size of rig always coupled together and will most parks frown on this set up because I am running some electricity to the garage trailer? Will they look at this as two RV. Units? I know I will have to make some amperage adjustments like not running three AC units and other appliances. The trailer will be paint matched and the RV. will be around 8 years old.

Thanks RH

[cman60]

We have a 28ft MH pulling a 24 Car Hauler and for the last 15 years we have never found a place we couldn't fit. We are 56ft long. Have had a few say we couldn't but give it a try anyway, and we have always fit. Welcome to the forum. Great info here.

[2gypsies1]

Some RV parks don't let long-termers park in the up front pull-throughs. They require you to use back-ins along the rear of the park to leave the easy pull-throughs for short-term.

[Rick_Hixon]

Thanks everyone

[Rick_Hixon]

Sounds like we better start looking around for the right combo. Scott, the stacker trailer did cross my mind but that's a huge commitment. My wife and I are really excited to make this happen. Smitty,setting up the garage/Man cave trailer is pretty strait forward. Buy a loaded race trailer they have about everything inside you can imagine. Finding the right coach will take some time. We will be buying everything used including another sports car. Our current sports car is 80% track car 20% street car that wont work for a daily driver. Budget is $150k (MH 100k)(trailer 10k)(Used Porsche 30k)(10k misc)

[Smitty77]

Hey Rick - Welcome to the gang! As you can see, not a problem as long as you plan accordingly, and are flexible.

And if you are planning to be on the road for long spells, do get an RV that you both can 'live in'.

As you do your research, consider both the towing capacity as well as the coaches total CCC. I assume your van, or planned van, will have brakes - good. I'd look for bigger engine coaches. Cummins ISM or ISX, I personally like the ISM for 40-42' lengths. BIG CAT C12-15. Or Detroit engines. I'd want to be sure these Big Blocks have the three stage Jake brake, or if Foretravel, the retarder transmission. I personally like the extra stability while driving, let alone towing what you plan to, of Tag's.

Not that a Cummins ISL or CAT C7 or C9 could not pull your van, sure it could, with just a bit slower hill climbs. But, those BIG BLOCKS provide much more Compression Braking HP for you on the downgrades, and that is a nice safety feature.

Good luck on your hunt and setting up of the Rolling Man Cave,
Smitty

[ferndaleflyer]

I went to from NC to CA back to FL then back here to NC this past winter towing a 30ft trailer behind a 45ft DP----never unhooked it and don't remember anywhere we couldn't park the car. Never had any advance reservations and seemed all campgrounds were extra helpful.....My regular deal with the race car is 70ft long and have never had a problem with that one either.

[FIRE_UP]

Rick Hixon wrote:
Hello and brand new to forum, my wife and I are considering a large class A with 10k tow capacity to tow a 20 to 22 ft. enclosed car trailer. The trailer will have an air conditioner and will be my garage/man cave. When staying in a park, I will always need a pull though and will be staying in most parks over 30 days. I would prefer to keep the trailer hooked up to the MH and use the man cave trailer to putter around watch TV or even make quite adjustments to my sports car. How hard will it be to find a long term stay with this size of rig always coupled together and will most parks frown on this set up because I am running some electricity to the garage trailer? Will they look at this as two RV. Units? I know I will have to make some amperage adjustments like not running three AC units and other appliances. The trailer will be paint matched and the RV. will be around 8 years old.



Thanks RH

RH,
Well Sir, we've been in quite a few parks, some nice, some not so nice and, we've seen some seriously long rigs pulling long trailers parked in them. We're presently at Elk Horn Ridge RV Resort in the western edge of South Dakota. It's a very, very nice park, (rated in the top 100 of Good Sam). You should see what's here right now. There's no less than a dozen Newells, more than that in Prevost's, several Country Coaches, all over 40' long and, towing what's called "Stacker" trailers.

In those trailers are hundreds of Harley bikes, Corvettes, Mercedes Benz, Razors and much, much more. Some of those units are right at 70' long. I know because, these pull-throughs are 75' long and many of those combos are almost tip to tip of each site. Some of these boys are working on or, polishing their bikes, cars etc. I've also seen the same in Anza Borrego, in "The Springs at Borrego" RV park and campground which, is also a top rated campground.

We've seen it also in Seven Feathers RV Resort & Casino in Oregon, also a top rated RV park.

So, yes, there's lots of campgrounds that will handle that kind of length. And, unless you pull out a ton of tools and start a manufacturing process in the camp site, 99% of the staff will not care.

Scott

[hipower]

Rick, get what you really want and deal with the issues as they arise, you'll be a lot happier in the long run. A little pre-planning will allow for overcoming most issues you will encounter.

[Rick_Hixon]

I really appreciate everyone's advice. It definitely sounds workable. I had no idea the big rig book exists. One thing we are even considering is a smaller MH something around 35 ft. I could work with a 20ft trailer if I had to.

[John_S_]

Friend of mine has a gas powered tug to move his trailer next to him on some spots. Opens up a lot more places to stay. He is a fulltimer so he stays a while. This means he can use the trailer and the coach too.

[GlennLever]

I have the big Rigs book, it details which spots are best for big rigs in MAY parks.

[Vet_Man]

Most stays over a week, it is normal to pay your own elect. I believe that most campgrounds in the Northeast you will have trouble staying hooked up with that long a rig. I travel with a friend who has a 40ft with 25 ft enclosed trailer. Does not always have to unhook. Call ahead if you can.

[Effy]

I would think you'll have to call parks at your desired destination. No one on here is going to be able to tell with certainty how this will be handled. It's dependent on the park.

[noteven]

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