10 year rule

[koolnightes]

I lived in an older class A in Arizona for about 6 years. The 10 year rule was just being established in the park I was staying, but I was "grand-fathered" in.
I sold every I had and moved to China to marry a pretty Chinese woman, we have lived here in China for 4 years, now she would like to live in USA for at least that amount of time.
Trouble is, We have no home, no car, drivers license is expired. She liked my stories and photos of MH living. So we decided on living in Oregon. (Open to suggestions) But it seems the 10 year rule is pretty well established every where.
We are not rich, so when coming "home" we want to pay cash for a Saturn VUE, (used) for towing and a Class C MH also used.
So my eyes are open to the above vehicles, but I need a park to call home, or least home base around Eugene, OR would be the best.
I am sure not all retirees buy a new MH every 10 years, right? What do you do with the 10 year rule?

[koolnightes]

Thanks to everyone for their input.
We have many things to take care of between now and the time we get there, but it is nice to cross things off your list and not have to worry about it.
We do plan on buying "nice", just not expensive, used but looking good.

[Robin1953]

Bumpyroad wrote:

koolnightes wrote:
It has been a while, but when going into a park, on registering, don't they ask for year, make, license plate and etc.?

yes, some do. take current year, subtract 9, that's the year of your RV.
bumpy

Why lie? Tell them the truth and if they say "sorry" you can say "sorry" also since they won't be getting your money. It may just be me but I would be hard pressed to even want to stay in a place that I would have to lie to be there. YMMV

[Bumpyroad]

koolnightes wrote:
It has been a while, but when going into a park, on registering, don't they ask for year, make, license plate and etc.?

yes, some do. take current year, subtract 9, that's the year of your RV.
bumpy

[D_E_Bishop]

Thomas, I'll put my two cents worth here. If you only plan on being her a few years, how about a recycled rental unit. They may have high mileage but most have been well maintained and look good. Ask IAMICHABOD, he posted about his experience on 05/07/12. I have talked to him a couple of times and he is very helpful.

As far as the 10 year rule. The only places we have found that are very strict about the rule are in Oregon. Both on the coast and both are RESORTS where you buy the right to park on their property and they only allow COACHES. I'm sure there are others all over the country but I've never been asked.

At the Oasis in Las Vegas, we were asked if we had any broken or cracked windows. Seemed weird but in retrospect, I can think of a few reasons.

Don't know zippedy do dah about Eugene but there are quite a few places from Westlake north to Lincoln City that have year round full time residents. Some are very nice and some are seedy. To paraphrase a friend, "Living at the beach is a lot like sex, When it's good it's very, very good, and when it's bad, it's still pretty good". I'll bet near Bend are a few and down as far as Roseberg off I-5.

[naturist]

valhalla360 wrote:
If you buy a piece of junk that looks like a piece of junk, the 10yr rule might come into play.

If your rig is in nice condition, they will "forget" to ask the age.

Exactly!

The "10 year rule" exists pretty much only in the high end resort type campgrounds, and even there it is largely to give them a rule they can point to in order to justify keeping out anybody they just don't like the looks of. I've only been asked the age of my rig a couple times over the phone when making a reservation, and I've never been asked the age of my rig when trying to check in without a reservation. I have seen many an ancient-but-well-maintained rig even in campgrounds that had a 10 year rule amongst the rules handed out at registration.

Unless you roll up in a pile of junk, you shouldn't have a problem.

[valhalla360]

If you buy a piece of junk that looks like a piece of junk, the 10yr rule might come into play.

If your rig is in nice condition, they will "forget" to ask the age.

[harley-dave]

ya, in all the years we've been RVing, I've only been asked 2 times. Both times at so called RV RESORTS. Lots of places to go that ignore that rule. As for looking for RV parks, I use RV Park Reviews.

Dave

[LynnandCarol]

we don't pay any attention to the ten year rule! If they ask we just tell them it is a 2010 (actually 2005). We keep it in top notch shape (maintenance and appearance) and have never had a problem. And if we ever do, we will take our business/money some where else!!

[gbopp]

koolnightes wrote:
But it seems the 10 year rule is pretty well established every where.

Where did you get this information, from a RV salesman? 🙂

It a ten year old rule was strictly enforced, many campgrounds would probably go out of business.
I've never had a problem with our 96 Southwind.

[koolnightes]

It has been a while, but when going into a park, on registering, don't they ask for year, make, license plate and etc.?

[dodge_guy]

I wouldn`t worry too much about the 10 year rule either. just buy an RV that is in really good shape, and keep it nice. the 10 year rule is basically there for an RV park to have an option to say no if they want to!

[Captain_Happy]

I wouldn't worry to much about the 10 year rule. There are alot of Rv Parks out there that don't care how old you rig is. I've only been asked once the that was in Las Vegas many years ago.