RV age & park rules?
Hello All,
I recently bought a 1992 fifth wheel and tow it with a 2001 Dodge 3500. We bought it with the intention of mostly dry camping. We are finding that it is not nearly as well suited to dry camping as my prior coach was. The tankage and electric are best suited to full hookups. (My coach carried 200 gallons of diesel, 200 gallons freshwater and 220gallons waste. It also had 2 8-D house batteries, an inverter and an 8kw diesel genset.)
Now we are looking at a road trip and I am remembering issues I had with some RV parks when we traveled back in the late '90s.
My coach was a 1980 Eagle that was converted in 1993. When checking in to some parks I was asked "what year is your coach?". When I told them it was a 1980 they told me they did not allow rigs over 10 or 15 years old. I remember more than one occasion that I stopped at 3 or more parks before spending the night on the local Walmart parking lot. I finally started telling them it was a 1993. After all all of the body work, systems and interior were "new" in 1993. That worked but did bother me that I had to bend the truth.
That was 20 years ago. Have things changed at all? If not, how do those of you running older rigs deal with it?
My latest trailer is clean and in good shape but does look a bit dated.
Thanks
Steve
I recently bought a 1992 fifth wheel and tow it with a 2001 Dodge 3500. We bought it with the intention of mostly dry camping. We are finding that it is not nearly as well suited to dry camping as my prior coach was. The tankage and electric are best suited to full hookups. (My coach carried 200 gallons of diesel, 200 gallons freshwater and 220gallons waste. It also had 2 8-D house batteries, an inverter and an 8kw diesel genset.)
Now we are looking at a road trip and I am remembering issues I had with some RV parks when we traveled back in the late '90s.
My coach was a 1980 Eagle that was converted in 1993. When checking in to some parks I was asked "what year is your coach?". When I told them it was a 1980 they told me they did not allow rigs over 10 or 15 years old. I remember more than one occasion that I stopped at 3 or more parks before spending the night on the local Walmart parking lot. I finally started telling them it was a 1993. After all all of the body work, systems and interior were "new" in 1993. That worked but did bother me that I had to bend the truth.
That was 20 years ago. Have things changed at all? If not, how do those of you running older rigs deal with it?
My latest trailer is clean and in good shape but does look a bit dated.
Thanks
Steve
