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Re: Overnight Parking Rules
darsben1 wrote: The rules on overnight stopping vary from state to state, county to county and town to town. There is no overall rule. So you must check each place you travel. Rest areas are the same as above Walmart's are the same as above but you should ask at each Walmart before staying a night. Thank you! I'll looking for state by state! But, generally, I think this is not allowed. Is this right?568Views0likes0CommentsRe: Overnight Parking Rules
Thank you all for your answer. I'd like to know the laws so I can write: In order to (n° of law) in US is not allowe overnight parking out of campground or other allowed places. Alternatives possibilities are: Rest Areas (rules and more) Walmart (rules and more) ... THANK YOU!564Views0likes0CommentsRe: Advice on TC for 12 month trip to Europe
sabconsulting wrote: Very good advice from Joerg. As many of you know I live in the UK and travel extensively around Europe. I would never consider a DRW truck over here. You want to travel and see the beautiful spots. That includes travelling over mountain passes in the Alps or single-track roads in Scotland. Get a large vehicle and you will find yourself constrained to the less attractive places and unable to get near city, town or even village centres. Often here big rigs take up every inch of their side of the road because the roads are much narrower than the US. Our camper is just over 7ft wide, and I can tell you, with a closing speed of 100mph those 44-ton big rig gets extremely close (a few inches) - you need to be very accurate with your steering. Plus often there are trees or telegraph poles right to the edge of the road, so steer away too much and you could hit something very solid. Remember, many of the roads were originally built from Roman times to Middle-ages and although very well surfaced now, are constrained by property boundaries either side which will have been there since the average speed of traffic was walking pace. A sensibly sized vehicle will make you more confident to go places and reduce the stress of your journey. A lot of smaller class Cs are used here in Europe. Note however they are not the 8ft wide models you see in the US. They are based on Transit / Sprinter sized vans with a camper body that is only a few inches wider than the vehicle. They are also not much longer than 20ft. I recommend trying to get a used European class C. There are plenty about, unlike truck campers which are rare in comparison. Also, you will be hunting around if you want to find places to drive that a 2WD camper cannot go in Europe. I saw mention of the big Swiss and German overland rigs. Over the years I think I have met one of those on the road in Europe - he was testing it out before shipping it to South America. Campground operators may not appreciate heavy vehicles and may turn you away not wanting deep ruts pressed into their grass campsites. Class C campers have modern European turbo-diesel engines. This is important since 1) diesel is MUCH more expensive here and 2) vehicles that do not comply with modern Euro emission standards are banned from many places. As Joerg says, gross weight is another major consideration. All class Cs these days are within 3500kg gross. Anything over that requires a different driving license and has different rules for taxation, road tolls, access to certain roads, etc. A few years ago I wanted to start building a replacement overland camper. I decided a Mercedes 814DA 4x4 heavy van would be perfect. Mercedes are everywhere on the planet, was based on a commercial truck frame with truck axles, engine and transmission. 4400kg payload; 7500kg gross. Then I noticed that 1) Europe is full of 3,5T signs stating that anything over 3500kg gross is banned from this road or that road. 2) over 3500kg may be considered a commercial vehicle. When we drove through Austria we had to buy a sticker to pay the road tolls, but some research indicated a >3500kg vehicle would have required us to rent an e-toll system which would debit us something like €1 per kilometer 3) It would not be emissions compliant and seemingly every month I get an email alerting me to another city or region that is banning vehicles that are pre-Euro 4 emission control. (PS - if you buy, make sure the engine is Euro-4 at least - which is pretty much 2007 onwards. Euro-4 is still acceptable throughout Europe, but I know I will need to replace my Euro-4 truck in a few years time to continue travelling unhindered). Have a great trip Steve. Good advices! I live in Italy and I have a RV. In Austria and Switzerland lot of controls about over 3500. Not the same in Italy, France, Spain and Portugal ...628Views0likes0CommentsRe: Dentures on the road
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