Old motor homes

[Redbus1]

I have seen that alot of parks restrict Motor homes older than 10 years old. Is that the norm or just occasionally.

 

[TJ&LadyDi]

Generally, this restriction is pretty flexible. Frequently, a park with such a rule will ask for a photo of your "older" coach and if it is in decent condition, will waive the rule. I have seen coaches older than 10 years that looked like they had just been driven off the showroom floor, and newer ones that didn't.

The 10-year rule is used primarily to screen out old RVs in bad condition that leak oil and other fluids, suffer mechanical breakdowns and otherwise become a problem for park owners. We can debate the pros and cons of such rules 'til the cows come home, but they are what they are and, park owners are legally entitled to make them.

Take a few photos of your coach (inside and out) and have them available in digital format if a park asked for them. You should have no problems.

TJ

 

["EZ"]

My 2006 Holiday Rambler Ambassador is now 15 years old. I doubt any park in America would turn me away.

I'm currently in Florida. I made reservations with a camp ground that I found on the Good Sam's app. I chose a water front spot and was excited that there was one available. Upon arriving the spot I was supposed to camp had been flooded and my 38,000 lb Class A Diesel Pusher would have sunk up to it's axles. Furthermore it was a 30 amp spot not a 50 amp spot. So back to the office I go. She tries to blame most of this on me and when I told them I had a 40' Class A she should have known that it would be a 50 amp. She says not all of them are. So she sends me back out to her only available 50 amp spot. I get there and there are wires hanging all out of the plug-in panel. Looked like someone who didn't know what they were doing had been working on it. There was NO WAY I was going to plug my coach into that mess.

But here's the kicker...........out of the 280 campsites they had I bet 200 had "permanent residents" living in them. Some of these campers hadn't moved in 10-15 years and they LOOKED like it!! There was a 40' coach very similar to mine that had MOLD GROWING ALL OVER IT!!! People had all sorts of "stuff" (junk) around their campers. It looked more like a low rent trailer park than a camp ground.

It is MY OPINION that the 10 year old rule is to keep properties from becoming EXACTLY what this one had become. I mean as long as someone is paying the rent it's hard to kick them out. Then a down turn in the economy happens and they can't AFFORD to kick them out. The 10 year old rule gives them the opportunity to make someone "move along" if their camper starts to detract from the overall look of the property. Even if the wiring of the 50 amp spot would have been ok there was NO WAY I was staying there. It's a shame to have to do this but even squatters have rights in some states, so this helps the campground to legally evict these folks. Other places have a maximum length stay rule. This accomplishes the same thing.