What size gate are you comfortable driving your rig through?

[Jim]

That gate seems plenty big to me already

That's the gate for the cars. No RV's will go through that gate. Just wanted you to see why we have a gate in the first place. There are "No Trespassing" signs around the property, but nobody ever pays any attention to them. Next thing you know, there are people driving all over the place.

 

[MapNerd]

Gotcha. Might wanna check Google Maps and see how it routes folks there. If you want to change the entrance location so that it always defaults to the RV entrance, there is a way to ask them to do that

 

[Jim]

That gate seems plenty big to me already, though a little concerned about the road width unless that’s a one way street (in or out only - not both) as I could see a stand-off happening pretty easily

No standoffs! We widened the road and all incoming traffic goes in on the paved road and the outgoing traffic goes out on the new road. There is plenty of room to unhook/hook up toads.

 

[J&JD]

The size of the car gate looks fine to me. Build the same stone entrance for the rv gate and install a sliding gate. If the stone is low enough mirrors will be a non issue.

 

[TJ&LadyDi]

Absolutely ! This is a fairly large place, about 50 acres. You would be surprised at how many people drive up our road thinking this is a remote subdivision or maybe there are some lots for sale. Also, this is going to be a private park. We don't want anyone inside that doesn't have reservations.


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With the straight shot through, in either direction, that gate size would be plenty comfortable for us to drive our coach through.

TJ

 

[NWIP]

Interesting reading on toll booths

"Toll Lanes Design the lanes between the toll booths, the toll lanes, to a minimum width of 11 feet with a preferred width of 12 feet. Where toll lanes exceed 11 feet in width, provide raised pavement markers on both sides in order to emulate 11-feet lane widths. The markers are to discourage drivers from stopping their vehicles too far from the toll window while still allowing larger vehicles to use the lane. Toll lane widths of less than 11 feet will require a design deviation."

The FHWA recommendation indicate if less than 10% truck traffic, 10' lane is OK.

https://wsdot.wa.gov/publications/manuals/fulltext/M3082/510.pdf

4.4.3 Recommended Guidelines - FHWA

mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov

At 105” wide plus mirrors I play like I’m 11’ wide?

 

[RKins]

I voted 14' (that is the size I have at our house) - 12' would be ok if the height was below 6' and entry was straight, my mirrors are mounted to the side of our coach, making us close to 11' wide.

 

[Gronk]

You guys in the motorhomes seem to keep forgetting those of us that pull trailers. Our mirrors are well under 6 feet in elevation, unless you want to be an exclusive club.

 

[Jabber Jaw]

My "RV " garage has a 12' door. This leaves about 10" on either side of the mirrors when backing in. Also, I need to be almost perfectly straight to park in its' proper place.

I would recommend a 14' gate at a minimum! But I'm sure whatever you do, will be "First Class", just like the rest of your "RV HAVEN"!

 

["EZ"]

As long as the gate is set back off the road far enough to get a straight shot at it, I think 12' is fine but 14' would be easier. This is wider than a lane on the Interstate and we'll only be idling through the gate slowly so it shouldn't be a problem.