Onward to Virginia Towing a Gypsy Wagon Trailer

[Mud Pie]

Call ahead to each campsite before you roll in. A LOT of private campgrounds now have gotten very snooty. Campers can't be more than 10 years old, regardless of condition, no school bus conversions, no homemade campers.

My buddy had a 5th wheel and it had some age on it even though he bought it brand new and always kept it clean. At the time it was 15 years old. Kept getting turned away. He ended up only doing State Parks.

He even went as far as to replace all the exterior decals with new OEM, repainted anything the sun faded and sent pics of his camper as proof. Still denied. Some parks required you to show your registration for proof of age.

Shocked the hell out of me.

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[Rusty PW]

Call ahead to each campsite before you roll in. A LOT of private campgrounds now have gotten very snooty. Campers can't be more than 10 years old, regardless of condition, no school bus conversions, no homemade campers.

My buddy had a 5th wheel and it had some age on it even though he bought it brand new and always kept it clean. At the time it was 15 years old. Kept getting turned away. He ended up only doing State Parks.

He even went as far as to replace all the exterior decals with new OEM, repainted anything the sun faded and sent pics of his camper as proof. Still denied. Some parks required you to show your registration for proof of age.

Shocked the hell out of me.

You would think that those campgrounds are in cohorts with the RV manufactures. Turning campers away with older RV's. Hoping that they will buy a new one.

 

[Mud Pie]

You would think that those campgrounds are in cohorts with the RV manufactures. Turning campers away with older RV's. Hoping that they will buy a new one.

He said the campgrounds use the excuse of they don't want to "bring down the looks of the campground by letting old campers in".

What's jacked up is; HOA's have taken over most neighborhoods so people have become accustomed to made up "rules and regs" and the need to follow them. Because it's the "new norm".

 

[Rusty PW]

He said the campgrounds use the excuse of they don't want to "bring down the looks of the campground by letting old campers in".

What's jacked up is; HOA's have taken over most neighborhoods so people have become accustomed to made up "rules and regs" and the need to follow them. Because it's the "new norm".

We stayed in a camp ground in Chama NM. They had a guy that locked the gate every night at 10pm, and unlock it at 7am. We called him the gate nazi. If you came in at 10:01. Tough shit. You parked your car outside the gate and walked to your camp site.

At Lone Rock beach on Lake Powell Az. Had a guy riding up and down the beach on a quad at 10pm telling everyone to shut off their generators. And it was 105F at that time of night. We was going to pool our money together and pay who ever would take him out and deep 6 him.

 

[Tyler_OverlandJT]

Awesome custom build! I’m curious how this trailer handles crosswinds on the interstate during long hauls. That’s always one of my biggest concerns when towing.

 

[peter dragon]

Awesome custom build! I’m curious how this trailer handles crosswinds on the interstate during long hauls. That’s always one of my biggest concerns when towing.

Yeah me too. I figured I'd just use my one superpower and divert the wind around the vardo

 

[Tyler_OverlandJT]

Yeah me too. I figured I'd just use my one superpower and divert the wind around the vardo

Haha, that’s a handy superpower to have! I hate dealing with highway crosswinds when hauling a trailer.

 

[peter dragon]

Haha, that’s a handy superpower to have! I hate dealing with highway crosswinds when hauling a trailer.

That or pray real hard. At least it has the twin 3500# axles and a 4x2 frame, so it has a pretty low center of gravity. The roof actually weighs next to nothing But I guess we're gonna find out.

 

[Mud Pie]

I wish I had the skills to build something like that....

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