Pop Ups in Pull thru sites.

[SpeakEasy]

I once had a "funny" experience concerning big rigs and pull-through sites. We reserved two nights at a fancy resort-type campground near Grand Teton National Park. Our reason for going there was to be able to charge our battery, take long showers, and re-stock for a couple of days between two long boondocking sessions in the two national parks out there (Yellowstone and Grand Teton.)

When I arrived, they told me my site number, and they told me how to find it. They were particular about looking on the LEFT side of the site for the correct site number. When I got to the site I found a monster motor home already set up on my site. I double-checked to make sure I was looking at the right site, because the site next to it was vacant. No doubt; the guy was in the site they had said was mine.

So, back to the office I went. They were not happy with the guy, and they said they would go and make him move. I said, "No - don't bother. I'll just take the vacant site next to it." They said that wouldn't work, because it was not going to be vacant for both nights.

Off they went to tell the guy to pack up and move. I had to wait for him to do this. He had the whole nine yards: the awning, the patio mat, the lawn chairs, the slinky sewer pipe with all the legs, the satellite dish. You name it, he had it. And he had to pack it all up to move over one site.

I felt a little weird pulling in after he had moved. But - oh well. I didn't choose the wrong site, he did. And I didn't ask him to move, the camp office did. He was probably a little more careful about reading the site number signs after that experience.

[Spoon]

I find it is easier to back a longer trailer as opposed to a shorter one. As stated before w/ the longer trailer you can see the backend better and make changes better to keep it aligned better.

I also find that lots of folks will try to back too fast and they lose the trailer and have to pull forward and try again. Go slow and don't be afraind to hit the brakes, turn the wheel and ease off.

[Billy Bob]

The reason a longer trailer is better to back up is because of the distance from the trailer wheel to the hitch is longer. With that greater distance the trailer takes longer to react to your corrections of the steering wheel.

When I took my class A drivers road test they make you parrell park the tractor trailer and you better not hit the curb. It was a piece of cake after MANY years of backing up my boat trailer into the launch. But I might fail that test with PU because of how it reacts faster.

[hoppy]

I personally prefer the back-in sites at the COE campgrounds that I visit, since in general they are set back further from the road.

 The pull-thru sites that I've seen are only a few feet from the road, so there is more traffic and noise to contend with.

  Since I have no problems backing the PU into the site, this is really not a problem for me.

  But aside from my personal preference for the back-in sites, I don't see any reason why a PU should not be "shunned" or feel uncomfortable from the pull-thru sites.

 IMHO, the price for the site is the same for a PU (or a tent for that matter that I've seen set-up on pull thru sites) as the $400,000 behemoths.

[b2220128]

Have used pull through sites at commercial campgrounds and do like them.  It make for one less thing to do when I get to the campground.  On the other hand the spacing on commercial campgrounds is quite close so I prefer to avoid them when possible.  Nevertheless, pop ups are, or at least should be welcomed to use any site that you reserve.  The trip is for your pleasure and the campground is getting paid so always ask for what you want.  My Niagara is 23 feet long when open, so when making the reservation I tell them that I have a 23 foot trailer with a street side slideout.

[lytlisa]

I've never paid attention as to what is occupying on a pull thru site. It is nice that you are so considerate of others, I don't think camping with  a pu on a pull thru site is any problem, it wouldn't bother me any. All I care about is nice neighbors and that they have common courtesy.