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French Bikers · RV-Dreams Family Member

Question about towing a motorcycle trailer

TheHarveys · RV-Dreams Family Member

I do not drive a motorhome, but many of the parks we stay in have sites that are long enough for the motorhome and the trailer it is towing. Last weekend, we were at the campground at the Winstar Casino in Thackerville, Oklahoma and, on Sunday, there were some race teams up from the Texas Motor Speedway, and they were driving 45 foot motorhomes pulling huge trailers for their cars/shops and they were able to fit in the sites without any issue. Many campgrounds have sites long enough for both the motorhome and trailer. For those that do not, you may have to simply drop the trailer in an overflow parking spot prior to setting up in your site.

el Rojo and Pam · RV-Dreams Family Member

Jean, this won't be any problem. Most sites would be big enough to hold both. You may want to carry an extension cord to reach your electric as you will always have to park towards the front of the site. Considering most MHer's have a toad that fits in their site also you should have plenty of room.

Terry and Jo · RV-Dreams Family Member

Since Jo and I have done very little traveling with our RV, take this with a "grain of salt." While most developed RV parks will be able to accommodate both the RV and the trailer, parks and campgrounds in smaller communities away from the larger cities may not allow quite so much room. When researching sites, at best you should call any sites in advance before taking the chance to drive there and be assured you had a space large enough. For instance, if you arrived late in the day, the larger sites may have already been taken.

Terry

Lucky Mike · RV-Dreams Family Member

I agree With Terry........Site size will Very with regions and the development within the parks.....if you decide to come into the north east where parks are older you are going to find limited sites and walmarts parking lots full.

Its all going to depend on your travel plans and making sure of accommodations before arriving....there are several units out there in the class A thate have garages built underneath or another option would be to send a PM to GeneCop and veiw his site and unit.....he keeps his car in the rear garage with a power lift to get it in and out.......it will also depend on your budget

good luck

French Bikers · RV-Dreams Family Member

Happy to ear that I should not have too much problem to park a trailer. Mike there is not a lot of choice on the market Newmar Canyon Star 3920, Thor Outlaw wich is wors than the Newmar. The best is the Travel Supreme or the old Mid engine Newmar Allstar both were mid engine Diesel. Because the demand was not high enough Spartan stopped building the mid engine diesel chassis, too bad but it is the fact. These days there is only the Canyon Star and the Outlaw with the Triton V-10 and I won't buy this type of MH. I will follow up on your suggestion with GeneCop but I doubt he will tell me something new that I already know but I will see. The problem with the floor plan with the rear garage is that you loose at least 10 feet of living space, wich is a lot when you are fulltimer and the fact that the torque and gross combined weight is low.

FOSJ · RV-Dreams Family Member

Joan and I have been fulltiming for almost 2 years; I drive our 40' DP towing a 12' enclosed trailer with 2 motorcycles, Joan follows in the jeep. We work a few months, then move to our next job. When moving we'll stay at Passport America if it's convenient. Our last move was from Denver to Vegas. We stayed in 3 state parks (St Vrain/Longmont, CO; Sand Hollow/Hurricane, Ut; and Valley of Fire outside of Lake Mead NR.A). All 3 state parks and the private park in Moab had pull-thru sites that handled our MH & trailer without disconnecting. On our original drive from Florida to Oregon in 2012 we never had to disconnect the trailer. In 2 years we've only had 2 parks where we needed to disconnect the trailer.

You will be able to find CG's that can accomodate you. And the newer and/or renovated state parks will handle you as well.

French Bikers · RV-Dreams Family Member

FOSJ wrote:
Joan and I have been fulltiming for almost 2 years; I drive our 40' DP towing a 12' enclosed trailer with 2 motorcycles, Joan follows in the jeep. We work a few months, then move to our next job. When moving we'll stay at Passport America if it's convenient. Our last move was from Denver to Vegas. We stayed in 3 state parks (St Vrain/Longmont, CO; Sand Hollow/Hurricane, Ut; and Valley of Fire outside of Lake Mead NR.A). All 3 state parks and the private park in Moab had pull-thru sites that handled our MH & trailer without disconnecting. On our original drive from Florida to Oregon in 2012 we never had to disconnect the trailer. In 2 years we've only had 2 parks where we needed to disconnect the trailer.

You will be able to find CG's that can accomodate you. And the newer and/or renovated state parks will handle you as well.

Thanks for the info, the more I read it seems that if I want to put all the chances on my side is to find newer or renovated campgrounds. I'm also happy to hear that state parks would be able to accomodate us. Our intention is to travel a lot in US especially in the winter time. I've went to a lot of places in the US with my bike but the wife was not there therefore I will take her to see those places. Three years ago I've shipped my bike in New Orleans, took a flight, jumped on the motorcycle and came back home a three weeks trip across 12 states that was a blast. When I'll start fulltiming time won't be a factor has I will be retired, so will be in a position to take my time, my watch will stay away from my wrist. I don't know where you are from but me and my wife are so looking forward to ride a long the west coast you can't imagine. I might have to change the bike because I'm use to put an average of 25,000 miles a season on the bike, taking into consideration that our season for riding is pretty short here, so I already have this possibility on the back of my mind.

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