pdvandusen
Snow Hill, NC USA
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By most of the definitions I guess my 33' 1" JayFeather 31E is a Big Rig. It sure seemed like it on the day I pulled out of the dealers lot and on to the streets of North Carolina. After a while it doesn't seem so big anymore.
Doug & Mary Ann Van Dusen and Phoebe (the dog)
2008 Chevy 1500 Silverado 5.3L LTZ 3.73, HD Trailer Pkg.
2008 Jay Feather LGT 31E
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shorthair
vancouver, wa. usa.
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If you have to by law posess a class "A" CDL to operate it it's a "Big Rig"
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becks1999
Alabama (most of the time)
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"Big" is a relative term. Our first year camping we had a 8'x10' tent. The next year we graduated up to the "Big Rig"....a three room dome tent.
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DarkRubiTJ
Livingston, Tx.
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When we pull the trailer with the MH we are about 58 feet long. Is that big enough ?
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vasselta
Colorado
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I sent an email to the Good Sam club to see what the definition of a Big Rig is for camp grounds. They must have something solid being that they list it as criteria when they evaluate a CG.
Some of you guys have some really big MHs either in tow or with tow vehicles. Does it wear you out to drive these things? I mean....what am I in for here O.o? I've driven with some BIG race car trailers but never attached to a 37' RV. We'll be pulling either a toad or a box trailer with toys.
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Rv-Bella
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Ok, from my "former resort owner" opinion, Owning a resort that was built for big rigs, I considered a big rig anything over 38 ft range. But other parks, that were built even 20 years ago, may consider a 30ft a big rig. Bella
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Love Boat II
Some where in the USA
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vasselta wrote:What constitutes a big rig? Length/Size? I see there's allot of talk about big rig access.
One that has a 50 gal fuel tank ( $200.00 to fill it ) and only gets 5 MPG.
Fill her up boy every 250 miles. Another 200 bucks
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tatest
Oklahoma
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A towing combination that is so long and unwieldy that the person driving it doesn't want to back it up, or can't back it up without decoupling parts of the rig.
A 34' fiver behind a crew-cab pickup does not necessarily need big rig accomodations, but tow a boat or another car behind that trailer, and it becomes a big rig. A 40-45 motorcoach is not a big rig by itself (a good driver can turn one around on a 30' wide road), but add a towed vehicle and it needs big rig accomodations. A 30' TT behind a Suburban or Excursion shouldn't have to be dealt with as a big rig, driver should be able to do anything with that rig that can be done with city delivery semi, it can be turned in about 125% of the length of the trailer.
Yesterday, I saw a four-door Freightliner M-series pulling a 38' fiver, pulling a Honda CRV come out of our local RV park. That one didn't even try to make the turn onto the highway, went straight ahead to more open spaces. That was a big rig.
Tom Test
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AlanB
Sierra Vista, AZ
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My combined length (MH + toad) is about 57 feet. When I asked the park if they could handle a "Big Rig" they said sure, but he didn't consider mine to be a big rig. He said big rigs were units that were 45 feet. Woodalls had a column for Big Rigs, but I can't find a definition for big rigs there either.
AlanB
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Rv-Bella
Colorado
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For those of you who have problems finding parks with big rig accessibility, try this http://www.big-rigs-rv.com/. When we owned the resort they actually came in and measured each site.
They don't rate parks/campground, but then again they don't put them in their book if it's not up to par. They were a newer publication back in early 2000, so they didn't have all states in the book, But I think they are getting it done. The majority of big rigs that came in, had the book in hand when they called for reservations. I would always know, cause they would ask to be on certain rows or the only site on a certain row that was big rig friendly......... One year they actually came back in and while walking around, he decided that he needed to re-measure because he felt the our sites were actually bigger than the first person who measured said ( he had been to our place before starting the publication, and because a friend was coming to the area he asked him to measure). He was right. And for our park, because the majority of the sites were big rig friendly, that's what they stated, but gave a description of different rows where every site was, or certain sites thru out the park that were bigger than the rest.
And back then they didn't charge for a park/campground to be in the book (I don't know if that has changed, but I don't think so). As for parks/campgrounds that a say just 4 or 5 big rig sites, they also explain the best way to get into the site, telling you which road to take in to get the best approach to the site etc. Bella
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