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I have put my 31 ft 5th wheel in a site that was designated for 35ft motorhomes. I parked my truck sideways in front.Quote
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I am concerned about the same thing. I have a 28' Airstream and tow vehicle for a site in upper pines. After booking the site online with 28' trailer in the search criteria I looked at the fine print stating trailers are a 24' max. Looks like they have that for all upper pines sites. This might be related to the roadways and not the site.
Upon reading the national park website on yosemite trailer camping they stated that they DON'T measure the trailer but if you can't fit into the site you will have to move on. You might also have to park your tow vehicle at curry village if that does not fit in the site unhooked.
Check out http://yosemitecampsites.com/ and look up your site. You'll get a photo of the site. I also searched google for my site and someone posted a vacation photo of my exact site with a massive class A motorhome in the site. I'm going for it.
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Do you have those old text file printouts of the site dimensions? I used to have those, about 3 computers ago. Mad that I probably lost them!Quote
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Vitamininsea, an old printout I have of pad sizes for sites shows that pad to be 22x22, with 7 ft. clearance behind the bumpers. This is a double wide site. The pictures show a considerable wide open space behind the back parking bumpers so you should be able to hang multiple feet of your trailer over past the bumpers, if you put it on the left side. The left side is probably longer than 22 ft. as they usually measured the pad site from the shortest side from the bumper to the road, which in this case would be the right side. So the left side should be a little bit longer. The angle of backing ( from the c.g. map and picture) looks to be advantageous as the road curves a little bit away from the site as it passes it to the left. That all sad I think I could get a 28ft. trailer in there, but the decision is yours and don't sue me if it doesn't work. And they don't measure your trailer when you come through the kiosk. That's a nice site as far as Upper Pines goes.
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Vitamininsea, an old printout I have of pad sizes for sites shows that pad to be 22x22, with 7 ft. clearance behind the bumpers. This is a double wide site. The pictures show a considerable wide open space behind the back parking bumpers so you should be able to hang multiple feet of your trailer over past the bumpers, if you put it on the left side. The left side is probably longer than 22 ft. as they usually measured the pad site from the shortest side from the bumper to the road, which in this case would be the right side. So the left side should be a little bit longer. The angle of backing ( from the c.g. map and picture) looks to be advantageous as the road curves a little bit away from the site as it passes it to the left. That all sad I think I could get a 28ft. trailer in there, but the decision is yours and don't sue me if it doesn't work. And they don't measure your trailer when you come through the kiosk. That's a nice site as far as Upper Pines goes.[/quote
]Do you have those old text file printouts of the site dimensions? I used to have those, about 3 computers ago. Mad that I probably lost them!
I have hard copies that have a print out date of 2004. Looks like they are just for Lower and Upper Pines. I'll take a better look at them tomorrow and figure out a way to scan them and put them up on this web site.
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quote]Do you have those old text file printouts of the site dimensions? I used to have those, about 3 computers ago. Mad that I probably lost them!
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quote]Do you have those old text file printouts of the site dimensions? I used to have those, about 3 computers ago. Mad that I probably lost them!
Here is a link to a list of campsite descriptions with pad sizes for Upper Pines:
Campsite list with pad sizes for Upper Pines
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Great! Thanks for posting that. Do you have the same for North Pines and Lower Pines?
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Still working on trying to get Lower Pines dimensions onto a post similar to the way Pinecone did it. Will probably have to get my daughter to help me with it. Stay tuned.....
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Still working on trying to get Lower Pines dimensions onto a post similar to the way Pinecone did it. Will probably have to get my daughter to help me with it. Stay tuned.....
Aw heck, even though I'm a tent camper, I certainly feel a kinship with all campers, including RVers. Who knows, I may be one of you in my golden years.
Heaven knows, you RV folks have provided me with some wonderful entertainment on occasion, at dinner time as I relax drinking a beer while grilling.
The scene: a behemoth RV comes lumbering into the campground just as the sun is beginning to set, and proceeds to make 14 attempts to back into
a sharply-angled parking pad just barely large enough to hold it, while the husband at the wheel squabbles out the window with his wife, who (in his opinion)
is doing a very poor job of guiding him into the site. "I said my left not your left!" the wife snaps back, and "You're too far over to the right!",
while the husband snaps back "well how much room do I have on that side?!" This campground drama goes on for a good 10 or 15 minutes sometimes,
better theater than any program they have scheduled over at the Lower Pines amphitheater!
I've seen this same performance with many different actors in the roles on numerous occasions over the years, but it never gets old!
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As stated above, often it has nothing to do with the size of the parking pad, and more to do with maneuverability. I know there are entire loops in North and Lower Pines that large rigs cannot make the turn down, yet the pads are large enough....
Very true.
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