No buses older than 10 years old allowed in RV park??

Iceni John · July 27, 2015, 03:35:49 PM

And if you're still working on your bus (as many of us always are), then isn't it a fresh conversion, hence brand new? Sort of like folk who knock down their whole house except for one wall, then say it's a "remodel" - yeah, sure.

John, being pedantic as usual

PP · July 27, 2015, 03:41:49 PM

Quote from: digesterman on July 27, 2015, 02:23:05 PM
Had one in Oceanside bring up the 10 year rule but they said Prevosts were ok
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Nuff said. LOL

LuckyChow · July 27, 2015, 03:48:40 PM

If they won't take a MH over ten, I'm sure a transit is completely out of the question. The transits get regularily snubbed by insurance companies, as many of them won't insure a transit (or a school bus). We're the "other side of the family that lives across the tracks" of the bus world.

luvrbus · July 27, 2015, 04:43:03 PM

I never worried about getting turned away,with me and my 1st bus just getting there was a task somedays

Boomer · July 27, 2015, 05:41:40 PM

I wonder if "2013 Silverside" would confuse them.

lvmci · July 27, 2015, 05:59:01 PM

Hi All, I have been staying in LA RV parks since 1979 and have had a couple denials, at the Californian in Acton, CA and the Walnut in Northridge, CA, even tho I had stayed there a few times before, with trailers class A & the 5A a few times also, a new person at the counter refused me, and my nice looking pro conversion, the Walnut wouldnt even accept a picture to consider it. Lvmci...

Tony LEE · July 27, 2015, 06:01:38 PM

"No Buses or RVs over 10 years old"

is probably interpreted by many parks as "No Buses PERIOD, and no normal looking RVs over 10 years old""

LuckyChow · July 27, 2015, 06:08:23 PM

I don't know anyone that did their own conversion with a bus less than 10 years old.

qayqayt · July 27, 2015, 06:16:52 PM

Just today I tried to book into the "Glowing Embers RV Park" in Edmonton and was turned down. I offered to send a photo of the coach and they weren't interested in looking at it. Just flat out "no".

Probably not our type of RV Park anyway, so we're still looking. If there are any suggestions, I'd love to hear them.

Bryan

digesterman · July 27, 2015, 06:19:36 PM

LuckyChow there's many many brand new Prevosts conversions, I have no idea how many overall, Jon might have a estimate though

TomC · July 27, 2015, 06:52:03 PM

We stayed at one of those gigantic parks in Phoenix, AZ. As I was checking in, they wanted the year. They wanted to inspect it first. So they sent out the maintenance man. He was gone for such a long time, they called him on the radio. He was showing others the bus! We stayed one night. Good Luck, TomC

Jon · July 28, 2015, 03:58:23 AM

The brand new Prevost conversions (as motorhomes, not entertainer coaches) probably number around 50 to 75 per year currently. At one time the number produced by converters was 3 or 4 times that number. And then the economy fell apart.

bigred · July 28, 2015, 05:33:49 AM

You know,the thing that drew me to rv'ing/busing in the first place was the comradery among the participants .Used to be you could go to a camp ground and it was not unusual to have my old rv parked with a Newell on one side and a school bus with a wood burning stove on the other .I started out with a leaky 20 ft Winnebago eye brow,but never ran in to this Big I .Little U situation.My last Motor Home was a 2004 model which was made so cheaply made that it was an embarrassment.I sold it and now am the proud owner(most of the time)of a twenty year old Prevost which is made much better than the highest priced motor home being made today,so I have little patience with snotty RV resorts that charge as much per night as a good motel because the offer "amenities" that most of us neither need or want.Just give me a little Mom and Pop RV park with clean rest room facilities and I'm happy.

Kitt · July 28, 2015, 05:49:08 AM

We ran into a few parks that had the 10 year rule. They all politely asked that I email them a photo to see the condition of our "Eagle Class A motorhome". We never had an issue staying at any of the parks and, as many of you probably experience, the bus becomes the center of attention.

It seems that these parks just want to keep the riff-raff away, don't want skoolies, and would like to avoid AC units hanging out of the side windows and motorhomes that might break down and never leave the campground.

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luvrbus · July 28, 2015, 05:51:57 AM

Motor homes are dated no so much anymore,but buses you can update bus with caps and lights if you choose