I'm looking at used 5th wheels and found one I think I would like more info on - a 2002 Newmar Kountry Air.  I've read somewhere that some campgrounds have age restrictions on RV's and would like to think I wouldn't get turned away from the only CG for miles around.  How do the CG people know the age of your RV?  Do they ask you point blank and accept what you tell them?  Do they personally go out to look at your rig and check for themselves?  Is there something on the 5th wheel itself that identifies the age?  Thanks.
gypsy

About every case of restricting the age of an RV has been 10 years or newer so a 2002 would be accepted through 2012. Haven't heard of 5 year rules or anything but 10 years.  Most places with 10 year rules are high end resorts. In five years of full-timing we have stayed at only one campground with a 10 year rule, Deerwood in Eugene, OR, and they would accept older RVs if they looked good.  Deerwood just asked the age and accepted the answer.  Maybe they would have pushed for documentation on an older looking RV, especially one that looked like junk.  A 2002 Kountry Aire in good shape is unlikely to be questioned.


-- Edited by bjoyce at 20:06, 2008-08-06

I appreciate the replies.  It's pretty unlikely that I would ever be staying at a high-end resort, so I will probably be ok.  I figured a 2002 would be within the accepted range everywhere.
gypsy

gypsy,

Our MH is a 1992 model and we have never been turned away from a CG. If you keep an RV looking nice, there shouldn't be a problem.

The CG that we stay at, for sometimes a month at a time, up in Illinois has the 10 year rule. It's only enforced if someone comes in with a real ratty looking RV.

If we do get turned away from a park, we probably wouldn't want to be staying there anyway. We don't like those high-end parks or their prices.

That is interesting, Jim & Linda.  So the issue is really how well kept the rig is, and not the chronological age.  (Sort of like me - sometimes I look in the mirror, and my hair doesn't look too gray and the wrinkles aren't too obvious, and I think, hmmm, Marty, you don't look bad for a 67 yr old woman!)
gypsy

I believe, the age restriction at most campgrounds is kinda of like "No Spitting on Sidewalk" laws. It allows the campground to enforce the rule if they feel the camping group, based upon how bad their RV looks, might be a problem (noise, drinking, too many people...etc.) We stay every year at a campground that has a 10 year or newer rule and I've seen classic Airstreams and Winnebagos at the campground. These RVs were immaculate. Our 5th wheel is a 1994 so by all rights we should've been turned away 3 years ago.

I think a lot of the 10 year rule applies to seasonal sites. In the Cape May, NJ area a lot of the campgrounds do not allow seasonals older than 10 years but allow transients just passing through for a few days.

Your right...they just do not want RVs that are trashed out in their park. Most RVs that are in bad condition are over 10 years...so they can regulate who does not get in. Just take care of your RV and it will be allowed into any park at any time any year. Joe and Sherri