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03-19-2014, 04:45 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2011
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I like pull thru sites because it usually easier for me to see but the real answer is based on the actual campground and what I am dealing with. I have no problem at Rancho Jurupa Cottonwood but at Calico Ghost Town I had trouble backing up while trying to miss a picnic table on one side, an over size rock on the other side & avoiding the tree branches over head. Even with using GOAL I was challenged. Someone offered to back it in and I accepted. I wasn't feeling well so I welcome the help even more.
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03-19-2014, 05:03 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Colorado
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Stopping for one night, pull thru, and not unhooking toad.
Stopping for a few nights, nice spot out of way, and unhooking toad
Bottom line, unhooking toad dosen't really matter, leaving toad hooked up, pull thur a must.
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03-19-2014, 05:03 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2013
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It totally depends on the campground. If all sites are the same and not much of a view I will like to back up to the woods to have some privacy on one side. I stayed a one CG and used a pull thru once because it was the most remote and private site and it was raining when we got there. I go to one place every year and I pull in but have to back out when done. Overall I will usually back into a site.
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03-19-2014, 05:21 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 825
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Pull through for an overnight stop back in for a long stay
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03-19-2014, 05:44 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: Seaford, De
Posts: 2,377
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some people pay more just to not have to back in, during the heat of the summer, I would pay more for shade
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03-19-2014, 05:55 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2013
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I personally always try to get back in spots one for the added privacy and two because at night I can park my truck at a better angle to protect the hitch and partially block the door. The more protection at night the better I sleep especially with the family. Plus I have to back my equipment into some really interesting spots for work so I have gotten extremely good at it and have yet to find a trailer that I am unable to back into where I want it. Just my two cents.
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03-19-2014, 05:58 PM
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Plain Old Member
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Full Timing in South Louisiana
Posts: 1,938
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X2 on paying extra for the shade. Wish that were an option everywhere in the summer.
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03-19-2014, 06:03 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Idaho
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I could care less which it is, last year we make arrangements for a back in when we got there the host took us to a pull thru.
So I ask about it and he said no worries because they were not even close to full.
No extra charge, lots of shade and quiet.
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03-19-2014, 06:41 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Naples, Florida
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The first couple of trips with my 5w I got pull thru but when I got home I have to back in so the next few I got back in sites. So far only one site gave me a really tight squeeze because I was parking next to a wooden fence and the water spigot across from it with that surrounded by another wooden fence. It was tight but I got it in there. When I left I got with the park ranger and left the opposite way which was much easier.
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03-20-2014, 09:11 AM
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Resident Masshole
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Southeastern MA
Posts: 433
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I'm surprised no one has said "I put the camper wherever the wife tells me to" 
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03-20-2014, 09:13 AM
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Always Learning
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Four Corners, FL
Posts: 21,891
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I put the camper wherever the wife tells me to.
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03-20-2014, 09:19 AM
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Resident Masshole
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Southeastern MA
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LOL, that's a good husband! 
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03-20-2014, 09:28 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Atlanta Ga metro area
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We have a toy hauler and try to get a pull thru so that we can unload our motorcycles but its. Difficult to find a open pull thru. Geez it burns me up when we see pop ups in the pull thru spots. We end up unlioading in the road and blocking traffic. Sorry we have to do that but its inconsiderate campers who take a pull thru when they dont need it
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03-20-2014, 09:38 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2013
Location: Here and there
Posts: 803
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With me it depends on how lazy I am at the moment
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03-20-2014, 09:42 AM
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Always Learning
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Four Corners, FL
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BeeGee
Sorry we have to do that but its inconsiderate campers who take a pull thru when they dont need it
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As was indicated before- everyone has their *wants* for a site. These people wanted it and therefore have every right to be in it. You want it because it's more convenient for you, but I don't see how your wants are more important than their wants. I don't see it as inconsiderate at all.
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03-20-2014, 09:44 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2013
Posts: 5,173
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BeeGee
We have a toy hauler and try to get a pull thru so that we can unload our motorcycles but its. Difficult to find a open pull thru. Geez it burns me up when we see pop ups in the pull thru spots. We end up unlioading in the road and blocking traffic. Sorry we have to do that but its inconsiderate campers who take a pull thru when they dont need it
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I've seen some people who really can't back up a pop-up. They're often newer at towing and since they can just push it around at home never bother to learn.
Now, if you have a 30-40', have been out more than a few times and still don't know how to back it up. Well......
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03-20-2014, 09:52 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: TEXAS
Posts: 812
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And to be honest the shorter the trailer the tougher it is to back into place. Unless you are well practiced at doing so.
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03-20-2014, 09:53 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Jefferson County, MO
Posts: 5,452
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I prefer pull-thrus for the ease of getting in and out, but I'll take anything available.
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03-20-2014, 09:56 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Texas
Posts: 1,183
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31' 5r, it dosen't matter. We will take whatever site looks good to us. DW is not a very good guide yet but she is getting a bit better as time goes on. Most of the time she wants a pull thru, I'll select the back in at times just for my practice as well as hers. At our storage it's a covered back in.
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2014 Ram 2500 CTD, CC, SB
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03-20-2014, 10:12 AM
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: St. Paul, Minnesota
Posts: 3,367
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Oakman
I prefer pull-thrus for the ease of getting in and out, but I'll take anything available.
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Yes. When I was pulling a pop-up behind a F150, I couldn't see the dang pop-up until it was already "out of shape" in my side mirrors. Much easier to back our 25' TT in some ways.
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