Service pitches
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We booked a service pitch a few months back at Stonehaven Club Site. I always think service pitches are a complete waste of money for motorhomes as they dont need to connect to the services as they are already in the van. You do however see people book them,
or could just be the same as we were at Stonehaven, on a service pitch due it being the only pitch available at the time of booking.0 -
We booked a service pitch a few months back at Stonehaven Club Site. I always think service pitches are a complete waste of money for motorhomes as they dont need to connect to the services as they are already in the van. You do however see people book them,
or could just be the same as we were at Stonehaven, on a service pitch due it being the only pitch available at the time of booking.I suppose it depends on how long you are stopping, how much water you are likely to use and if you can be bothered to move the van. Even with a car and stopping a week, it hardly gets used, as we walk or use public transport. If we had a MH and wanted to
spend a week on a site, I think I would still book a service pitch. I could then discharge waste direct and fill up water without orbiting the site.0 -
We booked a service pitch a few months back at Stonehaven Club Site. I always think service pitches are a complete waste of money for motorhomes as they dont need to connect to the services as they are already in the van. You do however see people book them,
or could just be the same as we were at Stonehaven, on a service pitch due it being the only pitch available at the time of booking.I suppose it depends on how long you are stopping, how much water you are likely to use and if you can be bothered to move the van. Even with a car and stopping a week, it hardly gets used, as we walk or use public transport. If we had a MH and wanted to
spend a week on a site, I think I would still book a service pitch. I could then discharge waste direct and fill up water without orbiting the site.Write your comments here...a very expensive way of NOT having to move the motorhome IMO, but understandable if you have a safari room, attached awning etc., but on the whole, serviced pitches are unneccessary for motorhomers.AND an extra cost on already
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I think I,ve said this on another thread but it's probably worth repeating. I have only ever used a serviced pitch once, that was because it was the only one available. I didn't connect to either the drainage or the water services but it was handy having
them close by. I didn't feel superior in fact on this particular site the serviced pitches were IMHO in an inferior part of the site.0 -
You can book hardstanding at any time of the year with the other lot. AFAIK
My point is if it's possible with the c&cc why can the CC not manage it
I agree entirely. It's still one of the main reasons we choose a full serviced pitch. It can cause another problem though. If a member arrived on site having booked a full serviced pitch and finds there are hardstandings available, in theory they could change their mind and just go for a hardstanding. This means that someone who actually wanted a full serviced pitch could be blocked and unable to book one.
When we use a full serviced pitch we always use the water hook up and drainage. I have, however, been to one (non-club) site where they have had water hook up but no on pitch drainage!!
David
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Surely if you pay your membership and the pitch fee you can use whichever pitch you like! Don't see it is anyones business what you do once your on that pitch.
Write your comments here... Exactly correct , what on earth is how you use the services available on a service pitch anything whatsoever to do with any other members .
As long as you've booked & paid for said pitch , why on this earth does anyone else think they should determine if it's being used properly , I think some people need to get real & get a life , I can't believe this waffle is still going on
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We booked a service pitch a few months back at Stonehaven Club Site. I always think service pitches are a complete waste of money for motorhomes as they dont need to connect to the services as they are already in the van. You do however see people book them,
or could just be the same as we were at Stonehaven, on a service pitch due it being the only pitch available at the time of booking.It does, however, depend on the size of a motorhomes tank. We only carry 70 ltrs of fresh and have a 45 ltr waste tank, so much the same as a caravan with 2 aquarolls and a wastemaster. We have used serviced pitches, but only on CLs etc or sites where there
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We booked a service pitch a few months back at Stonehaven Club Site. I always think service pitches are a complete waste of money for motorhomes as they dont need to connect to the services as they are already in the van. You do however see people book them, or could just be the same as we were at Stonehaven, on a service pitch due it being the only pitch available at the time of booking.
I suppose it depends on how long you are stopping, how much water you are likely to use and if you can be bothered to move the van. Even with a car and stopping a week, it hardly gets used, as we walk or use public transport. If we had a MH and wanted to spend a week on a site, I think I would still book a service pitch. I could then discharge waste direct and fill up water without orbiting the site.
as stuart says...most MH would last the week without the need to 'orbit the site', and as Ray says, you'd be paying £27.30 for the privilege of being on a serviced pitch and not using it....
you could just park over the drain and pull the lever once on the way out.....not that hard...a few mins...
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We booked a service pitch a few months back at Stonehaven Club Site. I always think service pitches are a complete waste of money for motorhomes as they dont need to connect to the services as they are already in the van. You do however see people book them,
or could just be the same as we were at Stonehaven, on a service pitch due it being the only pitch available at the time of booking.I suppose it depends on how long you are stopping, how much water you are likely to use and if you can be bothered to move the van. Even with a car and stopping a week, it hardly gets used, as we walk or use public transport. If we had a MH and wanted to
spend a week on a site, I think I would still book a service pitch. I could then discharge waste direct and fill up water without orbiting the site.as stuart says...most MH would last the week without the need to 'orbit the site', and as Ray says, you'd be paying £27.30 for the privilege of being on a serviced pitch and not using it....
you could just park over the drain and pull the lever once on the way out.....not that hard...a few mins...
Depends on how long a shower you want BB. 14 showers would mean I only had 7 litres available and that is if we did not wash up in the van, as we always do. Personal preference but I would pay the £27.30, have decent length showers, wash up etc in the van
and not move it for the week. But each to their own.0 -
As others have said it is very much a personal choice, being specific to motorhomes I appreciate that the size of tanks play a part as well. Therefore perhaps my statement about motorhomes using them is a waste of money was very general. We have used them
but only when we had no other choice as they were the only pitches available. We don't need it as we have a 350L fresh water tank and a 200L waste tank so can survive at least a week,I guess that opens another discussion, not for this post but in the same vane so I shall mention, why are we forced to take electric. Just like a service pitch I dont need it. I have more than enough power to sustain everything in the motorhome, recharging
the batterries by solar and efoy generator, but I still have to pay as part of pitch fees, a little like being forced to pay for the services on a serviced pitch due to it being all thats available.....agree it is my choice, I could just find another site.0 -
I guess that opens another discussion, not for this post but in the same vane so I shall mention, why are we forced to take electric. Just like a service pitch I dont need it.
I happily use non facility sites but on sites with facilities I have to pay for them. I don't watch TV nut have to pay for site boosters etc. I don't walk dogs or have children so no need for a dog walk or playground. I have to accept the package.
When CC started to include EHU in pitch fees I had no mains electric on my caravan at that time. I rarely carried a battery either as I simply plugged into the car socket with an extension lead for lights and waterpump. Soon fitted mains though.
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I guess that opens another discussion, not for this post but in the same vane so I shall mention, why are we forced to take electric. Just like a service pitch I dont need it.
I don't know what size your MH is Stewart, but with tanks that big it sounds on the large size. However, in the case of larger rigs the CC will accomodate them without extra charge. As ET says it is a package. Splitting up the charges, as the other club does to some extent, has been discussed many times on CT. The general concensus always seems to leave things as they are.
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I guess that opens another discussion, not for this post but in the same vane so I shall mention, why are we forced to take electric. Just like a service pitch I dont need it.
I don't know what size your MH is Stewart, but with tanks that big it sounds on the large size. However, in the case of larger rigs the CC will accomodate them without extra charge. As ET says it is a package. Splitting up the charges, as the other club
does to some extent, has been discussed many times on CT. The general concensus always seems to leave things as they are.I agree with the general concensus Steve and I'm happy to pay as ultimately its my decision if I use CC Sites or not. If it bothers me that much I always have the option to use the CCC who do seem to offer a better selection of choice in terms of pitch facilities.
However, I though I would air the view given thats what the forum is all about.As for my motorhome is a Niesmann Bischoff Flair and not too large at 9m in length so fits on almost all of the CC Sites we use without having to warn them or ask permission if we can come. Oh...and we never drive with the tanks full, that would be a waste
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I understand both points of view. Having our first time of using a serviced pitch this week and it makes a big difference, as both my wife and myself have back problems and I also suffered a heart attack in June.
We did go away in July, thanks to our daughter and son-in-law for lending us their van and for taking it and setting it up for us and also to the site wardens for all the help they gave us. This was at a site where they had serviced
pitches and we noticed not everyone used all the sdevices on them and I wondered why.However, I soon realized what a difference it could make even having a tap close to the caravan and a drain near by having to watch my wife struggle with filling and emptying. Yeat I am sure that there were many people who must
have wondered when they saw us why we were given a disabled pitch as I am only 55 and my wife 52, so it probably wasn't obvious.perhaps it's a case of the old American Indian proverb that says, Don't criticise your brother until you have walked at least one mile in their mockesens', alternatively if their are so many people wanting serviced pitches perhaps we need to be pestering
the powers that be for more
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I think it's inconsiderate of people who use a non serviced pitch with a modern caravan depriving people who have not got the facilities to use a serviced pitch,
(Tongue in cheek).
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I may have missed it but I don't think The Bikers have as yet acknowlegded that they have read these replies. I also realise they are not obliged to do so.
Nobody needs to explain their reasons. It is their personal choice to use the pitch they paid for in whatever way they choose.
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We have only twice used a service pitch once with a caravan because the site we were on the service pitches were more sheltered from the gale that was blowing at time of arrival (wardens suggestion) and once with the motorhome, it was a cancellation at New
Year so the only pitch available at the time.I wouldn't normally use a service pitch as I don't need one, however I have no problem with others doing so, its their choice, their money, who are we to tell people what they can and cannot do.
There are though a number of people that will book a service pitch in the knowledge that they will get a hardstanding pitch, again their choice. The club could of course allow booking of H/S but they have choosen not to go down that route (another story
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Away from the CC there are quite few sites that have pitches which are serviced in some way, often with a tap and drain to hand. I don't regard them as specific to a certain type of need as stated in the OP. Many of the CC serviced pitches aren't in particularly good spots so we don't bother to book them but we would if we wanted to be sure of a hardstanding.
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I did once book a service pitch at Cromer to ensure a hardstanding. The blessed pitch wasn't even level!!! I suppose it goes to show a willingness by some to pay a premium for a service pitch. The Club seem to charge more for the
privilege of a service pitch than many commercial sites.David
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I always book an awning pitch, although i only have a windout awning, that i may or may not deploy, depending on the weather(i use it mainly as a rain shelter), are there also persons watching me, and noting whether i use the facility provided ? Bit scary. Only do this because i was once told to wind in my awning on a non-awning pitch , cant remember the reason given, but its always an awning pitch for me now.Sorry.
Dont need a serviced pitch, so dont book one.
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Have only once used a CC Serviced pitch, at Chatsworth in the school summer holidays, booked about 3 weeks before arriving as its nigh on impossible to get a pitch at Chatsworth, apparently. The pitch was opposite the toliet block, was very small. It was
also the highest price we have ever paid for a pitch anywhere, £44.20 per night. We booked it as the second part of that holiday was on a serviced pitch at a commercial site for £23 per night; so we could leave the waterhog and waste container at home.We prefer serviced pitches, particularly over the Autumn, Winter and Spring with a HS. The CC doesn't provide grass serviced pitches as our preference for the summer. We pay £18 per night for fully serviced HS pitch on a commercial site in the New Forest
in the 'wet' season, £23 per night at Xmas.We use the Truma Waterline system and the piped wastes as this https://caravanchronicles.com/2013/05/26/connecting-your-drainage-on-serviced-pitches/ Frees up weight and space from carrying WaterHog and handle and waste container. The pipework is secured
to the chassis with bungies for transit. Often farmers appreciate watering the fields and hedgerows.Will be using Littlehampton CC serviced pitch in the next few weeks at £22 per night.
I'm tempted to use a water splitter to facilitate using the Waterline on sites where there are more frequent water taps as on a lot of the non CC sites we have used since owning the caravan.
Suspect with the growth in people staycationining in place of exotic holidays, the expectations of new converts to MH & Caravans will have differ considerably and more serviced pitches will become the norm. We were in North Cornwall for the end of school
summer holidays where a site with serviced pitches was charging £83 per night, and people were paying it. We stayed 400 yards away at £23 per night on a non serviced pitch with space.0 -
We have had them a few times - mainly if they are the only ones left available to book - and we often dont bother to hook up. We do have a direct to tap kit and a long waste hose in the locker. We dont have them of choice as they are often too centrally located for our preferences. We do 'use the services' in so far as the on-pitch tap and drain is handy but thats all. If the serviced pitches on a site were in the location we like best on a site I would happily pay the extra and book one to ensure that we got a pitch in that location.
Some people use some facilities, other people use others. You book a pitch and pay for it - whether you use every aspect of it or not is irrelevant. Its like booking a double room in a hotel for one person - its just the way it is.
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£44.20 per night.
How much? How many of you????
2 adults 1 child. As in all the prices quoted, although some commercial sites we use only charge per pitch type regardless of adults/child mix.
I have written a piece in the stories section 'our first year of caravannng', that gives details. CC are highest pitch fees for less
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