Motorhomes and the white peg rule
Really can't understand why mhs can't get this into their heads about putting the offside to the rear of the mh as all the caravans here at ferry meadows have but that rules seems to not apply to mhs.
The rules are for everyone's safety and this means a fire break needs to be kept.
Of course not all mhs are breaking this rule but loads are.
I understand you might have a driveway awning but you still have the same amount of room as caravans have with awnings and we have to park on the offside of our vans, so please can you do the same.
Rant over now I wait for the backlash.
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No backlash but you’re not quite right, TCM. It's either offside rear corner to the peg or nearside front corner and this applies to Caravans and MHs.
Thus you can have car/caravan/awning, or awning/caravan/car.
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If at Ferry the backlash will come from the on site staff, as happened twice when we were there two weeks ago on both occasions it was motor caravans that obstructed the fire break one in nose fist and the other rear first and were duly "advised" both the wrong side of the pegs
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At the risk of being predictable I'd like to point out that during our last stay on a club site, last week, there were at least 3 caravans which were completely at the wrong side of the marker that I noticed when walking/cycling in and out of the site. Didn't notice any MH on the wrong side though
Nothing appeared to be said to them presumably, as they were still like that on our last day, we were there for 4 nights.
Oh, and FWIW, we never park on the wrong side
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Nor do we, Ina, but some pitching has to be seen to be believed. I assume wardens let it go as long as the 6m/3m gap is maintained because that’s what matters.
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Possibly TW. In 1 case I noticed a cone on the adjacent pitch to one of the caravans parked on the wrong side, obviously no idea what the reason was for that, so no problem with spacing there. But another one was a non-awning pitch, caravan as far on the wrong side as possible, next pitch also non-awning, but not much grass between, that caravan was parked correctly, so to me the 6m gap was compromised. Let's put it this way: if I'd been on that pitch and someone had parked next to me so close, I'd have been far from happy and would have had a word with my neighbour. No idea of course who was there first, and we were nowhere near, it's just something that was quite obvious when I went past.
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I sometimes wonder whether the club and its wardens feels all that needs to be done is to inform people of the required spacing (which they do in writing on the site plan) and their reposibility ends there.
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I've also seen vans and motorhomes pitched completely on the wrong side of the peg and left for at least a week without being repitched.
The only time I've said anything was when a unit arrived and started to reverse to the wrong side of the peg on the pitch adjacent to me, leaving much less than 6 metres between our vans. I politely asked him to move over which he did.
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Much to Margaret's annoyance (she thinks I am making a fuss) I always reverse exactly to the peg as per the instructions. It is simple enough to do, at least with a motorhome. It seems to me that every site I arrive at I am told what the pitching procedure is so there can be no excuse. Now whether something should be done about it depends entirely on whether the miss parked unit is interfering with anyone else, ie being too close. If it is not causing any issues I think wardens will use their common sense and leave it be.
David
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I know the 6m rule is there for fire safety and I pitch my caravan where they want me to but if an awning is fitted them there is no 6m gap, do awning not catch fire if the caravan was ablaze. I never use an awning so why can I not put my van where the awning would have been. If safety was the reason then why not have 6m gap between pitches instead. ( less pitches=less profit )
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It’s 6m between facing walls of units but 3m between awnings/cars.
6m between pitches would make some very happy but result in fewer pitches making others very unhappy.
Profits are rolled back into the club for items such as site development which benefit us all and do not line pockets.
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Given that most motorhomes do not have a car or awning (perhaps a canopy but rarely any “sides”) isn’t there a vast amount of space around the vehicle wherever they pitch?
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As was posted on another thread, the recommended figure "over there" is 4m. Perhaps the fire risk is less in warmer climates.
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We have seen (as others probably) the damage caused to the side of the caravan on the next pitch when the motor caravan went up in flames at Broadway ,and both were parked "on their pegs" then you would not query why the clubs fire break should be kept,the 2.3mtr approx less by being the "wrong"side of the peg could have made it far worse
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Doesnt HAVE to be REAR to the peg, front OR rear to the peg is the rule.
Only site i have been told rear in only, was Sandringham ? When asked Warden, said it was a rule from the Sandringham estate ? Evidently its to do with speed of evacuation ?? In case of fire. I can reverse out my motorhome equally as fast off a pitch. But hey ho,
This front or rear to the peg, applies to Caravans as well.
A good view decides which way around we face BUT
We also use this choice if the neighbor has a 'foreign handed' motorhome or caravan, so that our doors are not facing each other.
Common sense really.
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Reading under the pitching instructions, thanks tinny, it states that "if you wish to pitch differently (to the diagram) please check with the site staff". May be in some cases of observed alternative pitching folk had done just that and maybe after this the 6 & 3 rule could be maintained. Unfortunately, I'd bet there are still those folk out there who still just assume and do their own thing which would result in some frustration and confrontation I would guess. Best to talk me thinks!
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Cheers, Micky. They certainly could well have sought permission from the warden to park differently.
I read it that we only need seek permission if we wish to pitch differently from the two ways described in the instructions as it's quite clear that we have the option to pitch front n/s the peg.
I was going to re-post the instructions but see Easy has done it.👍🏻
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No backlash at all, Ceilngman. You are doing a good job. Keep patrolling and monitoring the sites you stay on. Wear you prefect badge with pride.
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