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02-16-2010, 04:50 PM
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2 Rivet Member 
1976 Argosy 20
Peralta
, New Mexico
Join Date: Feb 2010
Posts: 62
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How to get past the 15 yr old rule?!?
Hello all, I am new to rv'ing, and I bought a  1976 Argosy 20 trailer to live in. 
I can't seem to get past the age restrictions in most rv parks around here, NM, and was wondering if there was a way to get past it. Can anyone offer some good advice?
Thanks, Dorian
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02-16-2010, 04:53 PM
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Rivet Master 
1991 34' Excella
Princeton
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Tell them it is a 96. They all look the same.
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02-16-2010, 04:54 PM
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Rivet Master 
Airstream - Other
2016 Interstate Grand Tour Ext
Bosque Farms
, New Mexico
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Ah, where are you in NM? I don't know of many parks around here that maintain such a restriction.
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02-16-2010, 04:58 PM
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2 Rivet Member
1976 Argosy 20
Peralta
, New Mexico
Join Date: Feb 2010
Posts: 62
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I am currently in Los Lunas, and was looking around the local area for now but want to travel around the state also.
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02-16-2010, 05:00 PM
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1953 Flying Cloud
1953 21' Flying Cloud
West Sacramento
, California
Join Date: Jan 2007
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I agree with Howie on this one. We were in Coo's Bay Oregon a few years ago and came across this same situation. The lady behind the desk asked if my trailer was 15 years old or older. I told her it was a 2003 model. Her reply was, it doesn't look like the news one. I told her it is a special addition, only a few hundred made. I went head and parked my trailer next to the $500,000 motor homes and no one new any better.
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02-16-2010, 05:11 PM
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Rivet Master
Airstream - Other
2016 Interstate Grand Tour Ext
Bosque Farms
, New Mexico
Join Date: Jan 2004
Posts: 7,030
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Oh, I kind of doubt that you'll have much trouble here in NM. There are very few snooty places here that turn down folks with older rigs. Or at least we haven't experienced it with our 1967 rig (yet).
Lynn
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02-16-2010, 05:13 PM
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2 Rivet Member
1976 Argosy 20
Peralta
, New Mexico
Join Date: Feb 2010
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thank you all for posting so quickly, i am going to check out monte verde rv park now and will touch base again.
thanks all
Dorian
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02-16-2010, 05:17 PM
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Naysayer
1968 24' Tradewind
Russellville
, earth
Join Date: Jun 2005
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DD.KARAOKE
thank you all for posting so quickly, i am going to check out monte verde rv park now and will touch base again.
thanks all
Dorian
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I don't know, the owner there is funny looking and acts weird. 
Telling the park that its an airstream and offering to send pictures can go a long way. The one time I ran into this restriction I sent a picture and they were happy.
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02-16-2010, 05:18 PM
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Rivet Master
Airstream - Other
2016 Interstate Grand Tour Ext
Bosque Farms
, New Mexico
Join Date: Jan 2004
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Ah, we're closed for the winter!
Lynn
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02-16-2010, 05:20 PM
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Rivet Master
Airstream - Other
2016 Interstate Grand Tour Ext
Bosque Farms
, New Mexico
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Oh, I just noticed that you're living in your rig. That may be key to the story. Many parks limit the number of full-time residents or exclude them outright. They may be using the old-rig story as a method of exclusion.
Lynn
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02-16-2010, 06:26 PM
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Rivet Master
1971 25' Tradewind
1993 34' Excella
Currently Looking...
Estancia
, New Mexico
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DD.KARAOKE
Hello all, I am new to rv'ing, and I bought a 1976 Argosy 20 trailer to live in.
I can't seem to get past the age restrictions in most rv parks around here, NM, and was wondering if there was a way to get past it. Can anyone offer some good advice?
Thanks, Dorian |
I hear there is a real nice RV park in Angel Fire, but you need a 4x6 TV with a snowplow.
You could also boondock on BLM land.
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02-16-2010, 07:19 PM
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Rivet Master
Airstream - Other
2016 Interstate Grand Tour Ext
Bosque Farms
, New Mexico
Join Date: Jan 2004
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Yes, a really big snow plow would help up here!
You know, with a whole lot of effort we might have been able to make it to Cottonwood for the 4CU rally. What we were also afraid of is leaving the rally to come back home, only to find that we couldn't even drive into the place. I love it up here in the summer, but the winters just plain suck.
Lynn
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03-01-2010, 05:19 PM
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1972 Travelux Princess 25
Cobourg
, Ontario
Join Date: Oct 2008
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I started another thread about towing with an older model (1980s) Rolls Royce. Just to see what they say when they ask how old your rig is and you tell them "I tow an Airstream with a Rolls Royce - but they are 15 years old" :0
Seriously, I hear most of these places waive the 15 year rule for Airstreams. They are just trying to keep out the riff raff .
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03-01-2010, 07:03 PM
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Rivet Master
1951 21' Flying Cloud
1960 24' Tradewind
Folsom
, California
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ganaraska
. . . Seriously, I hear most of these places waive the 15 year rule for Airstreams. They are just trying to keep out the riff raff .
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Hey, I resemble that comment!
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03-01-2010, 07:10 PM
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2003 25' Classic
Houstatlantavegas
, Malebolgia
Join Date: Jun 2007
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LIE
Or don't go to such podunk parks!!! 
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03-01-2010, 07:43 PM
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Silver Mist
Currently Looking...
Riverhead
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Join Date: Aug 2006
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I rebuilt mine in '06, soo that's what it is.
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03-02-2010, 05:47 AM
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3 Rivet Member 
2007 31' Classic
holland
, Pennsylvania
Join Date: Oct 2008
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the only people that seem to know the age of an airstream from my travels,are other airstreamers.everybody else makes comments like"do they still make those"or"is that new or old".i usually have some fun and tell them my unit is from the 30 yr plus vintage.airstreamers know the age ,length model etc.
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03-02-2010, 06:53 AM
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4 Rivet Member 
1974 Argosy 24
Science Hill
, Kentucky
Join Date: Oct 2008
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Quote:
Originally Posted by LI Pets
I rebuilt mine in '06, soo that's what it is.
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As per my English professor "Lie like a dog, who will know".....and that is the truth.....don't people know that VINTAGE is in?????
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01-20-2011, 07:52 PM
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Rivet Master
2020 30' Classic
Derwood
, Maryland
Join Date: Mar 2010
Posts: 1,515
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You have got to be kidding me - isn't that illegal to deny service due to the age of a trailer?
Wow.... 
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2020 30’ Airstream Classic
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01-20-2011, 08:33 PM
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Rivet Master
1992 29' Excella
1987 32' Excella
Morrilton
, Arkansas
Join Date: Oct 2010
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Ew, what an awful rule. Are you sure you want to give them money? Your Argosy probably shouldn't dirty its classy feet on their stinkin' soil.
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2004 Dodge Ram 2500 Cummins HD 1987 Excella 32'
"Besides, I'm a gypsy at heart and I like to travel around." Reba McEntire
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