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Old 03-16-2018, 03:08 PM   #15
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So - are boondocking and dry camping the same thing to most people? We generally camp with no hookups but in actual forest service campgrounds. So we have neighbors, we pay a small fee, there are nice fire rings already there for us and sometimes a bear box. I use the words interchangeably and what I described I would call boondocking or dry camping.
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So - are boondocking and dry camping the same thing to most people? We generally camp with no hookups but in actual forest service campgrounds. So we have neighbors, we pay a small fee, there are nice fire rings already there for us and sometimes a bear box. I use the words interchangeably and what I described I would call boondocking or dry camping.
I would say they're the same thing. I call it not having any hookups at all.
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Boondocking is camping out in the sticks. Not the same as dry camping where you have a CG with spurs. There's usually an outhouse there at dry CG's
Boondocking is driving off the road where there's no picnic table, no water/elec/sewer no designated predetermined camping spot. There may be a pile of rocks in a circle for a fire made by previous campers.
If you can walk 100' to a store like wally world you ain't boondocking.

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So - are boondocking and dry camping the same thing to most people? We generally camp with no hookups but in actual forest service campgrounds. So we have neighbors, we pay a small fee, there are nice fire rings already there for us and sometimes a bear box. I use the words interchangeably and what I described I would call boondocking or dry camping.
I have camped in a forest service campgrounds , and they are quite nice. The one's I have been in have a building with shower and washroom facilities . You could call that dry camping , but I would not call it boondocking. I am led to believe that when boondocking , there is nothing around.
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I've hiked over 700 miles on the Appalachian Trail with nothing but a 50 lb pack on my back (water, food, tent, sleeping bag, clothes) and I'd say if you're sleeping in a 30+ ft RV, then you ain't camping. Oh, no black water tanks involved.
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Boondocking is camping out in the sticks. Not the same as dry camping where you have a CG with spurs. There's usually an outhouse there at dry CG's
Boondocking is driving off the road where there's no picnic table, no water/elec/sewer no designated predetermined camping spot. There may be a pile of rocks in a circle for a fire made by previous campers.
If you can walk 100' to a store like wally world you ain't boondocking.

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To me, boondocking is making your own campsite. It can be done in many National Forests, you just pull off the road and try to get out of sight of the road. Camping in a campsite, un-improved or not, isn't the same. I won't get into vocabulary, but I do quietly smile to myself when people park a fully featured RV in the woods and call it roughing it. I too have hiked the Appalachian Trail and many miles into the wilderness outside Yellowstone, Adirondack backcountry, and Banff, Alberta. That's roughing it. Read about how John Muir used to go into the woods and you'll understand.
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~ Yes, over-nighting at a Walmart. (Wally-Docking)

~ Yes, parking overnight at a Cabela's

~ Yes, parking in my sis-n-laws driveway in North Pole AK. for a month. ( I'm cheating here as I get a 20 amp power source and hot showers.) I still call it boon-docking.

~ Yes, just pull off the Alcan into a gravel parking lot and call it home for the night.

~ Yes, can't locate a Walmart to over-night. Truck-stop as a last resort. (Flying J / Pilot)
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99% of our camping is boondocking
You have it all, water, electric, batteries or gen set, fridge, beer
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Ok, so we're talking about boondocking. Just for the record, I like any and all kinds of "camping" if it gets me outdoors.

Question: since boondocking is done in the middle of anywhere but an RV site, it's most likely not flat and level. Say you stop on a slight slop, say 8-10" drop from front to back. How much leveling can your leveling system handle? Can it level out a 10" difference? How important is it to be "level"? Given you have a sloping site, is it best to have the front or the back on the higher end?
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Ok, so we're talking about boondocking. Just for the record, I like any and all kinds of "camping" if it gets me outdoors.

Question: since boondocking is done in the middle of anywhere but an RV site, it's most likely not flat and level. Say you stop on a slight slop, say 8-10" drop from front to back. How much leveling can your leveling system handle? Can it level out a 10" difference? How important is it to be "level"? Given you have a sloping site, is it best to have the front or the back on the higher end?
The most important factor in leveling is your refrigerator if it's an RV absorption type. They don't need to be perfectly level, but any slope that you can feel in the floor or table is too much. (1.5º-2.5º) You can usually find something close to level, and blocks under the tires and or jacks can help. Just keep the rear tires in a motorhome on the ground or it might roll!
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Ok, so we're talking about boondocking. Just for the record, I like any and all kinds of "camping" if it gets me outdoors.

Question: since boondocking is done in the middle of anywhere but an RV site, it's most likely not flat and level. Say you stop on a slight slop, say 8-10" drop from front to back. How much leveling can your leveling system handle? Can it level out a 10" difference? How important is it to be "level"? Given you have a sloping site, is it best to have the front or the back on the higher end?


With enough blocks you can level it. I've been in some pretty unlevel situations in our TT but with enough wood and even some stumps for the stabilizers we managed it.

I've seen people do far far worse without issue.
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Ok, so we're talking about boondocking. Just for the record, I like any and all kinds of "camping" if it gets me outdoors.

Question: since boondocking is done in the middle of anywhere but an RV site, it's most likely not flat and level. Say you stop on a slight slop, say 8-10" drop from front to back. How much leveling can your leveling system handle? Can it level out a 10" difference? How important is it to be "level"? Given you have a sloping site, is it best to have the front or the back on the higher end?
That would be easy if the front is sloping down. If the front is sloping up then you have to worry about the tongue jack letting the front down enough. As well as when the fronts way down and if you have rear steps they're way up in the air. You have to have another step to get to your steps.
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I find it interesting that some get up in arms, due to others terminologies
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