CAMPGROUNDS IN FLORIDA

[TXMOOSE]

Hey guys. I was wondering if any of our campers here live in the campgrounds in Florida. I know I've heard a couple of you talking about them.
I don't know if it matters but I'm talking more down towards the Beverley Hills are. When there is a hurricane, any type I guess, but do you have to remove your RV.
I want to get a Trailer and place it so I have it to live in. Now I'm hearing about when there's a hurricane you have to move your trailers out.i don't feel like dealing with that. So if a Yonex has some real facts of this I'd like to know for sure.
Thanks Guys , Mark

 

[RV_Lee122]

I would imagine a good chunk of trailers cannot be moved by their owners, especially that quickly by people living in them full time. If a hurricane was likely to be a direct hit I'd try to hire someone with a truck to move it or rent a truck myself to move it. If it was a huge park model that has been sitting for years, forget it

 

[Rene T]

I go to FL since 2013. We had a fifth wheel so that meant we had a truck so if needed I could just hook up and move it out. We never had to because it was not during hurricane season.

5 years ago We purchased a RV in the same park except the trailer we have now is permanently set up. It’s on blocks and have the hurricane tie downs. It’s been through 2 hurricanes since we owned it and only had just a little damage once.
It’s a 1997 so I’m sure it’s been through several other storms and survived.
We are in Lakeland which is in the middle of the state so any storms usually die down a little before it hits us. If a storm does hit us real hard and totals the rv, oh well. Being so old, it’s not worth all that much. I can’t get insurance for it. Being so far inland, we don’t have flooding or storm surge concerns.

 

[Gary RV_Wizard]

Some parks that deal mostly with visitors may require that RVs be removed in the event of a hurricane warning. They can't be liable for the safety & preservation of you or your property, or the damage it may do elsewhere if it gets blown or flooded away. The park may be using that stipulation solely to make it your legal responsibility, or it may be a county or city requirement in their area. If the former, they may not care if you ignore it, but if the latter there may be fines or mandatory towing if you don't comply. And if that RV is insured, your failure to follow mandatory evacuation orders may put your insurance claim at risk.

Other parks are more for year-around residence use and would not have that sort of requirement, but you would probably have to meet county & state requirements such as Rene described. RVs don't fare well in storms that fall well short of Category 1 hurricane status.

The Beverly Hills (Citrus County) area seldom gets hit as hard as some others, but no doubt have their own disaster emergency plans and requirements. Best you call and ask.

 

[weighit]

We spent a month in Clearmont and got to talk with many of the rv owners in that park. Seems almost all of them leave their rv in a site year round and some were tired down, some not. A couple were damaged in the last hurricane, but not terrible. I suppose it all depends on how hard that area gets hit and what area gets little winds and rains. Many of the folks seemed to live north and only head down for the winter months leaving the rv set up.

 

[TXMOOSE]

I go to FL since 2013. We had a fifth wheel so that meant we had a truck so if needed I could just hook up and move it out. We never had to because it was not during hurricane season.

5 years ago We purchased a RV in the same park except the trailer we have now is permanently set up. It’s on blocks and have the hurricane tie downs. It’s been through 2 hurricanes since we owned it and only had just a little damage once.
It’s a 1997 so I’m sure it’s been through several other storms and survived.
We are in Lakeland which is in the middle of the state so any storms usually die down a little before it hits us. If a storm does hit us real hard and totals the rv, oh well. Being so old, it’s not worth all that much. I can’t get insurance for it. Being so far inland, we don’t have flooding or storm surge concerns.

Thanks,
These hurricane tie downs. Can you tell me more. Like I said I'm looking near my Aunt in Beverley Hills and they are high but they get wind and rain and you know the after stuff of clean up.
But ya I'm looking to put a permanent 5th wheel or trailer, insurance of course and then something to travel or so with. But my Aunt says she sees people leaving with their trailers before a storm wich I understand. I just was wondering if the parks make you leave.

 

[TXMOOSE]

Thanks guys. That was a concern of moving. I mean I'm getting another truck and some how if I must would move but don't feel like it . And your rite the Beverly Hills area is pretty good with it all.
I was dealing with a realtor who lived over in the Homosassa area in a mobile home where I was looking for my pop and she said she's been through some things but they never had the flooding or great damage.
I am looking at spots with visitors and yearly stays. But I want to secure nicely the best I can just to be read. I've got my aunts to go to. I had a camper at a campground for years but also put a couple of straps, strong truck straps around and secured them to what I put in the ground. My buddy did the wells there so we made sure I wouldn't hit anything. You didn't even know my straps were there.
Now this was in Jersey and I only did it cause we had a freak Noreaster and 1 trailer , not damaged but it was out in the open at the lake and you could see it looked dragged along about 4/5ft with no doughty. Mine was 21ft and perfect, just didn't wanna see that it got pushed over . But thanks for any info guys it all helps.

 

[Rene T]

Thanks,
These hurricane tie downs. Can you tell me more. Like I said I'm looking near my Aunt in Beverley Hills and they are high but they get wind and rain and you know the after stuff of clean up.
But ya I'm looking to put a permanent 5th wheel or trailer, insurance of course and then something to travel or so with.

You need to screw these devices into the ground. They act like a cork screw. They are probably 4’ long. I think it takes special equipment to install them, then you need to attach an anchor point on the bottom side of your trailer. Then they use a device similar to a ratchet strap except it is all metal including the strap. You would need to put 3 or 4 of these on each side of the trailer.
These would not be practical if you intend on pulling out for a storm coming. These are for a permanent install.

 

[Seilerbird]

I have lived in a central Florida RV park for the last 13 years. I am 40 miles inland so there is literally no worries about hurricanes. On the coast hurricanes can be a big problem which is why I am inland. Disney World is 20 miles to the west and they have had to close the park due to wind like three days in the last 50 years. There are no mosquitoes in my park either. They spray here and I have not had one bite since I lived here.

 

[Gary RV_Wizard]

As a 50-year Florida resident let me assure you that being well inland is no guarantee against hurricanes. Or the tornadoes that sometimes spawn from them. The wind forces will be lower vs the 100+ felt at the coasts, but a 60-70 mph wind will still do huge amounts of damage, including falling trees, torn up buildings, and sometimes even flipping an RV. Floods happen inland too, if located anywhere along a lake or river (popular RV park locations).