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Old Mar 16, 2018 | 09:03 PM
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Originally Posted by BPofMD
Why hell no..not in Texas! Come to the NorthEast...you'll find MANY campgrounds where ya gotta make 90's to back into spots!
Ha! Too many trees in Minnesota campgrounds to come anywhere near that kind of angle.
 
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Old Mar 16, 2018 | 09:05 PM
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Originally Posted by 69cj
If backing into a camp spot any more than approximately 40 degrees and your not going to be able to let the tail gate down to pull out.
Can you seriously open your tailgate at 40 degrees? I can't come anywhere near that; more like 15 to 20 degrees tops.
 
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Old Mar 17, 2018 | 08:04 AM
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Originally Posted by SecondChance
We have six grandkids in Maryland (out in the country north of Baltimore) and come there all the time. We've Camped in Pennsylvania, New York, Delaware and New Jersey. We spent the second half of summer and most of the fall in New England last year. Stayed everywhere from Buzzard's Bay up to Acadia and then across to Lake Champlain on the back roads (my wife went to graduate school in Vermont). Never had a need for 90 degrees.

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I live in Vermont and camp around New England and agree that I haven't needed to turn 90* to get into a camp site. I have tested it in a parking lot though.
 
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Old Mar 17, 2018 | 10:34 AM
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You guys all buy into those 'spensive campgrounds!!! LOL You are right tho...there ain't MANY that I've needed to go 90*...but I've hit more than a few. I avoid 'em now too.
 
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