There have been some comments about parking problems in various threads. I have been among the complainers, asking people to exercise a little common sense; use rigs which you can actually drive, etc.
In an effort to help solve problems, I offer the following description of the parking at the Grand Mesa Visitor Center. The north side is big, open, with lots of pull-through, straight in, and alongside the road parking, suitable for trailers of all sizes. The other parking in the south lot. It is smaller, designed for for cars with straight-in parking in a single row on the south edge in the winter. Pickups with campers, decks, and smaller two place trailers can park without interfering with the traffic way.
When I got to the Visitor Center on Saturday, the north side was half full, lots of room for the largest rigs. On the south side, where singles and 2 sled outfits could easily park, there was a truck with a deck, and a couple of trucks with two place trailers, parked in straight, and a doublecab longbed pickup with an enclosed four place trailer, parked parallel on the south edge. I commenced to score the parking job on the four placer. (The other rigs, having parked correctly, were not in contention.)
First, we award points for the fact the rig is parked parallel in a straight in parking lot.
Second, driver gets points for covering seven parking spaces.
HOWEVER, we have to deduct:
1. The truck and trailer were not in alignment, being slightly cocked, truck front and trailer rear slightly to right.
2. This leads to the real reason for points deduction: had the driver parked the truck and trailer in a straight line across the parking spaces, he could have backed up three feet, and covered EIGHT parking places.
The trailer was new, so perhaps we should forgive the errors.
In an effort to help solve problems, I offer the following description of the parking at the Grand Mesa Visitor Center. The north side is big, open, with lots of pull-through, straight in, and alongside the road parking, suitable for trailers of all sizes. The other parking in the south lot. It is smaller, designed for for cars with straight-in parking in a single row on the south edge in the winter. Pickups with campers, decks, and smaller two place trailers can park without interfering with the traffic way.
When I got to the Visitor Center on Saturday, the north side was half full, lots of room for the largest rigs. On the south side, where singles and 2 sled outfits could easily park, there was a truck with a deck, and a couple of trucks with two place trailers, parked in straight, and a doublecab longbed pickup with an enclosed four place trailer, parked parallel on the south edge. I commenced to score the parking job on the four placer. (The other rigs, having parked correctly, were not in contention.)
First, we award points for the fact the rig is parked parallel in a straight in parking lot.
Second, driver gets points for covering seven parking spaces.
HOWEVER, we have to deduct:
1. The truck and trailer were not in alignment, being slightly cocked, truck front and trailer rear slightly to right.
2. This leads to the real reason for points deduction: had the driver parked the truck and trailer in a straight line across the parking spaces, he could have backed up three feet, and covered EIGHT parking places.
The trailer was new, so perhaps we should forgive the errors.
