Question on parking lot or walmart camping

I'm a little late in the comments, but traveling to and fro, cross country, near by or wherever.
We stay wherever allowed, always check ahead by a quick phone call, get permission, get a name, by breakfast or dinner, spend a couple $$'s as a thanks.
Most recently, this trip we left Arizona a week ago. Cracker Barrel - $25 dinner, cousins driveway, nice visit and bbq steaks, Reindeer Farm, $100 for tour, souveneirs etc. nice visit, heading to Tillamook Air Museum, will be a nice visit with a tour for around $20, etc, etc, etc.
Places we have stayed included Lowes, Cracker Barrel, Museums, Pizza joints, Visitor centers, Grocery stores, Cabellas, etc, these are inbetween reservation spots enroute where we staty for a few days to flush, fill, laundry, activities, enjoy sites etc.
Check ahead, most places if they have room to accomodate and RV for touring etc. they may let you spend the night in the parking lot. Lot of times is quieter than that truck stop, your going by so enjoy. Just remember to ask ahead.
Enjoy your travels!!!! Be safe ! ! !

The advantage to hydraulic slides is that you can deploy/retract all at the same time or one.
Open the outer door to the system. Likely you will see a label identifying which cylinder controls which slide. My former fiver had a thumbwheel on each valve. All the valves will be open for all slide operation, but you can turn the thumbwheel for each slide to disable one slide at a time.
Only allow the slides you want to function to hang over a curb but keep the lot side in.

Lantley wrote:
The general policy for Wal Mart is to simply overnight.
That means do not disconnect from truck. Keep slides in as much as feasible.
No jacks down.

Not really, That may be Walmarts general policy as stated by someone on Facebook or an internet forum, but the general policy for Walmart as listed on their website under the Frequently asked questions section is this;

While we do not offer electrical service or accommodations typically necessary for RV customers, Walmart values RV travelers and considers them among our best customers. Consequently, we do permit RV parking on our store parking lots as we are able. Permission to park is extended by individual store managers, based on availability of parking space and local laws. Please contact management in each store to ensure accommodations before parking your RV.

It says nothing about slides in or out, disconnecting a tow vehicle, or jacks. The title of this thread alone gives me a good laugh.........Walmart Camping? Personally I'd rather camp in the middle of a large asphalt satellite long term parking area at a major Airport. Its closer to nature than a Walmart.

The few times we've used Wally World we ended up spending more money in the Store that it would have cost to stay at a Camp Ground with full hook-ups.

FWIW, My KZ has to have the slides out to access the whole rear of the rig. If I had to, I'd park, unhitch and pull forward just a bit, level and put the slides out; no awning. I'd then go in, talk to the manager and buy some stuff. For me, that's a last resort type of thing when I'd be a danger to be on the road. Want to give me a ticket when I'm trying to be a safe driver? Fine. See you in court.

Lyle

Lantley wrote:
The general policy for Wal Mart is to simply overnight.
That means do not disconnect from truck. Keep slides in as much as feasible.
No jacks down.
Their policy is for getting sleep overnight and leave in the morning.
No need to disconnect and set up as though you were camping.
Pull in for the night. Sleep and leave!
Staying for days and setting up is why Wal Mart appears to be phasing out the policy.

Not always Walmart, it's the municipalities that are enacting codes to prevent this. Closest one to me has "No Overnight" signs all over the property, but do not cite a city code, so I'm assuming it's the property owner. Doesn't stop people from parking an RV there for days on end.

Lyle

We ended up driving farther than expected and foudn a nice campground in Rantoul Illinois for $30. camping with full hookups for the night.

I have a 36 foot 5er that needs all 3 slides out to access the beds. I park near the edge of the parking lot so the slides do not block too much traffic and lower the jack only enough to take the weight off the springs so the trailer will not rock too much.

Never a problem.

The trucks will stay but with some limit on how many.
The reason for this goes back to before Walmart was Walmart. Sam Walton, founder of Walmart, was a trucker before he was a shop owner and understood that it was hard to find a safe and legal spot to rest. Where the practice is legal, trucks are permitted but may be restricted to certain parts of the lot. RV's are accepted by extension of that policy but non commercial vehicles can be excluded by some municipalities.

FWIW, when we had our FW we deployed the slides once without levelers. The weight of the slide with the fridge in it flexed the frame enough the slide did not want to go back in and would have caused some major damage had I not deployed the jacks to straighten it back up.