Walmart....."NO......"
Always have seen a bunch of rigs parked (camping) at our local Walmart. Yesterday there was a crew putting up signs on all the light poles. "NO OVERNIGHT PARKING." Just thought it was interesting...
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hone eagle wrote:
This is a RV forum therefore we think this is aimed at us,I dont think so, the trucking industry has a huge parking problem they have been passing off to wal-mart and others for years.
Its now come to a head with the E log mandate,commercial drivers must stop when their hours run out ,no ifs ands or buts ,no 'few minutes over' while they look for a spot.
The majors are starting to rent out overnight parking (at truck stops) to assure their drivers dont get caught, this puts small companies and owner operators in a even bigger pickle, thus more and more in retail lots ,and thus more and more signs ,I dont think they are aimed at the RVer.
I've started to notice how obvious of an issue this could become. It's now more common to see big rigs parked in really odd places, in the middle of the day, just burning up the clock.The other day I'm at a local grocery store, mid-afternoon, on a weekend. The place is very busy, and the lot is needlessly clogged by a guy with a flatbed full of structural steel, and another hauling round bales. Both idling, with the sleeper curtains shut. I'm guessing neither were waiting to unload at the back of the store.