RavensFan24 wrote:
I'll admit I love the ideal layout that we have with access to the bedroom, bathroom and fridge/pantry area. Our old trailer had a door straight to the bedroom, so that was never an issue, but we have 3 dogs so we always put the slide out so they had room at night. In the end, it's the matter of a push of a button for about 10 seconds to remedy the situation. I've never heard of it not being permissible to put slides out when over nighting at a Walmart or Cracker Barrel. Is anyone else utilizing the extra foot or two next to my RV where that's going to be an issue? I doubt it and if they did, I wouldn't park there. If you want to stop and nap at various times on a trip it may get a bit tedious after a while, but if the trailer works for the rest of your purposes, I don't see this being a big issue at all. The odds of sleeping on a mid trip without being able to put the slides out are minimal and your other option is 10 seconds of inconvenience holding a button down. In the end, this isn't ideal, but if the rest of the trailer works for you than you're fine.
Its not that there is a rule concerning putting out slides It's a matter of there being room next to you to put out a slide.
If that slide extends into traffic it including the adjoining parking space it puts you in a precarious situation.
I have stopped where the slide is not an issue at all and I have stopped where putting out the slide created complications.
Bottom line is Limited slide use is always better when stopping along the roadside
