Interstate rest area stops

Not CAMP but rest for 8 to 10 hours OK. However we like Walmart or some of the other free camping because they have less noise. Check out Free Camping

TenOC wrote:
Not CAMP but rest for 8 to 10 hours OK. However we like Walmart or some of the other free camping because they have less noise. Check out Free Camping

So, if I park for 8-10 hours, and leave the trailer hooked up to the truck, and am in the trailer, is that considered camping?

You're resting. Don't put your slides out, don't run a generator. Put jacks down if you want to take some weight off the truck, just don't forget to retract them in the morning. FWIW, I've never been able to rest more than about 6 hrs in a rest area.

swimmer_spe wrote:

TenOC wrote:
Not CAMP but rest for 8 to 10 hours OK. However we like Walmart or some of the other free camping because they have less noise. Check out Free Camping

So, if I park for 8-10 hours, and leave the trailer hooked up to the truck, and am in the trailer, is that considered camping?

Looks like 4 hour max stay in Kentucky. But apparently not necessarily rigidly enforced.
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Rest areas by state.

I do it all the time......Get there about 10 pm, sleep until 6AM. Shower and head down the road. Yea. It's pretty noisy. You gotta look for rigs that do now have refers.

jdc1 wrote:
I do it all the time......Get there about 10 pm, sleep until 6AM. Shower and head down the road. Yea. It's pretty noisy. You gotta look for rigs that do now have refers.

I swear I'm not being sarcastic.

This definitely is not camping. It's "resting" in more comfort than the cars.

Technically, in VA, it's not even legal to sleep in a rest area. (Go figure.) I've known State Troopers who have woken up truck drivers and made them leave the rest area.
It varies by state. I used to be a truck driver and I've heard that KY is one of the states that really doesn't mind trucker's (and RVers I guess) sleeping their.

KD4UPL wrote:
Technically, in VA, it's not even legal to sleep in a rest area. (Go figure.) I've known State Troopers who have woken up truck drivers and made them leave the rest area.
It varies by state. I used to be a truck driver and I've heard that KY is one of the states that really doesn't mind trucker's (and RVers I guess) sleeping their.

I hope VA troopers aren't still ordering OTR truck drivers to violate the federal hours of service rules. Since the introduction of electronic logging, they have little choice on where they stop for the mandatory rest periods.

Dutch_12078 wrote:

KD4UPL wrote:
Technically, in VA, it's not even legal to sleep in a rest area. (Go figure.) I've known State Troopers who have woken up truck drivers and made them leave the rest area.
It varies by state. I used to be a truck driver and I've heard that KY is one of the states that really doesn't mind trucker's (and RVers I guess) sleeping their.

I hope VA troopers aren't still ordering OTR truck drivers to violate the federal hours of service rules. Since the introduction of electronic logging, they have little choice on where they stop for the mandatory rest periods.

In Virginia, the "No Overnight Camping" rule is to discourage RVers from taking up truck stalls overnight thus denying OTR truckers from being able to take breaks. For long term sleeping, OTR truckers need to be using truck stops in VA. Generally, OTR trucks are allowed 4 hours during the daylight and anywhere from 6-8 hours overnight. RVer's that don't advertise their camping (no generators, slides, awnings, BBQ's) can get away with a 6 hour stay overnight.

Help me understand. The refers can run all night but an RV shouldn't run a generator?