Overnight stops and Rest Areas
Hi all, We have a trip planned from Michigan to Florida to stay a week at Fort Wilderness. To maximize our time, I think we will probably stay overnight at a Rest Area on the way down. I have a fe...
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rest stops, truck stops and mall parking lots...
these all offer you enough time to get some shut eye so that you can move along as soon as you can.... but if you pull into a mall parking lot or a rest area early in the day and set up camp, you may be asked to move along sooner than you planned to...
truck stops dont care much if you stay a couple days, or even if you want to unhook out in the back lot so that you can do some local exploring.
as for disconnecting the cord from the tow vehicle so it doesnt drain the battery, most all new pickups have an option so that the trailer CANNOT pull power from the tow vehicle when the ignition is shut off...but WILL supply power when the ignition is on OR the engine is running..
this OPTION is usually activated (or de-activated) by pulling a fuse out to stop a direct connection, and the power will be provided to the circuit by another fused route when the ignition key is activated....
check the owners manual and it should tell you which fuse to pull... some vehicles come WITHOUT the fuse installed, and if one wants full time power at the power plug, they need to ADD a fuse...
as for putting down jacks, extending the slide, raising the awning, the flag pole and party lights, and pulling out the exterior tv, one can do whatever they want, wherever they are, illegal or otherwise, but these thing draw attention to you when it is best to keep a low profile so that may go unnoticed for as long as you can...
these all offer you enough time to get some shut eye so that you can move along as soon as you can.... but if you pull into a mall parking lot or a rest area early in the day and set up camp, you may be asked to move along sooner than you planned to...
truck stops dont care much if you stay a couple days, or even if you want to unhook out in the back lot so that you can do some local exploring.
as for disconnecting the cord from the tow vehicle so it doesnt drain the battery, most all new pickups have an option so that the trailer CANNOT pull power from the tow vehicle when the ignition is shut off...but WILL supply power when the ignition is on OR the engine is running..
this OPTION is usually activated (or de-activated) by pulling a fuse out to stop a direct connection, and the power will be provided to the circuit by another fused route when the ignition key is activated....
check the owners manual and it should tell you which fuse to pull... some vehicles come WITHOUT the fuse installed, and if one wants full time power at the power plug, they need to ADD a fuse...
as for putting down jacks, extending the slide, raising the awning, the flag pole and party lights, and pulling out the exterior tv, one can do whatever they want, wherever they are, illegal or otherwise, but these thing draw attention to you when it is best to keep a low profile so that may go unnoticed for as long as you can...
