Michelle.S
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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.
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StonedPanther
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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.
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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.
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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 ! ! !
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Bass Pro and Cabela's are also (mostly) RV friendly.
Please post a review of the Air Museum. That's on our list when we visit the People's Republik of Western Oregon. Want to ride the train there, too. :-)
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Michelle.S wrote: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.
Nailed it! As long as you spend money, I doubt they care. Never spent the night at one but had many stops with slides and awning out. Never had any issues. I always park out as far as possible.
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TenOC wrote: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.
This is what I was going to say. I would use the landing gear and keep it hooked to the truck and get it close to level as you can, put out your slides and the next morning pull in the slides, retract the gear and go.
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Perhaps some of you should consider joining Sam's Clubs. They have zero problems with slide outs, staying hooked up, not staying hooked up, sitting outside in chairs, etc. All they ask is that you be a member and don't make a mess. You don't even have to buy anything from that particular store. You can even run a generator. When we spend the night, I am often told if they are running a special on steaks, burgers, etc and the store managers suggest we grill in their parking lot!
I currently don't have slides, but if I did, I really wouldn't care if someone objected to my putting them out if I had already gotten the okay from a store manager to do so. Perhaps some of you need to learn the response I learned when I first started homeschooling my kids. "That's your opinion and your opinion doesn't count with me" or my more common response.. "Okay. Bye." I also keep a baseball bat in the camper. It's amazing how many people will get violent over being told their opinion doesn't matter or if you don't do what they think you should do.
I do my grocery shopping in a truck camper. I leave the dog in it with the fans going. I often have people tell me I can't park "there" (pick a store) and they don't work at the store. My daughter used to take the truck camper to work when she had a late night shift followed by a morning shift the next day or if the weather was going to be snowy (someone had to open the store). She was always being told that she couldn't park overnight in the store parking lot. She would just tell them that she gave herself permission since she was store management. It really ticked some people off.
I have spent many nights in Sam's Club parking lots. They are my preferred parking lot.
1st choice: Sam's Clubs. I do 90% of my grocery shopping at Sam's. When traveling supper tends to be in a restaurant or a hot already baked all meat pizza and we love the rotisserie chicken. I can put together a nice supper for around $10-$15 (two of us) and have plenty of leftovers for lunch or supper the next day. Last night we had Penne alla Vodka Pasta with Shrimp for under $11. It was one of those heat and eat meals they have and it looked good so we picked it up. We heated it up on the cooktop. It was good, heated up on top of the cooktop in under 15 minutes and had a surprising amount of shrimp. We are sitting in a state park just outside of the town we live in and I'm not gonna work too hard at cooking, especially since we couldn't check in until after 4PM. We had to go swimming in the lake. We hit the Sam's for supplies before driving the 20 miles out to the state park. It's far too windy and hot to cook outside most days. We had 21mph wind today with a high of 105*. Yesterday was 104* with 20mph wind.
2nd choice: Cracker Barrel. We like the food. The dog likes their nice thick grass. It's "cushy" to walk on. We can usually park overnight in one of their lots.
3rd choice: a W/E site in a campground/rv park under $30 per night. Free is even better. Amazing how many free w/e city/county parks there are in TX. Mostly on US HWYs. But I don't like to drive miles out of my way when traveling someplace.
4th choice: Walmart & truck stops. It just works out that way. I've only had one bad experience at a Walmart.
I suggest that everyone always use pads under their jacks. Too many places cheap out and don't use a thick enough asphalt in their parking lots. That's why they don't like heavy trucks and campers in their lots. On a really hot day, an RV can easily punch a hole in thin asphalt and both heavy trucks and RVs can leave "dips" where the tires sat. I did not know this until the cheap Walmart in Perry GA repaved their lot in 2006/2007 and put signs up banning RVs and trucks from parking (even for groceries). We knew the owner of one of the biggest paving outfits in the state (at the time) and he just laughed and told us why. He knew the people who paved the lot (it was too small for him to mess with as he was busing paving a highway). I suspect a lot of the bans are from heavy vehicles parking on thin asphalt.
BTW, those "No Overnight Parking" sign often do not mean what you think they mean. They often mean "Don't leave your vehicle unattended with for sale signs in it for weeks on end" which is what the "No Parking" signs meant at a local Walmart back east where I used to live. I was surprised to see someone post it online as not allowing RVs to overnight there. I know they could because I asked the store manager (we went to high school together) and my daughter worked at the DollarTree in the same strip mall and DollarTree also allowed overnight parking in front of their store as did the Ingle's grocery store at the other end of the strip mall. Ditto for the Walmart in Clayton GA. Just ask permission and have a backup location or two in case you are told "no" for some reason.
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Isn't Sam's club owned by Wal mart and just member's version?
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QCMan wrote: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.
I'm sure it's buried in myth and legend but the story I heard was Sam was an RVer and saw it as a way to help out fellow RVers...while also understanding most would go in and buy stuff.
I'm sure there are exceptions but I've not seen commercial trucks wallydocking.
As far as the original question, so long as the parking lot has plenty of empty space and you are just stopping ofr the night, I doubt anyone will have an issue if you put the slides out. If you have a really heavy rig, put some boards under the stabalizers, so you aren't leaving divots in the asphalt.
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