Please give advice for the RV community

If slow in the right, stay right. We'll figure it out. That's what we do.

Biggest peeve is when a rv passes at the very top of a grade. What goes up the hill slow comes down the hill fast. Stay left. You're light, I'm heavy. When my brakes fail, I'm taking you with me.

Parking, I don't care. I drive reefer, you won't sleep next to me for long.

 

Is it ok with you if RVers ONLY park in designated RV spots at truck stops (like pilot, etc)? That's the only thing I propose as correct to my viewers, but I'm interested in your thoughts please.

on "average", we spend more money per truck stop than the average RV'er..you do not have multi gallon fuel tanks like we do. you have what, maybe at best up to a 40 gallon tank. (depending on the RV size, and specs).

we have a limited number of clean clothes with us, and we need to use the laundry (more money spent)

YOU have a built in shower, we don't if we cannot get a free shower, we have to pay for one.
(more money spent).

you HAVE YOUR HOME in the RV, and many conveniences we simply DO NOT HAVE.
which equals MONEY we spend at the truck stops over an RV'er...

i think we deserve the parking spaces over someone with thier HOME either behind them, or with in the same vehicle (such as an RV bus...)

 

didn't sound like it me, that you were.

 

Refrigerated freight. Loud ac unit on front of trailer.

 

(in it's basic form) we can only drive 11 hours per day, and each day can only be on 14 hours total...

we are more beat than the average person

we NEED to take a 10 hour rest break, and we need to take a 30 minute rest break

that's the basic 24 hour clock that we have, and noooo, we don't all drive at the same time, or take breaks at the same time, and this too is the reason why all truck stops are jammed packed nearly ANYTIME, we pull into one.

 

Truck drivers do not own the travel center or truck stop. Individuals, families, or corporations do. Their objective is to make money. I spent nearly 2 years full-time RVing with my family. We did generally try to avoid truck stops. However, occasionally you are tired and weary and need a place to rest. If the truckstop was the only option, that’s where I would stop. Would a truck driver prefer that I stay on the highway fatigued and create a massive back up because I fell asleep? If you are spending money at travel center or truckstop, from the business owner’s perspective, I’m sure you’re welcome.

I now drive a truck full time, so I do understand the concern about limited parking options for us. However, the tone of some of these responses is very immature from my perspective. Truck drivers do not own these places, although they seem to act like they do. Common sense and consideration for others goes along way.

My advice would simply be to encourage the RV community to choose other options when possible, but to say that they should never use a truckstop, to me, is ridiculous.