Silver Wings

Anyone use an RV as a Crashpad on Reserve? Especially in and around ORD?

Some conflicting and perhaps outdated info out there about folks who used to do it.

I'm also curious which area you like (safety, access to food, gym etc) while sitting reserve and/or if the ORD parking lot is accessible to park RVs when you need to go on a trip?

TIA!

rickair7777

Employee lots probably have restrictions on camping, too much drama, especially when some folks make it their full-time home.

LAX used to have a lot dedicated for crashpad campers, but they shut that down a few years ago. I know you can't camp in the regular lots.

I assume they won't let you park a large RV camper. You might get away with a sprinter van or the like, but you'd probably have to be very low observable and play keystone cops with the security guards.

I don't know about ORD, but probably similar.

Silver Wings

Thanks Rick.

usmc-sgt

Having lived in one during home construction, it won’t really work well (for you.) Somewhere warm you could pull it off, but winter will be tough. Any water in the RV will freeze so you won’t be able to use a toilet or any of the faucets, shower etc. There are some ways around that happening, but not as a crash pad where you’ll be leaving it for days/weeks at a time. Unless you’re at a campground you’ll need a full solar setup. Whether you’re running something brand new with a heat pump or a standard furnace for heat- it’ll be a decent battery draw. Not to mention you’ll blow through propane in the dead of winter. Best case scenario is a solar sprinter type van. Then use a chemical pump style toilet that you could empty like the old corporate jet honey pots. For showers your best bet is something like a planet fitness black card.

worstpilotever

Who said anything about showers? That can wait for the layover hotel.

jdavk

Lol.*

The rest of the crew might not appreciate that, especially if the layover hotel happens to be in SYD!

(But, I’m IAH-based so we’re used to getting pitted just waiting on the employee bus.)

*I do appreciate the sarcasm, but some people actually feel that way.

Pilot4000

I have a feeling it would be way cheaper to get hotel rooms than buying and taking care of an RV.

jdavk

Oh yeah, without a doubt.

dreadFOroberts

Oh man...the Lot B episode of "LA to Vegas" was epic for this reason....

TiredSoul

Somewhat related un-related there’s a SWA dude that trucks around the Pacific Northwest in a modified catering truck.

https://www.businessinsider.com/diy-...-countertop-10