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    Posted: 13 Jun 2014 at 6:47pm
We have stopped in picnic areas for lunch and a nap, we have also stopped late at night at different "boondocking" spots, the most we have ever done is add one small plank under a tire. R-pod to me equals laziness and leisure, the final straw to buy the R-pod was no tow mirrors reqired.
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Posts: 438 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 07 May 2014 at 6:54pm
Overnight quick stop at WalMart or RV section of a truck stop?
I stay hitched up with no jacks down-  if a need to leave NOW suddenly arises then I'm out of there with as little delay as possible.  Think weather or more likely criminal elements.
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If  just overnight,   I do nothing.   Hook up to electric and water (occasionally sewer) and grab my cocktail.
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Posts: 767 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 11 Apr 2014 at 8:10pm
For a quick overnight (or a mid-afternoon snooze), I'd only unhitch if levelling was an issue; never when I'm in a Walmart.  Stabilizers stay up, and frankly, I'm not worried about any hitch stress.  And I leave the bargman plugged in.
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Posts: 9062 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 11 Apr 2014 at 6:59pm
Originally posted by Hairy Podders

I would think that you should unplug the cable from the TV to the Pod, just to be sure that you don't drain the TV battery.

Done that!  Happily I had my generator and my battery charger on that trip.

As for the thread topic, I do as little as possible if we are boondocking at Walmart, per the unwritten rule.  At most I'll add a block under a tire if it is really unlevel side-side, or drop the tongue jack if it is really unlevel front-back.  No matter where we are I would never unhitch for a quick stop.
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Posts: 633 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 11 Apr 2014 at 1:46pm
We stay hitched. If we are in a campground I will drop the stabilizers but if a parking lot I will leave them up. If I can find a place in a parking lot well away from anyone else I will run my generator but otherwise I will leave it off. If I am overnight parking at a walmat or other lot I try not to look like I am moving in. 
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Posts: 80 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 11 Apr 2014 at 11:18am
we unplug from TV and but stay hitched
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i don't do a thing, just jump in bed and snooze. 
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This all assumes that your pod is setting relatively level, front to back.
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I would think that you should unplug the cable from the TV to the Pod, just to be sure that you don't drain the TV battery.
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