a drive-thru question

Retro70s said:
How do the RV owners of Class A RVs get their foods from fast food restaurant drive-thrus?
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Find a parking area nearby and walk in and ask for it to go and bring it back.

I have done it many times. But in some areas, it is not possible or is a very long walk.

But this shouldn't be an issue. Just have your refrigerator full of whatever you want.

-Don- Reno, NV
 
Retro70s said:
How do the RV owners of Class A RVs get their foods from fast food restaurant drive-thrus?
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1. Early in the morning, find a giant empty parking lot somewhere in a 20 mile radius of your desired drive-thru.
2. Unhook the giant SUV from the rear and drive it to the desired drive-thru.
3. Obtain junk food from desired drive-thru.
4. Drive back from the desired drive-thru to the giant empty parking lot.
5. Hook the giant SUV back to the motorhome.
6. Try to make it to a campsite and unhook the giant SUV before dark, so you can drive it 15 miles back the way you came, to get dinner.
 
We don't (or didn't).
Since we're in the Southeast, we can usually find a Cracker Barrel or Buc-ees with enough room in the parking lot.
That fast food sh*t is poison, anyway.
 
We take our towed, but never to a "Fast Food" I prepare much better meals in our rig. One of the reasons we have an RV instead of hotels.
 
It depends, but generally we don't, at least not on travel days, in the 9 years of owning our coach, I can think of 1 time I stopped at a fast food place to eat, it was an Arby's somewhere in either Kansas or Nebraska that had a LARGE rear parking lot, and I think a sign saying 18 wheelers welcome. We traveled in our 28 ft class A without a TOAD car for the first 20,000+ miles of our travels, before getting a TOAD in 2021, about 15,000 miles ago. Having a TOAD car has really opened up exploration potential, though even then we have not used it to go to many fast food places, as there are often much better similarly priced food options out there. What we have done even while towing is to stop in a number of mom and pop restaurants, as well as some local, regional, and national chain casual dinging places, either parking in their parking lot or very nearby. This includes a couple of Cracker Barrel's as they tend to have some RV parking, a Chili's located next to a Lowes parking lot, a local Mexican chain restaurant, and a handful of others located either in or next to a big box store parking lot. Plus a handful of restaurants located in strip malls, and a few in downtown shopping districts after parking a couple of blocks away. It is mostly about scouting out ahead of time using google sattelite and street view, though sometimes it is oportunistic, see a potential spot and make a snap decision.
 
I can't remember ever having seen a drive up that would accommodate any type of RV other than a class B, in all of my years. Most of the truck stops do have food and the majority have some type of fast food and all of them have parking for large rigs.
 
Some years ago we stopped at a fast food place going through a small burg and the parking lot wasn't very big but found a row of open spaces that fit the class A. DW went in to fetch the vittles and when she came back reported that they weren't happy about us parking in their drive thru waiting spaces. First order observation is the place was empty, so it's not like I inconvenienced anyone. Second order observation is maybe that would serve as an incentive to get our order out in a timely way. Traffic at these places tends to be high and it only takes once parking somewhere even away from the crowd and someone decides right behind you or next to you is a great spot and you can't get out. So yeah, even just parking somewhere at a fast food place might be an issue. So much easier to park in the back 40 of a grocery store, fetch some real food and have a relaxing meal in your own home.

Mark B.
Albuquerque, NM
 
You turn to the person in the passenger seat and ask for a sandwich, chips and a soda. That person gets up and makes your order and brings it to you and all the while you have not left the drivers seat. Just for fun you could either call or text that person in the passenger seat with your order and pretend it was Uber Eats (never mind, don’t text, not safe while driving). 😎
 
As Billy Joel said, only the good die young. Like those that only eat healthy foods at home. You do have to keep your weight down and stay active though.
 
workinonit said:
We don't eat fast food. Probably one of the worse things for you.
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Could be, but it depends on what you get. I normally only do breakfast in such places and I stay away from any of the fried stuff. I will have something like two sausage, egg and cheese biscuits from the Burger King down the block and bring it back home and have it with my own coffee or whatever.

There is not much difference, AFAIK, from an egg (or whatever) from a FF joint than from home.

-Don- Reno, NV
 
On travel days we rarely eat fast food. The exception is Chester’s Chicken at truck stops (don’t laugh - it is fabulous!) or a Pizza Hut with personal pan pizzas and their fabulous overcooked cheesy edge. Can’t get those where I live, and there is one regular fuel stop where the Pizza Hut is at the edge of the parking area. So, we only do it at most once a week. And if we did want to do it, we just look for a parking lot fairly close and, shocking to some of you, WALK. Really folks, the characterization of Class A owners as being fat, old, and incapable of walking is really beneath you.
 
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