O/O's that live in the burbs, where do you park?

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  1. CoronadoDriver

    CoronadoDriver Light Load Member

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    I park in my yard but, If you have a walmart or a truck stop that your willing to drive to ad have someone to pick you up parking at walmart is good but truck stops some you have to pay to leave your truck
     
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  3. ShortBusKid

    ShortBusKid Heavy Load Member

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    He'd say "bye". I've been there for four years now and he keeps adding spots and keeps filling them up. There are much better lots I could park in for about $100 a month but if I come home loaded I like to be able to walk across the road and check my reefer. No place else is close. I'd really like to move a few miles out of town and buy a couple acres but my wife's not having it - yet.
     
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  4. 281ric

    281ric Road Train Member

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    I'm with you shortbus. There's some nice pieces of property close by
     
  5. barroll

    barroll Road Train Member

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    Storage facilities with truck parking ate getting more common, and it's usually behind a code locked gate with video surveillance. When I first bought my truck I stored it in one for $75 a month in a deep gravel lot until I was ready to get rolling.

    Walmart can be a horrible idea. I've talked to a wrecker driver that makes a killing in his local Walmart parking lots late on Friday and Saturday nights.
     
  6. gokiddogo

    gokiddogo Road Train Member

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    At the nearest major chain truck stop, preferably at the closest pump to the door.
     
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  7. Studebaker Hawk

    Studebaker Hawk Road Train Member

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    I am thinking of getting into the business myself. Great retirement job...
     
  8. Freightlinerbob

    Freightlinerbob Road Train Member

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    $150/ month Canadian. It's a deal as most places are about $300. Mind you a starter home in nearby Vancouver is about $900,000, so the interest on buying a piece of dirt would be more than I'm paying right now in rent.
     
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