All the time! If I’m sitting and see a truck pull out of the one I want, I take it. Usual reason is to avoid getting blocked in. I’ve done it multiple times at the same truck stop.
Ever moved parking spots?
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I also prefer to find another spot to back into, but not always possible. I haul reefer so they don’t bother me but I can’t stand air dryers popping off every few min. -
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I don't like having to move but when you're in a small place to begin with it sucks, even more so when your napping. Or at least trying to nap
The place i was talking about i have my "spot". Not much room at all, pretty much the only spots to park are along the fence and you can't block the 2 doors. Not enough room to get in if your directly in front of the doors. The guys that are here all the time know the drill and where to park but a new guy can seriously mess up the flow. That's the main reason i get down there at least 1.5-2hr early and get a nap in. Park myself 30-40ft from the guy in the dock so he has enough room to swing out and get around me when he's empty. Or if im the 4th guy in line what I do is pull along the gate til my tail end is just past the 2nd dock so it leaves that guy an easy out too. Those 2 spots right there are the place to be if you wanna make it hard for someone to try and go around you. Unless they have a daycab and a 40ft can they ain't getting in the dock LOL. Those are the guys you have to yell at anyways. Thinking they're special with their 40ft cansLast edited: Mar 28, 2021
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If CR England pulls in I’m out.....Where I normally park you don’t have to worry about riff raff
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I pull reefers. I normally try to park off by myself, then if someone parks next to me, that’s their choice. However. I really don’t worry too much about my running reefer because most ever body I know likes to eat. I make good money so it’s music to my ears. It is what it is.
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Not so much moving but I'm nosed in right now at this tiny dirt lot stop. Reason being I'm running a reefer. You could back a space shuttle out behind me and the way the lot is it's about the only way I was gonna get the bunk relatively level
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I moved once because the truck that pulled in next to me had a reefer that sounded like a Stuka dive bomber when it cycled on.
I try real hard not to park next to reefers, but they often park next to me. Probably so they don't have to park next to another reefer.
"MY reefer doesn't bother me, but listening to that OTHER guy's reefer is gonna keep me awake.......oh, look, a tanker. I'll just park next to him"......Lumper Humper, God prefers Diesels, TokyoJoe and 1 other person Thank this. -
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I heard on here that the cattle haulers don't sit at truck stops very long. I parked at the quik trip in SC on 85 once, in Gaffney, right next to a cattle truck full of MOooooing cows. I took a nice nap listening to the MOooooing cows for about 3 hours. They kept asking one another "why are we sitting here locked up when there's a perfectly uncut grass field less than 10ft behind us?"
I kept wondering why he just left his cows sitting there but I ended up leaving before he did to go park at the outlet on the other side of the freeway so my wife could do some shopping.Last edited: Mar 28, 2021
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