Truck Parking Layout

It's not really a matter of less experienced- it's a matter of laziness.

When the spots are squared up it's blatantly obvious who is parked dumb. With angled spots, it's easy to misjudged how far back in the spot you are, so guys tend to leave their dot bumpers over the line. The oak creek wi pilot is notorious for this. The spots aren't hard to get in if everonne perks correctly, but one guy thgriiws the whole row off.

 

Layout #2, then take two parking spaces from accessible ends and turn them into bobtail parking lined up perpendicular to the normal spots. This would convert 16 truck and trailer spaces into 48 truck only bobtail spaces, and it should also stop people from creating spots at the ends of the rows.

 

As long as the gap between the rows is ample, option 2 is the best.

As a day cab driver, I love angle spots. But both options one and three make for blind side angle backing at various points in the lot. Not a good idea for people in sleepers.

 

A thought on the led lights, any way to get a diffuser on them? Theyll still give plenty of light and some glare, but itll make it less painful to be around for everyone, much less glare in your mirrors, and pedestrians dont have to avert their eyes to prevent blindness

 

Not too bad, but I prefer site side angle parking. But I have a spread axle, and I don't like jackknifing

 

From the looks of your drawings, this is in Katy, TX north of Cemex and west of Medline. #3 is the best option as other have mentioned minus the blindside backing, to be sure. You seem to push #2, but most comments here don't seem to indicate #2, because that is mostly a Van parking setup where you have a vehicle with a changeable pivot point...but most flatbeds which I've driven, without dump valves, are hell on the driver, trailer and tires, so #2 is fine if all you're servicing or intend to service is vans. Flatbeds, wide loads, RGN's, Auto Carriers(maybe these) are more or less going to be uncomfortable in your #2 setup. Most good drivers can park anything, anywhere that good manuevering room allows for, but all parking is subject to the weakest link driver and most angle parking to the see side are the best for most all driver skills to be able to meet. Better to have the back ends out of alignment than the front ends removed because of the swing required in the #2 setup that will occur. It's your lot, but angle is the reason I prefer Petro over TA that doesn't have it, and either of these over Pilot or Love's. Now if there's enough room and no tight quarters, all is good...but close up that gap and the safest option for all is see side angle parking...period.

 

It doesn't matter. Guys with backing skills will park and go about there business. Guys with no skills will park in the driveway or across two or three spots and crash into others.

 

Just imagine what you might see if someone built a parking garage for trucks.