live in my truck?

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Ship-Of-Fools, Apr 14, 2009.

  1. dancnoone

    dancnoone "Village Idiot"

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    LMAO...and I can tell you from experience. Texas will ask how big is the couch in that P.O. Box.

    If it won't hold a couch, you can't use it as an address.
     
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  3. Rodeo_Joe

    Rodeo_Joe Light Load Member

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    theres a lot of people who dont get mail to there address. I know here in Ontario, canada we have a lot of mail which comes to PO box's. I'd say use a friends/coworker even address as your D/L home an the po box for your mail. That way when your back in the company yard u can get your mail for sure! No need to try an track it down or someone misplacin it
     
  4. ship71021

    ship71021 Medium Load Member

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    same with Louisiana.
     
  5. MRQ

    MRQ Bobtail Member

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    ####, and I thought that being in the truck for 6 to 8 weeks was a long time out!
     
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  6. k1221n

    k1221n Bobtail Member

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    Get an address at a ups store that way it will appear to be an apartment # and not a p.o box

     
  7. Trekker1

    Trekker1 Light Load Member

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    I've been looking into this, but I haven't found out if you need to provide an address to get the UPS box (due to some of the 'Patriot Act' B.S.)??

    My idea was to use my current real address, get the box before I move out and then do a usps address change "into" the box. Put all my #### into a storage unit and go! Any flaw in my logic here?
     
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  8. Spacer

    Spacer Medium Load Member

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    Family and friends come in quite handy here. Through most of the 90s, I used my folks' address, as I had no family of my own and not much reason to get off the road for any length of time. It wasn't until I started driving regionally out of Alabama that I had an "Oh, darn! Gotta find a pad!" moment.
    A friend's parents had a piece of property with a big old house on it, and they rented it to me cheap just to keep it occupied.
     
  9. Buster

    Buster Light Load Member

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    I live in New York, I have my PO Box on my lic and yes they send it there. But we do have to give them our residence address as well.
     
  10. thePUNISHER

    thePUNISHER Medium Load Member

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    this would work in California, not sure about Texas.
    goto a UPS store & rent a mailbox from them. It will have a street address with a # after it(kinda like an apartment address)
    example(the address is the UPS store addy & the #391 would be your box #)
    jon doe
    1234 Jones St #391
    city, state, zip
     
  11. Xcis

    Xcis Medium Load Member

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    For another possible solution, google "mailbox etc". You rent a mailbox but get a real address for your mailbox as if it was an apartment. . The Post Office will not accept UPS but Mailbox Etc will provide that service for you. Mailbox Etc has some other interesting services. Check on the availability at the location you will be using. At some locations they have 24 hour access to your mailbox and the ability to check in by phone to see if a package has arrived. Try that at the Post Office.
     
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