That's why they call it trip planning. Always, have a ready list of several Truck Stops along your route, that you can stop at or at the least, use Google to make sure they are truck capable. Texas, is bustling with truck friendly areas that you can park. Just south of where you were, there was at least one Quick Trip truck capable under construction but looking mostly finished in April Google maps, so it should have been finished. There's the Exxon..there's at least one in Buda I used to stop at, and then there's always the Walmart's if in dire need.
Point is, you should keep a mental note and learn of new one's along your route in case something like a back up happens that you can use as an alternate stopping place for those contingencies. That's what is the purpose and intent of trip planning. Not just figuring out the fastest most direct route.
This helps you get the max miles if you know where you can go...and if you have time left to drive because you had a good run with no interruptions for the day, you extend your driving distance to the next truck stop if you have the time and ability to make that distance in that time. I was always recalculating how much farther I could get, and of course, take into consideration, any large cities you'd have to go through before you hit that next spot.
Would you haul this?
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I could have probably carved something out somewhere. But, to be fair, the last time I tried that was Laramie WY. I ended up at the Walmart and the truck parking at the Walmart was over flowing, too. Ended up parked along the curb of some gas station. Woke up... I was boxed in. Lol
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I saw a female body laying in the road off 183 Toll around Cedar Park. That whole city is full of lunatics.BennysPennys and CAXPT Thank this. -
lol it sure is. When I wAs still down there it seemed like alot of people were stressed out and angry. Out. Of. My. Way. Man.
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In Texas you can't get anywhere anymore. It's too crowded. Tried to pull into a Loves once off I45... big mistake. Sat in the road for about 15 minutes, just to pull into the lot.
Normally I would just avoid Loves in general, but my company dictates my fuel stops, and they are very anal.
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Good place to park north of Austin is exit 266 or 267. Big lit up stop with a ton of open parking for OS. South of Austin exit 180, go right at stop sign if SB. Or you can park in Shertz. Exit 174 take a right into the business park. Big roads usually empty and you can turn around easy. Road right near the Amazon distribution building. Just for future reference!
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