Now here's another question for y'all. If you're bobtail and there's no place else to park, which I understand fully, and you back in a spot. Why do you back all the way to the very back of the spot? I woke up last night to a bunch of honking and yelling. Apparently a driver didn't see the bobtail all the way in the back of the spot (dark color truck and parking lot was dark) and he backed into the bobtail.
Parking when bobtail.
Discussion in 'Truck Stops' started by BigBob410, Sep 27, 2017.
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If the bobtail is all the way back, that's easy. It's quiter and tends to not have as bad a smell of piss.
As for the moron who hit the bobtail. Well if he can't see something as big as a tractor, even in the dark, he has no right to be driving.Another Canadian driver, MIT, Studebaker Hawk and 1 other person Thank this. -
The bobtail should have had its running lights on.
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Back when I was a company driver I bobtailed a fair bit, usually looking for an empty wagon. On the occasion I did need to shut er down and no other options were viable, I would either
a) park behind another bobtail if I found one I could. This led to me waking up with them usually gone, which made it look like I did that intentionally.
b) Find the driver still in the truck of a bobtail in a normal spot and see how long they were gonna be there. More than a few pulled out and let me park behind them.
c) Use the bobtail area if there is one
d) Park wherever I could and still be out of the way.Another Canadian driver Thanks this. -
I'm new to trucking an maybe the inconsiderate one. What should I be doing?
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Try the bobtail only parking area at the Love's in Dodge City. The space in that is asinine.
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