Parking the truck at home??

Speaking of which, I used to work for a motor oil warehouse on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Trucks (that were NOT making deliveries here) used to park on the driveway without asking anyone.

For example, one morning I arrived at work and saw a truck, started walking around it. The driver shows up from the local version of 7-11 down the street. I pointed to the sign that says No Turnarounds and he started to get mouthy. Hmmm, what part of "This not my problem, don't you understand"?

I told him this was private property and he was about to be towed.

He cussed me up one side and down the other but when he realized I was not going to budge, he left, stuck his left arm out the window and gave me the middle finger salute.

 

I am about to attend a trucking school so forgive the premature question: When you come home with the Rig do you take it to a a shop or do you keep it at your house until you go out on the road? This would be in regards to OTR trucking. Big company.
Thanks

 

depends on the company policy

i park mine at home, but i own it
davis trans used to let me take the truck home

alot of company wont

 

Let's say that you ask your company what to with the truck when you are on home time and they say you can take it home. Great !

But then the next morning you are parked on the road or street, etc. and you find a ticket on your windshield.

Some jurisdictions do not like trucks parked in their neighborhoods. For example, Montgomery County, Maryland.

So, ask your local city or county code enforcement office or call the non emergency number for your local police department and ask them if it is or is not okay for you to park a truck near your home.

 

Hubby bobtails home and LUCKILY can fit in our driveway (city so small driveway) I pull the cars out on the road to save parking and move so he can swing in the driveway. So far our neighbors have been really good! (even when he got home at 2.30am last weekend!! god those rigs are noisy at night! and imagine your bedroom is now 8ft from the rig....) Some great ideas on here cuz in the winter we may be stuck! Live in WNY and if we get snow at times I can barely get our truck (F150) in the driveway cuz there is no place to put the snow and the road gets REAL narrow.
There is a secure lot (company) in town that he can drop the trailer but no way the rig (per company)

What do you mean by renting a mini-storage unit??? Is there enough room???
Thanks so much for the help as winter will be here before we know it.

 

Oh yes, good idea. The place where I have my own storage unit also has a fenced in area where larger items like delivery trucks, school buses, landscaping trailers, etc. can park that may or may not be linked to you renting a mini-storage unit.

I would think if you talk to the manager of a storage unit facility, near you ---- they can work something out for you to park a tractor and maybe, a trailer ! If there is enough room.

 

Our town passed an ordinance a while ago that prohibits the parking of "oversized vehicles" on local streets without a free 72-hour permit obtained at the cop shop. The ordinance was aimed primarily at RVs, as there are many people living out of RVs right now due to the economy. I can park a tractor in front of my house, because it is close enough to the limits specified in the ordinance, but a wagon requires a permit. Company policy aside, you might want to check with someone at City Hall about this issue. If you can't park directly in front of your house due to the lack of space, scout out nearby industrial parks and find a place in an obscure location ("out of sight, out of mind" when dealing with crackerheads). Also, if you're dealing with "neighbors" who complain about the truck, and you need a place to park it, scout out overpasses---it's okay to park on some of them, and the constant traffic passing cuts down on crackerhead activity, even at night. Nobody is going to complain about the truck blocking their view when it's parked on a bridge. I'm talking about wide bridges here, obviously... you may not have any of those in your area. A good alternate parking spot for me is across the bridge here in San Diego, over in front of the CHP HQ Building---troopers coming and going at all hours, which also cuts down crackerhead activity. Okay, good luck with all that... "Adios!"

 

Ummmm ... I don't know about that ... I think in my neck of the woods, I think the Maryland State Highway administration has standing orders to tow any truck, bob tail or not ... on any bridge (wide or not) for safety and security issues.

 

I'm not worried about the parking on the street- cuz the rig fits in the driveway-it's the narrow street and driveway in the winter time. Again neighbors have been excellent and even save spots on the road on weekends for me ''in case'' needed for me to pull our vehicles out of the driveway. Not so sure hubby will leave the rig some place out of sight-just his luck it would get broken in too. Will check into the storage place-good idea. There is an auto shop 1/3 block at the end of our street too we could ask/offer $$-don't use them but the neighbors do. Only worry-we live in the city and although our few streets are in a nice neighborhood we are very CLOSE to what my city calls the ''fatal cresent'' or where most of the bad stuff is happening. Just what we need some drug crazed ####### cracking windows to see what stuff is inside the rig.

Thanks again for good ideas!!

 

Here in Baltimore ,md i see alot of trucks parked on the street or in driveways, but if there is a sign that says no trucks then of course its a noooooo.