So I parked at the far quiet end of the truckstop.....

Too bad a lot of them drop the trailer out back (because it's they that can't stand the noise) ... then proceed to take another space up front with their bobtail.

The reefers usually don't bother me, as long as it's a steady hum - it's the stereo blasting - or husband and wife arguments next door.

 

that is sorry arsed of a driver to drop then take another spot.regarding the husband/wife arguing,she may desire refuge in your truck if it escalates.
i'm just sayin-

 

###### that's a awesome idea thanks

 

The problem is that bobtails park like they are still hauling a trailer, and unnecessarily block extra parking. When I was OTR and bobtailed to a TS, I would bunk in with another bobtail and share a spot. Sometimes 3 bobtails can fit in a spot. The driver who needs to leave first parks up front.

 

If the bobtails parking in the "truck" area bother someone so much, just pretend they have a trailer. Problem solved. They don't give up their "truck" status because they don't have a trailer.

 

Only problem I can see with that is that the person that was there first, and who will probably leave first, has to keep moving his bt to let the later person(s) in.

Makes for a very short break.

And I sure don't want another driver interupting my break to ask me to let him in behind me.

 

Usually you move once and thats it. I did this about a hundred times, and never got a issue from anyone. Everyone was more than willing to bunk in. Don't be afraid to talk to people.

 

even liberals can make sense sporadically. communication.imagine that.

 

Seems like the 'Knghts of the road' thing is almost a thing of the past! This includes drivers looking out for each other sometimes!

 

Lol, if the truckstop you are at, at the time is ok with you and all the other "non-ignorant" truckers parking outside the truck parking area, then so be it. But for all the other truck stops that don't want trucks parked in the car parking area, and even go as far as putting up signs or even a low clearance barricade to keep trucks out, sometimes you got no choice. As was mentioned, bobtails don't all the sudden relinquish their "truck" status just because they ain't got no trailer.

So, what about all the straight trucks like the FedEx Custom Critical trucks for example that don't and never will have a trailer?

They're still trucks just like yours and every other truck on the road.

In your book of truckstop etiquette, do they meet the same criteria about not being allowed in full parking spots? Granted, they may be longer than an average bobtail and way shorter that a truck/trailer, but they still fail to take up every foot of length of the parking spot.

Get it through your head that a truck is still a truck whether it's a straight truck, bobtail or semi and they ALL have as much right to be there as any other truck.

Hmm... I like it when people make up their own rules and regulations about when someone is being courteous or not.

Another thing, I've only seen very, very few truckstop parking lots with spots big enough for a bobtail and a truck and trailer to park in. All the others, there's not enough room for a semi and a bobtail to park in the same spot.

Well, when I park for the night, I ain't moving.

If you wanna get woken up several times a night to "bump" up, then that's on you, more power to ya.