new independent here

I would not worry too much about someone hitting your truck while you are home. You could be inside the truck stop and have someone hit your truck and them take off. That is why we buy insurance. Just make sure you don't park on a corner. That is where most are hit. You could park in the back of the stop and head in. That way if someone hits your truck the trailer will be what is damaged. That costs much less to repair than the truck. It is also more difficult to do any serious damage than with a tractor.

 

my brotherinlaw has one for sale his number is4043576644

 

You've got an excuse for every plausible option not being good enough.. Sounds like you need to move to a house with a yard big enough to park at home or you'll never buy a trailer... For 3 years I parked behind a grocery store 1.5 miles from home and walked when I went home. Never had an issue with anyone messing with it. You've obviously got insurance, make sure you get insurance for your personal contents, and don't worry so #### much... A kid I know, who is always in trouble for drugs and stealing, put it this way... "I'll never mess with a big rig, you never know for sure if the driver is in the bunk or not"...

 

Carwreck,

I live in the Chicagoland area, am doing intermodal work for Comtrak, I do all the long runs, what work do you have doing dry van runs under your authority or I can use mine.