Parking at truck stops

4 axles? Dont worry about what anyone else thinks.
They couldnt park it anyway.
Take care
Mary

 

Chances are the loud mouths were much worse then you are when they first started out.

Don't sweat it and just tune them out.

 

give it a little time and practice where u can safely before u know it u wont like backing tandems up anymore. it just takes a bit getting used to the fact its slow to start turning the u chase it slower the main thing is dont rush it because thats hard on bearings and tires. as it is quad axles leave a lot of rubber on pavement and its possible to rip up asphalt in hot weather

 

It may feel like others are watching.... they are not. People are sleeping, watching TV, playing with their laptop or phone. Nothing more boring than watching a driver back safe and slow into a parking spot, happens hundreds a time a day at most truck stops, most drivers have seen it plenty of times and could care less to watch.

 

When you know truck stops are full then try easier places like an off or on ramp or even a pickle park. It just takes time and experience. It'll come with practice.

Keep your truck equipped with food and such where you don't have to be so dependent on a truck stop.

Parking on the ends is a bad idea. Even inside the line spot. Those spots suffer more damage than any other spot on the lot. You take a tired or inexperience driver taking the corner too quick and there goes your hood.

 

Or to some idiot fresh out of school that can't remember that they have 53 feet of trailer behind them, like happened to a friend of mine not too long ago. Only thing was, it wasn't in a parking spot, it was in the pull up spots at the fuel island. Love the assumption that it is only the "super trucker". Not too many people run 2 or three log books these days anyway. The two incidents I have witnessed myself recently included a tanker yanker down in Texas, and a big company driver in Texas. Big company driver newbies are the ones I see doing this move the most.

 

View attachment 54632 I saw a perfect example of why should try to never park on the end if possible. This was taken near Salt Lake City at a Flying J south on I-15. There was no truck in sight that looked like it was the offending culprit, and as far as I could tell the driver was unaware of the damage still. I figured he was still in Denny's. I learned a valuable lesson that day, and I'm sure the driver of this truck did as well.

MS

 

If you've only got 4 months of experience, then you should never feel ashamed to take the easy spots, just so long as they are legitimate spots.

The other drivers will just be glad not to have a newbie maneuvering around a few inches from their bumper. They're probably happy to see you taking easy spots.

 

What's a split axle???? Are you referring to a spread axle????

 

The roomier the better. I have only needed to get an extra set of eyes twice.