Going Over the Road with Knight

My last resort parking is usually a church lot. Most of them are big enough to turn around in and the cops don't bother me. Sometimes there are folks at church and I always ask to make sure it's okay to park, even offer to pay, they are always friendly and asking about the truck and where I've been. That's the only downside to churches, I just want to go to bed and I end up spending an hour yaking it up with the locals.

 

Walmarts used to be safe havens for truckers..but not anymore!

 

We did that to our selves!

 

True, a lot of pig pen drivers out there trashing up the parking lot and just using the restrooms w/o buying anything!

 

Im sure it was more of the trashing the parking lots, pissing in the lots and leaving crap bags everywhere. Then on top of it lazy drivers parking up front blocking there customer parking. It just all added up, which is sad because they used to welcome us with open arms but some of disgusting drivers we have in this profession out there ruined it for everyone.

 

What a joke..the rent a cop is going to tell you to move??..lol..if anyone should move it's the covenant equipment since that's a insight yard to begin with..

 

That rent a cop is soley there for checking in and out covenant trucks. He has no authority over us other then that little space that covenant leases from us. I would of stayed parked in the spot inside the gate and told him to eat a dick. Call my terminal manager, I dare you, come talk to me when he laughs you back into your shack.

 

I'm LDS, these are my go to places when i need a place to park. Never had a problem and even if its sunday and I want to attend church most have a spot in the back corner I can park the tlr and truck. Now if I do that I normally have to be the last to leave.

 

When going into private parking areas, particularly, one must be careful of the surface and in/out access..i.e. dont position your rig so would have to do a U-turn and spin on the trlr wheels.

All asphalt is not the same---thickness & grade. I watched a truck school's brand new practice lot get torn up in the summer heat over a 1 mo time period with trucks carrying 'MT' trailers. Was removed & resurfaced and OK afterward. Have also seen loaded trlrs tearing up a shopping center parking lot, particularly in the summer heat!