where to park during home time

30 miles to Marysville means you live in the north end, around Lynnwood or so?

Your best option is to find a secure location. If home time is infrequent try to find a place that charges by the day.

Regarding parking a truck at a truck stop on home time, that's done all over the country. If you use the same truck stop every time pretty soon you will meet other drivers doing the same, especially those running locally or regionally.

If you choose to drop the trailer make SURE you get permission from the truck stop management. They may have procedures, such as noting the company and trailer number in a registry. They may charge for the privilege. Be SURE you install a kingpin lock and lock the side boxes.

 

In Kansas City, I park at a grocery store. The manager and I got to be friends when I shop there. I am not home that often and always say thank you everytime I see him. It has worked for 10 years and 9 different trucking companies.

 

Police stations, fire halls, electric companies, water companies, construction, trucking, farms, the liquor store, neighbors.

 

You may be able to park at a hotel truck parking like a Super 8 if they like you.Less likely to "get towed" in Washington with your trailer attached.,because it's illegal to tow a combination in Washington.Would require two tow trucks and a hassle.JMO

 

Try Craigslist, there's lot of posting for truck parking space around here in chicago. I found a construction company nearby that gave me a space to rent.

Avoid truck stops, or anywhere you think the truck will "disappear" when you return. So that means either pay for a spot, or know someone who will let you park, and get it on paper

 

What's wrong with the parking lot over at Fry's Electronics? Don't they allow trucks to park behind the building anymore?

 

Gordon/mwe still has a hard in pacific I believe, near auburn. Maybe you could work something out with them.

 

Go to the liquor store first and then the police station. It'll be more entertaining that way.

 

I stuck mine at my home and lands, had a few acres to do it.

I kept 500 dollars ready to call in a heavy tow to extract big truck after a rain should it sink through the gravel. I had neighors who could care less when I crank that thing at all hours. So It's not that bad. Besides security was a cinch because Police maintained a speed trap and lasso customers on my curb several times a day and night then. We once captured 4 bad guys with weapons, drugs and 30K in cash. Everything got impounded.

I only called a wrecker once in the years we parked there. Being bobtail has no weight on the drives and a inch of wet clay was enough to grease it all and turn it into a stuck truck on the tiniest of grade. It's ridiculous.