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Better check the soil in your neck o' the woods. You don't want to back onto a fresh cleared spot just to need a wrecker to get back out. Florida soil can be a crapshoot, depending on where you're at.

Walk in and talk to the owner of the antique mall. If you're presentable, articulate and, maybe, flattering enough, she'll probably allow you to park for free. If she does, walk in once a month with a gift card ($25-50) to a restaurant or department store in your area.

 

Not sure why you would expect good parking living in BFE. People move all of the time for better work and living conditions.

If you don't live 20 miles from a truck stop where you can park your own car or choose to work for a po dunk company with no terminals or parking near your home that is a poor decision you made. It's OK to move, you don't have to live near where you were born.

 

Gravel yea deep.

Thats how we parked our bobtail even though we had the acreage to take a trailer or two on our home ground.

Keep adding gravel.

Then dig a french drain 50 feet by 3 wide and 9 deep upslope from your gravel pad as a defense to washouts. (Thats a backhoe job AFTER your intended spot to dig is cleared by local utilities before you dig.)

Florida is on Karst Rock. Carry a rider to your insurance so that if the Bobtail or trailer truck sunk into a sinkhole you can cover the loss.

 

I park at my house but for the winter months due to deep snow (2 to 4 feet). I've found parking at a secured mini storage about 30 minutes away that has places in the back for RVs. I also cold called a few nearby small construction companies and one has agreed to allow me to park there as well. Look around and you will find some options.

 

All the campers in Florida, might find something. Going rate around here in Michigan, is $100 a month. It would be worth paying the Antique Mall. $100. You can probably have the palm trees moved, or sell then To a Landscaper, maybe make a deal, Get some gravel brought in and graded.I would bite the bullet, and get the yard work done, if possible. I miss bringing my T/T home. So much nicer, when working, cleaning it, or whatever. Don’t leave it just anywear, Florida has a lot of kickback schemes, between Commercial property Owners and Towing Companies. It’s a racket. It’s even Legal to Hotwire a Truck, and drive it to a pound,Parking on a street, is better, as they have to sticker it for a certain amount of hours, before the Cops can tow it. So I was told by a Tow Truck Operator that booted my Truck once, near Tampa.

 

Well that’s sh###y advice!

 

If you have the room at your home, that “in my opinion “ is the best place, but like others have said, make sure the ground is strong enough to support the weight, best of luck

 

Instead of driving to the back of your property, you might consider putting a truck parking near the front. My father-in-law and I both drive. We use the gravel for a turn around then back the tractors to the edge. It makes things easier being so close to the road.