Bobtail parking

Need to leave their lights on.
Or pull forward.
I can understand some truck stops won’t allow them to park upfront.
But if there’s bobtail parking I’d rather them get a center spot or edge, so they can park end to end in one spot.

 

I'll continue to park farther back on those rare occasions. Most of the idiots out here today are lousy at backing, so the further back I am the less likely they take off my hood.

 

Bobtail: I’ve always parked up front and never had any problems. I think, what has caused truckstops to take issue is the locations where the idiots are using the place as their weekend parking facility.

Holiday week, I stopped at a T/A that was so full of bobtails it looked like a used truck dealership. No free parking spots, of course. I ended up going to my pickup, after seeing their place had parking, on Google Earth.

 

It’s surly a letdown when you think that you found a spot and there’s a bobtail tucked way back. However I got more important crap to worry about than lose sleep over it.

If they didn’t utilize bobtail available parking then they are just ignorant. If there wasn’t any other option then they’re entitled to the spot to get their break.

When I have to do it I’m mindful of taking a full spot if it isn’t necessary to waste it with my bobtail.

I will set back some just to give others extra space to back their trailers in next to me.. I look at it as a courtesy. It’s also a little insurance that my hood won’t get taken off.

If I back completely to the rear of the spot it’s because of a reefer, apu or a air dryer popping off constantly..

 

Meh, I sometimes pretend there’s a bobtail in a spot and keep going… especially when the pickings are slim and the spots are tight. And just continue on to the next truck stop; whatever keeps log audit happy and let’s me feel safe is a win in my book.

 

I do power only and I park in full spots a lot. Most truck stops won't allow us to park up front and don't have bobtail spots. The loves in Rochelle finally made bobtail spots for about 20 now but trucks with trailers keep blocking it which forces us to park in normal spots.

 

It irks my nerve. A bobtail can create a space anywhere at the truck stop without taking too much space. Instead you have trucks connected to trailers creating a parking spot. If I'm bobtailing I don't park in a spot because it's unfair to drivers pulling a truck. Shoot a bobtail could park at a store or something.