Do flatbedders park crooked on purpose ?

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  1. gpf87

    gpf87 Heavy Load Member

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    C.R. England may take your hood off but they're parked straight.
     
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  3. BigBob410

    BigBob410 Road Train Member

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    Nascar just ain't been the same without him!!! 5115sbYnRTL._SL500_AA500_.jpg
     
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  4. Dave_in_AZ

    Dave_in_AZ Road Train Member

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    At least when they park crooked like that, you don't have to listen to someone like Melton's back up alarm for 15 minutes while he tries to straiten it out.
     
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  5. Ridgeline

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    I instruct my flat bed drivers to at least take two spots up when they park except when they are at a truck stop where the parking is limited and they are required to take at least three parking spots.
     
  6. OP

    You answered your question.

    He's parked at a toll plaza on his ten.

    1. I don't want some dumb ### to park or block me in when he gets in the FULL plaza, and assumes it's ok to block me in.

    2. I don't need parts ripped off from a mega-carriers. Or damaged like @wore out
    (some of these mega-carriers have careless drivers.)
     
  7. Zigzag777

    Zigzag777 Medium Load Member

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  8. Jasonar15

    Jasonar15 Medium Load Member

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    Possible someone was sitting where you are taking the pic and he couldn’t swing wide therefore he didn’t want to add his front trailer axle as part of his cargo?
     
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  9. stwik

    stwik Road Train Member

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    Lmfao...

    Let me scurry back to my hiding hole before I say something I shouldn’t...
     
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  10. STexan

    STexan Road Train Member

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    That's a Mercer truck. They have a special exception from the FMCSA. They are allowed to park anywhere and any way they care to on M, W, Th, F, Sa, and Su. A US Marshal would have explained this to you if you bothered to ask.
     
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