Do you think truck stops have fewer parking spaces on weekends or during the week

In my area of the world -- I definitely see more available parking on the weekends.

-- L

 

yeah, when i ran the road from north to south, by friday night, the truck stops i'd stop at for a break, i had all the spaces i could ever want.

it was "usually" sunday nights, they would start to get full as the trucks were parked, waiting for that monday appointment

 

It depends.

There are many places that on the weekend, the spaces are taken up by dropped trailers, bobtails, and local drivers.

Metro Atlanta is one of these places.

Other areas, spaces are yours for the choosing on the weekend.

Weekdays, maybe not so much. It also depends a lot upon when you stop.

I always tried to "start early, stop early" as much as possible. Maximize my hours by driving at night.

 

I love driving weekends

 

Park on the fuel island everyone else does.

 

In my hometown, there's a lot of smaller trucking companies that rent out spots at the local truck stops. In other words, it's almost full 24/7 on the weekends. During the week, almost empty until 9pm.

Midwest seems to have way more parking on weekends besides major cities

 

What parking shortage?

 

I usually see owner operators trucks and company trucks left as people are doing their home time. Of course they park in the best spots never in the back of the lot. Hell I have even come across rest areas with trucks left for home time.