First oversize.

You’ll be amazed where you can put an oversized load.

 

@TripleSix didnt you have a list of those places of some sort a few years back in areas you commonly run?

 

I do. I have them saved on my GPS. But it's just the places that I've frequented. Usually, it's the big mom and pop travel centers with easy access. A decade ago, I roamed all of North America, but there are lots of places now, that I haven't been in 8 years or longer. I don't go to Loves or Peelots and there are very few Flying Fishhooks (2 Hooks I will go to are the one on the east side look of St Louis in Illinois and the one in St George,SC.

If anyone has an OSOW and needs help planning a parking spot, just speak up. I am certain that there is a member here that can help.

 

Much of it really is paying attention to the places you go, especially if you stay pretty regional. Every time you pull into a place imagine doing so with an oversize load. Pay attention all the way from the freeway through to the parking, back to the freeway. Some places seem really good, except, say, for example, one little turn that screws everything up.

Using trucker path you can find a lot of smaller places, and you can see everything in satellite view. Dirt lots are often easier to work with than large asphalt patches, but check things out and see how things look.

Sometimes rest areas can offer good parking choices for OS loads, depending on the state and how they are designed. But at the end of the day, if you aren't familiar with the place, you definitely want to check it out on satellite view and check out the roads in and out of the place.

 

One could also use Google's Street View for an even closer look too. Can even read the signs on the road.

 

I pull over length, which means wide turns. Street View rocks for figuring out just how bad some intersections are, or if the curbs look like the sort that can be run over if absolutely needed or if there are signs or posts in the ground, or high curbs preventing you from doing that.

Kind of a mixed blessing. Its an amazing resource that didn't exist for drivers up until recently. But now that it is available a lot of customers think that between google and and gps, there is no reason why we should ever contact them to ask about the routes into a place that they are familiar with...