Home time

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Ultratowel, Jan 11, 2018.

  1. tscottme

    tscottme Road Train Member

    Many truck stops will not allow you to leave it parked there and leave. Paying customers are the priority. It's a truck stop, not a drop yard. Many Home Owner Associations prohibit parking commercial vehicles in the neighborhood. Check with nearby customers, self-storage/RV parking lots, tow companies. Don't just driver around looking for parked trucks, like at shopping centers, and assume you can park there with no problems. That's how you get in trouble. Nobody said life is fair or easy.
     
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  3. TaterFox

    TaterFox Medium Load Member

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    The worst of it though is you getting permission in a nice quiet spot, and later others showing up, lying about having permission to park as well, then doing something that gets everyone kicked out. Went through three spots in Huntsville (a severely truck-unfriendly town for parking) before finally just finding a spot that the lazy, nasty drivers wouldn't attempt to park at.
     
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  4. Zeviander

    Zeviander Road Train Member

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    I drop truck and trailer back off at the yard and my wife comes to pick me up.
     
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  5. NightWind

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    Park in my driveway I built for the trucks on my 12 acres I bought for the trucks in a fence with guns I bought yep for the trucks LOL
     
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  6. Powder Joints

    Powder Joints Subjective Prognosticator

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    With most of the otr driver mills youl be lucky to get home on time at all, i park next to my house.
     
  7. TravR1

    TravR1 Road Train Member

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    Motion sensed, automatic machine gun turrets that light up anything that moves within your domain! I like it! Very apocalyptic-friendly.
     
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  8. NightWind

    NightWind Road Train Member

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    Yup that's me ready for the next Mad Max
     
  9. Moose1958

    Moose1958 Road Train Member

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    Yep, There used to be 10 to 15 good secure parking places in my hometown. Several even remote enough to park a running reefer. To the best of my knowledge today all are gone. Several were lost because the truck friendly owners either died or moved away. New owners stopped the parking. Most of the others were lost either because of trash, drugs or prostitution. Its been 8 years since I moved away I suspect it is still the same. Even the place I parked some the owner died. Things change.
     
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  10. Steel Dragon

    Steel Dragon Road Train Member

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    No such thing as home time.
    Maybe 3 days per month.
    2 will be spent sleeping.
    Your truck is now your home!:biggrin_2552:
     
  11. BB203

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    Capacity 300lbs.... sure that's gonna hold?

    lol
     
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