How do we stop cars in truck parking?

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by Tb0n3, Nov 30, 2019.

  1. Ridlingdj

    Ridlingdj Medium Load Member

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    It will take putting a def pump out there for them and making so they can pull a gooseneck or 5th wheel in and out easily
     
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  3. skellr

    skellr Road Train Member

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    They just don't understand the situation.

    Some of them don't even know they are in the truck parking area. It's just "ohh, this looks nice".

    Just knock on the window and politely ask them to move. Offer a suggestion of another place to park where they will fit. If you have a 48'- trailer then they just need to pull up to the front of the spot so you can fit in behind them.

    Try not to get mad, they just don't realise what they are doing, yet.
     
  4. Numb

    Numb Crusty Curmudgeon

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    I have asked cars and p/ups to move so I can park. most moved ,not even realizing the problem until I pointed it out.
     
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  5. tscottme

    tscottme Road Train Member

    Base of the windsheld where their HVAC pulls in fresh air.
    When you care enough to send the very best.
     
  6. not4hire

    not4hire Road Train Member

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  7. not4hire

    not4hire Road Train Member

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    I would say, puke down their defrost vents on the inside and they ain't NEVER getting rid of that smell (DAMHIK), but that generally requires a more intimate relationship. o_O
     
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  8. bryan21384

    bryan21384 Road Train Member

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    You put your flashers on and back into the spot anyway. If asked why you did it, just say you were out of hours.
     
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  9. Moosetek13

    Moosetek13 Road Train Member

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    Just don't get caught doing it.
     
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  10. Moosetek13

    Moosetek13 Road Train Member

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    Actually a bottle of ammonia would do the trick.
    If you can soak the cab air filter even better.

    I used to use it in the windshield washer in high school.
    If the other kids were getting too rowdy I would first turn on the wipers. If they didn't calm down I would hit the washer button. Soon they would be gagging and tearing up, pleading for mercy.
    And soon they learned to shut up and calm down when I started the wipers.

    Didn't bother me at all.
    I was a dishwasher at a Chinese place, and they put ammonia in the wash water. I was used to it.
     
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  11. Commuter69

    Commuter69 Road Train Member

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    But walmart has corporate written policies and site designs that ALLOW it.... the only sites that don't are in cities where there is a ordnance against it (or site management where the land is leased) doesn't allow it; in either case, Walmart corporate chose not to intervene to ask for a variance on it.

    Besides, if you can park and not impede access, do you?

    Most of the time when I stop at Walmart, it's a meal break/supply stop and I am gone within the hour. Very rarely do I use Walmart for a 10, unless it's the only/best option for my situation at the moment.
     
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