Parking the truck on home time.

hey, first off I am very new, not even have my CDL yet. however, I once asked the police station about places to park vehicles, and they said there are public lots around town here, you have to get a permit and then you can park there. maybe call your police and ask if your town has such a thing and if they allow tractors?

 

Technically, your company should be the one telling you where to park the truck, or if you find a fenced yard with a cameras, then go ahead and tell your company about it and they might let you park it there after you give the yard's information.

 

Check with your local self-storage facilities. Sometimes you can reach an agreement with the manager to park there for a nominal monthly fee. Most self-storages usually have large forward lots, to accomadate customers with larger moving trucks. They also have 24 hour access, their secured, and most have perimeter security cameras. Finally, get prior approval from your company.

 

And check with local malls/large strip malls. When I drove OTR/Regional, i would drop my trlr behind a Kohl's and put on a Kingpin lock (and padlock the doors, even when MT). and it would be there, unharmed every time.

Now, before i did this, I spoke with the Kohl's manager, to clear it with him, and checked with the mall's management co, to make sure there wouldn't be any problems. You may also want to get it in writing, in case someone complains and gets your trlr towed, you have CYA!
The self-storage is a good idea too, and some companies will even reimburse you the cost to park it (just get your receipt!).

 

this can be difficult. when I was o/o I had a heck of a time trying to find somewhere to park that wouldn't charge an arm and a leg.
Any truck stops around? alot of hole in the wall t.s. will let you park just to get you to spend some money there. Fair parks usually have parkign but you have to buy the permit. IN milwaukee it was $15 a night 8 years ago. (see what I mean about arm and a leg)
I talked to some stores, bowling alleys etc about parking and they all said no because of the insurance liability. Usually places will let someone park untill there is a problem and they get burned and then never let anyone park again