Question regarding parking on Home time.

My advice is to talk to the local LEO's. I live in a small town that has a no truck parking ordinance on city streets. I called the town marshal and asked if it would be ok if I parked at my house long enough to clean up and restock the truck during my TAH. He told me that it would be ok as long as I didn't leave it there overnight and I was bobtailing. Works for me, I wouldn't want to try getting a 53 foot trailer down my little street anyway
So when I go home, I drop the trailer at the closed up gas station a family friend owns on the edge of town and bobtail to the house, clean it out, do my laundry, restock and bobtail back to the station and get back under the trailer.
I think most of the LEO's will work with you on these things if you are up front with them and give them a chance.
Of course, my experience in this area is all in rural areas and small towns, your mileage may vary

 

I did a little surfin', and it seems it's all about two things, firstly weight. The laws were made primarily to preserve local roads from the extraordinary weight of the big trucks, no surprise here. I noted local ordinance restrictions ranging from 6k-14k pounds. But the real issue I noticed was the necessity. ALL of the ordinances made exception for "local deliveries" or words to that effect. I live on a two lane road in a small town. Big rigs routinely go down my road to the condos all the time, even though it's not a truck route. Why...? necessity of course. So why would a trucker be ticketed for using the only roadway available to take their tractor to the sanctuary of his/her own driveway? I just can't see a local cop telling a trucker he won't be able to park on his property because they don't live on a truck route. Really...?

 

Problem is there maybe an ordinance that says no semi parking in residential neighborhoods.
This can include Tractor and or trailer.
I live in a town were they state no parking tractor, trailer, boats, campers, etc in the residential areas but they are exepmt if you have a enclosed place for them or if you park in a busniess area.

So I parked my truck and trailer at a small office building parking lot, sometimes in a field,and alot of the time at the truckstop.

I have driven down a no trucks area but they problem was I had no choice as the place I was going to was 1-2 blocks down the road from were the restiction started with no other way to there.
It also helps if the cops do not enforce it for that place as long as you do not get out of hand with it and go to the company. The reason for no trucks in that area is the streets are not trucker friendly ie tight turns.

 

the town I used to live in had a law that said you could not park a vechile over 12 ft high on city streets. I dropped my trl and bobtailed home and backed in the driveway. before I was out of the truck the cop pulled up and asked me what the He&& I thought I was doing? I told him I was in my yard and not on the street. he mentioned the height restriction comming in, told him it was for parkedd vechiles. two months later they changed the law and no trucks thru town unless they were delivering. I moved to Bend.

 

Well talk about a cop and town that has nothing to do.....

 

i have no problum parknig out in front of my house with the truck and trailer on a 2 lane street and no houses across the street even had a officer complament me on my truck


as you can see wide open and rite across the street

 

#### the man I even made my neighbours raise the power lines that crossed my driveway so I can put truck in

 

i've done deliveries all over Toronto, and durham region. Theres no truck signs everywhere an no ones ever says anythin. I deliver to homes, and bussness. Down all the one way streets.

 

In and around my area, you can't park over 10,000 lbs on the street. In one township you can't park a pick up or van in your driveway if it has company name or ladder racks on it!