So you get paid to drive back home as well?

First Home time you are usually routed home as part of a trip.
Parking is open as to where you are at and their rules. no specifics its just one of those things you have to learn

ymca's are not a very good idea as they usually don't have room for a big truck . shower wait times are not as bad as most people make them out to be.

Just my lowly opinion

 

NewNashGuy,

If your truck can fit at the YMCA or any national gym, then maybe. But I don't know if that is a good option or not. As for your other questions, I'll let the drivers answer those. But just know the only stupid questions are the ones you don't ask. Your not really bothering anyone by asking. It's their choice to answer it or not, for every one person not answering, there are 3 more that will.

 

Usually when you have reached your HOS limit, you are not at home unless you have a company that gets you home for resets. So you park at the truck stop, rest area or somewhere else and spend the next 34 hours in your truck getting a reset. You may be 100 or 1000 miles from home. You can't drive the truck home and you can't leave it loaded and unattended at the truck stop.

You will not be allowed to drive your truck around to look for YMCA's or Gold's gyms. Unless you are loading or unloading, most of what you see will be the Interstate. At the end of the day you will stop as close to the Interstate as possible.

Some places allow trucks to park there. Some have signs prohibiting truck parking. Some just come and wake you up and run you off.

No offense, you are over-thinking this. Your company will send you to load. Then they will give you a route to follow to deliver the load. They will tell you where to fuel. When you get empty you will do it again. When it's time to go home they will route you home. Your working day will be 11 - 14 hours. Even if they would allow you to run their truck all over you don't have time to eat at one place, shower at another and sleep at a third.

 

when you reach your max hours YOU CAN'T DRIVE..!

yes and no it's up to the owner.

sometimes it is long (maybe 20 min) as to stopping at the Y or a gym just because they have a big parking lot doesn't mean you can get a 70-75 ft truck in and if you do it my be towed "no truck parking" and do you have the hr's to drive to the gym....?

 

Unless things have changed, out of route miles will cause you to pay for them or get you fired.

And if you have a problem, breakdown or accident while out of route, it will be the begining of the end.

 

Here's a little help, shower early in the morning, the shower lines are alot shorter or no wait at all.