Oh snap. I realized the guy I was responding to was a new driver looking for starter company advice on another thread.
Get back to me bud when you have done a load or two and tell me how you expertly handled every delay out there with trip planning.
States that allow on ramp parking
Discussion in 'Truck Stops' started by nredfor88, Sep 2, 2020.
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As much as I disagree with on/off ramp parking, I prefer that over the ones on a 2 lane that take a wide spot on the WRONG side of the road and sit there with the headlights on!! That one ticks me of to no end.
Next time I see it I'll get a picture, but there is 1 that's 5 miles from Dayton WA on 12 and it happens a couple times a month, confuses the hell out of people that dont know it's a wide spot and then they pull out blind!!farmerjohn64 and D.Tibbitt Thank this. -
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OK. Now that I am probably out of trucking(retired). I am going to let out some state secrets here.
In your travels, particularly in areas with sparse parking DURING THE DAY, when you see a spot that might do for an overnight 10, hit the location remember button on your GPS, make a little note. I happen to favor older industrial parks (not the new ones with mega whses that ban street parking), wide spots, which are disappearing fast and getting more dangerous, other on street parking in business zones, or street parking behind shopping centers (NOT in the parking lot)
And these "hiding places" can be 50 miles from your target. Once you have a small collection( and add to it constantly,)refer to the resource when you get dispatched. If they have some amenities nearby such as fast food joints that is even better. Be prepared to "camp out", that is no bathroom, personal hygiene or food supply available. And DON'T leave anything there, avoid idling, in other words be a good citizen.
You might wind up with a parking ticket on the truck, never had an officer tell me I must move. If either happens you haven't screened the spots well enough.
These kinds of places are much easier to identify before you actually need them. Concentrate on lanes you use most frequently. I also catalog them for overnight use when I may be on a 1000 mile trip, at the 500 mile mark, I have a few I can use if truck stops are full (don't like them anyway).Trucker61016, Lite bug, Just passing by and 3 others Thank this.
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