Taking your 10hr break on the shoulder, the best you can do?

I was talking about the ones who leave part of the trailer in the road. Like they tried to wedge in but just couldn’t do it.

 

I hate when drivers don't care enough to get it parked properly somewhere. On I40 near Joplin, there used to be (maybe still there) wide areas on the side of the road where you could safely park, meaning leaving 12 feet minimum from the side of your trailer to the traveled lane, but if you would park there, when you would wake up to leave, some Yahoo driver will have blocked you in parking in the space between you and the lad, then they would get mad when you ask them to move and let you out.

 

I remember back in the 80’s trucks parked on the entrance and exit ramps of pickle parks. The ones parked after was because the truck parking was full when they drove in. The ones parked before is because the place is stuffed and you can’t get in. As the night goes by and hands would leave the ones parked on the ramps looked like they had no since. But back then everyone understood what happens and why it happens.

 

I see more and more just taking a 10 on the side of the road. Here in Vegas along the I-15NB just north of the spaghetti bowl on up, almost to Craig. I drive local nights and see it regularly.

 

They just built a whole new bunch of parking spots up just north of apex and new travel center right at the exit by ritchie bros too.. there is so many hidey holes north of vegas no reason to park on the road but these foreigners do what they want

 

There’s a few ramps around Atlanta that have HUGE shoulders ,
But I ain’t gonna post em in a public forum

there’s a couple that were widened and improved for staging of construction equipment, gravel and everything

it’s slowing becoming a popular spot for
The locals to park
Their rigs

 

That stretch of interstate about 50 miles either side of Raphine has been a parking disaster for at least 40 years. It's a black hole for parking. do not enter this stretch unless you can get out the other side without needing to shutdown; you will NEVER find a space after dark. That's the way it was back in 1988!!!

As for taking a break on the shoulder, the only place I ever did that was on the PA Turnpike, where there is a HUUGE turn-off on Ray's Hill that used to take you to the since-closed tunnels. Back in the late 80's, the tunnel had only been shut down for a decade, so the pavement was still there, and you could be still on "shoulder" and be 500' away from the traffic. Dozens of drivers used this, and the State Troopers did not care. Not sure how that part is today; I haven't been there in 25 years...

 

When I deliver in NYC I park in New Jersey and drive over first thing in the morning. Experience has taught me the rest areas are full 24 hours a day by locals. Some of my customers also have onsite parking.

I would do an off duty drive before I would park on the shoulder. I’m loaded with watermelons, currently and deliver at midnight in Harrisburg, PA. It’s likely I’ll be there till morning but if I not I know a lot of drivers park at 4 or 5 pm. I’m confident come 3-4am there will be an open spot for me. If it makes me arrogant for not parking on off ramps, so be it.

 

I have reserved parking at the TA in Vegas. When I got there all the spots were full. For whatever reason the TA wouldn’t tow anyone at that time. They told me to park at the pump. Myself and a prime truck parked the pump the whole night.

 

Land is worth money. Sadly, if it's worth 5 bucks an acre, that means it's worth more than a driver. Sadly, That's how they view it. Every inch of land is being grabbed up and monetized. Nothing is out there for free use anymore. We are the scum of the earth in their eyes.