Where do you park?

I asked this same question a week ago and got some really good information. This forum is awesome.

 

IMHO--if you drive for a company w/out a secure yard nearby--first choice is a customer in the area w/a yard--many times they will work with you--next is another trucking company--with a secure yard--may not have to be OTR type--even local dump or construction outfit with some xtra room--of course you probably would have to pay some type of fee--it is typically worth it for the piece of mind knowing your equipment and belongings are safe--not to mention a safe place to park your vehicle while you are home--just might require a little more investigating
For years before I became a company driver--I parked at a small construction company outside of jacksonville--although I had plenty of room out at the house to park the truck--just mostly parked the truck there--since it was much more convienant and saved typically 30-35 loaded out of route miles versus going to the house
Just my $.02

 

i park at a truck stop and let manager know. ive also went to a hotel that has truck parking and paid like $20 to keep my truck there. and some places i go for time off my company has drop yards where you can park your truck and trailer

 

if you want to pay most storage unit will charge you to park your truck in a secure lot. I pay 80 a month and can keep my truck parked as long as I want. To me the expense is worth it. I can either pay more then 80 for stolen parts off my truck or keep it in a gated secured area. Plus I have power excess to vacuum out my truck and clean her up.

 

Depending on where we spend our home time is where we park. In lakeland FL, its a business parking lot, we got permission to park their. In Old Town FL, its in front of our friends house.

Their are several places that we could park at in both places, including a small t/s. Lakeland is harder, but i've found some storage places that for a fee will alow parking.

Look around, if your town is rural, their maybe a farmer or rancher that would alow you to park on their property. Think a little outside the box. A receiver/shipper may let you drop the trailer, then a business near your apartment ( or even the apartment complex) may let you park the tractor.

 

What do you do are call about a big semi truck parked in front of your apt. Complex that blocks our view to go to the left!
It completely makes a blind spot to pull out!’Hes going to cause a huge wreck because this is a very busy road that traffic goes 50 and 60 miles a hour!!!

 

Is it otherwise legally parked?