Why do so many truckers pack themselves into rest areas?

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  1. Driver Eight

    Driver Eight Light Load Member

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    Its a nightly struggle for me. I need a truck stop because I can't go to sleep well at all without a shower. And in a filthy bed as a result? And then of course it has to be one with a free shower on my card. Yet I am also a person that hates to leave miles on the highway. Sucks to be me. Just have to wing it. Sometimes I leave some miles out there, but sometimes Ill go an unplanned extra 100 miles just for a truck stop with my free shower. Really, ID GO EVEN FURTHER AND HAVE.

    The way people out here can just blow off the need to have a shower mostly every night amazes me...nasty ##### :biggrin_2559:
    Must be why they drive trucks for a living.
     
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  2. Numb

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    fleet, u get that dirty sitting behind the wheel in the a/c.??

    I don't.

    every other night works fine.

    this ain't a 9-5 job, where u go home after,get a shower, have a nice home cooked meal waiting and have clean sheets in the linen closet.
    although I do pack an extra set of sheets.

    I wet a clean t shirt, clean up , I'm good to go.

    ever been in the military? this is living high on the hog !!!!
     
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    EZ Money, Wingnut1 and allniter Thank this.
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    They are drawn in by the guy that clicks his CB mic.
     
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  4. PackRatTDI

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    That's what communty service/county jail work detail is for.
     
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    I wondered this myself when I drove OTR. A rest area would be jam packed with barely enough room to maneuver, yet the coop 3 miles away with overnight parking was wide open. I'd park at the coop instead of dealing with the madness.
     
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    About the only ones i use are the big ones in FL. Free internet in most of them and plenty of parking.

    Other than that i sleep at one of my delivery locations.I have keys to the building for the restrooms and 90% of them are in decent areas.
    Perks of running a dedicated account.
     
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    parking in a coop is a good place , quite and secure. if you know it's allowed.

    I luv the KY ones. just don't know which state allows it.

    GA used to run you off, now I think they let you.
     
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  8. Cranky Yankee

    Cranky Yankee Cranky old ######

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    it was full at 4 pm the other day
     
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  9. Oscar the KW

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    No, thats what trash cans at fuel islands are for.
     
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  10. AZS

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    you're not driving hard enough if you never have to park in rest areas.
     
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