I've got landlord problems: Parking my truck

[Lobo]

I live in an apartment building. I'm not driving a tractor tailer right now like you guys are. I'm just driving a 5 ton starting next week. Problem is my landlord won't let me park it anywhere. This guy owns 4 apartment buildings all next to each other or around the corner and he owns a small strip mall/plaza accross the street from the building I live in. My super is telling me the owner won't let me park it anywhere. A guy who used to live in my building drove a tractor trailer and would park his cab in the plaza across the street every night. The super told me he shouldn't have been doing it, he wasn't allowed.
Do any of you have a problem like this? finding somewhere to park you truck? It's a good job, two half days and 3 full days a week with weekends off for a decent salary, plus they let me take the truck home at the end of the day including the weekends. Any parking tickets I get while off duty are my responsibilty.
There is a mall close to me, a few churches and a couple of schools but I doubt they'll let me park there. I told my super I'm willing to pay to park wherever the owner will let me, if that fails i'm going to have canvass the damn neighborhood to try and find someone who'll be willing to let me park on their property.
I've been living in the building for 14 years, I'm a model tenant, never been late with rent, no noise complaints etc. It's clean, neat and has the rent is reasonable.
Leaving the truck at work every day is not an option. The company is downtown with no parking, we pick up at a warehouse every morning, make our deliveries and head straight home.
Any suggestions on how to deal with this?

[Uturn2001]

Any storage facilities nearby where you can park the truck while you are home and park your car while you are at work.

If you pick up at the same warehouse everyday is it possible to park the truck there at night and your car there while your work?

[One]

Also check businesses that may have extra space somewhere, it helps to know the owner :wink: beware of someone stealing your fuel if you park outside a fenced area!

[Douglas]

Do you have parents, friends, relatives, etc. that live close by with a big yard? You could ask them if you can park your truck there. Maybe if you offered to pay $20 a week for parking, they might let you.

[blazer]

Did you try offering the landlord some money so you could park across the street at the strip mall?

[Sealord]

"Leaving the truck at work every day is not an option. The company is downtown with no parking." So?
Let's see if I have this straight. You drive, pick up and deliver with their truck but it's on you to find a secure place to park it? How 'bout telling your employer to get you a safe/secure place to park their truck? BTW, you don't have a landlord problem, you have an employer problem. BOL

How 'bout telling your employer to get you a safe/secure plece to park their truck?

That's an excellent point! The truck belongs to them, if they're a local company they should have a place to park their trucks. What if they don't have enough employees the fill all of the trucks, where do they park them then?

[trick_knee]

I'm not sure how common it is, but a local self storage place near me rents outdoor parking spaces. I have one for one of my cars, it's less than $50 a month, 24hr access, etc. I used to see an O/O rig parked there so I assume that was his deal. Might want to call around places in your area.

[PackRatTDI]

Is their a truck dealer nearby? I bet they'd rent you parking space. But like others have said, if it's a company truck, the company is supposed to take care of the parkinig. Stevens rented space from a lot in El Paso for us to park our rigs. I had the option of renting my own space closer to Las Cruces (40 miles) but I figured I'd spend more on rental fees than I would on gas driving from El Paso to home.

Then again gas wasn't $2.70 a gallon then, lol.

I'm not sure how common it is, but a local self storage place near me rents outdoor parking spaces. I have one for one of my cars, it's less than $50 a month, 24hr access, etc. I used to see an O/O rig parked there so I assume that was his deal. Might want to call around places in your area.

I found out in New Hampshire at least that all storage places do not allow any commercial vehicles parked there. They all were prohibited by there insurance.

[PackRatTDI]

I'm not sure how common it is, but a local self storage place near me rents outdoor parking spaces. I have one for one of my cars, it's less than $50 a month, 24hr access, etc. I used to see an O/O rig parked there so I assume that was his deal. Might want to call around places in your area.

I found out in New Hampshire at least that all storage places do not allow any commercial vehicles parked there. They all were prohibited by there insurance.

Why would it make any difference? :?

Don't know, didn't care to ask. No is no and there was nothing I could do about it. I ended up finding the perfect place in the end so it all worked out well.

[PackRatTDI]

Don't know, didn't care to ask. No is no and there was nothing I could do about it. I ended up finding the perfect place in the end so it all worked out well.

Maybe it was some clause in their insurance that expressly prohibited tenants from operating a commercial business out of one of the storage units/property and the owners were to daft to know the difference between parking a commercial truck on the property when not in use and running an actual business from the property.

These were all chain type places like Extra Space and such.

[trick_knee]

These were all chain type places like Extra Space and such.

Could be something there. This is a genuine "mom and pop" place where I rent. They actually live on the property!

[PackRatTDI]

These were all chain type places like Extra Space and such.

Definitely daft owners then.

[movinit]

We rent a space at a local warehouse that also rents to Wal Mart. We can leave our personal vehicle there as long as we park it in the same assigned spot.

[JBenson2]

Movinit said:

We rent a space at a local warehouse that also rents to Wal Mart. We can leave our personal vehicle there as long as we park it in the same assigned spot.

That sounds like a good option.
* Do you leave both your tractor and trailer there?
* Do you pay on a per use basis or is there a monthly charge?
* Is there any security to keep an eye on the tractor?

[Castanea_d.]

I'm working on the same issue (parking while at home). I just talked the other day with the local police and asked them for ideas; they didn't have many, though they told me quite a number of places where they knew that parking was off-limits (the mall, several other places with invitingly large parking lots). At least the officer wished me luck.

One idea I'm still pursuing which may help others: there is a local college which has large gravelled parking lots for football crowds. These lots are basically used six Saturdays a year, and I have seen some rigs parked there overnight from time to time (whether with permission or not I don't know; I doubt it). I'm hoping they might be amenable to renting a space if I would schedule myself to be out of town on football weekends. Security might be a problem.

There is a local facility with storage for RV's, boats, etc., and I have put myself on the waiting list there. It would be great - fenced with good security, 24 hour access, fairly cheap, close to home - but there is only enough space to park a bobtail, not a tractor-trailer.

So, a question: do most companies send you home as a bobtail, or with a trailer? Does it depend on the company, and maybe on where you live in relation to their freight lanes and customers? Is this a suitable question to ask recruiters?

[USXRecruiter4080]

Most FM's will contact folks in the dedicated dept. and locate someone they have a contract with (IE: Walmart, Bi-Lo, etc...) and get permission for you to park there. Just ask. I gaurentee they will find somewhere for you.