Where do you park during down time?

[Jay B]

I prefer to stop at rest areas. Nobody trying to sell me stolen TVs, no crack *****s, no piss bottles all over the ground. Oh, and nobody taking my fender off because they think they know where the corner of their trailer is when backing into a spot.
I will stay at a truck stop depending on which one and where, and if I need a shower before going to bed.
As far as backing into the tight spots goes, I always turn off my CB before I start so I can't hear your comments about me being a bad backer upper and needing 4 or more pull ups to get my spread axle in the hole. It always gets in there eventually, and I never hit anyone's truck or anything else while in reverse.

[Creek Jackson]

carlos64030 said:



BIG JEEP on 44's said:

It will happen just give it time , As I would be willing every driver has parked an on ramp or 2 in their travels for one reason or another .

Only long enough to Log on driving...

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You don't count... :wink: running a dedicated freight lane like Office-max , As you can park the DC when waiting for the load ,and almost all office max stores have over night parking , So as long as you can plan at trip from DC to the stops and final location you will usually have reserned parking at those Office-max stores . Heck running office-max was the easiest freight I ever planned my shut downs around ,and liked the fact that shutting down at there stores over night guaranteed me room to pull ot my weights and set up my bench to lift weights .

DISCLAIMER :The following information is ficticious ,and just role playing information listed for entertainment purpouses by the internet identity BIg Jeep , And certainly has never been practiced in real life ...
:wink:

when I was 11 western I pulled off on ramps/shoulders all the time to log ln 1 then at half way mark jump back to line 3 I ran as much as 850 miles in one leg like that with a light load throgh the hills og utah/nevada/donner pass on my wayto our drop yard in Lathrop CA ,and then back to the flying-j in lodi showing only 10 hrs of drive time.. . You can also change the operating frequency of the Qualcom right from the drivers hand held ,which makes your truck go invisble to tracking for 18-24 hours ..no tracking no way to know you drove during that time I liked this with the 2 piece qualcom, instead of un hooking the hot wire running to the acessory switch on the ignition...which on a 387 the 2 wires run right behind the stereo ,so one could easily splice in a male/female connector to either one of those wires ...However many of the trucks still have 2 piece qualcom , and that you just un-hook the dome from the box which you do simply by lifting you bunk and a spin of one coax you're done , But make sure you sent your mac 46 , and then run ...But always make sure to wait 10hrs/15 minutes so just in case it bumps you to line 3 when you hook it back up you have hours ,and it doesn't put you in violation...There isn't any progam to look for miles driven just short breaks ,driving over hours ,and not sending a 46 . You can also un-hook the 46-pink connector from the 3 pice qualcom ,and use your handheld when moving ...this is the interface3 between the qualcom and ECM without it Overspeed/milage/RPMS/fuelconsumption...can not be tracked ...this also can be unhooked while leaving your qualcomm serviceable ,as logs will take a correction for line 3 to lin1-or 2 at request because without it no milage shows ...therfore no movement is recorded .

Now we know why Werner bid you farewell, eh? Big Jeep Dude

[Drew10]

You don't count I do count ... running a dedicated freight lane like Office-max to clarify, its not a dedicated freight lane, it is quite irregular, outbound and return loads , As you can park the DC when waiting for the load ,and almost all office max stores have over night parking Yes, and I might see an Office Max store every few days, sometimes up to a week, depending on length of haul. Although I will admit I have used my stores to overnight even when not delivering to them , So as long as you can plan at trip from DC to the stops and final location you will usually have reserned parking at those Office-max stores . Heck running office-max was the easiest freight not quite...it is continuous running from one trip straight into the next...it requires exceptional and on the fly trip planning and time management, the account does not tolerate any lates it is far from easy and takes exceptional stamina. I ever planned my shut downs around ,and liked the fact that shutting down at there stores over night guaranteed me room to pull ot my weights and set up my bench to lift weights

I'll have to disagree on it being WEENIES parking the shoulders/ onramps

OK Big Jeep, Im actually going to agree with you on something (dont get to excited :P ). The majority of the ramp parking is not done by the Mega or even large careers. I rarely see the likes parked on ramps taking breaks. Mostly the BBR's and alot of O/O's. (or what Im percieving to be O/O's).
Also, I actually agree with you on Werners 48state and 11 western pay scales. Werner really does need to get with the times and get the pay scale to at least to Swift standards. So I guess I agree with you on 2 things.