Where do you park your truck when you're home?

[MichiganDriver]

If you don't own a place deep in the sticks where you have a place to park it, what do you do? Make arrangements at the nearest truck stop in exchange for buying fuel there whenever possible? Your local repair shop with the understanding that he gets to do the big ticket repairs?

[Malaki86]

I have a few things I do for parking at home. It depends if I have a loaded trailer or not, as well as the weather. If the weather is good and I have an empty trailer, I drop my trailer at another trucking company's yard (I used to drive for them). It's an overflow lot, and not in anyones way. If I'm loaded, I have a place 1 mile from my house that used to be a state highways garage that I can park the entire rig at. I can then take the bobtail to my next door neighbors house, which used to have a barber shop. He lets me park the tractor there. If the weather's bad (snow/ice), I have to leave the tractor at the state highways garage because of the slope of the parking space at the neighbors. I've also left the entire rig at the trucking company's yard.

[Mackman]

in my driveway lol.

[GMAN]

I used to park my truck next door to a Waffle House on a vacant lot. There were about 10 or so who also parked on the lot. I started seeing old discarded truck tires and other trash and the next thing you know there was a cable across the drive so trucks could no longer park. There are a couple of truck stops where I can park my truck that isn't far from the house. I also know a couple of places that charge $5-10/day to park, but I usually manage to find a place where I don't have to pay. I have known a couple of people who pay a self storage lot to allow them to park when they are in town.

[barf]

Just like Mackman, in my driveway. Check your local laws, they may surprise you. My neighbor doesn't mind, so I figured I'd park here until some other neighbor complains and I get a ticket. One day parking patrol was on my street so I asked him about it. He said I can park 1 hour on the street, as long as I want in my driveway. I don't live in the sticks, I'm inside a city. (Bobtail only, a trailer wouldn't fit in my driveway)

[Silver Dollar]

I live on a low tonnage road; so when I'm empty or loaded light, I bring the rig home, plenty of room. But when I'm loaded heavy or the weather is bad, I park at a self storage facility that I rent a space from for $45 a month. I have 2 trailers, they will only let me park one for the $45, but they will let me use an unassigned space to drop and hook. This works great when I do short hauls. I can sit one loaded, while I'm running something else. The premises are well lighted with 24 hour access, video surveillance, and a part-time roving security guard. Well worth the $$$.

[rank]

in the 80' x 120' shop....

[MichiganDriver]

I live on a low tonnage road; so when I'm empty or loaded light, I bring the rig home, plenty of room. But when I'm loaded heavy or the weather is bad, I park at a self storage facility that I rent a space from for $45 a month. I have 2 trailers, they will only let me park one for the $45, but they will let me use an unassigned space to drop and hook. This works great when I do short hauls. I can sit one loaded, while I'm running something else. The premises are well lighted with 24 hour access, video surveillance, and a part-time roving security guard. Well worth the $$$.

I think that idea might suit me real well. There's 'no trucks' signs posted on all the streets leading to my house and there's no truckstops nearby and no waffle houses either. Security for the car while out of town is a big plus too. Good idea Silver!

[YerDaddy]

The whole chabang gets parked right in my driveway at my place deep in the sticks. Wouldn't leave my investment abandoned in some public lot for the wolves to pick at... perish the thought!

[Bigmon]

Check Walmarts or other big stores.

[repete]

I used to park in the lot where I drop at and go home but they needed the space. The owner of the building moved me next door in the local shariffs lot for a while now I park in a lot for a building he has empty just down the street from my stop. I keep the snow plowed for him in exchange, no agreement I just figured it's the least I could do and he dosn't worry about keeping the fire lane open. The only truck stop around charge $5 a day or $100 a month.

[strawberryrhubarbpie]

I have a friend who has a deal with an iHOP near his house so when he's home he parks there, I think he says he pays a few bucks every night that he parks. I park my dump truck at a storage facility, it's lighted and you have to enter a code to get in the gate, $60/month.

[crb]

At the terminal us Ltl guys have it made

[heavyhaulerss]

mine is in my driveway. right next to my home.

[VPIDarkAngel]

I park at the shop near our dedicated site. As of now, I don't have any place where I know I could park it... yet.

[Steel Horse Cowboy]

I park it in my shop now, but before that I used to pay a local outfit here (Superior Carriers terminal) $100 a month to park the truck at his yard. Only reason I PAID was becuase he put's eveyone on an insurance binder, that way if something happens to your truck, you are covered. One guys truck got broken into a few years back, and the owner of the place turned it into his insurance and the guy got everything reimbursed. But that was back when I was home every night and off weekends. If I only was going to be there 2-3 nights a month, I'd just have parked it at the truck stop in town and let my own insurance take care of it.

[Copperhead]

Check with the city and see if they have a lot you can park at. Also, depending on your location, many agricultural related business' will let you park a truck there for the weekend. Key here is to just go ask. In this economy, there are a quite a few lots around most towns that are not being used fully. At the worst, strick up a deal that you will pay a fee for parking priveledges. Surprising what you can come up with. I usually park at the house, since I live rural, but during the bad times in the winter, I can't get out to the house with the truck. My town has an vacant lot that was part of an old manufacturing facility. The town removes the snow during the winter. They want all the trucks parked for time off to use that lot.... free of charge. I contribute a little to the town to defray the cost of the snow removal on that lot. Again, just ask around.