Professional? Driver
 

there were at least 50 spaces open, so this guy parks in the driveway, I guess it was too far for him to waddle to the buffet, and yes, he stayed there all night.
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/b...40/werner1.jpg
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Far be it from me to defend a Werner driver, Fredog.... but:

Based on your statement, were YOU there all night? What I mean is.... it looks to me like the guy came in LATE at night, when NO parking spots were available, and is still there because he is sleeping off his 10.

I see this all the time. Trucks in weird places. But, since I am there at midday, the fact THEY are still there tells me they came in LATE and had no place to park..... and no hours to keep driving.

Lots of empty parking spots NOW.... but, not so many when he arrived maybe?

I wouldn't even consider that an unacceptable place to temporarily park, he sure doesn't appear to be impeding anyone's movement. It's kinda of hard to see from the pics, but I have defintetly seen much worse.

I got there Friday night shortly before he did, and there were many many spots open, he didnt even look, just made a u turn and parked there, ( you cant see the no parking sign right in front of him in the picture) when I was leaving saturday morning, I noticed he was still there, so I took the picture to share with everyone

there is a no parking sign right in front of him, you cant see it in the picture and yes he was impeding movement, that is a 2 way drive and trucks had to give way to go around him

At least he applied his parking brakes.

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Why didn't ya shoot him Fredog?
Probably one of those drunk illegals........

now that was funny

Somebody is full of s**t. Impeding traffic???? Trucks had to give way?????????? Not from the pictures i looked at. from what i can see, If trucks had to give way, they better get off the road because there is enough room for atleast 4 trucks to get by him side by side. :cry:

yea well, you cant see the drive right in front of him where it makes a sharp curve but since you werent there, I'm sure you know more about it than I do.
I knew better than to post it, that is the new trucker thinking, F** the no parking signs, F** the other drivers, I'm parking where I want to!

bah, don't sweat it. I see way more werner drivers do that menuver than anyone else. Unfortunately I am prety sure it has something to do with the paperless logs. I try and start looking for a place to park, if there isn't parking at the first ts I move to the next one down the road, usualy w/in the hour I'll find a spot, even at 2 am. If the pull in and thier qualcom says they need to stop, they have no choice, stop or be in violation. Now I know by me hoping from ts to ts looking for a spot I'm out of hours but I also know once I'm in my bunk I don't have to wory about someone knocking on my door telling me to move or to get off the property.

Fredog, you don't know how many days i wish i had a camera to catch stupid crap like that. I run along 10 in north florida all week, and our fuel stop is at the 142 mile marker, TA, i don't know if you've ever been through there, but they just reconfigured it with new pumps, and scales. You exit between the pumps and the scales, i can't count how many times I've seen Werner drivers parked alongside the scale and the outer most pump, allowing only one way in and out of the parking lot. I'm not picking on Werner, but this is a major stop for their Dollar General drivers, and they are the most frequent violators. I can see where you're frustrated, how about a pic of your truck, in the spot mirror it looks pretty sharp:)

http://i41.tinypic.com/2d91rww.jpg
since you asked, here you go... the daytime picture was before a kid hit me and tore my bumper off, he did me a real favor, he got to pay for it
http://i687.photobucket.com/albums/vv237/lnyob/2-1.jpg
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I understand that sometimes you have to make due, but this truck stop was only maybe 1/2 full
whenever I run 10, I always try to stop at Jimmies, always parking and the best hamburgers around

Pay attention fred, what i said was "from what i can see"....... How do you know he was a "new trucker"????? And yes we can see the curve to the right near the enterance.

I dont mean "new" trucker thinking, I mean new "trucker" thinking
anyway, it made a sharp curve and the trucks coming in couldnt get over to the their right to make the swing because the outgoing trucks couldnt get to the left because Mr lazy was parked there, maybe I should take video next time, to show it better, anyway, nothing personal.. just venting..
by the way, they had some of the best steak and shrimp I ever had on the buffet. and yes, I washed my hands

:thumbsup:venting is good. p.s. so is washing your hands :thumbsup:

Okay.... guilty as charged! I was just 'wonderin.' ;)

So, are YOU in the last spot on the left facing the pumps? Or are you the guy NEXT to the pumps? :lol2::lol2:

Just razzin' ya! I KNOW you wouldn't do such a thing! I wonder if there's something to that "paperless log" qualcom "gotcha" theory??

Man.... I'll never drive with big brother down MY back like that! :eek1:

actually, I parked at the last spot on the end so a reefer wouldnt get on my left side, they seem to be attracted to my truck

People do some weird stuff when it comes to parking in the day time. Two weeks ago in Pa. I watched a guy make 5 pull ups to get into a space that was 4 spaces wide. When he got out and looked he was parked diagnally across the two middle spaces. He got out, looked, locked the doors and walked inside.

Fredog, you said you stop at Jimmies, is that the Red Onion Grill, i run between tallahassee and dothan, so i don't ever go that far east but I've heard talk that they have some killer burgers, they're right across from the new Loves right?

there are 2 of them one at the 258 and one at the 262, the 262 has the best burgers I have ever eaten, it's been a long time since I have been that way, didnt know there was a new loves there

*facepalm*
At least he was pulling a blue trailer, and not a white or yellow one with a liftgate on it. ;-)
That kind of crap does get on my nerves, especially when it's one of my co-workers, no matter how distant.
Yeah, he may have been out of hours and could go nowhere else, but I agree, FIND A REAL PARKING SPOT! I can't count the number of times that I see folks pull that stunt when there's plenty of parking left.

Hey now.....

Pardon the confusion, but the reason I said that was because I haul those liftgate-equipped trailers (right now, it's a white 53' with the old DG logo on it)... Ours just don't work very well. hahaha

I stalked you on your CAD profile and soon realized what ya meant :)

I'm temporarily pulling a rail-gate equipped trailer that is 51ft. Most of our trailers have the tuck-aways underneath to allow swing doors, and ultimately a wider opening for loading. Some even have remotes!

Gotta keep them greased at least weekly, and excercised. The tuck-aways I spray the hell out of with Zep weekly when I pull one and work it back and forth. It doesn't take much to get crap in the rails and it will bind and not work at all.

Lol, i hear that. my company uses 53 ft trailers with liftgates. I found out in week one just how bad they can be when they DONT work. Like a reefer, they are just another thing to break down, lol.