[BIG JEEP on 44's]

Grab my showers in route ,and keep food on the truck ,And do most of my shut downs at shippers/receivers . I also find it easier to pull my weights out at shippers/receivers as I arrive during their non business hours and I have tons of room to pull out my bench and do what I feel like ,And then the next day grab a shower in route ,as working out and not showering is not an option although this time of year when I pull the weights out an it's anywhere from 30 degrees to below zero I don't sweat much ...GO FIGURE .

[Sans Argonauts]

Truckstops first, rest areas second, shippers/receivers third (when they let you), and yes, I'll hold up my hand and admit that I have also parked on onramps when it was either that or end up in the ditch or the median from falling asleep and none of the aforementioned preferred three were available.

That's because Texas has some of the most poorly constructed rest areas out of any state. They have a few good ones, but most of them don't even have angled parking for trucks (and no, I'm not talking about picnic areas). It's the only state I know of where you may actually need to parallel park into a hole (i just leave if that happens myself).

I agree about Texas rest areas. Especially between Dallas and Shreveport. I would always go with the Rip Griffin there east of Dallas myself. I NEVER saw that place filled up. Always a place to park. Those rest areas were deadly. Didn't a big truck pull into one of those westbound I-20 areas one night a few years ago, couldn't go on through and try to back out the entrance ramp right into the path of a chartered bus and kill a bunch of folks? I think I remember hearing about this and wasn't surprised by it at the time. No doubt they hung the driver for that one and nary a word about the need to redesign their rest areas for adequate truck-parking.

As for the ostensible "rest areas" south of San Antonio between it and Laredo there on 35, you're a bigger man than me if you're going to try to sleep there. :wink:

Also, gotta love Virginia's "4-hour rule" in their rest areas. :roll:

[just_froggy]

I park where I can find a spot. If I have too, I'll park on an on ramp, but never on an off ramp.

[mikey4069]

whats wrong with party row ???

[Useless]

Originally Posted by Sans Argonauts

As for the ostensible "rest areas" south of San Antonio between it and Laredo there on 35, you're a bigger man than me if you're going to try to sleep there. :wink:

No thanks, I don't want to wake up dead!!

[homer]

:twisted: when i was living in a truck i always park at the biggest truck stop around. there was always plenty of excitement great food,stange women knocking on the door,and get a big cup of coffee when you get rollin in the middle of the night.those truck drivers at the rest area are a bunch of perverts :twisted:

[mikey4069]

Originally Posted by homer

:twisted: when i was living in a truck i always park at the biggest truck stop around. there was always plenty of excitement great food,stange women knocking on the door,and get a big cup of coffee when you get rollin in the middle of the night.those truck drivers at the rest area are a bunch of perverts :twisted:

Yea thats what i say . :lol: :lol:

[homer]

You're driving along 70mph, get to your exit, then have to slam on the brakes in a span of about 200' with your trailer still in the granny lane, you gotta be kidding me! who is buting the brakes and tire?

[homer]

i mean who is buying the brakes and tires?that would be a good video

[nrvsreck]

Come to Texas sometime, especially I-35. I don't know how the local drivers do it. I guess they just don't have any respect for their tires and brakes. I try to take it easy, but at many of our exits it's just impossible.