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Originally Posted by tndieselgrl
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Originally Posted by rancherman
What about closed scale house's?
Some states like Kentucky have "Commercial Vehicle Rest Areas" behind the scale houses. I myself have never stayed in one because of the proximity to Mr. DOT man and his inspection bay. At least if he wants to knock on my door in a regular rest area, he's working outside and probably a little less likely to hassle me that much.... but that was just my feeling :wink:
As far as Texas' rest areas :shock: I'm firmly convinced this wonderful state spent all the money making absurdly high overpasses instead of fixing the roads and god forbid, updating the rest areas....
You're from Dallas. Surely you're familiar with many of our 13'6" overpasses. And, yeah, the rest areas are a joke. Only once have I spent the night at a Texas rest area. It was along I-35 somewhere near San Antonio. I got up before dawn and there was a line of trucks double-parked to the line I was in. I wound up having to drive across the grass to get back onto the freeway. Another thing I hate is our on and off-ramps. 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, trying to slow to 20mph to make the dog-leg onto the service road. Or just the opposite: running about 55 on the service road, then having to slow for the dog-leg onto the freeway and merging into 70mph traffic doing around 25mph! :roll:
Oh, I park at truckstops, and on rare occasions, at the customer's location. Mostly truckstops. No one bothers me. Hot coffee only steps away. I can idle all I want. And the rumble of the engines lulls me to dreamland. Wouldn't have it any other way.