Parking the truck while on home time

It really depends on where you live.

If you drive around, you may see where some of the locals park.

Also, there is an app called Truck Parking Club. It's like an Air BNB for trucks. You'll have to pay, but these are secured spots and you don't have to deal with Boneheads at a truck stop.
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Ask your employer.

 

When you go back to the truck stop Monday morning after that weekend off and the hood is laying on the ground, whatcha gona do?

 

No, truck stops are a last option for hometime parking. Taking the truck home is NOT a benefit. It's a major problem. Most subdivisions are not able to allow truck parking. If you haven't investigated you probably can't park in your neighborhood you just haven't learned this yet.

You will either need a cooperative customer nearby allowing you to park or you need to pay someone monthly or weekly to allow you to park.

It's better in every way but one to park at the trucking company yard rather than park at home. This allows maintenance to be done when you are home instead of wasting half a day, for no pay, getting maintenance at a truck stop.

I would never WANT to bring my truck home. But lots of newbies think it's great until they get the city parking ticket or the HOA warning or fine. If you live out in the country & have room it may be OK, but somehow I doubt most paycheck to paycheck newbies live in the country.

 

Truck stops are not safe & your truck keeps a working truck drivrr from sleeping at the truck stop.

Look for tow truck companies, RV self-storage. Don't just park behind a grocery store or mall. You can get towed or your truck is burglarized.

 

Truck parking is generally a miserable experience, unless you get lucky. Just depends where you are. I leave mine at a truck stop, non reserved, but it’s a gamble. I could pay reserve but honestly it’s not any safer at all. I am lucky tho, I have a pilot not far away that has free bobtail parking, and I don’t bring a trailer with. Plus right across the street is a TA that lets bobtails park practically any where in the lot for days at a time. Just that location tho I wouldn’t try that most places. I always go inside and kindly ask if it’s ok before I leave, and let them know I will be back for it.

 

If the truckstops close to you have reserved spots and those spots are easier to back into like a lot of them are I’d just reserve a spot for a few days whenever you’re home. No way I’d just park in a free spot at a truckstop and walk away from it.

As mentioned above you can check Truck Parking Club to see where the closest location is to you.

 

In certain truck stops, you can position your truck to block the Cat scale exit AND a fuel island.