Comments on: We want the freight but you can’t park here!

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:15:18 +0000

Holy fireball, batman…that driver went too far by torching the local police station.

Being a driver myself, yes i do get irritated by police and other nutcases who wants “you the driver, your truck off the property effective immediately.” I do not have a solution to that problem, but to say, under my breath, F you people, your property because i am tired and miserable.

By: richard hargis

richard hargis — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 07:06:15 +0000

ive been listen to you the last few days, keep up the gd wrk.

By: Chad Nappin

Chad Nappin — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 00:40:48 +0000

Im fairly fortunate in the town I live in that a land owner in my town about 4 blocks away has about an acre extra and he graveled it and put plates down for trailers. If you park there regularly he wants 10.00 a month and 25 in the winter if you need a plug in. It doesnt get any more reasonable than that. My father drives a tanker and brings his truck home every day the local impound yard has made a deal with him to park it there for 100 / month. Ive only been driving for 4 weeks and so far even in congested parking lots have been able to “make a spot that doesnt impede anyone else. Im scared to death of what I hear of drivers that have been robbed or the one in south carolina being shot over 7.00. what can we do? wal marts are starting to say no one thing Im considering is if I cant find a spot possibly find either a truck rental or truck repair shop and trying to get permission to park there if necessary. another idea I have is slipping someone at a truck wash a few bucks if they will let you park in an out of the way area. any comments on any of these ideas?

By: ScorpDX

ScorpDX — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 11:47:15 +0000

The sad part is that some of the truckers themselves have created most of the parking problems of today. How many time have we all seen someone dumping trash in a lot or throwing piss bottles out the window and of course the “trucker bombs”. All because some lazy ass can’t walk 10′ to a trash can!

I asked a DOT officer a question one day…
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Me “If safety is your biggest concern and the reason you guys do your job and get the unsafe drivers off the road, how come you won’t let us park in the closed-down weigh stations at night?”

Him “We got tired of the piss bottles…would you want to lay around in piss to do your job everyday?”
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Lastly, I found something that has worked for me on a few occasions. But doesn’t work so well during the day…

Next time it’s late evening and you need a place to park, back into a dock a business that looks like they are an 8a-5p type place. Then if anyone wakes you in the morning ask them if this is “xyz company at 123whatever street” and when they say no…leave. That’s worked for me a time or two when i needed somewhere to park in the Northeast area

By: Mike B

Mike B — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:33:19 +0000

Steve,

I just listened to one of your older podcasts you did last year. In this podcast you read and commented on various news stories from a trucking industry magazine. I really like this concept, your ability to verbally editorialize is very good! Also, your knowledge of basic economic/business principles really impress me, this is something most drivers do not seem to have. I would like to encourage you to dedicate a portion of your show to trucking news commentary. I have listened to most of the trucking podcast on ITunes and yours is by far the best, as a matter of fact your show is the only trucking show I listen to anymore on ITunes.

I wonder if you have ever listened to the ATBS Trucking Business & Beyond every day from 12Mid-1AM ET and Saturday and Sunday from 4-7PM ET on the road dog channel?? The reason I ask is because the shows host Kevin Ruthford went from a trucking back ground into the media business. The reason I bring this up is because I get the feeling you are considering one day making that same transition so you might find how he made that transition of interest? I know he dose a lot of video production work for his various projects.

As of right now I am a LTL line driver that runs 5 nights a week between Medford and Portland Oregon. Listening to your podcast helps keep me engaged and alert through out the long night and it keeps me in touch with the over the road truckload side of the industry and the lifestyle that goes along with it. Well keep up the good work!

Mike b

By: Drory Nadav

Drory Nadav — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 04:23:24 +0000

You Can’t Win Out there,No Matter How Much You Try Not To let It Get The best Of You ,It Does,We should Charge A Parking Surcharge,Plus Time Spent While Waiting to unload,Its Time For Drivers To Take Control ,While Your At The Destination Of Delivery,Charge Charge,Or Strike And Shut Down The Country Until We Are Heard,Don’t Get Me Wrong,It has To be Organized, To Our Benefit,Unionize Organize,See How Fast They will Try To Replace Us,But We Can Also Slow Things up Quiet Abit, 10/4