Hidden parking areas needed in Chicago?
Posted by Critical_Opening_526@reddit | Truckers | View on Reddit | 13 comments
I arrived here for my pickup at 10:30am with 8 hours of drive time. I'm 264 miles from delivery just N of Chicago. (Waukegan)
I'm still not loaded and I'm down to 5 hours left of my 14.
I'm going to run out of hours in Chicago at about 8pm.
Whats my best option? Delivers tomorrow anytime between 6am and 1pm.
Wasabi-Kungpow@reddit
I have some but I wont tell anyone. Secret spots are only secret if no one knows of them. I tell 1 person who will tell their buddies and the whole place gets shut down cause yall will start throwing piss bottles and shit bags on the ground.
justhereforthefunnyZ@reddit
Too be fair I’m the same way.
Radiant_Swan187@reddit
Well thank you for your very useful comment
Wasabi-Kungpow@reddit
10-4 good buddy
MajorHymen@reddit
There’s a pay to park place that almost always has parking no matter the time towards the back of the lot, front usually fills up. Bolingbrook off the 55. Think it’s like $15-$20 for a night.
Auquaholic@reddit
You couldn't go into sleeper and split your logs? If you can literally go into the sleeper, you can legally log it.
Critical_Opening_526@reddit (OP)
I can, just trying to avoid it.
They got me preplanned on a pickup and deliver same day back to Fort Wayne and another preplanned load to NC.
Splitting my log kinda means I don't get my NC load.
But it is an option.
Gr00veChild@reddit
I know it's not always possible to drive when we want to, but I plan on probably not having parking past 4/5 unless I know of a guaranteed spot (shipper/terminal etc). So I'm pretty outspoken to my dispatch and planners that if you want to me be picking up some late garbage like that it better come with a parking spot lol.
deezkeys098@reddit
Only place I knew was in west Chicago behind a gas station its been blocked off with cement pillars now for 5 months 🥲
tommystrawn27@reddit
If you're comfortable with it, there's the oasis on 294 about 15 minutes away. Those spots fill up quick but you should be able to park on the shoulder.
Pitiful-MobileGamer@reddit
Safest ways, once you're loaded get to a truck stop, pull a hot 10 and go make your delivery. That massive window should be pretty easy to do.
Otherwise start looking on street view and satellite view to see if there's a sneaky spot you can use, but Chiraq isn't to be trifled with.
Critical_Opening_526@reddit (OP)
Yeah they got me preplanned and was trying to make it all work.
I'm pretty sure I'm gonna lose one of these loads though. 6 hours loading isn't cool. And that's only because the truck before me ripped his door off. So I got to jump the line
Ipad207@reddit
Just go behind a Grocery store receiving area out of the way.