I said what I said! And I’d say it again …
Posted by multipletrees89@reddit | Truckers | View on Reddit | 136 comments
If you don’t have a trailer, let somebody else take the large larger spot who truly needs it.
We are all in this together. It’s time that we don’t take unnecessary space when Bobtailed
Be kind. Be courteous. Be respectful!
East_Indication_7816@reddit
I did not know about that sorry. Next time I will park in the correct spot. I also park my truck and trailer in the regular car parking spot. I just use 2 spaces with 8 feet protruding from front and back.
ler7421@reddit
I hope this isn’t the beginning of the end of her good attitude about trucking. Isn’t this the woman that always bikes everywhere?
polarjunkie@reddit
This is a ridiculous position that she's taking, If she got there bobtail she do the exact same thing.
boatrollscale@reddit
Yes she finally figuring out.
ler7421@reddit
🤣🤣🤣
multipletrees89@reddit (OP)
Nooooo I still have my bike with me and I still have a lot of fun! I just always thought that it would be an interesting video to do to ask other others in a funny way to not bobtail park and I happened to be bobtail myself and I thought this would be a great opportunity to be a good example! 🤩
ler7421@reddit
Oh shit I didn’t know this was actually you lol. I hope you always stay happy on the road and don’t gain any weight! I had to go local asap. I did like the videos I saw. Stay safe!
multipletrees89@reddit (OP)
Bbahahahha it’s me in the flesh!! Or on the inter webs! I definitely put on some winter weight, but I usually do as a Canadian, I’ve still been out in a sports bra and bike shorts though!… Every year it comes off pretty fast when I start biking again so hopefully it’ll happen again this summer! Last summer was the best summer I ever had of my life because of trucking!!! I cycled 6000 km or 4000 miles throughout the summer by taking my bike in and out of the truck and I fully plan to do the same this summer!!
ler7421@reddit
Oh word that’s cool. I gained like 50 lbs in about 8 months, had my first winter driving right after getting my license, and yeah my experience was the complete opposite of yours? I’ve always wanted to ask how does your company run you? It seems like you have so much free time. When I was OTR my old company had me on recaps all the time and was sending me the next load before finished the one I was on. In those 8 months I probably on had a reset 2 or 3 times.
SycoJack@reddit
Yeah, genuinely don't know how she has soooo much free time.
hereforpopcornru@reddit
Free time isn't usually easy to get for a lot of drivers. I learned this early.
Rode with my buddies step dad to take a load to Charlotte from Louisville. What I didn't k own was he was already scheduled for 3 loads. Lou > Charlotte then load at a different location in Charlotte back to Louisville, then load another location and to Los Angeles
Some drivers have insane scheduling
SycoJack@reddit
Yeah, that's what it was like for me.
mewikime@reddit
Just park behind the bobtail if you're also bobtailing and don't worry about it
multipletrees89@reddit (OP)
Best advice so far!!
DickWoodReddit@reddit
if you bobtail in a full spot at least park in the back so another bobtail and can get in there and maximize the usage
polarjunkie@reddit
Absolutely not. You can only park two bobtails in one spot when it's one of those lanes that doesn't back up against anything, it's open on both sides. Otherwise the first one there needs to be the first one out and that's not going to happen.
caseylain@reddit
Yeahhh let me park all the way in the back, only for igor to pull in two hours later in front. His 10 hour won't be up for 2 more then mine, and you think he'll do the dot creep for me? No he won't, cyka.
DickWoodReddit@reddit
I have never had a problem with some random in front of me moving. Have faith in your brother.
FlatCapNorthumbrian@reddit
Swapping spaces wouldn’t work on the UK. As soon as you start moving, you’re working. And it’ll reset your rest period to the start again.
Laffenor@reddit
No, it doesn't. The tachograph registers the main activity for any given click minute as the only activity for the full minute. So you theoretically have 29 seconds every minute to move without resetting your rest period, for a total of 58 consecutive seconds by taking the last 29 seconds from one minute and the first 29 seconds for the next.
This is how you do it: Start a stopwatch just as the tacho tips a minute. Any minute works, clock or pause time. Then let it run for 30 seconds, before you start moving after the stopwatch passes 30. You can now, in theory, move freely until the next 30 second mark on the stopwatch. Make sure to come to a full stop a few seconds beforethey're next 30s mark so the tacho has time to register that the truck has stopped and got you to change the activity back to rest. Also make sure to leave time for the second or so of reaction time before you actually stated your stopwatch.
Now you must stand still on rest until the next time the watch passes 30s, then repeat.
When the tacho rounds a full minute, you can see that your rest time goes back to what it was originally, confirming that it has registered the full minute as rest.
Try it out until you are comfortable with it some time it does not matter if you miss, for example at the start of a long rest period. It can come in very handy one time you really need it.
Snappypants9@reddit
Wow - thanks for sharing this - I had no idea since I drove is the states.
DickWoodReddit@reddit
in* the UK? in the US there are options to get around this like the creep or personal conveyance.
FlatCapNorthumbrian@reddit
Yeah we don’t get that in the UK. If you move the truck it’s registered on the tachograph reader, and it’ll be an infringement if you don’t start your break/daily rest all over again.
Bilaaaal1452@reddit
Never heard of the 29 second rule? Moving slowly and putting the tacho back on rest within 29 seconds will not reset the time!
caseylain@reddit
I had a issue once, but it was with a guy backed way into the spot behind him. Like 8 feet in. I asked him to move up and he went up 2 feet, then stopped and wouldn't answer anymore.
multipletrees89@reddit (OP)
Bahahaha the DOT creep 😂🤣 that’s the first I’ve heard of it and I’m using it!
newkybadass@reddit
But idiots will park in front of you and go home and take a week off.
SycoJack@reddit
Remember guys, sharing is caring.
multipletrees89@reddit (OP)
Omg that’s such a cute video! 🥰 you restored faith in bobtail parking! Thank you for sharing that
TheWendigo_Alpha@reddit
This right here
polarjunkie@reddit
There's nothing wrong with parking a bobtail in a full spot if the place doesn't have bobtail spots.
Alive_to_Thrive5@reddit
You should have told me a beautiful woman wanted me to park next to her and I would have. Just let me know next time 😉
DirtyOldTrucker68@reddit
Maybe the Bobtail spots were full when he showed up personally I hate taking up full spots when I’m bobtailed. Some times you just have to
multipletrees89@reddit (OP)
If I went to a truckstop and I was bobtailed, I would probably try to find parking somewhere nearby that wouldn’t allow me to have a ticket… because when you don’t have a trailer, you have a lot more options of where to park than a person with an actual tractor trailer
DirtyOldTrucker68@reddit
A lot of those options have becoming limited over the years. Some Truck stops, that have the room stopped letting Bobtails park in the car parking areas. And they start blocking off other areas
SycoJack@reddit
Parking somewhere other than a truck stop is getting more and more dangerous, as more and more places are adopting rules and ordinances against it and enforcing those rules with $1,000 boots.
TwoInchTammy@reddit
This is what I came to say. Option 1, BT parking. Option 2, Any where else you can fit on the lot that you aren't in the way. Option 3, park in the spot
dgoat88@reddit
Men video'ing something vs women.
Never fails.
RubTough4025@reddit
Not all truck stops have bobtail parking and if not and I’m bobtail I park in the front of the spot. Why? Because people don’t care if you need to leave in the morning. G.O.A.Ask. If they come and talk to me and we can make a plan then I have NO problem working with them. Until then ima keep doing what’s worked best FOR me.
newkybadass@reddit
She lucky she didn't get beat up. Those non American dudes are somewhat disrespectful to women truckers out here. I codeine with my wife and thought one was raising his voice at my wife, so i stood up peeked out the blinds... his demeanor changed fast.
DingleberryOrchard@reddit
There's a guy calling her a bitch and another commenting on her tits. What is this take?
theboywthagreenscarf@reddit
Read the comments. American dudes aren’t much better
JackyOctavius@reddit
It is infuriating, because they also tuck way the fuck back into the spot, so it looks empty until you're on top of it. Ffs, I'd rather they be the ones making up spots by the entrances and shit. Even more so, when they do this and there's still dedicated bobtail spots that are empty. 🤬
caseylain@reddit
Meanwhile a post further up is complaining about bobtails not parking far enough back. Smh redditors man
DingleberryOrchard@reddit
People have different opinions? 😱
multipletrees89@reddit (OP)
It’s such a tease when I drive up to someone bobtailed and I’m like whhhyyyyy why you do this, I’m never usually just Bobtailed so when I was this time, I was like “I’m going to show them how it’s done!!”
SycoJack@reddit
When they're bobtail and they're all the way back, it's so other bobtails can park in front of them.
SycoJack@reddit
If they park all the way back, then another bobtail can park in front of them.
bubba13x3@reddit
The dude can’t walk that far. He would have a heart attack or bio hazard in the yard. ☣️ Automation is coming! Yes, there will be many deaths at first. It will happen when quantum computing and AI merge. It will be advantageous for insurance companies. <5 years Computers and machines don’t sleep, they do not have to make the same mistakes. Prove me wrong!
Justaguy222444888@reddit
This chick has been trucking for like a year now yapping online giving orders please stfu and min your own business ma’am
Vegetable_Plant2214@reddit
Yeah but I like how her titties are fat
multipletrees89@reddit (OP)
Uhhhhhh
GRF999999999@reddit
A sexist remark from a trucker? Well, I never.
HawkOk8434@reddit
It ain’t sexist when she’s clearly flaunting them
GRF999999999@reddit
Oh, buddy.
multipletrees89@reddit (OP)
😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣 he probably has bigger titties than me 🤪
GRF999999999@reddit
I'm laying even odds, friend.
HawkOk8434@reddit
He ain’t wrong
anabundanceofland@reddit
If it’s a tight truck stop with no bobtail parking and I’m bobtail, I’ll park in the middle or back of the spot to give the trucks around me more room to get into or out of spots. If there’s plenty of room, I’ll park at the back of the spot so another bobtail can use the spot as well
altaccount90z@reddit
“You can park anywhere, you can park at Walmart”
I can tell you for a fact no, you can’t. Most businesses do not want you parked overnight as a bobtail. I remember when I would end up as a bobtail and try to do some grocery shopping at Walmart in a bobtail in a big empty parking lot. I probably didn’t spend more than an hour. I had a store manager slapping my truck, banging on it, thinking I was just ignoring him as I came back with groceries, telling me to leave and no overnight parking!
In my opinion, yeah, it sucks, but you need to plan better.
BlueRibbonChicken@reddit
This is so stupid & hilarious to me given the type of shit that goes down inside Walmarts nationwide & the employees just watch blankly 🫥
DreamsServedSoft@reddit
they’re told not to engage. Walmart tracks and reports it to police and when police get a case built thats worth their time then maybe sometimes they arrest them. that still doesn’t guarantee then DA does anything with it, particularly in states of a certain party
UOLZEPHYR@reddit
Id always ask if they allow parking /shopping.
Several in AR and at least the one in Effingham IL i know allow parking
multipletrees89@reddit (OP)
I definitely agree that not every single Walmart lets you… But most have let me if I ask politely and I’ve never had a problem or a ticket
aczoz@reddit
Good for you. I'll take that full spot in a bobtail and you can mind your own business.
UOLZEPHYR@reddit
Yep yep yep.
I always ask MOD/LOD site leadership of i park and stay out of the way if I could stay.
If not I ask if I could have an hour to shop for supplies before moving on.
Those I had good luck id come back to.
Sailans@reddit
Hope, Ar has truck spots. I wish I remembered where rhe other ones were
mewikime@reddit
Home Depot will let you. As a manager looking to get out of it and into trucking, at the numerous stores I've worked at across a number of districts and regions (including overnight MOD), we've never stopped any truck parking overnight.
unloader86@reddit
Walmart used to be a good solution if you were in a pinch. But naturally everyone ruined that by not being respectful of their property and most don't allow it anymore.
Sailans@reddit
Shopping carts full of empty def and piss bottles. I remember those
Shyjuan@reddit
all you have to do is ask 9 times out of 10 they will let you, I've parked at many a walmart, sometimes not even in a parking space but around the side of the building and they're chill about it.
ler7421@reddit
It depends on the Walmart or store in general.
scrubbadub88@reddit
If you pay for a spot, you can take that whole spot
musicalmadness1@reddit
Loves doesnt charge for parking yet
scrubbadub88@reddit
I’m in a day cab now, it’s been so long since I’ve camped out in the truck parking . I miss it sometimes, but I’m finally making more money now than I ever did otr. Going through a breakup so I just may sign up for a weekly run.
rickyjames22@reddit
Yeah, I got it.
Snappypants9@reddit
I also appreciate the good humour rant 😅
boatrollscale@reddit
It takes three months to drive a truck. What do you expect. Rates are low because quality is low. You can tell by how many drivers drive in the center lane. We are not changing the industry there's to many new drivers that dont know. WE all work together regardless of what company you work for. Self center a holes. We need to be better humans. It won't change only get worst. Thanks for listening to my TED talk
theboywthagreenscarf@reddit
My company tells you to drive in the center lane. Smith system, always have a way out.
multipletrees89@reddit (OP)
It was an amazing TED talk!! And it’s true. There are so many new drivers but a little courtesy goes a long way for sure! And thank you so much for listening to my rant in the first place!
that_Delfin_guy@reddit
My hometown has a Loves with bobtail spots and bobtails will still take up full spots sometimes which is particularly annoying when I need a spot to park for my home time. If there was enough space to do it, I would park in front of them until they needed to leave. I have considered dropping my trailer in front of them and then parking bobtail, but I think it would get towed if I did that.
Roguefoxx@reddit
Yep, can definitely be annoying, but I'm not sure which is worse...
derpmcturd@reddit
Ma'am, i realize you're canadian but if you dress like that at a truck stop in the US you'll be able to park anywhere you want
multipletrees89@reddit (OP)
Bahahah what’s wrong with me outfit?
dblink@reddit
Nothing, just nice to see something other than moobs
Picklerick0000000@reddit
Smear a snickers on their windshield. This is the way…😈
declan-OF@reddit
I drop trailer and bobtail to a Pilot in Colorado every other day. It has no bobtail parking, so I just back all the way into an empty space and hope another bobtail will park in front of me if it's needed.
There are a few curb spots, but I don't want to risk being forced to move halfway through my ten only to find no remaining empties.
Prestigious_Arm_1504@reddit
This is stupid. He’s a truck driver… in a truck… at a truck stop.
multipletrees89@reddit (OP)
The point is, if you are bobtailed and there is bobtail parking… Just be courteous and try to not take up a bigger spot when you don’t need to.
HawkOk8434@reddit
How bout mind your own business
multipletrees89@reddit (OP)
I could say the same to you
HawkOk8434@reddit
Also nice tits
HawkOk8434@reddit
You chose to make this public.
Prestigious_Arm_1504@reddit
What if there wasn’t a bobtail spot when he showed up? Then you showed up… and there was one?
NewkidOTB278@reddit
I would go bang on that truck and wake their ass up!!
HawkOk8434@reddit
And then you would be decked in the face
Mydogfartsconstantly@reddit
Ok take a video of that so we can watch it on live leak
multipletrees89@reddit (OP)
Bahahha I was actually thinking about talking really loudly about why you shouldn’t bobtail park like that so that the driver would wake up to me taking a video of his truck she talking him 🤣🤣😂
nicerakk@reddit
As if anyone owes her or anyone else. If there's BT spots, park there. If there's not, park so another BT can also park in the space. Everyone that is parked needs to park. I don't give a fuck, go find another. You can't find a free spot, go pay for one.
It's funny she's at loves too. That's where all the cheapskate drivers go. Pay for your shit if you know you're gonna be in late
multipletrees89@reddit (OP)
Thanks for being a positive light in the trucking community!! 🤩
nicerakk@reddit
I've been driving long enough to be stuck without a parking space. You gotta plan ahead. If you don't it ain't my problem
multipletrees89@reddit (OP)
OK, so I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again when you’re doing long haul and you “plan” and you hit traffic, and you take six hours to load, don’t shit on others for unpredictability.
You can be negative all you want, but all I’m saying here is that if you have the ability to give someone space when they need it and you have the opportunity to be a courteous polite person, take it.
You don’t have to look the other way and say. “ it’s not my problem” if I don’t have a trailer, I would go out of my way to give someone a space like that if they needed it.
It’s what I would call a real “trucking community” I would never do what you just did and throw it in someone’s face and say that they didn’t plan, because you don’t know how their day was you don’t know what Dispatch did to them. You just don’t know.
nicerakk@reddit
Lol. You must be new. If your sitting at a shipper for 6 hours burning your clock, does it not cross your mind that you will probably get stuck in traffic if you're out of there at 6 pm? Are you never aware of what location in the country you're in and the likelihood of being able to find parking? Have you never been stuck in traffic with 3 hrs left on your clock and ask yourself "am I really going to make it to love's to get a free spot?"
Prepare. Pay for parking somewhere before you run into the issue. If you lose out on that 20 bucks because you got parking and didn't need it, send it to your company or count it as a loss. But I guarantee you, if you plan and forecast your situation in advance, you will never be in the situation to ask a BT to move. Especially if said BT leaves enough room for another BT to fit in the space.
Come on dude.
multipletrees89@reddit (OP)
Wow … I hope that I never stay in trucking to be as negative as what you just wrote
nicerakk@reddit
Thanks. That's job security for me 🤣
multipletrees89@reddit (OP)
Are you seriously afraid that I’m going to take your job? Well, I suppose you’re right… I’m probably better Trucker than you.
mitch10211@reddit
Obviously everyone needs to park at the end of day so can't blame someone for finding an open spot.
They can be blamed though if there is still dedicated BT spots or easier areas around the lot to park. Taking up a full spot in that case isn't cool
multipletrees89@reddit (OP)
Yea I can’t believe that’s driver juts parked in the middle of a full tractor trailer spot… it just makes me so sad 😞
HawkOk8434@reddit
Shut up bitch
canner138@reddit
She's annoying
usf1man@reddit
Park in car parking
multipletrees89@reddit (OP)
I imagine it would fit!
Gazey_Snakes@reddit
I feel like it'd be embarrassing watching you record this
multipletrees89@reddit (OP)
I can’t imagine you’d have anything better to do…
merv1985@reddit
What if he is waiting for a trailer from other driver?
After getting the trailer, he wants complete his DOT break.
Laziieye@reddit
Imagine being this entitled. I’m sure bobtail is tired too, why would anyone move based on size? That’s the safest place to park. First come first serve. It’s your job to find parking not anyone else’s to give up theirs whether is bobtail or not.
multipletrees89@reddit (OP)
There was literally a bobtail spot…
Laziieye@reddit
Who are you to know how long they have been there? If it was full when they got there or not? You’re making assumptions on a short video from some idiot/emotion driver. The final sentence on this post is laughable because every assumption they are making go against it
GRF999999999@reddit
These darn people boobtailing. I tell you what if I ever see one of these guys bouncing around a parking lot I'm gonna give them a piece of my mind. I'm positively stacked with anger right now.
multipletrees89@reddit (OP)
Yea!! You get em! I’ll back you up, but you’re probably stronger than me!
restartrepeat@reddit
Naw, they are just volunteering to clean up. Just leave all your piss bottles and trash in the empty space behind their truck, and they'll clean em up for ya!
truth-informant@reddit
I mean, shes completely correct...
multipletrees89@reddit (OP)
Bahahah thank you for listening to my rant!!
FatPanda_Mi12@reddit
I 💯agree about the bobtail! It’s a lot easier to find a parking spot with bobtail only.
multipletrees89@reddit (OP)
Thank you!! Omg a reasonable person in the driving community!! Ahah
TheHitel@reddit
OMG FR 🤬
kid_cadillac@reddit
I guess the honeymoon is over. Welcome to trucking!
imcjoey13@reddit
Valium.
WalkerOgee@reddit
I mean i agree but i mean, pre trip better
multipletrees89@reddit (OP)
Lollll plan your trip better!?! Plan your trip and then take 6 hours to get loaded and then plan again, and then hit traffic and then plan again!! I don’t think you do long haul …
WalkerOgee@reddit
You dont need to do long haul to sit for hours while getting loaded/unloaded. It happens, doesnt stop you from opening an atlas and planning ahead.
multipletrees89@reddit (OP)
What I was saying is that a lot of things change and maybe you thought that you could park up at 5 PM but then you’re stuck trying to find a spot at 10 o’clock…
FriendNeeded31@reddit
I pre trip all the time and always find a parking spot. I havent parked on a off ramp or creative spot in years and doing reefer with ungodly unload times to boot.
EnolaNek@reddit
I’ve never done ramp or creative parking, but it’s mainly because we get instantly fired for it at my company
I just creep around the truck stop or pick an out-of-the-way place to wait for a spot to open (and move if needed)
trenton_quarantino@reddit
Teach us your ways, Mister Better Than Jesus
Dismal_Traffic_4871@reddit
I agree about the bobtailed situation