Should Semi Trucks Be Allowed To Park On Neighborhood Streets?

[Mike]

I just read an article about this very situation happening in Tifton, GA. Sounds like an ordinance or two was being ignored to the point that residents started complaining to the point that the city is now enforcing the existing ordinances. One prohibited the parking, the other had to do with truck weight.

Going from my perspective as a truck owner and a home owner. Even when I lived in the country and had a place to park my truck, I rarely would bring it home for any amount of time and opted to leave it at the truck stop in town. I simply didn't want to see it parked in my yard. In the residential area where I live now, had there been trucks parked at houses around the house I was looking at, that would have prevented me from purchasing the home. There is literally no room on the street itself for a truck to be parked, and if you managed to get it in your driveway, I can just imagine the damage that would be done to the street with you turning in and out on a regular basis with the weight of the tractor. You could also forget about bringing a trailer in here because that would be a complete disaster trying to get in and out of here. So, I chose my home properly to prevent dealing with these types of issues.

Truck parking has always been a factor in my decisions on home purchases or rentals. I felt I needed to ensure there was parking close enough for me to leave the truck when I am at home, or ensure any company I worked for was close enough that I could leave the truck there to go home.

 

[Electric Chicken]

One of my primary motivators for getting my own truck was to have it at my house.

 

[389 Hood]

I will bring the tractor only home to do some work to it that I can do. To run from the yard to the house every 5 minutes to get a tool for what I am doing isn't time efficient. The tractor has never been there for more than a few hours and that was while I was working on it, then it was gone. No overnights, no trailers.

I'll be bringing it home tomorrow to install the newest add-on to the ELD for the deletion of 3G. It should take an hour or less and then back to the yard. I have good neighbors and respect them as they do me. Parking a full rig on the street just trashes the street. If you can keep it out of sight and sound, great.

 

[mndriver]

That bitch sits in my back yard unless I’m gone. The hell what the neighbors think.

I have to sit here and look at their pits and pig sty of a yard, they can look at my work for the short time I’m home with it.

City has other ordinances that impact their having messy yards as well, they’ll be looking at lawsuits why they decide some laws are going to be enforced and others they passed and ignored.

“Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness…”


Country has simply gone fucking mad.

 

[rebel]

I just read an article about this very situation happening in Tifton, GA. Sounds like an ordinance or two was being ignored to the point that residents started complaining to the point that the city is now enforcing the existing ordinances. One prohibited the parking, the other had to do with truck weight.

Going from my perspective as a truck owner and a home owner. Even when I lived in the country and had a place to park my truck, I rarely would bring it home for any amount of time and opted to leave it at the truck stop in town. I simply didn't want to see it parked in my yard. In the residential area where I live now, had there been trucks parked at houses around the house I was looking at, that would have prevented me from purchasing the home. There is literally no room on the street itself for a truck to be parked, and if you managed to get it in your driveway, I can just imagine the damage that would be done to the street with you turning in and out on a regular basis with the weight of the tractor. You could also forget about bringing a trailer in here because that would be a complete disaster trying to get in and out of here. So, I chose my home properly to prevent dealing with these types of issues.

Truck parking has always been a factor in my decisions on home purchases or rentals. I felt I needed to ensure there was parking close enough for me to leave the truck when I am at home, or ensure any company I worked for was close enough that I could leave the truck there to go home.

Well damn @Mike ......... I guess you took the day off to go fishing........otherwise why would you open a big ole can of worms like that?
LMAO.

If it comes down to the word "allowed", the hell yes. I've always avoided living in the city so parking whatever I want at my place isn't really up for debate and the same goes for my neighbors. Fair is fair.
Of course not everything you're allowed to do, is everything you should do.
And it's not a bad idea to get along with your neighbors - whenever possible - so I can see both sides of it.
But having seen how petty things can get in the cities, I'd rather not have the law involved with it.
I only had to deal with it a few times in Florida when I lived in "a city" and that's been almost 20 years ago now.

It DID remind me of a thread though.........

GET THE "F" OFF MY LAWN...!!!

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/get-off-my-lawn-florida-man-90-punches-neighbor-in-face-cops-say/ar-AAPaDBD?li=BBnbfcL

www.freightrelocators.com

 

[Mike]

That bitch sits in my back yard unless I’m gone. The hell what the neighbors think.

I have to sit here and look at their pits and pig sty of a yard, they can look at my work for the short time I’m home with it.

City has other ordinances that impact their having messy yards as well, they’ll be looking at lawsuits why they decide some laws are going to be enforced and others they passed and ignored.

“Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness…”


Country has simply gone fucking mad.

In your case, I can't see why there would ever be complaints. You have equipment moving around almost in your back yard, and you are literally parking in the back yard, not a narrow street like would be the case if someone were to park on the street around me.

Where you live will influence how you feel about these things.



If you brought your truck home here, you would be tearing things up trying to drive around the block to get back out. Not to mention, the streets simply are not wide enough for something that large to be parked in the street.

Where you turn off the highway is a post office. The smaller trucks go in and out of there all the time and the small section of road there stays tore up.

 

[Electric Chicken]

In your case, I can't see why there would ever be complaints. You have equipment moving around almost in your back yard, and you are literally parking in the back yard, not a narrow street like would be the case if someone were to park on the street around me.

Where you live will influence how you feel about these things.

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If you brought your truck home here, you would be tearing things up trying to drive around the block to get back out. Not to mention, the streets simply are not wide enough for something that large to be parked in the street.

Where you turn off the highway is a post office. The smaller trucks go in and out of there all the time and the small section of road there stays tore up.

Do you mean a truck and a trailer? A truck by itself could get around your neighborhood just fine. Your driveway should hold a bobtail.

The slab next to my house that I keep talking about is essentially a driveway. Since the bobtail fits I park it there instead of behind the house where it's messy when raining.

I could never get a trailer in here. But every now and then I'll stop out front in the street with the flashers on to grab something quick.

 

[Electric Chicken]

BTW the neighbors love both my trucks. They smile and wave and one even came over after I backed onto my slab just to tell me she was impressed by how I did it.

The post office clerk is always saying "I liked the red one but boy I like that teal one more. That's a really pretty truck."

It's a small town laid out real tight with a lot of really nice old houses but still a very relaxed placed to live. No one is uptight. Or if they are someone told them to keep it to themselves.

Traffic also patiently waits for me while I back in, using the entire street. Not that there's much of it. There's a road that bypasses so it's always super local only.

 

[quillcom]

Back in the day the house I grew up in which was in a very urban area where the houses were literally just a few feet apart, we had a long hauler who had apparently bought a space right in front of his house.

It was marked by those city sign post; "Reserved do not park between these arrowed markers."

And that's where he kept his tractor.

 

[Mike]

Your driveway should hold a bobtail

Haven't measured, but not sure if it would fit or not without blocking the sidewalk. Pretty sure there is a city ordinance on that. Wouldn't matter for me though because I wouldn't want it out there anyway.

 

[389 Hood]

There are a few guys in my 'hood that park on their property when they are home on leave. I tried to talk to them and tell them that I have a rental property in which they can rent a space for a few days/weeks as needed. Their answer? 'Why? I have a free front yard!' True and we have no kind of code enforcement, so I don't push the issue. I just say that I offered. They aren't bothering me.

 

[mndriver]

In your case, I can't see why there would ever be complaints. You have equipment moving around almost in your back yard, and you are literally parking in the back yard, not a narrow street like would be the case if someone were to park on the street around me.

Where you live will influence how you feel about these things.

He’s referring to the fact that my back yard is a commercial business that’s heavy truck traffic. Namely a concrete precast.





I’ve also had discussions with people in town about others who are O/O and have no ability to park their trucks at home.

The best they can hope for is a local Walmart that is now open to trucks parking there only because a small handful go out every time they are home to pickup trash.

They have been self-policing enough to kick a few problem child drivers out.

 

[Mike]

I could never depend on places like Walmart long term, or at least I wouldn’t want to. It was a long wait for me, but a huge load off my shoulders once a pay to park location opened up for me.

 

[Rigjockey]

The question was "should trucks be allowed to park on neighborhood streets?"

No. No they should not be allowed to park on neighborhood streets in cities.
Probably against city Bylaws and brings down the property value.
Probably should get written up for "malparkage"

Now if you live out in the country and there are no regulations prohibiting truck parking and can park a truck on YOUR property that is entirely different from parking on the street that every taxpayer in the city has Paid for.

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[Electric Chicken]

The question was "should trucks be allowed to park on neighborhood streets?"

No. No they should not be allowed to park on neighborhood streets in cities.
Probably against city Bylaws and brings down the property value.
Probably should get written up for "malparkage"

Now if you live out in the country and there are no regulations prohibiting truck parking and can park a truck on YOUR property that is entirely different from parking on the street that every taxpayer in the city has Paid for.

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Malparkage.

 

[mndriver]

an update on the parking issue.

Georgia town that bans truckers from parking at their own home hit by online backlash

Social media users have spoken out about the efforts of local Georgia police to enforce a truck parking ordinance in the city of Tifton.

cdllife.com

 

[Mike]

an update on the parking issue.

Georgia town that bans truckers from parking at their own home hit by online backlash

Social media users have spoken out about the efforts of local Georgia police to enforce a truck parking ordinance in the city of Tifton.

cdllife.com

Yeah, that article this week from Tiftons local news station is what prompted me to create the thread.

 

[OFT]

As to reading only your headline of subject.
I say 100% NO semi-trucks should not be allowed to park on personal streets, there is many reasons as to why not on many levels from a safety stand point.

 

[Rigjockey]

Malparkage.

Simpsons reference, "Malparkage"

 

[mndriver]

Yeah, that article this week from Tiftons local news station is what prompted me to create the thread.

This is an updated article where they got slammed and rolled back the police chief’s comment. Actually deleted it and replaced it with a new one.

People are getting tired of this stupid shit.