Nosing In. I Still Just Don't Get It!

Me personally, I think those who nose in are lazy, rude, and inconsiderate.

Most truck spaces are NOT designed for nosing in. It causes the tail end to stick out much farther than a truck would stick out had that driver backed in properly. That extra length hanging out there makes it more difficult for other drivers to get in some parking spaces, which we all can agree are not plentiful enough.

I think the inconsiderate xxxxxxxxx need to stop, because it's not "all about them".

Well, as someone who noses in on occasion, I feel I should defend it. I've posted this all before, but I guess it's one of those topics that gets a new thread periodically.

Anyway, first, I only do it when appropriate, when there's a large open space. That way it's easy to back out, and it's just as easy for someone to back in next to me. I wouldn't even think of doing it in the standard rows of spaces facing each other.

As for why, noise. Just because Patrick knows someone who says it's for quiet then idles all night doesn't mean that that's what everyone does. Also, by parking nose in he could be saving someone else from sleeping next to his idling truck all night.

In response to "it's not all about you", I could say exactly the same thing. It seems to me that the real problem is that some people just don't like anyone to do anything different than they would.

I'll add that the flatbeds I pull have axles all the way to the rear, so backing or nosing in makes no difference in how much I stick out. In my experience, 75% of dry vans or reefers never back up all the way to the curb anyway. Not sure why though.

Not that I'm defending nosing in, just saying.

I personally have never nosed into a spot. But, I'm not completely against it. I don't know if anyone here follows Trucker Josh on YouTube, but he noses in sometimes. But it is almost always on nights where he's getting parked late, or going to take a 34/36 hour reset. He does it to keep his truck away from loud reefers, or loud apus , or trucks that idle high. That all makes sense to me.

I think like everything else in this industry, there is a right way and wrong way to do it. The ones that aggravate me are the ones that park early in the day, and nose in when the truck stop is emptying, then come 7 or 8 at night when it's busy and filling up, they're having to back out of their spot to leave. That's pretty ridiculous in my opinion.

Reefer:

A refrigerated trailer.

APU:

Auxiliary Power Unit

On tractor trailers, and APU is a small diesel engine that powers a heat and air conditioning unit while charging the truck's main batteries at the same time. This allows the driver to remain comfortable in the cab and have access to electric power without running the main truck engine.

Having an APU helps save money in fuel costs and saves wear and tear on the main engine, though they tend to be expensive to install and maintain. Therefore only a very small percentage of the trucks on the road today come equipped with an APU.

APUs:

Auxiliary Power Unit

On tractor trailers, and APU is a small diesel engine that powers a heat and air conditioning unit while charging the truck's main batteries at the same time. This allows the driver to remain comfortable in the cab and have access to electric power without running the main truck engine.

Having an APU helps save money in fuel costs and saves wear and tear on the main engine, though they tend to be expensive to install and maintain. Therefore only a very small percentage of the trucks on the road today come equipped with an APU.

Never understood either, but whatever at this point. Did back haul with a walmart reefer and the noise helped me sleep better. Then again I grew up listening to the furnace in my room, so I would have trouble sleeping when we had it off in the summer. I take pride in backing in next to those who nose in just cause I drive a swift truck haha.

I'll say this. If it's in the middle of that 6 or 7 o'clock rush where everybody's like sharks in the water looking for a spot , I'm going in however. Beats being on the shoulder somewhere or in an illegal spot. I've only done it once in a desperate situation last winter but still.

I'm not very good at backing but if rather back into a spot than have to back out, seems to be a greater risk of backing out into traffic and pedestrians but what do I know I've only been solo for 2 weeks and couldn't back worth a lick at 2 realitvily easy docks today. Lol

Well like Kurt said, sometimes it is okay. But for those that do it when doing so causes a huge problem for others. . Shame on them. And yup, spread axles it makes no difference, however in my experience it's typically a dry van , car hauler, or reefer driver that does it, hanging out way too far and making it impossible for others to pull out or back into legal parking spaces.

Ain't nosing in essentialy a pull-thru without a back up?...ah, simantics..

I think nose in should be reserved space ($$) with a free lotto scratch ticket for every 10th time.

And for gods sakes, if you're gonna be THAT guy who noses in and stays for 10 hours or more,

SHUT YOUR DANG TAIL FINS!

I backed into a spot in Michigan one morning in order to leave very early in the morning. When we got up, someone had nosed in beside us AND LEFT HIS TAIL OPEN! He did have a wide open lot to back into, true, but if I would had needed to turn right to get fuel, I would have had a heck of a time getting around him without taking it off.