You're Out Of Hours But You Have To Move Your Truck To Another Parking Area.

So I just watched management tell a trucker that he could not Park in the Walmart parking lot and that he had to move. So my question is if for one reason or another and you're on your 10 hour shutdown and you're required to move your truck to another spot or lot what do you do? Does the law give you any leeway if you have to move for a good reason?

So I just watched management tell a trucker that he could not Park in the Walmart parking lot and that he had to move. So my question is if for one reason or another and you're on your 10 hour shutdown and you're required to move your truck to another spot or lot what do you do? Does the law give you any leeway if you have to move for a good reason?

short version, your screwed. The best thing to do in this sittuation is Call whomever is on duty for your company, Night DMs can help ya to a point. Just explain the issue and see what they say.. If they tell you to move, tell them to send you that over the Qualcomm or whatever onboard computer you use for messaging back and forth to your company. They may tell you to call the local PD station for an escort as you are out of hours..

The BEST thing to do is not park at walmart as majority of them are not allowing trucks to park anymore. I never stopped at a walmart except for deliveries and to grab a weeks worth of food, and I'd always go in and ask the manager if it was ok to park for a few to do some shopping. I prefer doing rest areas over anything else, quieter i think..

Agreed, never park atWalmart or any place of business for that matter for anything other than a quick shopping trip unless you get approval from the management. Never assume it's ok even if there are other trucks or RV's parked.