Parking lot etiquette.

[straight-shot]

What is the best way to park a truck and trailer in the lot to save enough room for everyone else? I very seldom get to the lot first so I just fall in with whatever everyone else is doing.
Sometimes you can fit 20 rigs in a lot and the next day you show up and there are 5 rigs there and nowhere to park without blocking someone in or risking getting blocked in yourself!
Nothing worse than getting back to the truck and having to wait an hour for someone else to get back to move thier truck so you can load and leave!


What is the best way?
Any suggestions?

 

[Wheel House Motorsports]

Depends on the setp of the lot really, but we usually go with a group, we park about 3 trucks and trailers side by side next to the snow back then enough room in front before the next guys come in so you can get out, this way you get the depth, and no backing up in the snow, and all the single trucks park in the middle tailgates to the berm.

as for parking so you dont get blocked in, park by the exit, then you can just pull away.

 

[muttrmk]

It depends on how the lot is set up but usually side by side with enough room to fit a sled easily between. then leave enough room behind trailers for loading and start another row.

 

[Samurai]

Parking lot Wars.....it just takes 1 IDIOT

Like the azzhat who decides the best place to park is in the ONE TURN AROUND area when roadside staging is obviously being done by everyone there.

Saw a Jetta with ski racks get skidded down the road about 4 miles one time behind a F350...LOL

 

[pinnedunderdoo#3]

this is a good topic actually i cant even count how many times complete morons park there truck and trailer to conveincence them but no one else. imo you should keep a turn around area clear then point your rig heading of the parking lot and park to the far side where you wont be in the way... last year up one of the riding areas in the pass there was so many idiots parked all messed up that one guy got his buddies truck and skidded a parked truck that was blocking his truck from getting out... its common sense the guy who shows up later usually wants to ride longer in the day some people are completely retarted like that or just dont care.

 

[Cyle]

this is a good topic actually i cant even count how many times complete morons park there truck and trailer to conveincence them but no one else. imo you should keep a turn around area clear then point your rig heading of the parking lot and park to the far side where you wont be in the way... last year up one of the riding areas in the pass there was so many idiots parked all messed up that one guy got his buddies truck and skidded a parked truck that was blocking his truck from getting out... its common sense the guy who shows up later usually wants to ride longer in the day some people are completely retarted like that or just dont care.

Not that I would ever block someone in. But I would NEVER skid someones truck or pull it anywere. I can tell you right now if I came back and seen a strap hooked up to my truck and someone skidding it sideways, I would flip out and I assure you most people would react the same way and cops would be called almost for sure. If they are blantly blocking someone in that is different, but i'd say most of the time it's a packed parking lot and the people getting out are to lazy to take the time to get out. One time we showed up really late and there was a truck with a deck, then their 2 place over in a next stall like 30ft back, we had to move their trailer over by hand because there was no were else to park. Kind of a piss off someone would park like that, but it didn't take much to move it and I hope they noticed they were taking up 2 or 3 spots and won't do it again.

 

[tudizzle]

I've seen a few rigs moved and moved one myself, only a few inches over so I could get thru. I would never drag something away but if the ground is solid ice and you are jammed in by a foot or so...a little shove isn't going to do any damage. Also have moved a few two places over but always put them back. Don't think I would ever drag a vehicle more than needed.

But never been in any other situation where I was totally blocked in and could not leave.

The small toyota that did have me pinned in and I moved over was still in the same spot the next morning covered with snow. Imagine waiting and waiting then nobody shows...maybe there would be some dragging invloved!


It all really comes down to common sense. You try to go with the flow and take up as little room as you need. I think some of these offenders get their snow blinders on. They have been driving for hours and have finally made it to the spot, now they are oblivious to everything else.

 

[revpilot]

It all really comes down to common sense. You try to go with the flow and take up as little room as you need. I think some of these offenders get their snow blinders on. They have been driving for hours and have finally made it to the spot, now they are oblivious to everything else.

That's key, the early birds dictate how the parking goes and they don't always get it right but trying to change things up mid-stream usually only makes it worse. The other thing is; you're not entitled to a parking spot. Parking lots fill up and if the only parking spot left is the turn around- it's not your parking spot!

 

[Blk88GT]

With the amount of Snowesters packing heat while riding, the last thing I'd be doing would be skidding one of their rigs out of the way!

 

[Vertical_Escape]

Thankfully where we typically ride at, parking area is seldom an issue. And if it is, I just make sure and park near/at the exit, out of everyones way.

 

[BigRed118]

If you come back and your vehicle is getting moved, maybe you should think to yourself "Did I park like an ***?" We had a buch of Subaru's parallel park between all of the sled trailers at Gold Creek 2 years ago. All of the sledders were scratching there heads. When the couple behind me showed up, she had the nuts to say she had no idea the back of my trailer opened up.

 

[spring snow hero]

parking lots??????? what are those?

we usually have to worry more about parking on a hill so when the plow comes by and plows us in the winch does not have to work so hard. roadside parking has its disadvantages

 

[papa bear]

Saw a Jetta with ski racks get skidded down the road about 4 miles one time behind a F350...LOL

I woulda liked to see that!! I've been tempted many times...

 

[ericbigbore]

I've had to move a few rigs/cars. If you block me or a buddy in, were going to move you like it or not, your fault!

 

[Ex-Member]

haha, yea... always amusing. I fight this problem all the time since I load my sled in my truck. Nobody gives a scht about parking right behind my truck, because tehre's no trailer there. Just leave me a few inches, yeah. Thanks. Over half the time I come back I end up having to move my truck to load up.

As for parking in the turnaround... yeah, i hate that.

 

[ericbigbore]

haha, yea... always amusing. I fight this problem all the time since I load my sled in my truck. Nobody gives a scht about parking right behind my truck, because tehre's no trailer there. Just leave me a few inches, yeah. Thanks. Over half the time I come back I end up having to move my truck to load up.

As for parking in the turnaround... yeah, i hate that.

I leave the ramp down and lock it, helps some times but people are clueless.

 

[NoSecondChances]

I've had to move a few rigs/cars. If you block me or a buddy in, were going to move you like it or not, your fault!

X2.
Learn to park or you will find yourself in a different and more appropriate spot when you come back.

 

[more snow]

I see no problem with having to move my rig to load up. If we all demanded enough space to load our rigs without ever having to move them..... then there would be 50% less parking capacity. We need to make the best use possible of the limited parking space we have.

If somenone blocks me in to the point that I can't even get out....that's a different story.

 

[skibreeze]

haha, yea... always amusing. I fight this problem all the time since I load my sled in my truck. Nobody gives a scht about parking right behind my truck, because tehre's no trailer there. Just leave me a few inches, yeah. Thanks. Over half the time I come back I end up having to move my truck to load up.

As for parking in the turnaround... yeah, i hate that.

I wouldn't be too upset about someone parking behind my truck. We know that alot of lots aren't big enough to leave 20' in between each truck. It's an inconvience, but not a big deal IMO. Now if an azzhat is blocking or wasting space, then that's a different story.

 

[Vern]

were usually the first ones to the lot in the morning and depending on what area we ride in depends how we park. for the most part we'll circle the parking lot and park up against the burm right at the exit to reduce the chance of someone blocking us in but taking up as little space as possible. then the next guy will usually pull up behind our trailor leaving just enough room to load sleds.

this particular lot is right next to a tubing/sledding hill and one day we didnt get up there first so we ended up parking down the middle in a row side by side which was fine cuz all the sledders had it down, park close enough together to not take to much space but far enough apart to get the front ramps down to get sleds out. but when we got back the lot was packed with cars from people up tubing and they shoehorned there cars inbetween all the trucks and trailors in any space they could fit. the ones that jammed in around us had no more than a couple inches on either side and the only way i could see them being able to get out of there cars were to climb out the hatches in the back. now i know they got just as much right to be there as we do but they could atleast use a little common sense. we ended up hoofing it over to the top of the tube hill and holloring for the people that own "such and such" vehicle to come move them. it was a pain.