switchlogic:
This post is the reason I almost never park in MSAs or truckstops
i didnt know you had nights out on Tesco work.
DAVE Y:
switchlogic:
This post is the reason I almost never park in MSAs or truckstopsi didnt know you had nights out on Tesco work.
Go watch his Youtube stuff, he’s been all over Europe.
newmercman:
You want to try and sleep in an American truckstop, they idle constantly and not just a gentle tickover either, but 1200rpm of CAT or ■■■■■■■ blasting out of a set of 8" straight thru pipes. They even leave it on high idle when they go in for a meal or shower. It will drive you mad if you let it, there are only two ways to combat the noise, first is to avoid parking in truckstops, the second is to idle your own truck and drown out the noise with your own engine.Now it’s a little different in Britain, but as drivers will all be starting and finishing at different times, there will always be somebody backing into or pulling out of a space, so the only way to avoid this is to keep out of truckstops.
Changeovers will make noise, you don’t need to make it any noisier than it is, but drivers do, they always will, so the best solution to this is to avoid truckstops.
Fridges now, like it or not, they’re here to stay, some companies insist on using the stop/start cycle function, so that’s a part of life too, want to avoid them? Stay out of truckstops.
Reversing beepers, I’m with you on this completely, turn them off, if you can’t then please learn to reverse so that you don’t need to shunt back and forth for ten minutes, but again, the best way to avoid them is to stay away from truckstops.
You’ve mentioned this a couple of times (or possibly Pat or another expat). Simply me being overcurious but is there a reason they idle constantly? Do they have no night heaters or is there some other reason?
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Night heaters are becoming more popular, there is also the APU, basically a small single cylinder engine hooked up to an A/C system and a big inverter to provide 110V. However they’re about $15,000 and they still use diesel and need maintaining, so they’re not a no brainer, more of a luxury really and they can be noisier than a truck running its engine in some cases.
There are some huge temperature swings here, from -40c to +40c if you take the extremes so running the engine is a matter of survival.
But they run their engines even when the temperatures don’t require it, maybe it’s because they’re so used to the white noise that they can’t sleep in silence, quite a lot of them have one of those CPAP machines to stop them from dying in their sleep from Sleep Apnea because they’re morbidly obese, or they are just stupid, which is highly likely to be the main reason.
This is why I follow my own advice and avoid parking in truckstops unless it’s hot or cold enough that I need to idle my own truck.
Harry Monk:
I parked near Heathrow Airport once and I couldn’t believe how noisy and inconsiderate the aeroplane drivers were.
Now imagine living as a night trunker reasonably close to the flight path at least on take off during the summer with the windows open when Concorde was still in operation.I think I can still remember its take off time around 11 am now.Admittedly it wasn’t close enough to set off car alarms to add to the problem like it was for those living nearer to Feltham. 
Now imagine not living near Heathrow airport because the noise of planes annoys you, it solves the problem.
Over here they have massive trains that have to sound their horns multiple times before they reach a level crossing, the horns are mega loud and they drive me up the wall. We are thinking about moving and one stipulation that I have that no matter how nice the house is, it cannot be within the sound of a train track. I hate the noise of the things and rather than ■■■■ and moan about it, I take positive steps to ensure I’m not disturbed by them.
The same would apply if I was unable to sleep in truckstops and there were no alternatives, I simply would not have night’s out in a lorry.