Every 30 minutes a truck blocks a fuel pump costs the store an average of $700.
We keep fire lanes, exits, scales, and fuel pumps clear of illegally parked semi trucks — and turn dropped trailers into store revenue instead of a tow company payday. No store spend. Fully insured. Fully released from liability.
- Lost per 30 min of blocked pump
- $700
- Cost to the store
- $0
- Liability policy
- $1M
- Coverage available
- 24/7
The problem on the lot
Every blocked pump and fire lane is lost revenue — and real risk.
Drivers park at the pumps overnight to sleep and shower, leaving fueling customers waiting or driving off. Trucks and trailers block scales, exits, and fire lanes. That's a safety exposure for Love's — and it costs the store fuel margin, inside sales, and shower revenue every single night.
Blocked fuel pumps
Overnight parkers turn revenue-generating islands into free parking.
Fire lane obstruction
Rigs in fire lanes delay emergency response and violate fire code.
Exits & entrances
Blocked exits trap customers on the lot and create rear-end risk.
Scales down
Trucks staged on scales stop paying customers from weighing.
The program
A uniformed, safety-first deterrent — funded entirely by violators.
Step 01
We post & patrol
We install compliant signage on-site at no cost to Love's. Vested, uniformed crews patrol the fuel islands, scales, fire lanes, and exits on the schedule you set.
Step 02
We immobilize violators
Trucks blocking pumps, fire lanes, or exits get a wheel lock on the front driver tire. Every action is photographed and logged with time, location, and unit number.
Step 03
Driver pays, not the store
The offending driver pays the release fee directly. Love's never sees an invoice. The lot clears, the pump reopens, revenue resumes.
Trained, uniformed, vested crews
High-visibility PPE, clear identification, and de-escalation training on every shift. We represent the store the way you'd want it represented.
Safety is the mission
Our KPIs are cleared fire lanes, unblocked exits, and open pumps — not ticket counts. We're preventing hazards, not chasing volume.
Protect your revenue centers
Open pumps mean more gallons pumped, more inside sales, more shower revenue. Overnight squatters go elsewhere.
Documented, defensible
Every immobilization is timestamped, photographed, and logged. Full incident reporting available to your store and regional teams.
Dropped trailer enforcement
Glad hand locks on dropped trailers — reclaim the free parking Love's provides.
Stop giving trailers to tow companies. Start earning storage revenue.
Today, when a dropped trailer sits too long, a tow company hauls it off, collects the fee, and the store gets nothing — except another rig parking in that same free space a few days later. Under our program, Love's earns a store-defined share of the daily storage fee we collect from the carrier for every day the trailer sits. The trailer becomes an income stream, not a liability, and the space eventually clears back to your paying drivers.
- Daily storage fees billed directly to the carrier
- Store-defined revenue share on every collected fee
- No towing invoices, no impound handoff
- Transparent daily logs of every stored trailer
Love's offers free parking as a service to paying drivers — not as a long-term trailer yard. Carriers routinely drop empty or loaded trailers on the lot and leave them for days or weeks, consuming spaces that paying, fueling, and resting drivers need. We stop it.
Step 01
Identify dropped trailers
Our crews flag any trailer parked without a tractor in violation of posted terms. Each is photographed, timestamped, and logged by unit and location.
Step 02
Apply the glad hand lock
We secure a glad hand lock on the trailer's air line, preventing it from being hooked and pulled until the responsible carrier makes contact and pays the release fee.
Step 03
Space returns to paying drivers
Once released, the trailer leaves the lot. The space goes back to fueling and resting customers — the drivers Love's built the free parking for.
Protects free parking as a customer benefit
Free parking stays valuable only if it's available. Removing long-term drop trailers keeps spots open for the drivers actually using the store.
Non-damaging, industry-standard hardware
Glad hand locks are a standard trucking-industry device. They immobilize the trailer without damaging the trailer, air system, or cargo.
Commercial terms
Built to be an easy "yes" for your legal and risk teams.
$0 to Love's
No signage fees. No monthly retainer. No revenue share required. The program is funded by violator release fees only.
$1M liability policy
We carry a $1,000,000 commercial general liability policy and can name Love's Travel Stops as additional insured on request.
Full release of liability
Our services agreement releases Love's from all liability related to enforcement actions performed by our crews.
What's in the agreement
- Certificate of insurance with Love's as additional insured
- Indemnification and hold-harmless clause in Love's favor
- Approved signage and posting locations, at our expense
- Store-defined hours of operation and enforcement zones
- Store-approved release fee schedule
- 30-day termination for convenience, either party
Frequently asked
Glad hand lock program — quick answers.
What is a glad hand lock?
A glad hand lock is a standard trucking-industry device that clamps over a trailer's air line coupler. It prevents the trailer from being hooked to a tractor and pulled until it's removed.
Does it damage the trailer?
No. Glad hand locks are non-destructive. They immobilize the trailer without harming the air system, brakes, cargo, or any part of the trailer itself.
Why is my dropped trailer locked?
Love's free parking is for paying, actively-using drivers. Trailers left on the lot without a tractor take spaces away from those drivers and are subject to enforcement.
My trailer is locked — what do I do?
Call the number posted on the notice affixed to the trailer. Our dispatcher will verify the carrier, take the release fee, and send a crew member to remove the lock, typically within the hour.
Who pays the release fee?
The carrier or driver responsible for the trailer pays directly to us. Love's is never billed and never handles payment for the release.
How fast is the trailer released after payment?
A crew member is dispatched immediately upon payment confirmation. Locks are typically removed within 30–60 minutes so the trailer can be hooked and moved.
This is a safety program first, an enforcement program second.
Blocked fire lanes and exits are how people get hurt on a truck stop lot. Our job is to make sure those lanes stay clear — every shift, every night.
Next step
Pick one location. We'll prove it works in 30 days.
Give us a single Love's location experiencing chronic fuel-pump blocking. We'll cover signage, staffing, and insurance. You measure the change in pump turn time and incident reports.