Exactly the same thing I did. I have ruts I park in at home about 4-5 inches deep. And since I have no parking brake I leave it in gear when I shut it off.

 

I apply the parking brake and leave it in first all the time, except in the winter. It sucks when you brake shoes freezes to your drums and your ready to go somewhere and your truck won't move. Then you have to unfreeze them and it is -10 outside. Nothing a propane torch through the spokes of the wheels can't fix.

 

Sounds like what I am doing works. I will stick with my routine.

 

i always leave mine in gear with the brake on...it makes it a hell of a lot harder to tow when you have a front wheel drive vehicle too! dont ask how i know

 

i leave it in neutral and trust my brake to hold it.

 

Though our engines aren't interference engines, engines that are can be damaged by doing that. If there's no fuel/spark the engine wont start in the unlikely even the vehicle starts rolling in gear so forward is best for down hill and reverese for uphill.

 

I put mine in gear also... Set the ebrake once and took a short nap in the parking lot before a meeting and woke up with my truck rolling about to hit another car

 

I just put mine in "P" and it doesn't go anywhere...

But if I drive something with a manual I park them in 2nd. Not sure why, that's just how I do it.