Small Aircraft; Low Wing; 1 Eng; Retractable Gear
Air Traffic Control Fully Certified; Flight Crew Commercial; Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Instrument
Air Traffic Control Radar 26; Flight Crew Last 90 Days 19; Flight Crew Total 2200; Flight Crew Type 900
Situational Awareness
Conflict Ground Conflict; Critical; Ground Incursion Runway
General None Reported / Taken
Chart Or Publication; Human Factors; Procedure
I had picked up an IFR clearance and requested to depart VFR - approved by McGuire Approach. I took off VFR and halfway down the runway there was a truck parked on the centerline on the middle of the runway. It could have been horrific had I not been airborne. There was a NOTAM AD AIRPORT ALL SURFACE WORK IN PROGRESS SPRAYING DAILY XA:00-XF:00. [How] in the world would a pilot know that there would be a truck parked on the runway?
Shortly after takeoff at N87; a GA pilot reported seeing a truck parked on the active runway that was not visible at the beginning of the takeoff roll. Reporter cited a NOTAM that allegedly did not have enough information on the truck's activities.