Tag: truck stops: Page 8

Parking

The rise of pay-to-park

While some owner-operators appreciate the ability to reserve a space, Chuck Bishop of Sanger, Texas, thinks otherwise. Pilot Flying J, meanwhile, may be next with a systemwide pay-to-park system.

November 19, 2015

Truck Stops

What truck stops have the best restrooms?

'Pristine Latrine' Q3 award winners from Roady's: Shady Lawn Truck Stop in Tenn., Cenex Zip Trip in Idaho, and Mach 1 in Casey, Ill.

October 30, 2015

Parking

POLL: Rest areas v. truck stops — where is parking more difficult for you?

Considering your total parking needs, at what kinds of facilities do you experience the greatest problems — public facilities like rest areas or private truck stops? All of the above? Sound off here.

October 6, 2015

Business

The signs sometimes don’t tell the whole story

“Sally forth, warriors of the road, shower on and keep America moving in a clean and orderly fashion. Or just wear shower shoes. Especially if you’re showering in Delaware.”

August 16, 2015

Business

Reefer gonna get ya’

The gargantuan mosquitoes of Alzada, Mont.: “I lost 25 lbs. and a large portion of my cognitive skills, but I gained a new respect for the reefers. All joking aside, thanks for what you do. It ain’t easy being wheezy.”

July 15, 2015

Business

Unidentifiable meat and the rubber breakfast biscuit

Healthier retail road-food choices: “I noticed a new combo recently – a meat and cheese cup. Layers of lovely greenish pepperoni, carefully adorned with slices of cheese so orange, if you choose not to eat it, you can always use it as a safety cone.”

July 13, 2015

Truck Stops

Love’s opens first location along I-85 in Alabama

Love’s Travel Stops announced the opening of a new location in Shorter, Ala., along Interstate 85.

June 30, 2015

Business

Doctor my eyes

“Sometimes, it’s hard to let other people touch the truck. I’ll probably need to work on that, right after I get done worrying myself to death about whether or not the headlights are going to fall out. Owning a truck is so much fun.”

May 13, 2015

Business

You’re selling what?

“How bad do you have to want a set of dentures to buy them from a guy in a truck stop parking lot?”

May 1, 2015

Parking

Notes on Miami

“Last week I learned that I don’t care much for Miami.” Diamond in the rough: the Mobil station on state road 997 in Krome has one of the best cheese-steaks around. …

April 17, 2015

Business

A tale of two truck stops

“We so appreciate the ones out there doing it right” — like the Pilot in Troy, Ill. “Kudos to you and your staff, Kari. You’re doing good things without even knowing it – and we appreciate you!”

February 25, 2015

Parking

Arkansas matters, and so do the truckers

Latest media foul well apparent from this headline: “Truckers Use Walmart Parking Lot as a Truck Stop; Customers Feel Unsafe” — actually, just one customer. . .

February 18, 2015