American truckstops

[wot i life]

My God... They,re HUGE....










Thanks for postcard Gar.. :wink:

[Sabine]

http://www.iowa80truckstop.com/

[wot i life]

That place is bigger than my hometown Sabine.... :shock:

P.S How are you?

[shyykatt]

The I80 is like a town in itself- pretty cool. If I ever win the lotto I'd like to build an even bigger one

[Roadhog]

My God... They,re HUGE....

Thanks for postcard Gar.. :wink:

I thought you'd get a kick out of that postcard. I mailed it from Cheyenne, WY. and wasn't sure if you'd get it. Kinda figured those "goat-ropers" would send the card to South Dakota...or something.

I stop there most times I'm enroute to the west coast on Hwy 80.
Just came from there this morning too, as a matter of fact. I like the showers there. I reloaded in Salinas, CA., now going up to Syracuse, NY.

Man :shock: I needed that shower too. Yesterday afternoon it was 92 degrees Farenheit in Nebraska. Seems kinda early (april 29th) for heat like that...but the locals were not making anything of it...so I guess it was expected. Sure made it tough passing the cattle yards! .....GAD-ZOOKS.

Anyway...the main building at Iowa 80 Truck Stop has three new rigs inside. There are several old antique trucks in there too. I took photos with my camera phone to send you...when I figure out how to download the images. This is my first camera phone...so I suppose I gotta read the manual.
They say a picture says a thousand words...so I hope the manual is mostly pictures. I won't read any manual that tries to explain things with words. :evil: :P :? :?

[Rookie McRookerson]

Now Wot, don't go thinking all American truck stop are like that! I have to admit, I have gotten spoiled in my limited time in trucking.

I recently did a run to Alberta Canada. I couldn't believe what they referred to as a truck stop. You might be able to park 6 to 8 trucks in their mud hole of a parking lot!

[Malaki86]

There's plenty of those tiny places they call "Truck stops". Some of them are almost impossible to get a truck through when the place is empty, let alone have trucks in them.

The Pilot is Roanoke, VA comes to mind.

[wot i life]

Now Wot, don't go thinking all American truck stop are like that! I have to admit, I have gotten spoiled in my limited time in trucking.

I recently did a run to Alberta Canada. I couldn't believe what they referred to as a truck stop. You might be able to park 6 to 8 trucks in their mud hole of a parking lot!

Sounds like a typical British truckstop. Potholes all over that,ll rip a sump clean off if you don,t see em and misjudge your line :wink:

[PackRatTDI]

Pilot truckstop parking lots were designed by commitee.

[silvan]

The Pilot is Roanoke, VA comes to mind.

There's a Pilot in Roanoke, VA? You mean the TA at the 150 by chance?

That place is a total rat hole.

[mike3fan]

The Pilot is Roanoke, VA comes to mind.

There's a Pilot in Roanoke, VA? You mean the TA at the 150 by chance?

That place is a total rat hole.

There is a pilot right across the street,from the T/A,pretty small though.

[Malaki86]

The Pilot is Roanoke, VA comes to mind.

There's a Pilot in Roanoke, VA? You mean the TA at the 150 by chance?

That place is a total rat hole.

There is a pilot right across the street,from the T/A,pretty small though.

That's the one. It's hard enough to drive through the pumps, let alone think about parking in it.

Another one is on I-78, exit 5 or 7 in New Jersey - just as horrible - maybe a little worse (if that's possible).

[Windwalker]

I found a place in Pennsylvania a few years ago. It's listed in the truck stop directory. I needed fuel, but could not get to truck to the fuel island. Had to drop the trailer on the side of the street and bobtail in. That place is listed as a "truck stop", but even a 48' trailer won't make the turn.

There's another one in New Mexico. Pilot owns it now, and it's gone downhill. It was one of the places I'd stop to eat even if I didn't need fuel. Parking for more than a thousand trucks. Of course, Pilot has made use of some of the parking lot for other things now. Restaurant is not the same either. Really gone downhill.

[GMAN]

Unfortunately, when Pilot buys a truck stop they get rid of the restaurant and bring in a McDonald's or other fast food type of restaurant. It is unfortunate that they would ruin a good truck stop.

[wot i life]

Unfortunately, when Pilot buys a truck stop they get rid of the restaurant and bring in a McDonald's or other fast food type of restaurant. It is unfortunate that they would ruin a good truck stop.

Even Mc****e would be better than most the abominations served up at a lot of British truckstops...
And don,t know about the States, but in U.K , Mcdonalds do a cracking bacon sarnie at brekkie time :wink: -served with cup of tea of course...

[silvan]

There is a pilot right across the street,from the T/A,pretty small though.

Yeah, sure enough. It's funny how I never noticed the Pilot there, considering the hundreds or thousands of times I've been past that T&A. (Only stopped once though. Once was enough. I never met a T&A I didn't immediately despise.)