truck stops in the notheast???

[coastie]

I was gonna stop for food at the one on rt1 north of 495 in foxboro after leaving Foxboro Terminals a couple miles north of there but the lot has a ticket machine and no indication as to any free time or minimum purchase requirement or price to park - I wasn't gonna go in and find out I had to pay big $$$ to get my truck out! You have to walk across rt1 and a bit down the road to get to the facilities from the lot too. Then I tried to find the one on rt1 south of there I've never stopped at but I musta zoned and missed it and continued on down I295 to my next load.

The one nearer to Foxbora use to have a good restraunt, but they closed it to rebuild and did not add a restraunt to it. It use to be a rough parking lot, but they sinced paved it, now this is going from the last time I was there back in 2000. They did have a Redlight to stop traffic so you could go across the Rt 1. It more infront of the Stop. The parking is large area so you may been parked further up.

The one to the south was a Rat hole, best you did not see it. If you turned around, you may have not gone far enough south.

[tweety bird]

At least one of these has already been mentioned...

A. Hookset NH between Manchester and Concord NH. I 93 north take exit 10 for route 3A. Go north past the (unmarked on the trucker atlas) weigh station. You'll see the Citgo up on your left. When you turn left out of the weigh station you'll be headed into downtown Concord (not a big deal- it's not downtown like Chicago or even Bloomington Ill!) Plus, you just avoided the toll roads

B. Sturbridge MA- New England Truck Stop I 84 exit 3 go east on route 20 and it's on your right. There is now a Pilot at exit 2 on I 95 with a very large parking lot, too.

C. Bangor Maine- don't know the exit number but look for the Dysarts Truck Stop. IMO the food was overpriced for the lack of taste, but it's a truckers truck stop. They have a truckers only table in the restaurant.

D. Mohegan NH I 395 the Mohegan Sun Casino. I think it's exit 79A and you just keep going and going until you get to the casino. Not a truck stop but a good place to park/have fun

E. Wyoming, RI. "RI's Only 24-hour Truck Stop" exit 3 I 95. They charge to park.

F. Portsmouth, NH. exit ? The same exit as the TA. Before you get to the TA there is a gas station- Citgo?- on the left. There's no trucker ammenities (restaurant/showers) but there are a few parking spots (which is more than I can say for that ratty TA lot- it's always packed full and a serious pain IMO).

[brian]

ticketed parking! I hate truck stops with that!

that petro on 95 south in virginia or north carolina tried getting me once, I said I bought 750$ of fuel, dinner and supplies for another 50$ and they had about a snowballs chance in hell of me paying to leave their parking lot.

Ya, I guess I forgot about those truck stops. I tend to think of a truck stop as having showers and if it doesn't, it's just a place to park.

I live a mile from Bon Bon's and they setup an outside truck wash once in a while there. They won't last long because a new place just opened up that does a real wash job.

Berube's is where I buy all my stuff. I forgot about the truck stop down the road. It's not a bad place. I'm kind of well known there. They always ask me how I'm doing and I tell them I have work for the 3 weeks that I'm out. Other truckers are selling there rigs or going under. I find out they all want to be home every night. The owner like my attitude about staying out and going where the jobs are. He's fed up with listening to whining truckers that won't venture more than 150 miles from home.

There is a closed down super market not far from me with a big lot right off exit 11 in Merrimack that you can park in. Just don't litter and you can pretty much do anything you like in my town. Plenty of places to park in nice quiet secluded areas. We even have some signs up to warn of wide turning trucks entering an exiting a dead end street and the only thing down there is a place for one truck to park.

[tweety bird]

ticketed parking! I hate truck stops with that!

that petro on 95 south in virginia or north carolina tried getting me once, I said I bought 750$ of fuel, dinner and supplies for another 50$ and they had about a snowballs chance in hell of me paying to leave their parking lot.

Heh heh... I hate paying to park too! But, sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do.

[serbie]

Ya, I guess I forgot about those truck stops. I tend to think of a truck stop as having showers and if it doesn't, it's just a place to park.

I live a mile from Bon Bon's and they setup an outside truck wash once in a while there. They won't last long because a new place just opened up that does a real wash job.

I've used that wash @ bon bons. They are horrible. Asked them not to acid wash my tanks rims etc.. did it any way. Had just started polishing everything.. still had some work to do. but they set me back another days worth of polishing.

Couple guys re-opened the deli last time I was in there month or so ago.

I guess they keep exit 10 closed to commercial traffic because there is not toll person there between 9pm-5am. But I'd assume no issue if you have easy pass...

I guess they keep exit 10 closed to commercial traffic because there is not toll person there between 9pm-5am. But I'd assume no issue if you have easy pass...

Yup, no problem with the EZPass.