truck stops in the notheast???

[rank]

Anybody care to share the name and location of good truck stops in the Northeast (PA, NY, MD, CT, MA, OH, DE, VA)? I've got all the J's, T/A's and Pilots.......thinking more about the others.

[DD60]

You call these three GOOD truckstops? They are usually the worst. The Petro in Elkton,Md and the Vince Lombardi service plaza is what I can think of for now.

I can tell you right now there is absolutely CRAP in Mass and NH. The ones that are there SUCK. Your better off parking at Walmart or on a dirt road.

[coastie]

When I did drive, I knew of only 3 in Ma. None in NH, and one or 2 in Me. Of those they all were poor truckstops.

In Ma, off of 495 south end of it HYW 1 you have 2. One go north about 1 mile, and the other go south about 2 to 3 miles. 3rd one, I can not tell you how to get there right off. I had to meet a Driver there once for a swap out.

I always tried to make it back to the CT off of I84 to the TA. At that time it was one of the better TA T/S.

[Hat Rak]

Has anyone been up to the T/A in Branford, CT after they renovated? Good? Bad? So so?

[DD60]

When I did drive, I knew of only 3 in Ma. None in NH, and one or 2 in Me. Of those they all were poor truckstops.

In Ma, off of 495 south end of it HYW 1 you have 2. One go north about 1 mile, and the other go south about 2 to 3 miles. 3rd one, I can not tell you how to get there right off. I had to meet a Driver there once for a swap out.

I always tried to make it back to the CT off of I84 to the TA. At that time it was one of the better TA T/S.

The one in Bangor was not too bad. I havent' been to the northeast for almost 4 years now. I do remember there was one T/A in greenland,NH exit 5,I think.

[GMAN]

There isn't much in the way of truck stops in New England. You may want to get a copy of the Truck Stop Directory. It lists truck stops all over the country with amenities. I believe they cost about $20 or $30.

[coastie]

The one in Bangor was not too bad. I havent' been to the northeast for almost 4 years now. I do remember there was one T/A in greenland,NH exit 5,I think.

Come to think about it yes I remember that one in Greenland, NH. HEck I should remember it, went by it everyday going to the Ship.. It was not that bad of one. I only went to Maine once the entire 4 years I drove. and that been over 7 years ago now. The 2 place off HWY1 in Mass, was poor condition, yet the one to the north was doing work to improve itself. It use to have all dirt parking, Rough as it could be, last time I was in the area they had paved it. But in all of there wredoing they closed up a good restraunt. The one to the south of 495, was about a mile or 2 from the RI state line on HWY 1. Trashy place and rough parking lot. The 3rd one was not that bad, from what I remember, just very little amount of parking and hard to get to or find...

[rank]

Thanks for the replies. I'm putting all the good ones into Streets and Trips.

Yeah Gman, I have a directory....but it doesn't tell me how clean they are or how good the food is.

[Snake_Ize]

In RI exit 5 on I-95 has a decent restaurant and is clean. Parking for a fee if you don't buy a certain amount of fuel.

[GMAN]

Thanks for the replies. I'm putting all the good ones into Streets and Trips.

Yeah Gman, I have a directory....but it doesn't tell me how clean they are or how good the food is.

Since you mentioned Virginia, I like the independent at exit 195 on I-81 (Lee Hi Truck Stop). The food is pretty good and it has always been clean. Another is White's Truck Stop on I-81. I believe they are at exit 205 (Raphine). They also have a full service restaurant and has always been clean when I stop.

[Bigmon]

I can tell you right now there is absolutely CRAP in Mass and NH. The ones that are there SUCK. Your better off parking at Walmart or on a dirt road.

Steve,

Have you been to Bon Bon Mobil on DW Highway?

[pepe4158]

Hmmm in the N.E. I like to hang put at the mega-malls, they are ussually nicer then the west about letting big trucks hang out there....good food courts and pretty gals to look at.
There mean to me in So cal tho ande threaten to tow me off the mall ;-p
specially that stikin Ontario Mills! only La puente allows me on with the semi....never was kicked off an east coast mall.

[GMAN]

Pepe, there are more and more malls that don't want big trucks to park, at least over night. Some don't even want you to drive on the lot. If you run in New England and the Northeast you will find that they really don't like trucks most anywhere you go.

[coastie]

I was going to say something to that effect also for my home town. One will have to Police there in a second, but if you want to park your car in the fire lane, no problem.

[pepe4158]

Well that just suxs ;-p quess I was just lucky, the one I liked was this big mall off of i-80 going into NY city...I even asked if its ok and they were ok with it (security) a big mall in or near Ranoake Va let me hang out there too.

[GMAN]

There have been some malls who will allow you to park without saying anything. I think one problem is that there are so many drivers who leave trash and worst after they leave. Another thing is that these trucks can damage parking lots. The smaller towns seem to be more truck friendly than larger cities. Some Walmarts will allow you to park as long as you are far enough away that you don't impede traffic for their customers. They don't seem to count truck drivers as customers. :?

[pepe4158]

Yeah its so funny....I was going to mention Walmarts, I am writing right now from the walmart in Tyler Texas. There are 5 other riggs in here now. Heard a lot they wont even let you drive on anymore, that was big news to me when I got back to the states, but I quess you guys are use to that?
Hmmm Steve would get a kick out of the fact I hung out a whole weekend one time in a rig, in that huge mall in Portland Maine,when laid over one weekend by USX.
Are they still cool about the walmart on I-81 way up by the Va/Maryland border....forget the town or exit, but always lots of trucks in there.

[serbie]

I can tell you right now there is absolutely CRAP in Mass and NH. The ones that are there SUCK. Your better off parking at Walmart or on a dirt road.

Steve,

Have you been to Bon Bon Mobil on DW Highway?

Mobile Gas/Bon Bon Merrimack, NH off exit 10(trucks prohibited from using exit from 9pm to 5 am which is the dumbest thing, it's a commercial area for crying out loud) or exit 11 from the Everett TPK (ROUTE 3) is nice for what it is. Really small.. not much parking. They used to have a mini-deli that served breakfast and lunch type food. But the people who ran it let it go. Now the counter and grill just sit there. So not much as to hot food, except what they have for microwave stuff and the 9 hour old hot dogs. Have a couple showers, and a small tv room.

The T/A In Greenland, NH is exit 3 headed north, and 3B headed south. No service bays or parts, but store/resturant/showers/fuel etc.

There is a truck stop of exit 1 or 2 right over the border 0n 95 in ME. Not a lot of parking, but showers/restaurant/store/fuel etc.

Route 93 NH exit 12 rt 3A south. Irving station. Can't remember if they have showers, but have a subway/fuel. Decent parking, but still not big.

Route 93 NH exit 12 rt 3A Mom and Pop truck stop... can't remember the name of it, but down the road from a Peterbilt dealer, and Berube's. Berubes is a chrome shop/cb shop/everything truck related shop. They cater more to Pete's, Kenworths. But have or can order parts for other makes models.

Route 101 NH exit 2. Small diesel/gas station. Parking for 5 trucks. Says no overnight parking (yea... right) Pizza sub shop in store(awesome pizza ) fuel. No showers.

Route 89 NH (can't remember town) think it's exit 16 or so. Mobil station with fuel, store. No showers, limited number of spaces for truck parking.

I remember more.... but can't give more details for them.. like I remember one some where on route 4 towards Jay, ME. Like a Sunoco station with 5-10 truck parking. No showers, can't remember if they have fuel. Another great slice of pizza though

Will try and think the other I know of.

[roadranger]

There used to be one on I395 (x87?) in CT called "Hanna B's" and it is still listed in most truck stop directories. The fuel and store are still there but they sold the parking lot :shock: which is now a big rice rocket dealership. The renovated Branford T/A on I95 in CT looks decent from the road but I haven't stopped there since it was finished. There are two other MA stops I can think of that weren't mentioned. The Whately diner has a fair amount of parking just off I91, x24 I think, 116 north (or west?) a short distance. One I've only driven by is I190x7 rt117 north (or west ?) a short distance. 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.