where is the nastiest, dirtiest, most dangerous truck stop in the country, and why?

 

Drivers truck stop on I-35/Meacham in north Ft Worth.
Don't know why, but it's rough.
I think the FWPD has a terminal there.


Another one is the Pilot on I-10 in El Paso. I've always heard that you shouldn't spend the night at that one.

 

Any in or near a large metro area. Heard bad news about the Walt Whitman in the Philly area. Atlanta has at least 1 that I know of that's dangerous.

 

i don't belive the walt whitman exists anymore.

 

As of Jan. 25th it existed.

 

I think those big giant service plazas on the north end of the NJTP are dangerous. If Walt Whitman is still in business that place would be high up there in the rankings. That was the only truck stop that I have ever pulled into to spend the night and end up leaving after a while because I was scared. That T/A in Jessup used to be a whole lot worse than it is now, if you could imagine that. It would have probably been on my top ten places to be robbed/mugged.
Also, any Pilot is a dangerous place to be if you care about your truck. Especially your fenders, hood, and mirrors.:rofl:

 

X2 on the Pilot!! I stayed at a Wal Mart down the road from a Pilot the other night and like i clown i left my cb, i woke up to some guys about to kill each other right in the parking lot, thanks to all the other truckers for the commentary.. it sounded good but i was to tired to keep listening, it was going on for a while!!

Maybe it's just me but i got kinda of bad vibes about the Flying J at Carlisie... That T/A at Troutville at the 150 on 1-81 doesn't look that great... and That T/A at Jessup, WHOA!! I seriously thought i was going to get robbed when i was sliding my tandems there one night after leaving Baltimore with a Backhaul, i think a driver watching me from his truck noticed.. "Damn Schneider, What's Wrong Buddy. Think Somebody Watching You" Obviously he was but there was two guys in all black standing at the back of the building.. they damn sure didn't look like Truck Drivers, not to mention the Lot Lizards!! I just stay away from the T/A's (Except for the one at Exit 89 on 95), DAMN SURE PLIOTS UNLESS ITS LATE AT NIGHT AND I CAN STOP IN FRONT OF THE FUEL ISLAND, the flying J's and and Petro's... My favorite Truck stop is one that has lots of parking and the folks inside are as nice as a sunny day!! Lee-Hi at 195 on I-81

I Also heard guys wouldn't get caught dead staying at the T/A in Alabama..

 

when i was running o.t.r. i mainly ran east of the mississippi with the exeption of a couple of states so i would have to say that the walt witman in philadelphia and the t/a in jessup had to have been the most dangerous ones that i have been in. all thou the flying-j in W.memphis and the t/a in memphis were dumps if i remember correctly. i remember being in the gary/lake station area and the pondarosa parking lot was full of scum.

 

It was closed a year or two when I went by. Everything was closed and in disrepair. It was my understanding that they were going to tear it down and build something else on the site. I think that I still have pictures. If it is opened someone had a major project to get the doors open. That place used to be a real dive.

 

GMan, the person who informed me might have been confused..........