Whoever it was that mentioned the 76 in Bolingbrooke Illinois, I am in 100 percent agreement on that one. I had a chance to take my wife on a run with me a while back, it was her first and only chance to get out with me due to a kid and an education, anyways, she had never really been to a real truckstop before and this place was practicly right across the road from where I had to deliver..i delivered and then had to wait for next load and was hungry and needed a bathroom for the both of us...I pulled in there...........I could tell before I even put on my turn signal it was gonna be a bad one....The place was terrible in every sense of the word...Just plain flat out nasty!

On a better note one that I camped out at for the night one time up in Virginia, I think it was called The All America.....It seemed to be pretty nice and it had parking for days, the lot was huge and spaces were very easy to get into.

The only real complaints i have with Pilots is the parking and convenience of the fuel Islands, there are a few that are extremely inconvenient to get in and out of when it gets busy.

 

Anybody remember Jake's Red Ball in Charlotte, NC? Talk about a ratty, nasty place.... that one took the cake.

Pilot in Birmingham, AL. because of all of the trash all over the parking lot and the drug-dealers banging on your door at all hours...

T/A in Mongomery, AL. is a rat-hole also...

Also, I second the opinion on the T/A in Jessup and the twin T/A's in Ontario as dives...

Flying hooks nationwide seem to have the best showers for all of their other problems, however...

 

Did a 6th C/C trip in December. I went via 1/10 & 1/40 to Florida and via 1/40 on the return.

The award for continuously bad stops were Petro. Lord what dumps, followed really close by Loves. T/A were not bad, and Flying J's were ok.

I have found that when a website for a company says how great they are and when you use their product and are greatly disapointed, I dont contact the management of the particular place, I contact the corporate office.

The corporate people dont like complaints, because complaints mean via word of mouth, others will avoid their place of business or product, therefore lose of revenue.

If no one is complaining to the front office, there is no problem. Just complaining to the management means your complaint will be "round filed" and never get back to the main office.

Just something to consider when you go to these places are given alot less than what they promise.

 

I'll agree that Flying J has a lot of room for improvement. But, T/A has gone a long way downhill. Pilot never even started climbing the hill. And Love's doesn't even know where the hill is.

 

I p/u in jessup, md 3 times a week and I refuse to go to the t/a there. I drive all the way to baltimore before I scale. The best truckstop is a new Petro in upstate NY on I-90 before you get to buffalo.

 

I think you mean the one at exit 41 Seneca Falls. That's between Syracuse and Rochester. I wish they'd get their WiFi up and running. It is a stretch for me to make, but I always shoot for it when I'm crossing on 90 eastbound. It's a full 11 hours drive from T.C., Mi. cutting through Ontario. Usually my return trips, I don't stop. Fuel is cheaper in Michigan.

Sans Argonauts....I'm not sure if this is the same TS I use in Charlotte. It is a tiny rat hole, and fills up fast...(small). Called the Charlotte Travel Plaza on 77 exit 16B. Sounds like the same place.

Petro's are my choice of stops for food and showers. But when I need to get off the road and sleep...I take anything I can find that gives me a bathroom and coffee in the morning. I'll use a Rest Stop...even a secluded off ramp for a power nap....but most of the time, I work it out, so I have some conveniences.

 

Wrong-BEST Petro is Sturtevant, Wi.GREAT Food and cleanest truck stop you'll find anywhere.
Worse truck stops are the T/A in Albuequerque and the Walt Whitman in Philly.

 

Ill'.say TA In the Tenessee are Tops..Also Missouri Area..
In Birmingham .Its TA. Roco

 

oh yeah-Forgot the one in Montgomery, Alabam-GROSS

 

What about overnight parking in a Walmart parking lot? Or what about
a KOA; does anybody use those? As opposed to truck stops.

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