Reserve it truck parking at T/A

The reason the truckstops had to raise their prices is because of trucks that park there, dump their trash all over, tear up the lot, use the parking lot as their trailer drop lot and don't spend $.01 there.

 

I wonder if any of the individuals here have any idea what it costs to purchase 20+ acres of prime real estate at an interstate hwy interchange, spend 10's of millions of dollars to improve it, hire and train the staff, pay the payroll and maintain the place. Not that I am feeling real sorry for the Haslam family or anything, but it costs money to do these things, and something has to generate the revenue to pay for it. The days of someone parking for free and not spending a dime at the facility are coming to an end.

 

I do find it interesting that so many here appear to be ok with a truckstop charging for parking. Yet I do wonder if they are equally ok with when the state increases the road tax or raises the toll rates?

 

I get all kinds of surveys from P/FJ and the latest one was interested in my thoughts on reserved parking spaces. How much I thought was a reasonable amount to pay, had I ever paid for a spot at TA, etc.

 

no i am not wrong
drivers that think they are entitled to anything but buy fuel at a fuel stop are wrong
when we drove in the seventies and had group showers no one complained
now this me generation of pigs think brand new showers in Flying J are lousy
just because these days i dont pay to park because i run I80 to the west coast
does't mean i dont appreciate a reserved spot on those few occasions it comes up

 

i can't even imagine what the land value is for the Ontario Ca TS's
and the trouble is more the dispatching system that leaves some drivers stuck there

 

Yeah you're right. There are no other gas stations and convenience stores that strictly survive on 4 wheelers. You actually believe that crap?
How many times have you heard or been the culprit of parking and not spending a dime in the restaurant? They/you sure did use the toilet paper, paper towels, washed your dishes from your walmart food in the sink, etc.

I have no problem with tax/toll increases as long as they go into roads/transportation funds. States that up fuel taxes to go into the general fund and subsidize welfare and pensions, then cry about road conditions, I have a huge problem with that!