Love’s Opening Their Largest Truck Stop Location

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  1. Aug 25, 2020 #41
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    Most cite not wanting a place for undesirables to ply their 'trades', there is a new Costco about finished up at the site of a long time closed up truck stop at US30 and exit 257 I55 near Joliet, IL, that was closed by zoning, iirc.

    Story City, IA, on I35 north of Ames, kept a Loves out that located an exit or 2 away, in a better location.

    I'm surprised PFJ hasn't built one in Hampshire, IL.
     
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  3. Aug 25, 2020 #42
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    More recently the folks in Glendale, Arizona let their feelings be known about a Love’s possibly being built and told them to take a hike. Technically there was a Pilot up in Hampshire,IL up the street from the TA but it was turned into a Road Ranger now-which has been happening with quite a few Pilot truck stops in the Illinois/Wisconsin region.
     
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  4. Aug 25, 2020 #43
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    Road Ranger and Pilot parted ways, and the locations have mostly suffered from reduced traffic. There's a Speedway there, that was once considered a part of PFJ, also, some Thorntons in IL, but I'm unsure of how many.
     
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    I noticed. Some of the designed fuel stops we had we no longer use them because of the “divorce”!lol
     
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    Nine showers?!?!? Is this a mistake?
     
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    Just as long as they have counters in 'em...
     
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    North Georgia is more truck driver friendly than Massachusetts.
     
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  10. Aug 29, 2020 #48
    mjd4277

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    IDK about that. At least in MA the weigh stations are mostly closed,plus there aren’t as many truck prohibitions.;)
     
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    I’ll take open weight stations in GA over zero parking in MA any time.
     
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  12. Aug 29, 2020 #50
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    There is parking in MA.You just have to KNOW WHERE TO PARK.;)
    There are truckers guides for parking (plus various apps) that show what’s available and where. Also, its pays not to flock to every Pilot Flying J on the planet.
     
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