Where would you like to see new LOVE'S be built?

Discussion in 'Truck Stops' started by BeHereNow97, Nov 23, 2020.

  1. aussiejosh

    aussiejosh Road Train Member

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    Yeah Seattle their short on truck stops for sure, and any where in the vicinity of Los Angeles would be great only two TA's on the I-10 to choose from and there so jam packed full of trucks they can get away with charging a fee for parking.
     
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  3. BeHereNow97

    BeHereNow97 Heavy Load Member

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    Any truck stop in the vicinity of LA HAS to be PAID parking. There is no other way to do it. I'm 100% serious when I say that I am grateful that the TA/Petro in Ontario is paid parking per day. If it was free, the OTR drivers would have no place to park. Because all the local drivers would take up the spots.

    They built a new Flying J's just south of Ontario last year. There's never parking at any time of the day because it's free and the locals all park there.

    I agree that there needs to be more parking in the area but unfortunately I also believe that it needs to be paid parking or fuel a certain amount to get the paid parking, otherwise there will be zero spots for OTR drivers.
     
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    aussiejosh Road Train Member

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    Yes I do understand why they charge for parking that was pretty obvious just simple common sense really, although if one spent enough money on fuel I do believe they could park there for free for a certain period however the point of the question was where do they need to build a new Loves and yes LA could certainly do with another Truck stop would you not agree?
     
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  5. xlsdraw

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    Perhaps one day they could build massive transfer stations well east of the West Coast cities. And all inbound and outbound freight be shuttled by day cabs.
     
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  6. BeHereNow97

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    Agreed, LA does need more parking. I just thought to throw in my $0.02 that it should be paid parking though otherwise it would be worthless for OTR drivers. I agree with you 100%.

    As per the discussion of my OP and the thread, I think that if they were to build a Love's in the LA area like Ontario or somewhere near there, they would have to go against their company policy and make it paid parking. I kind of have a feeling they would keep it free though, and unfortunately outside of fueling it would render that stop useless to the OTR drivers who NEED that parking place for the night. Which would be a shame.

    On a side note, what I like about the Petro and TA in Ontario is that it's a place with sidewalks and crosswalks for pedestrians where you can walk to the mall and to shops/restaurants down the road. I'll gladly pay the $20 or whatever it is they're charging these days per night to park there with access to human civilization outside of the truck stop lol. They are honestly one of the best truck stops for that exact reason alone (easy access to civilization outside the truck stops/rest areas/warehouses/etc. etc.) IMO.
     
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  7. bigkev1115

    bigkev1115 Road Train Member

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    They are building a Loves in Waterloo, NY I 90 exit 41 across from Petro, and a Love s in Drayton, ND off I 29. The one in Drayton is in no man s land
     
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    Why is the new Love's in Drayton, ND no mans land? Is it because it's kind of in the middle of nowhere?

    I think about it all the time when I'm in rural areas, where do these truck stops get their employees to work there? I'm assuming in small town USA working somewhere like Love's would be considered a good job making $14 - $15 per hour or whatever they pay their (non mechanic) employees?

    Like the new Love's they're building in Drayton, the next big closest city is Grand Forks with a population in the greater metropolitan area of about 100k people. Are they having to recruit people from Grand Forks to come work in the Drayton Love's, I'm assuming? The drive from Grand Forks to Drayton is about 50 miles away. I realize there's small towns around Drayton but the labor pool surely cannot be that high to pull from.

    I just always think to myself that some of these truck stops that I see in rural areas would be absolutely screwed if even just a few of their employees quit and moved away as there is just not a lot of employee pool to pull from in these rural areas. That's why I also think maybe in the rural areas they have to pay more to attract to employees since the labor pool is so small. Or maybe it's opposite in that a job like Love's would be competitive in a rural area because there's so few employers for employees to choose from. I don't know.

    It just makes me curious as to how the labor pools work in these small and very rural places in America.
     
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  9. bigkev1115

    bigkev1115 Road Train Member

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    I didn t mean middle of nowhere in a bad way. It sure beats that crap hole of a truckstop in Pembina.

    As far as finding workers, I d imagine some will come from Drayton, Grafton, Minto, and from Minnesota
     
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  10. Trucker61016

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    I don't see why Loves cant start building like 100 or 200 parking spots, even out in the big Midwest they build little 70 spot parking when right across the street there is a Petro or competitor with 250/300 spots....
     
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  11. Trucker61016

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    Off topic but im really surprised Walmart or Amazon haven't jump on the travel center bandwagon and offer rig parking and showers, maybe some reserve parking....they'd make a fortune and i bet they'd be cleaner than pilot or Loves.....
     
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