Petro/white’s raphine va

Thanks for the clarification. It makes for a typical Pilot screw up of destroying a good truck stop to become a Pilot cluster fxxx.

 

When a chain buys an independent unless there are already plenty of fuel lanes they really have no choice but to make changes because they will be selling a higher volume of fuel than the previous owner. I don’t know what the Giant had but there has to be 10 or more fuel lanes now and they still get stacked up 2 or more deep. With the chains comes the corporate fueling and often that’s more traffic than the old set up would allow.

 

I used to hate going into that place in Raphine; it was packed 24/7. In fact, that whole stretch of I-81 from about Raphine to the middle of Tennessee was terrible; the few truckstops were always packed, as were the rest areas, and the state troopers wouldn't allow you to sleep in them. I used to avoid taking I-81...

 

Yeah you’re right. People should never choose to sell their businesses, they should ride it out until the very end and just close them up.

 

I parked in the last row away from the building the other night. Only reason I was able to get out at 0600 the next morning was the guy to my right left just before I did. Otherwise I’d have had to wake up two drivers. As big as that place is, drivers still refuse to back into a slot if they can “invent” a spot no matter who it may inconvenience.

 

You can't understand if they don't care about other drivers, can't back up or just plain old don't give a ####.

 

I have actually seen certain Love's and Pilot's enforcing the no parking areas. Wish more truck stop management would grow a pair and start doing that.

 

Amen to that. Along with camping on the fuel islands.