Since we all love to bash T/A, I figured I'd put my two cents in on the condition of their properties. I am not including Petro locations, since they seem to operate as their own separate entity.
My opinion is that T/A's old Rip Griffin locations are in the best condition, followed by the few Boron/Sohio properties. The old Burns Brothers and T/A's 30 or so self-built properties are just average. Last come the Travel Ports and as much as I love Union 76, T/A's vast network of them. Some are okay, while others need to be bulldozed. There are also several T/A properties converted from other independent stops, such as the old Gas City in DeMotte, Indiana, and these all vary depending on their owners.
Overall, am I right? I'd love to hear everyone's thoughts.
Condition of all T/A properties
Discussion in 'Truck Stops' started by bthomann, Jun 16, 2021.
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What did the Ogallala, Nebraska location use to be? I-80 exit 126...
That place is a complete dump. About the only two things it has going is the bar and Mexican restaurant across the street...Buddy Stinson, stwik, FearTheCorn and 5 others Thank this. -
Those are the oldest, most are independent s .
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truck stop on the interstate highway system, so around 1960 or so, I'd guess.faux_maestro, Stray_Dog, jamespmack and 1 other person Thank this. -
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The 55 Truck Stop in Bolingbrook goes back to the 70 s.
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I haven’t been Driving long enough to know them by any other names but ya, they are all hit n miss in my book. I don’t even want to stop at any of them unless I happen to have stopped there in the past and know it’s decent. My company scheduled our fuel stops so I seem to see more of them than I would prefer.
gotta love the ones where the truck parking is laid out in such a way that 3/4 are blind side backs … which suck after 10+ hours of driving.
I know, I know, “if you was a Real Trucker you could back that trailer blindfolded”. Well, still doesn’t make sense to make 3/4 of your parking spots to be more difficult and more complicated than needed.
anyway, there is a lot of variabilities in T/AChuck Humbuckers, Team818, homeskillet and 3 others Thank this.
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