How many get built Each year with adequate Parking , why is it most TA / PETRO are in a state of disrepair and thinking Loves seem to have more Modern facilities.
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Discussion in 'Truck Stops' started by Side pipes, Nov 27, 2022.
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Probably because Loves is building around 40 new stops every year.
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As much as people claim they want restaurants if they really wanted restaurants then the ones available to them wouldn’t be closing down.
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For the most part, it's the truck drivers that want real restaurants. The 4 wheelers want fast food. Why would a truck stop cater to truckers? Geesh!
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During my 44 years on the road I always ate at a sit down restaurant and never fast food places. It was find a parking spot, complete my log book, head for a shower, change my clothes, enjoy dinner at a sit down restaurant and go to sleep.
The preferred truck stops for me were:
1- Petro/ Iron Skillet
2- TA/ Country Pride or Buckhorn
3- Flying J/ Their restaurant before Dennys
4- Any Mom & Pop that I knew was great
There never was a closed restaurant before because people wanted to work back then not like today. Drivers were more courteous, polite and cared about each other than today. The truck stops back then had better considerations towards the drivers rather then the corporate greed of today. -
I used to eat at Iron Skillet all the time, but that got old. I look for places that have sit down restaurants but there are few to be seen today. I buy my fuel at PFJ, so that makes it difficult to stop twice for that amount of time.
I guess there are 1000 answers for this issue since everyone's situation is different. I think most drivers would most probably prefer to have a sit down in the evening after shut down because of time. Grab something during the day, sit down at night. Personally, I'll take a sit down at least 2 maybe 3 times a day. I probably wouldn't take the time in the mornings to sit down because once I'm up, I'm ready to roll. Grab something & go, But again, everyone is different.
Personally, I look for every sit down restaurant that I can get into, in the 5 states I run in on my route. Lunch & dinner.
Time & the cost of being on the road is the main factor. Most drivers I think want a sit down but because the economy is bass-akwards now, some drivers cook in the truck. They don't eat out of the store except occasionally.
Then you have the push, push, push... run, run, run dispatchers & companies that don't allow time for drivers to stop for a sit down. Fuel, grab & go.
So, I think a lot of drivers want sit downs, but cost, time & administration doesn't always allow it... especially every day.
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My theory about sit down restaurants dying is that a lot more trucks have fridges, microwaves and TV now.
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They don’t make them like they used to.
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