save the little guy...independant truckstops

Ill save the independents when the independents clean up a bit. I've been to the Chex. Not a bad place but not particularly clean either. I can't deal with that.

 

I remember the ' good old days' when just about all we had were the independent places, and I really do miss them, with their down home atmosphere and real service to the trucker.Great cooking at most of them.They cared for us. I dislike the huge mega-stops we have now, but they are usually in a good location, offer more services, and are cleaner.
The times, they are a-changing.

 

location will kill him more than he cares to admit. some of the places I go to, it's because I am ready to shut down and I see them.

Sorry, just how it is at times. I don't care to go chasing off my route any more than needed. It may only be "2 miles". But do that 100 times a year. That's now 200 miles. Add that into other expenses and going out of route for this, that and the other things, ....

It just adds up way to much to quickly. So I don't make it a habit. I'd drive 40 miles further on the same route to stop someplace other than a mega.

 

I agree with your statement. I like it when you find an independent that is clean and well kept. Problem is so many of them are filthy. Im sure its a battle to fight the big stops but a broom, dust pan and some pine-sol don't cost all that much.

 

The problem they face is they, as a group, are seen in the same way even if they are a nicer place. I would love to stay away from the megas and go to Mom and Pop's but as many have said, you just don't know what you are going to get.

 

You nailed it with your last sentence.

It seems like they are the absolute best place to stop or the absolute worst.

 

What keeps me away from the independents is not being able to earn a shower credit at one and use it at another.