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Ghosts of truckstops past.

Discussion in 'Truck Stops' started by PackRatTDI, Oct 30, 2014.

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  1. Dec 21, 2017 #101
    DAX_

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    Im from mesquite but im young. In my early 20s

    Was this truckstop really as bad as they say?

    I find it hard to believe a mesquite location could be worse than the flying j in Oak cliff off i20 and bonnie view
     
    DAX_, Dec 21, 2017
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  3. Dec 23, 2017 #102
    REO6205

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    Dudley and Petty in Corning. They'd fuel your truck, check everything under the hood, do the windows and park it for you. This was in the 70s. Most of the truck stops on the west coast were that way. Free coffee, free showers, food that didn't look and taste like it came off of an assembly line in some third world country and waitresses who didn't act like they were doing you a favor to wait on you.
    Things have sure changed. We don't fuel in truck stops any more unless we have to. We have a tank in the yard and we use key-locks on the road. A couple of our steady customers let us put in fuel tanks and they have showers too.
    Like one of our drivers said.."I ain't scared of nothin' on the road but those new truck stops just plain terrify me"
     
    REO6205, Dec 23, 2017
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  4. Dec 30, 2017 #103
    AZ Pete

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    Looks like one of the 76s that TA bought out.
     
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  5. Dec 30, 2017 #104
    AZ Pete

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    Pilot ruined a lot of good truckstops.
     
    AZ Pete, Dec 30, 2017
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  7. Dec 30, 2017 #105
    mustang190

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    Like the old outpost on I15 out in California.
     
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  8. Dec 30, 2017 #106
    AZ Pete

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    Ted's
     
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  9. May 21, 2018 #107
    TicketyBoo

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    I'm doing some research for a novel set in 1997. Do you know when Pantyhose Junction closed? My trucker hero is stopping for the night in Dunnigan. I don't know when the Pilot opened, but I have an Overdrive Truck Stop Guide from 1995 and there's no Pilot listed, just the Beacon Dunnigan Truck Stop, which as far as I can figure out was the location of Aldero's, and is now on Google maps as United Truck Stop. I like to make details as accurate as possible, and include a little history when I can.

    Thanks to anyone who might have been driving the I-5 in the mid-90s and can enlighten me!
     
    TicketyBoo, May 21, 2018
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  10. May 21, 2018 #108
    Paddlewagon

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    Giant T/S on I-40 in NM
     
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  11. May 22, 2018 #109
    mustang190

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    Or the Outpost on I15 in California.
     
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  12. Aug 16, 2018 #110
    Patrick615

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    Remember Conn West?
     
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