help with truck stop research

There is alot of information in this FORUM on showers and etc...

Take the time to look it over.

Also a couple of threads in stickys at the top of this forum as well.

 

Hey snow bunny glad to meet you.

I think he needs to consider taking more food with him. I fry bacon and send it with hubby he warms it up in the microwave or his SNAPPY and eats bacon sandwiches. The key is to learn the better places and stick with them.

I been doing this since the 80's there is no fix. If you compain about your food your afraid to eat it when it comes back. We have had people rub our food in the floor when we were not looking. truckers are kind of stuck here.

The best thing i've learned over my 18 years is to be as self reliant as you can. Keep water and soap in your truck for those hard times when you can't get a shower. Wet ones are a must. Try to take as much of your own food that you can. Staying out of the truck stops is the best thing you can do. they are there to steal your money and eat up your free time.

This is my own opinon of course. In the summer you can keep your water in the side box and it will heat up, i kept his kind of large tub in the truck for cleaning up and washing my hair. I've even washed my hair while hubby drove down the road. LOl!!

Oh well lets see what others say.

jacks

 

I recomemend what I do....I very very rarley use the chain truckstops...If I do have to use a truckstop for anything there are still some mom and pop TS out there and those are the ones I use ...if you run a regular route you will become more familiar with where they are...

 

Snowbunny is from Ontario so I assume her husband does frequent border crossings . They are pretty restrictive on what food is allowed to cross the border . Snowbunny , I know the Senior Editor at "Overdrive and "Trucker's News" magazines . "Overdrive" is only available by free subscription or online . Those magazines show more interest than others in publishing driver's points of views rather than the standard media press releases . Find their websites and contact them when your article is ready . If you have writing talent "Trucker's News" also has an essay contest for members of trucking families . The best entries are featured in the magazine . Have your husband watch for "Trucker's News " . It is free at most fuel stops .

 

Sorry i missed that. man thats bad that they don't want you carrying food acorss the border. They stopped us once and checked us. I can imagine them opening up my hubbys cooler and seeing soup beans and taters and saying hmm whats this.

LOL!!!

Good luck on writing letters.

 

Rules for food into Canada
http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/fpa-apa/law-loi-eng.html#c2

The U.S. is tougher .
http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/travel/id_visa/arriving_travelers.xml