Pilot Flying J getting bigGER

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  1. fargonaz

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    OMG, I'd blow my brains out. Err, I might have overracted to that, I'd be pretty upset.

    The last fj I filled at was in Canada and there was only fuel pumps and card reader, a slice of heaven it was.
     
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    It's not as horrible as it seems.
     
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    I know the Pilot at Bridgeview, and Bedford Park is maybe a mile north on Harlem, I actually got a space there one day in the morning to spend a 10, 3 nice showers and pfj hot food with a Cinnabon.

    It's small, with usually only a small number of pay to park spaces available. There is a small chain place up by the racetrack where parking is easier to come by, still Bridgeview.

    Don't know why Bedford Park can't attract people to invest.
     
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    Where???? State?
     
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    Chicagoland.

    It and Bedford Park are just west of Midway. I deliver to a company just east of the Tristate down by the sports complex.

    Lots of Arab ethnic people between there and Harlem and up and down Harlem in the area of 87th street.

    The Pilot is near 71st street and Harlem (IL43).
     
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    Ahh, I rarely have to spend time near Chicago...
     
  7. TROOPER to TRUCKER

    TROOPER to TRUCKER Anything Is Possible

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    QT is hurting em
     
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    Pilot is at 75th and Harlem. At 71st is the Shell, which has some truck parking also.
     
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    I make more money on multiple drops in Chiraq.

    Know it well enough to get around effectively, but no way would I ever consider living there.
     
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    Don't like the plane noise, St. Francis by Mitchell Field south of Milwaukee is another noisy place. Only the planes are even lower altitude. 75th is right, and 65th, where we deliver to a cold storage that is rightfully loathed, is Bedford Park.