T/A truck stops

We fuel exclusively at PFJ only #2 diesel and spend much of our winter miles on/above I-90. This past winter I never added any fuel treatment and often ran and parked with only APU at -10F. So with that in mind, you'll have a hard time convincing me PFJ fuel is somehow substandard to TA/Petro's fuel.

 

There is really a disparity in the quality of TA locations. The ones mentioned above as being good are really pretty good. But then you've got the one north of Dallas, Greencastle, PA, and a few others that have way (WAY) too much reserved parking and whose buffets look like something a cat dragged in. These two I referred to I refuse to stop at for any reason any longer.

The Petros are still all in all pretty decent. But I'll be honest: after griping about PFJ for a long time and taking a good part of my business to TAs, a lot of PFJs don't look too bad now.

But as is with a lot of truck stops, so often it's the drivers that screw things up.

 

Petro isnt half bad. I actually like the one in Little Rock but it's worn out and some changes due to too many bus loads of people being dumped there at all hours of the day when federal buses used to stop there. There are actually laws in place preventing me from legally talking about those buses so I'll leave it there.

I prefer other Petros I think of one in Joplin MO. Possibly one north of Doswell VA. Those two were good stops. The fuel I think is the best quality of all the chain stops. I don't know who supplies Petro but dam that fuel is good in cetane. (Not octane, we are dealing with Diesel not gasoline.)

 

Danny's is going too, and the field in front of it lol.

 

C'mon, man. Put these on.

 

They aren't. They're "Travel Centers".

 

If your referring to me. I have a 60 page thread on the toilet that is the Flying J Phoenix. I update it with photos when I go there.

My option is the Pilot, which is a far bigger toilet.

I'm very comfortable at most any truck stop, but have no problem calling a spade a spade. In 11 years I have yet to use my truck as a toilet, or throw any garbage on anyone's lot. Guess I'm just a super trucker.

I prefer Petro's, and basically would plan any trip around them.

Why would you build up something that is a #### hole, and not just call it what it is?

 

I remember when coffee was ALWAYS free, and a shower was too. It wasn't that long ago. But now they discovered the poor ######## on their way to work could be fleeced for coffee and cigs too. It really got bad when they took the separate car/truck fuel desks and combined 'em. Now i gotta wait while mrs hohnson tries to remember what brand her teenager smokes and my 14 hour clock is ticking

 

Well if it's worse than the Pilot in Nogales it must be worth writing about.