The Old Bruce's Truck Stop/Bakersfield,Ca.

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  1. LOTSO

    LOTSO Medium Load Member

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    Went by there back in June and saw a building being built. Anyone been by lately to see if it's a new T/S or just a new building for the truck driving school.
     
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  3. Flat Earth Trucker

    Flat Earth Trucker Road Train Member

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    Looks like a trucking school is using the lot. I've heard Bruce's truck stop served a mean shepherd's pie back in the day. Weed patch highway exit.
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  4. LOTSO

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    Right around where that little red truck is there was a building in the framing stage going up.
     
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    Can you imagine back in the day living in that trailer park. Bruce's was known as party type truck stop.
     
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  6. kemosabi49

    kemosabi49 Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    Bruce's had a Bar/Restaurant adjacent to the stop called the Scotsman. Food was really good. And the bar was too. After the state banned smoking inside, and in the workplace, the bar partitioned off a room with mostly glass walls so you could see the bar. The "smoking" room was usually crowded with drivers. Since the bartender could not enter the room as doing so would make the room part of the workplace, you had to go into the bar and order for yourself. Drivers would take care of emptying the ashtrays and tossing the garbage. Sometimes they would even run the vacuum.
    I spent many evening there and have never seen a setup like that anywhere.
     
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  7. mustang190

    mustang190 Road Train Member

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    Always stopped there. One of the best truck stops there was.
     
  8. Allow Me.

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    Spent many a night there. Bruces also had another location in Buttonwillow.
     
  9. kemosabi49

    kemosabi49 Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    Also in Tulsa and Okie City.
     
  10. northstarfire0693

    northstarfire0693 Heavy Load Member

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    That place was a riot back in the day. Shocked to see them go down. Does anyone know why they shut down?
     
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  11. LOTSO

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    Indians bought them and within 1 year it was a complete dump.
     
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