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Discussion in 'Truck Stops' started by aztrucker11, Feb 12, 2011.

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kemosabi49 said: ↑

It was something like that. Was a decent place. First time I ever went into the one on the north side, I sat down in the restaurant and noticed a few drivers drinking a beer. Beer on draft at a truckstop didn't used to be unusual.
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USA Truckstop.
“Where the smiles are free”

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Wasn’t it the American truckstop?
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I believe your right, The slot machine room was bigger than the restaurant

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Yes. And back in the old days, they pumped the gas, checked under the hood, cleaned the glass, gave you a gift. And many had stamps. Women loved those stamps.

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I still have several books full of S&H green stamps I got at truck stops.

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Sure nice to not feel so old. Retired 13 years ago. Hauled Chicken from AR to the West Coast, produce back. A few diversions, but that was my main route, West of the Mississippi.

My memories of great places are:

Alma, AR. Can't remember the name, but I think it was branded Sinclair. Good food, where you turned north to go up 71 through the Boston Mountains.

Atoka Truck Stop. On 69. Again, great food.

Ted's in Moriarty, NM, Ashfork, AZ and Quartzsite,, AZ.

Crazy Fred's in Kingman, AZ.

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I think the Santa Rosa Truckstop was at old exit 10. Wasnt there a truckstop at old exit 14, new exit 85. It was a mile(?) north on US 331 on the left side. What was that name???? I had alot of fun weekeends at Cigar City waiting for a beer load outa AB. Wasnt there a bar within walking distance?
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My uncle says you're thinking of Simbo's at exit 112, near Chipley. There never was a truck stop in DeFuniak Springs where the Walmart is, to
his knowledge.

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I got a few, if anyone remembers them.

Simbo's in Bonifay, FL. I-10 exit 112. Years ago, that was a busy place. Now, I suppose the restaurant is still open with some truck parking but the fuel island has been turned in to a shop.

Rich's Truckstop (the new one), Bonifay, FL. This was the one basically across the road and up the hill from Simbo's. Been closed down for 20 years.

Rich's Truckstop (the old one) Bonifay, FL. This was on US 90 before I-10 opened and US 90 was the major East-West road. My mother worked in both of Rich's Truckstops as a cashier and waitress in the restaurants. The (long-since-gone) Ryder Truck Lines/P.I.E. trucking company used Rich's as a layover/driver switch point.

The Santa Rosa Truckstop at what is currently exit 31 on I-10 (I forget the old exit number, before Florida went to using mile markers for exit numbers). That place had a very good CB Shop on the north end of the property. Ray's CB Shop. He (Ray) had a LARGE sign talking trash about a contractor he used to build his house and the construction did not go so well. The builder didn't want to fix the shoddy workmanship, so Ray had this sign made that could be seen from the interstate. Ray was the brother of Ralph, the owner of Rich's in Bonifay.

I cannot remember the name of it, but there used to be a truckstop in Ocala, FL at the same exit where the single Pilot is now (I think that is FL 484). You would go west off of the exit and then turn left into the truckstop. The building sat next to the road and you would have to drive around the building, past the large oak tree to the dirt parking lot.

One last one was Cigar City in Tampa. I-4 exit.....3, maybe exit 4, it's been years ago, but US 92. They had a huge lot with a motel. To get to the parking lot, you had to drive between the fuel island and the motel. The restaurant had some GREAT food and nice looking waitresses. There was always a guy selling tools out of his van that he had "just gotten from the warehouse". There was also a Unocal (Union 76) at the next exit going east.
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The one on Ocala was simply called the 484, I think.

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There is a sign at the White Pine, TN exit off I-81 that looks like an old Union 76 sign,
but of course, it's all blacked out. Was there a 76 there a long time ago and if so, does
anyone have any pictures?

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bthomann said: ↑

There is a sign at the White Pine, TN exit off I-81 that looks like an old Union 76 sign,
but of course, it's all blacked out. Was there a 76 there a long time ago and if so, does
anyone have any pictures?
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Yes it was a 76 for many years..,brokers offices upstairs wish I had pictures

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Do ya'll remember when a lot of the 76 stops had driver rooms you could rent for sleeping? The one close to Springfield, Mo did for sure. I got the last one for the weekend during a blizzard once. I drove across the bridge to town, bought a long drop cord, parked up close to the garage, ran my cord from the block heater to a plug on the side of the garage, hid the cord under the snow, and stayed upstairs all weekend until 44 opened back up again Monday.

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