What truck stops to avoid?

Thanks for the replies much appreciated, it gives me alittle more insight on where not to park.

 

Really ?
What did you learn?

 

You are in for a surprise.

One mans trash is another man's treasure?

 

The all time finest in the 5 th wheel in east Houston (channel view) the bar by it will provide you a weapon if you don't have one.

Stayed at Petro in w Memphis many times, never been bothered.

 

High Risk Truck Stops




Please review this comprehensive list of truck stops where at least three cargo thefts have occurred over the last 12 months. This list was compiled by the Southeast Transportation Security Council (SETSC). Please avoid these locations to the best of your abilities. Many of these locations are in the states, with the highest rates of cargo theft.


Alabama

Arizona

Arkansas

Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores (800 Martin Luther King Drive, West Memphis, AR 72301)

I-40 Exit 280

West Memphis

Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores

Flying J Travel Center (8300 State Highway 108, Texarkana, AR 71854)

I-30 Exit 7

Texarkana

Flying J Travel Center

California

Pilot Travel Center (8701 U.S. 395, Hesperia, CA 92344)

I-15 Exit 141

Hesperia

Pilot Travel Center

North American Truck Stop (14320 Slover Avenue, Fontana, CA 92337)

I-10 Exit 61

Fontana

North American Truck Stop

Arco Travel Zone Center (23261 Cajalco Road, Perris, CA 92570)

I-215 Exit 22

Perris

Arco Travel Zone Center

I-10 Truck Stop (195 East Valley Boulevard, Rialto, CA 92376

I-10 Exit 68

Rialto

I-10 Truck Stop

TravelCenters of America (2930 Lenwood Road, Barstow, CA 92311)

I-15 Exit 178

Barstow

TravelCenters of America

Florida

Acme Truck Stop (9565 S Orange Blossom Trail, Orlando, FL 32837)

I-4 Exit 72

Orlando

Acme Truck Stop

Pilot Travel Center (7300 Okeechobee Rd, Fort Pierce, FL 34945)

I-95 Exit 129

Fort Pierce

Pilot Travel Center

Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores (1657 N US Highway 1, Ormond Beach, FL 32174)

I-95 Exit 273

Ormond Beach

Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores

Flying J Travel Plaza (950 Highway 206, St. Augustine, FL 32086)

I-95 Exit 305

St. Augustine

Flying J Travel Plaza

Flying J Travel Center (100 North Kings Highway, Fort Pierce, FL 34945)

I-95 Exit 131B

Fort Pierce

Flying J Travel Center

Georgia

Pilot Travel Center (2605 Bouldercrest Rd SE, Atlanta, GA 303160)

I-285 Exit 51

Atlanta

Pilot Travel Center

WilcoHess 3460 Madison Hwy, Valdosta, GA 31601

3460 Madison Hwy

Valdosta

WilcoHess

Flying J Travel Plaza 650 Carrollton St, Temple, GA 30179

650 Carrollton St

Temple

Flying J Travel Plaza

Illinois

Flying J Travel Plaza 140 Racehorse Drive East St. Louis, IL

140 Racehose Drive

East St. Louis

Flying J Travel Center

Indiana

Pilot Travel Center (2501 Burr Street, Gary, IN 46406)

I-80 & I-94 Exit 6

Gary

Pilot Travel Center

Phillips 66 (2210 Kentucky Avenue, Indianapolis, IN 46221)

I-70 Exit 75

Indianapolis

Phillips 66

Lousianna

Michigan

Madco Truck Plaza 27416 Ecorse Road, Romulus, MI 48174

27416 Ecorse Road I-94 Exit 200

Romulus

Madco Truck Plaza

Mississippi

Petro Truck Stops 970 I-20 Frontage Road North, Jackson, MS 39204)

I-55 Exit 45

Jackson

Petro Truck Stops

Missouri

Nevada

Morton Valero Travel Plaza 1000 East Cheyenne Ave. North Las Vegas

I15 & Exit 46

North Las Vegas

Valero Travel Plaza

Ohio

Oklahoma

Petro Shopping Center 288 N Martin Luther King Ave, Oklahoma City, OK 73117

288 North Martin Luther King

Oklahoma City

Petro Shopping Center

Pennsylvania

South Carolina

TENNESSEE

I-95 Exit 77

St. George

Flying J Travel Plaza

Pilot Travel Center (5021 U.S. 78, Memphis, TN 38118)

TN-175 & TN-4

Memphis

Pilot Travel Center

Pilot Travel Center (4949 Lamar Avenue, Memphis, TN 38118)

US-78 & TN-175

Memphis

Pilot Travel Center

Texas

Big D Travel Center (300 Route 12 Loop, Irving, TX 75060)

TX-12 & TX-356

Irving

Big D Travel Center

Shell Station 5303 N McCarty St, Houston, TX 77013

5303 N McCarty St

Houston

Chevron Truck Stop

Chevron Truck Stop (14555 Eastex Fwy, Houston, TX 77396)

I-69 & TX-8

Houston

Chevron Truck Stop

Shell Truck Stop (17225 Crosby Freeway, Houston, TX 77049)

Crosby Fwy & Sheldon Rd

Houston

Shell Truck Stop

Pilot Travel Center (8787 South Lancaster Road, Dallas, TX 75241)

I-20 Exit 472

Dallas

Pilot Travel Center

Flying J Travel Plaza (7425 Bonnie View Rd, Dallas, TX 75241)

I-20 Exit 472

Dallas

Flying J Travel Plaza

TravelCenters of America (7751 Bonnie View Rd, Dallas, TX 75241)

I-20 Exit 472

Dallas

TravelCenters of America

Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores (8800 South Polk Street, Dallas, TX 75232)

I-20 Exit 467A

Dallas

Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores

 

Yeah. I do a night time 10 at the W Memphis J two or three times a year and never had any problems. Just turn off the cb radio.

 

"We got that white girl and the strange to ease yo pain over on 22, come own..."

 

A driver was recently kidnapped and held at gunpoint for several days, taken to a few atms and had his bank accounts cleaned out at West Memphis... like 99% certain he tried to score drugs or a hooker and that's how he ended up... but either way, I won't even stop there for fuel anymore. Much better places to park... like the ####hole that is North Little Rock.

 

Out here in California... I'd stay at the rest areas along I5. There are even a few quiet ones on 101 in south Monterey county. On I5, stay at rest areas north of LA. Anything north of Bakersfield/Wasco. There are plenty of places to get diesel and some food before you get to a rest area. At that point your in the country. Land of nothing. Get in some reps on the kettle bell and go for a jog and it's just you and the stars with a faint yelp of a coyote in the distance... can't beat it.

 

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Closest flying j in Iowa to the 29 80 split is in des Moines 130 miles east of council bluffs ....however there is the pilot in council bluffs AVOID! And the flying j at Gretna ne AVOID .