Where would you like to see new LOVE'S be built?

RockinChair · Jul 29, 2022

SoulScream84 said: ↑

Never been in there, fly by it occasionally
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You ain't missin' nuthin' but a headache.

snicrep · Jul 31, 2022

Bobblehead said: ↑

Who needs coffee when they yell “Welcome to Love’s” at everyone who walks by.
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i always hated that phoney-friendly crap. alot of places practice that. like oreillys. you go back out to the car and come back in and get another welcome from the same person. I figured its psychology. knowing youve been noticed so you dont steal.

snicrep · Jul 31, 2022

BeHereNow97 said: ↑

Actually they put up a new Love's in Boron California not to long ago, it's under a year old, very nice! It's 82 miles from the TA/Petro in Ontario to the Love's in Boron and 72 miles from the TA/Petro in Ontario to the Love's in Barstow. So now whether you're going northeast or northwest from LA, you'll have 2 Love's going in both directions.

I get what you're saying though, more truck stops in the greater LA area would be extremely. The only thing is that Love's policy of no paid parking just wouldn't work in the area. There's a new Flying J just about 20 miles down the road from the TA/Petro in Ontario it's less than a year old I think it's only a couple of months old at this point. It's in Jurupa Valley. I guess about half the lot is reserved parking but the half that's free never has any spots. Drivers are too cheap to pay whatever it costs in LA to park their truck somewhere secure.

If Love's put a truck stop anywhere in that Ontario/LA area and didn't make it paid parking, there wouldn't be any spots for drivers who were actually working. It would just be locals parking their trucks there, therefore rendering the spot pretty much useless to the OTR guys who are working and need a place to park for the night.

With that in mind, that the free parking concept just wouldn't work in that area because local drivers would use it as a free parking space for hometime, I think Love's putting up stops about an hour away from LA/Ontario is about the best we can hope for. If Love's were to ever put a store in that LA/Ontario area (don't think it'll happen for reasons already mentioned in this thread), they absolutely have to go for the pay to park model that the TA/Petro in Ontario have. I hate to say that because I hate paying for parking but that's just the way it is in that area, it would have to be pay to park for it to be of any use to OTR drivers. Or do the 50-60 gallon purchase gets a spot or purchasing $20-$25 worth of store items gets you a spot, any of those methods would work.
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EDIT - Just saw your comment about the TA/Petro in Ontario being packed to capacity. Actually, at least the times that I have been there this year in 2020 (which has been an odd year that may have affected parking in the area, no doubt), both stops fill up at a reasonable times. I always stay at the Petro there and on the weekends in 2020 there's spots open all night long (I go inside to use the bathroom every time I have to go so I always update the Truckers Path App and look for open spots and take not of the parking situation for future referance). During the weekdays it was filling up around 6:00pm - 7:00pm, which is early yes but not out of the norm for large parts of the US. And also at the Petro if you could wait until 1:00am or so there were usually trucks leaving about that time where you could snag a spot.

I would have to respectfully disagree that the TA/Petro in Ontario are always packed to the brim at all times, I don't see that to be the case although it certainly depends on how freight is moving and what's going on in the country.
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any opinions on cowboys in ortario ca? I have a vague memory of not alot of parking, but i had a good huevos ranchero plate

drvrtech77 · Jul 31, 2022

snicrep said: ↑

any opinions on cowboys in ortario ca? I have a vague memory of not alot of parking, but i had a good huevos ranchero plate
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Not bad at all…lot’s of parking..they have a truck parking area with painted spots.very quiet place to take a break at.

Warrior Pump · Aug 17, 2022

Apparently some people didn’t want a new Love’s in Montana.

Love's kills plan for Montana truck stop after outcry from locals

mjd4277 · Aug 17, 2022

One would be helpful near the Hagerstown,Maryland area,along I-70 or I-81. Every time I go to the ACT Truck Stop or either Pilots they’re always packed-even in broad daylight!

drvrtech77 · Aug 18, 2022

mjd4277 said: ↑

One would be helpful near the Hagerstown,Maryland area,along I-70 or I-81. Every time I go to the ACT Truck Stop or either Pilots they’re always packed-even in broad daylight!
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They do have one in hagerstown already..at exit 10a…its a cluster like hell..always back up to the interstate taking nearly an hour to hit the fuel pumps.

bigkev1115 · Aug 24, 2022

I just noticed today that they re building a Love s just east of Morris, IL I 80 exit 116 south of the interstate

PacoTaco · Sep 1, 2022

A new Loves is going up in Perry, OK . I-35 exit 186.

drvrtech77 · Sep 3, 2022

The love’s in pasco wa is now open for business…

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