Comments on: Truck Stops http://lifeontheroad.com/2007/08/29/truck-stops/235.html Discussion and opinions about the trucking industry Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:34:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Don Link http://lifeontheroad.com/2007/08/29/truck-stops/235.html/comment-page-1/#comment-192 Don Link Sun, 09 Sep 2007 19:31:52 +0000 http://lifeontheroad.com/2007/08/29/truck-stops/235.html#comment-192 Very interesting reminiscing -- about favorite truck stops in the past.... I remember when I first started OTR trucking back in 1995 -- I obtained a copy of a small pamphlet called Favorite Truck Stop Diners.... before I could get around to check them out several were either closed or bought out by one of the larger truck stop chains... TA, Pilot or whatever. In some cases they were definitely worth a stop --- some were just good local restaraunts with a large enough lot to park a semi-truck and trailer... It is definitely sad that the Mom and Pop truckstops are a part of history now.... good service is almost a thing of the past in most truckstops anymore..... The new HOS rules make it almost impossible to have a relaxiing dinner unless it is part of your 10 hr break or 34 hr restart.... Very interesting reminiscing — about favorite truck stops in the past…. I remember when I first started OTR trucking back in 1995 — I obtained a copy of a small pamphlet called Favorite Truck Stop Diners…. before I could get around to check them out several were either closed or bought out by one of the larger truck stop chains… TA, Pilot or whatever.

In some cases they were definitely worth a stop — some were just good local restaraunts with a large enough lot to park a semi-truck and trailer… It is definitely sad that the Mom and Pop truckstops are a part of history now…. good service is almost a thing of the past in most truckstops anymore….. The new HOS rules make it almost impossible to have a relaxiing dinner unless it is part of your 10 hr break or 34 hr restart….

]]> By: Wayne Weisser http://lifeontheroad.com/2007/08/29/truck-stops/235.html/comment-page-1/#comment-186 Wayne Weisser Sun, 02 Sep 2007 15:48:24 +0000 http://lifeontheroad.com/2007/08/29/truck-stops/235.html#comment-186 Isn't the restaurant still the Outpost? I haven't been in there for quite awhile, but it sits off to the side, not really connected. Isn’t the restaurant still the Outpost? I haven’t been in there for quite awhile, but it sits off to the side, not really connected.

]]> By: Jeff VanWinkle http://lifeontheroad.com/2007/08/29/truck-stops/235.html/comment-page-1/#comment-183 Jeff VanWinkle Sun, 02 Sep 2007 13:11:57 +0000 http://lifeontheroad.com/2007/08/29/truck-stops/235.html#comment-183 forgot one of the better "dumps" at I-15 and hesperia....the old outpost truck stop...great food and great air conditioning...pilot bought them out forgot one of the better “dumps” at I-15 and hesperia….the old outpost truck stop…great food and great air conditioning…pilot bought them out

]]> By: Mary Neubecker http://lifeontheroad.com/2007/08/29/truck-stops/235.html/comment-page-1/#comment-175 Mary Neubecker Thu, 30 Aug 2007 17:43:19 +0000 http://lifeontheroad.com/2007/08/29/truck-stops/235.html#comment-175 I loved the visual imagery you gave me of the past where a trucker would dine and relax. Maybe a book could be published by you and other truckers of diners, places you best remember and the people you remember best. We need the visual imagery to relax from corporate America! We need such a personal connection. I loved the visual imagery you gave me of the past where a trucker would dine and relax. Maybe a book could be published by you and other truckers of diners, places you best remember and the people you remember best. We need the visual imagery to relax from corporate America! We need such a personal connection.

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