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Both brands and individual ones, I guess (but try not to blow up any spots).
Personally, I'm a fan of Flying Js. TAs ain't terrible, either. Petro gets the most owner-operators but they're kinda dicks and often have a fence around the lot, not to mention the stupid separate fuel aisle building. And Pilot's got the best coffee, it's gotta be said. Love's just ain't got no love.
I was stuck at a FJ in Iowa with a friend for a full 24 hours a few months ago, morning through nightfall and then up in the morning again, and the manager came out and was real sweet in telling us we couldn't be there anymore, then had the maintenance guy give us a ride in the back of the company pickup to the other truck stop at the next exit. That one promptly kicked us out about 15 minutes later, and the ramp sucked, so we ended up walking the freeway back to the ramp where the FJ was, but stayed out of their hair. Pretty considerate.
Another time I was sick as hell and stuck at a TA in the middle of a particular city in the southwest for 3 1/2 days and they didn't say a thing to me, but let me get coffee on the house. Solid folks.
Then there was the Flying J somewhere (I can't even remember) when it was cold as all hell that told me and my 3 or 4 compadres that we could sleep in the booths just inside the diesel door (you know the ones I mean) AND that we could busk outside if we wanted. Word up.
But then there was the Love's in Tucumcari, NM a couple years ago... Got dropped off there with 5 kids and a dog and a couple of us went inside, got a few cups of coffee to spin and had just started sipping the coffee outside when they told us we couldn't loiter on their property. Never mind that we had bought the coffee and were paying customers, and never mind that it just happened to start raining right then and there and there wasn't any other shelter in sight. Fuckin' assholes. Started walkin' down the freeway and got a 1,000 mile ride within minutes. Fuck yeah that guy.
Plenty of buffet kickdowns, shower coupons, etc. etc. but those are the ones that stick out.
How bout ya'll?
Personally, I'm a fan of Flying Js. TAs ain't terrible, either. Petro gets the most owner-operators but they're kinda dicks and often have a fence around the lot, not to mention the stupid separate fuel aisle building. And Pilot's got the best coffee, it's gotta be said. Love's just ain't got no love.
I was stuck at a FJ in Iowa with a friend for a full 24 hours a few months ago, morning through nightfall and then up in the morning again, and the manager came out and was real sweet in telling us we couldn't be there anymore, then had the maintenance guy give us a ride in the back of the company pickup to the other truck stop at the next exit. That one promptly kicked us out about 15 minutes later, and the ramp sucked, so we ended up walking the freeway back to the ramp where the FJ was, but stayed out of their hair. Pretty considerate.
Another time I was sick as hell and stuck at a TA in the middle of a particular city in the southwest for 3 1/2 days and they didn't say a thing to me, but let me get coffee on the house. Solid folks.
Then there was the Flying J somewhere (I can't even remember) when it was cold as all hell that told me and my 3 or 4 compadres that we could sleep in the booths just inside the diesel door (you know the ones I mean) AND that we could busk outside if we wanted. Word up.
But then there was the Love's in Tucumcari, NM a couple years ago... Got dropped off there with 5 kids and a dog and a couple of us went inside, got a few cups of coffee to spin and had just started sipping the coffee outside when they told us we couldn't loiter on their property. Never mind that we had bought the coffee and were paying customers, and never mind that it just happened to start raining right then and there and there wasn't any other shelter in sight. Fuckin' assholes. Started walkin' down the freeway and got a 1,000 mile ride within minutes. Fuck yeah that guy.
Plenty of buffet kickdowns, shower coupons, etc. etc. but those are the ones that stick out.
How bout ya'll?