Pilot Flying J Opening Four New Locations During The Month Of June, 2018

[Mike]

Pilot Flying J will open four Pilot Travel Centers in Bunkie, Louisiana, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Monument, Colorado and Hempstead, Texas, throughout the month of June. The travel centers feature full amenities for area residents and the traveling public, while adding 205 truck parking spaces, approximately 220 local jobs and other economic benefits to the communities.

The Pilot Travel Centers offer many amenities, including:

• Pilot Travel Center #1105, 7349 LA-29, Bunkie, Louisiana — PJ Fresh, Subway, 52 truck parking spots, eight diesel lanes and eight gas fueling positions, four showers, public laundry, CAT scale and Western Union.
• Pilot Travel Center #1092, 8950 Earhart Lane, Cedar Rapids, Iowa —PJ Fresh, Dunkin Donuts Express, Arby’s, 35 truck parking spots, six diesel lanes and 10 gas fueling positions, three showers, public laundry, CAT scale, Western Union and a driver’s lounge.
• Pilot Travel Center #1110, 15455 Terrazzo Drive, Monument, Colorado — PJ Fresh, Dunkin Donuts Express, Arby’s, 72 truck parking spots, eight diesel lanes and 12 gas fueling positions, five showers, public laundry, CAT scale, Western Union, driver’s lounge.
• Pilot Travel Center #573, 2000 Farm to Market Road 488, Hempstead, Texas — PJ Fresh, Dunkin Donuts Express, Subway, 46 truck parking spots, eight diesel lanes and 16 gas fueling positions, four showers, public laundry, CAT scale and Western Union.

Pilot Flying J opens four new locations – TheTrucker.com

 

[Renegade 21]

Just what the industry needs, is more fast food, little travel plazas with y'all having issues with the ELD, and parking issues that supposedly plague this industry. Fat food places are why we see the obesity in drivers today. What we need are more of the old school truck stops with real down home cooking, good prepared food in a restaurant setting. Maybe with healthier fat food, quick gotta grab n go places.

 

[Duck]

Just what the industry needs, is more fast food, little travel plazas with y'all having issues with the ELD, and parking issues that supposedly plague this industry. Fat food places are why we see the obesity in drivers today. What we need are more of the old school truck stops with real down home cooking, good prepared food in a restaurant setting. Maybe with healthier fat food, quick gotta grab n go places.

Two of them have Arby's though.

 

[Rigjockey]

Two of them have Arby's though.

So, flying J pizza it is!

 

[Uncle Birchy]

Two of them have Arby's though.

I got 2 for 5 Cheddarmelts and a $1.59 Curly Fries or Potatoe Cakes..

If no newspaper cuopons the Value has GONE and "pass"

 

[Duck]

Anyone who eats at McDonald's or PFJ pizza but avoids Arby's needs their heads examined. Like surgically or at least an MRI.

 

[16695]

Everyone should agree with Renegrade 21 that if you want to be a Truck Stop or even a Travel Center you need to have a sit down restaurant instead of fast food choices, parking for a minimum of 100 trucks with at least enough room for today's 53' trailers and the decency to cater to the drivers who need it the most, truck drivers.

 

[Duck]

Everyone should agree with Renegrade 21 that if you want to be a Truck Stop or even a Travel Center you need to have a sit down restaurant instead of fast food choices, parking for a minimum of 100 trucks with at least enough room for today's 53' trailers and the decency to cater to the drivers who need it the most, truck drivers.

Yep.

 

[Mike]

Just about everyone in the trucking industry says they want real truck stops with real restaurants.

Oddly, the industry in no way will support these places.

 

[dave350]

Just about everyone in the trucking industry says they want real truck stops with real restaurants.

Oddly, the industry in no way will support these places.

Most likely because it prices a lot of drivers out unless it’s a treat once a week or so. That’d be my guess.

I did my best to stay away from the restaurants in the chain truck stops. If I ran across a good place that I could park the truck and had decent food I would buy. Can’t do it all the time though.

What’s out there is there because it sells at the prices most people will pay. (It’s unfortunate)

When I had that food truck I was doing mostly rec council games locally. I wanted to do a nice burger so I bought good hamburger, hand pattied each one and I put it on a Kaiser roll with the toppings most places have. Didn’t sell worth a crap. I came realize that people were at their kids games and just wanted something to eat cheap. I bought cheap frozen patties and cheap buns, dropped the price and they flew out the door. (This was before the food truck craze)

 

[Rigjockey]

I used to dine at real restaurants in truck stops back in the day when the buffet was cheap.
It had become cost prohibitive t do that anymore and I began cooking in the truck.

I feel sorry for the guys and gals that can't cook or have no Inverter.

By the time I ended my OTR career all I needed was a parking space and fuel.

 

[Mike]

By the time I ended my OTR career all I needed was a parking space and fuel.

And this is the way many of us have become. We do nothing to support a restaurant inside of a truck stop.

The general public has also turned more towards fast food.

 

[Blood]

And this is the way many of us have become. We do nothing to support a restaurant inside of a truck stop.

The general public has also turned more towards fast food.

Not by [my] choice.
Bar-B in Des Moines used to give you a steak dinner with a full service.
Yuge showers with phones.

The Bobber in F ing-burg would toss you a key to a motel room just for being the company fuel stop...
whether you fueled or not.
3 hour limit IIRC.

So far as I recall, T/A was the first 'reward card' [WTF they called it].
Pulled in to one near Nashville right after they started it.
Told the mgr that I wanted a shower but couldn't log fueling until morning.

We prolly ought to just stick with the new rule.

Well, I can leave my card.
If I don't fuel you can just charge me for a shower.

We'll just follow the rule.

Fine...
FUCK YOU!
and everybody that looks like you!!
I didn't shower [or fuel] at a T/A for 2 or 3 years after that.

Times change.
Williams was a good stop until Pilot bought them out.
Pilot kept the real food for a minute...
then converted to fast food & roller grill, like they always do.

I hate Pilot with a passion!
Because those reprobates have turned nearly every decent T/S into a fuel-stop.
I never fuel at Pilot except in emergency.

 

[dave350]

I didn't shower [or fuel] at a T/A for 2 or 3 years after that.

Man you hold a good grudge.

I almost brought McD’s and Verizon down by holding a grudge for years. But I let up.

 

[Duck]

I never fuel at Pilot except in emergency

 

[gearjammer]

Williams was a good stop until Pilot bought them out.

for a chain stop they were probably the best but I knew back then one of the crappy chains would end up buying them and then fuck them up.

 

[16695]

Anyone who has been out here for 40 years or so has seen the decline of truck stops as we used to know them. Pure becomes Union 76, then becomes Truckstops of America, then becomes Travel Centers of America, takes over Petro Stopping Centers and don't forget Pilot who takes over Flying J and Williams. Loves enters the picture and are just glorified gas stations with a few parking spaces. We as an industry accepted it and can blame ourselves for allowing it to happen. The trucking companies want the big discounts and force us to fuel where they will save the most wether you find parking or not they don't care. We choose not to eat at sit down restaurants because it costs too much but will eat roller dogs and pastries and forget about our health. I for one will patronize any Mom & Pop I can but the alternative for me is TA/Petro or Flying J so I can sit down to eat. Write off the costs of eating, parking and showers on your taxes. It works for me but I'm sure I'll get kicked for my opinions and they are mine to choose. Be safe drivers and have a great evening.

 

[Electric Chicken]

I blame mega fuel cards. We're not gonna stop where we can't fuel.

 

[Hillbilly Canuck]

So many people think just because you're forced to fuel somewhere that you're forced to stay there for the night or eat their roller garbage.

 

[Duck]

So many people think just because you're forced to fuel somewhere that you're forced to stay there for the night or eat their roller garbage.

Yeah.

Probably because they like to do it all in one stop.

Or time management. I usually put fueling and pretrip in the same 15 minutes on the e-log if I'm lucky enough to end my shift at a P/FJ.