What truck stops to avoid?

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  1. ambushiz

    ambushiz Bobtail Member

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

    tucker Road Train Member

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    Really ?
    What did you learn?
     
  4. skellr

    skellr Road Train Member

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    You are in for a surprise. :violent3:
    One mans trash is another man's treasure?
     
  5. Old Man

    Old Man Road Train Member

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    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.
     
  6. albert l

    albert l Road Train Member

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    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
     
  7. STexan

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    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.
     
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  8. RedRover

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

    RedRover Road Train Member

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    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.
     
  10. Air Cooled

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    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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  11. bzinger

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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 .
     
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