Ther are a lot of channels about trucking, but this is one of the few channels that are geared towards the truck drivers. I really do appreciate all the hard work you put into the day to day activities of being a trucker. Not to mention all the work that goes into your videos.
Watching you do your log book just brought back memories of watching my dad do it when I was a kid. Use to miss a week of school to go with him every now and then. Miss those days. Also miss him. It’s why I enjoy your videos. Reminds me of all them times I got to go with him.
I remember the old Union 76 truck stops scattered the country back in the 70s when I rode with my pop in his K-100 with a screaming 318 Detroit. They were very good truck stops, and most had Mom and Pop restaurants with very good food. Today it's pay for parking, lousy fast food restaurants and employees who could care less if you liked the service or not😮 Those were the days!
Torch light truck stop in south alabama.old time sit down restaurant dirt parking lot got a tire man with a beat up pickup truck park under the big oak trees in the lot.
I'm an old guy with a long family trucking history. My third truck was a 79 COE Pete with a Cat and 13 speed. I leased it to Daily Express and mostly pulled a gooseneck trailer with a detachable neck. Most of my loads were over sized and or over weight that moved long distance so I traveded coast to coast more than once. As a young man back then I mostly had a blast and did a lot of growing up on the road. Your videos and sounds of that Cat bring back so many memories of people and places. I check in to your site most days. Thank you so much! Tom B.
Truck stops have changed so much since I was a kid. Back in the late 70’s , starting in the 5th grade thru 9th I would go out on the road with my father for a good part of the summer to earn money moving people up & down the east coast & mid west ( dad worked for Bekins Moving & Storage ) he had a GMC Astro then a International Transtar and then a Kenworth K100 double bunk. I remember going into Union 76 truck stops at all hrs day & night and getting good food & service. I can remember being about 12 yrs old and waking up hungry at about 1 or 2 am having a few bucks in my pocket , climbing down outta the truck and walking into the dinner and getting a few hamburgers & fries and a coke and going back to the truck and sitting in the passenger seat eating and my dad waking up asking if I got him one 🤣🤣 I’m 56 now and dad died 3 & 1/2 yrs ago. God those were good times !!! R.I.P. BadLuck62
@@dyna_zero0385 Wow, my dad too was a "bed bug", Atlas Van lines. I worked my ass off moving furniture, packing loading.., very hard work being a mover. My dad drove numerous trucks, such as Brockways, GMC Astros, Macks, Freight Shakers.., and in the early days he drove the old Emervilles. Atlas, Von Der Aye, Republic..I remember all the moving companies One summer back in 1972, we moved Chuck Conners " The Rifleman", from Pacific Palisades, California to Malibu, and he gave me a .22 Marlin Rifle that I still have today! One hell of a nice guy. Today I'm 68, retired army officer, and never forget those wonderful times on the road. RIP pop in that big truckstop in Heaven.
The old 76 truckstops were still around until 2000,but then TA bought them out, and it was downhill from there. They still had good food after the buyout for about a year or so, and then everything turned nasty. I quit going in them around that time. Flying J was better, but now every one that I run across the restaurants are closed because it's hard to keep cooks and servers.
@@truthseeker2321 The food service industry is very hard to operate in , especially in today’s climate. The profit margins are very small in that market and on top of that it’s hard to find anyone who is willing to stand over a grill top and deep fryer for 8-10 hrs that ain’t looking to get paid what the owner of the business is taking home let alone someone work overnight and the same for servers.
@@truthseeker2321 I remember as a 17 year old kid hopping out of my pop's 1974 KW at a Union 76 outside of Vegas. With a pocket full of change I strolled into the Trucker's lounge and noticed slot machines against the walls. Not knowing any better, I dropped a Kennedy half dollar into the slot, pulled the handle and all hell broke loose! The machine lit up, bells and whistles were going off and about that time my dad walked into the lounge, came over to the machine and shouted "Son, you just won a thousand dollars!" I was stunned! Now of course back in those days-1973, you had to be 18 to play the slots, so my dad quickly nudged me aside and called the attendant. I walked out of the 76 that afternoon with 10 crispy hundred dollar bills in my hand, happy as a Jay bird as I had never seen that much money in my young life🤣😅 Oh and yes, I layed a few Benjamin's in my Dad's hand, without him asking. RIP dad 1930-2014
memories of trying to keep track of which log book to use if hitting a weigh station or a traffic stop. Back in the day it was common practice to run more than one book
Dad was a greyhound driver on the California west coast for many-many years, previously a truck driver in the army during ww2. Whenever we took road trips, (60's), he'd often stop at the old style Truck stops, (mom and pops),. My memories; seemed everyone and their mother's uncle smoked back then. Even the waitresses and cooks took smoking breaks, lol. The food was almost always awesome, ( to me anyway ),. But what I remember most were the jukeboxes. They were always playing country music drenched in reverb and pedal steel guitar. I loved it. One of the few music styles my dad and I agreed on. Cheers.
When I was a kid in the seventies I rode with my dad in his Kenworth during the summer, we would stop at Skelleys truck stops a lot. Good food in the restaurant for lunch and S&H green stamps from fueling up for mom. Good ole days
The truck stop "across the street" was simply called "Canaan Truck Stop" back in the 1980s when I started driving. It was simply a gas station and the repair bays had picnic tables and vending machines. That's all there was back in 1986. BUT! That closed diner was the "real" truck stop. It was called Depot 22 (the New York route it sits on) and it was a happening place! It had a driver's room, a store, SHOWERS (!!!) and where the Loves is now was a huge dirt parking lot the doubles could pull in to because it's between the two toll plazas. I know all this because the OO I worked for was based in Canaan CT (about a hour south of the New York town) and he had a direct bill fueling account at Canaan Truck Stop. We made daily runs between Orange CT and Syracuse NY. Funny story - "My" truck was a 77 K100. I could make the round and fueled on the back back south. Once, my truck was being serviced, my boss had me drive his newfound purchase, a 1973 Pete 359. I noticed the fuel tanks were small, so I asked if I should fuel both ways. He said an stern "NO!" and sent me on my way. While in upstate NY, swapping trailers, I checked the fuel (naturally the gauge was broken) and was at about a half tank. Coming through the tolls eastbound around 2 AM I noticed the truck losing a little power. By the time I crested that exit ramp's hill (by that dinky Sunoco station) the engine was surging. The diesel pumps in that old "truck stop" were out back then and I pulled in, and Jesse, the night fueler (yes they still had an attendant) said, "Sounds like you're running out of fuel!" And he might have been correct! I saw the bottom of both tanks as the fuel poured in. So after that day, whenever I had to use the spare truck, I fueled both ways! (EDIT!) I'm retired now, due to a knee injury, but do old trucker ever retire? A Jake brake engages, and an ear perks up. A truck passes by with a familiar, "chooga, chooga, chooga" rhythm and one takes pride in knowing there are flat spots on the trailer's tires. Younger coworkers calling you up your day off asking how the heck they have to shift the 13 speed that the boss told them to drive. Ancient trucker who can't drive anymore never go away or retire. We just tell stories. PS- yes, those are the two original bathrooms from the original gas station built in the 1950s.
If anyone thinks the Green APU is loud they should try the main engine at high idle all night for heat or A/C. Or as another post said, a reefer unit set to -20°.
I live in St Pauls NC on I95 we had Joe Don Danny's, a union 76 truck stop wit a fabulous diner real home cooked meals the best place to eat in town. open 24 hrs. a day. In the late 80's or early 90's it was totally rebuilt and many truckers refused to stop for fuel after that, choosing to go into SC to save money. THe place survived but realy never fully recovered.
Except for the phone and monster, I was in 1995 again! Thank you! I am happy I got on the very end of "good trucking" (arguably) when the hay day was on the down word slope but was clinging on with the good old choke and pukes. The old Petros and Flying J's (new at the time) with sit down restaurants and buffets. Old Petro had an amazing 24 ounce T bone for 9.99, and it was actually really good. With all you can eat salad bar on those cold "iron" skillets (The restaurants where called Iron Skillet).
In NC on I-95 exit 105 is a truck stop called Big Boys.. it’s ole school with plenty of parking FREE!!!!! It’s clean with a nice restaurant!!! If y’all get a chance , stop by and grab some good food with FREE parking 👍👍
Miss the mom and pop’s My dad would always stop at them on road trips He was a radiologist, and his classmate was Don Heyl, who started Heyl Truck lines He always said,” I went to medical school to become a doctor, Heyl bought a truck and worked his ass off. Guess who became more successful “ My dad always respected truckers I started driving for Roadway back in ‘86 Now I might fill in for a driver on vacation here at my current job running parts to the Peterbilt plant. Keep on trucking brother!
Love Jim's truck stop I work for a company now that delivers their food there because I drive local now also love the fact that they have a separate room for just the drivers and it was a smoking area as well for us that can't give up the habit
@@brianbishop3562 yeah, I mean I know the place is dated now for sure. But their showers, restaurant & bathrooms are always crystal clean. So yeah, that's gotta mean something right?
The place across the street is excellent- great place to buy fuel. Screw the big chains! And I love the paper log trucks. Just bought an epa 1999 Kenworth.
The Motorway started opening up in the UK from the 1960s onwards, before the service areas became the thing with driving. The food was all prepared and cooked ahead of time and tasted just like when you came home late for lunch as a kid. On the A roads the mum & pop still had the daily specials and cook to order, yes the bacon and sausage would pre cooked but the over easy egg came right from the pan. Gloucester cattle market had huge parking lots, a pub and café, so overnighters could have a beer and meal. Now that's a retail lot. another Roadside café on the outskirts closed when the M5 motorway bypassed the city, they could not make on local traffic alone. I miss those places that sold real food bought locally from farms.
Everything everywhere is turning to shit in short order. All of the good 76 truckstops in the USA ,and probably Canada, are all gone now, replaced by Loves, TA, and Pilots ,which specialize in fast food and limited pay for parking. The mom and pops are still around but barely hanging on. I think the good times are way behind us in the Western world .
Great video Steve really enjoy all the different camera angles and your commentary and the music. That snowplow shouldn't been that difficult to unload but I guess it was. The generator was a nice unload. Thanks for sharing stay safe Steve.
I was told that since the Mass Turnpike is now a regular Interstate road and not an Authority the local PD’s and Sheriff Departments can work construction details now. The turnpike was maintained by the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority (MTA) until the department was replaced by the Highway Division of MassDOT in 2009.
Love the channel but Steve is estranged from some of his family, perhaps the issue is not that people don't get along with Steve but that Steve doesn't get along with people?
And not once on this trip did you have to split the trailer. Forklifts are good for something. Stay safe out there Steve and i guess by Thanksgiving we'll see video of August. LOL
Hi in the U.K. we use a Digital Tachograph , where it is recorded in the Tacho and you can get a print off for the driver records and to show the police and DVLA .
I LIKE the KWIK TRIPS. I was at the CENEX in MENOMONIE, WI. about a month ago they had a good cafe in there. The truckstops that have DENNY'S ARE NOT BAD.
Ate at that Cenex last week. Pretty good café. Exit 41 and 28 have Dennys with truck parking. Down off 90 exit 45 in Minnesota. there's a truck stop with a good diner too.
@@akllera Yep I run those lanes often. What is at exit 45 that you are talking about? Is that the Amoco at Worthington, Mn. That place is real good and they keep it CLEAN
I like your rig and channel. I have to have coffee in the morning. Get a good maker and bolt it down in a box or inside the cab. This way you can have your favorite brand instead of truck stop mud😅 Keep up the good work!!
Been otr for 3 months shy of 20 years, I like your channel because your an actual driver not one of them hot air blowing idiot youtubers. Been subscribed hell I dunno how long, always enjoy your videos on my downtime when I’m not sleepin. Only big chains I remotely like are petro and ta, reason being is the diners. My favorite old school truck stop or truck stop period one of them is Hoods out in Missouri, damn good food and parking stop by there if you are ever out that way you won’t regret it 👍🏻
Union 76 truckstop just outside of my home town, Wichita, Kansas. My dad would park his K-100 there when he came off the road because our street was too narrow for his 48' moving van. Gone, but never forgotten.
The Chevron doctrine will have no bearing on emissions regulations. The one thing for certain is that emissions regulations will only be getting stricter.
That's why we always take the scenic routes cause u will see good cafes and mom and pop's gas stations. I know where all the good one's are that has good motel rooms and they are excellent cleaned.
It's a shame that so many steering wheel holders think that it's okay to sit at the fuel pumps to take their 30-minute break before or after getting fuel instead of getting out of the way so other drivers can utilize those pumps.
@@drlnp howdy "former" neighbor,so you must of grown up near the town line.Then you must be familiar with Gino's pizza and Auguie's and Ray's then,two of the best food places growing up in EH.
The food across the street is way better. It's an old Am Best & they have a cook on duty 24 hours. Great sandwiches made to order, and breakfast too. You use to get free coffee & a discount on food with fuel receipt.
I remember stopping at the "old" Canaan truck stop, before Loves was even there. Drove for Presque Isle trucking at that time. There also was a diner just a short distance up that road south from there that was fairly good and had truck parking.
Watching you walk back from the bathroom looks like you left a cob in there lol. Yea I know I'm bad but I am the best shit talking driver you will ever meet
Hope you get back to Kansas soon - you were just up my alley in Valley Falls recently. One reason I stopped OTR driving (along with dealing with my aging parents) is because of the lack of decent truck stops/decent full-service restaurants - got tired of the corporate crap with all of the fast food. And even then, you couldn't get food 24/7. One night in Florida, all I had for dinner was Dunkin' Donuts because the KFC Express was "closed for remodeling" and, of course, they were sorry for the inconvenience - which didn't help my hunger pangs.
I saw a video where he had a chained-down load, he had chain binders like you have, but to keep them closed he had a u shaped, only square cornered piece of metal that slipped over the binder when closed, and held in place with pin with a flip over ring
Truck stop dinners have closed up because the quality is %$#@ and truckets have good sense... I stopped to eat at one in Hershey, PA. It needed to be closed oh my... Not many years past folks traveling wanted to eat at truck stops because it was good, even if it is not good for you lol. Now we all have options. Thats my experience. Go Army!!😊
If you look around the interior of Orwell, you can see why the truck stops of the past were so important. There was no room for amenities. You couldn't make your own food. You needed to eat in dinner's and truck stops.
24:59 My husband is watching and I look up to see Margaritas in East Hartford. Told him to rewind and saw 84/91. Was pretty cool to see the area of my old neighborhood. Haven't lived in CT since '04. Safe travels!
My grandpa drove a coe in CA back when CA when it was cool and not corrupted. I am guessing they are not a smooth ride? His body was tore up healthwise. The teamsters that he was a part of did not do much for them back then, just take the $$.
I do not know, good food can be on the road if they make it each day.. Like a daily soup, or made in the crock-pot/slow cooker like a good pulled pork...But ya it is rare to get a good home cooked meal, and not something re-heated on the road...
Truck stops need a lot less fast food, and more sit down home cooked meals. I’m planning on going to work for tmc after the first of the year, and I’ll have to meal prep for a home cooked meal. Times have definitely changed.
Is there a remote or a button you could put on the dash to turn off the APU instead of going back in the bunk, might be easier for you. Watching you for years in Ireland.
That plow unload was painful to watch. I'm surprised you didn't park overnight where you got fuel next to the railroad. That's the Boston and Albany line. A busy freight line. Could have watched trains on your down time.
All the old truck stops around here are gone. The interstate and loves and pilot put them out of business.used to if you wanted a good meal look for a truck stop
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Ther are a lot of channels about trucking, but this is one of the few channels that are geared towards the truck drivers. I really do appreciate all the hard work you put into the day to day activities of being a trucker. Not to mention all the work that goes into your videos.
Steve has better content than several of the competing channels ❤❤❤
Watching you do your log book just brought back memories of watching my dad do it when I was a kid. Use to miss a week of school to go with him every now and then. Miss those days. Also miss him. It’s why I enjoy your videos. Reminds me of all them times I got to go with him.
Same here, salty🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 back when trucks were trucks👍👍👍
Bck in the “Day” I flipped on the floor! Wife says WTH? I said Coloring Book just caught up!!! Was home for two days……lol
I remember the old Union 76 truck stops scattered the country back in the 70s when I rode with my pop in his K-100 with a screaming 318 Detroit.
They were very good truck stops, and most had Mom and Pop restaurants with very good food.
Today it's pay for parking, lousy fast food restaurants and employees who could care less if you liked the service or not😮
Those were the days!
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@@tyendor1952 Yes, I remember the sign well.
Torch light truck stop in south alabama.old time sit down restaurant dirt parking lot got a tire man with a beat up pickup truck park under the big oak trees in the lot.
Service is such a simple thing... But 100% agree.
I'm an old guy with a long family trucking history. My third truck was a 79 COE Pete with a Cat and 13 speed. I leased it to Daily Express and mostly pulled a gooseneck trailer with a detachable neck. Most of my loads were over sized and or over weight that moved long distance so I traveded coast to coast more than once. As a young man back then I mostly had a blast and did a lot of growing up on the road. Your videos and sounds of that Cat bring back so many memories of people and places. I check in to your site most days. Thank you so much! Tom B.
Truck stops have changed so much since I was a kid. Back in the late 70’s , starting in the 5th grade thru 9th I would go out on the road with my father for a good part of the summer to earn money moving people up & down the east coast & mid west ( dad worked for Bekins Moving & Storage ) he had a GMC Astro then a International Transtar and then a Kenworth K100 double bunk. I remember going into Union 76 truck stops at all hrs day & night and getting good food & service. I can remember being about 12 yrs old and waking up hungry at about 1 or 2 am having a few bucks in my pocket , climbing down outta the truck and walking into the dinner and getting a few hamburgers & fries and a coke and going back to the truck and sitting in the passenger seat eating and my dad waking up asking if I got him one 🤣🤣 I’m 56 now and dad died 3 & 1/2 yrs ago. God those were good times !!! R.I.P. BadLuck62
@@dyna_zero0385 Wow, my dad too was a "bed bug", Atlas Van lines.
I worked my ass off moving furniture, packing loading.., very hard work being a mover.
My dad drove numerous trucks, such as Brockways, GMC Astros, Macks, Freight Shakers.., and in the early days he drove the old Emervilles.
Atlas, Von Der Aye, Republic..I remember all the moving companies
One summer back in 1972, we moved Chuck Conners " The Rifleman", from Pacific Palisades, California to Malibu, and he gave me a .22 Marlin Rifle that I still have today! One hell of a nice guy.
Today I'm 68, retired army officer, and never forget those wonderful times on the road.
RIP pop in that big truckstop in Heaven.
The old 76 truckstops were still around until 2000,but then TA bought them out, and it was downhill from there. They still had good food after the buyout for about a year or so, and then everything turned nasty. I quit going in them around that time.
Flying J was better, but now every one that I run across the restaurants are closed because it's hard to keep cooks and servers.
@@truthseeker2321 The food service industry is very hard to operate in , especially in today’s climate. The profit margins are very small in that market and on top of that it’s hard to find anyone who is willing to stand over a grill top and deep fryer for 8-10 hrs that ain’t looking to get paid what the owner of the business is taking home let alone someone work overnight and the same for servers.
@@truthseeker2321 I remember as a 17 year old kid hopping out of my pop's 1974 KW at a Union 76 outside of Vegas.
With a pocket full of change I strolled into the Trucker's lounge and noticed slot machines against the walls. Not knowing any better, I dropped a Kennedy half dollar into the slot, pulled the handle and all hell broke loose!
The machine lit up, bells and whistles were going off and about that time my dad walked into the lounge, came over to the machine and shouted "Son, you just won a thousand dollars!" I was stunned!
Now of course back in those days-1973, you had to be 18 to play the slots, so my dad quickly nudged me aside and called the attendant.
I walked out of the 76 that afternoon with 10 crispy hundred dollar bills in my hand, happy as a Jay bird as I had never seen that much money in my young life🤣😅
Oh and yes, I layed a few Benjamin's in my Dad's hand, without him asking.
RIP dad 1930-2014
memories of trying to keep track of which log book to use if hitting a weigh station or a traffic stop. Back in the day it was common practice to run more than one book
Dad was a greyhound driver on the California west coast for many-many years, previously a truck driver in the army during ww2. Whenever we took road trips, (60's), he'd often stop at the old style Truck stops, (mom and pops),. My memories; seemed everyone and their mother's uncle smoked back then. Even the waitresses and cooks took smoking breaks, lol. The food was almost always awesome, ( to me anyway ),. But what I remember most were the jukeboxes. They were always playing country music drenched in reverb and pedal steel guitar. I loved it. One of the few music styles my dad and I agreed on. Cheers.
When I was a kid in the seventies I rode with my dad in his Kenworth during the summer, we would stop at Skelleys truck stops a lot. Good food in the restaurant for lunch and S&H green stamps from fueling up for mom. Good ole days
The truck stop "across the street" was simply called "Canaan Truck Stop" back in the 1980s when I started driving. It was simply a gas station and the repair bays had picnic tables and vending machines. That's all there was back in 1986. BUT! That closed diner was the "real" truck stop. It was called Depot 22 (the New York route it sits on) and it was a happening place! It had a driver's room, a store, SHOWERS (!!!) and where the Loves is now was a huge dirt parking lot the doubles could pull in to because it's between the two toll plazas.
I know all this because the OO I worked for was based in Canaan CT (about a hour south of the New York town) and he had a direct bill fueling account at Canaan Truck Stop. We made daily runs between Orange CT and Syracuse NY.
Funny story - "My" truck was a 77 K100. I could make the round and fueled on the back back south. Once, my truck was being serviced, my boss had me drive his newfound purchase, a 1973 Pete 359. I noticed the fuel tanks were small, so I asked if I should fuel both ways. He said an stern "NO!" and sent me on my way. While in upstate NY, swapping trailers, I checked the fuel (naturally the gauge was broken) and was at about a half tank.
Coming through the tolls eastbound around 2 AM I noticed the truck losing a little power. By the time I crested that exit ramp's hill (by that dinky Sunoco station) the engine was surging. The diesel pumps in that old "truck stop" were out back then and I pulled in, and Jesse, the night fueler (yes they still had an attendant) said, "Sounds like you're running out of fuel!" And he might have been correct! I saw the bottom of both tanks as the fuel poured in.
So after that day, whenever I had to use the spare truck, I fueled both ways!
(EDIT!) I'm retired now, due to a knee injury, but do old trucker ever retire? A Jake brake engages, and an ear perks up. A truck passes by with a familiar, "chooga, chooga, chooga" rhythm and one takes pride in knowing there are flat spots on the trailer's tires. Younger coworkers calling you up your day off asking how the heck they have to shift the 13 speed that the boss told them to drive. Ancient trucker who can't drive anymore never go away or retire. We just tell stories.
PS- yes, those are the two original bathrooms from the original gas station built in the 1950s.
If anyone thinks the Green APU is loud they should try the main engine at high idle all night for heat or A/C. Or as another post said, a reefer unit set to -20°.
I live in St Pauls NC on I95 we had Joe Don Danny's, a union 76 truck stop wit a fabulous diner real home cooked meals the best place to eat in town. open 24 hrs. a day. In the late 80's or early 90's it was totally rebuilt and many truckers refused to stop for fuel after that, choosing to go into SC to save money. THe place survived but realy never fully recovered.
That little place you got fuel at is one of my favorites. They make good coffee in the morning and awesome breakfast sandwiches.
Except for the phone and monster, I was in 1995 again! Thank you! I am happy I got on the very end of "good trucking" (arguably) when the hay day was on the down word slope but was clinging on with the good old choke and pukes. The old Petros and Flying J's (new at the time) with sit down restaurants and buffets. Old Petro had an amazing 24 ounce T bone for 9.99, and it was actually really good. With all you can eat salad bar on those cold "iron" skillets (The restaurants where called Iron Skillet).
In NC on I-95 exit 105 is a truck stop called Big Boys.. it’s ole school with plenty of parking FREE!!!!! It’s clean with a nice restaurant!!! If y’all get a chance , stop by and grab some good food with FREE parking 👍👍
Miss the mom and pop’s
My dad would always stop at them on road trips
He was a radiologist, and his classmate was Don Heyl, who started Heyl Truck lines
He always said,” I went to medical school to become a doctor, Heyl bought a truck and worked his ass off. Guess who became more successful “
My dad always respected truckers
I started driving for Roadway back in ‘86
Now I might fill in for a driver on vacation here at my current job running parts to the Peterbilt plant.
Keep on trucking brother!
Used to stop there in the late 80s whenever we worked in the Albany area.
Haven't seen it in years
Jim's Truck Stop in Cheektowaga, NY. Used to stop there all the time, going to Buffalo Bills games. Cheap tasty food every time
Love Jim's truck stop I work for a company now that delivers their food there because I drive local now also love the fact that they have a separate room for just the drivers and it was a smoking area as well for us that can't give up the habit
@@brianbishop3562 yeah, I mean I know the place is dated now for sure. But their showers, restaurant & bathrooms are always crystal clean. So yeah, that's gotta mean something right?
The place across the street is excellent- great place to buy fuel. Screw the big chains! And I love the paper log trucks.
Just bought an epa 1999 Kenworth.
The Motorway started opening up in the UK from the 1960s onwards, before the service areas became the thing with driving. The food was all prepared and cooked ahead of time and tasted just like when you came home late for lunch as a kid. On the A roads the mum & pop still had the daily specials and cook to order, yes the bacon and sausage would pre cooked but the over easy egg came right from the pan.
Gloucester cattle market had huge parking lots, a pub and café, so overnighters could have a beer and meal. Now that's a retail lot. another Roadside café on the outskirts closed when the M5 motorway bypassed the city, they could not make on local traffic alone. I miss those places that sold real food bought locally from farms.
Everything everywhere is turning to shit in short order. All of the good 76 truckstops in the USA ,and probably Canada, are all gone now, replaced by Loves, TA, and Pilots ,which specialize in fast food and limited pay for parking. The mom and pops are still around but barely hanging on. I think the good times are way behind us in the Western world .
Was always curious how it was in the UK for anything more than a local driver, sad to hear.
Steve, Remember the 76 Truck Stop in Bartonvsville, PA in the Poconos? It's long gone now.
Long gone. But yes, I remember it well.
I grew up up there I found out it was gone I broke my heart
Great video Steve really enjoy all the different camera angles and your commentary and the music. That snowplow shouldn't been that difficult to unload but I guess it was. The generator was a nice unload. Thanks for sharing stay safe Steve.
Stay out of California it’s easy. When you see the state line turn north, south, stop, or go back. 😂
I know plenty ppl who are well off and own lots of acres in California compared to you a nobody who owns nothing lol
I don't think his truck is legal in Commiefornia
@@rickgreen9743 you’re correct about that.
We never have any of our driver's in California cause they have no smoke law's there.
Im just about ready to say goodbye California and hello Arizona and that day cannot come fast enough
I was told that since the Mass Turnpike is now a regular Interstate road and not an Authority the local PD’s and Sheriff Departments can work construction details now.
The turnpike was maintained by the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority (MTA) until the department was replaced by the Highway Division of MassDOT in 2009.
It was called GEORGEPORT! they even had a truck wash too. Stay safe Steve
Hood's in Bois Darc MO one of the best still around. Good affordable restaurant, affordable hotel, decent ship, everything you need.
4 wheeler pulled up that's amazing 🤩 !!
It's the 22nd of September Steve you're way backed up man keep them videos coming..... Hang in there
My favorite independent truck stop is the Tennessean Travel Stop in Cornersville, TN.
The noise from a APU, or a Reefer I can’t remember because I just went to sleep 🛌 😂
The Baker Truck Corral in Baker City Or. is a example of a old style truck stop, home-style breakfast, lunch, dinner served all day
I have family near that truck stop, I’ve been running through there for over 25 years, I can’t remember when that truck stop wasn’t a dump.
I bet so many people wouldn’t be able to get along with you but your my kind of people 😂
Love the channel but Steve is estranged from some of his family, perhaps the issue is not that people don't get along with Steve but that Steve doesn't get along with people?
And not once on this trip did you have to split the trailer. Forklifts are good for something.
Stay safe out there Steve and i guess by Thanksgiving we'll see video of August. LOL
Hi in the U.K. we use a Digital Tachograph , where it is recorded in the Tacho and you can get a print off for the driver records and to show the police and DVLA .
I LIKE the KWIK TRIPS. I was at the CENEX in MENOMONIE, WI. about a month ago they had a good cafe in there. The truckstops that have DENNY'S ARE NOT BAD.
Ate at that Cenex last week. Pretty good café. Exit 41 and 28 have Dennys with truck parking.
Down off 90 exit 45 in Minnesota. there's a truck stop with a good diner too.
@@akllera Yep I run those lanes often. What is at exit 45 that you are talking about? Is that the Amoco at Worthington, Mn. That place is real good and they keep it CLEAN
You must be at the NY/Mass line Loves !!
Canaan. I go by there quite often, but get my sandwiches at the old truckstop across the road
@@rodneyperry6942 Yup I do the same thing when I am up there !
Dinners close because trucks have refrigerator and microwaves and truckers hit Walmarts for food
That, and the fact that it's hard to keep cooks and servers these days.
@@truthseeker2321 actually it's harder to pay the electric bill of the gas bill the water bill and rent 10% of the truckers
I like your rig and channel. I have to have coffee in the morning. Get a good maker and bolt it down in a box or inside the cab. This way you can have your favorite brand instead of truck stop mud😅 Keep up the good work!!
Been otr for 3 months shy of 20 years, I like your channel because your an actual driver not one of them hot air blowing idiot youtubers. Been subscribed hell I dunno how long, always enjoy your videos on my downtime when I’m not sleepin. Only big chains I remotely like are petro and ta, reason being is the diners. My favorite old school truck stop or truck stop period one of them is Hoods out in Missouri, damn good food and parking stop by there if you are ever out that way you won’t regret it 👍🏻
Union 76 truckstop just outside of my home town, Wichita, Kansas.
My dad would park his K-100 there when he came off the road because our street was too narrow for his 48' moving van.
Gone, but never forgotten.
The Chevron doctrine will have no bearing on emissions regulations. The one thing for certain is that emissions regulations will only be getting stricter.
Steve will get shut down as everything that happens in Cali, eventually it take over the country
I assume the 84 doesn't have cruise. I remember back when I started driving in 1995 my 1st truck was a cabover. Ever use a " joy stick"?
That's why we always take the scenic routes cause u will see good cafes and mom and pop's gas stations. I know where all the good one's are that has good motel rooms and they are excellent cleaned.
It's a shame that so many steering wheel holders think that it's okay to sit at the fuel pumps to take their 30-minute break before or after getting fuel instead of getting out of the way so other drivers can utilize those pumps.
Thats my favorite truck stop in New York. The dinner was one of my favorite restaurant back in the day. Stay safe
I have a new truck and don’t have eld if you stay with the 150 miles from your home base you don’t need eld’s or log books
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Cool,you unloaded in my hometown,it was a freightliner dealership at one point called "Hartford Freightliner" back in the day ..
@@joedelusso1415 hi neighbor! Grew up next door in Gbury and lived not far from there near P&W for a few years.
@@drlnp howdy "former" neighbor,so you must of grown up near the town line.Then you must be familiar with Gino's pizza and Auguie's and Ray's then,two of the best food places growing up in EH.
76th Street Truck Stop, Byron Center Michigan. Small, food is amazing. You been there, friend?
The food across the street is way better. It's an old Am Best & they have a cook on duty 24 hours. Great sandwiches made to order, and breakfast too. You use to get free coffee & a discount on food with fuel receipt.
I remember stopping at the "old" Canaan truck stop, before Loves was even there. Drove for Presque Isle trucking at that time. There also was a diner just a short distance up that road south from there that was fairly good and had truck parking.
Watching you walk back from the bathroom looks like you left a cob in there lol. Yea I know I'm bad but I am the best shit talking driver you will ever meet
Just retired 41 years …Big brown UPS … driving was interesting and made a great living for my family
I couldn't imagine working for one place for 41 years. But if it's a great gig, why leave. Very few make it that long like you did. 😎
I love doing paper logs I've been driving 41 years
Good evening Steve
Hope you get back to Kansas soon - you were just up my alley in Valley Falls recently. One reason I stopped OTR driving (along with dealing with my aging parents) is because of the lack of decent truck stops/decent full-service restaurants - got tired of the corporate crap with all of the fast food. And even then, you couldn't get food 24/7. One night in Florida, all I had for dinner was Dunkin' Donuts because the KFC Express was "closed for remodeling" and, of course, they were sorry for the inconvenience - which didn't help my hunger pangs.
What up Steve how is your day going and how is Orwell doing today
I agree with you on the food thing. Good food is at home!! There’s nothing like home cooked meals
Now that last drop was a forklift operator!
I saw a video where he had a chained-down load, he had chain binders like you have, but to keep them closed he had a u shaped, only square cornered piece of metal that slipped over the binder when closed, and held in place with pin with a flip over ring
I remember that truck stop from a video a heavy haul driver posted a few years ago. He was hauling a load back up to Canada 🇨🇦
Used to love stopping at the green shingle in Erie Pennsylvania I thought they had good home-cooked food there too but unfortunately it's long gone
Progress. A wonderful thing.
Love your videos. 😊
Welcome to Massachusetts, home to the roughest bridges known to man!!!
Hey! I'm talking about you. Jonathan Coats, Carl Tracy, and the two brothers of. "FURNITURELAND SOUTH!!!.
Truck stop dinners have closed up because the quality is %$#@ and truckets have good sense... I stopped to eat at one in Hershey, PA. It needed to be closed oh my... Not many years past folks traveling wanted to eat at truck stops because it was good, even if it is not good for you lol. Now we all have options. Thats my experience. Go Army!!😊
I-70 & YY East of Sweet Springs - Betty's Truck stop. Closest good food . TA in Concordia only has Subway now.
Orwell looks good and sounds good. Super filming Thanks
If you look around the interior of Orwell, you can see why the truck stops of the past were so important. There was no room for amenities. You couldn't make your own food. You needed to eat in dinner's and truck stops.
There are a few around Columbia-Delaware,NJ.
Canaan Super Stop. I run Target Dedicated out of Amsterdam, NY and stop there whenever I get a New England store.
I haven't seen diesel that cheap in the 4 Corners area of New Mexico in about 3 years. Be safe
Steering wheel Bars shining good.
Steve I love riding along with you. I love the egine sound of Oilwell.😅
Have used cornfields in the midwest for restrooms
Situational awareness.... Yaaaayyyyyy!!!! LMAO I sound the same way driving around.
Thanks!
Thank you!
Reefers are way louder than the APU 🤣 BTW nice looking Rig next to you with the step deck
Hi FSC
Good video enjoy your watching your videos from Linton Indiana and safe travels!!!!!
34:45 he needs instructions on how to use a plow 😂😂😂
Too much sugar driver! Donuts and orange juice! Enjoy your content, it makes me miss the road. Love your truck.
Pickin's are slim on the road.
Next time you need a frame try custom trucks in Kansas City Missouri it will probably be quicker then 2 months
Steve the apus are no different than having CR England of Frozen Food Express right next to you
i stop at that truckstop all the time a little run down but good
Bills trk stop in Lexington nc
24:59 My husband is watching and I look up to see Margaritas in East Hartford. Told him to rewind and saw 84/91. Was pretty cool to see the area of my old neighborhood. Haven't lived in CT since '04. Safe travels!
My grandpa drove a coe in CA back when CA when it was cool and not corrupted. I am guessing they are not a smooth ride? His body was tore up healthwise. The teamsters that he was a part of did not do much for them back then, just take the $$.
Bolingbrook IL still has a family run old 76 truck stop off I-55
That is not far from where I live I’ll have to check it out sometime.
*Pay 2 Stay*
@@UHaulTV unfortunately 😕
I do not know, good food can be on the road if they make it each day.. Like a daily soup, or made in the crock-pot/slow cooker like a good pulled pork...But ya it is rare to get a good home cooked meal, and not something re-heated on the road...
Truck stops need a lot less fast food, and more sit down home cooked meals. I’m planning on going to work for tmc after the first of the year, and I’ll have to meal prep for a home cooked meal. Times have definitely changed.
Is there a remote or a button you could put on the dash to turn off the APU instead of going back in the bunk, might be easier for you. Watching you for years in Ireland.
What is your favorite OJ
You were in East Hartford, I thought I recognized that exit.
Great video
That’s right by my house!!!
Hey, Steve--my wife says you should have had a couple of your doughnuts--sweeten your disposition this morning!😅 LOL
I'm not known for that...
@@fsctrucking we love you, man!
Out running around my area
There’s nothing sweeter than the sound of a cat engine!!!
That plow unload was painful to watch. I'm surprised you didn't park overnight where you got fuel next to the railroad. That's the Boston and Albany line. A busy freight line. Could have watched trains on your down time.
All the old truck stops around here are gone. The interstate and loves and pilot put them out of business.used to if you wanted a good meal look for a truck stop
Boy that guy made a project in getting that plow off lol