TOP 10 Truck Stops you must see while traveling the USA

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  • These are my TOP 10 picks for must see truck stops in the lower 48. When traveling across America either as a trucker, business trip or just a family vacation, be sure to check out these must see truck stops along the way!
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Komentáře • 138

  • @friedaclaxton5950
    @friedaclaxton5950 Před 3 měsíci +2

    Not a trucker but I love a good road trip and I love a good truck/rest stop. They fascinate me for some reason.

  • @georgerenton965
    @georgerenton965 Před 2 lety +4

    The Green Shingle old exit 5 on I - 90 PA. For all you old timers. Became a Dixie before it folded. Long gone now.

  • @sleuer66
    @sleuer66 Před 2 lety +7

    The Stagecoach Truck Stop I-84 Boise,ID. Full of history. Awsome full service restaurant, lots of parking. 🐕 runs for u'r dogs and horse 🐎 coral, 4 thoughs transporting livestock.
    The property was an original WellsFargo Stagecoach Stp n the 1800s.
    The building is very old and said to be haunted. Alot of famous ppl have stopped here and their pictures are on the wall.
    Nice place; all the amenities

  • @bigtoe0341
    @bigtoe0341 Před 3 lety +3

    Man!!! This is an awesome video and I am definitely looking forward to visiting each one of these truck stop. Thank You for the great info.

  • @briancrawley3456
    @briancrawley3456 Před 2 lety +6

    Great list. Jubitz and Bosselmans are great too.

  • @DroptineTrans
    @DroptineTrans Před 4 lety +1

    Glad I found your channel...Great information! You a helping me make decisions and plan.

  • @georgecrose6663
    @georgecrose6663 Před 2 lety +5

    It's been a little over 10 years since I got off the road but I always liked the Little America truck stops in western Wyoming and Flagstaff, AZ. Their showers were awesome and the ice cream cones were cheap.

    • @markjarrett5170
      @markjarrett5170 Před 2 lety

      The one in flagstaff is one of the best Christmas lights to see. It is actually better to park across the street from

    • @robertjosephkleist3761
      @robertjosephkleist3761 Před dnem

      The original Little America in Little America, Wyoming has an actual bathtub when you paid for a shower in the truck stop. It also has a playground and a fancy hotel.

  • @old-trucks-nd-Coffee
    @old-trucks-nd-Coffee Před 2 lety +4

    The TTT (Tucson Truck Terminal) I10. There is a chrome shop, restaurant, barber shop, a good mechanic working in the back. Plenty of showers even has hotel rooms. One other thing that makes this place special is that it's been around since the 50s.

  • @TATEXPRESSINC
    @TATEXPRESSINC Před 4 lety +1

    Great job on the video👍🏻

  • @robinsonreport
    @robinsonreport Před 3 lety +1

    Really enjoyed your video.....I love traveling!!!

  • @Hall7180
    @Hall7180 Před 3 lety +1

    I'll be looking for some of these truck stops for sure. 👍 👍

  • @tleevee62
    @tleevee62 Před 3 lety +5

    Busy bee in FLA is nice....the restrooms are lovely...not really that big, and many times full of travelers (I drive Trailways busses). Thanks, I will give some of these places a thought when I am doing the white lines, uuhhh driving.

  • @constantinflorea447
    @constantinflorea447 Před 4 měsíci +2

    Little America Flagstaff Az...awesome place

  • @sojake3712
    @sojake3712 Před 2 lety +1

    Good job! Enjoyed that. Thank You.

  • @davidlightfoot348
    @davidlightfoot348 Před 2 lety +5

    Nice list. Travel's Oasis in Eden, ID and Whiskey Pete's in Primm, NV have always been some of my favorites. I missed out on most of the truck stops you listed, since I wasn't OTR for very long. But I would recommend Jubitz in Portland, OR and the Arrowhead in Pendleton, OR.
    Thanks for posting this, it brought back some fond memories.

  • @cliffnelson1174
    @cliffnelson1174 Před 2 lety +2

    Whiskey Pete's is way freaking cool...been there a few times..

  • @bryanp3973
    @bryanp3973 Před 4 lety +1

    I will keep my eyes open! Thanks!

    • @LoadMizer
      @LoadMizer  Před 4 lety

      bryan p yessir! It’s a nice change of pace from the typical PFJ/Loves vibe

  • @isabelleniemirow9484
    @isabelleniemirow9484 Před 3 lety +1

    Showers we all need 'em

  • @gpturner0924
    @gpturner0924 Před 2 lety

    Gateway Travel Plaza off the PA Turnpike at the I-76/I-70 interchange was a regular stop during my childhood when the family took road trips up the NE corridor. It continues to be a family tradition on the rare opportunities we get to drive out there. The main stop has a full restaurant, a bar, a gift shop and convenience store, a food court, smaller shops dotted around the building, an arcade and decent cheap showers. The parking lot is shared with a Holiday Inn Express and a conference center, and they have fuel islands for both trucks/RVs and passenger vehicles. The truck stop has a rich history of serving members of our military starting during WWII when the stop was merely an inn or bunkhouse with only a few pumps out front. They would offer soldiers food and lodging for free in exchange for a service insignia patch. That practice is long since gone, but the patches the truck stop collected for free meals and lodging is actively preserved and on display in the main restaurant. The clock in the lobby is also original from that first building on the property.

  • @hempster333
    @hempster333 Před 3 lety +2

    was just at the TA in Raphine, its great the people that work there are extremely friendly, They gave me a free shower because I did not have points , popeyes gave me extra food. plenty of parking and a SHUTTLE if you park way in the back!! Oh the shower rooms were classy and very clean

    • @LoadMizer
      @LoadMizer  Před 3 lety +1

      Petro and TA have really gone downhill the last 10 or so years since they merged. They used to be the place to go. There’s still a few that are too notch but for the most part I avoid them.

  • @michaelpennington3807
    @michaelpennington3807 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Been to Whiskey Pete's, Tamarack, Iowa 80, quite a few of these places.

  • @antonpandoursky9790
    @antonpandoursky9790 Před 2 lety +1

    Cool!Little America in WYOMING is also very nice truck/travel stop🙂I think is ex#68 of I 80

  • @matthewpernat3088
    @matthewpernat3088 Před 4 lety +2

    Yes sir, Iowa 80 is a great truck stop, kids and I were so excited.

    • @LoadMizer
      @LoadMizer  Před 4 lety +1

      Matthew Pernat gotta love it there. I don’t have a truck to spend money on there anymore but that’s probably a good thing 🤣

    • @ojll3917
      @ojll3917 Před 3 lety

      i visited the first time there this there. Dont know if it was a different exprience there due to covid though.

  • @jimacker9074
    @jimacker9074 Před 2 lety +1

    Kenly Petro, I95 exit 106. Massive parking, huge store, 3-4 trucks on display. I suggest you take a look if ever you're in N.C.

  • @KaimarRedcloud
    @KaimarRedcloud Před 10 měsíci

    Holy cow has Whiskey Pete's grown since I was last there 30 years ago!

  • @jamespennington5808
    @jamespennington5808 Před 2 lety +1

    Now that I'm not a driver... the busy bee rocks!

  • @truckingwiththeschmitts7951

    Sapp Bros has super cool bathrooms.

  • @brose2323
    @brose2323 Před 3 lety +2

    Really dig the Town Pump truck stops in Montana.

    • @LoadMizer
      @LoadMizer  Před 3 lety

      Same here. I think it’s great that they stayed their own store while selling pilot/flying J fuel instead of just handing them over to them.

  • @alexjenkins5658
    @alexjenkins5658 Před 3 lety +3

    Forgot truck world hubbard Ohio
    Kenosha wi petro
    Dyserts truck stop Bangor maine

  • @bcdarling3488
    @bcdarling3488 Před 2 lety +1

    Idk when the last time u was thru primm Nevada but Buffalo Bill's and the roller coaster have been closed for a number of years. As far as I know still are

  • @ericporter1255
    @ericporter1255 Před měsícem

    Honorable mentio. 7 Feathers. I-5 exit 99 in Canyonville, Oregon. Parking on west side of highway, or take the shuttle to the east side for the casino and restaurants

  • @BearClawHustle
    @BearClawHustle Před 6 měsíci +1

    Been to most of them

  • @anthonygreener3843
    @anthonygreener3843 Před 2 lety +1

    Old school the ones that are forgotten about pass by

  • @adventuresofabbott4374
    @adventuresofabbott4374 Před 2 lety +3

    Abbyland in Curtiss WI on state hwy 29. Not the biggest or baddest, but very solid. Always have great deals on meat products, deli, etc. Also any Kwik Trip/Star with diesel pumps for big rigs if you are in WI, MN, or IA.

    • @LoadMizer
      @LoadMizer  Před 2 lety

      I bought my wife a coffee mug there lol

    • @wolfie196
      @wolfie196 Před 2 lety

      stop here everytime we go to the twin cities and on the way back,.

  • @marioharris3752
    @marioharris3752 Před 27 dny

    Jubitz Portland Oregon and Oak grove 70 oak grove Missouri and the Kenly95 Kenly North Carolina. Little America truck stops in Little America, Wyoming and Cheyenne, Wyoming and Flagstaff, Arizona and the Boise stage stop in Idaho.

  • @danstafford5977
    @danstafford5977 Před 2 lety

    There's many truck stop that have up Fallen by the wayside... Burns Brothers had 40 truck stops!

  • @christopherjohnson2436
    @christopherjohnson2436 Před 10 měsíci

    I use to work at Mittens in Oakley

  • @nlpnt
    @nlpnt Před 6 měsíci

    FWIU it hasn't run in over 10 years but at one time Primm had a monorail crossing the interstate! It seems like the only part of the business that's really flourishing now is the Lotto Store (a little store just on the California side that sells lottery tickets, Nevada not having a lottery).

  • @SicksFeet1982
    @SicksFeet1982 Před 4 lety +2

    I need one of those towers 🥺

  • @Goosedoode
    @Goosedoode Před 10 měsíci +1

    Truck world Hubbard Ohio is cool too

  • @ravenstar6871
    @ravenstar6871 Před 3 lety +3

    Jubitz Portland,OR

    • @LoadMizer
      @LoadMizer  Před 3 lety

      That place is such a pain to get out of back onto I-5 southbound lol. It is a great stop though.

  • @semperhuts
    @semperhuts Před 3 lety +2

    That BusyBee in live oak still has the best bathrooms, I stop there every time I run from Jacksonvile to Tallahassee

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  • @joshdenton611
    @joshdenton611 Před 2 lety +1

    it doesn't take long to get tired of the major chain truckstops. the piss bottle parking lots get old fast. it is usually a tradeoff between open parking and wrecked bathrooms. if you can "hoverdump" and you know the area and don't need fuel, the offbrand places are a dream.

    • @LoadMizer
      @LoadMizer  Před 2 lety +2

      Absolutely. Not to mention parking at a big chain truckstop generally comes with a risk of losing the front of your truck at any given moment.

  • @charlesbordallo5971
    @charlesbordallo5971 Před 2 lety +1

    Grand Island Nebraska

  • @hotshotbythemile2811
    @hotshotbythemile2811 Před 4 lety +4

    😂 Funny Flying J Laredo Tx. Pretty good truck stops.

  • @davidshafer1872
    @davidshafer1872 Před 3 lety +5

    Big cabin truck stop outside Vinita OK.

  • @kg7yts187
    @kg7yts187 Před 3 lety +8

    Wait! Truckers can't park at Buccees???? That's just wrong!

    • @KVdaKrook44
      @KVdaKrook44 Před 3 měsíci

      Yea they say it attracts criminal activity (drugs lot lizards) bucees is jus a glorified gift shop with good beef jerky

  • @robertfeinberg748
    @robertfeinberg748 Před 2 lety +2

    Presumably you've been to Breezewood. The entire town is a truckstop. LGBFJBJT!

    • @LoadMizer
      @LoadMizer  Před 2 lety +1

      Yessir. Saw a barefooted lot lizard there many years ago at the TA 😂

  • @maebones4339
    @maebones4339 Před 4 lety +2

    second comment......nice video!

  • @Thomzz95
    @Thomzz95 Před 13 dny +1

    Me: I’m going to lose weight on the road 😊
    Truck stops: are you sure about that ?

  • @RealLifeAsheville2024
    @RealLifeAsheville2024 Před 3 lety +1

    Cant wat road tripping summer 2021

  • @georgebardell7459
    @georgebardell7459 Před 2 lety +1

    Does anyone remember the Rip Griffin truckstops

    • @markjarrett5170
      @markjarrett5170 Před 2 lety

      I do. Wilcox. Texarkana. Tonopah. I think but not sure, I think they still got Lubbock

    • @markjarrett5170
      @markjarrett5170 Před 2 lety

      The one out by my place Tonopah is still for me top five in parking spaces

  • @J.R.Graham
    @J.R.Graham Před 2 lety +1

    Great true story,book title-"Cowboy Mafia "."

  • @ASD-jb6bh
    @ASD-jb6bh Před 3 lety +1

    Look at the m20 in English there is more than 6 thousand trucks which is 0ver 20 miles

  • @andyneipert2527
    @andyneipert2527 Před 2 lety +1

    I like I 80 truck stop in Iowa wair im from

  • @isabelleniemirow9484
    @isabelleniemirow9484 Před 3 lety

    Havent been in MO, yet

  • @louisramirez6708
    @louisramirez6708 Před 3 lety +1

    Mars cheese castle, Wisconsin

    • @ojll3917
      @ojll3917 Před 3 lety +1

      not a truck stop but i still love the cheese there and I live only 45 minutes away in the burbs

  • @latoacwoad
    @latoacwoad Před 3 lety +1

    Kenly 95. NC

    • @jclutchman17
      @jclutchman17 Před 3 lety +1

      Man I spent so much time in there I should have my picture on the wall and after they finished remodeling o my God one of the best I would leave there and then stop at white's truck stop when I lived in Va

  • @mitchkangas4789
    @mitchkangas4789 Před 2 lety +1

    little america

  • @geriatricginger
    @geriatricginger Před 4 lety +1

    Raphine Va is about 100mi south of me.

    • @LoadMizer
      @LoadMizer  Před 4 lety +1

      Mountain man lol

    • @geriatricginger
      @geriatricginger Před 4 lety +1

      @@LoadMizer That was a hint, fucker.. lol I-81 VA/WV line... if you come even remotely close, LMK..

    • @LoadMizer
      @LoadMizer  Před 4 lety

      Geriatric Ginger lmao so it’s safe to say Winchester...ish territory or hell even Hagerstown. I’ll make it happen man 🤣👍

    • @geriatricginger
      @geriatricginger Před 4 lety

      @@LoadMizer I'm outside Winchester, in the communist state of Virginia.. :( Born/Raised in the United State of Texas, tho.

  • @rowdyhurst4303
    @rowdyhurst4303 Před 2 lety +2

    Not very many "truck stops" left, most of them are tourist traps.

  • @Truckngirl
    @Truckngirl Před 3 lety +3

    Iowa 80 was once a great place. Once TA took over, it became garbage. The food? Horrible. The services, they do the minimal of what they have to do. The museum is awesome, but most truckers that care go across the street.

    • @LoadMizer
      @LoadMizer  Před 3 lety +1

      I don’t disagree with that. Petro used to be a great truck stop chain but when TA bought it they went downhill quick.

    • @Truckngirl
      @Truckngirl Před 3 lety +2

      @@LoadMizer I was there. I lived it. Thank you for what you do. Everyone deserves to see how truck drivers live.

    • @truckingwiththeschmitts7951
      @truckingwiththeschmitts7951 Před 2 lety +1

      Eat across the road at Grandma's. Awesome food.

  • @ron2823
    @ron2823 Před rokem +1

    He almost got a thumbs down for not showing the Iowa 80 in Walcott, by making a joke about it being in Laredo.

  • @johnferguson6389
    @johnferguson6389 Před 2 lety +1

    How can Buccee’s be on the list if you can’t park your truck?

    • @LoadMizer
      @LoadMizer  Před 2 lety +1

      It’s not on the list. Busy bee is like buccees but it’s an actual truck stop

  • @TowPiglet
    @TowPiglet Před 4 lety +2

    First comment

  • @aaronswaimmarried7447
    @aaronswaimmarried7447 Před 2 lety +1

    I was in there 5 years ago awsom truck stop the Buffett sucked

  • @daledolin8895
    @daledolin8895 Před 2 lety +1

    I was just curious about the truck stop they call the “Giant”?

    • @LoadMizer
      @LoadMizer  Před 2 lety

      I’d assume that would be Iowa 80. I’ve never personally heard of a truck stopped called the giant.

    • @k51rcootet
      @k51rcootet Před 2 lety

      Jamestown nm on i40 exit 39. Its a pilot now

    • @markjarrett5170
      @markjarrett5170 Před 2 lety

      There was a gas chain for awhile named giant. They had that truck stop at mm 39 I 40 NM. It was a bit more fancy before pilot got it.

  • @kevinheath716
    @kevinheath716 Před 3 lety +1

    The fact that you put Iowa 80 on top.... Not to mention you put several others from that same conglomerate.... You've exposed yourself as a complete company rep.

  • @isabelleniemirow9484
    @isabelleniemirow9484 Před 3 lety +1

    I sewcBonnienClidein Nv, Cal boreder

  • @kevinheath716
    @kevinheath716 Před 3 lety +3

    No Jubitz???? You're no longer allowed to speak.

  • @mondochild
    @mondochild Před 2 lety +1

    Cleanest lot lizard?

  • @PaulHanak
    @PaulHanak Před 4 lety +2

    You know. The ones that kill birds. Yea. Those. 😂

  • @Carolinastrucks
    @Carolinastrucks Před 2 lety +1

    You didn’t include kenly 95, the second biggest you are so wrong

  • @davewade9207
    @davewade9207 Před 2 lety +1

    Workman's Ozark arkansas

  • @dcollier7239
    @dcollier7239 Před 3 lety +1

    Left out |Canadian Truck stops lol

  • @Truckin_life
    @Truckin_life Před 4 lety +4

    You forgot Kenly 95 in North Carolina

    • @LoadMizer
      @LoadMizer  Před 4 lety +2

      It’s been a while since I’ve been there. South of the border down there too!! 👍👍

    • @Truckin_life
      @Truckin_life Před 4 lety +1

      Load Mizer that’s right, not to far.

  • @gaylewallace4258
    @gaylewallace4258 Před 2 lety

    Jubits portland

  • @DeannaSouders-sg6of
    @DeannaSouders-sg6of Před 24 dny

    So trucking drivers be safe Deanna souders Rensselaer in souders llc your new boss Deanna souders Rensselaer in

  • @anthonygreener3843
    @anthonygreener3843 Před 2 lety

    In Ohio you forget about them

  • @comealongwithunclejoe7596
    @comealongwithunclejoe7596 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Jubitz in organ

  • @isabelleniemirow9484
    @isabelleniemirow9484 Před 3 lety

    What about flyin' J 'S'

  • @andrewchristopher7138
    @andrewchristopher7138 Před 3 lety +3

    i hate iowa 80

    • @kevinheath716
      @kevinheath716 Před 3 lety +1

      Good for parking.... And don't buy anything.

    • @kevinheath716
      @kevinheath716 Před 3 lety +1

      I usually try to get a little further.... Like Geneseo, IL

  • @bruceburton6523
    @bruceburton6523 Před rokem

    They Are ALL Horrible , Horrible Food, Over Priced, Rude Drivers, Especially In The Fuel Island

  • @pointnIaugh
    @pointnIaugh Před 2 lety +1

    Truck stops smell like urine.