Does anyone remember the Union 76 truckstops?
Tom Miller
truck, Truckstop America was buying them up. Anyone else got a story?
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"Tom Miller" <tlgal...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>I remember the Union 76 truckstops. About the time I started driving a big
>truck, Truckstop America was buying them up. Anyone else got a story?
>
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> Tom Miller, Occasional PowerUser (Mcp, Mous, A+) and sometime Web
> Developer Wannabe, More at: http://bccs.chatnfiles.com/ecard.htm,
> International
I used to live in San Dimas, CA - not too far from the Union 76 in Ontario.
My father drove back then, I remember that was the point I knew we were
almost home, when my father would stop to top off his tanks, and give my
mother a call to let her know we were almost home.
time@me.net RobZip
"Tom Miller" <tlgal...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>truck, Truckstop America was buying them up. Anyone else got a story?
We used to have a Union 76 truck stop here at x125 on I-75 in Lima, Ohio. It
was small and always packed. Besides the OTR truckers, the locals used to go
there after the bars closed. At the time it was one of the few food
establishments open 24/7 in town.
Gashauler
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government credit card. That truck stop in Ontario was known for trouble.
All the bad things that you can think of happen there. In fact, they were on
a TV segment (20/20 I think) for people selling drugs to the drivers. But
years ago the 76 was really the only coast to coast truck stop. Some bad and
some good.
realitytrucker
> I remember the Union 76 truckstops. About the time I started driving a big
> truck, Truckstop America was buying them up. Anyone else got a story?
>
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> Tom Miller, Occasional PowerUser (Mcp, Mous, A+) and sometime Web Developer
> Wannabe, More at: http://bccs.chatnfiles.com/ecard.htm, International
I remember them from when I was based on the east coast. Two in
particular stand out in my mind,\. The one on I-295 in Jersey...can't
remember the town...starts with a "P"..it's now a TA. And the one in
Breezewood, PA, which is now a TA as well. Used to run from Norfolk,
VA up to Detroit alot back in those days and used to stop at
Breezewood before getting on the PA Pike.
realitytrucker
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> "Tom Miller" <tlgalen...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
You used to live in CA? And your now in Mass, correct? Quite a
switch, I'd say. How'd you end up in Mass?
realitytrucker
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> > "Tom Miller" <tlgalen...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> >news:4630e1a1$0$28429$8826...@free.teranews.com...
> >>I remember the Union 76 truckstops. About the time I started driving a
> >>big truck, Truckstop America was buying them up. Anyone else got a story?
>
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> >> Tom Miller, Occasional PowerUser (Mcp, Mous, A+) and sometime Web
> >> Developer Wannabe, More at: http://bccs.chatnfiles.com/ecard.htm,
> >> International
>
> > I used to live in San Dimas, CA - not too far from the Union 76 in
> > Ontario. My father drove back then, I remember that was the point I knew
> > we were almost home, when my father would stop to top off his tanks, and
> > give my mother a call to let her know we were almost home.
>
> I used them all the time for fuel. They were the only ones that would take a
> government credit card. That truck stop in Ontario was known for trouble.
> All the bad things that you can think of happen there. In fact, they were on
> a TV segment (20/20 I think) for people selling drugs to the drivers. But
> years ago the 76 was really the only coast to coast truck stop. Some bad and
> some good.
Where was it in Ontario? About where the two TA's are now?
realitytrucker
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> > "Tom Miller" <tlgalen...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> >news:4630e1a1$0$28429$8826...@free.teranews.com...
> >>I remember the Union 76 truckstops. About the time I started driving a
> >>big truck, Truckstop America was buying them up. Anyone else got a story?
>
> >> --
> >> Tom Miller, Occasional PowerUser (Mcp, Mous, A+) and sometime Web
> >> Developer Wannabe, More at: http://bccs.chatnfiles.com/ecard.htm,
> >> International
>
> > I used to live in San Dimas, CA - not too far from the Union 76 in
> > Ontario. My father drove back then, I remember that was the point I knew
> > we were almost home, when my father would stop to top off his tanks, and
> > give my mother a call to let her know we were almost home.
>
> I used them all the time for fuel. They were the only ones that would take a
> government credit card. That truck stop in Ontario was known for trouble.
> All the bad things that you can think of happen there. In fact, they were on
> a TV segment (20/20 I think) for people selling drugs to the drivers. But
> years ago the 76 was really the only coast to coast truck stop. Some bad and
> some good.
Now all the bad stuff has moved east over to Truck Town. What a rat
hole that place is!
Ed Propes
I worked a few shows in Lima. Not a bad town for wrestling.
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PirateJohn
> I remember the Union 76 truckstops. About the time I started driving a big
> truck, Truckstop America was buying them up. Anyone else got a story?
>
> --
As I recall, Unocal decided that they wanted to get out of the
truckstop business. And TA came to the rescue, more or less.
The TA's around Jacksonville (south of JAX on I-95 and west of JAX on
I-10) both used to be 76's.
I was looking at the TA website at
http://www.tatravelcenters.com/taweb/Content/DieselPrices.aspx?page_id=200
and comparing it to the Flying J prices at
http://www.flyingj.com/fuel/diesel_CF.cfm
and that shows the St. Augustine/Crescent Beach Flying J as being
aboout 14 cents a gallon cheaper than the Baldwin TA. Is that
accurate, or is someone's data simply out of date?
We buy diesel for a motorhome and I haven't had to buy any for months,
but I didn't expect to see that great a spread in prices for fuel in
basically the same area.
gringo
Tom Miller wrote:
> I remember the Union 76 truckstops. About the time I started driving a big
> truck, Truckstop America was buying them up. Anyone else got a story?
>
>
there's a 76 still operating at blythe, ca. Lots of parking, because
nobody with any sense wopuld eat there. even their bathrooms are always
filthy. good riddance to the 76 truckstops
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Zeke
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The west one used to be the 76.
Zeek!
I remember the 76 in Bartonsville PA where I-80 and Rt. 33 meet. I
bought diesel there and you had a choice of three different grades,
the best being the gold colored stuff - it had the highest cetane
rating according to the sticker on the side of the pump. That place
used to be packed back then just like now.On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 13:22:42
Gashauler
"Zeke" <n...@freakin.way> wrote in message
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>> Where was it in Ontario? About where the two TA's are now?
>>
>
> The west one used to be the 76.
had to pay. I only stopped there once for fuel and it wasn't the best the
stop I ever went to.
Roughrider50
"Zeek!" <Zeek!@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
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> Not much of a story, what you wrote!
>
> I remember the 76 in Bartonsville PA where I-80 and Rt. 33 meet. I
> bought diesel there and you had a choice of three different grades,
> the best being the gold colored stuff - it had the highest cetane
> rating according to the sticker on the side of the pump. That place
> used to be packed back then just like now.
And is still a big shithole. The sad part is.....remember when 76 woke up &
realized they had alienated their core customer base to the point that it
was negatively affecting their bottom line? They then went on that pathetic
"please come back" campaign. All to no avail. Well, the 76's were just ahead
of their time. They were doing what all the so called truck stops are doing
now, except the new ones have discovered the fun & profit of "captive
marketing"........sell to the guy whose names on the door & not the poor
slob who's driving the truck.
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Zeke
"Tom Miller" <tlgal...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>I remember the Union 76 truckstops. About the time I started driving a big
>truck, Truckstop America was buying them up. Anyone else got a story?
>
The Sacramento 49er used to be a 76. The Old 76 on the west side of
Winnemucca has been closed for some years but you can get a good look at it
in the movie "Joy Ride".
realitytrucker
They are franchises. They're dumps because the owners/franchise
holders don't keep them up. Most Pilots, J's, Loves, and Petros are
company owned and taken care of.
whtcolumbia86
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whtcolumbia86
been a independant 76 gas/diesel station for a very long time.
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gringo
whtcolumbia86 wrote:
> The one in Bylthe was a good truck stop back when 76 was running it. Its
> been a independant 76 gas/diesel station for a very long time.
>
76 had been franchising for a very long time before their failure. some
were first rate; most were pretty bad. their biggest problems in trying
to compete in today's market was that their parking lots were small and
tight, and the quality of their service was so inconsistent. I see
Petro going the same route since they began accepting franchisees.
Ambest mom-and-pops are all independent, but overall they can be
depended on.
gringo
the two partners that built the first 15 or so Petros sold out a few
years ago; the new owners are franchising, and in my opinion, their
quality is sliding.
