A day at a truck stop

Aug. 7, 2014
Trucks stops are a ubiquitious and vital part of life in the trucking industry -- providing fuel, food, maintenance, and a host of other services to big rigs and four-wheelers alike. Back in May, Fleet Owner got a in-depth tour of the Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores location in Salisbury, NC, to see all the work that goes on behind the scenes at a typical truck stop to help keep tractor-trailers and motoring public rolling on down the highway.

Truck stops are a ubiquitious and vital part of life in the trucking industry -- providing fuel, food, maintenance, and a host of other services to big rigs and four-wheelers alike. Back in May, FleetOwner got a in-depth tour of the Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores location in Salisbury, NC. There we could see all the work that goes on behind the scenes at a typical truck stop to help keep tractor-trailers and the motoring public rolling on down the highway.

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Sean Kilcarr | Editor in Chief

Sean Kilcarr is a former longtime FleetOwner senior editor who wrote for the publication from 2000 to 2018. He served as editor-in-chief from 2017 to 2018.

 

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