I've been doing it for the past couple weeks.

I'll take some pics...

Usually get an iced tea and just sit on my toolbox in the back of my truck and watch the big dogs get off I-80 and go to their filling station of choice, grab some grub and get their truck washed.

Pretty cool to see all the different loads and hear the different engines...

The 8" or 10" stacks are the best...

 

Try sleeping in the cab AT the truck stop. It really sucks!!!! Especially when you gotta be back on the road in eight hours.............. Just to do it agian in 14 hours................

 

DB, if you really want to have some fun, take a CB along and listen to that as well.

 

You just have to love huge stacks especially with a jake brake

 

Yes when I am on the road I will always stop at a truck stop, always have the CB on. Never know what type of conversation your going to hear.

 

A straight piped diesel w/ a jake brake is one of the sweetest sounds I've ever heard .

About the only YouTube videos w/o some ignorant person cussing someone else out on:

First link removed, foul language in the comments
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pr6xGJMBC88

 

It's fun sending the lot lizards off in search of a good time at the wrong location.

 

i try to avoid truck stops at all costs, but there are times where it is unavoidable. i HATE sleeping at them. packs of loud engines,smoke, urine, people beating on your door at all hours of the night, etc.... if you have to get some sleep, look for a spot that is as far away from a reefer unit as possible.

 

truck stops are nice if you dont have to stay all that long. i made a trip to florida once and rather than waste money on a hotel i decided id catch a few zzzz's at a truck stop. all the lights and noise kept me awake so i didnt get much sleep. that and its humid and hot as anything outside mobile, al in the summer time inside a vehicle.

but they are interesting

 

yup i go diesel up at a truck stop and just sit & listen for about 1/2hr take it all in fumes & all

 

God Bless your daughter Thank you and Thank her

 

I'll be heading to Florida here in around 3 weeks, can't wait to stop at a few Truck Stops on my way.

 

you guys got ALOT of time on your hands....

 

buhahahaha

I have been watching this thread seeing what posts up. frankly the thought has never crossed my mind. I try to avoid stopping anywhere

 

That sounds about as fun as wathing my grass grow.