Love’s Travel Stops

Tom Love, co-founder of Love’s Travel Stops, dies at 85

Tom Love, who co-founded Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores with his wife in 1964 and grew the company to a family of businesses with more than 600 travel plazas in 42 states, died Tuesday. He was 85.

“Tom Love was a man of conviction who never wavered from the principles of honesty and integrity in the 59 years he spent developing the company he started with his wife, Judy,” Love’s President Shane Wharton said in a news release. “These tenets still guide our company and will as we move...

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The Log Book: Hardy Brothers Trucking delivers U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree

The Log Book is a weekly rundown of human-interest stories related to the transportation industry. This week: husband and wife team drivers deliver the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree, Wabash continues to support the local Feeding America food bank and Love’s distributes holiday meals to military families.

Hardy Brothers Trucking delivers U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree

Truck manufacturer Kenworth recently announced its T680 Next Gen truck was utilized by husband and wife team drivers, Deb and Ed...

The Log Book: J.B. Hunt gives $55k back to classrooms

The Log Book is a weekly rundown of human-interest stories related to the transportation industry. This week: J.B. Hunt donates money and supplies to over 55 classrooms across the U.S., Mack Trucks’ drivers take to social media with animal selfies for a good cause and Love’s donation to a child advocacy group helps foster care children.

J.B. Hunt gives $55k back to classrooms

Supply chain solutions provider J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. announced Tuesday it has granted $55,000 to 55...

Love’s pulls plug on controversial I-90 truck stop in Montana

Love’s has killed plans to build a truck stop near Ramsay, Montana, a tiny town on Interstate 90, following fierce opposition from local residents.

The decision not to proceed with the truck stop comes even as Love’s, in a culmination of a five-year effort, received the final approval it needed from the Butte-Silver Bow Board of Adjustment. Ramsay is located in Silver Bow County, and Butte is the nearest city. According to local media reports, the vote authorizing the truck stop was 5-0.

The end...

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East Coast diesel market a growing concern as inventories plummet

Even as diesel futures prices plummeted Thursday by 15.576 cents per gallon, one of the larger declines in the recent wild diesel market of the last three months, the market’s larger focus has been just what a small amount of diesel the U.S. East Coast has in storage.

“You’d need to bring your mop to get the oil off the tank walls,” Ernie Barsamian, president and founder of tank storage brokerage company The Tank Tiger, said of the current inventory situation. 

The June contract for ultra low...

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The Log Book: FedEx supports Amelia Earhart Hangar Museum

The Log Book is a weekly rundown of human-interest stories related to the transportation industry. This week: FedEx supports STEM exhibits at the new Amelia Earhart museum; Love’s donates to St. Christopher Truckers Relief; and One Tree Planted helps celebrate Earth Day.

FedEx supports new Amelia Earhart museum

Global shipping company FedEx, joined by Garmin and Lockheed Martin, announced Friday that the three companies have helped the Amelia Earhart Hangar Museum in Atchison, Kansas, get closer...

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The Log Book: Love’s distributes meals to military families

The Log Book is a weekly rundown of human-interest stories related to the transportation industry. This week: Love’s distributes meals and OKC Thunder tickets to military families; a trucking insurance company announces its driver of the year; and the U.S. Postal Service asks for help answering letters to Santa Claus.

Love’s distributes meals to military families

Love’s Travel Stops partnered with military family-focused nonprofit Operation Homefront to distribute 125 meal kits to military...

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The Log Book: Xos’ electric stepvans help feed families in need

The Log Book is a weekly rundown of human-interest stories related to the transportation industry. This week: Xos donates use of its electric stepvans to the Los Angeles Mission; Truckers Christmas Group begins its holiday campaign; and Chester’s Chicken partners with Love’s for “Truckersgiving.”

Xos’ electric stepvans help feed families in need

Electric commercial vehicle manufacturer Xos Inc. announced Thursday a partnership with the Los Angeles Mission to support the nonprofit’s Race to Feed...

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The Log Book: 4 ways companies observed Veterans Day

The Log Book is a weekly rundown of human-interest stories related to the transportation industry. This week: Central States Mfg. donates drivers and wreaths for veteran nonprofit, OOIDA kicks off “Truckers for Troops”, Love’s raises funds for veterans with specialty tumblers and XPO’s CEO challenges the company to hire more active and veteran military employees. 

Central States donates wreaths and drivers to Wreaths Across America

In honor of Veterans Day, Central States Manufacturing announced...

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Truck Talk: No fuelin’ around edition

This week, we’ve got gas — natural gas, renewable natural gas and renewable diesel fuel. Amid the buzz around battery-electric trucks, drop-in fuels often get short shrift. That might be shortsighted. 

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It’s a gas

Except for devoted fleets — think refuse haulers, school buses and some small and midsize fleets — natural gas gets little respect and practically no sustained growth. Though it is far cheaper and pollutes less, it is still a fossil fuel derived...

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