Fifth Wheel Truck Stops

Logo of the Fifth Wheel Truck Stops

The Fifth Wheel Truck Stops was a chain of truck stops, with locations in Ontario, Manitoba and New Brunswick. They also offered motel service, restaurants, and truck/RV cleaning.

The Milton location appeared in key scenes of the 1978 film High-Ballin'.[1]

History

The chain was founded in Milton, Ontario, with gasoline first being pumped there in February 1972 and a restaurant opening the following November.[2] It was founded by Lewis Loveridge and Claude Warren,[3] with Jim Powers owning the adjoining restaurant.[2] It was the first full-service truck stop to be established in Canada.[2]

In addition to Milton, it opened truck stops in other locations:[4][5][6]

In 1992, the Open Road Chapel was formed, with its first nondenominational chapel set up at the Fifth Wheel in Milton.[7] Between 1993 and 2010, further chapels were established at Fifth Wheel's other Southern Ontario locations, which laid the base for expansion to other sites across Canada.[8]

In 1993, the chain's business model was converted to that of a franchising operation.[9]

The Fifth Wheel faced competition from the TravelCenters of America and Flying J chains. The chain closed in September 2015.[10][11]

References

  1. ↑ Downs, Roy (December 28, 1977). "Action movie filmed in Milton". The Canadian Champion (Milton). p. B8.
  2. 1 2 3 Hauprich-Nielsen, Ann (March 5, 1975). "This truck stop has EVERYthing!" (PDF). The Canadian Champion (Milton). p. B1.
  3. ↑ Hauprich-Nielsen, Ann (March 5, 1975). "Two former drivers own truck stop" (PDF). The Canadian Champion (Milton). p. B1.
  4. ↑ Downs, Roy (November 22, 1978). "Fifth Wheel opens No. 3, plans two more in 1979" (PDF). The Canadian Champion (Milton). p. 6.
  5. ↑ "Fifth Wheel opened in New Brunswick" (PDF). The Canadian Champion (Milton). November 7, 1984. p. RE2.
  6. ↑ "Grimsby truck stop moves on for housing". CHCH (Hamilton). September 17, 2015.
  7. ↑ Scrivener, Leslie (January 14, 2007). "Highway to heaven". The Toronto Star.
  8. ↑ "Open Road Chapels: History". openroadchapels.ca. 2016.
  9. ↑ "Canadian trade-mark data: Registration number TMA480438". Canadian Intellectual Property Office.
  10. ↑ O'Meara, Jennifer (September 17, 2015). "Bowmanville 5th Wheel to close". Clarington This Week.
  11. ↑ "Fermeture de plusieurs Fifth Wheel Truck Stop en Ontario" [Several Fifth Wheel Truck Stops closing in Ontario]. Truck Stop Québec (in French). September 27, 2015.


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