The Triple T Truck Stop was still in business in 2018 in Tucson in Arizona, USA it being about forty years after the making of this movie.
Official publicity for the film stated that the picture was shot entirely on location in and around Toronto in Ontario, Canada.
The truck stop at the beginning of the movie was actually named The Fifth Wheel. It use to be a chain of truck stops in Canada.
Helen Shaver was one of 105 Canadian actresses who auditioned for the lead female role of "Pickup".