Fuel stops with RV islands

If I am going to be just around home, I make sure that I am full when I leave and then can figger on at least a 500 mile r/t. I always use Costco as they have the best price and usually have enuff room to get me and the toad out of. ( Always check entrance and exit before getting in line). When I fill,since my filler is right behind the front door, I only pull up to the first pump so that gassers can use the two pumps in front and have had several people yell at me to pull all the way up and then when they've finally figgered out why I did it that way, kinda get that sheepish look.

The handful of Pilots with dedicated RV lanes were Flying J's for the most part before the merger. Something to do with the DOJ's approval requirements I guess, or maybe some tax benefit. Around 20 or so PFJ locations were also sold to Love's due to DOJ requirements, but I don't know if any of them had or retained RV lanes.

We rarely used RV lanes with our diesel. You have a diesel so use the semi truck area. The pumps are a lot easier to get into and you'll have many more options as you travel - not just Flying J's. You can get cheaper fuel at other places.

soren wrote:
Thanks to the poster who mentioned the addition of RV islands to Mavericks, good to know.

YW. FYI, Maverik also offers a free customer loyalty card that includes a fuel discount. You can sign up online here: https://maverik.com/home/cards.html

With a gas motorhome pulling a car, this is something I pay attention to. That said, there have been several times, particularly in the northeast, when I got off an interstate specifically to fuel at a flying J, only to find that it was one without RV islands. Seems to be a mix of older properties that they may of taken over, and new ones on smaller patches of ground. I would say that the majority of our fills happen at newer convenience stores that have a ton of real estate at the canopy. I just hang off to the side until a pump on the outside edge is free, and use that. Thanks to the poster who mentioned the addition of RV islands to Mavericks, good to know.

Generally speaking if you’re on a major highway/ Interstate all you need to do is watch the billboards. Stations right off the highway advertised as “EZ In & Out” are big lots with pumps well spread out and lots of room to get to the pumps.

Here in the Intermountain West, Maverik is installing them at all of their new convenience stores, and is retrofitting many old ones to add them. Most have free dump stations, too.

I like the Flying J's because they have the separate RV islands and RV parking so I look for them first when traveling. Most of the time though we end up using truck stops. We have the book The Next Exit which among other things lists the "RV friendly" fuel stops in red. Not sure what the criteria is for an RV friendly listing but it works for us. When we find one that we like we'll circle it in the book for future reference.

While dedicated RV pumps are nice, like it was posted above, not always the best route. Better off at times just to go to the semi pumps. Once done, pull ahead to pay. Word of caution here. These pumps may not be the cleanest of areas due to semi drivers spilling fuel. WEAR GLOVES when handling nozzle. DEF avail at semi pumps as well--not sure about RV lanes.

Flying J has an app that tells you which ones have dedicated RV pumps. We did find one Pilot in the midwest that had them too. There is another RV gas app that lists stations that are RV accessible. The only problem with the dedicated RV pumps is when someone parks their RV their and goes into the store leaving you sit their 20 minites waiting for them to come out. It hasn't happened often.Most people are more considerate. I fill up and let my wife go onto the store. When I am done fueling I move away from the pumps.