Newbie question: Flying J pump menu
Just made transition from gasoline MH and dinghy to F250 TD & 5W, hoping that truck diesel lanes would simplify the problem of finding accessible pumps. Well, accessibility is easy, but even after a 2K roundtrip from TX to NC and back, I'm still in the dark about a few things.
First off, the pump spout fits. And secondly, I have a FlyingJ card so I can pay at the pump. IF ONLY I could understand the interface: When I insert the card and enter my PIN, I get about 8 "choices" that are foreign to me. I don't recall all of them, but they include "tractor", "reefer", DEF, "choice" and some others, but none refer to the type of fuel. That, coupled with warnings about damage from fueling with the wrong product displayed on the pump kept spooking me, so I would inevitably take my card inside and do the "dance". I just said I wanted auto diesel and overestimated my charge slightly. The clerks were usually too busy to offer an explanation, and when they had the time, they didn't seem to know what I was seeing at the pump. A trucker in the next lane educated me as to the difference between the tractor and the reefer (which was the least of my questions), but otherwise not much help.
My main question: can anyone here clarify these choices at the pump when paying by Flying J card?
And my other question: are their multiple grades of diesel at truck lanes? Somebody said Diesel 1 or Diesel 2. What's the difference? What is comparable to the diesel served at the auto pumps.
Thanks so much in advance for any assistance.
First off, the pump spout fits. And secondly, I have a FlyingJ card so I can pay at the pump. IF ONLY I could understand the interface: When I insert the card and enter my PIN, I get about 8 "choices" that are foreign to me. I don't recall all of them, but they include "tractor", "reefer", DEF, "choice" and some others, but none refer to the type of fuel. That, coupled with warnings about damage from fueling with the wrong product displayed on the pump kept spooking me, so I would inevitably take my card inside and do the "dance". I just said I wanted auto diesel and overestimated my charge slightly. The clerks were usually too busy to offer an explanation, and when they had the time, they didn't seem to know what I was seeing at the pump. A trucker in the next lane educated me as to the difference between the tractor and the reefer (which was the least of my questions), but otherwise not much help.
My main question: can anyone here clarify these choices at the pump when paying by Flying J card?
And my other question: are their multiple grades of diesel at truck lanes? Somebody said Diesel 1 or Diesel 2. What's the difference? What is comparable to the diesel served at the auto pumps.
Thanks so much in advance for any assistance.
