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racerchaser
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Jun 23, 2013

Pilot RV lanes

When I talked to a Pilot rep at the Tampa RV show in January he stated that all new Pilots will have RV lanes. Stopped for the night in Murdo, SD which has a new Pilot and it does have RV lanes. Three of them. Also noted that the Des Moines, IA station is now listed as a Pilot and I would doubt they removed the RV lanes.
  • I'm with Mr.Mark. I gave up on the RV lanes years ago after a couple of bad experiences...mostly related to the throughput speed (slow pumps, multi-card swipes, folks taking their time shopping, airing tires, washing bugs off the front etc. etc.)...all this creating long lineups in relatively limited space.

    There's plenty of room around the truck lanes, the truckers don't muck about, the pumps are way faster, you can get DEF if you need it and, if you have the Pilot/FlyingJ RV card, you can fill up without going inside first and you get a few cents off. Diesel only, of course, and remember to get in, get your job done, and then pull ahead before you go in to pay (i.e..try to stay out of the way of the folks still working for a living).

    I find this much less stressful and time consuming. FWIW
  • I've seen several but have not used them..still go to the truck lane but might if the truck lanes are full.

    What's the advantage for a DP??? Probably none but great for gassers, and trailers I would think.
  • That is good that they are considering RVers. Great for business.
  • For the first time in 6.5 yrs., we recently stopped at the RV lanes at a fuel station (can't remember if it was a Flying J or Pilot or ?)... never again! The darn pump pumps as slow as molasses and I had to run my credit card three times to fill up. It would cut off at $100 and would only take one credit card twice. I had to switch CC on the third swipe. I don't have time for that!

    The truck diesel lanes will pump 20-30 gal a minute so I will never go to the 'slow' pumps again, lesson learned. Yes, I have to go inside first and let the clerk know how much I expect to spend but it's worth it.

    MM.
  • I have visited several Pilot's with RV lanes. They are convenient, and so far the ones I have been to, the RV lanes are separate from the truck lanes.