DIESEL FUEL

PAAK wrote:
When traveling, I fill up my secondary fuel that is carried in the bed, it holds 100 gallons. I have founf this is cheaper when going through Canada and BC.

Anything is cheaper than fueling in Canada, eh

When traveling, I fill up my secondary fuel that is carried in the bed, it holds 100 gallons. I have founf this is cheaper when going through Canada and BC.

Rocky71 wrote:
TA truck stops are all over maybe they will give RV the same thing????

No. I asked them.

Johnny_H wrote:
If you have to worry about $0.03/gal then you probably can't afford to be on the road in the first place. With my rig being almost 65' long I want a place with plenty of room to get around. I would hate to save $1.80 on fuel and damage my trailer trying to get in or out of the place.

Most flying J's I have seen are the easiest in and out with their specific rv lanes. With our TT and truck, we were at close to 60' ourselves and found it the best place to get in and out. But we were not diesel either, we were gas and still are with our motorhome.

With that said, we like the flying J's. And they are plentiful (except where we live). Drove about 1200 miles round trip last week. From above Charlotte, NC down I-77 to I-26 to I-95 to I-10 to destin, Florida. On way back came back up to I-65 to I-85 to home. We get about 8mpg. We get a little over 400 miles to the tank. We never had trouble finding a flying j every 200 miles. Many times even a lot closer. The prices appeared no more expensive than the other truck stops. Used our rv plus card without issue. We get 7 cents off a gallon. Spent close to $600 in gas and save about $10. Not so much about the savings, but to have a continuously clean, easy, standard place to pull into. Also nice to have rv specific spaces to pull into without sitting amongst the rigs in the back.

2oldman wrote:

Raymon wrote:
After we got back one lady asked me how much a I spent on fuel. I told her I did not know; the money was already gone, so why worry?

I'm with you there.

After showing an acquaintance my truck, his question (isn't it always?) was 'what kind of mileage you get?' My answer of 7.5 almost floored him.

There's really nothing you can say.. except "Yeah, it's nice to be able to afford that truck - AND the fuel to run it." But I never do.

I have one of those friends as well, does not matter what it is, if it has an engine he wants to know the mileage it gets and will then proceed, without prompting I might add, to explain to me how he managed to get an addition 1/2 mpg out of his daily driver. I am glad to do my part in keeping oilfield workers working.

Raymon wrote:
After we got back one lady asked me how much a I spent on fuel. I told her I did not know; the money was already gone, so why worry?

I'm with you there.

After showing an acquaintance my truck, his question (isn't it always?) was 'what kind of mileage you get?' My answer of 7.5 almost floored him.

There's really nothing you can say.. except "Yeah, it's nice to be able to afford that truck - AND the fuel to run it." But I never do.

If you have to worry about $0.03/gal then you probably can't afford to be on the road in the first place. With my rig being almost 65' long I want a place with plenty of room to get around. I would hate to save $1.80 on fuel and damage my trailer trying to get in or out of the place.

Gas Buddy is worse than useless around here. The prices are obviously listed by the retailer and invariably are the "Club price, Price with Carwash" or some other price that is generally not available to the stranger just pulling in!

OP hasn't been back for a week.

Between FJ, Pilot, and Pacific Pride, I don't worry about it.