Pilot/Flying J
Used several Pilot/Flying J's on my way to Vegas, Lake Mead, Grand Canyon North Rim, Kaibab Plateau, Zion National Park... Found that lots of these sites are not RV friendly sometimes with no facil...
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swphotobug wrote:
On their website and in their app you can request displaying only Pilot/Flying J that have RV fuel lanes and RV Parking. A new Pilot was built E of Tucson, best one we have ever been to for the RV lanes. We found another new Pilot up near Carlsbad NM that also had great RV islands. We have started to use them almost exclusively now if we are traveling the interstates.
Remember, the truckers are their business, not the RVers. The truckers are required to be off the road a certain number of hours per day. We don;t have that requirement. We have plenty of other places we can park.
For me, a truck stop is way to noisy to park at. Trucks going in and out, idling etc.
So far, as new RVer, I've seen so far Pilot/Flying J's in CA, NV, Arizona and Utah,
And my observation is that an RV friendly site is more an exception than the rule. And these are the ones with exclusive RV gas lane and dedicated RV parking.
Businesswise and strategic planning which is my skills set, there are lost opportunities in revenues for providing these ancillary facilities for RVers.
And obviously, I'm just here to give them free advice -- for my own self interest, lol.
