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K3WE
Jan 31, 2015Explorer
DutchmenSport wrote:
Several have commented the gas trucks get in and out of every fuel station. I agree. But have you ever seen one fill the under ground tanks when parked between pump islands. No! The filling spots are away from the pumps that we, the consumers have to use and navigate. So this assumption is really not true. Some station pumps simply cannot be navigated by vehicles with trailers.
No, they are generally right. I see lots of tight gas stations where the tanker trucks do first class tight tight maneuvering and the tank deals are in tight to the pumps.
I rarely have problems filling up at any station (27 ft TT) sure there's a small percentage out there, but conversely, big roomy stations are easy to find.
Indeed, you can't be totally ignorant, there are a few stations to avoid and you do need to be able to maneuver and judge, but we have had minimal issues with gassing up and the giant tankers do get into and out of basically all stations with no special favor from the filling ports in many cases.
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