gas islands

doxiemom11 wrote:
mileshuff -- maybe a good thing you couldn't figure it out. From reading, it seems that the diesel in the truck lanes is a high volume/ fast fill. Private passenger truck may not be able to handle that, not sure.

I pulled into a place that had diesel only. Not only was it high volume, they also had larger nozzles that don't fit in pick-ups or Class C motorhomes. Everyone of the nozzles were this way.

mileshuff -- maybe a good thing you couldn't figure it out. From reading, it seems that the diesel in the truck lanes is a high volume/ fast fill. Private passenger truck may not be able to handle that, not sure.

jma3910 wrote:
I pulled into a QT for gas and had a difficult time getting to the pump. Everyone drives all over the place.

jma3910, boy you know that's right. I figure my best chance of a car wreck is at QT :) No way I'd pull a camper thru one. I gas the Seadoo there sometimes, that's bad enough.

jessjerr1831 wrote:
get their gas or diesel and then go inside. Leaving their rigs at the pumps

This is one of my per peeves, cars, trucks, whatever. Just get the gas and move it!

Everybody gripes abput the price of gas, but just try to get next to a pump at QT:R

One time I was following a guy to a pump at QT and he started pulling BETWEEN the pumps, to get to the other side. It's enough to make me consider a fuel service, just come to the house one a week, fill everthing up :)

Getting gas is more difficult than getting diesel. Truck stops make filling with diesel simple. Access to diesel is always foolproof.
Gas is luck of the draw when you are not familiar with the area. Once you find a station that works,remember it via GPS or Next Exit.
Unfortunately there is no guide to Big Rig Gas Pumps.

When traveling a road I expect to travel again in the future, I add the spot that is easy to get in and out of for gas to my favorites on my Gps

jessjerr1831 wrote:
Whenever possible after filling up I always move my RV. Then go inside.

I always move our rig if there is somewhere to move it to. Often there simply isn't any RV parking area and I'm forced to leave it at the pump while using restrooms, grabbing snacks etc. If thats the case I try to hurry. I do not sit down at the restaurant for awhile!

Oakman "Diesel only at the truck pumps, but most Flying J's have RV pumps off to the side that dispense both gas and diesel."
Only problem with these and it has happened to me twice this year, is the rigs pull into them, get their gas or diesel and then go inside. Leaving their rigs at the pumps. And it has been quite a while before they come back out to move their rigs. It is frustrating to have to sit there and wait. Whenever possible after filling up I always move my RV. Then go inside.

I have a diesel truck. Last time I pulled into a truck stop I tried to use the truck pumps. Could not figure out the pump card system. Seemed to be looking for a commercial truck card of some sort. Pump card reader, display and buttons were very different than other pumps intended for passenger cars and trucks. Could not figure out a way to use my debit card.

I tend to anticipate gas stops before we head out for a day of travel, and check out the stations on Google Earth and/or street view. Or sometimes just pull off and do the online thing before we get there. Getting into the station is rarely a problem, but getting out again can be.

al

When I gas up the RV I always attempt to use an "Outside" pump.. Example

1 2 . 3 4

5 6 . 7 8

I will try to use 1, 4, 5 or 8

If there is a single pump island.. I go for it


That is about the best I can offer.

Do look at the station before you pull in.. I have one shell I sometimes gas up at where I make a partial right turn (On the road) to pull in, pull up next to the pump (Single island) and then pull straight ahead onto the cross street and make a partial turn to continue on... Of course that only works because the destination is "To the right" as I pull out.