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old_guy
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Jan 01, 2014

love truck stop Las Vegas

when fueling up with gas at the above truck stop, how do you get to the RV lanes while pulling a 35 ft TT. that is still some thing that bothers me of getting in and out of these fueling stations with such a long combination. seems I have been in some of these truck stops that they have cars parked in front of the building with people going inside for food and I know there is no way I can get in and out making a sharp turn left or right. even the shell station in Ely Nv will be tricky. I know there is a place north of the town of Ely that has no canopy but has pumps out in the open. don't know if the price of gas there is out of the question or not. any one have answers to my concerns?

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  • RoyB wrote:
    The back-up PLAN B for me would be to pull-off and Drop the RV trailer then go on in with the truck and fill-up.

    I always have an extra 5-gallons on-board but if you are getting 6-8MPG that really isn't much fuel to get you down the road very far to look for another fuel station...


    My opinion, also. However, I keep 10 gallons, just in case.

    Bruce
  • RoyB wrote:
    The back-up PLAN B for me would be to pull-off and Drop the RV trailer then go on in with the truck and fill-up.

    I always have an extra 5-gallons on-board but if you are getting 6-8MPG that really isn't much fuel to get you down the road very far to look for another fuel station...


    When I had my truck, I would start looking at about half a tank of gas or 100 due to empty. I do the same with my motorhome. I would never try to push it like that.
  • RoyB's avatar
    RoyB
    Explorer II
    The back-up PLAN B for me would be to pull-off and Drop the RV trailer then go on in with the truck and fill-up.

    I always have an extra 5-gallons on-board but if you are getting 6-8MPG that really isn't much fuel to get you down the road very far to look for another fuel station...
  • Never found any RV lanes at a Loves.
    Only FJ has them, and some of them can be a PTA to get in and out.
  • Sometimes there might not be an easy solution and go on to the next stop. But when we had the 35'TT and crew cab f250, I would stick to the outside pumps if possible. If I felt I would not be able to pull out without having an Austin Powers golf cart moment, then I wouldn't stop there.

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