Refueling Along Rural Routes
This summer we've transitioned from travelling along major highways to some more rural roads. We find we really enjoy travelling these routes through many small towns. The scenery is much more inter...
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wintersun wrote:h2guy wrote:
I'm sorry, but I just can't, understand, running out of fuel. Its ALWAYS avail.
Unless you make a really dumb decision I guess.
You don't get around much do you or is English a second language?
If we stayed on major interstates for 100% of our travels refueling would be a minor concern. But the OP asked about "rural routes" and this measn places other than interstate highways.
There are stretches of highway in California and Utah and Montana and New Mexico where we barely make it with our truck and it has a 36 gallon fuel tank. When you are getting 10 MPG that translates to 300 miles of safe driving range and it definitely affects how I plan our travel routes.
There are small towns where the stations are not open on Sundays or at night or on holidays and this also needs to be taken into consideration. Most gas stations do not pump diesel which is something else we need to check while planing our fuel stops.
Boy, I hate to get into a Pis***** contest, but........
I've got 297000 miles on my truck, 191K of that pulling my 15K 5ver, and camping/putting slides out, at 701 locations, from Key West to Anchorage, and Bangor to San Diego.
A whole bunch of that wasn't Interstates. And I've NEVER come close to running out of fuel.
Rest of your comments are just, aw, never mind.
