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pnichols
Jan 04, 2018Explorer II
I hate having to gas up any more often than necessary, and the Oregon station attendants invariably never fill my tanks up completely:
1. Our motorhome will take ~5 more gallons after gas pumps stop.
2. Our pickup truck will take ~4 more gallons after gas pumps stop.
3. Our sedan will take ~1.6 more gallons afterr the gas pumps stop.
So ..... if I can pump my own gas I can stand there and carefully trickle-fill each vehicle up to their true full capacity (which attendants won't do) so that I don't have to stop for gas so often.
Or ..... in the case of our motorhome ..... I'll have ~5 more gallons in the main tank as a safety margin for such things as running the Onan generator longer before hitting 1/4 full on the main tank when boondocking out in the middle of nowhere. ;)
1. Our motorhome will take ~5 more gallons after gas pumps stop.
2. Our pickup truck will take ~4 more gallons after gas pumps stop.
3. Our sedan will take ~1.6 more gallons afterr the gas pumps stop.
So ..... if I can pump my own gas I can stand there and carefully trickle-fill each vehicle up to their true full capacity (which attendants won't do) so that I don't have to stop for gas so often.
Or ..... in the case of our motorhome ..... I'll have ~5 more gallons in the main tank as a safety margin for such things as running the Onan generator longer before hitting 1/4 full on the main tank when boondocking out in the middle of nowhere. ;)
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