The chassis ships from Ford with the filler right by the inlet to the tank. Then the chassis gets stretched. The filler gets moved way away from where it started. I believe the idea is to get it as far away from Fridge, Water Heater, Furnace where there's a chance of sparks. They run piping (probably electric conduit) for Fill and Vent. If those are high (from filler neck) crossed, or way off level, fueling will be difficult. I tried to "neaten" ours up when I replaced the hoses from Filler to Conduit and Conduit to Tank. When I did, it wouldn't fill. Ended up cutting my Zip Ties and letting the tubes sag to where I found them. If your filler is back by the bumper, parking with nose down at the fuel island will help some, if you can arrange that.