Stopping for fuel with 29' TT
So we leave next week on our first trip with the new TT! Previously with the PUP, we could pull in anywhere to fill up. Now with a 29' TT and 21' TV, the combined unit at 50' is as long as some of the...
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KD4UPL wrote:
If you can't get that rig in and out of most modern gas stations you'll have trouble getting in and out of most campgrounds. I'm about 44' and pull into just about any station I feel like. Just use a little sense when positioning.
Keep in mind that just about every station in the country has their gas delivered by an 18 wheeler. The underground tanks are usually buried right there in the pavement around the pumps. If an 18 wheeler can get in and out you should be able too.
I don't know were in the world you will find a lot of "modern" gas stations..
I have been as far north as VT and down into SC on the East Coast.. I HAVE passed through VA.. I find more "less modern stations" than new modern ones, that's for sure..
With a 26ft TT and a super cab F250 short bed I have done some rather interest acrobatics getting in and more often getting out of even some of those newer stations..
I have gotten into some OK, but getting out resulted in nearly high centering the trailer, scraping hard on the tongue jack and the rear drag bars.. Resulted in smashing my spare tire carrier which was located behind the front jack..
More than once I have been forced to back out of a station, just no way I was going to be able to clear the cars parking in front of the building in order to make the turn.. Happens a lot at busy gas stations..
Once I had to nearly jack knife the truck and trailer in order to get the rear of the trailer off the road.. this resulted in my truck sitting 6+ft away from the pump.. Had to pull the hose taught and hold it in the tank filler while squinting at the readout on the pump..
More than once we have also been treated to one of those real backwoods town gas stations.. You know, the ones that are located 10 miles down a one and half lane tar and chip road from a busy interstate.. Yep.. had one heck of a time trying to find even a place big enough to turn the rig around :M
While our newest truck has a 35 gallon tank, we decided to add a 15 gallon tank in the bed of the truck so now we can easily buzz by those less than friendly stations..
