Stopping For Gas
We bought our TT in January and have taken 3 trips. All great. Being newbies, we have learned lessons every time. So far, our trips have been short. We haven't had to stop and fill our TV with t...
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My trailer is 35'7" and I've never found a gas station that I couldn't fuel up and get out of. I've fueled up in some pretty small stations. I've even fueled up at a station with a 9 ft canopy. All you need is for the truck to get to the pump. I use those little Murphy USA's at Walmarts all of the time. Most stations out there have plenty of room to get in and out of.
Truck stops can give you more room, but sometimes you'll run into truck stops that have plenty of space for the diesel islands, but the gas station side is no bigger than a normal station. Sometime the closest truck stop can be outside of your empty range or there are none in the area where you're camping. A time will come where you're forced to use a normal station.
One thing you can do to make things easier is have your co pilot pull up the satellite image of the station before you enter it. Sometimes there's easier ways to get in, out, and around that you may not see from the roadway. As you move throughout the station, take you sweet time constantly checking your mirrors. Think about how you're going to get out of a spot before you get into it. If you know you're going to pull forward to leave and there's an empty pump in front of you, just occupy both pumps. It's a little bit inconsiderate, but it's better than getting stuck behind someone who uses the pumps as parking spots. If there's no good way to get out by going forward then just back out the same way you came in. I can't see myself wasting time unhooking just to get fuel.
Truck stops can give you more room, but sometimes you'll run into truck stops that have plenty of space for the diesel islands, but the gas station side is no bigger than a normal station. Sometime the closest truck stop can be outside of your empty range or there are none in the area where you're camping. A time will come where you're forced to use a normal station.
One thing you can do to make things easier is have your co pilot pull up the satellite image of the station before you enter it. Sometimes there's easier ways to get in, out, and around that you may not see from the roadway. As you move throughout the station, take you sweet time constantly checking your mirrors. Think about how you're going to get out of a spot before you get into it. If you know you're going to pull forward to leave and there's an empty pump in front of you, just occupy both pumps. It's a little bit inconsiderate, but it's better than getting stuck behind someone who uses the pumps as parking spots. If there's no good way to get out by going forward then just back out the same way you came in. I can't see myself wasting time unhooking just to get fuel.
