Gary31
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My wife and I just returned from a 10 day trip to Myrtle Beach, after a rather nerve racking trip down south I learned a very important lesson. While this was my first long distance trip in the newly acquired 2500 HD Turbo Diesel, I found that getting fuel and especially diesel can be a bit difficult when tugging a 35Ft trailer. Upon getting close to the SC line my gauge was reading 1/4 tank and I valiantly tugged south thinking the price would be cheaper in SC rather than NC. As we approached the outskirts of Myrtle Beach on Hwy 17, 6 lanes Friday lunch traffic looking for Diesel it became apart very quickly that this was not a RV friendly part of town and all stations on my side of the street were small with little or no room for my rig or did not sell Diesel. I drove south hoping for a station that would accommodate me but as the fuel gauge was dropping from all the stop and go traffic I was becoming very nervous as how and where I would find petro. I finally had to turn around and backtrack the other side of hwy 17 north to find a station with Diesel that I could get into.
Couple lessons learned-
Buy fuel when 1/2 tank
I purchased a 5 gallon can so I can keep it in the truck on longer trips for reserve, or I could park away from a station and walk up to the pump if I could not get into the lot.
When you only get 9 MPG only having 1 gallon in the tank was a bit to close for this grandpa, too old to be walking on the side of the street.
Couple lessons learned-
Buy fuel when 1/2 tank
I purchased a 5 gallon can so I can keep it in the truck on longer trips for reserve, or I could park away from a station and walk up to the pump if I could not get into the lot.
When you only get 9 MPG only having 1 gallon in the tank was a bit to close for this grandpa, too old to be walking on the side of the street.