Hi Brenda - welcome to The RV Forum!
If you're free this summer, the Escapees Club has an excellent
RVers Boot Camp they will be presenting as part of their annual
Escapade national rally. This year it's in Gillette, WY the week of the July 4th holiday. You don't have to be an Escapees member to attend.
Anyone know an easy way to find truckstops for DIESEL fuel and easy in-out GAS-up procedure. All tips appreciated!
Pilot / Flying J, Loves, Petro and T/A (Truckstops of America) are four of the largest truckstop chains. Each has a website with a listing of all of their locations.
Or when you get to your first truckstop, look for a copy of The Truckers Friend (or it's companion The RVers Friend). It has state by state maps and listings of all truckstops.
Most truckstops are along the Interstates - that's where the truckers travel for the most part.
When you get to a truckstop, use the Auto or RV fuel islands. Do NOT fuel with the big rigs. Their pumps have a larger nozzle and dispense fuel faster than your F250 can accept it.
When you pull into a fuel stop, stop before you commit and visually plot your path in and out. Remember you'll need room to maneuver the truck and trailer after you're done fueling.
If the truckstop doesn't have separate RV pumps, the outer lanes of the automobile fuel island are usually easier to maneuver through than the inner ones.
Make sure the pump you're going to use has a separate diesel hose and nozzle. Traditionally green handles have been used to denote diesel fuel, but there are exceptions. One company, Mobil I think, decided to use green handles on their gas pumps in an attempt to make their gas seem more environmentally friendly. Go figure.