nfredrick
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One other helpful thing is to buy The Next exit, either in book form or App....it lists RV friendly gas stations at each exit off interstates.....not always 100% accurate but a big help
Simple curiosity: Do y'all have trouble finding accessible gas pumps? We did when we had a 34' Pump anxiety was one of the drivers for us going diesel.
I think you might just be lucky on the fuel and RV combination. I have tried that with my car, and cannot tell a bit of difference, and I top off every time and have a spreadsheet with over 600 fuelings and over $18K spent on fuel. I certainly think it should make a difference but was never able to measure any.One thing I've found is buy alcohol free gasoline when available. My gas mileage goes up 25% so I don't have to stop as often. Not common along interstates but becoming more common in smaller towns. Unfortunately many of these are smaller gas stations that are hard to navigate.
Which means that with ethanol gas we get a 33% increase in gasoline burned to save 10% by volume. It's an EPA scam. Follow the money.One thing I've found is buy alcohol free gasoline when available. My gas mileage goes up 25% so I don't have to stop as often. Not common along interstates but becoming more common in smaller towns. Unfortunately many of these are smaller gas stations that are hard to navigate.
Is the BBQ ethanol-free? Pardon the smartass -- I'm congenital. We have a Buckees 35 miles away on I-10, always a preferred stop in the car but their one RV+TOWD island is still difficult to get to, requiring a max-tight U-turn against the flow on oncoming customers. ED usually has to get out and block the outside side of the island for us to get to it. But I'm both grateful and dismayed to know truck stop diesel contains so much biodiesel, or any at all. Thanks for that mention.I think you might just be lucky on the fuel and RV combination. I have tried that with my car, and cannot tell a bit of difference, and I top off every time and have a spreadsheet with over 600 fuelings and over $18K spent on fuel. I certainly think it should make a difference but was never able to measure any.
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I have a diesel pickup and a trailer and absolutely avoid pumps with large truck nozzles (I don't even think they fit the later RAMs but they do in mine) fuel from those large nozzles foams very much and so I avoid them. I also avoid Pilot, Flying J and Loves if I can. Fuel is much more expensive and nearly always 20% bio diesel. I got used to avoiding bio diesel when I had the motor home because Mother Benz said to not run it if possible, and also because it is not good to allow it to sit in the tank and my truck sits alot.
Diesel is nearly always at the end pumps, and many stations have newer installations that put diesel at all or nearly all of the pumps. I've only got in a tight spot once or twice and that was at Murphy stations at Walmarts, little room for maneuvering.
This last trip to the Black Hills taught me a lesson about not getting gas in big city/urban areas. Was on 435 on Kansas City's east side and saw a sign for a QT at the exit. Turned out to be a couple of blocks and was rather tight looking, but it turned out to be not too bad as I was able to circle the back of the building out onto a side street, but won't let that happen again.
Now, I'll stop at a Buckees anytime!!! Very good pulled pork sandwiches and homemade potato chips. Tried the Beaver nuggets, first few were OK, eventually threw out the last half of the bag. I'm not a brisket fan so I cannot say how their brisket sandwiches are.
Charles
Curious- a number of years ago I tried E85 on my flex-fuel F-150 while pulling a Trailmanor (light TT), and discovered that I went from about 13 mpg with E10 to 11 mpg with E85. That was the only time I ran E85.One thing I've found is buy alcohol free gasoline when available. My gas mileage goes up 25% so I don't have to stop as often.
Plus a study funded by the wildlife federation and the DOE found ethanol pollutes 24% more than alcohol free gas. The blending requirements expired in 2022 and a new decision is coming in May 2023. It will be interesting to see the outcome. Like Urban said "follow the money". If they vote to make gasoline even more polluting I wouldn't be surprised.Which means that with ethanol gas we get a 33% increase in gasoline burned to save 10% by volume. It's an EPA scam. Follow the money.
What rig is that? My Ventana (and the Beaver before it) can be filled from either side (or both), but can be filled from one side or the other, so I don't normally (even at truck stops that can do so) use pumps on both sides.Our new MH is diesel and must be filled from both sides and I can only get that at places where big trucks fill.
What rig is that? My Ventana (and the Beaver before it) can be filled from either side (or both), but can be filled from one side or the other, so I don't normally (even at truck stops that can do so) use pumps on both sides.
Those are called saddle tanks and are common on truck chassis (not Class A coach chassis). The engine can draw from both tanks, but they fill separately.It's a Newmar Super Star. It's on a Freightliner M2, and it has the tanks on either side of the frame rails under the cab. No filler necks, just a cap that screws off on each tank and you fill the tanks directly.
That is absolutely not true about the I-10 Bucc-ees.Is the BBQ ethanol-free? Pardon the smartass -- I'm congenital. We have a Buckees 35 miles away on I-10, always a preferred stop in the car but their one RV+TOWD island is still difficult to get to, requiring a max-tight U-turn against the flow on oncoming customers. ED usually has to get out and block the outside side of the island for us to get to it. But I'm both grateful and dismayed to know truck stop diesel contains so much biodiesel, or any at all. Thanks for that mention.
We're gas and using the Flying J & Pilot card with the 5 to10 cent discount gas is almost always less than any other stations in the area. The diesel situation you mentioned is another factor of course.I also avoid Pilot, Flying J and Loves if I can. Fuel is much more expensive and nearly always 20% bio diesel.
If one needs the extras, yes, I'd agree.We're gas and using the Flying J & Pilot card with the 5 to10 cent discount gas is almost always less than any other stations in the area. The diesel situation you mentioned is another factor of course.
I'd go as far as to figure that dedicated RV lanes at Flying J along with being able to get propane, dump, extra long window washer brushes etc. all combine are worth a couple cents/gallon.
Those are two very different crops and different varieties of corn. What is use do make ethyl alcohol for fuels is the same as used for livestock feed. The two are grown in different areas as well.The worst part about ethanol gas is the quality of eating corn seemed to go to hell about the same time.