New England Weekender
Advanced Member
I've found YouTube videos ranking the best apps for various things. Many of them will let you book stays for example straight through their app. I've found a whole bunch of apps have similar or identical features. What I haven't found yet is if a certain app exists where you could fuel up and it either recommends or allows users to rank accessibility in and out of the station.
I'm new to TT towing. My truck is also gas, not diesel, so I doubt I can use the extra spacious truck stop pumps. I even have a truck stop right where I live off the highway. There are about 10 pumps for 18 wheelers with computer style pads/keyboards. No spot for a credit card to be inserted. These obviously aren't meant for me, especially where they're exclusively diesel. But they're a straight shot in, about 100 yards off the road, tons of room and then a few hundred yards after for maneuvering in and out, pulling a 180 to get back on the highway. On the other side of the curb divider is where the gas station building and gas pumps are. 8 pumps, perpendicular to the road and their exit is a very tight hard 90 to exit. Because it's 2 columns of 2 pumps on each side, if you're in one of the middle 4 pumps, there is a very good chance you could clip a neighbor making that hard cut back to the road with your tail swing. I have 9' from center of back axel to edge of rear bumper so I'm conscious of what my tail swing will be like and where I could get into trouble.
I say all this to say this gas station, despite being a "truck stop", absolutely sucks for gasser truck/camper trailer combos to enter/exit on our side. I can't even recall ever seeing a single one fueling up. Is there an app that people could rate 1-10 or thumbs up/down when a station is great for accessing pumps with a 45-50'+ foot long rig or if not, what do you all do when fueling up? Do you always unhook at your destination and then fuel the truck? And if on longer mileage trips, start looking for areas off highway that are accessible and just pass by if it doesn't look practical? Or maybe some of you carry secondary gas cans/tanks w/pump that allow you to bypass this issue? Thank you.
I'm new to TT towing. My truck is also gas, not diesel, so I doubt I can use the extra spacious truck stop pumps. I even have a truck stop right where I live off the highway. There are about 10 pumps for 18 wheelers with computer style pads/keyboards. No spot for a credit card to be inserted. These obviously aren't meant for me, especially where they're exclusively diesel. But they're a straight shot in, about 100 yards off the road, tons of room and then a few hundred yards after for maneuvering in and out, pulling a 180 to get back on the highway. On the other side of the curb divider is where the gas station building and gas pumps are. 8 pumps, perpendicular to the road and their exit is a very tight hard 90 to exit. Because it's 2 columns of 2 pumps on each side, if you're in one of the middle 4 pumps, there is a very good chance you could clip a neighbor making that hard cut back to the road with your tail swing. I have 9' from center of back axel to edge of rear bumper so I'm conscious of what my tail swing will be like and where I could get into trouble.
I say all this to say this gas station, despite being a "truck stop", absolutely sucks for gasser truck/camper trailer combos to enter/exit on our side. I can't even recall ever seeing a single one fueling up. Is there an app that people could rate 1-10 or thumbs up/down when a station is great for accessing pumps with a 45-50'+ foot long rig or if not, what do you all do when fueling up? Do you always unhook at your destination and then fuel the truck? And if on longer mileage trips, start looking for areas off highway that are accessible and just pass by if it doesn't look practical? Or maybe some of you carry secondary gas cans/tanks w/pump that allow you to bypass this issue? Thank you.