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Originally Posted by mitchoe
I have a set route between my summer and winter spots that takes me past a “Flying J” truck stop. Have stopped there to fill up a few times and noticed they don’t seem set up for gassers. I have a 37’ Itasca Sunstar with a Kia on a tow dolly. There is only onelane for gas, off to the side. It is pretty tight, has a large dip that scrapes the tongue of my dolly, and if someone parks in the space directly in front of me I am out of luck until they either move along or I go get them and (politely) ask them to move. This seems very unfriendly to me, and I have found other places to gas up, but I’m wondering, is this pretty common for truck stops? I realize I can go elsewhere, but wonder if I should just avoid truck stops? Not whining, I know I have plenty of other options, just wondering.
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Just got back from a 5,000 mile trip from ATL to LAV and back. Now that I'm towing, I like to pre-plan as much as possible: Google street view is my friend! I planned my route so that at the end of the travel day I'd be able to stop for gas before getting to the RV park. In addition, if I was down to half a tank or so, I sometimes took advantage of gas stations that I passed by that had particularly easy in/out set ups that weren't crowded.
Using this approach, I often stopped at Love's and FJP's, which were pretty much hit or miss with RV lanes, and often crowded. I also found that, out west, Maverick's often had a designated RV lane :-D, which were a dream to use.
. They have an App for about $10 a year but haven't tried that yet but may before our next trip.
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