sheridany
RVF Supporter
- Joined
- Nov 14, 2019
- Messages
- 2,313
- Location
- Orinda, CA
- RV Year
- 2023
- RV Make
- Prevost
- RV Model
- Marathon #1361
- RV Length
- 45
- Chassis
- Prevost
- Engine
- Volvo D13
- TOW/TOAD
- 2023 Jeep Grand Cherokee
- Fulltimer
- No
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And even if you call, be sure scheduled fuel stops are don’t long before you NEED fuel, so you have plenty of miles remaining to carry you to option B and option C.People need to start not only planning fuel stops by finding locations on the map but calling/verifying they have fuel before you leave. The question is how best to do this? If anyone has tips to share please do. I can't imagine desk clerks at these locations answering 1,000 phone calls a day.
Nice try. I see what your doing there! LOLBased on diesel prices and housing I'm going to launch a new RV roommates forum. "RV room for rent, spacious 25 sqft"
My understanding is this is due to a tax for highway stops, in city stations don't have this tax. Not verified but I asked this long ago always seeing city stations cheaper than truck stops.I also found that Loves, Pilot, TA, etc are all about .35 to .50 higher than surrounding smaller and independent fuel stops.
Also I can't get a 43 ft pusher pulling an extra cab silverado into anything but a truck stop.My understanding is this is due to a tax for highway stops, in city stations don't have this tax. Not verified but I asked this long ago always seeing city stations cheaper than truck stops.
In the areas Ive traveled on this trip Ive found Velero, Maverick, and other independent truck stops (Stripes in San Angelo for instance) advertising fuel prices at .30+ cheaper than the big chains. I‘m hoping to continue seeing the trend as I work my way up to New England over the next month. I can fit into some gas stations with 35’ towing a jeep, but it usually isn’t fun.Also I can't get a 43 ft pusher pulling an extra cab silverado into anything but a truck stop.
When I had a fifth wheel and dually I'd unhook and go into town and get the cheap diesel. Also had a 60 gallon aux tank.
We are seeing the same thing in our little hometown. The good thing is our house is worth more, but so? We'd like to downsize, but wouldn't save anything. plus we'd have closing costs, etc.Glad I live in the Southeast. Overall the cost of living is good down here. Good enough that people are pouring out of the Northeast (especially NY) and moving to the Southeast at an alarming rate! This is causing the cost of living to rise. When all the house buyers are showing up with $700K to $900K cash from selling their overpriced homes up North.................it causes the $300K to $500K houses around here to go up in price very quickly!
If you think it will be easier finding a charge station vs a fuel station, don't come to Texas.It looks like it is worth considering getting an electric car![]()
It’s definitely cheaper towing with an electric. But remember, unless you are camping closer to home and charging at home where it’s cheap, on road trips you will be charging at superchargers or DC fast chargers which are typically 3 to 5 times more expensive than charging at home. (You pay for the speed). Having said that,we are about 7000 kilometres into an 11500 kilometre ish camping trip with our little 18 foot trailer and from what I can tell I think it will work out to about a third of the price of gasoline. Nice little combo though. Oodles of power, the regenerative braking is amazing and the low centre of gravity make for a super tow experience. We are pretty happy with our little combo.It looks like it is worth considering getting an electric car![]()
[Mod edit] the price of electricity doubled in New England this year. Not a viable option either.It looks like it is worth considering getting an electric car![]()
LOL. I hear ya. We went from a 40 foot DP to this. We figure we are like gold fish. We get used to the size of our bowl. LOL.I guess I would have to give up rving if I had to transition to an EV and a trailer that's the size of my rear bath in my DP. I'm 6'3" it physically wouldn't work for me.
Although many of us probably won't see it in happen in time to accommodate our RV requirements, the future will bring us battery powered RV's of the length we are accustomed to.I guess I would have to give up rving if I had to transition to an EV and a trailer that's the size of my rear bath in my DP. I'm 6'3" it physically wouldn't work for me.
Interesting. Thanks.Although many of us probably won't see it in happen in time to accommodate our RV requirements, the future will bring us battery powered RV's of the length we are accustomed to.
Battery and engine technology is progressing rapidly, which can be seen in the creation, testing and introduction of battery powered aircraft, something I didn't think I would see in my lifetime.
Check out NASA's all-electric X-57 Maxwell, part of their Scalable Convergent Electric Propulsion Technology and Operations Research (SCEPTOR) project.
Car Dealers Reveal Colossal Problem With Getting Electric Vehicles ServicedMechanics. Properly trained by the companies that make them. And for other stuff it’s just shocks, springs etc. it’s not a big deal.
Unfortunately oil stocks plummeted. Some days, it is difficult to win.According to this site: AAA Gas Prices , diesel prices actually declined overnight from an avg of $5.771 to $5.770.
Can I get a whoop whoop?