Fuel on the motorway services with a caravan
when I had to buy D.E.R.V. on a motorway I found on the L.G.V. (Lorry) pump's the nozzel is to big for a car and it pumps very fast, yet the car pumps are not caravan friendly, with low canopy and some are tight to get in with a caravan, its time they had
some small nozel pumps in the L.G.V. pumps
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They perhaps find there is not much call for them. Personally I would have thought due to the extortionate price, often 20p a L more, most using motorway fuel stations are not paying for the fuel themselves. I suppose it depends how far you are traveling and what you are towing with, but we always start off with a full tank, which will get us well over 300 miles. If others are able to do similar distances not many are going to pay the premium.
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They perhaps find there is not much call for them. Personally I would have thought due to the extortionate price, often 20p a L more, most using motorway fuel stations are not paying for the fuel themselves. I suppose it depends how far you are traveling and what you are towing with, but we always start off with a full tank, which will get us well over 300 miles. If others are able to do similar distances not many are going to pay the premium.
But if you're travelling 400 miles you'll have to find a pump somewhere that you can get at with caravan
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Although my car has a towing range of over 400 miles - if we're doing a long trip, I find that after 200 miles of towing, I've had enough even if the car hasn't!. So we always plan an overnight stop which allows me to find a local (cheap) filling station
to top up the tank without the van on the back. Broadway is a favourite since it is exactly half-way from home to Devon and has a filling station right outside the site entrance.0 -
when I had to buy D.E.R.V. on a motorway I found on the L.G.V. (Lorry) pump's the nozzel is to big for a car and it pumps very fast, yet the car pumps are not caravan friendly, with low canopy and some are tight to get in with a caravan, its time they had some small nozel pumps in the L.G.V. pumps
Never had a problem filling up on motorway services or any other garage at home or abroad. I think Canopies are a standard height
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Same for me, no problem ever.
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I have always thought the motorway garages the easiest to use but you have to be pretty desperate to use them at their prices. I used a garage recently at which the pump had two discharge rates which you could select at the push of a button.
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As has been posted earlier, a range of around 300 miles is usually sufficient to satisfy most tuggers daily 'towing fix'. If travelling further, research your route that passes big towns. Most have a retail park with a large supermarket forecourt on the
outskirts and close to a junction. Better than paying M/way prices. I've recently completed a 1300 mile tour and all the refills were at discounted fuel prices.0 -
While avoiding motorway fuel prices it is still hard in Scotland not to have to use trunk road services which are almost as expensive. Never had a problem with the nozzle fitting into a Land Rover but I do need to remind myself NOT to engage the pump lock
as what I want is a few gallons to get me to Tesco and not a full tank!0 -
There is an Asda just off the M6 at junction 44. up the slip road turn left and a couple of hundred yards turn right at the lights and Asda is just there. Can't remember if it is on the left or right. That is the only one i have ever used.
Anyone know of any more.?
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We very rarely use motorway services for fuel but have never had a problem on the odd visit or seen one that would worry us. Certainly the canopies are high enough as they have to be able to take light vans, motorhomes and the like which can be as high
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I had a problem at Warwick - my fault I suppose really but it was very crowded and I didn't see I was headed for HGV only - but it did me a favour as I was about to come off the M40 to the A46 where the first station was a much more reasonable price - I
can't remember when I last used a Motorway filling station apart from that one. Like others I try and organise my break and research a cheaper supermarket nearby.0 -
Some of you hava said that you have had enough a 300 miles, when going down to cornwall it is 450 miles, as a ex long distance driver I can drive all the way with just a couple of breaks no prob
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I always do a bit of research before traveling with the van on the back. Once I have found a petrol station I use the Google man to have a look around to see I can can judge if it's suitable to get in and out. Never failed yet.
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There is an Asda just off the M6 at junction 44. up the slip road turn left and a couple of hundred yards turn right at the lights and Asda is just there. Can't remember if it is on the left or right. That is the only one i have ever used.
Anyone know of any more.?
Junction 36 M4 Sarn Park Services. SAinaburys on the same exit roundabout of the M4. Large forecourt manageable with caravan as long as you chose the pump carefully.
There is also an Asda with a large fore court about a mile off junction 37 (Pyle/ Porthcawl in Pyle and a Texaco garage in Pyle)
Junction 30 M4 Cardiff gate. Asda about a mile from Services. With caravan you may need to use pay at pump pumps.
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Some of you hava said that you have had enough a 300 miles, when going down to cornwall it is 450 miles, as a ex long distance driver I can drive all the way with just a couple of breaks no prob
Hello Pheidippides
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Some of you hava said that you have had enough a 300 miles, when going down to cornwall it is 450 miles, as a ex long distance driver I can drive all the way with just a couple of breaks no prob
Hello Pheidippides
Had to Google it, but yes I would think it a marathon as well. I have had enough at 200, or less.
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I know someone who drives 6 hours + without a break - that doesn't suit me at all - Each to his/her own - but please everyone let's stay safe and alert. I know my limitations and they definitely don't include 6 hours without a break! Recently I have taken
to multiple breaks on a long journey and definitely feel better that way.0 -
I know someone who drives 6 hours + without a break - that doesn't suit me at all - Each to his/her own - but please everyone let's stay safe and alert. I know my limitations and they definitely don't include 6 hours without a break! Recently I have taken
to multiple breaks on a long journey and definitely feel better that way.It all depends on the situation. As mention somewhere on CT before, I have driven home from La Rochelle in a oner - Chunnel excluded. But I've also had to stop at the services for 40 winks after a night shift when I could hardly keep my eyes open on a 35
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There is an Asda just off the M6 at junction 44. up the slip road turn left and a couple of hundred yards turn right at the lights and Asda is just there. Can't remember if it is on the left or right. That is the only one i have ever used.
Anyone know of any more.?
Write your comments here...M5 J11 A40 towards Cheltenham 1st roundabout turn left follow hospital sign Asda about 1 mile from M5 £1.06 Ltr compared to £1.22 Ltr for diesel at Gloucester services.
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Some of you hava said that you have had enough a 300 miles, when going down to cornwall it is 450 miles, as a ex long distance driver I can drive all the way with just a couple of breaks no prob
Hello Pheidippides
Had to Google it, but yes I would think it a marathon as well. I have had enough at 200, or less.
I have done East Yorks to Cornwall before with just two breaks before, but for me it was just under 400 miles
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Some of you hava said that you have had enough a 300 miles, when going down to cornwall it is 450 miles, as a ex long distance driver I can drive all the way with just a couple of breaks no prob
Hello Pheidippides
Had to Google it, but yes I would think it a marathon as well. I have had enough at 200, or less.
I have done East Yorks to Cornwall before with just two breaks before, but for me it was just under 400 miles
When I was 20, I regularly drove in my Triumph Spitfire -through the night - roof down - from Plymouth to Ipswich - without a break and that was before there were any motorways to speak of. Thoroughly enjoyed it even though it must have taken 6 hours at least. But 45 years on - with a TA van on the back, horrendous traffic to cope with and the fact that I simply don't have to do a marathon, I have simply had enough after 200 miles or so!
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Tesco do seem to have a handy standard filling station layout with the lane on one side going straight past the building. Unfortunately someone with less sense sometimes gets allowed to design the surrounding roads. Filling up at Tesco just off A9 in Inverness
another outfit pulled up behind to use the same lane, and then the tanker arrived as well - which uses the end lane to discharge. So now no further vehicles could enter the filling station and a tail back of everyone going to the store built up on the road.
By the time I came to leave I could not move forward due to the tailback of vehiles (not) leaving as the access road tailback blocked the exit. Took the tanker driver and I with our yellow jackets about quarter of an hour to clear the mess, and then only
by getting some cars to move onto the other side of the roadway. Driver remarked it was not first time that had happened.0
