Do You Know About RV Truck Stop Etiquette?
RVers often use truck stops for refueling because they are designed for large rigs and it seems that RVs are getting larger every year. Did you know that there is a proper way to use a truck stop refueling station?
When you are finished filling up your tank/s and washing your windows, you are supposed to pull forward enough to allow the truck or RV behind you to pull in and begin refueling. 
Once you pull forward you can go into the truck stop store pick up a soda and pay the cashier for the $200.00 worth of fuel you just pumped. 
This simple courtesy will go a long way in helping with RV/Trucker relations. Jim
posted by Jim Twamley at
7/13/2007 01:53:00 PM
2 Comments:
I travel and enjoy eating and staying at truck plazas. I always try to give the trucks a wide berth do not take up a space that is set aside for them. They are on the road making a living and holding them up costs a trucker money. The truck plazas rely on the trucking industry and if RVers tick off the truckers too much the Plaza owners will have no choice but to ask us to go somewhere else. Ken W.
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Anonymous, at July 21, 2007 8:18:00 PM PDT
We like to park overnight at truck stops for three main reasons: 1) the convenience of having everything we need in one stop, 2) safety, and, 3) there are times we are traveling to or from a destination and we don't want to necessarily check in and out of spendy RV parks for just a few hours of sleep, so stopping at a truck stop provides us with a few hours of rest before continuing on our journey. However, we always ask the clerk where they prefer we park our RV so we do not interfere with the Trucker's. Parking far enough away from the Trucker's has a two-fold benefit: when they leave early (or late!) we don't hear them, and they don't hear our generator (air conditioning/tv) either. It's just a matter of extending common courtesy and treating others the way we also like to be treated. Al & Emily Smith
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mle3150, at July 28, 2007 12:41:00 PM PDT
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