This will wake you up

[chessie4905]

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[Ed Hackenbruch]

Clifford, if you got fuel in Strawberry it must have been a long time ago. We moved there the first time in May of 2001 and the only places you could buy fuel were down the hill in Pine.   

[luvrbus]

ED it was Pine at the Chevron not Strawberry I get those 2 mixed up not much at either town ,I go across that way going from Rimrock to Payson to the sons place at Globe miles of nothing but beats doubling back to Phoenix to catch 60 to Globe

[Ed Hackenbruch]

 "Miles of nothing", That is why we like it up here. We are about 100 yards away from the hiway going to Globe. 

[luvrbus]

"Miles of nothing", That is why we like it up here. We are about 100 yards away from the hiway going to Globe. 

It is a nice drive all the trees and wild life,the traffic in Payson can be bad sometimes.I have to stop at the pie shop in Pines every trip.I don't do that route after the 1st week in Nov because of the snow.I thought you moved to Yuma ?

[muldoonman]

Came in from Rockport Texas to house yesterday and passed one (Small Store with a truck island off side) Diesel $3.49. Went a few miles down the road and got it for $3.69. At 100 gallons still makes you pucker. Here in Kingsland Texas (Lake LBJ) $3.99. FJB.

[Ed Hackenbruch]

Clifford, bought a house in Tonto Basin, Yuma was getting too busy for us. Lots of houses being built, more traffic. Have the place in Yuma up for sale. Pie place you are talking about next to the highway on the right side as you hit town?  That would be Strawberry, not Pine.

[Utahclaimjumper]

Isn't old age a bitch.?  >>>Dan

[dtcerrato]

Better than pushing daisies hopefully.

[luvrbus]

I never pay attention to the names of those small towns it is nice area about 6000 ft Alt, people from Phoenix escape to the area during the summer and there is always something going on till the end of Oct, Lake  Roosevelt is on my drive too, it a nice drive compared to all the desert here in AZ.That is a nice thing about living in AZ it only takes a couple of hours to go from 115 to 80 degrees. I am not into snow skiing anymore, but it is big here in AZ   

[belfert]

I often have 1.00 discounts from the grocery store. Unfortunately the bus won't fit there. But I have cans...

Do your grocery discounts have a gallon limit?  It seems common to limit to 20 or 25 gallons, or to limit to gas only and no diesel.  I still remember a story from Sean about filling up over 150 gallons in his Neoplan using a grocery store discount.  They had shopped for groceries at a Safeway and got a pretty generous per gallon discount that worked for diesel with no gallon limit.  I remember him writing that it took more than half an hour filling with a small diesel nozzle.

[belfert]

I went on my yearly 4,000 mile trip and spent around $2,700 on diesel.  I didn't even fuel up in Fernley, Nevada (our destination) this year because the price was well over $5 a gallon.  It was $4.65 a gallon 100 miles away.  There were four of us covering the fuel so it would have been over $600 each.  Luckily, two of the guys who had to pull out last minute still threw in $400 each so it cost us around $450 each.

We used Mudflap all but two fuel stops.  Once the pump price was less than Mudflap for some reason.  The other is the final stop to top off near home, but that was only like $150.  Maverik has great fuel prices along I-80 through Utah and Nevada.  Most of the stations are pretty new and they have a truck island.  They even have a single pump on one end for gas and diesel motorhomes that can't use two pumps.  That lane was usually empty because semis need two pumps so we used that lane.  My Dina can fuel from either side, but it is the same tank.  My understanding is using both pumps would not speed up fueling.

[luvrbus]

Mavericks are part of the Call family of Flying J Mangement nice stores nothing to with Pilot/FJ, Crystal Call is taking Maverick back to like the old F/J were in the past before Pilot she is in 12 states now,lol I don't shop Pilot/FJ ,Warren Buffet has enough money without help from me

[Geoff]

25-30 years ago when I was building my bus conversion I predicted by the time I retired I wouldn't  be able to afford the fuel.  I was right.  I now have a fully loaded Lance Camper and a 2018 Silverado 3500 HD 4WD with the 6.0 engine.  It has everything I need for trips and camping, and gets 11-12 mpg with the camper using 87 octane gas.  I am not interested in full timing and living in it.

[epretot]

Do your grocery discounts have a gallon limit?

Yes. 35 gallons