I tow a 32.5' fiver on a long bed crew cab. I have run into some difficult spots. Locally, our cheapest gas station for diesel is a real pain to use as it is on a small lot....I hang out 5+ feet into the street when hooked up....the local truck stop is usually 2 cents more......for 34 gallons thats 68 cents.....not exactly enough to fund my retirement or make it worth worrying about someone not paying attention to my fiver hanging out.
A good DW to spot and help with traffic/backing out is the ticket for any gas station.
I've never intentionally dropped my trailer to refuel. I have, on occasion, after setting up in an RV park, gone an filled up for my next run. Most every place we have gone, it has not been an issue to find fuel. We do have a 45 gal aux tank in the bed though....
I use the GPS when on the road, hit the "fuel" button and it reads out all the stations. I look to where a lot of stations are together, thats usually the lowest price. The lone station on an exit is usually the highest price. Then you can pick the station with the easiest layout.
I've never found gas stations hard to get into in the boondocks, if you are talking about small towns in rural areas. In the boonies, everybody is pulling livestock trailers, hay wagons, equipment haulers, so the fueling stations are designed to accommodate pickups and farm trucks towing.
The difficult gas stations are the ones in the city and suburbs, and the smaller "new style" convenience store stations along the Interstate, designed to encourage you to pull straight forward from the pump to park for the store. Usually, there are large vehicle alternatives along the Interstate.
The biggest problem that I've found while fueling up is other people. Yes, the truck and 5er are a bit slow to maneuver but people should be a bit more tolerant. I've had them cut around me or pull in in front of me while I'm trying to get to or away from the pumps.
Another problem I've hit is that when I pull into the truck parking area of service centres, there is no legal way to get to the gas pump area.
Dan
Prince Edward Island
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A good reference is "The Next Exit" which tells you where the truck stops are to fuel. I've never needed to drop the FW to fuel either. Diesel is easier though. With the Cyclone you'll need to find a place to put gas into the FW too. That has been harder for me, mostly because people don't seem to realize that I need to pull PAST the pumps to fuel the back of the TH. More than once I've been waiting for an island to clear out and someone pulls around me to fuel their car.
Dave Lindemulder
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