twerner
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In reading an older issue of the Milepost, I don't see too many mentions of diesel. Do I need to read more carefully? do I need an aux. fuel tank?
Diesel must be available on the road, but I'd like a means to plan our "next" stops.
Any help? Thanks.
Ted
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RRUGG
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It's not an issue. We took our first diesel truck to Alaska in 1994 and had no problem finding it that long`ago. We found most places had it and you'll rarely go more than 50 miles without a place to get fuel. Easy to plan. Get an aux tank if you want one but you don't need it.
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Hjudge49
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Diesel is readily available, but there are some long dry streches on the highways. The book recommends running "on the top 1/2 of the tank", and that is good advice. Watch you milepost and it will tell you where fuel stops are located...and where they aren't 
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luvglass
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Diesel is readily available all along the way, there's no need for an auxilliary tank, but you might get a larger wallet. We had to pay $6.47 in June in northern BC. :-)
It's in the mid $5's now in Alaska.
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Clattertruck
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A lot of the smaller places have gone out of business. The 50 mile figure does not apply as of June and July of this year. We had a couple of runs of about 200 miles. Keep your tank topped off when you have a chance.
Because we had a problem getting diesel in Texas this winter due to weather related delvery problems, I bought a 60 gallon Transfer Flow replacement tank for our F450. It was a great comfort on our recent Alaska trip.
We paid $7. per US Gal in Yukon Territory, but the average was about $6 or a little less. Alaska was the least expensive.
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Luke Porter
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Clattertruck wrote: The 50 mile figure does not apply as of June and July of this year. We had a couple of runs of about 200 miles.
Where?
States I have spent the night in my current rig, bought three years ago.
Have RV'ed through 49 states and been in all 50, just short of my half-century.
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ThePostman
Huntsville, AL
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We're in Dawson Creek coming from Alaska and haven't found any problem finding diesel. The longest stretch without fuel was a little over 100 miles as I recall. There are a lot of deserted service areas between the main towns and I would not rely on them.
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