Fuel availability

[Max S]

We are planning to cruise Lake Powell in our 26 foot trailerable sailboat this May. We purchased a 2001; 2500 Quad Cab, 4WD for this purpose. We are new to the diesel conciousness and were wondering if there is a travel map/catalogue indicating where diesel fuel is available along our route from Parker, Colorado to the Bullfrog Marina at Lake Powell. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Max S.

 

[jandtjil]

If you are traveliing via interstate

Prior to leaviing I often go to the following sites to get an idea of where I can fuel up with reliable fuel.

http://www.tatravelcenters.com/ta/display_page.phtml?page_id=102

http://serv2.flyingj.com





JJ

 

[MN Cummins Lvr]

Max,



First of all, welcome to the TDR and congrats on your new truck! If you follow JJ's advice, you should be fine. I would suggest to try to stay away from the "Mom & Pop" places that don't have a high turnover rate of diesel fuel because their tanks could potentially contain water which could lead to probs.



Also, I keep a pair of leather gloves in a rubbermaid container inside my truck that I use for fueling because the diesel pumps are pretty slimy. In fact, I have never seen a trucker not use gloves while fueling.



Enjoy your new ride! Oo.



Paul

 

[Joe G.]

Max,



You also might want to check out CFN. That's a card lock system so they are open 24 hours at every station. Mostly big rig fueling so a lot of fuel goes thru them. I have always got really clean fuel at their locations. Gas and small volume diesel also.



http://www.cfnnet.com/

 

[Driftwood Ram]

Pacific Pride

Here is another option https://www.teambryant.com/default.asp if you want to go the "card lock" route. Just be advised that the prices are not posted at card locks as they can change daily. Personally I have found card lock prices to be a little higher than other options but you usually get a book with locations and they also have the locations and price on their web site.

Hope this helps.

 

[Joseph Donnelly]

Camping world carries books on truck stop locations and on the businesses at each exit of the interstates.

 

[sbiel]

fill'r up

I agree with the guys to avoid the small stations, as their fuel can get old. Personally, I've never seen a major stretch of highway where there was not a big station at least once every 50 miles, and that was in the vastness of West Texas.



I would suggest carrying a spare fuel filter or two and the wrenches to change it out. Yes, that means learning to do it yourself, but if you ever pick up a load of bad fuel, it would be nice to be able to change out the filter and go on !!!



It's a real obvious point, but I ALWAYS double check that I am pumping diesel fuel. I have seen a few green gas pumps over the years.



I get all my filters at Geno's.



steve

 

[BarryG]

Max S:

Which way are you going? If you take I 70 to hwy 191 to hwy 95 no problem in Grand Junction, Thompson Springs, Moab, Monticello or Blanding and you can get it at the marina. If you go I 70 to US24 to hwy 95 Grand Junction, Thompson Springs, Green River and at the marina. You can also probably get it in Hanksville but not sure on that. You will definitely find stretches over 50 miles with no fuel stops on that trip. There is also a marina at Hite right on hwy 95 at the colorado river with gas but I am not sure about diesel. It is not nearly as big as Halls Crossing or Bullfrog but does have house boat rentals and if I recall most of those big house boats use diesel. Once out there we were low on gas, the station was out and had to take the ferry over to the other side to get gas. Can't remember which marina is on which side but they are probably only 5 miles as the crow flies or ferry, but by road over 100 miles apart. We do a lot of hiking in that area and whenever we go out there we always take a spare filter and a 5 gallon jerry can of fuel and 5 gallons of water and have used them all over the years out there.

 

[BV]

Extra Filter

Might want to put an extra fuel filter under the seat in case you have to fill up at the ma-pa stop and get some bad stuff or fill up at a stop that recently got a tanker full and mixed up the sediment.



Knock on wood that i have never had to change one on the road but it's there just in case.



BTW - Welcome to the TDR and have a fun/safe vacation at Powell.

 

[richardcoxid]

Check out; http://www.gocomchek.com/ They will list all truck stops with fuel pricing by direction of travel on Interstate/State highways. Have a ball and enjoy Lake Powell!.

 

[Terry]

Max, I've made that trip from Denver at least 20 times, last time was May 2001. But I have never seen a sail boat on Lake Powell before. If you want to chat about it e-mail me with your phone # and a good time to call.

Terry

 

[RCook]

Fuel at Hanksville

There are a couple of stations with diesel at Hanksville. On the way from Salt Lake to Bullfrog, I usually fill up both truck and boat at the Sinclair there.



There are high-volume stations at Green River. on I-70, 10-15 miles before you turn down 24 toward Hanksville.

 

[GLASMITHS]

Fuel filter

You do like BV said. Filling up at truck stops is best but not fool proof. I drove 10 miles out of the way to fill up at a very large one South of St Louis, and got bad fuel and there was a new filter in it, and another one under the rear bench. Changed it in a pull off, but they ain't cheap, and neither was the #2.

 

[Silver Streak]

FUEL UP

If you want to know where to get fuel, get on your CB ch. 19 and ask any trucker where to get fuel and how much. There grrrrrrrrrrrreat.



Silver Streak

 

[GLASMITHS]

Bad Fuel

Silver Streak:



That sounds great; however there were about 30 18 wheelers at this truck-stop; so what else could you do? I know what you mean though. That is the main reason why I put a 95 gallon tank in the bed; so I could choose where to buy fuel.



There were 50 million, at least, small peices of metal in the filter. I was sure something was going South, but that has been 30K miles ago, so.

 

[pwknapp]

Can't beat the Flyin' Hook, great prices on fuel, most always clean, and fair to good travel food. Even got one of those fancy maps tellin' yah where the next one is. jmho

 

[GLASMITHS]

Flying Hook

pwKnapp



I assume you are referring to Flying J? What everyone needs is an "Exit Authority" it tgells everything, plus Good Sams Road Atlas even tells you where every rest area is. Also you can go to flyingj.com and find out the fuel prices at every flying j. ----------Oo.

 

[Agades]

big tanks are cool

all you have to stop fer is to pee

and only get fuel from places that go through A lot of it

(like truck stops)

believe it or not

algae can grow in fuel that sits too long



that is very bad

can wreck whole fuel system



need bigger tank?

email me

-- email address removed --

 

[BaileyFlyer]

I have done the I-70 through Moab a couple times. Fruita, CO has some of the cheapest gas along I-70 (it's out by Grand Junction). There are 3 truck stops all on the same exit.



If you are planning on going through Moab, take the shortcut (distance is shorter, but time is about the same) take hwy 128 (around exit 12 or so). It follows the Colorado River to Moab. If you come down Hwy 191 to Moab, there are some truck stops along I-70 just a couple miles before the offramp for hwy 191 (Texaco... )



If you are going through Hanksville, then all I can tell you about is the stuff I mentioned above.



Good luck!