Gassers hogging the diesel pumps

Clubbs

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I need to give a little background to help explain my aggravation: There aren't many "good" stations to buy diesel fuel where I live. Some of the pumps usually shut off at stupid low dollar amount ie $75 I'm not even 3/4 of a tank full at that point. The diesel pumps are much slower than the gas pumps. About half of them you can pay at the pump for gas but not for diesel. If you can pay at the pump for diesel its shared with the gasoline pumps, and there is inevitably some dude in a gas job sitting there filling up his ride at the one pump that has diesel. Why can't he go to the other 8 pumps that have gas and leave the diesel pump open? Often these are the same people that park at the pump and then go inside the station for 10 minutes before coming back out to the pump. Yesterday I was positioning myself in line at a station with two shared diesel pumps, and 10 gas only pumps. I ended up behind a toyota something and a suburban. The Burban was in front of the yota and finished fueling first so I angled my way around the yota and in towards the front pump. Dude gets in closes the door waits a couple minutes to start his mommy wagon, combs his hair in the mirror, checks himself out, finally gets the thing started and puts it in gear, only to be completly confused about what to do next. Since I was behind him blocking him in and there was another foreign thing trying to get around him in the front he just sat there. The foreign job had left plenty of room for him to move but he was so confused or maybe just oblivious to his surroundings he had to entirely re-group after his salon experiment to realize his surroundings and what he was doing before he could manage to get out of the way. There's two sides to every story and I'm sure if he saw my obnoxiously big and loud truck right behind him he would have been more courteous...

I get that there's money involved in having separate pumps, and using slower pumps for diesel, and that makes logical business sense to the owner, which I'm ok with. I just want people to be more observant and pay attention to what's going on around them. Instead I usually end up stuffing my cummins tight to someones bumber (to keep the tail end of my rig out of everyone elses way) and watch them stare me down for crowding them with my loud truck wondering why I don't use one of the other 9 available pumps to fill up my diesel with 87 octane.

Clubbs
 
Amen. Its ignorance and lack of situational awareness. I pulled up in my truck right behind a guy who just pulled up in his Civic and when he got out I said "hey can you go to another pump" and he looked at my like I had just stolen his girlfriend. Then I said "this is the only diesel pump" and he smiled and said he was sorry and moved.
 
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Get on 17 over to 55 (bayboro)there is a decent place at the corner of fairfield rd (or whatever its called) they have big rig pumps in the back and the price is usually good. You'll get fast pumps, and no waiting on gassers to fill up.
 
jeepinmatt said:
Its ignorance and lack of situational awareness.
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Exactly, people who don't own diesels or never have owned diesels just don't think about this. When I first for my diesel truck I got frustrated when someone did this, then I realized I might have done the same thing before I owned one and became aware of it.
 
I have much more important things to worry about than a gas vehicle sitting at a diesel pump. In fact I usually use the extra 5 minutes I have to wait on a gasser at the pump to contemplate those more important things.

Duane
 
eh..... it's a gas/diesel pump.... set up for both to use. I understand your point, but you can't be mad at someone for using a pump that has both. Kinda like telling a handicap person they can "only" use the handicap parking spots or toilets. Harry Honda, the mini van driver, would have been blocking the pump like an idiot even if you had been needing gas..... just my .02
 
I equate this to the handicapped crapper discussion that popped up a few months ago...if there's obviously no one using it or about to use it, no harm no foul...but if you're blocking it and someone legitimately handicapped comes in, you feel kinda bad. That said, I'm sure if everyone pulled in to the gas only pumps and created a blockage to get to the diesel pumps, someone would be bitching about the people that can't get out of the way. I equate this to a Bank of America experience I had one time. I was the next guy in line waiting for a teller, three of them open up simultaneously...I go to the one on the far right, makes sense to me, so the two people behind me could fall in place at teller 2 and 3. I'm told to get back in line because this is the only Spanish speaking teller (diesel pump) and she needs to remain open for Spanish speaking patrons (diesel trucks), well what in the hell makes the Spanish speaking patrons (diesel trucks) so damn special they can't wait in line like everyone else. It's really not a big deal, and if the extra few minutes are gonna kill you waiting...you shoulda planned better.
 
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I find myself getting pissed at this every time i stop for fuel. Its especially bad while towing because sometimes there is only a pump or two that you can get in and out of at the usual places i stop. I guess with Diesels being a minority that is something we just have to deal with.

But, on the other hand, parking at the pump to go in is flat out annoying. This is acceptable if prepaying. Not acceptable to go get a snack. What is more annoying is staying parked at the diesel pump after fueling and sitting outside at a table eating. Ive pissed of more than a few at the Archdale Sheetz due to this...
 
Wow. This is something to fret about ? It never even occurred to me when I had a diesel work vehicle that this was a problem, maybe I'm just not in that much of a rush to worry about such things ( and I filled it up on my time as much as I did on thiers, so being paid for he time wasted was never a concern)
 
we got wars over seas...ebola over here...homeless vets. I don't think this actually ranks very high when you concider what 2/3rds of the earth's population has to deal with in just getting clean water to drink. I sweat small shit sometimes too but I usually try and check myself before it becomes an issue.
 
Nah its not something to fret about. I'm probably guilty of doing the same captain oblivious thing before I had a diesel rig to.
 
The sand in vagina is bothering me.
 
I think I agree with almost every post in this thread. I certainly don't like waiting for the honda to get out of the diesel pump lane, but realize they probably have no idea why I'm staring them down when there are 3 other open lanes. The nice thing is it usually only takes them 2 minutes to fill up their 7.25 gallon tank.
 
The diesel pump at the 'car' pumps are often EXTREMELY slow around my neck of the woods, which I find very aggravating. I just had this experience again yesterday morning. There are a couple of places close to my work with Big Rig pumps which always flow fast. The only problem is you can't pay at the pump.
 
The only time it really bothers me is when it's a prius.. But then I kinda hate those no matter where they are.. It's probably just cuz they can go like a zillion miles on a tank and I can't but seem to alway be waiting on them when they do fill up.
 
Blaze said:
Exactly, people who don't own diesels or never have owned diesels just don't think about this. When I first for my diesel truck I got frustrated when someone did this, then I realized I might have done the same thing before I owned one and became aware of it.
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I would think that a gas 'station designer' would see this problem and just build a station that is split down the middle. :bronco: Fuel):beer::popcorn:(gas:wheel::driver:

(Maybe I'm the only one who sees the logic in this.....^^.)

-never owned a DD diesel
 
Driving Dump Trucks, I generally fill up at QTs, & a BP. It seems Odd that All QTs, have their diesel pumps only on 1 end, but Maybe they Are trying to tell the gassers! QT has to be the Worst, at having people park at the pump, & go inside to use the bathroom, & eat, while parked at the pump! That's what pisses me off! At the BP, & other stations, the pump is in the middle of the pumps, so if a car is at either "end" pump, I still can't get to the middle. Sheetz & Kangaroo, are 2 that only go to $75, on a pump pay. That's STUPID ! If I have to pre pay, that's 2 trips inside for me, or others too. I have the Pre-authorized pump card for QT. It allows me to start the pump, goes to $200. If the station is Busy, I'll move my truck, before going in to pay, after pumping. As for Slow pumps, their set that way, so when filling cars, & pick ups, it doesn't Blow back out the filler.
 
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@Clubbs I always go to the Mallard on Thurman Rd (it's the closest to my house and has separate diesel pumps) or over to the foot of Broad Creek Rd in Bridgeton to the Handy Mart like @Black Bear was talking about, if I'm in that area.

It doesn't bug me too much if there's someone in my way at the pump unless I'm hauling something and can't squeeze my truck and trailer in anywhere else. Good thing is, my old CUCV has a filler hole that you could stick a fire hose in, so there's really no worry about which nozzle I use.


Come to think of it....I'm very particular about which gas stations I use. It's almost always the Mallard on Thurman Rd whether I'm getting gas or diesel. I all but refuse to buy gas from a Fisher Oil store in Craven County.
 
And im one of those gas jobs that uses the shared pumps but i drive a cclb dually and those pumps are always the only ones that i can get to and if that offends anyone .... To bad your not all that high and mighty ...... now cars thats a different story
 
I will absolutely use the shared pump to get gas if it is the only one available. It sounded like in your story that the station was pretty busy so you gotta get in where you fit in. There is a reason they have gas at those pumps, to USE. If there's 10 other pumps open, sure I will go to any one but the diesel pump.
 
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