Indiana bans class A from truck diesel pumps
Effective 09-01-13 if you do not have a DOT number Indiana (motor home capital of the world) will force you to attempt to fuel out front with the Mercedes.
The truck pumps have fuel exemptions and private coaches must pay the full price. So they will force you to the front.
ONLY Flying J has the technology to charge either price "Out Back" but you will need the Flying J RV Real Value Card that activates the pump, there is a special process to set this up.
Wow that is interesting. I think AZ is similar
No problem in AZ - I have refueled many times at the truck pumps. Oregon has 2 tiered pricing - and no problem at the truck pumps either. Easy from no on - never refuel in Indiana. Fuel up before entering and after leaving the state - large tanks give options.
I was in AZ and the flying J had on the RV pumps not to use over 26001 pounds.
So is that forcing you to use the truck lanes while in Indiana they are forcing you to use the RV lanes.
There was discussion on the 26000# limit in the auto isles in Arizona. I don't believe that that is enforced. I have since continued to fill up in the auto island when the rig fits.
Roland
Barry, I was just wondering why I had no burning desire to visit Indiana, especially since Peyton Manning is gone.
Actually, Indiana has been requiring this for quite some time. What's new is the DOT number.
Been caught with their misleading price signs, glad I did not need fuel, just liked the posted price until I saw the pump, NO way. The beauty with the 194 gal tank and 8+ mpg, last time thru Indiana, I filled at Davenport Ia and refilled on I-81 Virginia, only took 106 gal, so I can very easy forget Indiana fuel stops and many other high priced stops. ;D
Because I trust the VMSpc, one time I ran it down until it said I had 45 gal remaining, I refilled, taking 146 gal. Why I trust the VMSpc, of course the old "Garbage in=Garbage out"
is alive.
I noticed this too, about half way thru filling up at the RV island in Eloy,AZ. If I remember correctly, RV don't pay as much in taxes as the trucks there, so I saved money by "cheating" and using the RV islands.
I just happened to have rolled into Indiana today. I'm going to have to get fuel before I leave the state, but even with the extra taxes it's got to be less than I would have paid in IL, or WI... I hope.
We noticed the Indiana restriction this summer on our way to North Carolina. Only commercial vehicles at the truck pumps. Of course all the advertized prices for diesel in Indiana were for the commercial pumps. Diesel was significantly more at the auto pumps. So we just drove through Indiana and fueled up in Kentucky. Love having a 180 gallon tank!
FWIW,
Going southwest out of Indy, Missouri has pretty good rates on fuel as opposed to Illinois and Indy. I usually fill up going south in Missouri for usually a very competitive price.
We found that Love's stores in Okalhoma had lower credit card prices on the car pumps than the truck pumps. I think this was based on the upcharge for use of a credit card on the truck pump. There was no upcharge for credit cards at the car pumps as I recall.
I would love to have someone explain all this to me. Where I can and cannot pump diesel and when I pay more for using a credit card.
I thought I had it figured out when I filled up at a Loves in Corning. I used the RV islands and was got the cash price, the higher credit price on the outside sign was for the truck island.
Then two weeks later stopped at tha Loves in Santa Nella to find no RV pumps, and only the higher credit price available on the truck island. Across the street Shell was cheaper, and I could easily fit at the car island, paying the cash price.
From Flying J / Pilot:
The advertised pump price on the commercial diesel lanes in Indiana and Oregon represents the tax-exempt price for commercial vehicles only. Private vehicles are required by law to pay the state fuel tax at the time of purchase. When making purchases in these states on the commercial lanes, the pump price will increase to the taxed price as required. You will still receive your discount of $.03 off each gallon.
In Arizona, the advertised truck diesel price reflects a "heavy vehicle" tax. Exempt customers must notify the cashier at time of purchase and the tax will be removed manually.
All RVs can use either the commercial diesel lane or the RV diesel lane in Indiana, Oregon, and Arizona. Please follow the above requirements for payment.