Moderators SeaDawg Posted June 3, 2022 Moderators Share Posted June 3, 2022 14 minutes ago, geO said: I've found owning an Oliver gives me more options on places I can fill up at. Totally agree. 1 2008 Ram 1500 4 × 4 2008 Oliver Elite, Hull #12 Florida and Western North Carolina, or wherever the truck goes.... 400 watts solar. DC compressor fridge. No inverter. 2 x 105 ah agm batteries . Life is good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rideandfly Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 Best fuel prices I have seen in our area lately, photo taken today, Newton, NC: 3 2 2015 LE2 #75 / 2024 F-150/5.0L Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators SeaDawg Posted July 8, 2022 Moderators Share Posted July 8, 2022 Wow! Been a long time since I've seen a "3" in front place. Awesome ! 2 2008 Ram 1500 4 × 4 2008 Oliver Elite, Hull #12 Florida and Western North Carolina, or wherever the truck goes.... 400 watts solar. DC compressor fridge. No inverter. 2 x 105 ah agm batteries . Life is good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rideandfly Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 21 hours ago, SeaDawg said: Wow! Been a long time since I've seen a "3" in front place. Awesome ! It may take a while, but looking for a 2 next! 👍 4 2015 LE2 #75 / 2024 F-150/5.0L Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2008RN Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 I would be thrilled for a 4 in front. Kinda sucks being here on the Left coast 1 3 Early 1999 Ford F250 SD 7.3L Diesel 2020 Elite II Twin - Hull # 648 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rideandfly Posted July 22, 2022 Share Posted July 22, 2022 Fuel prices at Crossville TN yesterday: 2 1 2015 LE2 #75 / 2024 F-150/5.0L Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank C Posted July 22, 2022 Share Posted July 22, 2022 When I first bought my flex-fuel F-250 in early 2020, gasoline was relatively cheap so I didn’t use E-85 then. All our trips with the Ollie had been done using gasoline. Now that gas has gone way up, I’ve switched to E-85, but haven’t done any towing trips yet with it. Only $2.99 a gallon for E-85 here in my area. With gasoline I was typically getting about 11.0 to 11.5 mpg when towing our Elite II, so I’ll see what the impact is on towing mileage/range & performance when towing the Ollie. E-85 has lower energy content per gallon than gasoline so mileage will drop, along with range, but at only $2.99 a gallon (or less) for E-85 it looks like a bargain. I’ll post results after some future trip. 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators SeaDawg Posted July 22, 2022 Moderators Share Posted July 22, 2022 @rideandfly, I was excited to see $3.85 here in Florida at a Costco. That's awesome. Well, as awesome as it gets, these days.... 😁 3 2008 Ram 1500 4 × 4 2008 Oliver Elite, Hull #12 Florida and Western North Carolina, or wherever the truck goes.... 400 watts solar. DC compressor fridge. No inverter. 2 x 105 ah agm batteries . Life is good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nancy K. Posted July 22, 2022 Share Posted July 22, 2022 I paid $3.79 for regular this morning. Fuquay-Varina, NC (south of Raleigh) 3 "Creativity is the fun of putting together unexpected ideas." Hazel Edwards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patriot Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 On 4/3/2022 at 7:21 PM, topgun2 said: Current prices for fuel certainly cut down on "fun" money but will not stop me from any of my planned summer trips - to include the annual Owner's Rally in May. Bill I agree with you Bill, if one has to begin to study fuel prices and/or counting mpg’s they just might be in a hobby that maybe too costly. Whether driving a motor coach or pulling a travel trailer and all expenses that go along with it, suffice to say, RVing is not by any stretch a money saving endeavor. We looked at long range costs closely before diving in to pulling a TT, camping and travel and planned accordingly. Like you and others we are not going to let fuel prices keep us from traveling and fulfilling retirement travel goals and dreams. Fuel prices are what they are at least for now and we are just going to absorb it. 3 2020 OLEII - Hull #634 aka- “XPLOR” TV 2021 F350 6.7 liter Diesel Lariat Ultimate Tremor Retro upgrades - Truma Aventa 13.5 AC, Alcan 5 leaf pack, Alcan HD shackles & HD wet bolts, 5200lb axles. XPEL 10 mil PPF front both front corners, 30 lb LP tanks, Sea Biscuit Front Cargo Storage box. North Carolina 🇺🇸 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rideandfly Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 Always enjoyed checking fuel economy MPG even when gas prices were less than $1.00 per gallon. For me it’s fun to check our camping rig economy that helps understand how one might reduce fixed operation cost to save money for other hobby adventures. Retirement is so busy, hard to have time do everything, but having fun trying, hope we maintain our health. 🙂 3 2015 LE2 #75 / 2024 F-150/5.0L Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rideandfly Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 On 6/2/2022 at 5:42 PM, SeaDawg said: It seemed very strange to be happy about finding regular gas at "only" $4.14 as we did yesterday, at a Murphy's near the Asheville Airport. We "saved" 25 cents a gallon filling up there, as most stations near us were $4.39. My brother reported $4.76 in Florida, today. If I owned that diesel pusher at 5 mpg/over $1 a mile, it would have a for sale sign in the window. Or, trade it in on a nice sailboat. The wind is free. Thought you posted somewhere about a gas app you use for finding gas stations with the best prices? 2015 LE2 #75 / 2024 F-150/5.0L Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhaig Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 To my knowledge, GasBuddy is the reigning champ of apps to find the lowest price fuel. We have used it for many years and find it very easy to use. You can specify the type of fuel you required, including diesel. We search ahead when on road trips and plan our purchases to get near the lowest price without significant departure from our route. It is available for iPhone/iPad and Android devices, as well as a browser based website. GasBuddy relies on crowdsourcing for updates on prices. 5 North Texas | 2022 LEII, Hull #990, delivered 2/17/22 | 2014 BMW X5 35d Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rideandfly Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 9 minutes ago, dhaig said: To my knowledge, GasBuddy is the reigning champ of apps to find the lowest price fuel. We have used it for many years and find it very easy to use. You can specify the type of fuel you required, including diesel. We search ahead when on road trips and plan our purchases to get near the lowest price without significant departure from our route. It is available for iPhone/iPad and Android devices, as well as a browser based website. GasBuddy relies on crowdsourcing for updates on prices. Will get that app! 🙂 Thanks 1 2015 LE2 #75 / 2024 F-150/5.0L Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators mossemi Posted July 23, 2022 Moderators Share Posted July 23, 2022 22 hours ago, SeaDawg said: @rideandfly, I was excited to see $3.85 here in Florida at a Costco. That's awesome. Well, as awesome as it gets, these days.... 😁 WooHoo! Costco $3.74 this morning in Wesley Chapel, FL. Mossey 4 Mike and Krunch Lutz, FL 2017 LEII #193 “the dog house” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators SeaDawg Posted July 24, 2022 Moderators Share Posted July 24, 2022 $3.49 today at the Costco gas stations in Pooler, GA (Savannah), Columbia and Spartanburg, SC. Nearby sams were similar. Murphy, higher. Yes, I use GasBuddy, and have for years. And, we have both sams and costco memberships. Gas savings pay for the cards, easily. Everything else is a bonus. 😃😃😃 1 1 2008 Ram 1500 4 × 4 2008 Oliver Elite, Hull #12 Florida and Western North Carolina, or wherever the truck goes.... 400 watts solar. DC compressor fridge. No inverter. 2 x 105 ah agm batteries . Life is good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CnC Posted July 25, 2022 Share Posted July 25, 2022 Our Arizona to Colorado trip found us paying in the area of $4.50 for 85/87 last weekend. 🤑 1 1 Arizona | 2020 Oliver Elite II Twin bed Hull #617 | 2021 Ram 1500 e-Hemi 4x4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rideandfly Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 On 7/25/2022 at 10:03 AM, CnC said: Our Arizona to Colorado trip found us paying in the area of $4.50 for 85/87 last weekend. 🤑 Been thinking about traveling in those areas, thanks for the report. 2015 LE2 #75 / 2024 F-150/5.0L Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank C Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 Had my first chance to do a long range experiment of gasoline vs. E-85 in my flex fuel F-250. Recently towed the Ollie about 1500 miles so I had a chance to compare mileage over several tankfuls each of both gasoline and E-85. I typically get about 11.5 mpg towing the Elite II on regular gasoline (which can still contain up to 10% ethanol). On E-85 the mileage dropped as expected (due to the lower energy content of ethanol) to about 10.0 mpg. But now to look at $/mile, with gasoline at $4.49 per gallon here in my area of PA, and E-85 at $2.99 per gallon. So on gasoline it’s costing me about $0.39 per mile. On E-85, it’s about $0.30 per mile. So the E-85 wins on cost per mile, but a downside is the loss of range of about 50 miles on a full tank. I’ll keep using E-85 when it’s available, but now that I’m looking for it I did discover that it’s hit or miss at gas stations if they have E-85. It’s nice to have the option of both though. We can have a separate debate about the environmental impact, the government incentives for ethanol blending, etc. 🙂. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators SeaDawg Posted August 10, 2022 Moderators Share Posted August 10, 2022 $3.14 for regular at Costco, Columbia, SC this morning. 😁 2008 Ram 1500 4 × 4 2008 Oliver Elite, Hull #12 Florida and Western North Carolina, or wherever the truck goes.... 400 watts solar. DC compressor fridge. No inverter. 2 x 105 ah agm batteries . Life is good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators mossemi Posted August 10, 2022 Moderators Share Posted August 10, 2022 (edited) Krunch got gas at BUC-EE’S near Valdosta this morning, $3.19. Mossey Edited August 11, 2022 by mossemi Spelling correction 2 Mike and Krunch Lutz, FL 2017 LEII #193 “the dog house” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShallowGal Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 $1.85 in Wawa, Ontario! A liter. 🤯 4 Chris & Duke Chadwell 🐾Maddie & Baxter🐾 Elite II Hull 292 2022 F-250 Lariat 7.3 Godzilla 4x4 Lakeland,FL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators SeaDawg Posted September 18, 2022 Moderators Share Posted September 18, 2022 Costco regular gas $2.99 in Columbia SC, and Pooler GA. Only by a penny, but finally under $3. 2 2008 Ram 1500 4 × 4 2008 Oliver Elite, Hull #12 Florida and Western North Carolina, or wherever the truck goes.... 400 watts solar. DC compressor fridge. No inverter. 2 x 105 ah agm batteries . Life is good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dewdev Posted September 18, 2022 Share Posted September 18, 2022 I thought E85 was not recommended for most vehicle gas engines. What is the story there? 2018 Oliver Elite II, Twin Bed, Hull #354 2024 RAM 1500, 4 x 4; Gas. 5.7L V8 Hemi MDS VVT Torque; 3.21 rear axle ratio Maine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank C Posted September 18, 2022 Share Posted September 18, 2022 1 hour ago, dewdev said: I thought E85 was not recommended for most vehicle gas engines. What is the story there? It has to be a flex fuel vehicle specifically designed to allow the use of E85. My F-250 is a flex fuel engine. Flex fuel vehicles will have a yellow gas cap like this that indicates it can use E85 or gasoline. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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