Petrol station fill up

well it does, as it gives a possible other 'solution' that the OP might not have thought of?

Credit the OP with some sense .... & if he/she has yet to fill up while towing, presumably those words of wisdom have already been carried out.

I wasn't answering the op .... 

well I don't follow that at all, it doesn't read right, what will have been carried out?

Anyway why call/label what someone has posted in a polite and probably helpful manner as sarcastically, or otherwise, as words of wisdom? Hardly helpful is it? Or are you now judging what is a wise and helpful post and what isn't MM?

ED please .....

 But I thought that you criticised R&R for not answering the OP! I must have misread 

I wish I was as organised as some on here. I admit I have filled up a few times when towing, the main point is to make sure you can simply drive out after refueling and don't have to perform a 90 degree turn in front of the shop.

The only occasion it became a disaster is, having filled up in France at an automated filling station, I was simply unable to go forward and pass by the disused payment kiosk. It was necessary to unhitch and then use the mover to reverse the van.

Luckily, I rarely feel too stressed by anything like this especially as the filling station was deserted.

All I was trying to get across was that with a bit of forward planning, filling up with the van on the back was avoidable -  and that's what I prefer to do. I am fortunate that my car has a 100 litre tank and I have the time to plan a more leisurely journey, so visiting fuel stations with the van on the back is easily avoidable.

I appreciate that those pushed for holiday time and perhaps making a single push from, say, the north of England to Cornwall may be forced into this situation but all I was trying to do was offer an alternative view.

French supermarkets can be problematical, even now we have a MH. Had to reverse out of a couple last year, as there was no way we could get through the chicane at the exit. When we had a caravan we could almost always avoid refuelling with it in tow, as we had sufficient range. On the rare occasion where it was necessary I used the motorway, which were no problem. Although like here carry a significant premium.

In this country, when we had a petrol vehicle, we occasionally had to refuel on the move. I found the supermarkets OK if you picked the lane where you could drive straight out. Although avoid busy times, or you are likely to cause a blockage, if it's already got vehicles filling.

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