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Wiki Trailer-friendly Supercharger Locations
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israndy
Supercharger Hunter
It’s not that hard to charge without unhooking the trailer. I went from CA to CO and didn’t unhook the whole way:
First try
Better
That’s the stuff.
Not suggesting you do this in a parking garage unless you hunt superchargers as a hobby
Lucky no one needed the blocked chargers while I was there.
First try
Better
That’s the stuff.
Not suggesting you do this in a parking garage unless you hunt superchargers as a hobby
Lucky no one needed the blocked chargers while I was there.
Entirely possible.
.... but not always. I ended up having to drop the trailer here.... there was no alternative.
... and that's the thing. I'm OK blocking a stall if there's multiple free, but don't leave the area, either. If it gets busy and we're down to the last stall, I'll move. Unfortunately as more and more Teslae are on the road -- and Superchargers open to other EVs - the luxury of blocking stalls will be less and less common.
These photos are from a road trip from NJ-FL and back. I had to drop the trailer twice - once at the photo above, and then once again in Daytona Beach. In the rain. Thankfully my son and I had a NASCAR pit crew routine down pat - we could have the trailer unhitched and secure inside 3 minutes. Not bad!
Pull throughs should have been a mandatory included design aspect with every SC from the start. I’m about to run up 81 on the east coast of USA and dreading having to disconnect the trailer multiple times.
gglockner
Member
Until someone without a trailer uses the pull-through SC. I still have PTSD from Morongo CA. I contacted Tesla to suggest they put signs on pull-through chargers, similar to handicap accessible chargers, saying something like "Designed for Towing - Use Last".Pull throughs should have been a mandatory included design aspect with every SC from the start. I’m about to run up 81 on the east coast of USA and dreading having to disconnect the trailer multiple times.
Which will happen basically all the time because many Tesla drivers have likely never even seen a Tesla towing something. Only a tiny fraction of Teslas ever tow something, primarily just X owners. Model 3 owners basically never tow anything (there are of course extremely rare exceptions). A very small percentage of Y owners might occasionally tow a small trailer.
gglockner
Member
As I said, pull-through chargers need to be signed similarly to handicapped stalls. No reasonable able-bodied person would take a handicapped stall if another is available, and it should be made clear that pull-through chargers should be reserved for towing, unless all others are occupied. Please, contact Tesla to suggest these signs. I did.
The difference is that handicapped parking spaces are mandated by state law and everyone knows that. Tesla putting up signs at a Supercharger location, with no way to enforce it, won’t have much of an effect.
I don't know about that. I am sure that it simply did not occur to many SC users. But I get your point.
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