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ktdavis
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 Posted: May 14 2011 Post subject: Re: full tanks and travel...... |
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| GreenSmoker wrote: | The only place you can't take lp tanks is in tunnels and some bridges. Campers and loads of other uses travel all around the country. I have been escorted by bridge personnel when carring lp. They make sure I don't have an accident. Too bad for them if I had. LOL.
I bet they sent you an empty cause they are 30 plus buck to fill.
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That was my first thought, but he insisted there was some law against it  ?
I still pay about $16 - 18 to fill a 20# tank.
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daddywoofdawg
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Since he is a business taking a full tank to you when you bought a smoker he would be considered a interstate carrier I'm guessing is why.
"I need to build a rack for my trailer also, but to hold the 2 - 100 # tanks."
I do too.I would love some one to show a design or build of one.
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| daddywoofdawg wrote: | Since he is a business taking a full tank to you when you bought a smoker he would be considered a interstate carrier I'm guessing is why.
"I need to build a rack for my trailer also, but to hold the 2 - 100 # tanks."
I do too.I would love some one to show a design or build of one. |
Me too, any ideas out there?
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ktdavis
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| Posted: May 14 2011 Post subject: |
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| daddywoofdawg wrote: | Since he is a business taking a full tank to you when you bought a smoker he would be considered a interstate carrier I'm guessing is why.
"I need to build a rack for my trailer also, but to hold the 2 - 100 # tanks."
I do too.I would love some one to show a design or build of one. |
That is what I thought, it had something to do with selling it across state lines. Seems like he could have put something on the contract that said, "gave customer free tank of gas".
I will try to get a picture today of the way the tanks are mounted on my tongue. It just has #20 tanks, but I think something similar should work. Is a #100 tank slightly larger diameter or just height? What does an empty #100 weigh? With gas it might be a little heavy on the tongue, but something similar would work anywhere you have space.
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ktdavis
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Shot a few pictures of the tank racks. Probably not much different than most, but they are very sturdy, so something similar may hold #100 tanks?
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Jarhead
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rgwiazdzinski
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i bought a piece of round bar from lowes and threaded both ends. i drilled and tapped my trailer tung and screwed and loctited one end into the trailer. for the tip i took about a 15" piece of scrap angle iron and drillet a hole in the center. i then cut a notch on each side to fit the top of the propane tank. it works great.
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GreenSmoker
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| Posted: May 15 2011 Post subject: Simplicity........... |
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is a wonderful thing. nicely done rgwiazdzinski.
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Ira
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| My problem is I just have a straight tongue. |
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SoEzzy
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<Insert Tonto voice in my head here,>"Ugh, white man with tan, speak with straight tongue"! </insert>
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rgwiazdzinski
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| with a straight tounge just put two tanks front to rear instead of left to right, you could even weld a rectangular pan with angle iron and a piece of expanded metal to hold the bottom of the tanks secure. |
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Greg_R
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| rocam69 wrote: | | I know that when we go to our welding gas supplier they will not let you load gas of any sort in the back of your half ton if you have a truck topper or any sort of enclosure.mayne the rules are diffrent here. |
Maybe this is a safety issue regarding argon gas (for welding)? If it leaks into your passenger cabin bad things can happen (fills up your lungs, etc.).
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