Date:         Wed, 1 Sep 2004 20:39:50 -0600
Reply-To:     bhs73@SPYMAC.COM
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Mark Edwards <bhs73@SPYMAC.COM>
Subject:      Re: From a Westy, to a "Motorhome" ?? Seeking advice (LVC)
In-Reply-To:  <20040902010454.75582.qmail@web60302.mail.yahoo.com>

>Nope, 235 US gallons; the tank sits between the
>rear frame rails behind the rear axle and is
>about 8 feet long, 4 feet wide and over a food
>deep. THe 35 foot model has a 265 gallon fuel
>tank while newer models have 300 gallon tanks.

>I also can carry 98 gallons of fresh water and 88
>gallons of waste water (51 gray - 37 black) and
>45 gallons of propane.

T.J.,  its not a personal judgement or attack towards you, so please don't
take it that way. I just find that to be a ridiculous amount of fuel for
any vehicle to haul, short of a delivery truck. Most18 Wheelers don't
carry half that. Convenient, oh my yes, but geez, I need a permission from
the fire department if I want to keep  more than two 20 lb tanks of
propane on my property for pete's sake! :-)

And the environmentalists here get all pissy and bent out of shape when a
vanagon spits out a bit too much NOX.... C'mon you folks, where is your
outrage! Imagine the environmental disaster if the tank splits, or gets a
hole punched through it. This is what I meant before about the  hypocrisy
of the whole "save the planet" mentality.

Anyway, what's the most fuel you ever bought at one time?

Mark.