Date:         Mon, 17 Jan 2005 17:00:30 -0500
Reply-To:     Daniel Stevens <dosteven@SYR.EDU>
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From:         Daniel Stevens <dosteven@SYR.EDU>
Subject:      Re: propane tank on back
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I've also seen older RVs witht he 20or30# tanks on the back bumper.. I
don't like it that much, Especially HOOKED UP.. well I guess it's all
the same if the tank valve is off.. the hose would maybe keep one from
bouncing down the highway in event of collision.
your primary concern is in the event of a rear end collision.. I'd say
it's still fine as long as a 18wheeler doesn't rearend ya..
then you would likely have a differant problem with survival anyways..
..

heres another bloke done the same thing.. but maybe it's smarter to
incoporate it with a H2o jug..
http://jeepin.com/features/ayersbumper/index.asp

I'll likely still prefer to carry a similiar 5# tank back here for
wkend trips with my syncro conversion.. I don't really have much qualms
in carrying a 20# BBQ bottle to and fro in my passanger car, or van long
as they don't roll around..  (a milk crate fixes that issue.).
soo I say for all the stuff to worry about in thw world.. it's small
potatoes if a handfull of people take it into their hands to carry one
off the rear bumper.. those naysayers who would say what about the
innocent cars behind ya.. well they can bloody well stay farther behind
me to not hit my tank of flammable gas... it'll have a nice warning
triangle as the CDL trucks require.. *smiles.
Dan
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Subject: propane tank on back
There's an interesting way of putting a standard propane tank on the
back of a syncro pictured on:
http://www.soyouz.ca/syncro/pictures16.htm  (it's for sale on
Samba).

Is this legal?  I vaguely remember seeing this on the back of North
American camper vans.  I'm installing a propex and was thinking of
putting in a second tank.  This setup seems more convenient all round.
Easier to fill, larger supply, and I was going to have to replumb for
the propex anyways.  It would fit on a Gary Lee swing out rear rack I
was thinking of buying too.
Any regulations, thoughts or experiences?