Date:         Thu, 20 Jan 2005 09:15:13 -0800
Reply-To:     mark drillock <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET>
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From:         mark drillock <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject:      Re: Westy Fridge Endurance
Comments: To: jeff kennedy <kennedy@THERIVER.COM>
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It sounds like you went to a propane vehicle refueling only station
instead of a household type station. I see a growing number of  new
propane vehicle refueling stations in my travels. I don't know why or
how the gaz they sell would be different and I have never tried to get
my Westy tanks filled at one. Propane is cheaper there than here while
gasoline costs more there. I guess this explains a growing propane
powered vehicle fleet and new filling stations to service them.

Millions of Mexican households and restaurants rely on propane for
cooking. You can get propane everywhere. They have fueling trucks,
delivery service, tank exchanges, whatever you can imagine. I can even
get propane fills at my place in a remote hamlet in Baja if I am down
there when the propane truck comes around.

10,000 RVs descend on Mazatlan each winter. I'm sure there are multiple
places that can fill Westy tanks. Yes, the older household filling
stations have dirt lots and huge above ground tanks.

Mark


jeff kennedy wrote:

>Mine usually lasts 2-3 weeks, including using the stove. But one time
>when I needed to fill it up in Mazatlan, it turned into such a wild
>goose chase I put a second tank on the van.
>
>Hombres at the propane stations were very adamant that their propane was
>NOT for cooking with, something to do with additives. Wasn't completely
>convinced, but I had a couple of guys go out of their way to direct me
>to a dirt lot with a couple of huge propane tanks, where people went to
>fill up their BBQ "bombs" - the 5 gal. tanks. Seemed to be the only
>place in Mazatlan (a city of 500,000?) to fill up propane tanks.
>
>Cheers,
> Jeff
>
>