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rogerddd
Explorer
May 07, 2019

Legal or safety issues carrying diesel fuel containers in RV

I have a Class C Diesel motor home and I like to carry along two extra 5 gallons cans of fuel. Extra fuel has been handy to have along some of the back roads we travel and on our trips to reach dry c...
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ktmrfs
Explorer II
May 12, 2019
hotpepperkid wrote:
I would make sure to carry them in a well vented compartment. While not as bad as gas, the diesel fumes could build up and be explosive.
Are you kidding me. About the only way to diesel fuel to explode is mix it with fetilizer and set it off with a stick of dianomite


yup diesel must be at least 125F before you can ignite the fumes with either a spark or open flame. Now you could get above that in a closed compartment in hot weather.

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