storing propane canister under fifth-wheel
I store 2 1 lb propane tanks under the front of my fifth-wheel trailer. There are also 2 batteries under the same place, although the batteries are covered and vented to the outside. I have looked a...
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I've been dragging those 1 pound non-reusable propane bottles around for the last 20 years and never had one leak, or go bad or anything.
I had so many at one time, I decided to give a bunch away at a campground once. So I did. I still carried 4 of them for years after that.
Then, I finally found a new use for them. They work absolutely great for propane torches. I carry one of these in the camper all the time for starting camp fires. We also have one in the house for starting fifes in the fire place, and I keep one in our shed to use on our outside fire pit.
The propane torches are self-sparking, so no need for matches, and they blast a torch that will ignite just about anything. Well, when my last bottle emptied, I decided to try one of those one pound propane bottles (since we were camping and didn't have a replacement for the torch), and it worked VERY, VERY well. I don't think it would cut a 3 inch thick steel safe open, but it gives a GREAT blast of fire for starting a camp fire.
Like this one.
I think you are OK traveling with those one pound tanks. But, if they trouble you that much, as small as they are, couldn't you find a different location away from the battery?
I had so many at one time, I decided to give a bunch away at a campground once. So I did. I still carried 4 of them for years after that.
Then, I finally found a new use for them. They work absolutely great for propane torches. I carry one of these in the camper all the time for starting camp fires. We also have one in the house for starting fifes in the fire place, and I keep one in our shed to use on our outside fire pit.
The propane torches are self-sparking, so no need for matches, and they blast a torch that will ignite just about anything. Well, when my last bottle emptied, I decided to try one of those one pound propane bottles (since we were camping and didn't have a replacement for the torch), and it worked VERY, VERY well. I don't think it would cut a 3 inch thick steel safe open, but it gives a GREAT blast of fire for starting a camp fire.
Like this one.
I think you are OK traveling with those one pound tanks. But, if they trouble you that much, as small as they are, couldn't you find a different location away from the battery?
