Storing/traveling with gas for portable gen
Hello all. Thanks in advance for the advice and insight you folks always offer. I recently switched from a class C with a built in gen to a travel trailer to pull with my truck and after buying ...
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Grit dog wrote:This ^^^. Use common sense and you will be fine.
Oh my gosh. Silly winter topic of the week.....
Traveling, put the genretor and gas cans in the truck bed. That’s what it’s there for. Or you could build/install a rack or box on the back bumper of the TT if it’ll hold(but stuff gets dirty back there). Or you could put the gas can(s) in an outside vented storage compartment in the camper.
At home, store in garage. If you’re not experienced with gas cans (sounds weird , I know) gas vapors exhaust and and contract with temperature , so don’t seal them up completely, leave a vent that will seep a little so they don’t balloon up in the summer or collapse in the winter.
Maybe I’m weird, but I’ve only carried like thousands of gas cans in/on most any type of motorized rig. It’s a gas can. Tie it down so it’s not bouncing around on every bump and go enjoy your camping trips!
You all do realize that as we speak thousands of people are filling gas jugs and putting them in their truck or trunk and there’s millions of gas powered tools in garages around the world.......
