Traveling With the Propane On

wilber1 wrote:

Golden_HVAC wrote:
I travel with the propane on all the time, and there is very little danger beyond what traveling with a tank of gasoline, or diesel fuel.

Do what you want if you are worried about it.

Fred.

Except gas or diesel is not in a pressurized tank.

And your vehicle fuel tank is specifically designed to be safe in a collision, with exhaustive government testing in all kinds of crash scenarios. RV propane systems get little, if any, crash testing.

Driving with propane on is like driving with seat belts unbuckled. You can drive your entire life and never be in an accident, so buckling was unnecessary. You can go camping your entire life and never need a first aid kit or a fire extinguisher in your rig.

Prudent safe practices are not for routine trips when everything goes smoothly without any problems. Safe practices exist for when the unexpected happens. So you check your first aid kit and fire extinguisher on a regular basis, walk around your rig and check hitches at every stop, and check tire pressures daily even though 99.9%+ of the time the effort is wasted and nothing amiss is found. You do these things routinely because no one can say for certain 5 minutes down the road something terrible will not happen.

It turn my propane off at the tanks every time. I realize that it may be unnecessary and a waste of time (God willing!). I do it 'just in case'.

I cannot eliminate every risk in my life. There are some risks I can minimize with a minimum of effort. Turning off the propane is one of them.