Manchester Propane Tank for Dutch Star
The Manchester 38 gallon propane tank on my 2004 Dutch Star has significant rust and I'd like to replace it with a new one rather than scraping the rust and repainting. I contacted Manchester with th...
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I repainted my propane tank last year. It's straightforward but not the easiest or most fun job (what with crawling around and reaching at odd angles), but entirely doable by most anyone. Hire a local teenager if you don't care to do it yourself.
I used a chip brush to put the paint on, rather than spraying, due to the access and not really wanting overspray all over the place. I really should put another coat or two on this spring.
If you really do want to replace the tank, I would think in many cases it would be a very simple matter to fabricate a adapter of some sort out of standard iron/steel bars or flats or plates to adapt the hole locations on the new tank to the mounting points on the motorhome. If the new tank hangs down lower than the old one, it may be necessary to extend the frame of the vehicle down in that vicinity so it doesn't hang lower than the frame members (a DOT requirement). On my motorhome Coachmen did that by welding a chunk of steel to the bottom of the frame rail that extends down a little below the bottom of the tank and runs alongside the area where the tank is...nothing fancy or complex.
I used a chip brush to put the paint on, rather than spraying, due to the access and not really wanting overspray all over the place. I really should put another coat or two on this spring.
If you really do want to replace the tank, I would think in many cases it would be a very simple matter to fabricate a adapter of some sort out of standard iron/steel bars or flats or plates to adapt the hole locations on the new tank to the mounting points on the motorhome. If the new tank hangs down lower than the old one, it may be necessary to extend the frame of the vehicle down in that vicinity so it doesn't hang lower than the frame members (a DOT requirement). On my motorhome Coachmen did that by welding a chunk of steel to the bottom of the frame rail that extends down a little below the bottom of the tank and runs alongside the area where the tank is...nothing fancy or complex.
