Safe Transport/Storage of Aux LP Tanks?
Does anyone here have any recommendations regarding transporting an additional (full) LP tank? I tow with an SUV so the easy option of the truc bed isn't available to me. I'm considering constructin...
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The relief vent is there mainly in case the cylinder (or rather its contents) gets so hot that the headspace is reduced to zero. Liquid propane has a fairly significant coefficient of thermal expansion; and, like basically all liquids, is incompressible for any practical purposes. This means that once the headspace is gone, any additional warming will make it exert tremendous pressure on the container and probably burst it catastrophically.
So long as the valves are not leaking and the temperature is kept reasonable and the tank was properly filled (in particular, was not overfilled), there's little cause for any concern in carrying it inside a vehicle, particularly for relatively short distances. As one who owns a gas grill but no pickup or trailer, I bring the cylinders to and from the store to be refilled in my hatchback. I also get gasoline for the lawn mower can in the same vehicle, and that's a little more likely to be dangerous in my opinion.
So long as the valves are not leaking and the temperature is kept reasonable and the tank was properly filled (in particular, was not overfilled), there's little cause for any concern in carrying it inside a vehicle, particularly for relatively short distances. As one who owns a gas grill but no pickup or trailer, I bring the cylinders to and from the store to be refilled in my hatchback. I also get gasoline for the lawn mower can in the same vehicle, and that's a little more likely to be dangerous in my opinion.
