California or bust with early 70s De-Lar

a.graham52 wrote:


speaking of propane. is it imprtant to have the heater so close to the tank?.

Not at all. On my camper propane tanks are on passenger side rear, while heater is on driver side rear.
From tanks hose goes to the floor connector, where steel pipe under sides go to the front where it splits onto refrigerator connector, WH and lastly copper tubing goes across front above water tank (separated from interior) on other side, where another exterior steel pipe take the propane to the furnace in the rear.
So even direct distance from tanks to furnace is about 4 feet, the gas travels about 15 feet to get there.
First time I look at it was a bit amused with so much piping, but then I figured it is important to avoid propane piping inside the camper.
Also looking at the picture, you should plan to open front panel as siding wrinkles indicate some problems.
I had it on my 2004 camper and you can read on the forum that routinely those campers don't have frame build to support floor load while jacked up on sides.
Add some dryrot and floor drops from the camper.
I pulled out the siding, replaced rotten framing and added stainless steel 8" corner plates to hold it for next 10 years.