dragging the propane tanks...

A390GT wrote:
My camper is a 16 jayco White Hawk 24 mbh,
We had the two 30lb LP tanks fall off the trailer on our last day of a 3 week vacation. I drug them for about 5 miles or so until we figured out what was happening.

Everything that holds the tanks on plus the cover were missing. The hoses, tank switch and regulator seem ok. The tanks still holding propane but are shot.

Luckily the tanks did their job an held together.....

I would check the top wing bolt every time we would get back on the road and it always seemed tight. The only thing that I can think that went wrong was there was no lock nut on the stud that holds the tanks to the base and it shook loose. I never had the tank cover off and I assumed it was locked in to the base and wouldn't unthread.
Does that stud require a lock nut?
John-











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If you drug the tanks by the hoses for miles then you should change the hoses. They may look fine but, they are bound to be stretched and shot internally . Swap them out they are shot !!!

I think you should carefully check the rest of it too.