Mounting Propane tank

Probably for the same reason your gas tank isn't exposed on the rear of your truck.

2oldman wrote:
Probably for the same reason your gas tank isn't exposed on the rear of your truck.

Pinto anyone? :)

or a Jeep. that requires a class 3 hitch be installed JUST to protect the gas tank...

recent recall...

Probably have to extend the bumper toward the rear.

I remember we installed natural gas tanks for our pick up trucks. There were all sorts of tests done like dropping them off a crane suspending them 100 feet and dropping them. Couldn't get them to explode. When ignition was added they just did a flash fire then out it went out. No percussion per se.I guess that's why bombers don't use propane or natural gas in their terrorist arsenal.There are certainly a risk on the back end but where aren't they at risk.. If you get hit that hard in the back the driver will be 30 feet in front and more likely to suffer back lash.

On the other hand maybe it would stop some of the tailgating.

rjxj wrote:

2oldman wrote:
Probably for the same reason your gas tank isn't exposed on the rear of your truck.

Pinto anyone? :)

Oh for heavens sake.

I know the Pinto got a bad rap because it only had one strap holding the tank on and it was a small car.

But, we drove for years in large cars that had the gas tank in the back Where else are you going to put it. Many of my early cars had the gas filler neck behind the rear license plate. You swung the spring loaded license plate holder inward to put gas in.

In a lot of early small cars like the Falcon the floor of the trunk was the top of the gas tank.

My first pickup was a 1970 F250 and the gas tank was behind the seat in the cab of the truck.

The main reason for not putting the propane tanks on the back is simply because there is room on the tong where they fit nicely. Plus, why put the weight on the back when you can have it on the front where it is partly carried by the tow vehicle.

CavemanCharlie wrote:

rjxj wrote:

2oldman wrote:
Probably for the same reason your gas tank isn't exposed on the rear of your truck.

Pinto anyone? :)

Oh for heavens sake.

I know the Pinto got a bad rap because it only had one strap holding the tank on and it was a small car.

But, we drove for years in large cars that had the gas tank in the back Where else are you going to put it. Many of my early cars had the gas filler neck behind the rear license plate. You swung the spring loaded license plate holder inward to put gas in.

In a lot of early small cars like the Falcon the floor of the trunk was the top of the gas tank.

My first pickup was a 1970 F250 and the gas tank was behind the seat in the cab of the truck.

The main reason for not putting the propane tanks on the back is simply because there is room on the tong where they fit nicely. Plus, why put the weight on the back when you can have it on the front where it is partly carried by the tow vehicle.

Yeah it wasn't bad. My buddy had one in high school and every time I got in I adjusted the rear view mirror so I could see back there. My head was moving all the time from rear view to side mirror. LOL

What the heck, at least it didn't fall into reverse on it's own and run people over. :) Hey! I know what to do! Let's send everyone a sticker to put on the dash board that says this vehicle may go into reverse on it's own and possibly kill you. Shut it off before getting out. Never mind the poor sob who may be outside near it. LOL

They say that blooper was Fords big bail out. It would have bankrupted them if they actually had to fix it. So Ford had it's big bail out years ago. Only 100 or so people died. Ford does hold the record number one and two spots of most recalls.

They and the battery are heavy. On a trailer you want heavy things toward the front not the back.

I agree with the weight thing and the difficulty in getting a ruptured cylinder to explode much less catch fire.

I was just wondering why you might want to move them to the back of the trailer. Just asking.

While I cannot say I have ever seen a cylinder mounted on the back by design, I have seen lots and lots of TCs with cylinders on a rear carrier. I think in the sixties and seventies that there was at least one TC manufacturer for every on hundred people in So Cal and most of them lacked sanitary tanks and propane tanks. Most were just outfitted with one five gallon cylinder or even smaller and owners added the carrier in the back for more storage and slipped a cylinder or two back there.

Just my observations.