Propane tank soft covers

FWIW you are not required to have a cover providing the cylinder is turned so the valve is protected by the collar. You do need a cover on the regulator.

Soft covers was all they used to have and most trailers came without a tank cover at all..My experience with them is positive infact,other than the looks I much prefer the soft.

Once you modify your tanks to include a longer hose for 25 gallon tanks,it starts to pop out the rivets of the plastic covers.Not so with the Adco type soft covers atleast in my uses.

Dakota98 wrote:
Does anyone have actual experience with the soft covers available for the tongue mounted propane tanks.

Yes. I have one on my pop up. (My trailer's is a hard cover.)
The soft covers have a zippered opening to access the valves, fit snugly and look good for about 2 years. They are affected by sunlight and crack. They also soil easily and the two-piece top board (under the cover to give it shape) is merely cardboard and gives out in about a year. I'd put a hard cover on the pop up if the bunk end would clear it.

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I got a soft cover on our PUP, got it about 15 years ago. I agree, when it gets weather abit and the elastic goes, it won't stay on. (I've had it come off, just once. I now use a bungee cord to keep it on.)

Junk. Lasted one season and started to get brown spots and look really poor.

Had a soft cover on my pop-up. Owned it for 6 years. Only problem we had was when someone attempted to steal the propane tank. Cover lifted off the tank once, but because the propane line fed through a hole in the cover, it never blew away. In the winter, I always kept a cover over the propane cover. After 6 years, it was getting pretty raggity!

Had a hard cover on my Springdale Travel Trailer. Had the trailer for 8 years. Cover was all white. When we sold the trailer, the cover still looked new.

A soft cover will need replaced within a few years.
Cover must be removed to access valve.

A hard cover will last just about forever.
An opening is provided for accessing valves without removing cover.

Garbage. Pure and simple. They are good for about one season. Once the ties or elastic get weathered, they don't hold well and the wind just blows them off when traveling. We've had hard covers since the one soft cover and would not go back. I'd rather use nothing to cover them if all that was available was soft covers.