Switch to vertical propane tanks
Anybody switch to regular 20 pound vertical tanks from the horizontal ones? My Lance 915 uses the horizontal tanks which are something of a pain to get in and out to fill and pretty expensive to repl...
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I have a Lance 820 with the two horizontal tanks. I do find horizontal tanks a little strange, plus mine are old. I suppose I could make a winter project out of refinishing them. They are a little rusty, but my list of winter projects keeps growing....:)
That space for the propane tanks is pretty huge. I just measured it at: 12.75" high, almost 25" wide and 18.5" deep.
I could put the smaller vertical tanks in there, vertically, like they were meant to be !!
I just looked at this chart of cylinder sizes here and I was thinking I could fit 2 x 11 lb of the squat vertical propane tanks and maybe one 5-lb vertical tank in there. The 11 lbs ones are 12.4 inches high and 12.2 inches in diameter, and the 5 lbs ones are 12 inches high and only 8 inches in diameter. Might be able to fit 2 extra ones in there.
Or I could fit 6 x 5-lbs ones in there .... hmm....but would that support the evaporation rate for the heater if I needed it?
The connectors for those tanks are below upper steel collar, so it's already included in the height.
You would lose some propane storage capacity, but if you don't really camp in really cold weather, and just need 20 lbs of propane on-board, it's a lot cheaper for 2x 11 lbs tanks than 2 x 20 lbs horizontal tanks. The horizontal ones run $195 bucks on Amazon, vs. the squat 11 lbs ones at $65 clams.
The only question would be how to secure the smaller tanks in there, but a little wood should do the trick.
That space for the propane tanks is pretty huge. I just measured it at: 12.75" high, almost 25" wide and 18.5" deep.
I could put the smaller vertical tanks in there, vertically, like they were meant to be !!
I just looked at this chart of cylinder sizes here and I was thinking I could fit 2 x 11 lb of the squat vertical propane tanks and maybe one 5-lb vertical tank in there. The 11 lbs ones are 12.4 inches high and 12.2 inches in diameter, and the 5 lbs ones are 12 inches high and only 8 inches in diameter. Might be able to fit 2 extra ones in there.
Or I could fit 6 x 5-lbs ones in there .... hmm....but would that support the evaporation rate for the heater if I needed it?
The connectors for those tanks are below upper steel collar, so it's already included in the height.
You would lose some propane storage capacity, but if you don't really camp in really cold weather, and just need 20 lbs of propane on-board, it's a lot cheaper for 2x 11 lbs tanks than 2 x 20 lbs horizontal tanks. The horizontal ones run $195 bucks on Amazon, vs. the squat 11 lbs ones at $65 clams.
The only question would be how to secure the smaller tanks in there, but a little wood should do the trick.
