Busted For Travelling With Propane Tanks?

[longislandcampe]

My brother checked in to a local CG yesterday, setup and then went out to dinner. When they returned they found out they had no water. Turns out somebody in the park had backed into their water spigot and broke the line so they had to shut all the water off in the park before fixing it.

Anyway, my brother was talking to his neighbor about the situation and the neighbor said he had been traveling somewhere with his TT when he got a ticket for traveling with a propane tank.

Has anyone experienced this? I've never heard it brought up on the forums. I'm wondering if the neighbor meant to say he was traveling with the fridge on propane.

Maybe the guy just had too much "milk" as he was dealing with no water. lol

[rk911]

cm11599ps wrote:
My brother checked in to a local CG yesterday, setup and then went out to dinner. When they returned they found out they had no water. Turns out somebody in the park had backed into their water spigot and broke the line so they had to shut all the water off in the park before fixing it.

Anyway, my brother was talking to his neighbor about the situation and the neighbor said he had been traveling somewhere with his TT when he got a ticket for traveling with a propane tank.

Has anyone experienced this? I've never heard it brought up on the forums. I'm wondering if the neighbor meant to say he was traveling with the fridge on propane.

Maybe the guy just had too much "milk" as he was dealing with no water. lol

i'm told that some tunnels prohibit transit with propane tanks, others make you shut the supply valve off. if there are such regulations I 'spose it's possible to be issued a ticket for violating them.

[Hoppypoppy]

bukhrn wrote:

Hoppypoppy wrote:
I always have my propane bottles shipped to my camping location.

Kinda hard to do if they're built-in, like mine is.

Mine are built-in too, but I just rip em out. Rip n ship, I call it.

[moose888]

I was looking into going through the Chesapeake Bay Bridge tunnel and the wed sight says the tank has to be off and no more than 30 gallons on board.

[JoeChiOhki]

Hey, does anyone have a direct link to a Google Map of a route up and down the east coast that avoids all the propane restricted roads for a smooth run?

[bukhrn]

Hoppypoppy wrote:
I always have my propane bottles shipped to my camping location.

Kinda hard to do if they're built-in, like mine is.

[D___M]

sdianel wrote:
Don't know how old this is, but found this online:
Maryland, Massachusetts and New York prohibit propane tanks in tunnels. In New York, it's also forbidden on the lower levels of the George Washington and Verrazano-Narrows bridges and I-95 through Manhattan. Close propane tank valves while traveling in Virginia and New Jersey.
Read more: http://www.ehow.com/list_6850806_travel-trailer-regulations.html#ixzz2bFv5zKwD

Exactly.

In Baltimore if you hit the side of the tunnels that has the toll booth before you enter the tunnel, they will shunt you off on surface streets. But if you go through the tunnel on the side where you go through and pay on exit, too bad! I live here and have seen it plenty of times.

And as a bonus, they issue an appearance ticket so you have to show up in court. And if you don't know about the law, you will get sucked in because the only sign they have is an image of a propane bottle with the circle/slash on it.

From the MTA Harbor tunnel website. "Vehicles carrying bottled propane gas in excess of 10 pounds per container (maximum of 10 containers), bulk gasoline, explosives, significant amounts of radioactive materials, and other hazardous materials are prohibited from using both the Fort McHenry and Baltimore Harbor Tunnels."

In the Norfolk, VA tunnels, you have to stop at an inspection station and show the attendant that your tank is shut off.

[westernrvparkow]

workhardplayharder wrote:
Well my wife's brother's boss's uncle had a neighbor who worked for this guy who lived next to Margret Thachers gardener who's grandfather was a cook at the Bazooka Joe Bubble Gum factory and the security guard there said it was ok.

About time an expert weighed in. Thanks

[tatest]

Sounds like an incomplete story.

There is no general prohibition to carry LPG in a DOT bottle (that's why they have DOT certification) but there are illegal ways to carry the bottle, and places where LPG (and other hazardous materials) are prohibited.

The onus is on you to know where there are restrictions, and what are the rules.

[Oaklevel]

They were probably talking about traveling with a 20+lb propane bottle in the bed of a pickup that was not secured............you can get a ticket for that ......It is a DOT regulation to secure the bottle.........

[BCSnob]

Vehicles carrying bottled propane gas in excess of 10 pounds per container (maximum of 10 containers), bulk gasoline, explosives, significant amounts of radioactive materials, and other hazardous materials are prohibited from using both the Fort McHenry and Baltimore Harbor Tunnels. For additional information regarding these restrictions, please call 410-537-1374.

source: Maryland Transportation Authority

LP-GAS PROHIBITED:

Maryland/Baltimore: Baltimore Harbor and Fort McHenry (I-95) tunnels. Alternate route for RVs with propane over the Francis Scott Key Bridge is I-695.

Massachusetts/Boston Harbor: All.

New York/East River: Between Manhattan and Brooklyn: Brooklyn Battery Tunnel. Between Manhattan and Queens: Queens Midtown Tunnel.

New York and New Jersey/Hudson River: Between Manhattan and Jersey City: Holland Tunnel. Between Manhattan and Fort Lee: Lower level George Washington Bridge (I-95 South) and George Washington Bridge Expressway. Lower level Verrazano Narrows Bridge. Between Manhattan and Weehawken: Lincoln Tunnel.

LP-GAS RESTRICTIONS:

Virginia/Chesapeake Bay Bridge/Tunnel: RVs equipped with ICC-approved compressed cooking tanks not exceeding two 45-pound capacity tanks (or two permanently mounted containers with maximum total capacity of 200 pounds) may cross the facility provided that, in the opinion of the toll collector or police sergeant after inspection, the tanks are completely shut off and securely attached.

Texas/Houston Ship Channel: Washburn Tunnel between Pasadena and Galena Park: Maximum of two 71Ú2-gallon containers (30 pounds gas each) or one 10-gallon container (40 pounds gas) of DOT (ICC)-approved type, with shutoff valve at discharge opening. Valve must be closed when in tunnel. LP-gas as vehicle fuel prohibited. 71Ú2-gallon containers (30 pounds gas each) or one 10-gallon container (40 pounds gas) of DOT (ICC)-approved type, with shutoff valve at discharge opening. Valve must be closed when in tunnel. LP-gas as vehicle fuel prohibited.

Source: Woodalls

[puddleduck]

MichDoc wrote:

puddleduck wrote:
On the ferry from Port Bolivar to Galveston they wouldn't let me board because I had an extra propane bottle that was not attached to a device. Luckily I had a propane grill I could attach to and that satisfied them.

I've taken that ferry many times, and the only thing they ever asked was if my tank was turned on, and to close it if it was. How did they know you had a spare tank, and did they tell you why it would be SAFE to have one connected to a grill, but UNSAFE just sitting there with the valve closed?

The extra bottle rides in a rack on the truck (we have a fiver), no they didn't tell me why it wasn't unsafe, only that it wasn't allowed

[workhardplayha1]

Well my wife's brother's boss's uncle had a neighbor who worked for this guy who lived next to Margret Thachers gardener who's grandfather was a cook at the Bazooka Joe Bubble Gum factory and the security guard there said it was ok.

[pkunk]

Geocritter wrote:
There's a movement to begin fueling semi's with NG, that should be interesting, hard to turn off when that's what's running your engine. As for this I95 tunnel business, is it no propane or just be sure your propane's turned off?
Steve

I went through NY years ago and was stopped by a trooper for a propane violation. He wanted me to turn my tank off. I informed him that the truck runs on propane (not gasoline) and turning the tank off would kill the engine. He had to radio a supervisor to get the answer on that one. OK to proceed, Sir!;)

[ryhed]

Just curios here, my boss asked me to get a tank from the laydown yard at work once to hook up to a heater we had. I grabbed a tank of propylene and it burned just fine. it wasn't till a week later that i realized it was not propane. Do they have the same restrictions on propylene? I know it burns a lot hotter but what is the wording on the signs.if it just says propane, you wouldn't be in violation.

[ependydad]

Geocritter wrote:
There's a movement to begin fueling semi's with NG, that should be interesting, hard to turn off when that's what's running your engine. As for this I95 tunnel business, is it no propane or just be sure your propane's turned off?
Steve

NO propane in the I-95 tunnels past Baltimore. You have to take the Baltimore beltway and detour around them. It adds about 15 minutes to your trip to do it.