LPG

[madjack]

Looking for views of having your LPG tank mounted in a trailer rather then in the van as when I really want it is on a long run so would more than likely have the trailer on anyway and the extra benifit is the tank I can use could be larger .Or do I just sound insane

 

[Sydney1]

Not an expert by anymeans but that sounds like you'd be pulling a time bomb. Can't imagine you could devise a truly safe means of transferring the fuel from the trailer to the engine as the flexible link would surely be a weak point in a tail end shunt?

 

[Harlequin]

Do I just sound insane ?

Yes.

 

[terrier man]

Well they refuel aircraft in mid-air. :lol:
You could always put your LPG cannister on the roof. :shock:
This is the problem where to put the tank most ive seen have it where the spare wheel used to be.

 

[madjack]

Rather be pulling it rather then having it 6ft behind my head and so long as proper hoses with quick fit connecters are used should be ok and could wire in shock sensors on the back linked onto the shut of Valves

 

[madjack]

At the moment is just a idea as I have an LPG kit laying around but it has a large tank

 

[terrier man]

I can see where your coming from, but I'm not 100% sure but pretty certain the tank has to be fixed to the vehicle where in that vehicle is another matter, very interesting though, there are a few on here who have done it & it would be of great interest to know where & how much the tank holds.

 

[toxicbug66]

Ive run a few cars on LPG and the father in law runs all his classic cars on the stuff. But as far as fitting a "remote" tank goes, I think you would struggle to conform to any of the current legislation. The pipe from the tank to the vaporiser has to be solid ( read copper) and fixed to the chassis. You can buy some nice long thin tanks but you'd only get about 30 useable litres out of them. If you have all the other kit though, the tanks will be the cheapest bit.

Rich.

 

[67westy]

What type of van do you have? We put our LPG tank in the rear of the westy wardrobe. Only holds about 7 gallonsor so but that's enough for us to do 150+ miles so we are ready for a break by that point anyway

Don't think you'd pass the inspections with a towed tank

 

[simo]

My tank is under the r/r westy bed, think it holds 45 litres :mrgreen:

simo

 

[madjack]

Cheers for the comments looks like need to get the tape measure and start speaking to an LPG installer