Thread: Carrying LPG Cylinders

I reckon outside the vehicle will always be safer and I suppose cooler than inside. An alternative (if you drive a defender) are these bottle holders from Hannibal Safari Equipment. Single or double and you don't need a roof rack to mount:



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Henry

Very cool Henry, I really like those,

but seeing I have a Discovery these days and cargo space is at a premium they sux

dont suppose they do anything for discos :roll:

They do a single and double gas bottle holder for all the Hannibal racks. They are not gutter mounted, just bolted to the rack. You'd easily adapt them to fit any rack:



Let me know, I'm a Hannibal reseller 8)

Excuse me for suggesting the low-tech route, but I always found a milk crate does the trick. Of course, that doesn't work quite so well if it isn't a 9kg tank.

The likelihood of your tank springing a heat/pressure leak inside the car is pretty close to zero. On the other hand, floating about loose it is much more likely that you'll hit something, even with a collar on the larger tanks.

I think a lot of the expansion has to do with who refills it. There is supposed to be room for expansion inside the tank to cope with normal temperature variation. I reckon if you get the tanks pre-filled, bloody gougers, they're sure to be correctly filled. Or use your tank once before you go away.

hth

Cheers
Simon

<span style="color:blue">what is said is true......
i wonder the same about having the bottles in the sun.....


BUT........



on my bbq and also the one on the van on the draw bar......
and no problems other than rust from the rain.....</span>

[quote=DEFENDERZOOK]<span style="color:blue">what is said is true......
i wonder the same about having the bottles in the sun.....


BUT........



on my bbq and also the one on the van on the draw bar......
and no problems other than rust from the rain.....</span>

Exactly my point Zook, they recommend not storing in the sun, yet what do you do if bolted to your caravan drawbar :?:

Yet if one was going to let go I rather not have doing circuits of the cargo area in the disco at a thousand miles an hour or worse ignite in a rollover etc 8O

I always carry mine on the roof. A Milk crate will fit a 4k and 2k snugly, you can cover them in as well, and it's a bit more stable and procted. :wink:

Of course you need room for a milk crate!

Or you could just put a spare vehicle battery, butane cylinders, two gas bottles, in a tool box on the trailer with a heap of loose pegs and a couple of hammers, like I did coming home from Glendon! ops:

It was either that or leave the kids and the bikes there.

Not an easy decision :roll: (just kidding)

did anybody see the footage of the cylinder exploding in a falcon in ipswich west of brisbane a year or so ago, he survived, not sure how, but he had just had his cylinder filled

i'm guilty of transporting my cylinders inside the car when i have them filled, still should not do it, i do leave the windows down so that if gas was to leak than there is more air flow dispurse the gas. when touring/camping i always have them on the roof rack. if the cylinder is filled correctly and you have to transport the cylinder inside the car the cylinder should be restrained in the upright position so if the relief valve has to operate it will hopefully only vent gas (still very dangerous) instead of liquid, if liquid is vented keep in mind it expands 273 times to become a gas/vapour (very-very-very dangerous). cylinder left in a locked car in summer would not be deemed normal temperature variations.

a tip - if you are watching the guy filling your gas cylinders at the servo/camping store and he shuts off the bleed screw when liquid is still being discharged do not accept the cylinder till he reopens the bleed screw and waits for the liquid to stop discharging and only gas is discharging. i know everybody likes them to shut the bleed screw off early so that you get a bit extra gas but it not the correct way to fill a cylinder

you don't hear of to many gas cylinder exploding inside cars but it only takes one spark and little bit a gas and you will be ash