At 14:45 -0700 2001/06/16, Robert C Townsend wrote:
>When this came up last year, someone mentioned that horizontal lpg tanks
>were exempt, for the time being, from the OPD valve mandate... is this still
>the case? Being that the horizontal tank is 'correct' for the '48 Trailwind,
>and Worthington makes a very nice 40lb horizontal aluminum tank...
not sure that's the same tank.
See the web as Manchester has about a hundred different tanks to choose from
http://www.mantank.com
20lb:
http://www.mantank.com/20gasdot.htm
30lb:
http://www.mantank.com/3040dot.htm
etc.
Their horizontal tank isn't like Paul Farley's, where the tap is on
top of a tank that sits horizontally. The "exmpted" horizontal tank
is one that has a vertical tank that sits horizontally -- with the
tap on the top (which is now the side) and I suspect that they can't
use an OPD because there's no way to make it "float" properly while
sitting horizontally.
If you can find a tank that sits and mounts horizontally but has the
valve on the top, *please* tell me because I want one for my '48 wee
wind and another one for my '48 Boles Aero. The Boles especially
wants a horizontal tank because of how the body is shaped I can't
really even put a 20lb vertical tank there without the body hitting
the handle of the tank.
>Tuna
>'48 Trailwind Shell Up On Blocks
>(see it at http://y42.photos.yahoo.com/ under '1948 Trailwind')
I can't find any pictures by going there and searching for "1948
Trailwind"... can you help with a more specific URL?
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