At 11:00 -0600 2001/06/17, Fred Coldwell wrote:
>Wayne wrote:
>>
>
>> 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.
>>
>
>Wayne:
>
> Those old horizontal propane tanks were also used on many
>old truck campers built in the 1950's, so they are another
>good source for perhaps finding one in a junk yard. There
>were many more of those old campers built than old Airstream
>or Boles Aero trailers, so do not limit your search to old
>trailers abandoned on the wayside. Check out old truck
>campers, too.
that's a great tip -- thanks. I'd *really* love to have proper tanks
on the two trailers if at all possible...
wayne
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