At 16:48 -0700 2001/06/19, Robert C Townsend wrote:
>I've lived in northern Nevada for a few years, and keep meaning to make it
>to the Burning Man...
>maybe i'll make it this year with some inspiration from fellow-listers.
Do come. Tin cans there are rare, I'd love to think I am starting a
trend by taking my vintage trailer there. Out of 25,000 people last
year I counted about a dozen vintage aluminum trailers.
>Wayne - I've seen people use small, portable swamp-coolers inside
>trailers... not sure how that would stand up to the late summer desert
>swelter, though. I may have mentioned here that I've taken the Coleman
>roof-air off my SOB RV, and am working out the air-flow and venting to mount
>it under the front seating in the Trailwind. It seems very very 'do-able'.
>With a propane-fired genset under the other seat, I should have all the mod
>cons and all of 'em out of sight...
That could be OK -- it is AMAZINGLY dry and a swamp cooler would do
the trick even better than A/C would. Now I need to start looking for
smallish swampy units. Maybe I would consider mounting that in the
14x14 hole in the center of my trailer.
recommendations?
>I've also found an horizontal ASME (permanent mount) LPG tank, 35#, which
>will mount nicely on the tongue of the Trailwind. The valve set-up is a
>little more elaborate than on the portable DOT tanks, and a bit more pricey,
>but these things last FOREVER. The only drawback i can see is that the
>entire trailer needs to be towed to the propane place to have the tank
>filled... but Airstreams were made for towin', not settin'...
Well there's that propane fillin' place across and a bit down the
street from Twin Cities Surplus where everybody tows in and out but I
don't think that they're set up to fill w/o tank removal. I think
that it's popular to drag your trailer in there because they are also
a dump station.
Send pictures of your tank. Got sources? I need one for the Boles Aero.
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