The Find of the Week!

[SteveC7010]

My step-son has a lot of "stuff" in his shed. We got to talking about propane tanks last Sunday and he said I should take a look at the ones he's got because they are bigger than 20 pounders and I can use them for as long as I like because he doesn't have a TT. I 'bout fainted with joy! Here they are partly polished up and mounted on the Sunline:

 

[Lode]

Definitely a nice find.

Something I wish I'd have done to the Starcraft pop up I had before the Sunline... switch out the tanks for the 2-40 pounders that were on it!

Take care,
Lode

 

[campkasten]

WOW... are those aluminum tanks?

 

[SteveC7010]

WOW... are those aluminum tanks?

Oh yeah! I still pinch myself every now and then just to make sure I didn't dream all this.

The tare (empty) weight of them is 17 pounds; exactly the same as an empty steel 20 pounder.

 

[pwb01]

Looks like something that belongs on an Airstream....................

 

[nasa42a1]

Steve....

Have to go with pwb01's observation. They look identical to the bottles on my late father-in-law's 71 Airstream! Beautiful .... a good reason to NOT need a bottle cover. Congrats!!!!!!!!!!!

Frank

 

[Bobo 3008]

Steve,

I don't know how old those tanks are, what style fill heads do they have ?

Bobo

 

[SteveC7010]

I don't know how old those tanks are, what style fill heads do they have ?

They were manufactured in 1971, and have been recertified several times, the last in July 2002. They do have the correct OPD's on them. The manufacturer is Lennox - the same folks that make heating systems - their logo is stamped on the upper collar next to the TW and WC.

 

[emam]

Find of the week, that is the find of the century!! To get those for free...Man, that is a steal.

Ever since I saw a set of these on a European Camper, I've drooled over them ever since and Cindy and I were just talking about how cool they would look!

Nice Find!

 

[HappyCampers-SUN]

They do look really close to the aluminum ones that were on our Airstream. Awesome find.