Gas Bottle stowing ??

I was under the same impression as you but I read on a sign the other day at the servo that anything over 25kg needs to be carried outside of the vehicle. I always put mine on the roofrack to be on the safe side though.

ha. I like the bullbar option. Just make sure you tailgate a truck through the Melb tunnel when you do it to be safe :-)

whys it a no no? certainly isnt illegal (for the sort of size bottle you are talking about) and if it leaks - well that is why they put that smelly stuff in it even the smallest leak will be detected

Inside a milk crate on your roof rack. Strap the milk crate to the roof rack and 2 small occy straps to secure the gas bottle within the milk crate....Has worked for me for years though I have now gone to the Coleman disposables and I carry this inside the rear _Affordable_Storage_Drawers.aspx....No valve to open......

Carried mine inside the vehicle for years - I worry far less about gas bottles than when I have 25lt of petrol behind the drivers seat.

Mike Harding

9ltr gas bottle, 4 jerry cans and a carton of Peter Jacksons all inside.

Been doin it for years.

Waiting for a call from Bin Laden.......hehehe.

Cheers.....Lionel.

A bloke posted a pic here yesterday of his rear wheel carrier and it had twin gasbottles on it. Can't remember which post or who tho..:-)

I used to carry one above my spare wheel on the G60 inside a paint tin. These days they are stowed in the trailer.

Cheers

I have to take the Oxy-Acetylene out of the car to make way for the camping gas cylinder when I go bush.

Patrolman Pat

Signman ,
I was not happy with it anywhere inside and didi not want it on the roof - so I issued my gas stove with a redundancy notice and went to a Shellite stove from Colman . I think it works better than the gas stove .
Willie

Signman,

I concur with teabag. Used cable ties to attach milkcrate to roofrack and then two occy straps to hold the bottle in. If you use ratchet straps through the neck, be careful they don't rub against the valve control lest you may arrive at the next camp with no gas (not that I've ever had that happen.....twice!). Cheers Mick.

Signman

Here are the two things I'm looking for:

1. Roof top quick release gas bottle holder (various sizes).
2. Roof rack axe holder.

On the serious side, I spent 9 years in the petroleum industry and during that time we were subjected to many safety demonstrations (including gas).

The most memorial was a 2 litre container of petrol, which was allowed to get a half head of vapour. This was ignited in a relatively small environment. The result left me totally stunned and I'll never forget it.

The result of a half filled 20 litre container exploding inside a vehicle defies imagination.

If plastic fuel containers are carried on the roof rack in hot weather they should be vented (well away from an ignition source) regularly. This doesn't apply to Diesel.

Regards

Kim

Bushfix

Yes, I think people get a bit blasé around fuel and gas. However, we also had some funny experiences (not at the time).

In one of my depots I decided to conduct a gantry safety exercise. Without going into a long story, we placed a driver behind the rear wheels of a truck at the gantry (he was blown off the truck and a fire started). The only people who had knowledge of this were the driver, myself and the CFA chief.

What transpired after that was Keystone Cop stuff. The fire crew nearly suffocated and drowned the poor buggar. Had to give him a couple of days off to get over it.

On another occasion (in another town), the municipal leaders, CFA and I decided to overturn an old degassed tanker on a main highway and conduct an exercise. Well, let me tell you this did not go down well with the touring public or State authorities. The locals thought it was a real buzz, but my CEO had a serious blood pressure problem for some time.

Regards

KIm

Interesting comments!

I just recently purchased a new caravan complete with two jerry can holders on the rear bumper.

There is a sticker attached to then saying "Do not carry inflammable liquids in these holders"

If anyone runs up the back of my rig through inattention they deserve to die, I dont stop in a hurry with over 6 tonne all up weight.

Have carried 20lites diesel, 10 litres of Petrol (for gennie) and a spare 4.5kg gas cylinder on the rear bumper of my old Jayco poptop for years.

Is this illegal? and when were the regs changed

i have one of the opposite lock gas bottle holders, made up some metal clamping plates and the holder clamps to the roof rack. bottle sits in without moving at all. i had to extend the clamping ring and I also put some of that sticky backed foam around the clamping ring to stop any rubbing and to also give extra grip. bottle made it over the Simpson and surrounds without budging an inch. i can shake the whole truck by the bottle without it coming out.