Over the last few days, we installed the propane tank.
It's a Manchester 30# unit, about 10" diameter and 32"length.
The tank comes with 2 mounting flanges, adjustable in height.
We are mounting it on the driver's side, roughly working aft from the forward pop-out window.
Of course, the tank doesn't line up with anything particular on Annie, but there are 2 transverse members just forward of the rear wheel's spring mount.
So I made a mounting plate that ties into the transverse members, with a hole located for the tank's rear mounting flange. In this pic, looking left is looking toward the rear
This is where the hole for the forward tank bracket will be drilled
All the holes into Annie are located, drilled and painted. I'm using 1/2" bolts running through existing holes in the transverse members (for the rear mounting plate) and with a new hole for the forward tank bracket.
The mounting plate will also be held by VHB tape.
The mounting plate is primed and painted. I've also located and drilled the tank bracket hole.
Lifting the tank into position
Tank is mounted.
And looks thus.
The actual LPG tank is an inch or so below the ground clearance of the fuel tank, but the skid plate is a couple of inches lower than that. We'll see if clearance is an issue, Clarence.
I painted all the bolts and nuts, and took Annie for a drive on some badly rutted/washboarded logging roads. Nothing fell off or came loose.
This is probably a good thing.
I will be running the LPG plumbing once I have a clearer sense of the inside floor layout.
Next step will be installing the awning. Just getting the awning was an "interesting"
experience, which I'll describe better once the work starts
It's a Manchester 30# unit, about 10" diameter and 32"length.
The tank comes with 2 mounting flanges, adjustable in height.
We are mounting it on the driver's side, roughly working aft from the forward pop-out window.
Of course, the tank doesn't line up with anything particular on Annie, but there are 2 transverse members just forward of the rear wheel's spring mount.
So I made a mounting plate that ties into the transverse members, with a hole located for the tank's rear mounting flange. In this pic, looking left is looking toward the rear
This is where the hole for the forward tank bracket will be drilled
All the holes into Annie are located, drilled and painted. I'm using 1/2" bolts running through existing holes in the transverse members (for the rear mounting plate) and with a new hole for the forward tank bracket.
The mounting plate will also be held by VHB tape.
The mounting plate is primed and painted. I've also located and drilled the tank bracket hole.
Lifting the tank into position
Tank is mounted.
And looks thus.
The actual LPG tank is an inch or so below the ground clearance of the fuel tank, but the skid plate is a couple of inches lower than that. We'll see if clearance is an issue, Clarence.
I painted all the bolts and nuts, and took Annie for a drive on some badly rutted/washboarded logging roads. Nothing fell off or came loose.
This is probably a good thing.I will be running the LPG plumbing once I have a clearer sense of the inside floor layout.
Next step will be installing the awning. Just getting the awning was an "interesting"
experience, which I'll describe better once the work starts
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