RE: [SilverStreak] size of propane tanks

["Ralph Cooke" <rcooke@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Jason,

I have never seen a 10 lb. propane tank on a travel trailer, the
smallest tanks I have seen for trailers is 5 gallons.  If it were me I
would try to get a minimum of two 7.5 gallon tanks, two 10 gallon
tanks would be ideal.  YOU WANT WEIGHT ON THE TONGUE!  The trailer
will exhibit less sway if you have 12-15% of the total "loaded" weight
on the tongue.  Propane is only about 7 pounds per gallon, so an
additional 5 gallons of propane will only weigh 35 lbs. + another 8
lbs for the bigger tanks.

Many years ago I had a 16' "Cardinal" trailer with two 5 gallon tanks
on it and I would go through both tanks on a 5-7 day camping trip,
with about the same equipment you list.

Ralph

-----Original Message-----
From: sslist-admin@tompatterson.com
[mailto:sslist-admin@tompatterson.com] On Behalf Of Jason Parks
Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 11:23 PM
To: Silver Streak
Subject: [SilverStreak] size of propane tanks

I have a 18 foot SS sabre and would like to purchase 2 aluminum tanks
--
Vintage Trailer Supply has the best prices I could find so far.

I'd like to keep my tongue weight as low as possible and therefore am
thinking
of purchasing 2 - 10lb tanks. I've never camped  with a trailer before
so I
don't know if I will go through these tanks in a day or will last me
for a
while. I can get the bigger tanks no problem, but again just trying to
keep
the weight down.