Teardrops n Tiny Travel Trailers

That looks really good!

This is mine, I had the unbolt laying around. I used an opt lawnmower tire rim cut in had for the base and som scrap 2x2 fro the structure. Got about 20k miles on it now, with no issues.

Sorry not sure why the picture was cut off. It didn’t take long, was exactly what I needed, was basically free, and building a teardrop isn’t a race.

What do you guys think?

I like it. Did you add some padding or something between the bracket and the tank?

Tony

Yes I plan on like a heavy duty bike tire to help the vibration from marring the tank. As well as some blocks or something to help brace the bottom of the tank and a steel wire/chain as a fail safe back up.

This discussion leads to my question.... would it be safe to secure a 5 pound tank inside the tongue box, and then take it to the back of the trailer when it's time to cook? Or must it be secured outside?

I used the bracket for a 20# fire extinguisher for my 5# flame king tank. About $50.

would it be safe ...

I wouldn't have a problem with it.

Tony

Sparksalot wrote:I used the bracket for a 20# fire extinguisher for my 5# flame king tank. About $50.

I see that the 20# fire extinguisher brackets are for 7" but the 5# propane bottles are 8". It still works?

Onajourney wrote:

Sparksalot wrote:I used the bracket for a 20# fire extinguisher for my 5# flame king tank. About $50.

I see that the 20# fire extinguisher brackets are for 7" but the 5# propane bottles are 8". It still works?

If I recall mine was from Kidde, and my tank is Flame King. It’s was very close. I only had to adjust the strap a bit to get it to work fine.