Wurlamatic
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Hello!
This is my first post. I am building my "expedition vehicle" (loose term, but the sort of things I'm doing go beyond most of the RV and vandwelling forums) which will also be my house, which is also a 1977 Vandura that I bought for about half a paycheque, 350/350 combo and overall in surprisingly great shape for less than a month's rent. I have just finished gutting it from being a campervan (ouch my neck) and I am finalizing my layout. Onboard I plan to have a 30 lb propane tank, a 17 gallon air tank/compressor, and a 110v MIG welder with the smallest practical argon tank I can find. I am wondering if anyone who has been around the block a few times can tell me if there is any inherent danger in having the 30 lb propane bottle mounted beside the air tank (which will be empty when driving) mounted beside the argon for the MIG welder, mounted beside the generator with a small petrol tank. They would kind of all be in a row on a heavy duty rack on the back bumper. Obviously no catastrophe is the best catastrophe, but is this a recipe for a nuke if I get rearended?
I'm a 23 year old guy and I can use these all separately, but I am wondering if there is some sage advice against putting them all beside each other. In my mind I see someone hitting me, releasing propane everywhere, having the air blow it *kinda* away, then having the argon ignite and blow a crater big enough to race in. Is that an overreaction? Or not? Or is it illegal, even?
This is my first post. I am building my "expedition vehicle" (loose term, but the sort of things I'm doing go beyond most of the RV and vandwelling forums) which will also be my house, which is also a 1977 Vandura that I bought for about half a paycheque, 350/350 combo and overall in surprisingly great shape for less than a month's rent. I have just finished gutting it from being a campervan (ouch my neck) and I am finalizing my layout. Onboard I plan to have a 30 lb propane tank, a 17 gallon air tank/compressor, and a 110v MIG welder with the smallest practical argon tank I can find. I am wondering if anyone who has been around the block a few times can tell me if there is any inherent danger in having the 30 lb propane bottle mounted beside the air tank (which will be empty when driving) mounted beside the argon for the MIG welder, mounted beside the generator with a small petrol tank. They would kind of all be in a row on a heavy duty rack on the back bumper. Obviously no catastrophe is the best catastrophe, but is this a recipe for a nuke if I get rearended?
I'm a 23 year old guy and I can use these all separately, but I am wondering if there is some sage advice against putting them all beside each other. In my mind I see someone hitting me, releasing propane everywhere, having the air blow it *kinda* away, then having the argon ignite and blow a crater big enough to race in. Is that an overreaction? Or not? Or is it illegal, even?