Safest/best way to carry propane in a Cybertruck.

[Eka]

This is the way J:
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But there isn’t 12v in the bed you say? Powerstations pretty much all have one and then all you have to do is turn the vault plugs on briefly to charge them.
Space heaters make me nervous fire risk wise.

There used to be a company that made a bunch of different sizes of 12VDC mattress pad heaters. I got a cot sized one I used heavily on my Aurora watching trips to Northern Minnesota in the winter. I bought mine back in 1994. Sadly it died a decade back. It was less than a third the cost of the REI one.

On Aurora watching nights I slept in the open bed of my pickup. I stayed up all night ensconced in my bed roll. When the sun came up I pulled the tarp over and slept. I didn't think twice about -20F nights. I used two 100 Ah Group 31 lead acid batteries to power it and the heaters in my "coolers" that kept my food from freezing. Most of the power from the batteries went into running the instruments I was measuring the Aurora with.

A search at Amazon finds a few choices. None the same as the one I had. In the back of the CT I think I would use a 120VAC heating pad. Many options are available.

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[hemiarch]

Decided to carry it outside on my exo swing today. Felt the safest.

 

[hemiarch]

So..there are definitely things it does better than my electric setup. Glad we brought it along.

 

[jimbobb23]

The tanks have pressure release valves so you should keep it below 120 as recommended but the next step isn't explosion. If it gets too hot the value should release pressure.

 

[TyPope]

I don’t have much experience traveling with anything other than the tiny little green bottles but fire bans have made me want to carry a larger amount. Was thinking of bringing a little 5lbs tank I got from a friend for Christmas or maybe even the 20lbs tank I use for powering our back yard pizza oven on our trips.
what’s the safest way to do that? In the vault? Is it safe to close the tonneau? It’s gets pretty damn hot in there during the day in Arizona. Any of you have clever packing or mounting solutions you’d like to share? Any tips?

Years and years of experience talkin here. Get a milk crate. Put bottle in milk crate. Secure to L-Track with rope through the bottle's handle.

No need to get fancy. Propane tanks will eat up the paint in a regular painted bed and even Rhino Liner would get cut up a little. Not to mention those ugly rust rings... I have 2 bottles and 2 black milk crates. When camping, the milk crates can do double duty to help with food runs.

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