One thing I forgot. Open all valves to drain before you take off the valves.

William Polowniak
1989 Vanagon GL
1988 Mercedes 300 SE

Subject: propane tank draining help

> Hello, my Westy is getting shipped to Philadelphia from here in Kansas -
but
> they would only ship it if it had no propane tank, so I took it out. It's
full.
> Now, my thought is to fully empty it, put caps on the ends of the outlets,
and
> put it in a box with the rest of my household goods and have them ship it.
I
> figure if it is empty is is safe. So, how do I drain this critter safely?
Stick
> it out on my balcony and crack open the valve? Take it out in a field and
open
> the auto fill-stop valve (where the fuel come out in a spray when tank is
full)
> all the way and stand upwind? Anybody got any ideas?
> Please pmail
> me.
>
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