During the late 70's and early 80's, motor homes with dual fuel
capabilities were common as a method to increase driving range. My
parents had an '81 that held 100 gallons of gasoline and 80 gallons of
propane. Many people that had these never got the propane to run right
and the lack of power made them intolerable. Most have had the propane
systems removed. Propane is readily available if you are willing to look
for it and don't tell the filling station it is being used as motor fuel
as most are not set up to tax for it. On my way from NY to Florida, I
stopped at many Flying J truck stops for fuel. They carry propane in an
effort to attract RV's. The going price is now $1.899/gallon. Not any
benefits considering you get ~30% less power-range from propane as
compared to gasoline.

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf
Of Mark Dorm
Sent: Monday, February 17, 2003 2:09 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Automotive propane in the US

Well are there exceptions to this, like where you buy it from...

>From: Michael Snow <mwsnow@COX.NET>

>Courtney Hook wrote:
>
>>So my wife and I are contemplating buying a motorhome that has been
>>converted to propane, which is common up here in Canada. Is it readily
>>available in the US? I did a quick search but couldn't come up with
enough
>>info to be confident of driving stateside and finding fuel.
>>Courtney
>>
>One thing to be aware of with propane in the USA is that it is not the
>same everywhere.  Pure propane is something like 120 octane equivalent,
>but a few states mandate that it be mixed with someting else that makes
>it around 100 octane and reduces the BTU per pound.  I think that
>California may be one of the mixed propane states.  I am thinking of
>converting my pickup to propane on the next rebuild, but my Vanagon is
>keeping me to busy to do anything with it right now.
>
>Mike Snow

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