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Subject:Re: Propane refill adaptor
From:Eric Caron
Date:Tue, 20 Oct 2015 19:48:52 -0400

OK guys,

20 messages and I can’t figure out if I can actually buy this useful device.

So is there a link to something that connects a little tank to our big tank to get us through a sudden loss of fuel?  having a reserve ready to go would be great.

Eric Caron 
85 GL Auto Westfalia 

> On Oct 20, 2015, at 7:02 PM, Edward Maglott <emaglott3@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200306161_200306161
> 
> it "saves your steak" when your bbq tank runs out in the middle of
> cooking.  You then add this adapter and a dispo tank and connect to the bbq
> grill so you can finish cooking.  I have one that I use occasionally to
> connect the little tank to things that normally connect to the big tank.
> Edward
> 
> On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 6:14 PM, Dennis Jowell <dennisjowell@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> Ed,
>> Could you let me know what a "Steak Saver " is. A new term for me.
>> 
>> Laters,
>> 
>> Dennis Jowell
>> Scotch Hollow Farm
>> Newbury, Vermont
>> 
>> 
>>> On Oct 20, 2015, at 4:31 PM, Edward Maglott <emaglott3@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Yeah that is a nice setup Jeff.  and once you have that you can simply
>> add
>>> a "steak saver" if you want to so that you can connect a disposable tank
>>> instead of the big one.
>>> 
>>> On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 4:23 PM, Michael Magnani <
>> mfmagnani@sbcglobal.net>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Jeff,Your setup looks like the best fit for me. Where do you get one of
>>>> those rigs?Thanks,Mike M
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>    On Tuesday, October 20, 2015 1:18 PM, Jeff Schwaia <
>> vw.doka@GMAIL.COM>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> I use one of these with a standard BBQ tank:
>>>> 
>>>> http://www.autostadtwest.com/images/hose.jpg
>>>> 
>>>> No plumbing required, just attach the hose and you're good to go...
>>>> 
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> 
>>>> Jeff
>>>> 
>>