I had a propane truck and hated it. Many places like underground parking lot you cannot take it. The carburetor on top is like a bunsen burner and once it wears buy a new one or nothing but trouble. What made me get rid of it was I filled up with propane at Jasper and drove to the Athabasca viewing parking lot on the Columbia Icefields parkway and as I stopped I noticed the safety valve was letting lots of propane into the air caused by less atmospheric pressure so more pressure in the tank. I thought all I need was a smoker to walk by and we will all blow up. What to do to stop it from leaking? Jumped in the truck and drove to the bottom of the big hill by the large bend in the highway and that difference in atmospheric pressure caused less pressure in the tank and it stopped leaking. Drove home and switched the truck back to gas. The government also gets its share of tax money from the propane you buy.
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