Read This... Disaster Averted

[switz]

I drilled the wing nut for a padlock so it can not unwind in the enclosure on the Classic and the 23D International Serenity

[madpiper]

Thanks for sharing this, anytime I learn about a different safety check I'm ahead of the game!

[Boxite]

On my newer 2008 the tanks are sitting not on an open-loop-base... but on an oval pan...which was originally secured by A/S to the A-frame with only two, cheap screws that vibration had completely cut/shattered. The tank brackets were held to that pan with a long all-thread drilled thru the base of the pan and a wingnut, ...covered with that cheap, plastic Camco cover.
Therefore the tanks were sitting on a pan which was totally unsecured to the trailer frame except by their own weight and held in place by the hoses.
I cleaned it all up, repainted and drilled/bolted the pan to the frame, and installed new all-thread covered with steel tube which freely rotates about the all-thread (to discourage any hacksaw-equipped thief.)
A long-shackle bicycle lock drilled thru the upper bracket prevents the wingnut from being unscrewed by same thief.
I think the old-style "bucket-brackets" for a base is an excellent idea and I may make my own and weld them to that oval pan. I've seen some in the PPL catalog.
This is an excellent discussion and I posted this msg to bump it back up.