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I carry both 5lb & 20lb with us depending on what time of the year. I have the 5lb tank is mounted on the trailer w\AT Overland mount. The 20lb we take with us in late winter to early spring camping for our Proplex Tent Furnace. 5lb tanks is used for the cook stove.
5lb tank is Manchester
20lb tank is exchanged type set into a milk crate.
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Brewbud said:
I like these 11 lb thin tanks. I can use it on the rack on the back of my jeep where a Jerry can would normally go. Out here in CA you can't have a fire for most of the year but a propane firepit is ok. The pits can burn some propane though.
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Yeah, it's like having ten stove burners going, but I love my propane fire pit. Used it for both warmth and rig lighting in a lot of my night sky images.
 
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When I bought my trailer it had a small tank mounted to the back of the passenger fender. I bought an extra 11lb tank so as not to run out.
Coming back from Overland West I took the slow route through southern Colorado, cooked every night and day, heated water for showers, let the lantern run all night on ultra low, and never got through the little tank.
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Road said:
Yeah, it's like having ten stove burners going, but I love my propane fire pit. Used it for both warmth and rig lighting in a lot of my night sky images.
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Which fire pit do you have? I have the Camp Chef Del Rio. It is too big so I want to retire it to home use only. I need to get a smaller one.
 
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Which fire pit do you have? I have the Camp Chef Del Rio. It is too big so I want to retire it to home use only. I need to get a smaller one.
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I have the Camp Chef Compact Propane Fire Ring, which has actually gone down in price since I bought mine, and at $69.93 is right now about a third the price of the Del Rio.

I love mine and like the way it fits into my packing scheme. It is shallow in height when the legs are folded under and it is packed in its bag. It is 55,000 BTU and comes with 12lbs of lava rock. I often keep it on the floor of the passenger seat in my van because it is often one of the first things to come out when camping in cooler areas or in burn ban areas.

I've found that when I have a couple awning side walls up on the side the wind is coming from, the fire ring does a really great job at bringing up the temps and taking off the chill, even with the rest of the sides open. I cook on it too, and sometimes it is the only light under the awning late at night. It gets used a lot.

Here's a couple pics that better explain the size:

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Under the awning on a chilly, windy, night.


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Camp Chef Compact Fire Ring in the black bag next to the Skottle in its green bag.


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Was doing a short vid on packing schemes and efficiency and this bird came to help.
I'm pointing, though, at the typical size of my packed gear and how I like similarly sized items for flexibility in packing, which the camp chef fire ring in its bag fits perfectly.


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Other than an iPod screen, the fire ring is the only light under the awning in this night shot on the Mexican border.
I put a couple of my storage boxes in front of the fire ring for this shot so it wouldn't make a hot spot in the image.

I've always depended on my two 20# propane tanks and a couple 10' propane extension hoses, but after seeing this thread and discussion of smaller tanks again, I might swap out one of the 20# for two 11# tanks and have a little more flexibility in packing, or mount them to either side of the 20# on the tongue platform.

Helpful thread. Thanks for starting it, @Hank Outdoors

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ArkansasDon said:
I carry both 5lb & 20lb with us depending on what time of the year. I have the 5lb tank is mounted on the trailer w\AT Overland mount. The 20lb we take with us in late winter to early spring camping for our Proplex Tent Furnace. 5lb tanks is used for the cook stove.
5lb tank is Manchester
20lb tank is exchanged type set into a milk crate.
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What kind of trailer is that?
 
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