Anybody know where to find Rules/Regs for carrying LP Gas cylinders, or have knowledge of the following.
I followed a camper trailer with 2 x 9kg cyls in holders at the rear, which were completely exposed to impact, I would have thought impact protection would be a mandatory requirement, mind you, it did look like home made holders.
I have not been able to find anything on the www so far that pertained to this particular situation, plenty about being carried in vented areas and not inside and away from ignition sources, but nothing about impact protection.
Each state and territory implements the updated Australian Dangerous Goods Code and associated updates to their dangerous goods transport regulations separately. Each state and territory's dangerous goods transport act and regulations are at the links below. Businesses must comply with their state / territory specific act and regulations and the ADG Code.
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Australian Commonwealth Territory Dangerous Goods (Road Transport) Act 2009 Dangerous Goods (Road Transport) Regulations 2010
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Queensland (road) Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995 Transport Operations (Road Use Management-Dangerous Goods) Regulation 2018
Queensland (rail) Transport Infrastructure Act 1994 Transport Infrastructure (Dangerous Goods by Rail) Regulation 2018
South Australia Dangerous Substances Act 1979 Dangerous Substances (Dangerous Goods Transport) Regulations 2008
Tasmania Dangerous Goods (Road and Rail Transport) Act 2010 Dangerous Goods (Road and Rail Transport) Regulations 2010
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Western Australia Dangerous Goods Safety Act 2004 Dangerous Goods Safety Regulations
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If you are carrying gas cylinders at the rear of your caravan and you get rear ended hard enough to puncture one your whole caravan is already toast from the impact force. You'll have much bigger things to worry about.
Two 9kg bottles in Motorhome, assume caravan the same. ? . In secured in vented floor of cabinet . A sign on outside to show location . Certificate etc .
When was the last time people gave their ABE extinguishers a bash to free up the settled powder.
I have two ABE extinguishers & turn them upside down & knock them together to free up the powder.
I give them a bash more often when we have been on the corrugated roads as this really settles the powder into a solid block. If you have good hearing you can hear the block move.
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Gas bottles must be mounted within the envelope of the vehicle, not tacked on to the outside. So bottles on the a frame, in gas lockers or tucked within the mudguard structure are OK
Cylinders should always be in upright position and have bung in outlet to be transported in vehicles - unless attached to an approved appliance. Most re-fillers insist on this when bottles brought in for re-filling.
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Caught on camera. Had a truck/van transporting gas cylinders inside the back of the van. BOOOOM....Guess what. No more van, no more driver. From what I remember luckily now one else was hurt. Had a gas cylinder refilled and put it back on the camper drawbar. Got to where we were going. Setup and sat down for a coffee. Could smell gas. In the open air. The knucklehead that filled it didn't screw the bleed valve closed enough. Now if that bottle was in an enclosed area we might not have made it to where were going or it might have been the last coffee.
-- Edited by Corndoggy on Sunday 2nd of May 2021 11:17:29 AM
Why they shouldnt be transported in non vented vehicles . A portable plumbers gas heater blew up plumbers van in East Ryde a few years ago . I was first on site . Not pretty . His ladder was blown on roof a block away . All the eaves in street where blown out ! That was with point .9kg . Imagine a 9kg bottle !
-- Edited by Aus-Kiwi on Saturday 1st of May 2021 06:33:27 PM
