[alireza]

Hi everyone

is it safe to have a LPG truckmount in a van threes a manufacture in america making  custom build truckmount and I can have either Kohler diesel or LPG

I appreciate your help

[Mike Halliday]

Iots of truckmounters  have LPG Truckmounts so no problem there.

I would have thought the bigger question is LPG Or diesel..... which is best?

[Simon Gerrard]

My Titan 875 runs on lpg. Apart from the cost advantage it is a lot cleaner than diesel.

Simon

[Shaun_Ashmore]

As Simon says far cleaner.

[maxcampbell]

LPG is cleaner, quieter and cheaper than diesel, and safe enough.

[alireza]

is LPG safe some people say it's very dangerous if leaks or you involve in an accident

[Simon Gerrard]

I was to,d that lpg is safer in an accident, can't remember who told me.
Lpg, just like petrol is in liquid form until it is turned into gas in the vaporiser.

Simo

[Paul Moss]

I've run mine on lpg fir years with no probs

[JandS]

Liquified petroleum gas Simon...............

[Simon Gerrard]

Yeah, but people focus on the word gas, which it isn't until just before it goes into the engine.

Simon

[julianb]

Lpg sounds better but Diesel engines seem to last forever if love to have a tractor engine on tick over in my van

[alireza]

Thanks everyone

[Mike Halliday]

Given the choice of buying 2 new truckmounts a LPG or a diesel I would go for the diesel.

I would think a Diesel engine running on red diesel would be cheaper to run than  a LPG engine even though LPG is cheaper to buy. And Diesel engine are much more industrial, if you look at machines that are designed to run 24-7 they always have Diesel engines never LPG.

Diesel engines are not populer with truckmount builders as the initial cost of a Diesel engine is much higher than petrol and they are conciderably heavier than an equal Hp petrol engine .....so makes the whole truckmount  a lot heavier, more expensive and it has a bigger footprint in the van.

They also burn cooler so if you are running a heat exchanger to heat your water a diesel won't give as hot water as a petrol engine of comparative horse power

Also a Diesel engine is much much simplier in design, get a big petrol and you get into engine management systems which are a minefield of problems, a Diesel engine is incredibly simple in comparison which is why they are much more reliable

[gwrightson]

Lpg sounds better but Diesel engines seem to last forever if love to have a tractor engine on tick over in my van

I have a tractor engine in my van,
and I only ever run it at half revs

Geoff

[Shaun_Ashmore]

Most of the time I run 75ft of pipes out and I have my tm on tick over I still get the waves of steam.

[Glynn]

Shaun,
You should never clean with your Titan on idle, you'll end up with problems.

[Shaun_Ashmore]

Thanks Glynn what's the lowest revs you use?

[Glynn]

Well mines the electronic speed control type so the mid setting  usually which is 2600rpm.

[Paul Moss]

Shaun running any truckmount on too low revs all the time or for long periods of cleaning will knacker it up. Running it on 75-100 ft of pipe  on low revs will put too much strain on the blower and the engine.
It will end up in the grave yard with the rest of your trucks   

Imagine driving your car in first gear all the way from your house to London and back. Then do that every day , after a while you will find the car will start having problems.

[Glynn]

Its more like setting off in 4th gear.