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Fact or Fiction: Your RV’s tank covers should never be removed

By Dave Helgeson
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RV blogs, social media groups and YouTube videos have exploded over the past couple of years. Some provide great information, others questionable information and some downright bad information. Can you tell the difference? In this regular column, we will post a question based on information we find online. You can then test your RV prowess by seeing how your answer compares with our experts.

Today’s Question

Is the following statement fact or fiction? “Your RV’s tank covers should never be removed, unless you are filling up with propane or changing them out.”
*Statement found from (this source)

What do you think?

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Dave Helgeson
Dave Helgeson
Dave Helgeson has been around travel trailers his entire life. His grandparents and father owned an RV dealership long before the term “RV” had been coined. He has served in every position of an RV dealership with the exception of bookkeeping. Dave served as President of a local chapter of the RVDA (Recreational Vehicle Dealers Association), was on the board of advisors for the RV Technician Program of a local technical college and was a board member of the Manufactured Home and RV Association. He and his wife Cheri operated their own RV dealership for many years and for the past 29 years have managed RV shows. Dave presents seminars at RV shows across the country and was referred to as "The foremost expert on boondocking" by the late Gary Bunzer, "The RV Doctor". Dave and his wife are currently on their fifth travel trailer with Dave doing all the service, repair and modifications on his own unit.

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4 Comments

Bob
2 years ago

My feeling is that the covers should remain in place. They protect the tanks from the elements, my tanks are 5 years old and still look new. But mostly keep the UV light off the hoses. The rubber hoses will deteriorate much faster from the UV.

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Gary W.
2 years ago

I had to read that 4 times before I realized the author was talking about propane tanks on trailers and not my black and grey tanks.

Need to be more specific next time.

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Thomas D
2 years ago

Firstly, I didnt realize what you’re talking about and secondly, if propane, I don’t have any. Neither my current fiver nor my class c motorhome
My liquid tanks do not have covers
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jillie
2 years ago

The covers are just window dressing to make the trailer look nice. Mine are off because they are a pain to remove when I need to refill. So IMO not yours mine are off.

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