Lil' yeti already had hardware for securing twin LP tanks on its tongue.
While adequate for its task, I wasn't satisfied. The sheet metal base was just flexible enough. Amplified leverage of the tall center rod let the tanks rock fore-aft in their base. Four sheet metal screws didn't seem durable enough to me. Sometimes rough road vibrations worked loose the clamp bracket on top under the big wing nut. Didn't loosen up a lot. Just enough to bug me.
My solution was welding an understructure to make the center rod rigid. With jam nuts both above and below, and the base sandwiched in between, the whole works were secured to the frame. Sheet metal screws remained for alignment. And to prevent rattling.
I took the opportunity to rework the regulator bracket, making that rigid as well. Then, added a new flexible infeed hose centered for equal reach to either tank.
I like wrenchless speed nuts. They make simple work of switching over when one tank runs out. What I dislike is fancy pants, auto switchover valves. Manually switching over shows me how long that tank lasted. And reminds me to start shopping for a refill station. Good stuff.
The final touch was a new cover for the tanks. Limited headroom beneath the air conditioner forced my hand, somewhat. A rigid slip-on cover was no longer possible. Fortuitously, last year I found a soft cover with zipper lid at an RV salvage place near Elkhart IN.
While much body work remains before lil' yeti's parade ready, it's looking much neater and cleaner.
