Need some gas bottle ideas for removal

MOS2

Have a 2025 400 boondock black canyon with the large tub on the front. 

Removing the LP gas bottle for refill is a pita . The bottle is held in place by a  ring with a bolt and wing nut . 
Not much room to  loosen the wing nut by hand . I bet others have the same issue . 

So what did you do to make revolving the bottle more user friendly ? 

    Thanks , Mike

Binghi

I put in a longer bolt and added a spacer about 1/2 to 3/4 inches long to push the wing nut further out from the clamp. That gives me room to tighten the wing nut more easily.

MOS2

I will give that a try . But not much room in there . 

Freespirit

@MOS2, I experienced the same issue you describe. My solution for the last 3+ years is to use a removable zip tie.  In my case, I discovered the tank didn’t really need to be held tight I place just secure. 

Marceline

Can you find a knob that fits? Something like this?

ckjs

My arthritis pushed me to replace the wing nut with an adjustable handle like this one:



However, it is still really close to the tank. I'm going to try @Binghi's spacer idea.

Sharon_is_SAM

We removed the hose holder in our original tub.  Gave us more room. 

MOS2

ckjs said:

My arthritis pushed me to replace the wing nut with an adjustable handle like this one:



However, it is still really close to the tank. I'm going to try @Binghi's spacer idea.

Won’t work ..not enough room

MOS2

Sharon_is_SAM said:

We removed the hose holder in our original tub.  Gave us more room. 

No hose holder in the 25 400 ..the large tub has a section for the bottle but very limited room for removal 

MOS2

The longer bolt with a space work a little better but not great