lilly2lucy wrote: Thanks to all for the info, makes life a bit easier.
My info came from a fellow fulltimer at a campground in Arizona. He told me that when he was entering B.C. at Blaine, WA. the Canadian customs person entered his 5r and turned on his stove. When it lit he was given a ticket and told he couldn,t travel with his tanks on. Either he or I must have been from another planet, he obviously was not Canadian, eh.
Thanks again for the good info.
Which is rather stupid considering a stove will still lit and run for a while on the gas in the line even with the tank off.
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lilly2lucy wrote: Thanks to all for the info, makes life a bit easier.
My info came from a fellow fulltimer at a campground in Arizona. He told me that when he was entering B.C. at Blaine, WA. the Canadian customs person entered his 5r and turned on his stove. When it lit he was given a ticket and told he couldn,t travel with his tanks on. Either he or I must have been from another planet, he obviously was not Canadian, eh.
Thanks again for the good info.
I've never seen a customs officer check for any kind of violations that doesn't pertain to import, export, immigration, etc. I'm not even sure they have the authority to enforce vehicle or safety code violations. I do know they've never nailed me for seatbelts even though that would be a great money maker for them.
The only way I could see this happening is if he arrived in Canada by ferry and during the inspection they found he left it on during the ride.
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Before boarding various ferries in the Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia, we were instructed to shut off the propane tanks ... and hang tags on the tanks saying we had turned it off.
Now, not sure, but there might have been a fine if you didn't turn it off and just hang the tag on it. But this was ON A FERRY.
It's also illegal to drive thru a tunnel with the propane on in both the US and Canada.
But we've been to Canada more times than I can count, crossing numerous landbased border crossings, with the fridge on propane ... with no problems or questions.
And we'll be crossing again in a couple of weeks to head for Fort McMoney, AB, with stops in Banff and Jasper
Only time I have been asked to turn off the propane is fueling, I have had some turn the valve off at the tank but most just ask if you have anything running. I had a couple turn it off at the tank and forget to turn it back on, then I wonder why it will not start :-)
Last rip over to Victoria I was given paper tape and told to turn off the propane tanks and put the tape on. Worker did come around after we were parked to make sure. Our MH runs on propane and I was told that I could drive it on using propane and asked to turn off the tank once I was parked, not a big deal.
I_rv2 wrote: It's also illegal to drive thru a tunnel with the propane on in both the US and Canada.
I can't speak for Canada, but in the US, it varies. Some tunnels don't care, some want the propane off, some will limit the amount of propane allowed in the tunnel. You've got to check with the specific tunnel, there is no general rule that I'm aware of.
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I_rv2 wrote: It's also illegal to drive thru a tunnel with the propane on in both the US and Canada.
I can't speak for Canada, but in the US, it varies. Some tunnels don't care, some want the propane off, some will limit the amount of propane allowed in the tunnel. You've got to check with the specific tunnel, there is no general rule that I'm aware of.
It depends on the construction of the tunnel. If it is level or has a down dip in the middle (like under a river), propane will be banned or turned off or have volume limits. If it is short and higher at one end than the other, they might not care.
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