Yesterday and today episode of "trucks" (powerblockTv)they had 2008 f150 gas truck converted to LP gas. They were filling the truck where gas cap was and saying it will get 500 miles to a tank. That would be nice to fill up at your house but road trips were be rough to fill up.

 

You just happen to have a liquid propane supply at your house that you can fill the truck with?

I don't know anyone in The City who has a giant propane tank in front of their house. But that's because I live in The City. For myself, or anyone who lives in a large metropolitan area, getting propane may prove difficult. The only way I've seen it sold locally is in those little tanks for gas bar-b-ques. For me, the closest LPG station is 45 miles away. I'm not driving an hour for a fill-up, when I live and drive around in a 7 X 7 square mile city.

Going on road trips may actually be easier if you plan your route around liquid propane fill stations.

 

Some houses around here are heated with propane.

 

Saw that too, pretty cool conversion if you have or could find good access to LP.

 

There were several "false-hoods" that were stated in the show. While i completely agree that LPG is a very clean burning product that leaves little to no carbon build-up inside the engine, it does produce just slightly less hp than gas.

But here is the real issue....
1. LPG is a regulated hazardous material, to get a tank installed on your property and do refueling you would needs permits from the fire department, heath department and numerous other agencies- impossible in a residential neighborhood!

2. LPG does possess hazards not normally associated with gasoline. While the tanks are DOT approved (and passed a variety of extreme test for failure) the "plumbing systems" are not required to pass anything near those specs. Take a peek on the internet for LPG fires- once you see one and see the actual impacts from a LPG system failure, most will never want one, the potential hazard is too great. commercial vehicles that run on LPG or CNG, the cylinders & lines are located typically on top of the vehicles out of the way of points of impact caused during vehicle accidents- passenger cars & trucks, well, the systems are just sitting right in the way with a bulls-eye" on them.

 

But here is the real issue....
1. LPG is a regulated hazardous material, to get a tank installed on your property and do refueling you would needs permits from the fire department, heath department and numerous other agencies- impossible in a residential neighborhood! STATED ABOVE.

How do people in california heat there house, if they live in the country. One option is propane heat, and yes they have a tank in the back yard, so its NOT impossible to have a tank in the residential neighborhood, but you have to certified to fill that tank, so filling the truck, you have to be certified. There are filling stations around, There are hardware stores,gas stations around here fill propane tanks. I have two 30lb propane tanks on my camper, I get filled at ace hardware store.

 

Where I live, we don't fill tanks. We just exchange empty tanks for full tanks.

Here in California, our infrastructure provides almost everybody with telephone lines, running water, electricity, and gas.