Strange Question - Transit Rules

Spork · #1 Posted **May 22, 2009, 10:37 PM**

Does anybody know if there is a comprehensive page on Translink's website with transit rules? I am looking to go out to get a large propane tank for my bbq and do not have a vehicle to pick it up with. I would like to carry it on the bus, but am not sure if there are some obscure transport canada or translink rules that would restrict its carriage.

WaxItYourself · #2 Posted **May 22, 2009, 10:56 PM**

You can buy an empty propane tank and fill it up at your local gas station.

You can just call the customer service representative at this page to ask a specific question to Translink itself.

http://www.translink.ca/en/Utilities...ontact-Us.aspx

DKaz · #3 Posted **May 22, 2009, 11:06 PM**

Or get a little Coleman tank and compatible BBQ grill.

Spork · #4 Posted **May 22, 2009, 11:12 PM**

Ah, I just called and they don't allow it, even the small coleman ones. Thanks for the number, I had no idea that they had a customer service department.

DKaz · #5 Posted **May 23, 2009, 12:21 AM**

At least with the Coleman ones you can hide in a backpack. *shrugs* I don't perceive them as dangerous like the big propane tanks. They have them inside stores.

officedweller · #6 Posted **May 23, 2009, 1:33 AM**

Yeah, apparently it's illegal to transport a 25lb propane tank in an elevator too ...

Spork · #7 Posted **May 23, 2009, 3:01 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by officedweller

Yeah, apparently it's illegal to transport a 25lb propane tank in an elevator too ...

GAH! How to I get it up to my condo!

Dave2 · #8 Posted **May 23, 2009, 5:47 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spork

Ah, I just called and they don't allow it, even the small coleman ones.

They don't allow coffee or pizza either, but no-one gives a s---. Wrap it up and take it on, what's the worst that could happen?

zivan56 · #9 Posted **May 23, 2009, 5:51 AM**

^^ The bus does an emergency braking maneuver and the thing rolls 40 ft to the front and explodes upon impact?
Not that such items cannot be transported safely, but some people in this world lack basic knowledge of the world...so we have such rules.

Dave2 · #10 Posted **May 23, 2009, 6:24 AM**

OK, good point, propane fireball is worse than coffee burn

DKaz · #11 Posted **May 23, 2009, 4:49 PM**

A guy in my condo dropped a Coleman tank from his third storey suite to my ground level patio by accident... nothing happened. Not saying that the Coleman tanks are completely safe but I've heard bad things about the 25 lb propane tanks but nothing with the Coleman tanks.

I mean other than this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUj8KO-CwFI

And this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZs_k...eature=related