Camco 50502 Dual 20 lb Propane Tank Cover, Black

If you tow a travel trailer or fifth wheel with a pair of 20 pound propane tanks up on the A-frame, you already know what the road does to them. Rocks and grime kicked up by the truck ahead. Months of sun beating down on the valves and the regulator. The Camco 50502 is a molded cover built to fit over both tanks at once and take that abuse instead of your gear.

This one is sized for dual 20 pound upright tanks. It measures 29-1/2 inches wide, 20-1/2 inches tall, and 15-1/2 inches deep, so it clears a standard pair of vertical cylinders with room to spare. A standard 20 pound tank stands right around 18 inches, which leaves you a little headroom under the lid. Still, measure your own setup before you order. Tank trays and mounting brackets vary from one rig to the next, and you want the cover to sit down clean over the whole assembly.

Most travel trailers carry two tanks for a good reason. One feeds the rig while the other waits in reserve, and an automatic changeover regulator flips to the full bottle when the first one runs dry. So your fridge and furnace never skip a beat overnight. That whole setup lives right out on the tongue, fully exposed to the weather. The 50502 tucks over it and keeps it protected without getting in the way of how you use it.

The part owners appreciate most is the hinged access panel. You don't have to pull the whole cover off to get to your tanks. Flip the panel open and your hand is right on the gas valve and the changeover valve. Topping off, swapping an empty bottle, or moving the changeover lever from one tank to the other becomes a two-minute job. No wrestling the cover loose, no setting it down in the mud at the campsite. And you can check which bottle is live before a cold night without unbolting anything.

Protection is the whole point here. The polymer shell shields your tanks from flying debris while you're rolling down the highway. Gravel, road salt, and the odd rock all hit the cover instead of chipping paint off your bottles or cracking a gauge. And it blocks the UV that quietly bakes tank valves, regulator diaphragms, and hose fittings over a few seasons in the sun. Propane hardware simply lasts longer when it isn't sitting out bare year after year.

It's a straightforward piece of gear. Black polymer, one cover, made to drop over a twin 20 pound tank arrangement on the front of the trailer. If you run a single tank or an oversized 30 or 40 pound bottle, this isn't the right cover for that layout. And it doesn't come with tanks, a regulator, or mounting hardware. Those stay with your rig. What you get is the cover itself, sized and shaped to fit the common dual 20 pound setup.

Care is easy. Wipe it down when you wash the trailer, and check that the access panel swings free before a long trip. That's about it. For anyone who stores a rig outside between trips, a cover like this earns its keep the first season by keeping the sun off the most expensive and failure-prone parts of your propane system.

We see these go out to full-timers and weekend campers alike. Anyone who keeps their tanks mounted year round gets the most out of it, since the bottles never come inside and never catch a break from the elements. If you're setting up a new-to-you trailer, or you're just tired of looking at faded, dinged-up tanks, it's a sensible upgrade that pays off in longer-lasting hardware and a cleaner-looking front end.