What is a propane tank set workflow?
What is a propane tank set workflow?
A propane tank set is a sequence of field jobs, not one screen. The shop dispatches the set, the crew checks the crane that will lift, they set the container, they leak-check after the gas path is opened, and they log the tank. TankSpotter records those jobs on the phone at the site. It is not a tank monitor.
A propane tank set is a sequence of field jobs, not one screen. The shop dispatches the set, the crew checks the crane that will lift, they set the container, they leak-check after the gas path is opened, and they log the tank. TankSpotter records those jobs on the phone at the site. It is not a tank monitor.
- A tank set is a workflow: dispatch, crane check, set, leak check, tank record.
- TankSpotter already ships forms for those jobs — including LP Container Set on the capability index.
- The crane that sets the tank has its own monthly signed record. That is a different page.
- This page will not invent an NFPA clause or a crane-standard paragraph. Train from the current text.
What jobs sit inside a tank set?
The work a propane shop already runs, in the order a crew actually moves:
- Dispatch the set as a work order, not a whiteboard note. - Look at the crane that will lift — the monthly signed record lives on propane crane-truck monthly inspection. - Set the container. The capability index lists LP Container Set and Tank Movement / Pickup as standard form names. - Leak-check after the system is opened. That record is how to document a propane leak check. - Log the tank itself — Visual Tank Inspection and Tank Spotter Safety Check on the same index.
Those names are verbatim from the capability index. They are form names, not a promise that every shop uses every form on day one. Setup still means your fields.
Where does TankSpotter sit in that sequence?
On the phone at the site, for the field record of each job. Simple Work Order and dispatch live in the service pillar. Tank forms live in Form 4 and on Safety. The leak-check form is the interrupted-service record, not a tank-monitor reading.
The office should be able to pull the set by date, by tech, and by site. That is the file you hand over later. Paper can hold a signature. It cannot hold the photo, the crane record, and the leak check in one search.
TankSpotter does not replace the gallons in your back office. Most shops already have that stack. The field record sits next to it. See Our Solutions.
What this workflow is not
It is not a tank-level monitor. Setting a tank and watching gallons later are different products. It is not a claim that software makes the set code-compliant. Your people still do the work, and you still follow the code your state has adopted.
It is not a substitute for the crane article. A routine tank set on a truck crane has its own inspection duty; that page cites 29 CFR 1910.180 for truck cranes and tells you where a knuckle-boom does not fit that definition. Read that article for the crane. This page is the set workflow around it.
If you are asking which app the driver uses to log the tank after the set, start at what app lets drivers log propane tank inspections.
Who is this for?
Service managers and owners who set tanks, not only fill them. Drivers and techs who run the set. Safety managers who later have to show the crane record, the leak check, and the tank log as one file.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a propane tank set workflow?
A propane tank set is a sequence of field jobs, not one screen: dispatch the set, check the crane, set the container, leak-check, and log the tank. TankSpotter records those jobs on the phone at the site. It is not a tank monitor.
Does TankSpotter have a tank-set form?
The capability index lists LP Container Set and Tank Movement / Pickup as standard form names. Setup still means your fields. Those names are form names, not a promise that every shop uses every form on day one.
Where does the crane inspection fit?
The crane that sets the tank has its own monthly signed record. That duty is a different page: the propane crane-truck monthly inspection article. This page is the set workflow around it.
Last reviewed: September 2026. Written by the TankSpotter team. This page is not code training and is not a crane-inspection manual.