Posted: 7/31/2012 7:22:18 PM EDT
I'm (reluctantly) ready for my summer fill. Anybody else purchase any lately? I'm guess grain drying demands will be down this fall due to the drought, so hopefully pricing will reflect that. I really miss the days of $.80/gal 
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I paid $2.25 last month... Similar. If we stay in this house I may replace the 20 year old 80% furnace (that works fine, only needed an ignitor in the 8 years we've been here) with a geothermal heat pump. Except Obama said electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket, and my lower middle class income will be too high for him to want to pay for it out of his stash. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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How full will they fill you guys? My supplier won't usually go over 90% (at least in the summer) 80% of tank capacity is considered a full tank. I'm usually between 80% and 90% when they leave. BTW, tag on tank has a mfg date of 1972. Anyone know the lifespan/re-cert times on these things? |
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Sweet lady propane, I'll tell ya what! |
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Sweet lady propane, I'll tell ya what! Careful, don't get any in your urethra 
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Sweet lady propane, I'll tell ya what! Careful, don't get any in your urethra Ha! That's a pretty funny show. Ironically, the guy who runs the local shop looks kind of like Hank. Glasses and a crew cut. I'm guessing the character of Hank Hill was modeled after the typical, average service shop type guy. ETA, I am seeing more service people with gaping holes in their ears, unkempt hair and body tats though. New generation I guess. |
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Yowser, to fill a 40# cylinder (9.4 gallons) I got a quote of $34, or $3.61 per gallon. Maybe there is a volume discount? Pretty sure there is. There's also differences in price depending on who owns the tank. A customer with their own tank will pay less. |
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Bump..... anybody know the average lifespan of a LP tank? (I posed a question in a post above) What kind of tank? In ground bulk? Portables like the 20's, 30's and 40's? 100lb, 120 gallon.... 500gal...? It really depends more on the situation than anything else, the tank itself is generally good for a few decades with nothing but a sanding and repainting now and then. The problem is that things like valves, gauges, reliefs... start to go and have to get replaced, which is not easy on site. This is why owning your own tank is a trade off long term. Yes, you can get better prices, but if anything goes wrong it's YOUR wallet that takes the hit. Leasing the tank from a propane company is like insurance. Unless you need to use that service regularly you are overpaying and the company makes money, but it means you don't get smacked with a huge bill when something goes wrong. Kind of hard to find someone to come fix your bad valves or leak on a 1000 gallon in ground tank for a reasonable amount of money. The difficulty, equipment and liability involved is rather high, assuming it's even fixable on site. The bill just goes up if they have to completely remove it, haul it off, fix and recertify it.... Probably cheaper to just replace it with a new one. For above ground tanks, assuming it's an ASME not DOT, figure at least twenty years on the tank and main hardware. The regulator probably won't last that though. Your best bet is to always pair them, so if one has a problem you're not out your entire fuel supply while it's sorted out. So if you are thinking you want a 500 gallon, get a pair of 250's, or even two 500's. If you would be ok with 120gallon, get a pair. You only pay for the extra fuel once, and if you're buying ASME tanks they're essentially a one time buy. After that it's just upkeep and replacing the used fuel. That extra tank means you have more room to wait on better prices and are in better shape during an emergency. It also means that if your tank has a problem you can have one disconnected and taken for service without having to rent one or be without fuel. When it comes to the actual tanks, I've seen plenty of mid 80's tanks still being prepped and going back out for use. They get checked, new hardware, fresh paint and away they go. Other than corrosion or acute damage from an accident there's no real reason a tank won't last a very very long time. Propane is low pressure relatively speaking, and the tanks are seriously over built for safety. |
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Bump..... anybody know the average lifespan of a LP tank? (I posed a question in a post above) What kind of tank? In ground bulk? Portables like the 20's, 30's and 40's? 100lb, 120 gallon.... 500gal...? It really depends more on the situation than anything else, the tank itself is generally good for a few decades with nothing but a sanding and repainting now and then. The problem is that things like valves, gauges, reliefs... start to go and have to get replaced, which is not easy on site. This is why owning your own tank is a trade off long term. Yes, you can get better prices, but if anything goes wrong it's YOUR wallet that takes the hit. Leasing the tank from a propane company is like insurance. Unless you need to use that service regularly you are overpaying and the company makes money, but it means you don't get smacked with a huge bill when something goes wrong. Kind of hard to find someone to come fix your bad valves or leak on a 1000 gallon in ground tank for a reasonable amount of money. The difficulty, equipment and liability involved is rather high, assuming it's even fixable on site. The bill just goes up if they have to completely remove it, haul it off, fix and recertify it.... Probably cheaper to just replace it with a new one. For above ground tanks, assuming it's an ASME not DOT, figure at least twenty years on the tank and main hardware. The regulator probably won't last that though. Your best bet is to always pair them, so if one has a problem you're not out your entire fuel supply while it's sorted out. So if you are thinking you want a 500 gallon, get a pair of 250's, or even two 500's. If you would be ok with 120gallon, get a pair. You only pay for the extra fuel once, and if you're buying ASME tanks they're essentially a one time buy. After that it's just upkeep and replacing the used fuel. That extra tank means you have more room to wait on better prices and are in better shape during an emergency. It also means that if your tank has a problem you can have one disconnected and taken for service without having to rent one or be without fuel. When it comes to the actual tanks, I've seen plenty of mid 80's tanks still being prepped and going back out for use. They get checked, new hardware, fresh paint and away they go. Other than corrosion or acute damage from an accident there's no real reason a tank won't last a very very long time. Propane is low pressure relatively speaking, and the tanks are seriously over built for safety. It's just a regular, above-ground 500 gal tank. |