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Propane
« on: January 18, 2018, 03:21:13 PM »

Total ripoff
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Re: Propane
« Reply #1 on: January 18, 2018, 03:46:30 PM »

Holy crap.

I was doing an install on a Saturday right before Christmas and they ran out of LP. By time they had the emergency fee, the partial fill fee and what not it was over $500 for a 100 gallons.
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Re: Propane
« Reply #2 on: January 18, 2018, 04:04:41 PM »

I need to find my own tank, but all the companies around won't sell one,
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Re: Propane
« Reply #3 on: January 18, 2018, 04:20:27 PM »

I need to find my own tank, but all the companies around won't sell one,

Watch Craigslist and the Facebook marketplace.
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Re: Propane
« Reply #4 on: January 18, 2018, 06:29:10 PM »

Ouch

I know prices vary by region and delivery infrastructure, but wow....
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Re: Propane
« Reply #5 on: January 18, 2018, 06:45:19 PM »

 I see propane and fuel oil trucks on the road a lot right now. A lot of interest at the Farm Show this week. Folks are getting whacked with some big bills.
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Re: Propane
« Reply #6 on: January 18, 2018, 06:46:29 PM »

Total ripoff
how many pound tank wasthat anyway
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Re: Propane
« Reply #7 on: January 19, 2018, 03:40:15 AM »

120 and that I probably part of the reason, but my neighbor has his own tank, he just paid $1.99 for 100 gallons.
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Re: Propane
« Reply #8 on: January 19, 2018, 08:36:50 AM »

OWIE! I had the tank filled a one of my rentals about a month ago for $1.09. Granted it was 350 gallons, but it's also a rented tank. In my neck of the woods it actually costs more to have an owned tank filled than a rented one. Rent is $11/yr and includes lifetime service on the regulator and buried line. Can't own one for that
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Re: Propane
« Reply #9 on: January 19, 2018, 05:22:55 PM »

Believe it or not Harbor Freight sells them. That's scary!
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Re: Propane
« Reply #10 on: January 19, 2018, 06:57:24 PM »

Believe it or not Harbor Freight sells them. That's scary!

Propane tanks?! I'm looking at their site here and all the tanks I can find are for compressed air
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Re: Propane
« Reply #11 on: January 19, 2018, 07:01:13 PM »

Yeah I have never heard of harbor freight selling propane tanks???  :o
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Re: Propane
« Reply #12 on: January 19, 2018, 07:05:14 PM »

Sorry,   Northern Tool
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Re: Propane
« Reply #13 on: January 19, 2018, 07:24:23 PM »

Talked to store manager that sells propane at the farm show today. Price keeps rising , Feb weather will decide where the peak is.
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Re: Propane
« Reply #14 on: January 19, 2018, 08:50:30 PM »

I bought my own tank this summer and installed it myself.  It took A LOT of calling around to find someone that would actually sell me a tank other than the company that already had a leased tank on my property.  The local company had a 330 gallon tank on the property from 1984 that has been here since 1985 and never serviced.  Original regulators, the secondary would only put out about 10.5" WC so it was worn out.  They wanted $1400 to leave that leased tank here and call it mine. 

I got a 500 gallon refurbished tank for $350 I think and they gave me half off on the first fill.  Prices were down during the summer.  IIRC, I was around $800 for the tank and propane, plus the $150 I spent on the 100' of buried coated copper line and both regulators.  I paid a buddy with a ditch witch $50 to dig a trench.  All for about $1000, I got my own 500 gallon tank installed and the propane to go with it.  I can buy from anyone I want to, but I'll probably stick with Southern States since they seem to have the best prices around here. 

I run the furnace in the fall and spring when I don't need heat every day.  It's a lot easier than building a fire every few days.  My stove is also propane.  I'll wait until I need at least 250 gallons to top off since the propane guy said it's cheaper to buy in bulk like that.  I was going to only buy a 250 gallon tank, but the propane guy at Southern States talked me into a 500 gallon tank due to the buy in bulk argument and the fact that the bigger tank was only $50 more. 

I'll also buy during the summer.  It should be a few years before I need to top off. 
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