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valhalla360
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fj12ryder wrote: So if you take in a partial tank, they would charge you for a fill, regardless of how much they actually put in.
Bit of a red herring:
Except for tiny RVs (think 15-18ft bumper pulls or tent campers), which are almost always using 20# tanks anyway, they have 2 tanks. You run one dry, switch to the 2nd and then look for a place to fill.
Result...you would almost never take a tank in unless it's empty.
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Cummins12V98 wrote:Someone is always available to assist if a person just asks. ORRRRR many places have a propane truck come by to at your campsite.
My thought on getting a difficult job done, is work smarter/if their is a will, there is a way! I always hated asking for help. I do have a couple young helper choices on speed dial if I really need someone. The tip they receive, makes them anxious to help, and they always say "call me anytime" when they leave.
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valhalla360 wrote:fj12ryder wrote: So if you take in a partial tank, they would charge you for a fill, regardless of how much they actually put in.
Bit of a red herring:
Except for tiny RVs (think 15-18ft bumper pulls or tent campers), which are almost always using 20# tanks anyway, they have 2 tanks. You run one dry, switch to the 2nd and then look for a place to fill.
Result...you would almost never take a tank in unless it's empty. That is the way it should be, but many times people will try to be "pro-active" and make sure their tanks were completely full before they head out somewhere, or before they have a big BBQ planned. I'll bet it happens more than you think.
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MFL wrote:Cummins12V98 wrote:Someone is always available to assist if a person just asks. ORRRRR many places have a propane truck come by to at your campsite.
My thought on getting a difficult job done, is work smarter/if their is a will, there is a way! I always hated asking for help. I do have a couple young helper choices on speed dial if I really need someone. The tip they receive, makes them anxious to help, and they always say "call me anytime" when they leave.
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fj12ryder wrote:Mondooker wrote:I don’t know about anyone else but I’m learning a bunch from this thread. I didn’t know you paid more by swapping tanks. I guess it makes sense but I didn’t know it. Do the tank swapping companies keep the 10 under the 10 year certification limit? You will usually pay more by swapping tanks, but it depends on the places available to fill tanks. Some charge by the weight, i.e. gallons, but others charge by the fill. So if you take in a partial tank, they would charge you for a fill, regardless of how much they actually put in.
Yes, the exchange places only have tanks with 15 lbs. rather than 20 lbs. Rhino started this a few years ago as a money grab, and now they all do it. There is a local filler here who will try to tell you that it isn't legal, or safe, to fill them past 15 lbs.! Just a simple money grab, as he charges by the fill, and not by the gallon. Total ripoff.
Here in the PNW, they fill by the gallon and I have always only been charged for what was added to the tank. Our 30# tanks have taken 7.2 gallons before, usually between 6.9 and 7.1.
DW prefers cooking with gas, and we use for quick recovery of hot water. We use about a 30# tank a month.
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My wife and I used to stay in an RV park in the Arizona desert a couple of months every winter. We had a fifth wheel and every 7 to 10 days, I had to refill one of our 30# propane tanks. The tank door was located under the trailer overhang. If empty, a tank was easy to remove; tilt, pull out, and drop to the ground. Putting it back in when full was another matter. It was extremely difficult to do; tilt, lift up, slide into the compartment and push up vertically all the while on my knees, bent over, under the overhang.
To make this a once-a-winter chore, I replaced one of the regulator pigtails with one that was 36" long and hooked it to the tank on the same side. The regulator was set to draw from this tank. When the tank emptied, the regulator would switch over to the other full tank at which point I removed the empty and had it refilled. Upon returning, I left the tank on the ground, hooked up the 3' hose and switched the regulator back.
Very little propane was drawn from the "backup" tank during our entire stay, so it never needed a refill.
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