Grit dog
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Most propane suppliers around here will re-cert I believe.
I only had it done once as I kept getting flack about it when re filling. But that is situational as many or most gas stations don’t check They refill and that’s all
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kellem
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If handling ease is your goal then by all means switch to 20#.
The wife and I travel quite a bit in our trailer and could easily get by with smaller tanks.
We seldom boondock and almost always heat our trailer with a ceramic heater.
Your furnace will be the determining factor as it's BY FAR the biggest user of Propane.
Enjoy your adventures.
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Bobbo
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p38fln wrote:How do yo get 30# tanks certified? Ours are from 1990. We've mostly been using 20# tanks but when it gets below freezing the camper can easily burn a tank a day.
True propane suppliers usually provide that service. Propane fillers (like Uhaul) don't.
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ktmrfs
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Bmach wrote:2112 wrote:I'm considering it after my two 30's expire next year. One 30 pounder lasts us over a year.
Save yourself some money just get your tanks recertified. Way cheaper than buying new tanks.
around here that's true for everything but 5 gallon tanks. I've found it's cheaper to buy a new 5 gallon when stores have them on sale than recertifying them. In fact a 5 gallon with a REAL fuel gauge (float based) is less than recertifying a 5 gallon. drop the outdated 5 gallon at one of the tank swap places.
Or even less expensive is to take an expired 5 gallon to one of the tank swap places and swap for a tank that has a long in the future experation date. $20 or so will get you a partially filled tank.
Now, 1 gallon, 2.5 gallon, 7.5 gallon, cheaper to recertify.
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ktmrfs
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p38fln wrote:How do yo get 30# tanks certified? Ours are from 1990. We've mostly been using 20# tanks but when it gets below freezing the camper can easily burn a tank a day.
a 30# tank from 1990 may be spendy to recertify since it will have to have one of the OPD floats put in it as well. probably less expensive to just get a new one.
To get tanks recertified take them to one of the propane distributors office where they sell propane and tanks.
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ktmrfs
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Grit dog wrote:Most propane suppliers around here will re-cert I believe.
I only had it done once as I kept getting flack about it when re filling. But that is situational as many or most gas stations don’t check They refill and that’s all
My recertified tanks have a HUGE silver sticker with the recert date and new experation date on the sticker. Kinds FUGLY but easy to see.
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