Propane question (regarding to 1st notice)

You're 100% right, my mistake, I thought it was 500 pound tank. Sorry for the mistake. Boy do I feel foolish now!

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Single male, 41 Lt. brown hair, brown eyes, 5'9" 210#, living in CT. Nobody I date seems to be interested in the farm thing. Is Ms Right out there? Oh yea, that's my Nephew in the picture with me.

Quite frankly I don't think you are being reasonable. The propane company supplies a tank for free, so that they can sell you the propane so that they can make money. The guy that owns the propane company takes that money and either uses it to buy more propane tanks so he can sell more propane, or brings it home and uses it to feed his kids and pay his bills. By using (or stealing) his tank without making it possible for him to make money, you have taken away his incentive to lend you a tank.

I had the same situation when I installed my propane tank. I told the propane company that I would only be using about two hundred liters (50 gallons) a year and they told me that then it was not worthwhile for them to rent me a tank. Fair enough, that's good business on their end. I ended up buying my own tank, I can now do with it what I please. It cost me almost $1800.

I believe in dealing with people in a straight up way. For sure the ball doesn't always bounce my way, but quite frankly my reputation in the community is worth more then the couple hundred bucks I'd save ripping off the local propane supplier for his tank.

Pete

In the future if you need prop for anything just buy a 100 lb tank at lowes for $90 hook it up and be done with it. No need to pay fees to anyone. Tanks safety rate for 12 years and even after that no one checks em anyways or cares. Thats the best way to handle smaller propane needs like a stove and dryer. You can haul a 100 lb tank in the back seat of your car. easily enough.

TxGypsy,


Then your contract is different than mine! If they come and take their tank back they will pay for all propane gas that is left in the tank at the lowest price I paid for it. If there is more than 5% they will charge me a pump out fee. If there is 5% or less they will not charge me a pump out fee, but they will still pay for whatever is left.
I have to buy a minimum amount each year or they will charge rental fee for that year.

A 100 lb tank won't even come close to flashing off enough propane vapor to fire a 100,000 btu furnace when it's -20 outside. The tank would turn into one big icecube. If the tank won't do the job for a couple days or a week as backup heat source, it's useless to me.

Pete

Why not just save the wood and heat with propane until it runs out?