How to get a New 20lb Propane tank for FREE.
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- Just a quick video of how I get my new propane tanks when my old ones are out of date. Any one can do this most anywhere there is a propane exchange place in your town or close to U. I got mine at the wally world close to me for $14.48. Then I refill them at Tractor supply that for me is close & the least expensive place $12 to refill them Full 20Lbs not 15Lbs like the exchange tank. Hope this tip helps I have 6 to 8 tanks on hand at all times.
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Good video... I work for blue rhino and yes, we want the old tanks out of circulation and have newer ones enter. So yes, we want you to exchange an older tank for a newer one.
Once the tank is picked up it goues through a wash, recertification, paint if needed and refilled. It receives a new lable and then gets put back on the truck for delivery.
If the valve is bad, it does get replaced and tested for any leaks. If leaks are present it will be rejected.
Thank you for your video.
Are you guys take any tank or just the blue rhino ones?
We take all 20lbs tanks that are refurbishable. Meaning, they can't be so rusted and pitted that they can't be recertified and put on a shelf. The safety collar and bottom rings must still be intact. If the valve is bad, we would more than likely replace it. So yes, we take any tanks whether it's blue rhino or not.
Good to know! Thanks! I do that whenever I need a new tank.
BTW, why do they only put 15 lbs in them?
Feel ripped off.
@@markchidester6239 safer for shipping and to different elevations / temperatures. prob saves them a ton on insurance encase of accidents.
Mark Chidester like a big sized propane tank. They only fill it 80%. Leaves a nice cushion.
Still some solid information in 2024. My husband passed away, he used to take care of this. This was good information. Thx👍
I was an assistant scoutmaster for a Boy Scout troop- I went to the dump- and there was six to seven out of date propane tanks- I asked the guy if I can have them- he said take them! So I did- and did exactly what you did- great tip/ the lady who took the tanks even said these were out of date but don’t worry I will give you new full takes for the price of the propane only. The troop got six full tanks for all their camping!
ya most have to make sure the valves are opd and than its no problem had tht happen once but than i went to a homedepot tht did exchange thru robot system. tell the system its an exchange a door opens up place on rack and scale if it thinks its a tank the door closes and another opens up with the full tank for you to take
Thanks for the tip, I was going to bu a new tank but now an exchange makes more sense.
The Home Depot near me in NH has an automated cylinder exchange. Put your card into the machine and tell it if you are exchanging an empty or just getting a full tank with no exchange. If you are exchanging a locker type door pops open and you put in your empty tank and close the door. Then another door pops open and you take the full one. Nobody there to check how old your tank is, just a sensor on the machine that can tell if you actually put an empty in the locker or not. The store doesn't even need to be open. It's available 24X7. The cheapest place to get a tank filled around here is U-Haul unless you heat your house with propane then your propane company may fill 20 lb cylinders for free if you are a regular customer on automatic delivery.
I was thinking why not just get yours recertified, but you're basically getting a new valve and some free gas! Thanks for sharing 🤠
I'll now be looking for tanks along the side of the road, that alone was worth the watch
Another way to tell if it has the new valve is to look at the handle. The old ones have 6 little nubs on the handle, the new ones only have three.
I had an old tank but kept on getting cold feet to exchange it. But you are right, the kid at the gas station didn’t give a hoot. Thanks for the kick in the pants to get me going
From my personal experience the amount of fuel that gets placed in a refilled tank varies upon where you choose to have it filled. In my town there are a couple of places that offer such services. One of the locations, Thatherton Fuels will only fill a 20lb cylinder to "around" 15 pounds but will tell you that it is fully filled. Across the street though at Strickland Propane I can take a cylinder in and get it filled to the full 20lbs and be charged only pennies more. I, like yourself absolutely love firing up my Vogner Char-King Imperiale as much as possible and have found that by shopping around you can really find great deals. Thanks for the videa.
I don't think anyone caught on to this. Superb.😂
I prefer the taste of bast...er I mean butane gas and so does my wife's healer.
@@JohnClark-tt2bl Took me a second to remember where I heard those business names previously! 😆
i work for a company that refurbish these tank and yeah its vary to place to place but we are legally obligated to fill them for a total weight of about 35.5LB to 36Lbbut this law doesn't touch store only industry its to stop them being overfill and having them be more dangerous while moving them around in high quantity but yeah store usually fill them entirely and if the pression of the pump is lesser than the amount they fill it they stop filling
@@brianellison8744 Strickland Propane is a real company btw
“i just ask them to open the little prison cell these guys are in” 😂😂😂
Awesome tip. I didn't know this trick to renew my tanks
That's a good tip. I had to get two tanks refilled and they were almost new. I got back some old nasty looking tanks. But they work. Like you, I love having lots of propane on hand.
wyattoneable That must be the prepper is us Lol.
TheKilog69 No doubt!
I get them refilled at 64 hwy
Thanks for the tip. Pretty sure my tank is out of date, but it still had gas in it after a lot of years and looks almost like new. Back in the day I used aluminum Freon tanks and the gas supplier never questioned filling them with propane. I used them on my shrimp boat where the steel tanks just wouldn't last with the salt water.
Some places don't care about tank dates some do.
phucck me Running
You can get good aluminum ones intended for forklifts. Seem built as dent resistant as beer kegs.
@@TheKiloG69I did an exchange yesterday at dollar general and realize when I got home tank is over 20 years. I haven’t used it yet and plan to raise hell.
Nice tip. Thank you very much Sir.
Local gas company near me, 15 to recert, new tank 30 bucks filled, and refill is 10. Can't beat that
don't know if it's national, but in my state (FL) they wont fill tanks that are over 5 y.o. trading out-of-date tanks at BR makes good sense
Yes sir that is how I do it. Found 4 free on the road last week. God Bless brother..
yankey4 U see them all the time just pick them up get a exchange tank very smart .
Always check the oring in the blue rhino tanks. I got one last year that was dry and cracked and lost all the propane the first night. I should have checked for leaks when I hooked it up but it was very cold out so I was more worried about getting the furnace in my camper going.
I worked for Ceres Solutions ( COOP) back in the day in the tire shop. I was also certified to inspect tanks and update them. I also filled them. We never charged to certify them. All it is to inspect the tank for damage, correct valve and it works correctly. Tanks are usually cheaper to fill at the propane gas companies. Gas stations and places like Walmart get a fee for exchanging them.
thanks for thr info. did not know this
TANKS FOR THE GOOD VIDEO AND THE INFORMATION.
thanks for that info, I knew about the swap, but now I will look for the new valve
I only do this when I need a new tank U get 1 gallon less propane on exchange .
@@TheKiloG69 this is incorrect, if you get a cyl filled the correct way... the most gas you will get into a 20lb cyl is 16 lbs which is 80% of the total volume in a 20lb cyl
@@aron6998 80% fill max is what is allowed. My 500 gallon tank can only be filled 80% also or 400 gallons.
@@TheKiloG69 yes I know but you don’t get 1 less gallon when exchanging a cyl
I do this too, it was a minor investment getting the first 2 tanks but now I can exchange when they get too old!
They are too old because Blue Rhino doesn't update the date stamp when they recertify them. Should be against the law. You are the sucker that puts up with these crooks.
Thank you for the great tip .
Yeah, this was news to me. Thanks! I think I paid $70 for my first and only new propane tank here in Los Angeles. Guess I need to shop around a little. lol.
I had to do this recently! the garden center I've been using for years looked at my crusty rusting tank that they have been filling and refused to fill.
I used to refill for the local convenience store as I was certified from driving a propane delivery truck refilling everything from 20 pounders to 5,000 gallon tanks. You used a scale before they came out with the new valves on 20/30 pounders on a 20 pounder with the nozzle attached it was full when it weighed 42 pounds but I would only put up to 40 pounds in the summer when they put them in the trunk of their car to allow for expansion. I've found new 20 pounders that weighed over 45 pounds which is badly overfilled. To this day since they still have the scale I weigh them when I fill them and have found all over the map weights from 32 pounds to the highest I ever found was 39 pounds.
Cheers!
@James Shanks You look like the right guy to ask this question... I never used a propane tank, a heater I want to buy requires a 20 lbs propane tank, all the tanks sold near my location are 15 Lbs, is a 15Lbs=20Lbs? do they have like a different pressure valve or something? I read that if I use a 15 Lbs tank it could freeze... your help would be appreciate it.
Last I knew there is no such tank as a 15 pounder, it's simply a 20 pounder refilled to the 15 pound usually company imposed 15 pound limit. They do that do prevent overfilled tanks. Hope this helps answer your question.
The “new” valves don’t replace the need of a scale during refilling, scales are still required per NFPA guidelines, the only cyls that are legal to fill without the use of a scale are cylinders with independent outage gauge and sight gauge this is typically used only on industrial cylinders such as 33# and 43# cyls.....also the new valves are not new by any stretch of the imagination
@@aron6998 it depend the OPD valve can be filled whitout a scale if its done be convenient store or for a customer directly since the valve will stop itself once its full but ifs its done for commercial use they need to be scaled
@@aoki6332 incorrect, all dot cylinders must be filled on scales….the only time that they aren’t filled by weight is if someone is filling a cylinder for self use or it’s a forklift cylinder thats equipped with a independent fixed maximum liquid level valve and float gauge, an OPD is not to used as primary method it’s only to be used secondary of a scale….OPD valves can be defeated so you should never trust them to stop the cylinder from over filling
Right on brother. 100% agreement.
Nice to know thanks for the info.
I like to go camping on occasion and I feel that the one gallon tank is ideal for me. So for now on what I'm going to do is take my $25 one lb tank to Tractor Supply. What a good idea.
Those little green tanks are not refillable. They are disposable. One and done.
I work for AmeriGas we actually got one out of a cage that was brought in that had a bullet hole in it and the bullet is still in the tank those tanks go through hell we go through semi truck loads of those tanks in our districts
Exactly what I do, I was the one thousand like.
Glad to hear that about Blue Rhino, the 15# net weight. I thought they were 20# like everyone else. Also I understand that the cost is for the gas not the tank, lol. I guess some of your readers were expecting the gas for free too. A while back, I called Walmart, because I had heard this and they said they would even take old 30 and 40# tanks back too, but you would only get a new 20# in return, but you were required to pay for the gas naturally, as you stated.
im late on that but yeah propane tank weigh 20 pounds and in total once filled a propane can weigh around 36lb-37lb fully filled so all tank have between 14lb to 17lb of propane in them
@@aoki6332when I get my tanks filled I walk away with 20lbs of propane every time.
Exchanging tanks is smart when it's out of date. It's also good for the industry to have safe reliable containers out there so the companies are glad to get those old clunkers out of service. The refill or exchange thereafter is just a matter of if time spent waiting for the refill vs the convenience of getting it swapped out. It's only a couple of bucks more or less but it is very worthwhile taking the old tanks out of service by exchanging them.
it costs the company money to refurbish the old tanks. their resources, labor costs, time, etc. they don't exactly make a killing...and btw, if the tank is 20lb capacity...you get 20lbs, whether exhchange or filled...can't speak for some shyster outfits out there.
I work for a propane company and we tell people all the time it's cheaper to exchange the tank than to have us recertify it. And it's not stealing people you bought the tank it is yours regardless of the sticker on it the only way you would steal from us is by taking the propane or tanks straight from the plant.
Back in the 60s I did something similar with soft drink bottles. Took the empty bottle back, got a penny for it, then bought a full, ice cold Coca Cola for a dime. Net cost nine cents. On a good day I could find enough empties in the ditches to drink for free.Ah, the good old days.
I did that too, but when I was doing it the full bottle was 18¢ and the deposit was 2¢.
My Experiences: Don't get your Blue Rhino tanks from a big box store like Walmart or Lowes. They won't let you pick your tank. They get it for you and that is that. Best to get them from a place like a gas station or a hardware store where the people are more cooperative.
Tractor supply not only fills the tank fully, but they also give you credit for fuel left in the than. Around me, only Tractor Supply and the welding gas companies do this. Most places that fill tanks charge a flat fee even if there is fuel left in the tank.
If you ever see unsafe behavior filling propane tanks, call them out loudly to a manager! a decade ago, I watched an Ace Hardware employee smoke a cigarette while filling a propane cylinder. I took a picture on my cell phone and took it in to the manager. He was thankful and gave me a full loyalty card to get my next tank for free. Remember, its your tax money that is going to fund the fire department that has clean up the mess if the back lot explodes!
Good comment and I think in general your right. But at my Walmart I'm always nice to the cashier ladies and they always just open the cage and let me take the one I want.It's always one of them that gets sent out and I think they just want to get back inside on a busy day . Also I've swapped a few tanks that looked like they were use as boat anchors for a few years and never have any of them squawked about them.I asked them about what they'd take back one time and she said we really don't care.
My challenge is that I used to have nice propane tanks. My now ex-wife swapped them out for very poor condition Blue Rhino tanks. I have four tanks, two of which have been purchased again, and two that are currently Blue Rhino, but better condition ones. I usually go to the welding supply store to get my tanks filled. $12.50 for a fill, and you get the full 20 lbs, plus credit for any fuel left in the tank. Tractor supply is my backup because they are a bit more expensive at $16.00, but they are open nights and weekends and have the same policies. Blue Rhino in this area runs between $18 and $25 depending on the location, but you only get 15 lbs of propane.
UHauls also sell by the gallon if they have a dispenser but Tractor Supply is always cheaper per gallon than they are
Let me guess, karens husband kevin📃🤣📃👊🏼
You couldn't have just said something to him yourself like a man?
My city runs a huge recycling center where they take pretty much anything that can be recycled. They have a drop-off cage for propane tanks. When I have an old empty tank, I take it there. Then while I'm at the cage, I grab onto all the others and give them a tilt to find the ones that aren't empty. If I find one that's got propane in it, I zoom it out to my car then leave. Free propane!
I also keep my eyes open for discarded bottles. It is common to find them with propane still in them. I haven't paid for propane for at least 3 years.
I learn this when trying to refill at a Uhaul and they wouldn't refill my out of date tank. I took the tank to gas station that does exchange, found a much newer tank and was back in business.
I found a really REALLY old one in my woods on my farm. It is full too. There was no overfill protection on this one and it weighs twice as much as my new refills. Going to use for my propane generator in my class a. Cannot get caught with it travelling tbough. A lot of tunnels around where I love and the check. Will use only at home. I want to be around when the gas company gets this one as an exchange! LOL
thanks man..i didnt even.know they had a date till a few days ago i tried to fill two at tractor they was out of date i had been taking them.to a gas company for years they never looked at tbe dates lol
Yup good tip I do the same, I find old rusted tanks and bring them to Home Depot and swap them for newer tanks, the last one I brought down there was so rusted it would not even stand up any more lol, the guy that opened the cage for me said ''wow that's a duzzie'' lol
Nice I was going to homeys depot but wally was 3 bucks cheaper!
Good tips and good info. I thought they might care about the condition of my old tank and not accept the exchange.
EVEN BETTER TIP:
Scrap yards take in BBQs all the time, but they don't process the propane tanks, because, if they grab one with one of those giant lifter machines, it can puncture and explode. My local scrap yard sells tanks empty or full for five bucks. I just take a handful of $5 bills to the scrap yard and take all the fullest ones and if I want, I can trade them in like has been suggested here in the video, but I save them for projects and just go get more at the scrap yard for five bucks each. I currently have 7, but my goal is to have 40 20-lb propane tanks full.
I used them method when we had to switch to the new tanks from the old style valves.
Thanks brotha it worked
Great information. Just was told one of my tanks was out of date and they wanted $62 for a new one.
Bring it in & exchange it for a new 1 I been doing this for years.
Nice, thanks!
I honestly just go to wherever I’m getting a refill and take the nicest one, lol the people at Walmart or Walgreens wherever don’t care as long as you bring one to them… I acquired my first for free at my friends apt complex, went and traded it in for a brand new one… I like your hustle though and thanks for enlightening my propane hustle!
Good info. My back patio has a natural gas line/hook-up. Never used it. But, having propane and a tank available when they shut off the gas (or a tornado) would be more useful.
Yup! Propane can be used for cooking, heating, running my 2 RV refrigerators, a generator, does not go bad like gas. Always good to have back up fuel.
Your natural gas is t you home at a pressure of about 6 psi. The pressure is your 25 lb propane tank is much, much higher. That is why there is a pressure reducing grey flat round device on your BBQ. I don’t think your theory will work.
JoeB
I knew this but good to let people know. I have 9 tanks and do this when they are out of date.
Good info. Thanks.
The Blue Rhino site explicitly states that the will take any tank as long as no dents, foot ring is present, no major rust etc. They say nothing about the date so they expect people to bring out of date tanks for exchange. They recertify tanks as a part of their business model. They hope that you continue using their service based on having a good, convenient service. They price their product accordingly. So I see nothing wrong with taking and old tank and exchanging it for a new one.
They recertify the tanks but NEVER update the date code on the collar just so it will have to be exchanged, not refilled, in the future. Should be illegal as hell. You can't refill a tank with an expired date code but they do it all day every day.
just tried this at Walmart a few days ago. Exchanged a 2003 tank. Got a 2017 tank. WIN!
YUP!
TheKilog69 I've been doing what you do with the propane tanks for years. I've even taken in tanks with old-style valve on them. And exchange them for one with a new style valve. The Filipinos at my Walmart store don't give a shit.
If you have an actual LP company in your area like Ferrellgas or Amerigas they are usually cheaper for recertifications (the one I work for is 5 bucks) and with your new tanks if you store em where it's in the elements please take that plastic wrap off it'll rust under it.
Hahahaha are people just finding out that if u take a tank you get a exchange tank
Right I bought a grill with a Rhino tank with it. It's rusted so bad I don't think it would pass an inspection. Due to the wrapping on it . Good tip
Thank you sir!👍🏼☮️
Great info thanks
I've exchanged a few sketchy tanks over the years a few with heavy repaints to fill in the pitting
Some people exchange a tank before it is empty because they do not want to run out of gas with their steaks half cooked. I have seen tanks turned in that still have about five pounds in them, and they exchange them for a tank holding only fifteen pounds, but they are paying for a full tank of propane. It would be smarter to refill such a tank if they could, or run them empty before exchanging. Another reason to have full spare tanks on standby.
Pot luck.
I got an older one when I swapped mine out.
My original was a thicker heavier gauge steel with two holes for carrying. The plug also was attached via a loop so you wouldn't lose it.
Yep... The tanks used in these ripoff exchange company's are crap from day 1.
Great video!!!! Thanx!!!
Thanks for the info!
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GOOD INFO THANKS.
Sweet I'll do that with a tank that was in my yard when I bought the property.
... "don't do ya a damn bitta good empty." Okay, you got MY thumbs up on this one.
Am I understanding this correctly, take my old empty tanks and exchange for new tanks and when new tanks become empty have them refilled instead of exchanging
i do the same swap technique for my old tanks
I'm going to exchange my tank that I get from the army 😂 it still have a lot of munitions inside and a lot of rifles
"Another 11 years if i live that long" geese.. way to make life more fun and less depressing
Well, when you live enough life....
Hank Hill would say, "Dammit, Bobby."
Isn't it "Dang it" ?
Mr. W He’s only said Damnit Bobby once. It’s usually Dang it Bobby.
It does not matter on what is written on the label they look at what is stamp on the tank. If it is out of date you will be ask for the inspection cert. If you do not have one they might refuse to refill it. If I remember right the tank has to be reinspected every 10 years. By exchanging the tank you get a newer one and do not have to pay to have the tank inspected. You are recycling the old tank. PS this only works on the 15 pound tanks as there is no exchange program for the larger tanks.
Walmart will exchange them. I found an old style tank, took it in and exchanged it, no problem. The LP company will upgrade them scrap them or, paint them and use them.
When I worked for a propane company, I would take the tare weight of the tank and fill it to the 20lb additional weight. Never filled by gallons because there might be some still in the tank. Tare(empty weight) is supposed to be stamped on tank along with inspection date and if you weigh the full tank you will know how much you got. Remember though that you are paying for the convenience of not having to go to some place that pumps propane but can do a quick drop off and exchange. People don't want to pay more than $20 so the fill level goes down. Sucks but that's capitalism
If not rusted or pitted and over the Expiration they will replace the valve and recertification.
Great job
Thx man. Ima try this at iga
You can buy new "OPD" valves on Ebay and change the old ones out on a good older thick wall tank . Then do the refill at a welding shop or Propane dealer like we do .
The cyl would still have to be certified by a dealer with a RIN number registered to the good ole government for it to be filled legally
Always check your dates when you do exchange they are not always up to date .once you accept the tank it's yours
Good tip. I’ve done this before…felt guilty, but the kid at the convenience store didn’t care one bit.
Um, people have been doing this for Decades. Real profound stuff there sailor
What is the cheapest route, if you have no propane tank at all? I just got a free gas grill in working condition, but no tank. Do I have to bite the bullet and pay the $50.00 Home Depot or other places want, for a tank that's 75% full? I see that it's $20.00 if you're exchanging, presumably for filled tank. Any help is much appreciated, as don't know much about these. Thank you!
great video- how do i get new or used tank to beging with? i never see them on craigs list, thanks, grea tjob
This might clear up some confusion in regards to the man being called a thief and dishonest.
Once you have a Blue Rhino tank it is your property. If you don’t exchange one tank for another it is considerably more money.
Per Blue Rhino “ Blue Rhino is not a deposit program. Retailers do not provide cash for the return of empty tanks. When you exchange a tank with Blue Rhino, you walk away with a tank you own and that you can use however you wish. “
They also state they will accept any tank as long it is in acceptable condition. So absolutely no dishonesty is going on here.
Absolutely. And unlike what some have found years ago, Blue Rhino no longer puts restrictors in the tanks that stop them from being refilled at other places. They know once a tank reaches 12 years past date of manufacture or 5 years past its recert they're getting it back anyway and most of these are good for quite a few years past that. BR and Amerigas have licensed recert techs on their staff.
And as the guy said, they have so many of those, they're tripping over the damned things.
I have mine filled at a local co-op. He charged me 34 dollars and change to fill 3 15!pound cylinders and 74 dollars to fill a hundred pound tank. I like to keep these around to use with my 15,000 BTU ventless heaters in case of a power outage. The trick is to buy your LP in the middle of summer when no one is thinking of heating anything. I have noticed that LP goes up dramatically about the middle of November. My 15000 btu heater will last about 24 to 30 hours on a standard 15 pound cylinder. I really depends on how cold it is outside. Last year we lost power for roughly 3 days as a result of a big ice storm. I have a 4000 watt generator. Which I have a safety plug installed into my meter base. It does not require you to shut of your main breaker but I do anyway. It will power everything in our house except my 240 volt baseboard heaters and our water heater. So I turn the breakers off to the heaters and the water heater oh and it will power 1 burner on my electric stove. I always just make a big pot of chili or ham and beans useing the smallest burner on my stove. Recently I upgraded my generator to a 6500 starting watt 5300 running watts LP fired generator. I am in the process of trying to find another 100 gallon bottle to run it on. It will drain a 15 pound cylinder in about 16-20 hours on 3/4 load. I guess I’m going to have to break down and just buy two new ones from harbor freight. I think the sell 100 pound LP tanks. I’ve looked into leasing 2 tanks but they want 26 dollars a month to lease me two 100 pound tanks. Also I can only have them filled at that same co-op. The only advantage I can see is that if I do the lease they will deliver or send out a pump truck to my home and refill my bottles for the summer prices. I’m still trying to decide which is the better value. Leasing or buying. Leasing the tanks does have the guaranteed price lock and free at home refills. No more lugging those heavy tanks into my truck after a ice storm. However if I own my own tanks I can take them with me if and when we get our house sold. Part of my lease agreement states that the bottles have to stay in my premises at all times. That’s why they come to me to fill them. I’ve got a truck bed winch system built to life lawn mower engines onto the bed of my truck. That’s what I do for a living. I’m the crazy guy with 14 broke down riding lawn mowers in his back yard. I buy them cheap fix them up and sell them at a reasonable cost. It’s a pretty good living. I fix everything from snow blowers to leaf blowers. I also have a small mowing operation going on. So everyone help me decide. Lease or buy. My wife and I are currently trying to sell our home as we have found one with a little bit smaller house on it. Probably 950 sq foot. It’s just the two of us we don’t need the 1320 sq foot monster we are living in now. I do however need a bigger shop. This one has a big shop building on it. Plus it sets on 4 acres of land and is out of city limits. Do I lease and run the risk of having to pay lease fee breakup charges. We literally would be living on the line of the coverage area that the co-op delivers too. It’s within like 200 feet. Or do I buy my own bottles and use my engine hoist to go there and have them filled. The guy at the Co-Op said he would have to see where my place was located at to see if they would service me. That was 3 weeks ago. I’ve texted him and called him several times. He still hasn’t called me back.
Considering your powering a generator I'd buy not lease a 250 or preferably a 500 gallon fixed position tank. Mount it on a concrete pad to prevent rust and make recertification easy then you don't have any restriction on how long your generator will run. You will enjoy the bigger tank, make sure the date on the new tank is no more than 6 months old before they take it off the truck.
James Shanks yes we are leaning towards leading a 300 gallon ball Tank. I went ahead and bought my 2 100 gallon tanks from them. They were made in 2004 and last certified in 18. He told me that if we end up buying this other house he would service me even though it’s 200 yards out of their service range. He also said he’d fill up
My 100 gallon tanks for me since I bought them off of him. That’s roughly 500 gallons of LP. That’s about a 12 day run at 3/4 load. That’s acceptable for my needs.
@@sniperdoug1969
You can buy a 100lb tank at Menards for $115.
appreciate the video
I used to fill propane tanks at a co-op and as long as the tank had an opd valve on it we could fill it. If it happened to be an old ass tank we would either sell them a new bottle or replace the old valve with an opd valve for 6 bucks, re certify it for free then fill it up. Most places shouldn't charge anything to re certify a tank as long as you get it filled there as well. I would say if a person has an old tank it would probably be cheaper to just take it to a place that can swap out that old valve and fill it. The only bottle that doesn't need the opd valve is the 100lb ones unless it's commercial. Easy way to tell if your tank has an opd valve is if it's shaped like a triangle. If it's just a round valve then it's the old style and can't be filled unless it's replaced. Our shop at home uses propane so I fill my bottles myself off my 500 gal tank.
New 20 lb propane tank $30 Home Depot
Weight the rhino tanks after you get them. I'll bet there is about a gallon less propane than you assume. The empty tank weight is on the handle near the date of manufacture.
2:20 He says as much...
Well I for one didnt think of that. Thank you!!!
Okay so all I need to do is find a tank on the side of the road then pay for a exchange and boom! free tank. No but really, I did learn something. I didnt think people refilled those type tanks, I thought everyone just got the exchange
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Not only this, but, at my local Hardware Store, I can buy the full Jug as a new purchase, for less than I can buy an EMPTY can inside.
I take mine to southern states. Theyve been giving me $1/gallon for 2 years. I own a food truck so Im getting 100 lbs at a time.
Why not run your car on propane then? It's very popular in Europe known as LPG
Would you like to test Propane refill hose with on off valve ?
I believe the the swap any can for a new one is the governments way to get the public to upgrade the old style valve bottles for the new and safer model.
Jonny Question no like he said they don't care what tank you bring them because they go back to the gas company. The gas company can rectify the tank and change the valve out. They get painted and relabeled before going back out to the stores.
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I got 20 so far this way. There so versatile. And easy to handle compared to larger tanks.
how long does a 20 lb tank last?
You can also get a brand new mattresses for free. A ton of named/unnamed brands have been letting people test there mattresses at home for up to 125 day trail period. Basically you indefinitely keep testing mattresses & they pick them up mostly for free. It's too easy.
Dude you should be a politician ! Hocus-focus, don't look too close because the hand is quicker than the eye.
What a genius no one ever thought of this before
A 20# tank can only be filled to 80% of its volume, which is 16#. The Blue Rhino label shows 15 LB. Net weight. So Tractor Supply will sell you ~15/ 16 lbs. for 12 dollars. Same goes for ANY size propane bottle. A 325 Gallon yard tank can only be filled to 260 gallons.
I did the same thing on all of my tanks when they made everyone change out the old style valves to the safety valves......
blue rhino and most tank exchanges are supposed to chk for tht but look for homedepot tht use a robot system to get around tht lol