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Propane or Natural Gas for Small Home Generators
On 8/9/2012 1:07 PM, iBoaterer wrote:
In article , dump-on- says... On 8/9/12 11:49 AM, John H. wrote: On Thu, 09 Aug 2012 11:07:24 -0400, X ` Man wrote: On 8/9/12 9:31 AM, Wayne.B wrote: On Thu, 09 Aug 2012 09:08:04 -0400, X ` Man wrote: It's a bit annoying that the propane dealers around here don't post their prices on their web sites. I don't mind paying the local "convenience" street price for filling up a small tank for an outdoor grill, but I'd sure like to know what the 20 or so "local" delivery suppliers are charging per gallon to fill our 500-gallon tank without having to call each one of them. There should be a "Propane Delivery Price" app! ==== Why not create a web site similar to what cruisers have been doing with diesel fuel prices? https://www.waterwayguide.com/fuel-pricing?area=cbdb That would be an interesting thing to do, but then you'd have to recruit a huge number of "reporters," and a homeowner buying a tankful of propane usually does not happen more than two or three times a year. As an example, we have a gas furnace, hot water heater, rangetop, fireplace, generator, et cetera, and we've never used more than 350 gallons of propane in a calendar year. Typically, the truck comes by for a partial fill-up in October and then another partial fill-up in March so that on those two dates, we actually have about 400 gallons of LP in the tank. Obviously, usage varies according to appliances and geography/weather. Plus, propane prices vary widely from dealer to dealer in the same market, depending upon when they bought their supplies and other factors. I was intrigued by this because a neighbor bought a near tankful of gas for about 25 cent less a gallon than I paid. His supplier was helpful on the phone and told me the wide variance is common among all dealers during the year, that at the next fill-up, his price could be higher than my dealer's, and that prices typically changed weekly. So, what is needed is not reportage of what Joe paid last week in nearby Dunkirk, MD, for example, but what XYZ Propane is charging for delivered LP *today* and what his 10 nearby competitors are charging *today*, so a call can be made and a delivery order placed for the lowest-priced supplier at a given moment. I'm going to contact my local state official to see if there is any interest in requiring propane dealers to post their delivered prices daily on their websites. They all seem to have decent websites. That way, it would be easy to check individually or even write a spider that would gather the prices on a webpage as you described. Before you go thru a rigmarole - the company that owns the tank is the only company that can fill it. Of course, if you personally own the tank and it meets the requirements of the other companies, you can deal with anyone. Otherwise, if you decide to switch companies, be prepared to switch tanks. My daughter is going thru this right now. She'll probably have two tanks at her house while waiting for the current tank to empty. When you stick to decent posts, you shouldn't deserve to be shunned. 1. You are correct in stating that the company that owns the tank is the only company that can fill it, contractually. 2. I bought my tank from the company that owned it. The approximate cost of a new *buried* 500-gallon tank these days is $2000 to $2500, I was told by two suppliers. It was about $500 to $1000 less when we bought this house. An above ground tank is much less expensive. I bought our tank for under $500. The LP gas company had been depreciating it for about 9 years, and company's cost of removing it so I could replace it with a new tank was more than the company wanted to pay. So the company made me an offer I could hardly refuse. :) I did this to save the 30 cents a gallon premium I was paying to fill the "rented" tank, and to be able to shop around for the best LP gas price when the tank needs a refill. These buried tanks supposedly have a "life" of 25 to 30 years if anodes were installed. They were on mine. I'll worry about the tank's end of life at that time only if I'm not buried. Not only is a buried tank more costly it's also less safe. An above ground tank is easy to visually see any potential spots that are severely rusted, etc. which may rupture and leak. Propane is heavier than air. Any leak will just sink further into the ground. |
Propane or Natural Gas for Small Home Generators
On Thu, 09 Aug 2012 17:42:14 -0400, Meyer wrote:
Propane is heavier than air. Any leak will just sink further into the ground. === You're missing something. Propane is heavier than air but it's a whole lot lighter than the ground. |
Propane or Natural Gas for Small Home Generators
On Aug 9, 10:33*pm, Wayne.B wrote:
On Thu, 09 Aug 2012 17:42:14 -0400, Meyer wrote: Propane is heavier than air. Any leak will just sink further into the ground. === You're missing something. Propane is heavier than air but it's a whole lot lighter than the ground. maybe FlatulentJim expects the propane to seep down to China. |
Propane or Natural Gas for Small Home Generators
In article om,
says... On 8/9/2012 1:07 PM, iBoaterer wrote: In article , dump-on- says... On 8/9/12 11:49 AM, John H. wrote: On Thu, 09 Aug 2012 11:07:24 -0400, X ` Man wrote: On 8/9/12 9:31 AM, Wayne.B wrote: On Thu, 09 Aug 2012 09:08:04 -0400, X ` Man wrote: It's a bit annoying that the propane dealers around here don't post their prices on their web sites. I don't mind paying the local "convenience" street price for filling up a small tank for an outdoor grill, but I'd sure like to know what the 20 or so "local" delivery suppliers are charging per gallon to fill our 500-gallon tank without having to call each one of them. There should be a "Propane Delivery Price" app! ==== Why not create a web site similar to what cruisers have been doing with diesel fuel prices? https://www.waterwayguide.com/fuel-pricing?area=cbdb That would be an interesting thing to do, but then you'd have to recruit a huge number of "reporters," and a homeowner buying a tankful of propane usually does not happen more than two or three times a year. As an example, we have a gas furnace, hot water heater, rangetop, fireplace, generator, et cetera, and we've never used more than 350 gallons of propane in a calendar year. Typically, the truck comes by for a partial fill-up in October and then another partial fill-up in March so that on those two dates, we actually have about 400 gallons of LP in the tank. Obviously, usage varies according to appliances and geography/weather. Plus, propane prices vary widely from dealer to dealer in the same market, depending upon when they bought their supplies and other factors. I was intrigued by this because a neighbor bought a near tankful of gas for about 25 cent less a gallon than I paid. His supplier was helpful on the phone and told me the wide variance is common among all dealers during the year, that at the next fill-up, his price could be higher than my dealer's, and that prices typically changed weekly. So, what is needed is not reportage of what Joe paid last week in nearby Dunkirk, MD, for example, but what XYZ Propane is charging for delivered LP *today* and what his 10 nearby competitors are charging *today*, so a call can be made and a delivery order placed for the lowest-priced supplier at a given moment. I'm going to contact my local state official to see if there is any interest in requiring propane dealers to post their delivered prices daily on their websites. They all seem to have decent websites. That way, it would be easy to check individually or even write a spider that would gather the prices on a webpage as you described. Before you go thru a rigmarole - the company that owns the tank is the only company that can fill it. Of course, if you personally own the tank and it meets the requirements of the other companies, you can deal with anyone. Otherwise, if you decide to switch companies, be prepared to switch tanks. My daughter is going thru this right now. She'll probably have two tanks at her house while waiting for the current tank to empty. When you stick to decent posts, you shouldn't deserve to be shunned. 1. You are correct in stating that the company that owns the tank is the only company that can fill it, contractually. 2. I bought my tank from the company that owned it. The approximate cost of a new *buried* 500-gallon tank these days is $2000 to $2500, I was told by two suppliers. It was about $500 to $1000 less when we bought this house. An above ground tank is much less expensive. I bought our tank for under $500. The LP gas company had been depreciating it for about 9 years, and company's cost of removing it so I could replace it with a new tank was more than the company wanted to pay. So the company made me an offer I could hardly refuse. :) I did this to save the 30 cents a gallon premium I was paying to fill the "rented" tank, and to be able to shop around for the best LP gas price when the tank needs a refill. These buried tanks supposedly have a "life" of 25 to 30 years if anodes were installed. They were on mine. I'll worry about the tank's end of life at that time only if I'm not buried. Not only is a buried tank more costly it's also less safe. An above ground tank is easy to visually see any potential spots that are severely rusted, etc. which may rupture and leak. Propane is heavier than air. Any leak will just sink further into the ground. No it won't. Ever hear of the word "density"? |
Propane or Natural Gas for Small Home Generators
On 8/10/2012 8:38 AM, iBoaterer wrote:
In article om, says... On 8/9/2012 1:07 PM, iBoaterer wrote: In article , dump-on- says... On 8/9/12 11:49 AM, John H. wrote: On Thu, 09 Aug 2012 11:07:24 -0400, X ` Man wrote: On 8/9/12 9:31 AM, Wayne.B wrote: On Thu, 09 Aug 2012 09:08:04 -0400, X ` Man wrote: It's a bit annoying that the propane dealers around here don't post their prices on their web sites. I don't mind paying the local "convenience" street price for filling up a small tank for an outdoor grill, but I'd sure like to know what the 20 or so "local" delivery suppliers are charging per gallon to fill our 500-gallon tank without having to call each one of them. There should be a "Propane Delivery Price" app! ==== Why not create a web site similar to what cruisers have been doing with diesel fuel prices? https://www.waterwayguide.com/fuel-pricing?area=cbdb That would be an interesting thing to do, but then you'd have to recruit a huge number of "reporters," and a homeowner buying a tankful of propane usually does not happen more than two or three times a year. As an example, we have a gas furnace, hot water heater, rangetop, fireplace, generator, et cetera, and we've never used more than 350 gallons of propane in a calendar year. Typically, the truck comes by for a partial fill-up in October and then another partial fill-up in March so that on those two dates, we actually have about 400 gallons of LP in the tank. Obviously, usage varies according to appliances and geography/weather. Plus, propane prices vary widely from dealer to dealer in the same market, depending upon when they bought their supplies and other factors. I was intrigued by this because a neighbor bought a near tankful of gas for about 25 cent less a gallon than I paid. His supplier was helpful on the phone and told me the wide variance is common among all dealers during the year, that at the next fill-up, his price could be higher than my dealer's, and that prices typically changed weekly. So, what is needed is not reportage of what Joe paid last week in nearby Dunkirk, MD, for example, but what XYZ Propane is charging for delivered LP *today* and what his 10 nearby competitors are charging *today*, so a call can be made and a delivery order placed for the lowest-priced supplier at a given moment. I'm going to contact my local state official to see if there is any interest in requiring propane dealers to post their delivered prices daily on their websites. They all seem to have decent websites. That way, it would be easy to check individually or even write a spider that would gather the prices on a webpage as you described. Before you go thru a rigmarole - the company that owns the tank is the only company that can fill it. Of course, if you personally own the tank and it meets the requirements of the other companies, you can deal with anyone. Otherwise, if you decide to switch companies, be prepared to switch tanks. My daughter is going thru this right now. She'll probably have two tanks at her house while waiting for the current tank to empty. When you stick to decent posts, you shouldn't deserve to be shunned. 1. You are correct in stating that the company that owns the tank is the only company that can fill it, contractually. 2. I bought my tank from the company that owned it. The approximate cost of a new *buried* 500-gallon tank these days is $2000 to $2500, I was told by two suppliers. It was about $500 to $1000 less when we bought this house. An above ground tank is much less expensive. I bought our tank for under $500. The LP gas company had been depreciating it for about 9 years, and company's cost of removing it so I could replace it with a new tank was more than the company wanted to pay. So the company made me an offer I could hardly refuse. :) I did this to save the 30 cents a gallon premium I was paying to fill the "rented" tank, and to be able to shop around for the best LP gas price when the tank needs a refill. These buried tanks supposedly have a "life" of 25 to 30 years if anodes were installed. They were on mine. I'll worry about the tank's end of life at that time only if I'm not buried. Not only is a buried tank more costly it's also less safe. An above ground tank is easy to visually see any potential spots that are severely rusted, etc. which may rupture and leak. Propane is heavier than air. Any leak will just sink further into the ground. No it won't. Ever hear of the word "density"? Yes. Every time I see your posts, I think density. |
Propane or Natural Gas for Small Home Generators
In article m,
says... On 8/10/2012 8:38 AM, iBoaterer wrote: In article om, says... On 8/9/2012 1:07 PM, iBoaterer wrote: In article , dump-on- says... On 8/9/12 11:49 AM, John H. wrote: On Thu, 09 Aug 2012 11:07:24 -0400, X ` Man wrote: On 8/9/12 9:31 AM, Wayne.B wrote: On Thu, 09 Aug 2012 09:08:04 -0400, X ` Man wrote: It's a bit annoying that the propane dealers around here don't post their prices on their web sites. I don't mind paying the local "convenience" street price for filling up a small tank for an outdoor grill, but I'd sure like to know what the 20 or so "local" delivery suppliers are charging per gallon to fill our 500-gallon tank without having to call each one of them. There should be a "Propane Delivery Price" app! ==== Why not create a web site similar to what cruisers have been doing with diesel fuel prices? https://www.waterwayguide.com/fuel-pricing?area=cbdb That would be an interesting thing to do, but then you'd have to recruit a huge number of "reporters," and a homeowner buying a tankful of propane usually does not happen more than two or three times a year. As an example, we have a gas furnace, hot water heater, rangetop, fireplace, generator, et cetera, and we've never used more than 350 gallons of propane in a calendar year. Typically, the truck comes by for a partial fill-up in October and then another partial fill-up in March so that on those two dates, we actually have about 400 gallons of LP in the tank. Obviously, usage varies according to appliances and geography/weather. Plus, propane prices vary widely from dealer to dealer in the same market, depending upon when they bought their supplies and other factors. I was intrigued by this because a neighbor bought a near tankful of gas for about 25 cent less a gallon than I paid. His supplier was helpful on the phone and told me the wide variance is common among all dealers during the year, that at the next fill-up, his price could be higher than my dealer's, and that prices typically changed weekly. So, what is needed is not reportage of what Joe paid last week in nearby Dunkirk, MD, for example, but what XYZ Propane is charging for delivered LP *today* and what his 10 nearby competitors are charging *today*, so a call can be made and a delivery order placed for the lowest-priced supplier at a given moment. I'm going to contact my local state official to see if there is any interest in requiring propane dealers to post their delivered prices daily on their websites. They all seem to have decent websites. That way, it would be easy to check individually or even write a spider that would gather the prices on a webpage as you described. Before you go thru a rigmarole - the company that owns the tank is the only company that can fill it. Of course, if you personally own the tank and it meets the requirements of the other companies, you can deal with anyone. Otherwise, if you decide to switch companies, be prepared to switch tanks. My daughter is going thru this right now. She'll probably have two tanks at her house while waiting for the current tank to empty. When you stick to decent posts, you shouldn't deserve to be shunned. 1. You are correct in stating that the company that owns the tank is the only company that can fill it, contractually. 2. I bought my tank from the company that owned it. The approximate cost of a new *buried* 500-gallon tank these days is $2000 to $2500, I was told by two suppliers. It was about $500 to $1000 less when we bought this house. An above ground tank is much less expensive. I bought our tank for under $500. The LP gas company had been depreciating it for about 9 years, and company's cost of removing it so I could replace it with a new tank was more than the company wanted to pay. So the company made me an offer I could hardly refuse. :) I did this to save the 30 cents a gallon premium I was paying to fill the "rented" tank, and to be able to shop around for the best LP gas price when the tank needs a refill. These buried tanks supposedly have a "life" of 25 to 30 years if anodes were installed. They were on mine. I'll worry about the tank's end of life at that time only if I'm not buried. Not only is a buried tank more costly it's also less safe. An above ground tank is easy to visually see any potential spots that are severely rusted, etc. which may rupture and leak. Propane is heavier than air. Any leak will just sink further into the ground. No it won't. Ever hear of the word "density"? Yes. Every time I see your posts, I think density. This from the person who thinks propane will "sink further into the ground"!!!!! |
Propane or Natural Gas for Small Home Generators
On 8/10/2012 9:27 AM, iBoaterer wrote:
In article m, says... On 8/10/2012 8:38 AM, iBoaterer wrote: In article om, says... On 8/9/2012 1:07 PM, iBoaterer wrote: In article , dump-on- says... On 8/9/12 11:49 AM, John H. wrote: On Thu, 09 Aug 2012 11:07:24 -0400, X ` Man wrote: On 8/9/12 9:31 AM, Wayne.B wrote: On Thu, 09 Aug 2012 09:08:04 -0400, X ` Man wrote: It's a bit annoying that the propane dealers around here don't post their prices on their web sites. I don't mind paying the local "convenience" street price for filling up a small tank for an outdoor grill, but I'd sure like to know what the 20 or so "local" delivery suppliers are charging per gallon to fill our 500-gallon tank without having to call each one of them. There should be a "Propane Delivery Price" app! ==== Why not create a web site similar to what cruisers have been doing with diesel fuel prices? https://www.waterwayguide.com/fuel-pricing?area=cbdb That would be an interesting thing to do, but then you'd have to recruit a huge number of "reporters," and a homeowner buying a tankful of propane usually does not happen more than two or three times a year. As an example, we have a gas furnace, hot water heater, rangetop, fireplace, generator, et cetera, and we've never used more than 350 gallons of propane in a calendar year. Typically, the truck comes by for a partial fill-up in October and then another partial fill-up in March so that on those two dates, we actually have about 400 gallons of LP in the tank. Obviously, usage varies according to appliances and geography/weather. Plus, propane prices vary widely from dealer to dealer in the same market, depending upon when they bought their supplies and other factors. I was intrigued by this because a neighbor bought a near tankful of gas for about 25 cent less a gallon than I paid. His supplier was helpful on the phone and told me the wide variance is common among all dealers during the year, that at the next fill-up, his price could be higher than my dealer's, and that prices typically changed weekly. So, what is needed is not reportage of what Joe paid last week in nearby Dunkirk, MD, for example, but what XYZ Propane is charging for delivered LP *today* and what his 10 nearby competitors are charging *today*, so a call can be made and a delivery order placed for the lowest-priced supplier at a given moment. I'm going to contact my local state official to see if there is any interest in requiring propane dealers to post their delivered prices daily on their websites. They all seem to have decent websites. That way, it would be easy to check individually or even write a spider that would gather the prices on a webpage as you described. Before you go thru a rigmarole - the company that owns the tank is the only company that can fill it. Of course, if you personally own the tank and it meets the requirements of the other companies, you can deal with anyone. Otherwise, if you decide to switch companies, be prepared to switch tanks. My daughter is going thru this right now. She'll probably have two tanks at her house while waiting for the current tank to empty. When you stick to decent posts, you shouldn't deserve to be shunned. 1. You are correct in stating that the company that owns the tank is the only company that can fill it, contractually. 2. I bought my tank from the company that owned it. The approximate cost of a new *buried* 500-gallon tank these days is $2000 to $2500, I was told by two suppliers. It was about $500 to $1000 less when we bought this house. An above ground tank is much less expensive. I bought our tank for under $500. The LP gas company had been depreciating it for about 9 years, and company's cost of removing it so I could replace it with a new tank was more than the company wanted to pay. So the company made me an offer I could hardly refuse. :) I did this to save the 30 cents a gallon premium I was paying to fill the "rented" tank, and to be able to shop around for the best LP gas price when the tank needs a refill. These buried tanks supposedly have a "life" of 25 to 30 years if anodes were installed. They were on mine. I'll worry about the tank's end of life at that time only if I'm not buried. Not only is a buried tank more costly it's also less safe. An above ground tank is easy to visually see any potential spots that are severely rusted, etc. which may rupture and leak. Propane is heavier than air. Any leak will just sink further into the ground. No it won't. Ever hear of the word "density"? Yes. Every time I see your posts, I think density. This from the person who thinks propane will "sink further into the ground"!!!!! Upon further examination, I discovered that liquid propane will quickly vaporize and dissipate before any ground saturation occurs. Happy now? |
Propane or Natural Gas for Small Home Generators
On 8/10/12 8:38 AM, iBoaterer wrote:
In article om, says... On 8/9/2012 1:07 PM, iBoaterer wrote: In article , dump-on- says... On 8/9/12 11:49 AM, John H. wrote: On Thu, 09 Aug 2012 11:07:24 -0400, X ` Man wrote: On 8/9/12 9:31 AM, Wayne.B wrote: On Thu, 09 Aug 2012 09:08:04 -0400, X ` Man wrote: It's a bit annoying that the propane dealers around here don't post their prices on their web sites. I don't mind paying the local "convenience" street price for filling up a small tank for an outdoor grill, but I'd sure like to know what the 20 or so "local" delivery suppliers are charging per gallon to fill our 500-gallon tank without having to call each one of them. There should be a "Propane Delivery Price" app! ==== Why not create a web site similar to what cruisers have been doing with diesel fuel prices? https://www.waterwayguide.com/fuel-pricing?area=cbdb That would be an interesting thing to do, but then you'd have to recruit a huge number of "reporters," and a homeowner buying a tankful of propane usually does not happen more than two or three times a year. As an example, we have a gas furnace, hot water heater, rangetop, fireplace, generator, et cetera, and we've never used more than 350 gallons of propane in a calendar year. Typically, the truck comes by for a partial fill-up in October and then another partial fill-up in March so that on those two dates, we actually have about 400 gallons of LP in the tank. Obviously, usage varies according to appliances and geography/weather. Plus, propane prices vary widely from dealer to dealer in the same market, depending upon when they bought their supplies and other factors. I was intrigued by this because a neighbor bought a near tankful of gas for about 25 cent less a gallon than I paid. His supplier was helpful on the phone and told me the wide variance is common among all dealers during the year, that at the next fill-up, his price could be higher than my dealer's, and that prices typically changed weekly. So, what is needed is not reportage of what Joe paid last week in nearby Dunkirk, MD, for example, but what XYZ Propane is charging for delivered LP *today* and what his 10 nearby competitors are charging *today*, so a call can be made and a delivery order placed for the lowest-priced supplier at a given moment. I'm going to contact my local state official to see if there is any interest in requiring propane dealers to post their delivered prices daily on their websites. They all seem to have decent websites. That way, it would be easy to check individually or even write a spider that would gather the prices on a webpage as you described. Before you go thru a rigmarole - the company that owns the tank is the only company that can fill it. Of course, if you personally own the tank and it meets the requirements of the other companies, you can deal with anyone. Otherwise, if you decide to switch companies, be prepared to switch tanks. My daughter is going thru this right now. She'll probably have two tanks at her house while waiting for the current tank to empty. When you stick to decent posts, you shouldn't deserve to be shunned. 1. You are correct in stating that the company that owns the tank is the only company that can fill it, contractually. 2. I bought my tank from the company that owned it. The approximate cost of a new *buried* 500-gallon tank these days is $2000 to $2500, I was told by two suppliers. It was about $500 to $1000 less when we bought this house. An above ground tank is much less expensive. I bought our tank for under $500. The LP gas company had been depreciating it for about 9 years, and company's cost of removing it so I could replace it with a new tank was more than the company wanted to pay. So the company made me an offer I could hardly refuse. :) I did this to save the 30 cents a gallon premium I was paying to fill the "rented" tank, and to be able to shop around for the best LP gas price when the tank needs a refill. These buried tanks supposedly have a "life" of 25 to 30 years if anodes were installed. They were on mine. I'll worry about the tank's end of life at that time only if I'm not buried. Not only is a buried tank more costly it's also less safe. An above ground tank is easy to visually see any potential spots that are severely rusted, etc. which may rupture and leak. Propane is heavier than air. Any leak will just sink further into the ground. No it won't. Ever hear of the word "density"? It's just amazing how you two can drool and drool and drool on a thread and add absolutely nothing useful. Your moron buddy Meyer offers up a site that he claims has propane prices on line and, of course, it doesn't, and you're spitting up "safety tips" that are of no interest. Yet another thread on rec.boats trashed by the morons. -- I'm a liberal because the militant fundamentalist ignorant science-denying religious xenophobic corporate oligarchy of modern Republican conservatism just doesn't work for me or my country. |
Propane or Natural Gas for Small Home Generators
On 8/10/2012 10:12 AM, X ` Man wrote:
On 8/10/12 8:38 AM, iBoaterer wrote: In article om, says... On 8/9/2012 1:07 PM, iBoaterer wrote: In article , dump-on- says... On 8/9/12 11:49 AM, John H. wrote: On Thu, 09 Aug 2012 11:07:24 -0400, X ` Man wrote: On 8/9/12 9:31 AM, Wayne.B wrote: On Thu, 09 Aug 2012 09:08:04 -0400, X ` Man wrote: It's a bit annoying that the propane dealers around here don't post their prices on their web sites. I don't mind paying the local "convenience" street price for filling up a small tank for an outdoor grill, but I'd sure like to know what the 20 or so "local" delivery suppliers are charging per gallon to fill our 500-gallon tank without having to call each one of them. There should be a "Propane Delivery Price" app! ==== Why not create a web site similar to what cruisers have been doing with diesel fuel prices? https://www.waterwayguide.com/fuel-pricing?area=cbdb That would be an interesting thing to do, but then you'd have to recruit a huge number of "reporters," and a homeowner buying a tankful of propane usually does not happen more than two or three times a year. As an example, we have a gas furnace, hot water heater, rangetop, fireplace, generator, et cetera, and we've never used more than 350 gallons of propane in a calendar year. Typically, the truck comes by for a partial fill-up in October and then another partial fill-up in March so that on those two dates, we actually have about 400 gallons of LP in the tank. Obviously, usage varies according to appliances and geography/weather. Plus, propane prices vary widely from dealer to dealer in the same market, depending upon when they bought their supplies and other factors. I was intrigued by this because a neighbor bought a near tankful of gas for about 25 cent less a gallon than I paid. His supplier was helpful on the phone and told me the wide variance is common among all dealers during the year, that at the next fill-up, his price could be higher than my dealer's, and that prices typically changed weekly. So, what is needed is not reportage of what Joe paid last week in nearby Dunkirk, MD, for example, but what XYZ Propane is charging for delivered LP *today* and what his 10 nearby competitors are charging *today*, so a call can be made and a delivery order placed for the lowest-priced supplier at a given moment. I'm going to contact my local state official to see if there is any interest in requiring propane dealers to post their delivered prices daily on their websites. They all seem to have decent websites. That way, it would be easy to check individually or even write a spider that would gather the prices on a webpage as you described. Before you go thru a rigmarole - the company that owns the tank is the only company that can fill it. Of course, if you personally own the tank and it meets the requirements of the other companies, you can deal with anyone. Otherwise, if you decide to switch companies, be prepared to switch tanks. My daughter is going thru this right now. She'll probably have two tanks at her house while waiting for the current tank to empty. When you stick to decent posts, you shouldn't deserve to be shunned. 1. You are correct in stating that the company that owns the tank is the only company that can fill it, contractually. 2. I bought my tank from the company that owned it. The approximate cost of a new *buried* 500-gallon tank these days is $2000 to $2500, I was told by two suppliers. It was about $500 to $1000 less when we bought this house. An above ground tank is much less expensive. I bought our tank for under $500. The LP gas company had been depreciating it for about 9 years, and company's cost of removing it so I could replace it with a new tank was more than the company wanted to pay. So the company made me an offer I could hardly refuse. :) I did this to save the 30 cents a gallon premium I was paying to fill the "rented" tank, and to be able to shop around for the best LP gas price when the tank needs a refill. These buried tanks supposedly have a "life" of 25 to 30 years if anodes were installed. They were on mine. I'll worry about the tank's end of life at that time only if I'm not buried. Not only is a buried tank more costly it's also less safe. An above ground tank is easy to visually see any potential spots that are severely rusted, etc. which may rupture and leak. Propane is heavier than air. Any leak will just sink further into the ground. No it won't. Ever hear of the word "density"? It's just amazing how you two can drool and drool and drool on a thread and add absolutely nothing useful. Your moron buddy Meyer offers up a site that he claims has propane prices on line and, of course, it doesn't, and you're spitting up "safety tips" that are of no interest. Yet another thread on rec.boats trashed by the morons. Please refer us to ANY thread you have posted to in the past year in which you added value. |
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