Best price propane

[miguelitro]

ecuador is the cheapest I have found, 2.50$ for a 15 kg tank exchange
Mike

[stainlesscycle]

Originally Posted by miguelitro

ecuador is the cheapest I have found, 2.50$ for a 15 kg tank exchange
Mike

yes, but i believe $2.50USD is like 2 months salary in ecuador.

[smoky]

Hey, I'm going,to Ecuador next week, I never thought of taking my propane tank.

But now...

[D.T.]

Ecuador eh?

I think import export costs and shipping would be a little too high.


Anyway, first stop was Stooper america, $22 exchange. F that.

Next stop Home Depot $17.82 later and I'm full again.

[bob393]

Originally Posted by trailrider383

True. Read it and weep.

http://www.elivermore.com/propane.htm

WOW!

[miguelitro]

Originally Posted by stainlesscycle

yes, but i believe $2.50USD is like 2 months salary in ecuador.

Originally Posted by smoky

Hey, I'm going,to Ecuador next week, I never thought of taking my propane tank.

But now...

@1 hour at minimum wage

Smokey- now you know what to bring!
Mike

[KJD19892]

Yeah a 20# tank should hold 4.5 gallons which is 80%. You only fill them to 80 because your actually just burning the fumes off the top. I know Blue Rhino and several of the other exchanges only put 3.5 gallons in the tanks. Some of the refill places also charge you for a full tank even if they only top it off which is insane. We refill tanks at our families gas station in west TN. A 20# tank is $18 plus tax, or $4 per gallon.

[KJD19892]

Originally Posted by D.T.

I see there is only 15# in the tank. It says right on it (Blue Whino).

I hate to drive all around and spend $10 in gas just to save $2 in propane. There is a refilling place about 5 miles south of me but a kid got killed about 5 years ago refilling propane tanks there.

http://www.startribune.com/local/west/47882647.html?




Wally World have exchanges? I just called them and they said $17.97 for exchange to they are in the lead so far.

It seems like a terrible idea to refill tanks in an enclosed space like that. You have to vent some of the excess pressure from the tanks which allows a bit of gas to escape plus you lose a bit more when you remove the nozzle. It would be just the same if you had people filling their gas tanks inside a shed accidents would happen all the time. These things need to be in the open air so that the gas can dissipate. Regardless this is super sad to see. Especially with such a young kid.

[RVDan]

Propane is 68 cents a liter if you fill it with the automotive propane pump. A twenty pound take usually takes less than seven bucks.

Trouble is its hard to find anyone in the states that will fill it from the automotive filler.

[P B G]

Around here it is U-Haul (refill - I do not exchange), 3.99/gallon incl. tax.

My tanks are seldom fully empty, since when I know I'm going to use propane I will usually have the tank filled on my way to/from work when I pass it.

So I'm not sure what a full 20#'er comes to, but I had one empty, one partially empty, and a partly empty 11# tank I use for camping, and all three were filled for ~30 bucks.

I'm not sure if you get 4.5 gallons in an empty 20#, they advertise that they fill them all the way up, but regardless, you only pay for metered volume, and their pump has an inspection stamp same as the gas station.

[Laconic]

Check Costco (if you're a member). They installed a fill station at ours last year.