hey guys, looking for the cheapest place to find a 500 gallon propane tank, it's for my dad's house, tired of paying the lease through the communist local gas co.!! just thought you folks might know a good supplier, thanks alot, Dusty

 

Better to just lease it IMHO. They need to be certified or the propane company won't fill it. That is the was it is here any way. If the laws are different there look in the farm classifieds, or put in a "wanted" ad.

 

Nobody around here sells them anymore... at least since the price hike.

 

You might want to try contacting some other gas dealers... Are there any others in the area.... Often times if you tell them what you have now, they will beat each others lease deals and prices on gas if they can. I contacted a different dealer last year and they gave me two years of free tank lease and beat the other companys rate by 14 cents per gallon and capped the price there for a year.

They may also have some good condition used tanks they will sell you if you ask about it. Tanks, being as bulky and heavy as they are make them difficult to transport long distances. If you want to find one from an individual, look for an area that they are running nat. gas to and see if you can find some tanks around that area..... Big thing to look for is how long the certification is good for on the tank. You may find that it will need to be re-certified to be used.

 

Dont forget your local Ag dealer also. They sell their Anhydrous Ammonia tanks after the bulkhead rusts off. Have them vacuumed down and install the valves and she is set for her second lofe as a Propane tank.

Usually around a buck a gallon for tanks here......

 

thanks, I'll check that out! Dusty

 

I'm glad I live where I do when it comes to Propane. I own my own tank and it is at least 40 years old. I like having my own because you can check prices when you fill and buy from the cheapest.
But all of the propane companies around here will let you use their tank for free. You just have buy Propane from them.

 

Wow, they hit me for 50 bucks a year on mine.

I'm looking for 3, 1,000 Gal. units so I can take a Semi-load at a time, I can get it much cheaper that way, and not worry about it for 3 or so years.

 

Yeah, I want to buy a new 750-1,000 gallon tank. I could then just fill it once a year during summer fill when the prices are lowest and not have to worry about it. If prices stay up much longer, I will probably invest in a "Central Boiler" outside wood furnace. I think that's the name anyway. It's the one built in Canada that everyone brag's on.

 

Careful there Mike, read up on them well before you jump.

If you can size it to run hard you are fine, otherwise it smokes like a freight train and the efficiency isnt anywhere near what they say.

I'm not trying to dissuade you, just make sure you know what you are getting into. I ended up getting a wood furnace.

Check out Hearth.com for a world of advice.

 

If you ever have a regulator issue, you'll wish you would have leased one. We pay about $65 a year. A replacement regulator is about $1200. It's about 18 years of leasing to pay for one regulator. We had one go bad. And replaced by the gas co. NO CHARGE. Not to mention the guy gladly fills up my rv and grill for way less than a swap tank would be, PLUS he fills them full AND takes care fo any isuues we have with anything gas related PLUS he gives a a free calender every year. So leasing is really the best way to go.

 

Huh?

Ive done 4 anhydrous tank changeovers now and never spent more than 250 for both the Regulator and Relief......... Personally, I think your gas company is passing gas.

 

If your getting an outdoor boiler, a propane tank that big will probably go a couple years on a single fill. My neighbor just filled his 500 gal. for the first time in 4 years. I have a 500 gal, was at 25% when the bad weather hit. All I'm heating with it is my water and use of my stove, and I'm still fine. I'll be getting a heat exchanger for my hot water soon though.

 

you guy's on propane heat should be running "heat on demand" instead of hot water tanks. there small,and the only burn when you turn the hot water on , and they never ever run outa hot water, or have to wait form the tank to heat , instead of havin a tank full of water that when it temp's down the tank fires up again and wastes your fuel.

 

I almost went to that until I got the boiler. The heat exchanger that will go on, will allow the water in the tank to circulate when not in use, keeping the tank heated and heat the water as it's being called for.