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Price for a 20 pound standard tank refill, not swap
BJ's Wholesale Club: $12.99
Ace Hardware: $17.99
Though 7-11 does charge $24.99 for a swap (and is only filled to about 80%, but that is premium pricing for the convenience, i suppose.
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You are sorely mistaken if you think you get 80% from an exchange, you are lucky if you get %50 full.
Find a place around you that refills them. Last time I did it a few months ago, $15ish for a full tank. Then take that full tank to an exchange place and hold the full in one hand and an exchange in the other hand. You will see a huge weight disparity which is not 80% full for exchanges.
Go to Home Depot or Lowes for new tanks too.
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really? Comparing Ace to BJs?
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so...your complaining that a normal store can't compete price wise with a wholesale store you need to pay a membership for?
seriously?
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they never fill them to 100%
80% is what everyone fills them to max
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really? Comparing Ace to BJs?
True, nothing compares to your BJs.
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they never fill them to 100%
80% is what everyone fills them to max
i watched the dude refill the tank, i got 5 gallons of LP, which FILLS a 20 pound tank
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really? Comparing Ace to BJs?
in this area, blue rhino does ALL tank exchanges, even BJs
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The local equipment rental place near here refills mine. As long as you own two tanks, you can work it so that you never run out.
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The local equipment rental place near here refills mine. As long as you own two tanks, you can work it so that you never run out.
Rho
Yep, that is what I do. I really want a BJ now for some weird reason.
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well, its that the ACE nearby prominently and proudly displays that they do propane refills - why not be price competitive?
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they never fill them to 100%
80% is what everyone fills them to max
i watched the dude refill the tank, i got 5 gallons of LP, which FILLS a 20 pound tank
80% of tank capacity to allow expansion of gas due to temperature changes
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well, its that the ACE nearby prominently and proudly displays that they do propane refills - why not be price competitive?
can't figure out if your serious. if you aren't its a troll and not worth responding to i guess. if you are...i can't respond the way i'd be inclined to since i'd be breaking the board rules. guess i'm done here 
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I swapped one a week ago and it was $20. It was alot easier then driving down to tates rents to refill it.
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I really want a BJ now for some weird reason.
As do I, but that's not really that different from always.
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Both the Ace and True Value in town fill tanks...
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I just go down the street to Chevron and buy an exchange tank. It's around $18, but the convenience is worth the extra few dollars.
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I just go down the street to Chevron and buy an exchange tank. It's around $18, but the convenience is worth the extra few dollars.
To the ones saying this, you could not be more wrong. You have no idea how much more you get and how much longer they last with a refilled full tank. A refill only cost $14-16. But to each their own.
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I really want a BJ now for some weird reason.
As do I, but that's not really that different from always.
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Is this double entendre?
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The BJ's I go to meters the LP when they fill the tank, just like a gas station. I only pay for what they put into it, so If I know I'm getting low, I can top off my tank on a day I'm already going to BJ's and not have to worry about swapping a tank that still has propane in it and wasting $.
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well, its that the ACE nearby prominently and proudly displays that they do propane refills - why not be price competitive?
can't figure out if your serious. if you aren't its a troll and not worth responding to i guess. if you are...i can't respond the way i'd be inclined to since i'd be breaking the board rules. guess i'm done here
wtf?
are you suggesting that by the very fact that i pay a member fee to the wholesale club that enables a 5 dollar discount on propane? or are you suggesting that out of sheer volume BJs is able to traffic more LP and negotiate lower purchase costs?
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As for propane (since I stumbled on this thread, while searching for local prices competitively)...
Propane weighs approximately 4.2 lbs per gallon. Good to know, since your '20-lb tank' holds...you guessed it...20-lbs of fuel. On the tank, somewhere, is actually stamped the empty weight (if you are in the U.S., anyway). So...all it takes is a bathroom scale and voila...you know how much fuel you really have in that 'otherwise unknown' tank you're holding.
Ok, so you find you have a tank that weighs 16.4 lbs, empty. You throw it on the bathroom scale, and it weighs 22.2 lbs. A bit of basic math (22.2 - 16.4 = 5.8 lbs >> 20 - 5.8 = 14.2 lbs of fuel you need to buy. Oh, yeah...and 14.2 / 4.2 = approx 3.4 gallons. (3.38, closer to it)...so you actually need to buy 3.4 gallons...since that's the unit its sold in. Not good in math? No problem...most reputable stores fill your tank with a metered nozzle, just like you do your car gas tank...and they charge you fairly...no scale work required on your behalf...not unless you want to make sure they are fair.
Finally...we take the tank to a real refill store. Right now, my local ACE Hardware refills tanks for $2.07/gallon. So, my refill on example tank above would cost me $7.08. OR...I can go down to the local quick store with the Rhino-rip-offs outside, trade my NEW, doesn't leak tank for one that some hippy burned in some freak drug lab experiment before turning it in for more gas...and that leaks like a sieve, for a mere $15.95. (I have found that about 30-percent of those Rhino-rip-off tanks actually have out-of-date tanks, or the valves leak profusely. Oh, yeah...and I have also weighed Rhino-scare tanks too...and found that they do NOT fill them full all the time (hey, or maybe it's just those leaking valves...huh?)
Anyway...bottom line...take your pick...fill by the gallon at a reputable store (just look for the 'propane refilled here' signs)...or roll the dice, and potentially pay up to 300% more for your propane. Tell you what...your math friends would probably take your tanks, get them filled for you, for the difference...it really is that big of a deal.
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As for propane (since I stumbled on this thread, while searching for local prices competitively)...
Propane weighs approximately 4.2 lbs per gallon. Good to know, since your '20-lb tank' holds...you guessed it...20-lbs of fuel. On the tank, somewhere, is actually stamped the empty weight (if you are in the U.S., anyway). So...all it takes is a bathroom scale and voila...you know how much fuel you really have in that 'otherwise unknown' tank you're holding.
Ok, so you find you have a tank that weighs 16.4 lbs, empty. You throw it on the bathroom scale, and it weighs 22.2 lbs. A bit of basic math (22.2 - 16.4 = 5.8 lbs >> 20 - 5.8 = 14.2 lbs of fuel you need to buy. Oh, yeah...and 14.2 / 4.2 = approx 3.4 gallons. (3.38, closer to it)...so you actually need to buy 3.4 gallons...since that's the unit its sold in. Not good in math? No problem...most reputable stores fill your tank with a metered nozzle, just like you do your car gas tank...and they charge you fairly...no scale work required on your behalf...not unless you want to make sure they are fair.
Finally...we take the tank to a real refill store. Right now, my local ACE Hardware refills tanks for $2.07/gallon. So, my refill on example tank above would cost me $7.08. OR...I can go down to the local quick store with the Rhino-rip-offs outside, trade my NEW, doesn't leak tank for one that some hippy burned in some freak drug lab experiment before turning it in for more gas...and that leaks like a sieve, for a mere $15.95. (I have found that about 30-percent of those Rhino-rip-off tanks actually have out-of-date tanks, or the valves leak profusely. Oh, yeah...and I have also weighed Rhino-scare tanks too...and found that they do NOT fill them full all the time (hey, or maybe it's just those leaking valves...huh?)
Anyway...bottom line...take your pick...fill by the gallon at a reputable store (just look for the 'propane refilled here' signs)...or roll the dice, and potentially pay up to 300% more for your propane. Tell you what...your math friends would probably take your tanks, get them filled for you, for the difference...it really is that big of a deal.
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Nope...but Hank's right...
Butane is a bastard-gas...LPG is king!
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By the way...I use two 40-lb tanks with my 30' 5th wheel RV...and for long trips, can also tote the 100-lb 'big guy' that otherwise stays in the shop.
Other than Rhino-nighmare not hawking anything but 20-lb'ers in their 'white cage of death', I find that the weight of carrying 'a lot of LPG on a trip' is reduced by larger tanks...my 40-lb tank weighs a few pounds less than my 20's, so I save a little pack weight. (Not to mention, I can run twice as long without tank swaps)...
All this is stuff you don't get to consider when you play Rhino-roulette.
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There's only a couple places around here that sell propane by the gallon, and if I remember correctly, one of them is closed on Sundays. I ran into this situation (re-fill the tank vs. getting "new" Blue Rhino) at my house this last year, and ended up running over to Fred Meyer's and buying a Blue Rhino exchange tank for < $20. I have one of those propane tank gauges and I plopped it onto the exchange tank and it read full. My preference would be to run to Lowe's or Home Depot and get a new clean tank and have it filled, but when you've got several people over for a party and your BBQ runs out of gas you do the quick thing. Anyway, the idea of having 2 tanks is a pretty smart one - might set that up before the season starts this year.
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You are sorely mistaken if you think you get 80% from an exchange, you are lucky if you get %50 full.
I was paying for 7-Eleven's "convenience" and after the third time of getting a tank that was about 50-60% full from them I went in and raised hell. The store manager/Iraqi information minister assured me that it was all in my head. I've been using my charcoal grill lately out of sheer frustration. At least I know how much charcoal is in the focking bag.
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this reminds me of last summer when I sent my daughter and sister to get my tank refilled, it was a nice large tank.
well my effing sister thinks it's a good idea to exchange my $40 tank for one of those stupid prefilled ones.
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I have a 1000 gallon tank buried, I never have to go get propane.
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