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Re: Propane fills

Reply #25 –
Craig,

Yes, I do rent a 500 gallon tank for the house. A lot of service stations do charge road tax on the propane they dispense. While we do have a Grass Valley address, we actually live in Alta Sierra. We have a property owner's association that negotiates with all the gas companies to give the members the best price. It was $1.99 last year but $1.10 was a pleasant surprise this year.  They fill anything I have waiting for them at the same price.

A lot of big tanks have a "wet link", a connection that goes to the bottom of the tank. Some gas companies have been changing out the big tanks with the wet links to avoid any liability issues. You can buy a connector in Nevada to use the main tank to fill smaller bottles, BBQs, etc. Can be dangerous if you make a mistake. That's why they don't sell it in CA.

If you charged your Foretravel dash AC with propane, the cost would be about $0.25 for the amount needed. Lots of people doing that here now.

Craig, just read your post. No minimum amount to get the $1.10 price. I can take a 5 or 10 gallon to FerrellGas and still get the same price. Tank rental costs $50-100 a year, depending on company. A lot of them will give you the first year's rental plus a full tank or so many free gallons.

Pierce
Pierce and Gaylie Stewart
'93 U300/36 WTBI
Detroit 6V-92TA Jake
1140 watts on the roof
SBFD (ret)

Re: Propane fills

Reply #26 –
Perfectly legal to use it without tax in a motorhome as long as it does not supply the main engine. A partial propane engine supply would be in a gray area like running your diesel on McDonald's waste cooking oil.

Pierce
Pierce and Gaylie Stewart
'93 U300/36 WTBI
Detroit 6V-92TA Jake
1140 watts on the roof
SBFD (ret)

Re: Propane fills

Reply #27 –
We own a 500 gallon tank. A 500 gallon propane tank will hold 400 gallons of fuel when it is full. Headroom of 20% is required for safety. The gas company keeps track of degree days and base line usage. They show up when the tank requires 75 to 200 gallons (or when they have fuel and not much else to do ;) ). Last two deliveries were 155 gallons in January and 79 gallons in March. They top off the tank in the coach when they visit the house. Price was $2.52 both times. We are in southeast Texas. Prices on the road are a bit higher and always include a waiver of road taxes because it is not used as fuel for propulsion.

We buy propane on the road in winter for safety. We try to keep at least 20 gallons on board in case we get trapped by bad weather. The rest of the year, we seldom need to add propane.
J D Stevens
1997 U295 CAI 36' Build #5085
2002 Subaru Outback
Motorcade 16869
Bellville, TX

Re: Propane fills

Reply #28 –
The tax I refer to is not road tax but sales tax. I have ALWAYS paid sales tax for propane. Especially is broke California. So the low price plus no sales tax is a surprise to me.
1994 U280, Build 4490
Deming, NM.

Re: Propane fills

Reply #29 –
Not sure he doesn't pay sales tax, that was an invoice not a bill.

Roland
1993 U280 4341
2010 Jeep Liberty
The Pied Pipers

Re: Propane fills

Reply #30 –
Pierce
We are practically neighbors. I live up in Foresthill. I may have to see if they will rent a 250 gal tank for a very small user. Only thing on propane at the house is BBQ and standby generator. And now the MH.