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My rental for a 500gal tank is $7.00/month ($90.00 p.a.)

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Rental fees on my 2 420 lb. tanks is waived due to using a certain minimum annually. < furnace & hot water >

John T.

Since we don't use much propane - cooking and a wall heater for backup since we heat with wood - none of the local dealers was interested in renting us a tank . So I bought a used 250 gallon tank from my favorite local dealer . He replaced all the valves and "stuff" , delivered and installed if for about 700 bucks IIRC . It came with 25 gallons , the max he can transport in a consumer tank , we had it filled for around 400 bucks , and I expect we won't need to fill it again for at least 3 years* . That comes out to be less than 400/year for the first 3 , and around 150/year thereafter . Or , if you want to amortize it over ten years , that's less than 200 bucks a year - for the first ten , way less thereafter . Unless I install a whole-house backup generator , that may or may not significantly change the cost ratio . Up til now we've depended on a

I paid $1500 for my 250 but they buried it, ran the piping for the pool heater, a spur with a valve for the generator and gave me a fill. Your 5500w generator will probably burn 0.8 gallons an hour based on what my Briggs did over 9 days 24/7. The kit was about $150. That was BC (Before Covid). ;-)

My local propane company sold me a used tank, delivered and installed, for $500. It replaced the newer one I was already renting from them.

Never hurts to ask.

-dan z-

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