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Originally Posted by suenran (Post 1865645)

if you live in an area where natural gas service is available, consider having a line installed for your grill....and don't forget to change the jets on the grill if you do. Never have to worry about refilling tanks!

keep in mind that regulators are adjustable so when switching over from propane to natural gas an adjustment or regulator replacement may be required

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Originally Posted by RoadToad (Post 1865704)

Yes, but, aren't you still "..taking tanks back and forth.." plus waiting for them to be filled?
If you don't like the condition of the Blue Rhino tank offered; they will give you a different one.
We have mutiple tanks but still enjoy the Blue Rhino convience.
TEHO I guess.:popcorn:

If you buy 2 propane tanks from Ace Hardware, they are $30 apiece, that's $60. A 20 pound tank holds about 4-1/2 gallons of propane and it's about $3.50 a gallon. When I fill a tank at Ace it's about $17.00. To start new with 2 tanks and both filled is about $94, and they are now your tanks, you own them.

To start with Blue Rhino at Lowes, they are $50 for a filled tank with no exchange. That's a $100 and you don't own the tanks. When exchanging a tank it is $20, slightly higher and you still don't own the tanks. When you move, get rid of grill or whatever, if you turn in a empty Blue Rhino with no exchange, I cannot find any cash value from Blue Rhino, so in a sense you bought two used tanks if you keep them.

I also find Ace easier than going to Lowes, getting in line, paying the cashier, getting a clerk to go outside and unlock the cage and give you a tank. Ace I drive around back, set my tank on the ground, the clerk fills my tank, when he's done he gives you a slip and you go inside and pay the casher. The Ace store at Wildwood or Southern Trace are both very efficient and you have almost no waiting ever. Less hassle and I own the tanks. If might seem like a small thing, but three years ago I got rid of my grill, decided I wasn't using it enough but I still had the tanks. This past June I bought a new grill, I already had the tanks.

Lowes website Wildwood Trailwinds Villages

https://bluerhino.com/getmedia/69205...seller-v2_Main

Ace Hardware purchase

Manchester Tank 20 lb. capacity Steel Type 1 Empty LP Tank
Item no.8100018
$29.99

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/i...iQKgM&usqp=CAc

Excellent presentation.
I like the smaller businesses myself.
They need our support to keep the monolithic businesses in check.

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Originally Posted by EdFNJ (Post 1865403)

Our tank sits under the M/B window and we have had only 3 tanks blow up but that's why we have insurance. Picking up the pieces of siding and all my wife's clothes from our neighbors yard every year or so is a bit of a nuisance though. Our neighbor called the 2 ladies in a golf cart (with the clip boards) to report us as a nuisance but it isn't in our deed restrictions so they didn't show up. After the 3rd time we switched to a pellet smoker now they complain about the smell of wood but we just drop a rack of ribs at their front door and they don't bother us anymore.

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