In article , Stan Schaefer wrote:
"lane" lane_nospam@copperaccents_dot_com wrote in message ...
Well I can buy the reasoning behind it, but at 25 a whack is out of
line. I'll carry it to the dealer that I usually use to get my fills.
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Weight it? Flat fee? I've never had either of these done. Every place I've
had propane tanks filled had a meter on the filling hose and measured what
went in. Lane

Where I have filling done, they do both, the tank goes on a scale, the
tare weight gets set, the fill weight gets set and pumping commences.
When the scale comes up to balance point, the guy quits and I pay for
the amount on the pump meter. I won't do business with a guy that

the one metro propane distributor in N.Dallas used both scale and
meter to fill bbq tanks. he never looked at the meter, just took
the printout and handed to the customer. although a flat rate, the
office wanted that ticket.

wrt purging, only in Tejas have i been asked for payment to purge.
most dealers automatically purge everytime they fill. as to repeating
5x, well i have never seen it done. maybe you guys that do pay
could comment on that?

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pressure than just propane would generate. It will eventually purge
out if you just draw vapor, but it is a hazard having mixed air and
propane vapor being drawn out. Purging of a new bottle is just so
easy to do there's no reason not to and charging for it is just about
theft. If somebody tried that on me, I'd head on down the road to a
different supplier.

agreed, the dealer i asked said that the unpurged tank would have
intermittant gas flow for a time, but eventually would function
normally. if your bbq or pilot keeps dying on a new tank, that
could be the problem. --Loren