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Hell Toupee[_4_]

On 5/23/2012 3:37 AM, wrote:

While I'm tired of the government controlling every goddamn thing we do,
the gov is the first to regulate what we do as citizens. When they
changed the tanks from the old valves to these OPD types, we all had to
buy new tanks, and that ****ed me off since I had 7 perfectly good tanks
that could no longer be filled, and two of them were 12 LB tanks made
for special locations. (cost much more than 20 LB tanks).

You didn't have to pitch your old tanks. All you had to do was buy the
new OPD valves and replace them yourself - or take the tanks to a
larger propane dealer and have them do it for you. Or traded them in
at the dealer for new tanks.

You little corner gas station/hardware store that also fills tanks
isn't going to offer those options, but find a larger propane dealer
and they'll do it for you. Same goes for getting your tanks
recertified every 10-12 years, depending on what your state requires.
Don't pitch them. A larger dealer will check them out and recertify
them for you.