Great info. Thanks everyone. I asked her for the summer fill cost, she said $3.00. That doesn’t make sense other than they are trying to get me into the pre buy plan. Are the propane companies the best place to purchase a tank? Anything to watch out for when buying a used tank?

They make underground tanks. I had one for 15 years of hurricane flooding, and it stayed right there. My neighbors had to find theirs in the marsh. You have to buy the tank however.

I usually contract for 1300 gallons a year. 1.25 a gallon last year.

Everyone consider that the price of steel is triple in the last year , so are those used tanks gone up in price ?

$1.49 pre sale last summer I do it every year, but with any luck ill be running a wood boiler next winter

The more gallons your tank can hold the better because cheapest price is in the summer fill. The cheapest way is to fill summer to summer Sounds like your propane company is trying to rip you off but to double check I would call OTHER propane companies in your area. Ask them if they have a summer fill rate and what it is if you own your own tank. You will have to have a minimum purchase to get the best summer fill rate. The more you buy the cheaper it gets. Used propane tanks can be hard to find sometimes. I would drive by a few of your local propane sellers and see if they have a lot of used tanks in their yard. If they do hit them up they may sell you one.

When I used propane and owned my tank, I found that propane companies really didn’t compete. They conspired. Any new company wanted to charge me a service fee to check all appliances. The fee was much higher than the incremental cost of remaining with an original supplier. No competition at all!

There is peace of mind in knowing you have a full tank. I’d go for the summer refill. The world is crazy. Inflation in May was 6.6%, the highest month ever recorded.

I think we just pre-bought at $1.09 if I'm not mistaken. The only issue that I have seen with owning your own tank are years like we have a few years back when the supply was really low. If you hadn't pre-bought and needed propane you were SOL as the companies were only supplying fuel to their tanks or those that had pre-bought. A lot of people were heating with space heaters for a while.

Any idea why, Charles?

I would like to know how many guesses we are allowed ?

Mine runs between $1.29 and $1.59 depending on if it’s summer or winter.

No pre buy in my area. Propane dealers are all independents. The man that delivers to me is also a rancher. Doesn't matter who I get it from, it is at least a 60 mile round trip to deliver to me. No underground tanks here for years.

I own a 250 gal. tank and it usually costs around $2.35 a gallon to have it filled. No difference between summer and winter price.

I have two 1,000 gallon tanks here so I could take advantage of summer prices. It’s a lot of fuel. Lol.

Apparently so.

Found a 500 gal refurbished tank for $1500. Going to check current summer fill prices and decide whether if it makes sense to do it now. I researched ky propane prices going back to 2000 and what I pre-paid the last couple years seems in line.

You can't go wrong buying now. The current administration is doing everything possible to increase traditional energy prices to make green energy seem more competative. And, when they "fix" global worming it's going to be a lot colder around here!