How often do the tanks need to be inspected/recertified/replaced? I've heard that this is something that people sometimes overlook in the buy vs. rent calculation.
Allan Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> writes: > I have a 500 gallon tank buried in the front yard, but I won’t go looking for > a top off until spring, when heating prices ease up and the price goes down > somewhat. > > -D > >> On Dec 11, 2020, at 6:54 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> Most people have NatGas available and use it. >> The rest of us, we mostly use Propane in the Great Lakes, while there's >> still a lot of oil in New England. >> >> Propane markets seem somewhat independent of crude oil prices. >> My new vendor was $0.92 back in January, so I was really looking forward to >> the summer price bottom. So, what did I pay in August? $0.95 plus tax. >> I'm the guy who owns my own tanks and doesn't have the cost of the tank >> baked into my propane pricing. But this was a cheap year for tank renters >> too, my Mom's winter contract is fixed at 1.399. >> >> On 2020-12-11 18:11, Allan Streib via Mercedes wrote: >>> The market is probably speculating that with vaccines starting to roll >>> out that travel (and fuel use) will be starting to pick up again. >>> Also January would be peak season for use of heating oil? Not sure >>> whether enough people still heat with oil for that to be a big >>> factor. Last time I talked with my furnace guy, he said there's like two >>> people in my area that know anything about oil furnances, but oil was >>> never big in this area. Around here, the oldest homes originally used >>> coal, and they all moved to natural gas. >> _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com