That reminds me that my standby generator guy comes tomorrow morning for my twice a year PM visit. Guess I should check my 500 gallon tank and see what it needs.
The propane places around here are so messed up - it’s just the national chains, no locals. Of course they all want to sell you a plan where they come by regularly to top off the tank, but they don’t seem to understand a generator as a consumer of fuel in that it uses very little just exercising weekly. They also try to screw you over if you own your tank - they all wanted to charge me an “inspection fee” before they would fill my tank. Some were as high as $200! I think I ended up with AmeriGas, who quoted me $69. What was funny was the guy came out and filled it, then the guy came later the same day to inspect the tank. Yes, a scam no doubt. Lucky for me I got the tank installer to fill it the first time. He’s about 50 miles away or he would be my regular supplier. -D > On Mar 6, 2022, at 7:07 PM, mitch--- via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > On 2022-03-06 12:13, Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes wrote: >> So what about home heating oil? What happens next winter when I have >> to heat my house? At this rate it is doubtful that prices will >> normalize by then and I go through a full 250 gallon tank of oil >> during the winter and that’s keeping the house at 60 degrees on >> average. If oil hits $8 per gallon by then which is not a stretch then >> I will be paying $2000 per month to heat my house. > > > I log my propane tank levels weekly. > Today the one I'm using (500 gal) was at 19%, down from 80% in September. > So I've used 300g and look to be on track to finish in my typical 325-350 > range if March and April are reasonably warm. Have about 400g left in the > other tank. I spent over $1000 filling both tanks last year but that's > because I didn't fill in 2020 and bought two years' worth. I don't think I'll > be buying propane for $1.36 this summer...may be lucky if it's under $2. > > _______________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________ 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
