Posted by JDEM on August 07, 2019 at 05:31:27 from (47.33.231.52):
In Reply to: 20 pound propane tank posted by Russ from MN on August 06, 2019 at 16:35:54:
I have several 20 lb. horizontal ASME tanks and have a miserable time getting them filled. They used to be common in small motorhomes and also forklifts. ASME are exempt from inspections and also do not require updated valves.
Vertical 20 lb. tanks are usually DOT tanks and require an inspection and an inspection date mark every 5 years.
And yes, the 15 lb. fills are a rip-off. Anybody who says a 20 lb. tank only is supposed to get 15-16 lbs. is just plain silly. A standard 20 lb. tank is marked with a certified TARE weight and is designed to be 80% full when it has 20 lbs. of propane in it.
The 15 pound rip-off began back when propane prices had gotten sky high. Many propane fillers started putting less propane in the tanks to "keep the prices down." Then when the propane prices came back down - they stuck with that idiotic 15 or 16 lb. fill.
All tanks, ASME and DOT are marked with what their proper fill cap is. Certainly NOT 15-16 lbs.
I just got three of my ASME tanks filled at a lower hardware store yesterday for 8 bucks each. They are from 1978 and no inspection required and no POL valves. I went to three places in the Michigan UP and nobody could or would fill them. So I brought them back to the lower peninsula and the local gas place filled them right up. 20 lbs. of propane put into each one. 80% full.
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