Look at your itemized bill, you may have paid almost as much for the delivery charge or minimum delivery quantity as for your propane. Here are three alternatives to consider.
1. Would your supplier give/rent/exchange you a larger tank to reach a more economical minimum delivery size?
2. Have you looked into the cost of using 100 pound propane bottles instead of a small bulk tank? At 6.5 pounds per gallon of propane the tanks hold about 15 gallons each. How long did that 35 gallons last for you, a year or more?
Fifty years ago many kitchen stoves and isolated live stock waterer heaters ran off two 100 pound propane bottles. The regulator setup would draw off only one bottle at a time until the first bottle was empty then it automatically switched over to the draw only from the second bottle. You could remove and replace the empty bottle while the second bottle was in use. In theory the pilot light always stayed burning, in practice not always. You hauled the empty tank into town and exchanged it for a full one. The setup was cheap and fairly reliable but it was labor intensive.
A 100 pounds bottle weighs around 50 pounds empty and 150 pounds full. The biggest hastle is wrestling the full bottle off the pickup and over to the regulator. You move the bottles by holding the top neck, tilting the bottle slightly to one side, then rolling the bottle along on one side of the bottom rim. It is easier than moving a rear tractor tire, but balance is still important. A bottle cart, feed bag cart or refrigerator cart would be much handier and safer. Convienience was propably the biggest reason folks chaged from bottled propane to bulk tanks.
3. If you will soon be in the market for a new range, an electric range may be an alternative. Unless your gas range still has a pilot light, the electricity an electric range will actually use will cost 25% to 50% more per BTU than what your gas range uses, but there"s no extra delivery charge. An electric kitchen range will need a seperate 40 amp 220 volt circuit breaker and wiring. If that"s not already in place it could cost $200 or more install. You said you heat your house with electricity, so your main circuit breaker panel should have enough extra capacity to add an elecrtic range onto it.
You said you removed an old propane furnace, could heat your house with just a 50 gallon propane tank? WOW that"s small!
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