Posted: 7/3/2012 7:32:58 AM EDT
| Anyone know someplace around KC to get a grill bottle refilled. I would really rather not trade bottles. Thanks. |
| As mentioned, U-Haul fills tanks. I would recommend never doing an exchange unless your tank is out of date (12 years from the build date stamped on the collar) A full grill tank can hold up to 4.8 gallons of propane while most exchanges are only filled to about 3.3-3.8 gallons. So in essence many times your paying close to $5 gallon, when having them filled is about $3 gallon. |
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I thought they were filled by weight, not volume. And I thought the bottles could legally only be filled up as much as the OPD allows, which I think is nowhere close to the actual internal volume. Wow, that's a lot of thinking for me. I think I need an aspirin. Regarding the "but I've got a brand new bottle" aspect, get over it. Sooner or later you're going to have to swap and all the swapped unites are tested & repaired as needed. |
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Grill tanks have a couple features that can be used to fill them, rules vary by state. Most filling stations will fill the tank to approx 80% by filling until the OPD valve kicks the tank off. That generally trips at about 4.9 gallons. While not an entirely correct filling procedure, it will still get you pretty close. You can also fill tanks based on the weight of the tank. In this case the average tank will weigh about 38 pounds full. (The exact amount can be calculated by taking the tare weight and the water weight stamped on the tank.) The final safety is using the fixed maximum valve that is the small screw that is below the valve. The other end of the valve has a tube that runs down to the 80% level in the tank, white mist = 80%.
When I fill tanks I use all the weight and visual mist to double up on the safety. Around here most exchanges cost about $18-$19 while even a completely empty tank at 4.8 gallons filled equals $14.35 (our price is $2.99 gallon) Its a much better deal to get a tank filled rather than exchanged. |
| Didn't mean to offend if I did. I just hate to see people get ripped off when they do an exchange at a gas station or wal-mart. But the list I have shows Allright Rental in Raytown fills propane, I don't have a price for it though. But theres quite a few locations that can if you travel to KC or Independence. |
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As mentioned, U-Haul fills tanks. I would recommend never doing an exchange unless your tank is out of date (12 years from the build date stamped on the collar) A full grill tank can hold up to 4.8 gallons of propane while most exchanges are only filled to about 3.3-3.8 gallons. So in essence many times your paying close to $5 gallon, when having them filled is about $3 gallon. Got dinged by the 12 yr deal at uhaul. Guy wouldn't fill it. It went to exchange it at hyvee where I got it in the first place. $18.50 Usually less than $16 to have it filled at uhaul. There are some ferrel gas locations around that will fill them |
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Well alrighty then. Once again we have shown that E1CM does not indeed know everything. E1CM is not, in fact, a god. 
L So where can I get my tanks refilled around the Raytown area? 
Iirc there is an rsc in knob town or close Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile RSC is no more. They were acquired by United Rentals during Q1 of this year. The RSC located in NKC will be consolidated into the UR of NKC. The RSC in Lee's Scummit is being consolidated into the Belton UR. The Warrensburg and Olathe RSCs will remain in the same locations, but of the 2 only Warrensburg refills propane. Bledsoe's and Tractor Supply are the only 2 places that fill propane in LS that I know of. Anderson Rentals might fill it in Raytown. I was once the Hank Hill of the Lee's Summit RSC. There was rarely a 3rd of July or a Friday before Memorial Day that I didn't fill grill bottles all day long and come home smelling of rotten eggs, but that was a coon's age ago. Technically propane bottles are supposed to be filled by weight. A standard grill bottle holds 20# of propane. The newer bottles have an Overfill Protection Device which will not allow them to be filled much more than 22-23#. You get the most gas for your buck if you can talk the guy pumping your propane into filling it until the OPD shuts the valve off. Just realize that in heat like this overfilling may cause the emergency valve to bleed off some extra pressure (usually not a problem with the 20 pounders, but still a possibility). "I wasn't flirting with her! I didn't even mention that I worked in propane." - Hank Hill |
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I thought they were filled by weight, not volume. And I thought the bottles could legally only be filled up as much as the OPD allows, which I think is nowhere close to the actual internal volume. Wow, that's a lot of thinking for me. I think I need an aspirin. Regarding the "but I've got a brand new bottle" aspect, get over it. Sooner or later you're going to have to swap and all the swapped unites are tested & repaired as needed. Most of the trade-in cylinders I've gotten have had much less than you generally get with a fill. |