Need a recommendation for propane company

[Oneofsix]

So, I got a call today from someone saying he was sent to pick up my tank. Haven't heard from or gotten a letter/call from my provider (formerly Walane), nor the folks who bought them (only found this out recently). Long story short, I don't like the fees etc I was told I was now under, so who has a gas provider in the Robeson/Cumberland area they like without fees like minimum usage? We use only a little propane, as it's really only for our stove so minimum usage fees are, to me, ridiculous.

 

[Burt Gummer]

Lots of places charge a tank fee for minimum usage. I use it to heat my house in the winter so I use enough not to have to worry about it. I suggest finding a used tank somewhere and hooking it up and finding someone thatll fill your tank.

ETA: I actually came across a 125gallon tank recently that my propane guy said he would fill. Ive added a regulator to it and plumbed it into the existing line with the other tank. Food for thought. And I plumbed all my own lines and Im still alive

 

[Oneofsix]

That's kinda what I'm looking for, recommendations for someone that will either fill a tank not owned by them or doesn't charge minimum usage fees. The previous company I dealt with had a yearly tank fee, which I was fine with, but minimum usage means (I asked specifically) I HAVE to buy 100#'s a year in order to avoid the fee. I don't use that much, so I'm guaranteed to have to pay. Eff that.

 

[Fathead]

Call this fella, he'll help you out.

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[Oneofsix]

Well, your avatar tagline says it all...lol.

 

[InvisibleOne]

If G&B Energy has office in your area, I can recommend them. But, you'll need your own tank to avoid their tank rental fee.

 

[fishgutzy]

We use united energy.
No minimum usage fees. Just pay for the gas as they refill it. I forget what the initial free was for bringing out the tank and set up.
We only have gas fireplaces running and they don't get used much.

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[HMP]

Most honest company Ive ever known
Another vote for SP

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[blewis3]

Most propane companies will fill a customer owned tank as long as you have a bill of sale and the company may charge you a fee to check out your gas lines to ensure that everything is properly installed and connected.. The reason for this is that there is a law in NC that you can be fined up to $10,000 for filling another companies tank and the liability surrounding propane.

There is a lot of liability concerns with propane. The propane company is assumed to be the experts and a lot of times they are liable even the accident is caused by anothers action. I read where a lawsuit was allowed to go forward when a trailer was burned and people injured when the occupant cut the lock off the tank and hooked up the propane illegally and improperly.

If you have a pickup truck, you can purchase a 100# cylinder from lowes and take it to a local filling station to get filled. No tank rental fee and if you have two 100# cylinders you can rotate them or put them on an automatic changeover regulator.

 

[Ghost1]

Minimum usage fees are in place to help propane companies recoup the costs of assets (tanks). Those tanks cost the propane companies a fair amount of money and it just doesn't make sense for them to set them at locations that do not purchase product. It would be the same as CocaCola putting vending machines in vacant stores. The propane companies have two choices: pick them up and set them somewhere else, or buy another tank to set somewhere else and charge a minimum usage fee for the other one. Once upon a time there was enough profit to cover tanks that used little propane but large increases in insurance premiums etc. have changed all that.