Backyard Fire Pit
My apartment complex banned charcoal grills so I got my hands on a gas grill for cheap that uses propane from a tank. I've never owned a gas grill before and have only used them once or twice in the past. I see you can buy tanks in places like Lowe's, Target, CostCo, etc., but where do you go to get them filled with propane? Can you usually do this at some gas stations or do you have to go elsewhere?
In my area of Pennsylvania, USA, you can go to a propane distributor, but it is preferably safer that you to go to any store to switch out your emptied used tank for a newer filled tank. You get a great reduced price then having to buy a new one by itself. These trade-ins are then inspected to make sure that they are still safe to reuse. If they are, then they are cleaned up, and refilled to be sold again. If they are not, then they are set aside as scrap and recycled. You can find these trade-ins at most gas stations, convenient store, and retail store like Wal-Mart, K-Mart, and Lowe’s.
My one friend is delivers propane, and he even uses it to heat his home and for cooking, but he gets it at cost too. LOL Anyway, he told me of a story where a propane truck was parked alongside the road, while the driver was filling a lady’s tank. A dump truck collided with the propane truck and ruptured the propane trucks tank causing it to explode. Both trucks were totally destroyed, the house was leveled, and there was a huge creator in the ground where the propane truck was sitting, Both truck drivers and all the residents in the house were killed instantly. There wasn’t much the fire company who responded could do, except put out some smaller fires that were left after the rest or the propane vapors burned up. It was a good thing that this happened in the country, or the damage and deaths would have been much greater.
Here is a site that will provide more information on propane and safety tips for you.
http://www.cityoflakeforest.com/ps/fd/ps_fd2c13.htm
Good Luck and happy Grilling!
either a gas station or a propane station.. But make sure you call or check because only Some gas stations have propane.. Here in Canada we have propane stations… so you probably do too..
you can get them filled with propane at an RV place.
Usually you exchange your tank for a filled one at those places. They then examine the tank you left, fill it, and swap it for someone else’s empty tank.
Many gas stations have LPG tanks from which they can fill yoru tank — good luck and happy Barbequing!
You trade in the empty tank and pay for a full one.
The propane tanks that you see at places like Lowes and Home Depot are on an exchange program, but you can go to an R.V. store, or some gas stations, and allot of feed stores as well and have your refilled. haveing them refilled is cheaper, but about once a year or so I like to exchange mine for two reasons, first off the exchange ones get an inspection, and pressure tested before they are refilled, and the second reason is just the fact that after a year or so my tank is looking pretty bad from all the juices that have dripped on it.