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I have 2 500 gallon tanks. One for our house and the other for my shop. They were running low the other day so I called to get them filled. I've done this many times and it would almost always be delivered within 3 days. I gave no thought to asking when my propane would be delivered. Monday will be 2 weeks and I'm still waiting. I called 3 different companies the other day asking about lead times and they were all at 3 weeks.
Has anyone experienced waiting this long on propane to be delivered? This is a first for me.
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Funny, I am on an auto-fill plan and my guy is here as I type.
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Is it 3 weeks due to unavailable product or is it 3 weeks due to everyone needing a refill after a long cold snap (don't know where you are but we're just coming out of a week or so of -0 weather) and you're just last in line?
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Is it 3 weeks due to unavailable product or is it 3 weeks due to everyone needing a refill after a long cold snap (don't know where you are but we're just coming out of a week or so of -0 weather) and you're just last in line? They have the propane. It's getting it delivered that's the problem. We live in northeast Missouri and yes we did have a cold spell. I'm sure there were many others in front of me. This year seems odd even to the folks that work in those offices.
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Lack of delivery guys seems to be the choke point around here.
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Would suggest you get more and larger tanks to get you from summer to summer. When I built the new house, I bought two 1,000 gal tanks, that I own. Not hard to figure usage VS capacity and that a summer buy is cheaper per gal than the winter buy. Plus buying at 800+ gal increments is cheaper per gal.
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Last weeks cold snap sent folks around here into a panic.
Gas trucks were on the road late into the evenings.
Not the OP’s situation, but folks will wait to the wedderman says it’s gonna get cold to check their tanks….
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Likewise it blows my mind the amount of people running to the store every storm to buy a shovel or snowblower. It's nys it's not Texas bad winter weather is common
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If a driver has to pull hoses through deep snow and clean a foot of ice off the tank, it slows him down considerably. By day's end, it'll probably slow him down by several deliveries.
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This is always a concern for me…….we try to never allow our 1000 gallon tank to go below 40%. I have several reasons…… trucking, refining/processing, labor issues (another covid bs issue), ect.
Or last but not least…….our government shutting down all utilities in order to establish complete control over “we the people”! memtb
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Would suggest you get more and larger tanks to get you from summer to summer. When I built the new house, I bought two 1,000 gal tanks, that I own. Not hard to figure usage VS capacity and that a summer buy is cheaper per gal than the winter buy. Plus buying at 800+ gal increments is cheaper per gal. Yes I should bite the bullet and buy 2 1000 gallon tanks. 500 will sometimes get me through a winter but not this year.
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This is always a concern for me…….we try to never allow our 1000 gallon tank to go below 40%. I have several reasons…… trucking, refining/processing, labor issues (another covid bs issue), ect.
Or last but not least…….our government shutting down all utilities in order to establish complete control over “we the people”! memtb That last part of your post is something that has been on my mind. We have a Vermont Casting woodstove in the house and it will take care of us all winter if we want. My plans are going to include a backup woodstove in the shop before next winter. Fortunately right now is my slow time of year so the shop issue isn't a big concern.
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Just got mine topped off. Delivered next day I called.
But I only ordered 150 gal. We burn wood. My propane is just for decorative gas logs.
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Last weeks cold snap sent folks around here into a panic.
Gas trucks were on the road late into the evenings.
Not the OP’s situation, but folks will wait to the wedderman says it’s gonna get cold to check their tanks….
🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️ Same here. Folks wait till the cold front hits before checking their LP supply. Local LP Dealer I use said he ran out of propane the second day temps fell to 8 degrees at night. 🤪 I always try to get my tanks filled in the summer time.
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This is always a concern for me…….we try to never allow our 1000 gallon tank to go below 40%. I have several reasons…… trucking, refining/processing, labor issues (another covid bs issue), ect.
Or last but not least…….our government shutting down all utilities in order to establish complete control over “we the people”! memtb That last part of your post is something that has been on my mind. We have a Vermont Casting woodstove in the house and it will take care of us all winter if we want. My plans are going to include a backup woodstove in the shop before next winter. Fortunately right now is my slow time of year so the shop issue isn't a big concern. I think that is a very wish move! You may even consider a small (nothing fancy) wood burning stove for cooking. Ya may never need it, much like insurance ……you buy it hoping to never “need” it! 😉 memtb
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Last weeks cold snap sent folks around here into a panic.
Gas trucks were on the road late into the evenings.
Not the OP’s situation, but folks will wait to the wedderman says it’s gonna get cold to check their tanks….
🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️ ….when you’re cousin’s hot but your trailer’s not….PROPANE!!😃
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Recently installed a second 500 gal tank to feed my generator.
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Well, I'm in "Small Town USA".
LPG deliveries are 3 days max. Mostly 2nd day. A few are same day.
I would do the auto-fill thing, but I only have a 250 gallon tank and only cook and sometimes heat with gas.
A 100 gallon order in May will normally last until October.
Not only would a stop be almost silly for 5 to 10 gallons, I don't want the gas company hitting my bank account unless I know about it. Blame it on my OFS! LOL!
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Last weeks cold snap sent folks around here into a panic.
Gas trucks were on the road late into the evenings.
Not the OP’s situation, but folks will wait to the wedderman says it’s gonna get cold to check their tanks….
🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️ ….when you’re cousin’s hot but your trailer’s not….PROPANE!!😃 Just when you think you're fuqked here comes that big ol truck...PROPANE! 
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Well, I'm in "Small Town USA".
LPG deliveries are 3 days max. Mostly 2nd day. A few are same day.
I would do the auto-fill thing, but I only have a 250 gallon tank and only cook and sometimes heat with gas.
A 100 gallon order in May will normally last until October.
Not only would a stop be almost silly for 5 to 10 gallons, I don't want the gas company hitting my bank account unless I know about it. Blame it on my OFS! LOL!
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