Tractor Supply and Blue Rhino
Until recently, the least expensive option for getting my 20# propane tanks filled was at my local tractor supply. It was like $10 to fill verses $20 to exchange at Blue Rhino, where I had inherited a...
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There ARE other places to get a propane tank filled.
Not ALL TS stores fill propane tanks, some like my local TS stores ARE "exchange" only.
Not to mention TS stores have over the last few years gone into the dumpster..
They are a shell of what they used to be, gutted by corp greed and barely carrying any inventory.
Mine USED to sell and exchange welding gasses, so I paid $250 for a Shielding gas bottle many years ago.. The last time I went to "exchange" that bottle they turned me away stating they no longer exchange nor will they buy back my welding gas cylinder!
They left me with an $250 orphan cylinder doorstop, welding gas cylinders are not typically owned, they are leased and the places that lease them WILL NOT exchange, buy or fill these cylinders.
Fortunately for me, a Rural King moved into my area and one call to them and found out that they handle the same brand and would be happy to exchange my cylinder.
Now to your issue, buy new cylinders or pay the recert fee and skip dealing with the exchange roulette. Then deal with a propane supplier that doesn't hire High School drop outs.. You WILL find your consistency will get better.
Not ALL TS stores fill propane tanks, some like my local TS stores ARE "exchange" only.
Not to mention TS stores have over the last few years gone into the dumpster..
They are a shell of what they used to be, gutted by corp greed and barely carrying any inventory.
Mine USED to sell and exchange welding gasses, so I paid $250 for a Shielding gas bottle many years ago.. The last time I went to "exchange" that bottle they turned me away stating they no longer exchange nor will they buy back my welding gas cylinder!
They left me with an $250 orphan cylinder doorstop, welding gas cylinders are not typically owned, they are leased and the places that lease them WILL NOT exchange, buy or fill these cylinders.
Fortunately for me, a Rural King moved into my area and one call to them and found out that they handle the same brand and would be happy to exchange my cylinder.
Now to your issue, buy new cylinders or pay the recert fee and skip dealing with the exchange roulette. Then deal with a propane supplier that doesn't hire High School drop outs.. You WILL find your consistency will get better.
