Refilling your LP

[vandave]

This may not be the best place to post my question but I'll try. This will be my first time going south in a class a. We will be staying for 2 months in the panhandle then going to the keys. Since my unit only uses LP for the hot water and of course the furnace runs on LP, how do you refill the 18 gal. LP tank without moving the rv? Of course, when we traveled in the TT, it was just a matter of switching tanks. Thanks and don't make fun of me.

[Clay_L]

"Stay A While" is another brand of external tank Tee. I got the version that has a connection and hose for a grill as well as the external tank. Didn't have to mess with the small bottles after that. I also used a 30 pound external tank which was light enough for me to handle and lasted longer than the 5 gallon 20 pound ones. It holds about 7 gallons as I recall.

[Gjac]

If you are staying in an RV park use their electric for everything,refer,WH, hot plates for cooking, MW or convection oven and use electric heaters to heat the RV. Your propane tank will last all winter. You can install a lightning rod or hot rod in you WH for about $100.

[doxiemom11]

We have the extend-a-stay on our motorhome and a 20# tank actually will fit up inside the bay by the big tank. We do as others do and just refill the small tank. It depends on where you are at if mobile service is available. In 5 years, we have not been anyplace that it was an option.

[theoldwizard1]

If you are going to us an "Extend-A-Stay" make sure to shut off your main tank. It is now you "backup". Run the auxiliary tank empty, switch to the main, take the auxiliary to be refilled.

[vandave]

Thanks for the quick responses!

[jorbill2or]

Extend a stay or mobile fill, or if your moving at least every few weeks fill up as you move. Buy fuel and fill the propane so you have a full tank before you park.
Most parks that have monthly stays have some provision to fill tanks on site. Ask when you book the site.

[LadyRVer]

We have a propane dealer who comes through our park once a week, Nov to April.
Motor home fill only. Sign up sheet available.

Ask at rv park office. Also, some folks here use the Extend A Stay.

[powderman426]

They also make a device called a hott rod if your water heater is a conventional gas model and not an aqua hot. Beside using gas, I find the noise to be offensive.

[Dutch_12078]

For longer stays, we have an "Extend-A-Stay" setup connected to our 27 gallon main tank that lets us run the coach on a portable 30 lb DOT cylinder we carry with us. When the 30 lb'er is empty, we just temporarily turn on main tank until we get the small one filled and reconnected. Amazon and other online sources have the same and/or similar units available.

[bobsallyh]

Don't know about the particular park you are in if they will allow pump trucks in to fill motorhomes. Most parks here in Yuma, AZ. do allow trucks in the park but the pumpers charge about $1.00 to $1.25 more per gallon. Most motorhome owners here get an extend-a-stay kit and a 30 lb. tank and just take it to the refill joint.

[Johno02]

Most places that sell LP gas can fill it for you, but you have to go to them, they cannot bring it to you. We use Tractor Supply here, but most campgrounds have a propane fill station. If not there is usually one close by, and the campground can usually tell you where. If you do not leave the water heater on all the time, you will actually use very little. Furnace takes more, but down here you probably will not use it a lot. We always carry at least one small electric heater in the class A, and it usually keeps us plenty warm overnight. BTW, I usually fill the tank at the start of the season, and have had to go get gas only one time. That was the one time we stayed in a COLD climate through November and December of a VERY cold winter.

[ScottG]

Are you staying in private parks? If so then some of them have an outside service that comes around and fills the tanks. If you make rsvp's you might ask about this service.