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John · 11-28-2009, 03:34 PM

I know it has been a few months since I bought the stuff but was kind of shocked at the Abilene, Texas KOA when I paid that much today. What's the going rate in your areas?

majfrizz · 11-28-2009, 03:47 PM

here locally it is $1 per lb....going up just like everything but my wages

CorsairIIAT · 11-28-2009, 03:53 PM

I filled one of my #30 bottles last month for 22 and change.

Hitchhiker · 11-28-2009, 04:03 PM

The last I bought was a 20# bottle for my gas grill; cost $18.65 a couple months ago.

Rick Long · 11-28-2009, 06:34 PM

Here in Vegas as of 11-28-09, it's going for $3.50 a gallon (that's $0.83 per pound)

larry koenn · 11-28-2009, 07:54 PM

Man, are you guys getting ripped off. I work for a small propane company in northern Calif. and we are delivering propane to customers for about $1.75 a gallon right now. We sell it in any size container you bring in to our shop for less than $2 a gallon.

I guess your paying the price of "high labor" to fill your small containers, our boss doesn't feel that way.

Our local RV park was selling propane for $2.80 a gallon last month when I filled their 250 gallon tank for $1.60 a gallon. Seems like a nice profit to me.

Maybe it's selling it by the pound that is costing so much?

Gary RVRoamer · 11-28-2009, 09:12 PM

$1.75 a gallon (about 4 lbs) at my local hardware store here in north central Florida, but I have paid as much as $3.75 at various places, some not too far from here. Propane itself isn't real expensive, but the service for pumping it, liability insurance, etc, can add a lot to the retail price at some outlets.

Those exchange a tank services can be really expensive too

MutinyGuy · 11-28-2009, 09:20 PM

$1.98 a gallon on Whidbey Island at the local Shell gas station.

CorsairIIAT · 11-28-2009, 09:24 PM

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Originally Posted by RV Roamer [Gary]

$1.75 a gallon (about 4 lbs) at my local hardware store here in north central Florida, but I have paid as much as $3.75 at various places, some not too far from here. Propane itself isn't real expensive, but the service for pumping it, liability insurance, etc, can add a lot to the retail price at some outlets.

Those exchange a tank services can be really expensive too

I normally fill mine 200 miles away when at the stick house. 1.85 a gallon. Last month both tanks were empty and was a week and a half until trip to stick house. Had to pay what they charge here in the Mojave Desert 3.15 a gallon. Now am taking lowest tank back when ever going to the house.

CorsairIIAT · 11-28-2009, 09:27 PM

MutinyGuy what is the price on base up there. The 3.15 is the base price here at China Lake.

MutinyGuy · 11-28-2009, 11:04 PM

Don't know what the price is at the NAS in Oak Harbor, we live on the South end of the Island...

RedneckExpress · 11-29-2009, 12:01 AM

Dang, you got screwed.... It wasn't that long ago I filled my 100lb bottle for $55.

Vette Racer · 11-29-2009, 01:09 AM

Well, I don't know what it cost per whatever but I got my 30 lb bottle filled here for 18 dollars, in fact only one because the other wasn't empty and it only cost 28 for both since the other wasn't empty. They only charge by the lbs used for filling. Sounds like some things in Okie country is right nice.

paz · 11-29-2009, 06:48 AM

The typical price right now for LP at Flying J is $2.89 per gallon (some locations are charging less, some more). At 4.2 pounds a gallon, that equates to $.69 a pound. That's before the $.05 a gallon discount for the RV Club card.

At the price above of $.69 a pound, it would cost $16.56 to fill a 30# bottle to 80% (24 lb).

I found campgrounds usually charge more for LP because they don't have the volume of the larger outlets. I usually look for a Flying J or a residential LP supplier that has a drive-up tank out in the yard.