Date:         Mon, 9 Dec 2002 22:32:33 -0600
Reply-To:     Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
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From:         Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Is propane more dense in cold weather?
Comments: To: j_rodgers@CHARTER.NET
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You can never put 4.2 gallons of anything in a 3 gallon tank
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I'm not real sure how much the Westy tank holds.
When I have mine filled I have the LP attendant that is filling it let
the bleeder valve spray for a few seconds.
I can't imagine that its blowing much off but I'm charged by the POUND
and not the Gallon.
Most LP service centers that filled my LP tanks on my Lift Trucks weighed
the tanks before and after the fill and charged me for the Pounds.
With the Westy tank weighing it is out of the question so I think most
people just get charged approximate fees for LP fuel.
As a fact I've been filled the last two times for free at country
agricultural LP distributors, they said minimum sale was 5 pounds. I just
made sure I bought enough gas or a couple of quarts of oil to make it
right in my mind by giving them a financial thank you.
Most liquids shrink and expand in relationship to the ambient
temperatures. The shrinkage on a few gallons isn't much but on 50,000
gallons of gasoline in underground tanks its measurable. Its also
compensated for in your fuel price.

Stan Wilder

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