[Vwdiesel] Propane

Roger Brown r.c.brown at ieee.org
Mon Nov 17 11:15:18 EST 2003


Nate Wall wrote:
>
> Is this truely more economical? Last time I filled a
> gas grill propane tank, it was $12.50. I think the
> tank could be only filled to 80% volume for safety.
> That equated to about 4 gallons of propane. So that
> would be about $3 per gallon for the propane. Has
> anyone done a true cost comparison?

If you buy the propane at a bulk fuel place, its usually priced competitively with gasoline.  Usually have to buy at least 10 gallons to get the bulk price.  I used to run my old Landcruiser on 100% LPG and I'd always get my BBQ tank filled when I filled
the truck, maybe $5-6 to fill it.

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    Roger



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