Dave, you need to find a different propane vendor-My vendor often
times only puts .5 or less gallons in my tank & charges accordingly.

Last time I flled, it was about $2.60/gal +-.

That said, it is a large propane place, they installed a new
Manchester regulator, etc. while I waited, have no problem w/ Westy
tanks or valves, & don't do anything but propane related activities.

YMMV,

Mr. BZ-love the smell of propane in the morning?

On Mar 16, 2010, at 7:25 PM, Dave Mcneely wrote:

> When vendors here fill my tank, they charge for 3 gallons, their
> minimum delivery, even if I get much less.  DMc
>
> ---- Richard A Jones <jones@COLORADO.EDU> wrote:
>> When I was working out similar figures, I put them all
>> on a web page:
>> http://jones.colorado.edu/VW/PropaneFacts.html
>>
>> The stock Westy tank is 3 gal which means it holds 2.5 gal
>> of propane at the 80% fill level.  OK, 2.4, but when they
>> fill it, they usually CHARGE for 2.5....
>>
>> Richard