New tanks come with a float valve, at least the ones I have bought that
were made by Manchester Tank did.

Mark

Neil2 wrote:
> So I've seen a thread or two on the modern 'float' or 'Auto-Stop' valves
> and it appears the new tanks sold by GW don't include them.  Regardless of
> whether the law is ambiguous or not safety is my main concern.  It seems
> the bleeder valve is redundant if one has an Auto-Stop/Float type fill
> valve.   Ferrellgas here won't pressure test my refurbed tank unless it has
> an AS/Float fill valve.
>
> What is the consensus here as to whether the the newer AS/Float Fill valves
> are really needed?
>
>