WTB: 5lb propane tank

[papa bear]

does anybody have a 5lb or smaller propane tank they want to sell?? not looking for the disposable one. thank you

[Cephus]

Tractor Supply has them for around $70 .

[papa bear]

wow that's alittle high, I found some for $50 but was trying to find one used to save some cash. Thanks for the help though

[tommy20/69]

i never seen a 5lb tank we got them 20lb tanks that you just bring in the old one and exchange it for a new full one for $20.00 but to get into the program you have to have an exchange or it's 65.00 to get a tank without an exchange. so what i do is i find people who are getting ready to throw away their old 20lb tanks and i ask them for them and they are more than willing to let me take it off their hands and sometimes i come across them in the dump they are all out of date and can no longer be filled but they are a bottle and they can be used for an exchange so i take them in and i get a brand new 20lb bottle full for 20.00

[papa bear]

Originally Posted by tommy20/69

i never seen a 5lb tank we got them 20lb tanks that you just bring in the old one and exchange it for a new full one for $20.00 but to get into the program you have to have an exchange or it's 65.00 to get a tank without an exchange. so what i do is i find people who are getting ready to throw away their old 20lb tanks and i ask them for them and they are more than willing to let me take it off their hands and sometimes i come across them in the dump they are all out of date and can no longer be filled but they are a bottle and they can be used for an exchange so i take them in and i get a brand new 20lb bottle full for 20.00

The 5lb tank is small enough to be very portable and big enough to keep my Coleman Northstar fired up at high for a whole week during my camp trips. I already have a newer 20lb(found a old one and exchanged it) which powers another Northstar lantern on a dist. tree powering two different stoves and I also have an older 11lb to power a Mr. Heater and lantern inside the tent, now I just need a little 5lb tank, tired of changing bottles in middle of the night at the worst time.

[tommy20/69]

i too wish i had something a bit bigger than the 1lb but smaller than the 20lb tanks if anyone finds a link to a website that sells them please post it i'm interested . i'll really be interesed if i could get the refill adapter like you can get for the lb bottles and just refill it from the 20lb tank .i have been wanting to get one of them i guess it's a 25 gallon or what ever tank it's about 4' high and 12"in diameter they sell them at the local rv store i think the guy said something about 100lbs it looks like a regular size acetylene bottle .

[Cephus]

his is the cheapest I found and its a 20#
http://www.ruralking.com/20-lb-type-...-cylinder.html

And this is the cheapest 5#
http://domsoutdoor.com/product.asp?pn=1-026658

[papa bear]

That's just about the what I was able to find also. Thanks for all the help Cephus, I'm just gonna keep searching the web until I find one at a better deal.

Originally Posted by tommy20/69

i too wish i had something a bit bigger than the 1lb but smaller than the 20lb tanks if anyone finds a link to a website that sells them please post it i'm interested . i'll really be interesed if i could get the refill adapter like you can get for the lb bottles and just refill it from the 20lb tank .i have been wanting to get one of them i guess it's a 25 gallon or what ever tank it's about 4' high and 12"in diameter they sell them at the local rv store i think the guy said something about 100lbs it looks like a regular size acetylene bottle .

if you are lucky, Coleman used to make something like a 2lb mini propane tank, hard to find, but my buddy has one, no OPD valve so refill it yourself.

[tommy20/69]

you could check with fema andfind out what they gonna do with all them tanks they taking off them fema trailers they gotta scrap because of the famaldihied stuff. they are scrapping them like crazy . gice feam a call you might be able to pick up a few for nuthin just to get them off their hands.