Saw people keep moving here and buying those big propane tanks without checking the fill stations first

I work at a gas station off Route 4 in Epsom and every week someone new rolls in with a 100 pound tank that doesn't fit our coupler. They drive an hour from some town like Nottingham or Northwood thinking any place fills them. I've got a neighbor who bought a house in Pittsfield last winter and he showed up with a tank that had a different valve type from 2012. We had to send him to a farm supply place in Chichester and he was pretty mad about the extra drive. My dad ran a fuel business for 20 years so I grew up hearing about this stuff. The tanks look the same but the connectors changed around 2015 so check the date stamp before you buy one used or from a yard sale. Has anyone else dealt with a tank that just won't hook up at the pump?

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noah88013d ago

Most people figure this out after one trip, it's not that big a deal.

jordanl8213d ago

My cousin drove to Chicago for the first time last year and missed three exits because he was too stubborn to look at his phone. He ended up in a dead zone with no service for 20 minutes. Not everyone picks up navigation skills that fast, especially if they grew up in a small town with one main road. It's not about being dumb, it's about not having the same practice as city drivers.