If you are in a multi-family dwelling in NYC propane tanks are illegal, period. No exceptions. Single unit homes can have small tanks (20lbs or under). I know a curbside vendor using gas needs to complete a training course in order to connecting the hoses, but that may not apply for use in a single family home. It's a whole lot easier & safer to use charcoal with a chimney starter! --benedita

The rules in our subdivision require that a tank over a certain size (maybe 20 gallons) be buried. Our is over 300 gallons and it is buried. It was no big deal. Excavated the hole when digging the foundation. Poured a concrete pad and inserted bolts. Propane company dropped tank (with sacrificial anodes) into place and chained it down. Hole was backfilled with sand when the house was backfilled. The line runs underground (with safety tape over it so it doesn't get dug up) and there is a very small metal box where the line comes out of the ground and it connect to the back of the house. It's no big deal, a small shrub would completely hide it. The propane company owns the tank (so they say, I never signed anything) and they don't charge for it, but I am only supposed to use them for fills (it's only been filled once in two years). Our utilities are underground and our phone and power meters are on the side of the garage, not highly visible. The transformer is in the woods. The meters and boxes on the house are not bad looking at all. A small metal box for phone and cable, a meter mounted on another metal box with the shutoff for the electrical. They are barely noticeable, but we carely planned where they would go.

ummm...those tanks belong to Suburban Propane unless you purchased them from Suburban. They are 120's, the one you show the data stamp on was built in 1969, and is several years out of date on it's E inspection. I would value the tanks at $150-200 each if the bottoms and all are good. 60% = roughly 72 gallons in a 120 (percentage x 1.2) and you should be able to get current market price for the gas as it does not go bad. So, if propane is $3/gallon shoot for $400-425/per tank w/gas. Again, the tanks need to be re-inspected visually by a qualified agency (propane dealer) and the bottoms need to be checked for pits, by a qualified agency. They are DOT tanks, and several things like rust, pits, dents, gouges, etc. can make them worthless.

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