ours are over 5 per gallon at the pump right now.........ouch!!!!

We are in south Texas and the price here hasn't changed, yet.  Just filled a 30# yesterday afternoon at the same price as a few weeks ago.  The cost is $2.78/g here.  I was a little worried after seeing all of the news about the price going up.  It seems that the price has only gone up in the northern states.

Mark

Where we are presently located, we use a leased 120 gallon tank set outside our RV.  We had it filled about a month and a half ago and the price was $3.05 per gallon.  Had a lot of cold temperatures the last month and we used it down to about 43%, so I had it filled again, partly because of the news of a shortage.  That time the price was $3.25 per gallon.  Hopefully, this will be the last we need here in Oklahoma City before we move out in July for Colorado.  According to the guy at Mountaindale, LPG was $1.80 per gallon in October.

Some of the states are "authorizing" dealers to allow their drivers to work more hours so that there is a better chance of getting everyone filled.  I guess the states have gotten to where even bobtail drivers have to keep logs and are limited to how many hours per day they can be driving.

Terry

I remember the producers saying that gas was going to be $5.00 per gallon; I guess they forgot to say which gas. Now the watchdogs know that more RV's are selling; it's time to raise the price on rv necessities and accessories!

We use propane to partially heat our house in the northeast. No natural gas up here unfortunately. With the -2 temperatures we have been going through more than normal which may be what's driving the prices up. As someone else said supply and demand.

I was looking at a few videos about wood stoves, and Kimberly wood stoves in particular. I found them to be an interesting alternative. Anyone here have any experience with a wood burning stove in an RV? 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ri6SY9zqiao

Thanks Gene. It's definitely something that we'll be looking into when we decide to make the move. I imagine that for boondocking in forested areas, it would be a great utility. 

Another alternative would be an EVoY Pro 2400 D, but that's an even pricier option. The upside is that per whatever measure of electricity you care to use the comparable cost, size, and weight of methanol is far superior to LPG, and there are absolutely no emissions and they run in silence.

One other issue of firewood, if you're trying to transport it, there are parks / states that do not want you bringing wood from another locations. Many of the state / county parks we've been to in the past couple of years have signs posted against using anything other than locally procured firewood, they don't want you bringing bugs / pests / disease from other areas.

California has agricultural checkpoints when entering the state, years past they always asked if we had any fruit or veggies that was homegrown or bought at a farmer's market. This past September when we entered California, they asked if we were bringing in any firewood, it's not allowed. We didn't have any but a TT a couple aisles over at the checkpoint was having to unload the firewood from their pickup truck.

Mark V wrote:

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Another alternative would be an EVoY Pro 2400 D, but that's an even pricier option. The upside is that per whatever measure of electricity you care to use the comparable cost, size, and weight of methanol is far superior to LPG, and there are absolutely no emissions and they run in silence.

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 ALL hydrocarbons have emissions and methanol is toxic to mammals.  Not something I would carry around in an RV.

Barb