Tank Sizing Chart
Big Sky Propane offers tanks in a wide variety of sizes to fit your lifestyle. No matter what your propane gas needs, we have the right size tank to fit your requirements.
Whether your propane needs are residential or commercial, we have the propane tank service expertise to handle them. That’s because we lead the industry with our prompt delivery service and highly trained technical staff.
People rely on propane for cooking, drying clothes, and heating their homes. Propane can also heat your water both in the home and in your pool. In addition, our propane tank services also keep barbecues and fireplaces burning, and we keep your backup generators ready to go at a moment’s notice; something that lets you sleep better. Compared to many fuels, propane burns cleanly, lowering your carbon footprint significantly over oil burning appliances.
We recommend these propane tank sizes for different tasks:
500 gallon above ground tank. This tank is typically used by a multi-propane use household or commercial heating, cooking, and temp-heat.
500 gallon underground tank. This tank is set in an underground hole with the dimensions of 4′ 1/2” deep, 4’ wide, and 12’ long. It needs to have sand all around the tank so it doesn’t get damaged when back-filling. This tank is typically used for by multi-use household or commercial heating and cooking. When set in the ground all you see of the tank is a 1’x 2’ green hood sticking out of the ground 5-6”.
1000 gallon above ground tank. This tank is typically used for a multi-propane use household or commercial heating, cooking, temp-heat.
1000 gallon underground tank. This tank is set in an underground hole with the dimensions of 4′ 1/2” deep, 4’1/2” wide, 19’ long. It needs to have sand all around the tank so it doesn’t get damaged when backfilling. This tank is typically used for a multi-propane use household or commercial heating and cooking. When set in the ground all you see of the tank is a 1’x 2’ green hood sticking out of the ground 5-6”.
Questions?
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