[dieselguy]

Since it's been excessively dry this summer, the ground has shrunk away from my neighbors house and broken his propane line running from his tank. He replaced the entire length of black pipe as well as the flex lines at both ends of the run. He left the trench open as to be able to bubble check his connections when the propane truck fill his tank back up ... NOT! Even though the propane company had been filling his bottle for the last 16 years with black pipe supplying the house ... since the driver saw the open trench with black pipe, he says he cannot fill the tank as the black pipe is now illegal. My neighbor has to install some high dollar plastic hose, special fittings, and of course the county inspection fee before he can get his tank filled. I know some will respond it's for his safety ... he's obviously been safe for 16 years ... when I grew up, our house simply had a buried run of copper line from the tank to the house and I'm still above ground to talk about it!