No LPG!? (Scotland Central Belt)

[Heebson]

This is our third trip in our first van and we’d planned to do some wild camping, with lots of Plan B’s. Noticed we were nearly out of gas in the underslung tank - no worries, let’s go get our first go at filling up the gas….

Used the MyLPG app - but what’s this - seems everywhere I’m looking at is ‘Temporarily out of order’!? Nevermind, here’s a Morrison’s.

Nope, none. Next placed closed at 4pm. Another Morrison’s - nowt! Ok, we’re going East Coast - there’s a couple over there. Nope, pumps locked up.

So, had to give up and panic book into a CL.

There’s a rural oil supplier we’re gonna try tomorrow morning, but if this is the state of play, how long before it’s just untenable to go away, certainly off grid?

I’ve (hastily) scanned the interwebs, but not seen anything recent about a major problem. Autogas mention problems on their own site, but there’s not any ‘THERE’S NO LPG ANYWHERE’ articles.

What’s people’s thoughts?

Heeb.

 

[lorger]

We filled up today in St Boswell just outside Melrose.

 

[Zilevets]

There was some at Musselburgh last week and it was showing available yesterday don’t know if that helps you

Liz

 

[Zilevets]

The one at St Boswell is showing as closed tomorrow on their opening hours

Liz

 

[namwaldog]

We filled up at Morrisons, Hamilton about 3 weeks ago 72p/litre.

Tel. 01698 457722

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[Heebson]

We filled up today in St Boswell just outside Melrose.

The one at St Boswell is showing as closed tomorrow on their opening hours

Liz

That’s where I’m headed tomorrow! I’d read it was open 9-12 on Sat.

More worried if it’s a general problem. Don’t want to have to drive a hundred miles each time I need gas!

 

[lorger]

That’s where I’m headed tomorrow! I’d read it was open 9-12 on Sat.

More worried if it’s a general problem. Don’t want to have to drive a hundred miles each time I need gas!

Phone them first, in future just fill up anytime rather than leaving until near empty. We also have a working pump in Dumfries

 

[Neil n Pat]

Filled up at the Gleanor garage in Onich Thursday. Previously Shell garage at Abington services. atb

 

[Tigger-Tim]

I was reading that morrisons are planning to phase out lpg, and put electric car charging points in instead.

I think we should lobby the two big clubs to adapt their lpg tanks to be able to step into the gap.

 

[Heebson]

So, a bit shocked & frustrated.

The St Boswell’s depot in indeed closed over the weekend. I’ve called around everywhere else (un)reasonably near us and they are out.

Going by the article below, there is a major supply problem just now, but apart from the general ‘lack of drivers/demand’ statement from 2 months ago, no real reason for the cause and when it will be resolved.

As new owners, we had lots of trips planned, but now seriously worried about viability.

Heeb

Desperate Glasgow cabbie forced off the road amid fuel shortage fears for livelihood

LPG fuel has become unobtainable in Glasgow and beyond.

www.glasgowtimes.co.uk

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[15isto2]

Saw a post on Facebook that someone filled up in Morrisons Falkirk today

 

[Basildog]

So, a bit shocked & frustrated.

The St Boswell’s depot in indeed closed over the weekend. I’ve called around everywhere else (un)reasonably near us and they are out.

Going by the article below, there is a major supply problem just now, but apart from the general ‘lack of drivers/demand’ statement from 2 months ago, no real reason for the cause and when it will be resolved.

As new owners, we had lots of trips planned, but now seriously worried about viability.

Heeb

Desperate Glasgow cabbie forced off the road amid fuel shortage fears for livelihood

LPG fuel has become unobtainable in Glasgow and beyond.

www.glasgowtimes.co.uk

LPG isn’t actually going to disappear completely but at the moment there is definitely a distribution / supply problem.
We as a business have our own LPG pump on site and our suppliers have kept us with stock.
My suspicion is that the decision not to keep the Autogas LPG pumps supplied is not just distribution problems but also financial.
Exchangeable cylinders have been in short supply for 2 years or more and there is no sign of that improving, we saw these problems coming many weeks ago , the leisure market is unfortunately small and very seasonal so I can’t see Calor racing to improve things quickly.

 

[BillandHelen]

Filled up yesterday at Services at Bellfield interchange near Kilmarnock. Morrisons in Kilmarnock also had autogas. £1 per litre though!!

 

[Basildog]

Filled up yesterday at Services at Bellfield interchange near Kilmarnock. Morrisons in Kilmarnock also had autogas. £1 per litre though!!

We had to go to £1.15 last week that made us the grand profit of £0.08 yes 8 pence a litre

 

[Hettie's Crew]

Our local Morrisons (Anlaby near Hull) had the pump locked up a few weeks ago which got us worried but a couple days later Calor arrived and filled it up. 74p a litre.

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[Jim]

I think we should lobby the two big clubs to adapt their lpg tanks to be able to step into the gap

Neither of the big clubs has a big enough site to provide LPG

 

[Jim]

When I say big enough, I mean big enough for all the safety and warning signs they would erect

 

[Heebson]

Saw a post on Facebook that someone filled up in Morrisons Falkirk today

Thank you so much! Just got some there!!

1h20m drive the wrong way, but thought worth it. Off for a wander round the Kelpies now.

I’ll be taking every opportunity to top up in the future, but still a bit worrying overall!

 

[Ivory55]

I was reading that morrisons are planning to phase out lpg, and put electric car charging points in instead.

I think we should lobby the two big clubs to adapt their lpg tanks to be able to step into the gap.

May be put a buisness plan together showing space and installation needed. Set up up costs, maintenance, insurance, running costs and man hours required to operate it, any health and safety courses that the staff might need and how much money the club would earn out of it . Then they might take some notice of what you are saying.

 

[IRHP]

Filled up yesterday at Services at Bellfield interchange near Kilmarnock. Morrisons in Kilmarnock also had autogas. £1 per litre though!!

Morrisons in Kilmarnock is much cheaper if they have it. BP at the Belfield is removing it. Not sure when but it's part if a larger group called MFG and they are all to be removed by 2024

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[Suenliam]

Although we have yet to pick up our new pvc it does have underslung LPG tanks.

Phone them first, in future just fill up anytime rather than leaving until near empty. We also have a working pump in Dumfries

Could I ask where the pump is in Dumfries as I am getting a bit worried about lpg availability?
Thanks
Sue

 

[irnbru]

Off for a wander round the Kelpies now.

You can stay overnight for £5. Lovely at night.

 

[Heebson]

You can stay overnight for £5. Lovely at night.

They told us £7.50 today (Saturday rates?). Would’ve been a no-brainer, but we’d had to pay for min two nights at our emergency CL

 

[irnbru]

They told us £7.50 today (Saturday rates?). Would’ve been a no-brainer, but we’d had to pay for min two nights at our emergency CL

Thats a new on me. Prices must've gone up

 

[lorger]

Although we have yet to pick up our new pvc it does have underslung LPG tanks.

Could I ask where the pump is in Dumfries as I am getting a bit worried about lpg availability?
Thanks
Sue

Yes it’s at Newton services on the A76 about 1 mile past McDonald’s leaving town.

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[Neil S]

Yes it’s at Newton services on the A76 about 1 mile past McDonald’s leaving town.

Unfortunately the pump at Newton Gardens is not working again
It was fixed on the 1st of the month but as of today it’s out of order .
They’ve plenty in the tank though

 

[Stoosal]

Although we have yet to pick up our new pvc it does have underslung LPG tanks.

Could I ask where the pump is in Dumfries as I am getting a bit worried about lpg availability?
Thanks
Sue

Newton Gardens filling station on A76 on outskirts of Dumfries.

 

[Hayesdec]

This is our third trip in our first van and we’d planned to do some wild camping, with lots of Plan B’s. Noticed we were nearly out of gas in the underslung tank - no worries, let’s go get our first go at filling up the gas….

Used the MyLPG app - but what’s this - seems everywhere I’m looking at is ‘Temporarily out of order’!? Nevermind, here’s a Morrison’s.

Nope, none. Next placed closed at 4pm. Another Morrison’s - nowt! Ok, we’re going East Coast - there’s a couple over there. Nope, pumps locked up.

So, had to give up and panic book into a CL.

There’s a rural oil supplier we’re gonna try tomorrow morning, but if this is the state of play, how long before it’s just untenable to go away, certainly off grid?

I’ve (hastily) scanned the interwebs, but not seen anything recent about a major problem. Autogas mention problems on their own site, but there’s not any ‘THERE’S NO LPG ANYWHERE’ articles.

What’s people’s thoughts?

Heeb.

Hi
When I went to fill up at a lpg depot I was told there was a shortage of drivers not lpg. And the drivers priorities were to fill home heating and cooking first. Then garages.

 

[Ivory55]

Hi
When I went to fill up at a lpg depot I was told there was a shortage of drivers not lpg. And the drivers priorities were to fill home heating and cooking first. Then garages.

Mate of mine is a driver who is on the lpg on a winter contract, like a lot of oil drivers. If they was short of drivers surely they would of extended his winter contract ?

 

[jockaneezer]

I'm definitely not a fan of Calor, but I was given a half empty 19kg propane bottle to use in my workshop and it ran out last week. My son knows a guy who has a small static site and uses lots of their big 47 kg bottles and also supplies them to game bird rearing farms. I asked how much to exchange the 19kg bottle and he quoted me £33 (mate's rates ?) so I snapped his hand off as I know a local outlet wanted £44 for a 13kg butane bottle for a friend's Super Ser, he did say though that all the smaller size bottles are MUCH more expensive
As an aside, a local pheasant breeder asked him to supply 140 of the 47 kg bottles, he put his order in with Calor and they would only deliver 62 bottles, if there's a particularly hard cold snap, he's gonna have a lot of dead chicks on his hands ?
The pheasant guy also said he couldn't get any partridge chicks at all as they come from France and the bird flu restrictions were playing havoc with supplies.

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