Come on man does it really take alot of time to squirt a little dawn dishwashing detergent inside add watter swish around and dump out?
I am not trying to be an ass, but it takes a half hour at most and you kids will for sure have a father. Remember the smell you smell is not propane, it is an additive. Propane is heavier than air and settles to the bottom of a tank. Maybee it is all gone, maybee you will be dead,,,,, I would wash the tank out and cut away.
Years ago went I was lot younger and dumber than I am now I was cutting a 55 gallon drum for a burning barrell. It didnt blow out until the lid was 3/4 cut I got smacked with the lid but the tank its self lucky for me went away from me. I lost alot of hair and got some first degree burns on my arm and neck nothing too severe. That was my experience with a smell test. You can understand my distrust of it.