Where to Buy Coal in Middle Tennessee? List Sources Please!!

artie · Post by **artie** » Sun. Dec. 20, 2009 11:23 am

friends.. due to higher prices of propane and electric heat .i have once again turned to coal because it is a good steady heat and the price is low per ton. to get my coal I travel into kentucky a couple hours drive to sampsons coal yard in owensborro. needless to say I would like to know of a coal supply near middle tn. please post names and phone numbers of these yards on this thread . it will help all us coal burners out here in and around nashville.thanks artie

lowfog01 · Post by **lowfog01** » Sun. Dec. 20, 2009 12:33 pm

Check this thread:

Need Coal in Southern KY

I'm not sure where any of these places are but even a blind squirrel finds a nut every once and while; maybe you'll get lucky, Lisa

cybdav · Post by **cybdav** » Sun. Dec. 20, 2009 5:52 pm

Amish Traditions and fireplace shoppe
4981 Nashville Road, Franklin, KY
(270) 598-7299‎

I live in Springfield TN and currently buy coal here. I am new to burning coal but it is the closest I have found and it is good coal. $350.00 a ton. I don't know if that is good or bad price but it is saving me a lot of money over natural gas .

cybdav · Post by **cybdav** » Sun. Dec. 20, 2009 5:53 pm

And then I look closer at Lowfogs' link. Sorry to duplicate.

artie · Post by **artie** » Mon. Jan. 04, 2010 5:53 pm

cybdav wrote:Amish Traditions and fireplace shoppe
4981 Nashville Road, Franklin, KY
(270) 598-7299‎

I live in Springfield TN and currently buy coal here. I am new to burning coal but it is the closest I have found and it is good coal. $350.00 a ton. I don't know if that is good or bad price but it is saving me a lot of money over natural gas .

thanks so much cybdav I went there and picked up five bags of nut coal it is good hard coal from up north ,and it burns great.

artie · Post by **artie** » Mon. May. 26, 2014 11:36 am

Humm 4 years have flown past since I posted the question where to buy coal in middle tennessee ha ha wow how time flys by. So are there any new leads to this question? I was buying hard coal from amish traditionsin franklin ky but they are out of busines. So any leads would be appreciated thanks inadvance

wsherrick · Post by **wsherrick** » Mon. May. 26, 2014 7:26 pm

Order it from Lehman's. They will ship it right to your door. Since you live in Tennessee, you should look into getting the local coal there.
Click on link below.

http://non-electric.lehmans.com/hardware/Coal

KLook · Post by **KLook** » Mon. May. 26, 2014 8:15 pm

Not sure if there is any "local" coal for the consumer. There is probably some for the power plant people. I am interested in this link as I will be most assuredly moving to coal in the future. Most likely when I move further north out of the Chattanooga suburbs. No one I have met even knows the difference between anthracite and bituminous.

Kevin

wsherrick · Post by **wsherrick** » Mon. May. 26, 2014 8:20 pm

KLook wrote:Not sure if there is any "local" coal for the consumer. There is probably some for the power plant people. I am interested in this link as I will be most assuredly moving to coal in the future. Most likely when I move further north out of the Chattanooga suburbs. No one I have met even knows the difference between anthracite and bituminous.

Kevin

It's been 20 years since I left Tennessee. I guess a lot has changed since then. In the early 90's there were still 9 separate coal dealers in Knoxville. There were 2 or 3 in Chattanooga.
It was 45 dollars a ton then and I bought lots of it. There were still many, many homes with stoker furnaces as well. I guess they are all gone now.

KLook · Post by **KLook** » Mon. May. 26, 2014 8:40 pm

Wow, they must still be there. Maybe I am missing the boat by not looking for them.....

Kevin

wsherrick · Post by **wsherrick** » Mon. May. 26, 2014 9:49 pm

Bang, Zoom. All the listings for retail coal dealers in East Tennessee. Most of them are in Knoxville. 90 short miles away from you.

http://www.whitepages.com/business?key=Coal++coke ... ooga%2C+TN

KLook · Post by **KLook** » Mon. May. 26, 2014 10:00 pm

I am pretty good on this computer and google is your friend, sometimes. I have not found one dealer selling anthracite yet. I will check out the ones you have put up and see.

Kevin

wsherrick · Post by **wsherrick** » Mon. May. 26, 2014 10:45 pm

They all probably sell good quality Bituminous. The coal I burned in Knoxville was excellent. 14,000 BTU's, 1% Sulfur and 2 % ash. When in Rome ..... Obtain an appliance that burns it.

cybdav · Post by **cybdav** » Tue. May. 27, 2014 10:13 pm

Since Amish traditions left I go to Mumfordsville KY once a year from Springfield TN. About an hour and a half drive. $332.00 per ton. Dutch Built Specialties.

KLook · Post by **KLook** » Tue. May. 27, 2014 10:28 pm

Thanks for that. I am not interested in switching to soft coal after learning about hard coal. I have about 2 more hours on you but that is really not bad. I hope they stay in business until I move out further into the farms.

Kevin