Hi I am looking for breakers and places that I can buy either bulk or pilot skids of coal in Schuylkill/Berks county area.
I am looking for Stove, Nut and pea coal.
Any one out there?
Location of places to buy coal and breakers in Schuylkill county.
- 11ultra103
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I know you can get skids of bagged coal from mountain view supply and kuzans hardware. Kuzans sells reading and they have stove and nut for sure. I think they carry pea. Mountain view has Blaschak and they have pea nut and rice, no stove. Closest breaker I know is Blaschak up in mahanoy city or lehigh anthracite over in tamaqua
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Well I live near Pine Grove,Pa. and since the Ravine breaker shut down, i have been burning wood and getting my coal from a dealer. Now that I have a more efficient coal stove ( Legacy TLC 2000) I was thinking about getting my own coal either from the breaker (bulk) or bagged on skids. Anybody know where I can get coal at a reasonable price closer to the Pine Grove Pa. area?
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Thank you, good to know as I am in the hamburg area. Also I have heard of Kens coal across from Leibys south of tamaqua. Im looking for a place I can buy coal before next winter or have it delivered. Buying by the bag is too expensive for me
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Looks like it's DiRenzo Coal for me. They only sell bulk, but I guess I can shovel. Stove is $180 a ton and nut and pea is $170 a ton as of 3/3/2020. Only about a 20 mile drive for me.
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Well it looks like DiRenzo is for me. My brother and I went to DiRenzo's yesterday. Man are they helpful there.
We spoke to the guy in the office, and he asked us were we were getting our coal at. We told him we haven't got any for quite some time. In fact we told him that the last time we got coal was at the Franklin breaker in Ravine.
He said that was quite some time ago. My brother and I both laughed and we told him we were burning wood in our old Estate coal heatrola's. We told him that the Estates finally gave up the ghost and that we updated our heating with a Harmon mark 3 and a Legacy TLC 2000. We are both getting older and were getting tired of staying up all night feeding wood to the old Estates. The only thing that we miss is the convection heat vs the radiant heat we now have. But the Harmon's are much more efficient than the Estates were, as they had no door seals and were leaky due to age.
Back to DiRenzo's, After he got done talking to us he knew we weren't newbies. These guy's were very helpful with getting the coal. We decided to use those totes that they use for liquid I think they call them ICB's or something like that. I just cut he top's off with a saws-all and cut a gate opening opposite of the existing valve, which I left open just in case the coal was really wet, which it wasn't.
So if you decide to give DiRenzo's a try, I would suggest you give them a call and let them know you are coming and tell them what type of coal you want and how much. We did that, and they were expecting us and knew we were coming.
We spoke to the guy in the office, and he asked us were we were getting our coal at. We told him we haven't got any for quite some time. In fact we told him that the last time we got coal was at the Franklin breaker in Ravine.
He said that was quite some time ago. My brother and I both laughed and we told him we were burning wood in our old Estate coal heatrola's. We told him that the Estates finally gave up the ghost and that we updated our heating with a Harmon mark 3 and a Legacy TLC 2000. We are both getting older and were getting tired of staying up all night feeding wood to the old Estates. The only thing that we miss is the convection heat vs the radiant heat we now have. But the Harmon's are much more efficient than the Estates were, as they had no door seals and were leaky due to age.
Back to DiRenzo's, After he got done talking to us he knew we weren't newbies. These guy's were very helpful with getting the coal. We decided to use those totes that they use for liquid I think they call them ICB's or something like that. I just cut he top's off with a saws-all and cut a gate opening opposite of the existing valve, which I left open just in case the coal was really wet, which it wasn't.
So if you decide to give DiRenzo's a try, I would suggest you give them a call and let them know you are coming and tell them what type of coal you want and how much. We did that, and they were expecting us and knew we were coming.