NY Coal prices

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Post by fpappal » Wed. Sep. 21, 2022 2:36 pm

My local Ace Hardware store is selling a ton of bagged coal for $535. He usually orders three trucks but is only ordering one truck this year. He told me they would not even give him a delivery date. A smaller guy that sells just coal is $465 a ton of bagged nut coal. Last month he wanted $425.

I was all excited to get the stove fired up this season, now I am thinking I might be better off just using my propane. Crazy times.

 
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Post by Rob R. » Wed. Sep. 21, 2022 2:43 pm

What is your propane price?

 
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Post by fpappal » Wed. Sep. 21, 2022 4:27 pm

I have a 1000 gallon tank that I topped off this summer. $2.45 a gallon, cost me $668. I have a new house and can actually heat it for 2 years on the 800 gallons the tank holds. My coal stove is in my basement and it does a beautiful job keeping the basement warm. I installed the coal stove for emergency heat, but found I really like using it.


 
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Post by Rob R. » Wed. Sep. 21, 2022 5:15 pm

fpappal wrote:
Wed. Sep. 21, 2022 4:27 pm
I have a 1000 gallon tank that I topped off this summer. $2.45 a gallon, cost me $668. I have a new house and can actually heat it for 2 years on the 800 gallons the tank holds. My coal stove is in my basement and it does a beautiful job keeping the basement warm. I installed the coal stove for emergency heat, but found I really like using it.
Even at $465 per ton coal is a better deal, but not by nearly as wide of a margin as it has been in the past. It's up to you to decide if the extra work is worth it.

A good compromise may be to just heat the basement with coal and let propane do the rest.

 
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Post by hotblast1357 » Thu. Sep. 22, 2022 8:49 pm

Shop around, our local bag supplier up here in the North is 365/ton.

 
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Post by WNY » Mon. Sep. 26, 2022 7:45 pm

here in Western NY, my one dealer just quoted me $450/ton...


 
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Post by BlackBetty06 » Mon. Sep. 26, 2022 9:31 pm

What is the efficiency of your propane heating equipment?

 
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Post by BostonBob » Sun. Oct. 02, 2022 8:51 pm

Just got 3 ton of bagged rice $450/ton figure I may get through 2 years with what I have and just bought

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