Buying old basement rice coal

 
franco b
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Post by franco b » Sun. Feb. 11, 2018 7:09 pm

If it is free and you don't mind inhaling the dust of loading it into buckets and working for less than minimum wage, then it is a good deal.


 
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Post by hank2 » Mon. Feb. 12, 2018 12:35 am

Been there twice and wouldn't do it again. Even if was an easy access thing, which neither was by a long shot. First time was about 4 tons of great Jeddo rice. I only offered $50 for it as it cost me weeks and a back. Second time was numerous drums of Met nut ( about a ton) which I only offered $60 for. I once had a coal bin cleanout of my own. I was switching to an oil boiler in a previous house from a shot Keystoker. ( I know, but oil was 80 some cents a gallon). The plumber who did the install burned rice in his shop so they removed it all and paid me close to the going rate for a couple of tons. I think delivered coal was about $115 a ton at the time ( 2001).

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