Kerosene Cost VS Diesel Fuel & Oil Baffles My Mind!
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Learning Kerosene Cost after rebuilding an old Perfection heater for fun Removing a Perfection 525 Wick
I've discovered something truly puzzling to me and I'm hoping somebody out their has the answers for this ridiculousness
I went to buy a simple gallon of heating kerosene from a store (mind you... this is a gallon complete with metal can packaging, pretty printing on the can at FULL retail!)
attached is my receipt... $2.16 total need I say more someone care to enlighten me please? can I burn this stuff in my boiler (I don't see why not)?
I've discovered something truly puzzling to me and I'm hoping somebody out their has the answers for this ridiculousness
I went to buy a simple gallon of heating kerosene from a store (mind you... this is a gallon complete with metal can packaging, pretty printing on the can at FULL retail!)
attached is my receipt... $2.16 total need I say more someone care to enlighten me please? can I burn this stuff in my boiler (I don't see why not)?
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really? Maybe we should all run down and buy em out now if that's the case??? holy crap! I knew something wasn't right about that price I was gonna blame Obamafranco b wrote:Kerosene is over $4 per gallon for K1. I can't explain the Lowes price.
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As usual I am living in the wrong state:
http://www.lowes.com/pd_156586-78-GKE83_0__?Ntt=1 ... 967&rpp=32
http://www.lowes.com/pd_156586-78-GKE83_0__?Ntt=1 ... 967&rpp=32
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I don't know the difference but that is labeled fuel treatment.
this is the one I looked at. http://www.lowes.com/pd_206608-34228-CR.KE.M.41_0 ... facetInfo=
this is the one I looked at. http://www.lowes.com/pd_206608-34228-CR.KE.M.41_0 ... facetInfo=
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that's IT!...that's the stuff I got $2.00 per gallon!!! works great too... im baking on my engine enamel as we speak they had 10 gallon jugs too (I should have checked the price of those, ill check tomorrow).coalnewbie wrote:As usual I am living in the wrong state:
http://www.lowes.com/pd_156586-78-GKE83_0__?Ntt=1 ... 967&rpp=32
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Wow you scored bigtime!! Should've bought 8 cases of the stuff. $10.78 out here with our outhouses & dirt roads.
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yep, I know they had crapload left in Pembroke I'm going to check those huge container prices... I have enough money left to at least cheap heat for the garage all winter