When I was delivering coal I had customers who stopped burning coal and asked me if I wanted it. The answer was always no.
We had one customer on William St. in Pittston. Old Italian guy who lived a little past St. John's on the right if you are heading up the hill. There was an alley behind the house, it's steep incline and the alley was well below the street. He would get one ton of pea, two buckets at a time. I'd have to walk up slight incline about 30 feet, up 5 steps, into the house, another two steps and them perhaps 50 feet to the bin. Pick them up and dump them in the bin.... He had a second kitchen in the basement with a coal stove, presumably using it for canning etc.
He was paying for it and always gave a me nice tip. This was back in the 90's so it wasn't much of a big deal physically. The biggest issue was the buckets banging on my legs. That gets a little rough after a few trips.