Heating oil price wild variation

k-2 · Post by **k-2** » Wed. Oct. 19, 2022 3:17 pm

Just ticked up t $5.75 here today.Makes no sense cuz Diesel fuel which is the same product is $5.22 with 80c of additional road taxes added. Heating oil should be $4.40.

hank2 · Post by **hank2** » Fri. Oct. 21, 2022 1:32 am

LouNY wrote: ↑
Wed. Oct. 19, 2022 11:00 am
If you think #2 heating oil is bad (which it is) start pricing and trying to find kerosene #1 oil it is ridiculous and scarce on top of that, over $6. I buy and keep it on hand to blend with my #2 for winter blend diesel and have some for the shop heater as even the salamander heater won't light off on #2 when it gets real cold.

Yeah, I don't know if anyone around here even has any real No. 1 heating oil anymore. Used to be widely used on outdoor tanks or blended. I can still get the K1 water clear variety of that at just a couple of sources. Still a fair number of kero heater users. I always dump about 15 gal. into my outside No. 2 oil tank along with some other anti gel stuff and biocide at heating season fill ups. Last time I glanced at a K1 pump a couple weeks ago it was $5.99 a gal. That's untaxed. Unbelievable. It's got to be higher now.

I extensively used a kero heater for about 20 years when I lived in an old stone mill building 70's to late 90's. The little Bairmatic stoker had its work cut out for it. Mostly a little reflective 8.5k BTU model that you could back to wall. Price stayed close to $.99/gal for years. I still have a crusty 23k BTU Kerosun that I rarely use it the garage or in the house to help the coal stove a bit during power outages in very cold weather.

warminmn · Post by **warminmn** » Fri. Oct. 21, 2022 9:21 am

My Amish coal dealer buys Kero and a form of white gas by the 55 gallon drum and sells a lot of it. Its possible if you have Amish near you that they also sell it.

Jkohanski · Post by **Jkohanski** » Fri. Oct. 21, 2022 4:43 pm

Was just quoted 5.50 per/gal for #2 oil, cash price min delivery 200 gallons.

k-2 · Post by **k-2** » Fri. Oct. 21, 2022 5:39 pm

Went up $1 a gallon in a few days here i suppose because Crude went up 12c a gallon this week . Heating oil prices makes no sense

lincolnmania · Post by **lincolnmania** » Fri. Oct. 21, 2022 6:40 pm

wonder if i can sell my used motor oil this year rather than give it away lol
the shop i used to work at heats with used motor oil, he's got a huge tank in the basement.

hank2 · Post by **hank2** » Thu. Oct. 27, 2022 2:18 am

lincolnmania wrote: ↑
Fri. Oct. 21, 2022 6:40 pm
wonder if i can sell my used motor oil this year rather than give it away lol
the shop i used to work at heats with used motor oil, he's got a huge tank in the basement.

I just turned in 45 gal. of drain oil to the county annual recycling event. Should have kept it and opened a stand at my driveway.

Just bought 10 gal. of kerosene a couple of days ago. $6.199/gal. I can't remember what the off-road diesel pump price was. Maybe $4.79?

I noticed that the commodities price on heating oil really took off in the past couple days. Called an order in today. My place now operates under two different names. Same oil, trucks and employees. Insisted on the advertised cheaper name price. It will be $5.22 /gal for No.2 ULSD. The other tradename was $5.51. The guy told me that they had an immediate $.30 /gal price increase at noon on Wed. from their supplier. Most are probably at $5.79/gal. or more now. Paid $4.50 last July and had been at $2.40 for a few years. Who knows where all this is gonna go.

coalnewbie · Post by **coalnewbie** » Fri. Oct. 28, 2022 4:15 pm

Soaring up today about $6 depending on quantity. I hear some people use it for heating ... strange. I am going to hug my pile b4 dark. I am looking into a business of packaging it in 8oz bottles as a massage oil

freetown fred · Post by **freetown fred** » Fri. Oct. 28, 2022 6:47 pm

Bring me two Simon--I think you're due for a lil journey & Freetown's not to shabby for a lil town & like you, I got PLENTY of room in this old farmhouse!!!

coalnewbie · Post by **coalnewbie** » Fri. Oct. 28, 2022 8:03 pm

and it's Halloween what is more. Do you get the broom out this weekend? Fly IFR as Monday is cloudy

waytomany?s · Post by **waytomany?s** » Fri. Oct. 28, 2022 8:05 pm

freetown fred wrote: ↑
Fri. Oct. 28, 2022 6:47 pm
Bring me two Simon--I think you're due for a lil journey & Freetown's not to shabby for a lil town & like you, I got PLENTY of room in this old farmhouse!!!

Check his pockets before he leaves. He's getting all that coal from somewhere.

BunkerdCaddis · Post by **BunkerdCaddis** » Fri. Oct. 28, 2022 9:17 pm

coalnewbie wrote: ↑
Fri. Oct. 28, 2022 4:15 pm
I am going to hug my pile b4 dark.

And speak softly and tenderly to the coal stove, boiler, or furnace that converts it into nice...

Post by **Lightning** » Sat. Oct. 29, 2022 9:05 am

My neighbor just got a fuel oil delivery yesterday. $5.79 per gallon. The equivalent cost of coal would be $1100 per ton, roughly.

Post by **Rob R.** » Sat. Oct. 29, 2022 9:13 am

Lightning wrote: ↑
Sat. Oct. 29, 2022 9:05 am
My neighbor just got a fuel oil delivery yesterday. $5.79 per gallon.

As bad as that is, most people seem content to just pay it rather than do something else. I have only had one friend seriously consider some form of alternate heating.

BunkerdCaddis · Post by **BunkerdCaddis** » Sat. Oct. 29, 2022 10:01 am

Lightning wrote: ↑
Sat. Oct. 29, 2022 9:05 am
My neighbor just got a fuel oil delivery yesterday. $5.79 per gallon. The equivalent cost of coal would be $1100 per ton, roughly.

Makes that $300 to$400/ton coal seem like a pretty good deal

and then I think, oh wait, I banked most of mine up last summer at $275/ ton, what a steal...