HOME HEATING OIL PRICE

[vineyardblues]

This should get a few people heated up

Any one "lock into" a price yet? Any pro/cons ? I called it was 225.00 per gal
OUCH............................... $618.75 per tank
Yes I am grumpy over this!

VB

[BigFish]

I just got my hands on 330 gallons for free from 2 tank removals I did last week....charged them to remove it and I get to burn it at my new house! Yup! About $700.00 worth of oil for a doughnut!

[BigFish]

Funny...I just had another customer call wanting me to remove 2 tanks and they are both 5/8 full...another 330 gallons of oil for me to sit on until I need it! That should last me a good chunk of the winter!

[Mugz]

I'm a new home owner and waiting to start a contract with an oil company........any advice? I have 1/2 tank that should get me through the summer.

[vineyardblues]

Larry, Correct me if I am wrong but are them old tanks also full of sluge ?
I remember when I got a new tank the old one had many many gals of looked like mud on the bottom?

[MikeTLive]

what do you do with the empty tanks?
I'm still looking for a mostly dry tank that I can convert to a honking large hog cooker

[Raven]

quote: This should get a few people heated up

thats for sure...the price of heating oil is now mental...

for everyone... remember that energy audits of your home are still free to identify (in the cold part of the year) where your house is loosing all of its
heat utilizing infared scanners.
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and for $14.00 dollars per sheet @ home depot you can buy a 4' x 8' sheet of foil backed styreen (sp) insulation board one inch thick, which can be easily cut to fit into any cold window (or doorway) that leaks heat (your oil) like no tomorrow. They are extremely light as a feather and if used mostly at night or when the temps dip into 20's they can make an amazing difference retaining your heat especially on the North side of the house.

[BigFish]

In the bottom of the old tanks there is about 5-10 gallons of sludge that I clean out after I pump all the usable oil. Old tanks go to scrap yard after I cut them open and clean the sludge out!

[The Dad Fisherman]

Originally Posted by MikeTLive

I'm still looking for a mostly dry tank that I can convert to a honking large hog cooker

also see if you can get your hands on an old Propane Tank.....they make a pissah smoker too

[UserRemoved1]

Peter there is a WIDE disparity with what these guys are charging for prices. My dad just locked 2 weeks ago up in Cape Ned#^&#^&#^&#^& for 1.98/gal and I got quoted 2.69/gal here I said eff youuuuuu

Went to CK Smith and they gave me 2.45, I said BS let me speak to the mgr, got a call from the pres of the company and he gave me 2.20/gal on the spot...sometimes it pays to complain......

I called alot of places this year, and I'm sure lots of others are too....it's so freekin expensive it's gonna hurt lotsa people this year. I feel bad for the people that will have a hard time affording it and are already trying to make ends meet. This chit gotta stop soon....

[BigFish]

You could not have locked that price in Scott...nobody up my way is locking prices right now for less than $2.45....they are almost guaranteed to be charging $3.00 a gallon and more over the winter! Guy I talked to today that delivers said he is paying $2.00 a gallon as of this morning...I don't know how these guys make any money?

[UserRemoved1]

Already sent the contract back Larry. Done deal.

Oil futures 3 weeks ago were $1.65 a gallon....

[Slingah]

im burning lots of wood this winter....and wearing sweaters

[BigFish]

Your lucky Scott....I recommend folks try to lock in a price around $2.50 or less asap! It ain't gonna get any cheaper as it gets colder! Slingah....you know a guy that gets free oil sometimes....be nice to him and he might hook you up!

[capesams]

mason's are pissed off down here because they can't get old oil tanks anymore to use as mortor pin's....we had a full tank oil[day old oil] on this one job that we were going to have tranfered to my mother's house...tank removel guy said it was against the law for him to do that and could lose his lisc....bet it went to his house.

I had a brand new never used diamond plated oil tank I picked up and had it sitting on the shop porch...planning to set it up for heat....fire chief driving buy going to inspect another job site out spotted it...next thing I get a letter in the mail stating I'm in big %$%$%$%$'s ...had to have it removed and the whole area tested for contamation buy one of the lisc..tank remover's....300.00 for 15 min's of work.....he stood there,,looked at the deck then slid it into the back of his pick-up.....said your clear, nothing here...corse not you bonehead it's a new dry tank.....cause for grumpage for sure.........I'm out a new tank and big buck's for nothing.