OT - Fuel Oil prices

W_B · Mar 8, 2013

Got a refill on the home heating oil yesterday. About went into shock when I saw the print out when we got home... $4.116/gallon! Total load with EPA charges and sales tax was $1,833. Luckily we are on the monthly payment plan. Went and switched the heat pump back on since temps here are going into the 40's, low 50's by the weekend.

What are you all paying in your area for heating and/or off road diesel?

Kow Farmer · Mar 8, 2013

I just got gouged yesterday for #2 fuel oil in the house. I paid #3.67 a gallon. Hard to swallow that 4 times a winter. Ouch!
Kow Farmer

Mike (WA) · Mar 8, 2013

Funny you should bring it up- Daughter called last night, with many questions about heat pumps. They just re-filled their heating oil tank, to the tune of a grand. Doesn't take many of those to get your attention.

State of Jefferson · Mar 8, 2013

I have an old fuel oil furnace in my house. It would gladly burn 5 gallons a day if I let it.
Sure makes a few days in the hills gathering firewood more appealing.

Ben

EJ70 · Mar 8, 2013

I paid about the same. We got a small house and use one tank per year. Hot water baseboard.

Deere Mark · Mar 8, 2013

On 2-11-2013 got 200 gallons heating oil for $3.59 per gallon.
Lancaster County PA

on 9-24-2012 oil was $3.45 per gallon.

Anonymous-0 · Mar 8, 2013

I've only burned about 30 gallons of oil this year, I have an old dualmatic furnace which burns oil, wood and coal. Now I have burned about 5 cord of wood and a 1-1/2 ton of coal. Coal runs about $190/ton, a cord of wood around $160. I figure there ain't much difference to buy versus harvesting the down trees by the time I cut and split, but I still do it just to keep the belly down. I would usually burn through 250 gallons a month if I just burn oil. So i guess I'm ahead by about $4000 this year.

Bob Bancroft · Mar 8, 2013

$3.80/gal for farm diesel delivered here last week. 1000 gal. delivery.

Ray · Mar 8, 2013

Our fuel oil furnace was using a couple thousand dollars worth of oil each winter.We put geothermal in 4 years ago when diesel was 2.50.
We can heat our house for around three hundred dollars extra on the electric bill per winter now.The geo was 7000 bucks with the tax break.

The Red · Mar 8, 2013

About the same at the farmhouse in east central Indiana. When I replace the furnace, I will be converting to propane. Half the price of heating oil.

LAA · Mar 8, 2013

We haven't used any heat in years, we used to use wood heat when we lived in an old house with no insulation and had young children. When we built new in 94 we insulated heavily so even on the coldest days it is never below 50 degrees in the house at daylight and most days it warms up quick during the day.

JayinNY · Mar 8, 2013

Just saw yesterday off road was $3.80 a gallon. I'm glad I
heat entirely with wood! $1000 a month for oil would suck. I
figured out I spent $4000 on 36 to 40 log length cords of
wood since 2007, not counting fuel for saws and splitter,
ect.divide that xs 7 years and it cost me $571.00 to heat my
house from October to april. I'm happy with that!

JayinNY · Mar 8, 2013

A lot less btu's too, I think you end up using more gas for the same heat!

onefarmer · Mar 8, 2013

In-laws just got a load of fuel oil for 3.99gal. I can get off-road diesel for 3.68gal. If I'd know it I would have been bring the diesel to them 100gal at a time. Here I burn 95% wood and supplement with propane.

rrlund · Mar 8, 2013

Fuel man was here yesterday. 3.789 then a 1% discount for cash. Paid $4.03 for over the road diesel this morning.
Gonna need off road diesel before long,that's usually 5 cents cheaper than heating oil,then a couple of discounts for volume for taking 1000 gallons and a cash discount on top of that.

johnlobb · Mar 8, 2013

If my memory serves me correctly, I used to work for a LP/fuel oil dealer and fuel oil had 144,000 btu's per gallon and propane had around 92,000 btu's per gallon.

Super Steve · Mar 8, 2013

wow you guys are lucky paying that, its around $4.15ish a gallon here

JayinNY · Mar 8, 2013

If that's for offroad, or heating oil, how much is on road? Here it's $4.26

jm. · Mar 8, 2013

Off road farm fuel $3.16 and road tax paid $ 3.53 here today. Went on and toped off both tanks. We run thru about 1600 to 2,000 gal of road fuel a week.
Middle Tennessee

Super Steve · Mar 9, 2013

thats for heating oil, i havent got the offroad fuel tank filled since fall and i dont really watch what onroad is worth because i dont need it. if i remember, ill check when im out later

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