first winter oil fill up ,

[Sparky-(Admin) 21,339]

1 hour ago, Ed Kennell said:

 

46% increase in one year.        27% drop in one month.      Still up 36% from one year ago.                          

 

  So your oil guy came out for a 24.5 gallon fill-up?  
  All your fill-ups seem small? Or do you just have a small tank? When my tank gets just below half we call and end up with a 130+ gallon fill-up. 

[lynnmor 7,308]

17 minutes ago, Sparky said:

  So your oil guy came out for a 24.5 gallon fill-up?  
  All your fill-ups seem small? Or do you just have a small tank? When my tank gets just below half we call and end up with a 130+ gallon fill-up. 

 

I burn a lot of wood and use a heat pump during mild temperatures, my last fill was 27 gallons in the house for a year.  I haven't used more than 50 gallons in the house in recent years.   Since i use oil in the shop and my other house, the supplier will come out and top them off if takes 150 gallon  minimum for the three.

[ebinmaine 67,657]

Around here the Industry Standard is 100 gallon minimum to get delivery without a surcharge. ... UNLESS you have Automatic Delivery. Then it's up to the company. 

 

 

[Ed Kennell 38,230]

26 minutes ago, Sparky said:

  So your oil guy came out for a 24.5 gallon fill-up?  
  All your fill-ups seem small? Or do you just have a small tank? When my tank gets just below half we call and end up with a 130+ gallon fill-up. 

I have a 250 gallon tank.    He is a local one man dealer that tops mine off when he's in the neighborhood.       I heat with wood when the outside temps are below 40F but the oil boiler is still heating my domestic hot water.

When oil price is below $2.50/gallon, don't use the wood stove.