Oil Man P-O'd! Nyah-nyah...

I like reading these types of posts!

Hey...I'm all for saving money, and I burn almost no oil anymore either. But remember, those guys driving the trucks or even the guys selling the home heating oil aren't the bad guys within the oil industry. They are just working slobs like the rest of us trying to raise families and keep the lights on. I'm no fan of "Big-Oil" but these guys are not them.
But it does feel good....doesn't it?

I have to buy oil and usually buy at 150 gallon clips. Bought last spring for $3.19 a gallon and unfortunately running low now and it will cost $3.76 a gallon so my average isn't that bad and neither is the consumption. I too have 4 showers per day 1 load of dishes at least a load of laundry and the ocassional lazy day that I burn oil for heat.

Question is does it pay to be on a budget or gamble with the price?

I haven't bought oil in over two years thanks to two pellet stoves and an electric hot water heater. Daksy, eliminate the DHW with an electric H2O heater and the oil man will be even more unhappy.

Noticed you have a Big Green Egg, my son has one and loves it.

Tom C.

I'm using my oil burner for hot water only now as based on the costs of operation and the upfront cost of an electric water heater it doesn't pay me to switch just yet. This is our first house with oil and while I love the super hot water and speedy recovery, I try to be as conservative with it as I can.

This made me snarf soda.

I havn't bought oil. Ever. Geothermal HVAC for me and 80gal electric hot water heater.

I got 100 gallons for my oil hot water heater last June and I'm still using it. Probably next month I'll get another 100 gallons. The oil man used to drop by about every 5 -6 weeks in the winter to the tune of 220 -230 gallons before the pellet furnace went in.

BUT my oil man is also my pellet man, so he's not losing out entirely.

That description made me laugh! it would be easier for your oil man to carry 4 five gallon gas cans down to your house vs hauling the hose.

we haven't bought oil in 1 year and 1 month. still have 1/2 a tank, so 100 gallons maybe

Haven't bought oil in about 18 months, but they are coming tomorrow as we are almost out. We burn oil for DHW only.

So why not call and have them stop automatic delivery rather than sitting in the house and laughing at the poor bastard hauling the hose?

Second year without buying oil. Will still have some left over for next winter. Have an eighty gallon electric hot water heater. The only oil I use is for about 15 minutes every morning to take the chill off after leaving the pellet stove on a low setting all night.

but why not just monitor the tank yourself and call when it finally gets low?

or are you just mad that they won't refund you the $ that's on account?

Love it!!

ROFL. fair enough.

I think I would do the same thing to my oil company.

Side note: I see a lot of you guys have "hot water heaters". Why do you need to heat hot water? I have a 40 gal electric water heater in my house. Haha!
I got a lot of grief on another forum about using "hot water heater" so I thought I would pass some along.

When my tank gets down to about 1/4 I call about half dozen local heating fuel services and ask them all what their cash price is and then I go with the cheapest. The cash price is usually ~30 cents per gallon cheaper than their auto delivery rates and everyone has accepted my credit card as payment.

I still heat the second floor with oil and use oil for DHW. I was surprised at that sound of the oil delivery yesterday, even more surprised when I saw that he only delivered 60 gal. Love my Mt Vernon.

My oil guy (went to school with him) called me a few weeks back asking if he or his driver had done something to make me unhappy since I've not gotten any fuel in 18 months. I told my friend that I'm heating with pellets. He seemed fine with it and said call when you need fuel, can't blame you for saving money. I bought him a beer a few nights later and thought to myself.. damn you just gave $2 to the oil man..oh well a friend is a friend.

My oil man is a good guy also. Just a man with a job. He got a long face when he asked me when he could start delivery's at my new home. If that's not bad enough, last week I shut the boiler off completely, I have a tankless water heater. Now I just heat the water when I use it

I love when these threads pop up.
We have been oil free for our second winter!
What a great feeling.
I guess we are about $2500 ahead since we started burning wood.