Where do you get your Bituminous coal and a going price?

We picked up a load before the season kicked off from SMJ Inc.(606-743-7111) in Wrigley, Kentucky after getting some intel from "hman." Could not be happier with it, $95 a ton, we picked up nice big chunky stuff that burns great in the Hotblast. Really nice folks on top of the great coal! Now I just need to find someone that can pick me up a dump truck load instead of the 2 ton I can get myself.

Javier wrote:We picked up a load before the season kicked off from SMJ Inc.(606-743-7111) in Wrigley, Kentucky after getting some intel from "hman." Could not be happier with it, $95 a ton, we picked up nice big chunky stuff that burns great in the Hotblast. Really nice folks on top of the great coal! Now I just need to find someone that can pick me up a dump truck load instead of the 2 ton I can get myself.

Does this stuff smoke/stink ?
Could I burn it in my Hitzer ?

I like to try a dump truck full ? aynone deliver to Pgh ?

bramhi welston ohio

egg sized to softball sized $85/ton

stoker and lump $100/ton

7-4 mon-fri 7-12 on sat

740 384 6212

I found another place in eastern Kentucky to get good bit coal,Onyx Coal Sales in Prestonsburg,Kentucky.Phone #1-606-886-0611.
Their coal in washed,with no rock or slate.The size of their coal is 2" diameter up to football size for $100.a ton.Hours are M-F 7-5 &Sat 7-12.I'm going down in the next week or two to pickup about 4 ton.I will let you know what it's like.

Looking to stock up, although probably late in the season to "start" looking. I have an outdoor multi-fuel boiler that like Bit coal. Problem is that I am in Mid Michigan and it's hard to find any around here let alone any quantity. Anybody have any suggestions or an economical way to obtain some?

Thanks in advance!
-Jeff

Went Sat. morning got my 1st load of coal.I picked up my coal from Big Sandy Stone & Pipe,Louisa,Kentucky.Phone #1-606-686-3000.Hours are from 8-5 Mon.-Fri. 8-2on Sat.Their price on coal is 110.00 a ton.+ tax. Don't know how long it will stay at that price so many of the mines are being shut down.
I hand picked my coal and got 2,760lb.
SM&J were I have been going is up too 125.00 a ton.They are not open on Saturday's yet.Will be 1st of Nov.

$240 a ton is best price up in Michigan I have found. I don't have the means to haul enough to justify going to Kentucky. May call on a couple of guys about delivery of a truck load, but that's going to be pricey for sure.

Oxford Reclamation in New Lexington Ohio $75 a ton for lump you can hand pick it or they will load for you. I bought 720lbs a couple weeks ago I have burned a little of it and like it better than bramhi's coal.

carlherrnstein wrote:Oxford Reclamation in New Lexington Ohio $75 a ton for lump you can hand pick it or they will load for you. I bought 720lbs a couple weeks ago I have burned a little of it and like it better than bramhi's coal.

I've used this coal also. Burned it all last year, cant beat the price. Burns pretty good in our out door wood/coal boiler.

Talked to the folks at Oxford....... Nice people.....

Now just need to find a hauler that will bring a truck from New Lexington to Mid Michigan. One quote I got was more than the price of the coal by a few hundred $$$'s. Driving 5 hours one way to grab a couple ton at a time doesn't seem practical to me at all.

If you have a 3/4 or 1ton pickup truck,rent a dump trailer in your area and get about 4-5ton.

Easier said than done. I have been looking for weeks, can't find anybody local or even a reasonable distance that rents dump trailers.

Dumpster rental agencies rent them, however they do not authorize their transport by anyone other than them.

Went on Thursday Oct.25th to Oxford Reclamation in New Lexington,Ohio and picked up 3600lb of lump coal.Tried some in the DS Machine and she likes it as well as Kentucky bit.It doesn't fuse together, no clinkers,not any noticeable more smoke or soot at high burn than the Kentucky coal,and not alot of ash and the ash is very fine,and last a good 12hrs.
My father in law burns it.So I'm going to get another ton for myself to mix it with the Kentucky coal.
We got big chunks and when you split them down,the coal is very shiny on the inside.Very good coal for the price.Nice people to deal with.Phone #1-740-343-0195.Hours M-F 6am-4pm. Some times open on Sat.call first.

jstange wrote:Easier said than done. I have been looking for weeks, can't find anybody local or even a reasonable distance that rents dump trailers.

Dumpster rental agencies rent them, however they do not authorize their transport by anyone other than them.

Is their any equipment rental dealers? Such as Sunbelt Rental,or United Rentals.I work for a rental co.and we got a 7'x12' dump trailer.

As I said some where else in this forum, 35 years ago I replaced a big old coal burner with oil so Ladies would not have to tend the fire while I was away at work. Just a month ago I got a combination oil/coal burner put in. A NEWMAC furnace.
So I picked up a ton of Bituminous coal the other day, 12/14/12 at only 80 dollars a ton. I live in the south western part of Pennsylvania. 48 miles south of Pittsburgh. I got the coal from in Fayette City. Gillespie Coal yard. It was washed coal, about 3/4 to 2 inch. size. Burns great. I can not see buying Anthracite coal at around 256 dollars a ton and is 23 miles away to get. A month ago I paid 255 dollars for 100 gal. of heating oil. The Bituminous I got was only about a 12 minute drive for me to pick up. Hey its not that bad a smoker. Just add the coal the right way and youll be happy. No stink either.