Suggestions on 100 gallons oil

Submitted by Bitter_Branch4364 t3_10kibpi in newjersey

Hi everyone! Times are tough and money is hard for many of us but we are going to make it through all of it No doubt about it. Ok so my question is for my peeps in NJ that have oil heat- I live outside of Trenton and about tapped out on my oil tank and questionable weathers coming. I can’t find anyone that will deliver under 150 gallons. Have any of you been in this situation post COVID and gotten 100 gallons? If so please let me know which company because I’m not finding any.
Thanks in advance and have a great day

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New_Stats t1_j5r2pu0 wrote

I can't help you with your current situation but when I had oil heat years ago, I bought two oil filled electric radiators and they saved me a ton of money. I rented an 800 square foot shack house, it only had three rooms and a bathroom, so if your place is bigger you might need more than two radiators

Edit, oh wait, I CAN help. You can put diesel in there. Get like ten gallons or so for hot water, get the radiators for heat. Leave your cabinets open so the heat can get to your pipes

https://www.concordmonitor.com/oil-diesel-heating-replacement-14655666#:~:text=Do%20not%20put%20ordinary%20gasoline,until%20a%20delivery%20is%20made.

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Bitter_Branch4364 OP t1_j5r5n6f wrote

Thank you for these ideas. I’m so scared to put diesel in there but I will go hard with the heaters. It’s a normal sized house that I own with lots of windows that I love in the spring and hate in the winter.

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New_Stats t1_j5r6k9m wrote

Have you put plastic on the windows? They sell kits for it and it helps a lot

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g_ppetto t1_j5s2rdr wrote

Our furnace stopped working one night a few years ago. Turns out we were out of oil. The guy from our heater / oil company had a can and poured it into our tank to hold us until a delivery could be made. His next stop was a gas station that had diesel to refill the can.

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Bitter_Branch4364 OP t1_j5r6vqw wrote

Yes! Installed new windows when i moved in but soon realizeed that wasn’t going to cut it. The plastic makes the biggest difference

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Thisismypasswprd t1_j5r84qi wrote

Actually... plastic wouldn't do anything for a properly installed and insulated window. Plastic helps when they're gaps for air to pass thru

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Bitter_Branch4364 OP t1_j5r8r8g wrote

I was trying to save and learned the hard way to not allow family to do home improvements for money. Hasn’t worked out yet

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kernelmustard t1_j5ri1tt wrote

I have found Stem Brothers in Frenchtown to be a fair price and reasonable to deal with. Maybe try them?

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TheBigGuyMikey t1_j5rr9s5 wrote

If they deliver in that area…Hackettstown Oil will sell you 100 gallons. You can order on their website and use code “OIL” to save $15.

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Bitter_Branch4364 OP t1_j5rrhdj wrote

I have never heard of them but I’m heading to their site. Thank you so so much for the info and the coupon ❤️

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stankeyt t1_j5rxi5b wrote

Royal Oil in Laurel Springs NJ.

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