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    #842
    punisher5112
    Registered Users Posts: 24,647 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    Anyone here any idea if it would be worth while going up north and filling 4x4 trooper with coal/logs suitable for a stove or would costs balance out with fuel used to get there and back.

    Going from Wicklow.

    Or any places doing good deals on nuggets or such that is suitable for stoves in or around Wicklow


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    #843
    itsallok
    Closed Accounts Posts: 62 ✭✭itsallok


    punisher5112 wrote: »
    Anyone here any idea if it would be worth while going up north and filling 4x4 trooper with coal/logs suitable for a stove or would costs balance out with fuel used to get there and back.

    Going from Wicklow.

    Or any places doing good deals on nuggets or such that is suitable for stoves in or around Wicklow

    To be honest, fuel cost + crappy exchange rate, Idon't see any value in that, and I'm only 10 mins away from the border....


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    #844
    punisher5112
    Registered Users Posts: 24,647 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    itsallok wrote: »
    To be honest, fuel cost + crappy exchange rate, Idon't see any value in that, and I'm only 10 mins away from the border....
    Thanks for the reply;)


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    #845
    emg74
    Registered Users Posts: 225 ✭✭emg74


    Bebo stunnah wrote: »
    Has anyone any suggestions for the Sligo area. Is there much of a difference across the border?

    Looking for anthracite and ecoglo mainly.

    We have bought "seconds" direct from Arigna Mines - We haven't been for about 18mths as we have been burning mostly turf and timber recently but then ( before Carbon taxes went on) it was €12 for a 40kg bag. The "seconds" is a mix of ecobrite and cosyglo.. I think its good stuff, some bags mostly ecobrite - You are taking a chance as it is a mix.

    You have to collect from Arigna but might be worth ringing them to see if they still do this


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    #846
    homingbird
    Registered Users Posts: 1,272 ✭✭✭homingbird


    emg74 wrote: »
    We have bought "seconds" direct from Arigna Mines - We haven't been for about 18mths as we have been burning mostly turf and timber recently but then ( before Carbon taxes went on) it was €12 for a 40kg bag. The "seconds" is a mix of ecobrite and cosyglo.. I think its good stuff, some bags mostly ecobrite - You are taking a chance as it is a mix.

    You have to collect from Arigna but might be worth ringing them to see if they still do this

    Surely it would be cheaper to buy it loose if you have a big enough trailer .


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    #847
    moodrater
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,638 ✭✭✭moodrater


    I called Arigna in september about the rejects and ithe price quoted was cheaper by the bag than by the ton and worked out more expensive than getting the real deal from coop.


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    #848
    vickers209
    Registered Users Posts: 1,462 ✭✭✭vickers209


    punisher5112 wrote: »
    Anyone here any idea if it would be worth while going up north and filling 4x4 trooper with coal/logs suitable for a stove or would costs balance out with fuel used to get there and back.

    Going from Wicklow.

    Or any places doing good deals on nuggets or such that is suitable for stoves in or around Wicklow

    Which side of wicklow you on?


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    #849
    punisher5112
    Registered Users Posts: 24,647 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    vickers209 wrote: »
    Which side of wicklow you on?

    near rathnew


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    #850
    vickers209
    Registered Users Posts: 1,462 ✭✭✭vickers209


    punisher5112 wrote: »
    near rathnew

    Il check the price for a pallet of nuggets collected in rathnew in the morning for you


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    #851
    vickers209
    Registered Users Posts: 1,462 ✭✭✭vickers209


    €600 for a pallet of 40 40kg bags of lignite union nuggets that's €15 per bag collected in rathnew


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    #852
    Cantona's Collars
    Registered Users Posts: 33,709 ✭✭✭✭Cantona's Collars


    €15 a bag for 40kg of smokeless stove nuggets in Enniscorthy.Ordinary coal is cheaper but not sure of the price,I think it was advertised at about €13 a bag.


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    #853
    Sam Kade
    Registered Users Posts: 12,313 ✭✭✭✭Sam Kade


    zerks wrote: »
    €15 a bag for 40kg of smokeless stove nuggets in Enniscorthy.Ordinary coal is cheaper but not sure of the price,I think it was advertised at about €13 a bag.
    That's cheap but when you say ordinary coal what do you mean house coal/polish coal? There's a big difference between the two.

    Dairygold co-op €399 for 25 40 kg bags of polish coal ending next week.


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    #854
    Aenaes
    Registered Users Posts: 1,677 ✭✭✭Aenaes


    Grate Fuels just outside Arklow are €15 for 40kg of Bord na Mona nuggets. That's per bag so no need to buy a full pallet or anything.


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    #855
    finnharpsboy
    Registered Users Posts: 8,975 ✭✭✭finnharpsboy


    Aenaes wrote: »
    Grate Fuels just outside Arklow are €15 for 40kg of Bord na Mona nuggets. That's per bag so no need to buy a full pallet or anything.

    €15 is the going rate for 40 kg bags of bord na mona nuggets


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    #856
    Aenaes
    Registered Users Posts: 1,677 ✭✭✭Aenaes


    finnharpsboy wrote: »
    €15 is the going rate for 40 kg bags of bord na mona nuggets

    Not in Arklow. It's €16 or €17 in the town.

    Apparently not in Rathnew either if you have to buy 40 bags to get it at €15.


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    #857
    Cantona's Collars
    Registered Users Posts: 33,709 ✭✭✭✭Cantona's Collars


    Sam Kade wrote: »
    That's cheap but when you say ordinary coal what do you mean house coal/polish coal? There's a big difference between the two.

    Dairygold co-op €399 for 25 40 kg bags of polish coal ending next week.

    Didn't pay much attention to the other coal apart from the stuff I wanted as I was tight on time.
    They sell tonne bags of logs also.


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    #858
    Sam Kade
    Registered Users Posts: 12,313 ✭✭✭✭Sam Kade


    zerks wrote: »
    Didn't pay much attention to the other coal apart from the stuff I wanted as I was tight on time.
    They sell tonne bags of logs also.
    I love the way they say they have tonne bags of firewood :) The bag will hold a tonne of sand but not a tonne of firewood.


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    #859
    Cantona's Collars
    Registered Users Posts: 33,709 ✭✭✭✭Cantona's Collars


    Sam Kade wrote: »
    I love the way they say they have tonne bags of firewood :) The bag will hold a tonne of sand but not a tonne of firewood.

    That was my way to describe them :),the logs are in tonne bags.


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    #860
    Quazzie
    Registered Users Posts: 28,812 ✭✭✭✭Quazzie


    zerks wrote: »
    That was my way to describe them :),the logs are in tonne bags.

    A tonne of what though ;)


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    #861
    punisher5112
    Registered Users Posts: 24,647 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    Quazzie wrote: »
    A tonne of what though ;)

    mostly air ? Do we win a prize ?


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    #862
    Quazzie
    Registered Users Posts: 28,812 ✭✭✭✭Quazzie


    punisher5112 wrote: »
    mostly air ? Do we win a prize ?

    I've just clipped my toe-nails.

    Please send a SAE to:
    Quazzie
    Hairy,
    Nepal


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    #863
    SmallBalls
    Registered Users Posts: 533 ✭✭✭SmallBalls


    Whats the best price I can hope for for briquettes?
    €7.98 for 2 bales in the local Tesco.


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    #864
    vicwatson
    Registered Users Posts: 28,403 ✭✭✭✭vicwatson


    SmallBalls wrote: »
    Whats the best price I can hope for for briquettes?
    €7.98 for 2 bales in the local Tesco.

    I've bought them in 25 bale bundles and they were €4.00 per bale, I've seen them in Tesco AND Aldi @ €4.00 per bale.

    Looks like €4.00 is the bottom price around the place (unless you live in Dublin where it seems a couple of suppliers are doing them a bit cheaper)


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    #865
    Speak Now
    Registered Users Posts: 8,505 ✭✭✭Speak Now


    Morris's DIY in Waterford have 3 bales for 11 Euro.


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    #866
    2smiggy
    Registered Users Posts: 19,935 ✭✭✭✭2smiggy


    the carbon taxes have really pushed up the price of coal. sickening when you think china burns as much as we do in a year, in only a few hours. no carbon taxes there.


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    #867
    gordongekko
    Registered Users Posts: 5,301 ✭✭✭gordongekko


    2smiggy wrote: »
    the carbon taxes have really pushed up the price of coal. sickening when you think china burns as much as we do in a year, in only a few hours. no carbon taxes there.

    They have a lot of smog and 700000 die yearly as a result. http://www.industrytap.com/airpocalypse-killing-700000-chinese-a-year-and-millions-more-worldwide/1581


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    #868
    finnharpsboy
    Registered Users Posts: 8,975 ✭✭✭finnharpsboy


    vicwatson wrote: »
    I've bought them in 25 bale bundles and they were €4.00 per bale, I've seen them in Tesco AND Aldi @ €4.00 per bale.

    Looks like €4.00 is the bottom price around the place (unless you live in Dublin where it seems a couple of suppliers are doing them a bit cheaper)

    The cheapest I've seen in Dublin is €3.55 per bale in grange builders providers on the north side and ABS Building supplies, €3.75 per bale if you buy 4 or more, on the south side.
    But as vic said €4 seems to be the going rate


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    #869
    finnharpsboy
    Registered Users Posts: 8,975 ✭✭✭finnharpsboy


    Briquettes 3 for €10 in ABS until Christmas


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    #870
    MugMugs
    Registered Users Posts: 17,875 ✭✭✭✭MugMugs


    Any other daycent offers on Briquettes anybody ?

    Sometimes the wood just doesn't cut it for me.


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    #871
    punisher5112
    Registered Users Posts: 24,647 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    MugMugs wrote: »
    Any other daycent offers on Briquettes anybody ?

    Sometimes the wood just doesn't cut it for me.

    4 briquettes for €15 topline arklow and few other deals.


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