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Seems like a good deal on coal....

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    #932
    frankz
    Registered Users Posts: 248 ✭✭frankz


    jashar99 wrote: »
    Agree with recent posts, their ovoids are great having ordered a pallet of them last year. I ordered a ton of ovoids from kosyking today £280 and delivery to Ireland £19.95. Hope they work out as good as coal warehouse

    Was there a reason you went with kosyking rather than coal warehouse?
    At today's rates looks a little more expensive, approx a €10 more paying in sterling (plus bank fee) or around €20 more using the euro price on their site


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    #933
    mikeecho
    Registered Users Posts: 5,114 ✭✭✭mikeecho


    Hi mikeecho
    sterling prices as follows:



    Black Diamond £175 per tonne



    Polish, Doubles & Amber £150 per tonne



    Slack £110



    Singles £140



    All smokeless coals £230 per tonne


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    #934
    mikeecho
    Registered Users Posts: 5,114 ✭✭✭mikeecho


    gonna order my coal today.
    1pallet of black diamond
    1/2 pallet of black diamond, and 1/2 pallet of ovids.

    gonna ask them to charge my card with sterling.


    (first pallet is for me, the second pallet is for family)


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    #935
    Mandzhalas
    Registered Users Posts: 451 ✭✭Mandzhalas


    Ordered myself ovoid from kosyking. 300 pounds delivered


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    #936
    Bif
    Registered Users Posts: 760 ✭✭✭Bif


    RoboKlopp wrote: »
    Their ovoids are great if it's the same stuff they were selling last year

    Can anyone tell me how these ovoid's compare with Phurnacite ovoid's which I have been using for the last 2 years and found very good? Thanks.


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    #937
    jashar99
    Registered Users Posts: 68 ✭✭jashar99


    frankz wrote: »
    Was there a reason you went with kosyking rather than coal warehouse?
    At today's rates looks a little more expensive, approx a €10 more paying in sterling (plus bank fee) or around €20 more using the euro price on their site

    No specific reason, wanted to try their ovoids for comparison .£300 including delivery, given today's conversion rate is very good. I received pallet today, 50 X 20kg bags.


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    #938
    my3cents
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,764 ✭✭✭my3cents


    jashar99 wrote: »
    No specific reason, wanted to try their ovoids for comparison .£300 including delivery, given today's conversion rate is very good. I received pallet today, 50 X 20kg bags.

    Good price I paid a good bit more than that from coal warehouse a month or so back.


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    #939
    funnyname
    Registered Users Posts: 1,757 ✭✭✭funnyname


    What size was the delivery truck, I'm in a tight enough spot at the end of a windy hilly boreen.

    jashar99 wrote: »
    No specific reason, wanted to try their ovoids for comparison .£300 including delivery, given today's conversion rate is very good. I received pallet today, 50 X 20kg bags.


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    #940
    my3cents
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,764 ✭✭✭my3cents


    funnyname wrote: »
    What size was the delivery truck, I'm in a tight enough spot at the end of a windy hilly boreen.

    As I said when I posted about the order I made, you don't know what size of vehicle the delivery will come on.

    The delivery is made with the nation pallet delivery service so there is no control over what vehicle comes out to you. In most cases it will be a driver that knows the area. We had to pick up our coal with my trailer from a nearby layby as the driver couldn't get a long truck down our road.


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    #941
    jashar99
    Registered Users Posts: 68 ✭✭jashar99


    funnyname wrote: »
    What size was the delivery truck, I'm in a tight enough spot at the end of a windy hilly boreen.

    It's an artic really, not easy to get in and out but thankfully got pallet intact to final spot, a windy hilly boreen would be funðŸ˜. Well wrapped up of it had to stay outside for a while, better than coal warehouse


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    #942
    jashar99
    Registered Users Posts: 68 ✭✭jashar99


    my3cents wrote: »
    Good price I paid a good bit more than that from coal warehouse a month or so back.

    E354 total, I think that would be much the same as coal warehouse


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    #943
    my3cents
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,764 ✭✭✭my3cents


    jashar99 wrote: »
    E354 total, I think that would be much the same as coal warehouse

    Got mine before the extra €20 discount so paid €360 in total.


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    #944
    taytobreath
    Registered Users Posts: 2,791 ✭✭✭taytobreath


    340 per tonne of ovoids inc delivery....coal warehouse

    350 per tonne of ovoids inc delivery....Kosy King


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    #945
    taytobreath
    Registered Users Posts: 2,791 ✭✭✭taytobreath


    jashar99 wrote: »
    Agree with recent posts, their ovoids are great having ordered a pallet of them last year. I ordered a ton of ovoids from kosyking today £280 and delivery to Ireland £19.95. Hope they work out as good as coal warehouse

    Hi Jashar, did u have a look at the coal yet, is it the same stuff as coal island, i would be interested to hear a comparison in terms of how well it burns etc etc


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    #946
    dermot10
    Registered Users Posts: 38 ✭dermot10


    Hi.. thinking of ordering a pallet of black diamond. Has anyone used the black diamond coal?? Is it any good?? Thanks


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    #947
    lenscap
    Registered Users Posts: 142 ✭✭lenscap


    I have ordered the ovids twice from Kosyking and found their coal excellent. I am burning them in a backboiler stove. They delivered on the day that I asked and the delivery driver of ridget lorry was very helpfull. Also I found the 20kg bags easier to move and store. I would highly recommend them but then that's just my opinion.


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    #948
    vicwatson
    Registered Users Posts: 28,403 ✭✭✭✭vicwatson


    dermot10 wrote: »
    Hi.. thinking of ordering a pallet of black diamond. Has anyone used the black diamond coal?? Is it any good?? Thanks

    I did last winter, got 15 x 40kg Black and 10 x 40kg Polish, not touching the Polish this year, gonna get all Black Diamond, far better stuff


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    #949
    mikeecho
    Registered Users Posts: 5,114 ✭✭✭mikeecho


    vicwatson wrote: »
    I did last winter, got 15 x 40kg Black and 10 x 40kg Polish, not touching the Polish this year, gonna get all Black Diamond, far better stuff
    better how ?

    i've yet to order


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    #950
    vicwatson
    Registered Users Posts: 28,403 ✭✭✭✭vicwatson


    mikeecho wrote: »
    better how ?

    i've yet to order

    For a start the BD was bigger lumps, the Pol was very small coal and A LOT OF DUST in the bag, LOTS OF DUST, TOO MUCH DUST (did I mention there was a lot of dust in the bags of Polish coal?), the BD burned a lot better for longer, the POL gave a great heat but flame disappeared quicker


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    #951
    mikeecho
    Registered Users Posts: 5,114 ✭✭✭mikeecho


    vicwatson wrote: »
    For a start the BD was bigger lumps, the Pol was very small coal and A LOT OF DUST in the bag, LOTS OF DUST, TOO MUCH DUST (did I mention there was a lot of dust in the bags of Polish coal?), the BD burned a lot better for longer, the POL gave a great heat but flame disappeared quicker

    How was the BD the following morn, was there a lot of cinders left, or did it burn completely ?


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    #952
    vicwatson
    Registered Users Posts: 28,403 ✭✭✭✭vicwatson


    mikeecho wrote: »
    How was the BD the following morn, was there a lot of cinders left, or did it burn completely ?

    Some cinders but I leave them in as a starter the next day, give them a rake


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    #953
    manofthefora
    Registered Users Posts: 154 ✭✭manofthefora


    Question about delivery method:
    If I order a tonne of coal it will come in bags on a pallet.
    I want to understand how the pallet gets into my garden.
    Is it a mini forklift - motorised with rubber wheels that can travel over level grass? OR
    Is it one of those manual thingies with small metal wheels that require solid flat surface?
    I can see from the KosyKing website that they use the manual thingy.
    Has anyone had a delivery using a proper fortlift?
    MOTF


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    #954
    Bebo stunnah
    Registered Users Posts: 621 ✭✭✭Bebo stunnah


    The "manual thingy" is called a pallet truck. All of my orders came by this. My driveway is made of rough tarmac so they only went a couple of metres in before dropping the pallet. But It would depend on what truck you had deliver to you as some are equiped with forklifts etc.


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    #955
    Shefwedfan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,958 ✭✭✭✭Shefwedfan


    Bebo stunnah wrote: »
    The "manual thingy" is called a pallet truck. All of my orders came by this. My driveway is made of rough tarmac so they only went a couple of metres in before dropping the pallet. But It would depend on what truck you had deliver to you as some are equiped with forklifts etc.

    I was wondering if you ordered 2-3 pallets of coal could you request a forklift?

    I have huge shed but it is across the garden with no pathway to it. I would take one big order to do for winter would they let you get fork lift while weather is good and they could drive over lawn?


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    #956
    2forjoy
    Registered Users Posts: 455 ✭✭2forjoy


    Shefwedfan wrote: »
    I was wondering if you ordered 2-3 pallets of coal could you request a forklift?

    I have huge shed but it is across the garden with no pathway to it. I would take one big order to do for winter would they let you get fork lift while weather is good and they could drive over lawn?

    trucks in the south dont carry engine driven forklift .

    you best to go for 20kg bags ,

    Most logistics are based on delivery from supplier to forefront of your premises . they don't have to forklift it into your shed .


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    #957
    Shefwedfan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,958 ✭✭✭✭Shefwedfan


    After a lot of looking around I found the following: http://www.hss.ie/g/70230/rough-terrain-pallet-truck.html

    This might be an option for people. It puts up the overall cost of the coal but is option if looking to transport over rough terrain

    Hope mods dont mind the HSS link, it was only place I could see that supplies them


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    #958
    taytobreath
    Registered Users Posts: 2,791 ✭✭✭taytobreath


    Shefwedfan wrote: »
    After a lot of looking around I found the following: http://www.hss.ie/g/70230/rough-terrain-pallet-truck.html

    This might be an option for people. It puts up the overall cost of the coal but is option if looking to transport over rough terrain

    Hope mods dont mind the HSS link, it was only place I could see that supplies them

    95 squids for the day:eek:, would u not be better off tryin to get a youngfella or someone that would do it for ya for a pint


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    #959
    Cape Clear
    Registered Users Posts: 2,638 ✭✭✭Cape Clear


    taytobreath wrote: »
    95 squids for the day:eek:, would u not be better off tryin to get a youngfella or someone that would do it for ya for a pint

    Better still do it yourself and earn the brownie points and drink said pints.


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    #960
    Shefwedfan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,958 ✭✭✭✭Shefwedfan


    Cape Clear wrote: »
    Better still do it yourself and earn the brownie points and drink said pints.

    If your moving 3 pallet fulls you will need a lot of pints after it :P


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    #961
    Cape Clear
    Registered Users Posts: 2,638 ✭✭✭Cape Clear


    Shefwedfan wrote: »
    If your moving 3 pallet fulls you will need a lot of pints after it :P

    My thinking too.


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