Empty Fuel Tank? Automatic Delivery!

Of the 1,001 things on your mind any given day, we’re guessing that checking the gauge on your heating oil tank doesn’t crack the top 100 (don’t worry, we don’t take that personally).

The problem with making fuel gauge watching a low priority is that it can come back to bite you: besides having no heat in the middle of a Massachusetts winter, running out of fuel can lead to other problems for your heating system. If you are a propane customer, for example, you will have to pay for a pressure test of your system (you need one any time your propane service is interrupted) plus emergency delivery charges. If you use heating oil, you’ll have those same emergency filling charges – plus, you may run into problems down the road as the system-clogging sludge from the bottom of your tank gets drawn into your fuel lines.

The takeaway here? Running out of fuel is something you definitely want to avoid. The good news is that you can make run-outs much less likely when you sign up for automatic delivery from Pioneer Oil and Propane.

The Automatic Fuel Delivery Low-Down

• Automatic delivery works by using a series of highly accurate, computer modeled estimates of how much fuel you will use (based on your usage in the past) and how much fuel you will need (based on a “degree day” formula”, which estimates how much heating fuel a home your size would use given current weather conditions). When your tank reaches about one-quarter full, we will schedule your delivery.
• As an Automatic Delivery customer, you will receive priority service during periods of high fuel demand; as a Will Call customer, you may have to wait for your heating oil or propane delivery.
• With automatic fuel delivery, you will never pay for heating oil or propane that you don’t use, and you will never pay a fee for delivery. There is no fee charged for automatic delivery because it benefits us, too: if we know when you need heating oil, we can schedule our delivery routes more efficiently, which means we can serve more customers and avoid having to divert crews to deal with emergency run-outs.

Let Pioneer take the hassle out of managing your home heating oil or propane supply with automatic delivery for your Central Massachusetts home. Contact us today to learn more, or to make the switch from Will Call.