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Fairgrove Oil & Propane
The Thumb's transparency standout. Fairgrove publishes a dated price board on its homepage — propane and both heating-oil grades with their minimums — and its program page states the fees nobody else puts in writing: a $75 pressure-test-and-relight charge after a run-out, a $75 emergency/same-day fee that triggers automatically at 5% on the gauge, 500-gallon pre-buy minimums, five-day will-call windows. Founded 1928.
- Focus
- Local independent
- Phone
- (989) 693-6600from the company's own site — tap to call
- Based in
- Fairgrove (1788 S Main St, Tuscola County)
- Service area
- “We serve Bay, Huron, Lapeer, Saginaw and Tuscola counties” — with 41 named communities on their site, from Bay City and Saginaw to Caro, Pigeon, Sebewaing and Unionville
- Fuels
- Propane, Heating oil (#1 & #2), Racing fuels, Lubricants
- What they do
- Propane + heating oil delivery
- Pre-buy, price cap & 10-month budget
- Motorhome propane dispenser
- 24/7/365 emergency line: (800) 537-0215
- Card fees
- Pressure test + appliance relight after a run-out: $75 · emergency/same-day delivery: $75 (applies automatically at gauge 5% or lower) — per their site, Sep 2026
- Delivery minimum
- Propane: 200 gallons at the posted price ($1.99/gal, 9/23/2026) · #2 fuel oil: 150 gallons · pre-buy: 500-gallon minimum — per their site
- Will-call vs auto-fill
- Will-call delivers within 5 business days, order at 20% · price-cap program requires automatic delivery + net-30 credit · automatic delivery at no extra charge — per their site
- Tank rental vs owned
- Confirming — verification call pending
- First-fill / pre-buy deals
- Pre-buy (500-gal min) · price cap (auto-delivery + net-30, season ends Apr 30) · 10-month budget, first payment Aug 10 — per their site
- 24/7 emergency
- Yes — stated on their site
- Website
- http://www.fairgroveoil.com/
Comparing dealers? The five rows above are the questions to ask on the phone — card fees, minimums, will-call vs auto-fill, tank terms, deals. Get the answers in writing.
Before you sign with any dealer
- Ask the card-fee question directly — some dealers charge per payment, some don't, and it compounds over a winter of fills.
- Get the delivery minimum in gallons, in writing, and ask what happens when you need less.
- Tank rental vs customer-owned changes the math for years, not months — ask who owns the tank on your property and what the rental runs.
- Ask whether their price assumes automatic delivery — will-call sometimes prices differently.
Listing details gathered 2026-09-29 from the dealer's website and public listings. Site-published terms carry their source and date; phone-quoted terms publish as “as told to us,” date-stamped. Something wrong? Tell us.