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Kohler's Propane North
Bad Axe branch of Kohler's Propane, a Thumb name since 1949. Their pitch is a capped rate — “your rate can go down, but never go up” — with a pre-buy price-cap program that starts each June and, they state, no additional fees for the cap. Home and business heat, generators, agricultural drying. The number above is from their Google profile; their website publishes none.
- Focus
- Local independent
- Phone
- (989) 269-4674from the dealer's Google profile — tap to call
- Based in
- Bad Axe (957 S Van Dyke Rd); parent Kohler's Propane Co., Brown City
- Service area
- The Thumb — serving it since 1949, per their 75th-anniversary note
- Fuels
- Propane
- What they do
- Propane delivery (home, business, agricultural)
- Pre-buy price-cap program (opens June)
- Generator & grain-dryer service
- Card fees
- Confirming — verification call pending
- Delivery minimum
- Confirming — verification call pending
- Will-call vs auto-fill
- Confirming — verification call pending
- Tank rental vs owned
- Confirming — verification call pending
- First-fill / pre-buy deals
- Price-cap pre-buy — rate can go down, never up, “without any additional fees” claimed — per their site
- 24/7 emergency
- Confirming — verification call pending
- Website
- http://www.getkohlers.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.