Barry Wilchiw has hauled coal for decades — coal to heat greenhouses, barns and industrial shops. In winter, it can be mixed with straw and burned to melt frozen ground to build pipelines or dig graves.
Due to increasing prices and lack of customers, this might be his last year.
“It basically ends my era of coal. It’s a dying thing,” Wilchiw said.
He used to truck coal six days a week, but now it’s only six days a month.
“I cannot afford to run my truck with the plates and the insurance and the safety [inspections]. I don’t have enough customers to keep it going.”
While Wilchiw
