Thatherton Fuels

“Selling the heat … with warmth.” A N D  A L S O “When you want propane done right.”

1-800-MY-FRIENDTHE M.F. STANDS FOR MY FRIEND
★★★ ARLEN'S NUMBER ONE PROPANE COMPANY* ★★★ WE WILL BEAT ANY WRITTEN QUOTE BY ONE FULL CENT ★★★ STILL HERE, STILL ACROSS THE STREET, STILL WINNING ★★★ ASK ABOUT THE ADVANTAGE CLUB ★★★ *BY SOME MEASURES ★★★

Howdy. I'm M.F.
Let's Talk About Your Propane.

I built this company in 1989 with one truck and a hat. Thirty-seven years later I have nine trucks and the same hat, and I still pick up the phone when it rings. That is not a slogan. That is just a small company being a small company.

Bring me a written quote.
I will beat it by a full cent.
Not match it. Beat it. Every time, no meeting, no committee, no fella in Dallas deciding what I'm allowed to say to you.

What I'll Do For You

  • I answer my own phone. If I'm in the building it's me. If I'm not, Darlene will find me, and Darlene always finds me.
  • I make the price in the room. There is nobody above me. I can say yes to you today, at your kitchen table, with a pen.
  • My trucks get washed. A man coming to your house ought to look like he wanted to be there. Mine do.
  • 89% pure or better. That is the specification and we hit it.§
  • Real tanks. Every vessel in our fleet is built to spec by Tamaribuchi Heavy Manufacturing Concern. Say what you want about the Japanese, they weld.
  • You get a hat. New residential agreements only. One size. It's a good hat.

My official portrait was commissioned in 2019 and hangs in the front room. It is also viewable online, which Dwayne set up and which I have looked at more than once.

How Much Are You Overpaying?

Put in what the other outfit took off you last year. I'll show you the real number, both years, because I would rather you heard year two from a friend.

What Folks Say

Eleven years with the same company. One phone call to M.F. and he was out that afternoon with a bigger tank than I asked for. Bigger than I needed too, but that's M.F. — Dale W., Arlen · customer since 2004
He shook my hand, called me his friend, and held it about four seconds longer than a handshake goes. I signed. — R. Pomeroy, Heimlich County
There are two propane companies in this county and I will not be saying which one I use. — Anonymous, submitted at the 2022 cookout

Get A Price From Me Personally

Guest Book

Enrique · posted 08/14
Good site. The hat is real big.
a concerned neighbor · posted 07/02
This company is a menace and the whole county knows it. I sell propane and propane accessories for a LIVING and I will not stand by while
DWAYNE (WEBMASTER) · posted 07/02
Entry above was truncated by the form. Character limit is 180. I have told M.F. about this. Leaving it up.
M.F. THATHERTON · posted 07/03
Leave it up. That's a customer waiting to happen.
Frank Pacheco · posted 07/03 · verified account
Milton, per our conversation, the guest book is not an approved channel. Please route to pacheco@thathertonfuels.com. Also the disclosures on this page are still incomplete.
M.F. THATHERTON · posted 07/03
Frank, this is my website.
Frank Pacheco · posted 07/04 · verified account
It is our website. See the footer.

One cent under applies to the first delivery under a new agreement. After that, pricing follows the Thatherton Market Adjustment, which is set monthly by M.F. Thatherton, in his office, alone.

Prices agreed at a kitchen table are prices for the delivery discussed at that kitchen table.

§ "89% or better" states the low end of the specification range and does not describe any individual delivery. Customers preferring the high end may request Thatherton Select at a premium.

* "Arlen's Number One Propane Company" reflects Thatherton Fuels' ranking by number of formal recognitions received from the Texas State Propane Association, in which it is first in Heimlich County by a margin of five.

CORPORATE DISCLOSURES. Thatherton Fuels is a wholly owned operating subsidiary of Pache. Statements above regarding independence, sole ownership, and the absence of any person above Mr. Thatherton reflect Mr. Thatherton's own view of the arrangement and are retained here at his insistence.

Winter Lock-In and fixed-price offerings are hedged through Henron Corporation under a mark-to-market arrangement. Customers on a locked rate are not exposed to the hedge. Thatherton Fuels is.

Pressure vessels manufactured under license by Tamaribuchi Heavy Manufacturing Concern. Tanks remain the property of Thatherton Fuels regardless of who built them or who is standing next to them.

This notice prepared by Flywheel, Shyster & Flywheel, counsel to Thatherton Fuels. Reviewed and expanded by F. Pacheco, Pache. pacheco@thathertonfuels.com

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THIS WEEK

FREE HAT! With any new residential agreement. One size. Deducted and refunded, less the hat.

YARD HOURS

Mon–Fri 7:00 – 5:30
Sat 8:00 – 2:00
Sun — I am at the club

SMELL GAS?

Get out of the building first. Then call 1-800-MY-FRIEND. Then call the fire department if you cannot reach us, but try us first.

COMING SOON

Online bill pay. Dwayne says 2016.

IN THE FRONT ROOM

Coffee, and the Brawndo machine. M.F. put it in himself. It is not for the coffee people.

AT THE COOKOUT

Biscuits with Almost Fruit preserves. It does not have to be fruit to be almost fruit, and it does not have to be 90% to keep a house warm.

THE FAMILY

Pache
Tamaribuchi Heavy Mfg.
Henron Corporation
Flywheel, Shyster & Flywheel

FIND US

1113 Grissom Avenue
Arlen, Texas
Across from the beige one.

Call M.F. Now