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Started by BargeMonkey, January 05, 2014, 11:35:34 PM

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BargeMonkey

   Im just wondering what other guys in the northeast are getting for a cord of seasoned wood. Ive heard in NH-VT its over 275-300 in spots, just wanting to get a better idea.

Maine logger88

Here in Maine I'm getting 250 but I've heard of others getting more
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luvmexfood

Here in SW VA. I saw it listed a couple places on CL for $120 a cord. Wouldn't cut it for that.
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rick f

around here we are getting $225 green and goes for $250 seasoned if we have any left.
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Woodboogah

I dont sell cut split delivered wood but the going rate in SE NH is 250-280 seasoned.
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thecfarm

Maine logger88 is right. Buy it in June for 200,maybe 180.Put it in woodshed,come Dec.it's seasoned. Save 50-70 a cord.
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BargeMonkey

 90% of my customers arent smart enough or have funds enough to buy ahead. I deal with the state heating program and I have SMASHED thru a pile of wood this year. Yeah the price is about the same as here, problem is to stay ahead of it, try cutting 5-700 cord in your "part time".. lol

Mountain_d

I am in the Pembroke area Ontario and getting $275 delivered for green wood delivered In spring and $290 delivered for seasoned wood delivered in fall. Beech and maple.
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Firewoodjoe

$195 here. Needs to be at least $50 more in my opinion.

SwampDonkey

BargeMonkey, if they don't have it now, they won't have it later. It's called saving up knowing that you need wood every year. Waiting until the day before is expensive and foolish. I get firewood delivered a lot cheaper up here and I buy ahead. Put it away inside, bone dry by the time I need it. Don't need anything but a couple sheets of newspaper to start it if I let it out. The neighbors just burnt their shop down burning green stuff off the stump. I have been seeing them wading snow the last few weeks with the tractor and return with a bucket of green wood each time. I was wondering how long this would last. Last summer they tore down a bunch of outbuildings that were falling down around them, all linked together and right beside that OWB. And quite near the house they were. Good thing they cleaned that mess up or it could have been far worst.
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Raider Bill

I'm assuming that is for a full cord and not a rick?

$60 a rick in Tenn delivered and stacked 2 rick min.

$125 rick here in Florida delivered.
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Phorester


$100 - $150 per standard cord in my town delivered.  In Virginia, it is law that to advertise the sale of a cord of wood, it must be a standard cord; 4 feet x 4 feet x 8 feet.

enigmaT120

Quote from: Firewoodjoe on January 07, 2014, 05:13:38 AM
$195 here. Needs to be at least $50 more in my opinion.

It's about that around here, for Douglas Fir.  More for hardwood, but not a lot more.  I've never sold any, I just cut about 5 cords a year for myself.  Pre-commercial thinning.
Ed Miller
Falls City, Or

thecfarm

enigmaT120,I know things are different where you are. Here in Maine you could not give softwood away to burn. Even hemlock nobody wants to burn. That will coal down a little and can control it better than white pine.
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beenthere

Just heard that Propane has just taken about a 20% jump in price, likely due to the cold snap and an opportune time to rake in some big bucks on refills.

Might reflect itself in increased price for seasoned firewood along with an increase in firewood demand.
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GRANITEstateMP

I get $205 cord green, seasoned / dry WAS $235 a cord, haven't had any in months!  A local fella has Kiln dry wood and that is going for $320 a cord delivered.
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luvmexfood

Down here I can't give any wood away. If they would cut laps and cull trunks to get them out of way. Don't even have to pile the brush. And I'm talking oak, hickory, maple, walnut.
Give me a new saw chain and I can find you a rock in a heartbeat.

BargeMonkey

 I ran short a few years ago and bought 16 baskets I could slide into my kiln or set inside the heated mill building to get it under 20 % MC. There used to be alot of guys around selling 20-50 cord a year, well they have went the way of the dinosaur.  Im gone 6 months out of the year on the boat, so to keep 200-400 cord on hand can be a little hard. The problem is by the time you figure in the cost, the equipment and insurance you arent left with much.

Southside

Holy ol' bald headed, throw me down the stairs my hat, with the price like that me gonna skip the second week of deer camp and cut some fire wood, I heard a guy on the swap show on the radio today with a garage for sale, I am gonna call that guy and buy that garage, I move it to the camp with the rusty ol' Chevrolet, it make a good wood shed that garage.   :D
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SwampDonkey

In my area, hardwood pulp prices keep the firewood prices in line.
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1 Thessalonians 5:21

2020 Polaris Ranger 570 to forward firewood, Husqvarna 555 XT Pro, Stihl FS560 clearing saw and continuously thinning my ground, on the side. Grow them trees. (((o)))

ReggieT

Quote from: SwampDonkey on January 07, 2014, 05:34:03 AM
BargeMonkey, if they don't have it now, they won't have it later. It's called saving up knowing that you need wood every year. Waiting until the day before is expensive and foolish. I get firewood delivered a lot cheaper up here and I buy ahead. Put it away inside, bone dry by the time I need it. Don't need anything but a couple sheets of newspaper to start it if I let it out. The neighbors just burnt their shop down burning green stuff off the stump. I have been seeing them wading snow the last few weeks with the tractor and return with a bucket of green wood each time. I was wondering how long this would last. Last summer they tore down a bunch of outbuildings that were falling down around them, all linked together and right beside that OWB. And quite near the house they were. Good thing they cleaned that mess up or it could have been far worst.

Hey Swamp...how did they catch the shop on fire & burn it down with green wood?
I always heard that green had so much moisture...that all it did was mostly hiss and you use all your fire just trying to get it to burn...

Just curious...looks like I've got a neighbor or two who are doing the same thing! :o
Burning tons of willow & box elder...and hour or two after felling!!!

Thanks
Reggie

KyLogger

We have heated with wood my whole life, and I would burn nothing but green wood! Hardwood granted, but green none the less. I have work hand who keeps firewood cut and split on the landing (I pull out cull logs, paperwood size stuff, and cutoffs) for him to work up. Load it up once a week and take it home, burn, repeat. It burns hotter, and it will creosote up a bit more than seasoned wood, but we will burn half as much wood compared to seasoned. Just my observations...

Tom
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thecfarm

Swampdonkey said they had an OWB. When I tried that green stuff,both hardwood and soft wood,I felt I burned twice as much wood. I maybe a little high on the twice,but I still think it takes more green wood than even dead wood.
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KyLogger

Just my observations, we have an Surflame OWB for the house, and a wood stove in the shop. The green wood, once it gets really burning burns hotter and doesn't want to smuther down as much with the damper.
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beenthere

Ky
QuoteIt burns hotter, and it will creosote up a bit more than seasoned wood, but we will burn half as much wood compared to seasoned. Just my observations...

That doesn't calculate out very well.

Keep on observing..  ;D
south central Wisconsin
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