Logical answer...every person's situation is different. But one thing is certain: we all love heating wood!
I usually average 6 cord a year. If I bought it, it would generally be $55-$70 a cord split and delivered.
I do like harvesting the wood, splitting it, sitting in front of the fire. I like the smell of the saw and the smell of the fire.
Do you happen to mean full cord? Around here, cord always means face cord, always has, always will. So a full cord here would be $165-$210. Actually this year is the first year I've seen it in hit $70, but plenty still for $55.
Do you happen to mean full cord? Around here, cord always means face cord, always has, always will. So a full cord here would be $165-$210. Actually this year is the first year I've seen it in hit $70, but plenty still for $55.
I'd venture to say that 99.99999% of the time when someone refers to a cord they mean 128 cu ft. Face cord isn't a measurement. You could end up with 1/4 of a cord or a full cord, all depending on the length!
Sounds like you are saving a pile of money Bluedogz! Good for ya!
How do you like the 30?
Andrew
This problem will never go away.Around here, a "cord" = a cord = 128 cu.ft., more or less. Trouble is, I measure it stacked, and some suppliers measure it piled haphazardly in a dump truck. Their cord still measures 128 cu.ft., as piled, but contains a lot more air than my cord.
Do you happen to mean full cord? Around here, cord always means face cord, always has, always will. So a full cord here would be $165-$210. Actually this year is the first year I've seen it in hit $70, but plenty still for $55.
Not here, Nate. In Michigan, a "cord" of wood is a face cord. I'm not saying it's right or wrong, but that's just the way it is. If you say a "cord" of firewood, 99.99999% of people in Michigan will understand you to mean a "face cord". Also, I think it is the same way in other places.
That's how it is here, if they don't say "a full cord" then they are talking about a face cord, 8 ft long,4 ft hi, 16 inches front to back
Installed my PE Spectrum during 2009 and was then paying $2.89 per gallon for propane. An analysis during that time indicated it would take about ten years to make up the cost of the entire stove installation and wood processing supplies. I was doing my own firewood. The attractive home improvement afforded by the PE Spectrum was not part of the cost calculation.
Since then, for health reasons, I have had to purchse my wood cut, split and delivered (I stack). Am paying $150.00 per 128 cu. ft. cord for mixed, unseasoned hardwood - mainly maple, ash and hickory. Burn about 3.5 cords per year. Propane has dropped to $2.10 per gallon. Use approx 500 gals per year. My average monthly electric bill is <$39.00.
I have never again recalculated the cost/benefit analysis of burning wood. Wood heat and the physical effort needed to stack and haul splits is to me, one of life's great pleasures. I have little or no interest in whether using wood to heat my home costs or saves me a few dollars each year.
Life is grand just as it is. No need to change.
Best wishes and good luck.
Edit: In reference to joful's comment about his splits being "properly stacked": This definition is usually part of the definition of a cord of split wood. Usually, the state agency definitions I have read indicate splits must be "tightly stacked" and not tossed into a pile.
Do you happen to mean full cord? Around here, cord always means face cord, always has, always will. So a full cord here would be $165-$210. Actually this year is the first year I've seen it in hit $70, but plenty still for $55.
I think I'd be really PO'd if they advertised a "cord" for $150 and delivered a face and the guy says "I never said a full cord"!
Of course, if it's $50, then I guess that would be a dead giveaway.
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