How is $325 a cord in northeastern MA....

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try your local dump a lot of people drop off there even tree companies through the dpw some cash and now its delivered to your house
friend of mine scored A LOT of wood buying beer for the guys to bring it from the dump
anyways if you spread out the wood you can get it burn ready by jan.... but i would def try to cover the top of it and about half way down when it rains.... when you know your really gonns get hit... other wise put it in the sunniest windiest spots you have in you back yard and pray we stop getting so much rain this year..... i would by the cheap would and try to dry it out.... the oak prolly won't make it ....even the wood you will be getting might not be super seasoned but it will burn ..... but you have a meter so i would suggest you check it in dec and go by which ones have less moisture in it less== burn
ps i have wood i was hoping to burn in jan feb that was just split june 1st with all the rain i dunno... i am covering and uncovering
 
Adirondackwoodburner said:
anyone know the dimensions of them?
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Each brick is about 3 inch by 4 inch by 6 inch. Weighs 2 pounds.
 
Wow those are crazy high prices. I bought 3 cord for $600 and thought that was too high. I did this because it's 1st. year burning and also because I don't have the means to scrounge. By this fall should have an older 4x4 full size. Also good for me ,a friend of mine told me I could finish clearing a lot he has. He wrecked on his Harley and will no longer be doing any manual labor. He also has a bunch of trees down from last year that I'm going to snag. I see getting about 10 cord outta there,and don't feel too bad for my buddy he's all healed up and could do the work if he wanted but he just settled with the company he used to work for and is now comfotablely retired at age 48.
 
EngineRep said:
Adirondackwoodburner said:
anyone know the dimensions of them?
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Each brick is about 3 inch by 4 inch by 6 inch. Weighs 2 pounds.
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This is the description from my local "bio brick" type thing seller.

Envi Blocks (for wood stoves)

High density 100% Hardwood blocks designed to be burned in fireplaces, wood stoves, wood furnaces and fire pits. Each block is approximately 4"X4"X10" and weighs 7lbs on average.
 
I had 2 cord of hardwood cut, split and delivered yesterday for 240 per cord. It definitely is still green or wet as my dad says. I already have a cord and half that i am hoping will get me to the middle of January. I also have some maples that I cut down over month ago with the leave still on sucking the sap right out of the wood. Maybe I'll invest in some bio bricks too just in case. A Local stove dealer says he is a little nervous of bio brick only beacuse he is afraid that might get too hot for the stove.
 
Out Massachusetts way I learned the absolute latest to buy wood is early June.
 
Wow, lots of great ideas here. I am going to focus on getting some more affordable green wood and look at bio bricks more closely.

Also, I have some pine and poplar trees available. I have to look into seasoning times as maybe they can serve as quick seasoning wood to get me through the first year if I lay them out.

Of course, if it keeps raining like this my seasoned uncovered wood is going to be rotten!

Pete
 
PeteD said:
Wow, lots of great ideas here. I am going to focus on getting some more affordable green wood and look at bio bricks more closely.

Also, I have some pine and poplar trees available. I have to look into seasoning times as maybe they can serve as quick seasoning wood to get me through the first year if I lay them out.

Of course, if it keeps raining like this my seasoned uncovered wood is going to be rotten!

Pete
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If you got the insane thunder & lighting that just passed over me, sure you can scrounge some downed trees!
;-)
 
In my area $50 per rick (4'x8'x16" logs) or $150 per cord. There are 2 tree trimming outfits that will GIVE you the freshly cut wood if you meet them at the work site. I found some 5 month old split wood for $50 per rick. I have almost a cord of 3 yr. old wood that I will burn this winter in my new Regency F2400 when it is installed mid to late September. If I need it the wood I buy tomorrow might be OK by late winter.
 
I`m in western Ma (Pittsfield) and I`ve seen prices at $180-200 per cord.
I`ve heard in the greater Boston area it goes for more than twice that.
 
PeteD said:
...for C/S/D mixed hardwood that was cut and split last fall?

I know it is not cheap, but a local nursery charges $449 for seasoned and $328 for green, and I have only seen as low as $250 for green.

The cost of living in my area is high and I need to get a jump on my wood for my first year. I have have close to a cord of free well-seasoned (2 years) oak from my property and plan to scrounge and cut a bunch of poplars and other trees on my property by this fall for next winter.

I am in the middle of my Lennox Brentwood install and feeling the pressure to get wood.

Thanks,
Pete
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PeterD-
I where in Ma do you live? I live in southern NH and I bought 4 cords of wood for a guy in NN $175 semi- seasoned. green is $!60.00.
 
keep looking you will find something.... call a tree company ask if they sell would... call every tree company in the book someone will answer
 
I'm in Winchester CT and I've called about 20 places in the last week or so. Loggers, Landscapers, tree Services, Lumber mills etc... It's slim picking...
I have numbers for all kinds people in CT if anyone is interested.
I haven't seen seasoned for less than 200 a cord and some guys are whacking you for delivery too. I only found ONE guy who had and would drop log lenghts but he wanted 1050 a load of unseasoned. He claimed there was 7 or 8 cord in the load. I couldn't take that big of a hit so I found a buy all the way in East Windsor CT who had unseasoned for 100/cord. I ordered 4. I have a lot of downed dead stuff on my property as well. Time to start scrounging it all up..
 
Drumaz said:
I'm in Winchester CT and I've called about 20 places in the last week or so. Loggers, Landscapers, tree Services, Lumber mills etc... It's slim picking...
I have numbers for all kinds people in CT if anyone is interested.
I haven't seen seasoned for less than 200 a cord and some guys are whacking you for delivery too. I only found ONE guy who had and would drop log lenghts but he wanted 1050 a load of unseasoned. He claimed there was 7 or 8 cord in the load. I couldn't take that big of a hit so I found a buy all the way in East Windsor CT who had unseasoned for 100/cord. I ordered 4. I have a lot of downed dead stuff on my property as well. Time to start scrounging it all up..
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Is the 4 cords you ordered split???
 
Nope - It's supposed to be cut to 14" or 16" though... We'll see when it shows up.
 
Drumaz said:
I'm in Winchester CT and I've called about 20 places in the last week or so. Loggers, Landscapers, tree Services, Lumber mills etc... It's slim picking...
I have numbers for all kinds people in CT if anyone is interested.
I haven't seen seasoned for less than 200 a cord and some guys are whacking you for delivery too. I only found ONE guy who had and would drop log lenghts but he wanted 1050 a load of unseasoned. He claimed there was 7 or 8 cord in the load. I couldn't take that big of a hit so I found a buy all the way in East Windsor CT who had unseasoned for 100/cord. I ordered 4. I have a lot of downed dead stuff on my property as well. Time to start scrounging it all up..
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take the hit a get 8 cds =800 a lot less than 1050
 
Drumaz said:
Nope - It's supposed to be cut to 14" or 16" though... We'll see when it shows up.
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Thats not bad for rounds.
 
I got a grapple load in March for 800.00 . I have just about finished cutting and splitting the load. I know that the last of the wood will not be ready this year. I had two cords left over from last season. At least I have a head start for next year. I spoke with my wood guy about another load for a friend of mine. He said that he would not have any for a new order, and is having a hard time filling the orders for this year. His suggestion is to place an order late fall for next year.
 
I paid $200 split & delivered,and cut to the new insert coming (18"). I got 2 cords. Now just have to stack it !! 1/2 of it is ready to burn now, and if I stack it all, that whole load should be good to go by November, and 1 cord behind me, already split & stacked, too, left over from last year.

Plus atleast 3-4 cords coming off of this property for this year. 3 dead oaks down & cut, 3 lives oaks down & cut, plus 3-4 dead pines (1already down for 2 years).

It's my understanding that firewood this year out in Long Islands "Hamptons" will be $300 - $400 or more this year !

Seems my Ex is the "firewood king" of the Hamptons ;-)
 
Gee, I thought NJ was expensive, but I purchased a cord (when stacked measures about 0.8 cord) of mixed hardwood (mostly cherry) for $175 about a week ago. Guess I should buy more.
 
Reality check time boys and girls. Flame if you need to.

The whining about the "cost" of CSD (cut/split/delivered) firewood is too much. If you're serious about using firewood as a heating fuel, you need to make it part of your life year-round (gestalt). Scrounge, harvest, or buy, you need to make it work for you all year. June or July is no time to begin. Oh my, one says: "I've got to stack it." We've been cutting our own for a long long time. And those damned firewood sellers, out to make a buck. Oh my. %-P

So let's think about the so-called commodity of firewood FROM THE STUMP to your stove. This is not a virtual game.

1. Get yourself and gear to the tree. Not a simple as it sounds depending on terrain, season, equipment.
2. Drop the tree where YOU want to work it. That's a skill demanding experience, knowledge, safety savvy...and the willingness to work in one of the top 3 dangerous jobs. Machos don't cut wood.
3. Buck ( cut into stove lengths) now or into skid lengths for later bucking. Oh yeah: trim and clear branches.
4. Load the bucks/butts to carry for stacking or pile in a yard for splitting and storing.
5. Split: hand, electric hydraulic, gas splitter.
6. Stack and store near the stove(s), or load a truck for delivery to "said" customer.

So when you buy that pile of log lengths or CSD, 95% of the labor ( and expense) has already been done for you. And yes, much of that is mechanised for efficiency. $200/cord, $300/cord, or $500 a cord of hardwood; are you willing, skilled and able to do the work needed ? JMNSHO :zip:
 
downeast said:
Reality check time boys and girls. Flame if you need to.

The whining about the "cost" of CSD (cut/split/delivered) firewood is too much.
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Who's whining, other than you?

If all the people on hearth.com were like you, I wouldn't waste a single minute at this site.
 
Reality check time boys and girls. Flame if you need to.

The whining about the “cost” of CSD (cut/split/delivered) firewood is too much. If you’re serious about using firewood as a heating fuel, you need to make it part of your life year-round (gestalt). Scrounge, harvest, or buy, you need to make it work for you all year. June or July is no time to begin. Oh my, one says: “I’ve got to stack it.” We’ve been cutting our own for a long long time. And those damned firewood sellers, out to make a buck. Oh my.

So let’s think about the so-called commodity of firewood FROM THE STUMP to your stove. This is not a virtual game.

1. Get yourself and gear to the tree. Not a simple as it sounds depending on terrain, season, equipment.
2. Drop the tree where YOU want to work it. That’s a skill demanding experience, knowledge, safety savvy...and the willingness to work in one of the top 3 dangerous jobs. Machos don’t cut wood.
3. Buck ( cut into stove lengths) now or into skid lengths for later bucking. Oh yeah: trim and clear branches.
4. Load the bucks/butts to carry for stacking or pile in a yard for splitting and storing.
5. Split: hand, electric hydraulic, gas splitter.
6. Stack and store near the stove(s), or load a truck for delivery to “said” customer.

So when you buy that pile of log lengths or CSD, 95% of the labor ( and expense) has already been done for you. And yes, much of that is mechanised for efficiency. $200/cord, $300/cord, or $500 a cord of hardwood; are you willing, skilled and able to do the work needed ? JMNSHO
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That was a little harsh, IMHO.

I think it's more of a cost comparision than anything. The price of wood, and the corresponding price of oil (which I have here for heat & HW), makes one think. I don't fault any of these good people for thinking.

Oh my, one says: “I’ve got to stack it.”
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Yeah, I do... and I've been stacking wood for 45 of my 50 years. It'll get done, and it'll be fine.

My Grandfather was an excellant teacher on horses, firewood, and economizing.

And I cut down the trees that are laying & cut them to 18" length. . And I'll work the splitter.

I'll drive, park, & load the truck & trailer to pick up what ever wood I can.
 
downeast said:
Reality check time boys and girls. Flame if you need to.

The whining about the "cost" of CSD (cut/split/delivered) firewood is too much.
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I haven't really seen any whining to tell you the truth. I agree it is a lot of work and frankly I don't know how anyone makes any money at it. I would assume the only way to do that is to come by the wood as a side effect of another business (land clearing, landscaping, building, etc.).

If you had to pay for someone to get firewood specifically, I have a hard time seeing how they can make a living.

I am scrounging and harvesting what I can myself.

Several years back, I used a 60-foot pine tree that was 15 feet from my son's bedroom as an excuse to by a Husky 350 and drop it myself, instead of paying someone to do it. But I do almost all projects myself and use some of the savings on labor to buy tools I can use down the road.

Hell, if I had to pay myself for my time to prepare my own wood, I would better off paying $5.00 for oil and not worrying about it. But, I think wood gathering is therapeutic and there is something primordial about fire that makes it all fun.

The purpose of my post was simply to see if this was the market price in my area. There are always people taking advantage of situations like we have now try to make some extra money. However, I believe people can charge whatever they want and the market will determine what the price should be.

Pete
 
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