Sumpin' Happened When I Wasn't Paying Attention

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Fred61

Fred61

Minister of Fire
Nov 26, 2008
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Southeastern Vt.
Back in the late sixties and early seventies when I started burning wood in my ranch house on 1/2 acre, I, of course needed to purchase my firewood. I had my choice to buy either green, dry/seasoned wood or a load of logs. After moving to my mini farm and cutting wood off my own land for 25 years and not paying attention to the firewood market, I now find myself back to purchasing my firewood to heat my little retirement home after selling the big place.
I now find, at least in this valley, that there are three designations for firewood: Green, Seasoned, and Dry with a different price for each. This is confusing me! I can only assume that seasoned wood has been sprinkled with salt and pepper.
I'm interested to know what the firewood vendors are marketing in the United States and Canada.
 
There is a place here in upstate ny called Saratoga. A guy up there caters to the well to do crowd with an add for "Gormet firewood". I hear it sells like hotcakes at 300 bux a cord. I don know what he seasons it with besides B.S. though.
 
"Dry" might refer to kiln dried fire wood. There's a fair amount of that around, becoming more popular. But like all things it's only as good as the supplier. One advantage is no bugs. One disadvantage is you need to keep it dry as it will adsorb moisture like a sponge. In less your in a jam talk to supplier and see if you can get dump truck loads of green & split in the "off season". For them it goes through processor up conveyor, into delivery truck.
Rob
 
RobC said:
"Dry" might refer to kiln dried fire wood. There's a fair amount of that around, becoming more popular. But like all things it's only as good as the supplier. One advantage is no bugs. One disadvantage is you need to keep it dry as it will adsorb moisture like a sponge. In less your in a jam talk to supplier and see if you can get dump truck loads of green & split in the "off season". For them it goes through processor up conveyor, into delivery truck.
Rob
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I do buy my firewood green and stack it for a year or more before burning but I haven't been around when it was delivered to ask the driver, or forgot. Judging from what I see some of vehicles these guys delivering wood with, I doubt that they can even afford to replace a worn out chain, let alone build or purchase a kiln. I'll flag one down and ask when I see one.
 
I'm just west of Boston. A friend of mine get's his Kiln dried Designer Wood for fireplace deliveries from VT. on live floor 100 cu yd trailers. Locally a guy is doing his own Kiln Drying by using an OWB attached to a Sealand, type, storage trailer w/ a Modine type heater. He has bins that a skid-steer loader carries in and out.
Rob
 
A friend of mine saw a sign in Peacham, VT (rural but full of upscale former-urbanites) advertising "local free-range organic firewood."
 
Till I ran into NoFo on this board, I just assumed everyone south of Burlington/Stowe in the Green Mountains was a Volvo-driving dyke.


Now. . . what was this post actually about??
 
pybyr said:
A friend of mine saw a sign in Peacham, VT (rural but full of upscale former-urbanites) advertising "local free-range organic firewood."
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we had a guy selling organic fiddleheads last spring. His price was higher, and he actually sold 'em.It's all in the marketing.


But, back on topic. i can't really help too much. The 3 types we have is treelength, and then of course you can buy it all cut/split and majority of it's green, but some is seasoned. I never heard of kiln dried firewood until i came to this site. Don't get out much.
 
The three types 'round here are aspen, popple, and popple aspen. Vendors market around here anything they can get somebody to buy.
 
ISeeDeadBTUs said:
Till I ran into NoFo on this board, I just assumed everyone south of Burlington/Stowe in the Green Mountains was a Volvo-driving dyke.


Now. . . what was this post actually about??
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My Volvo is a rusty F-150.
 
flyingcow said:
pybyr said:
A friend of mine saw a sign in Peacham, VT (rural but full of upscale former-urbanites) advertising "local free-range organic firewood."
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we had a guy selling organic fiddleheads last spring. His price was higher, and he actually sold 'em.It's all in the marketing.


But, back on topic. i can't really help too much. The 3 types we have is treelength, and then of course you can buy it all cut/split and majority of it's green, but some is seasoned. I never heard of kiln dried firewood until i came to this site. Don't get out much.
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Mmmm. Fiddleheads good stuff!

What were you talking about?
 
unfortunately most firewood vendors sell 2 varieties ,unseasoned covered in snow ...and squirt you in the eye green freshcut
 
ISeeDeadBTUs said:
Till I ran into NoFo on this board, I just assumed everyone south of Burlington/Stowe in the Green Mountains was a Volvo-driving dyke.


Now. . . what was this post actually about??
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Are you saying you expected NoFo to have a Volvo ?
Most of them around here have Toyota Camrys from what I hear. ;-)
 
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