100+ cords of wood in Bay City MI State Auction

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looks like the minimum bid starts at $ 1000.00. 100 cords at 1000 dollars is $ 10 a cord right? Not a bad price, but you'd really need some serious equipment to get all of it in 30 days. There are more pictures at the bottom. I couldn't begin to know what 100 cords looks like, but the pictures don't look like all that much to me.

If you had a group of maybe 10 or so guys to go in with you, you could probably knock this out in 30 days or less. Maybe a few weekends and be done with it.
 
basswidow said:
looks like the minimum bid starts at $ 1000.00. 100 cords at 1000 dollars is $ 10 a cord right? Not a bad price, but you'd really need some serious equipment to get all of it in 30 days. There are more pictures at the bottom. I couldn't begin to know what 100 cords looks like, but the pictures don't look like all that much to me.

If you had a group of maybe 10 or so guys to go in with you, you could probably knock this out in 30 days or less. Maybe a few weekends and be done with it.
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I would give money to see 10 weekend warriors move 100 cords in 30 days (or a couple weekends)...Sounds like the making of a t.v. show! lol
 
I wonder how much is poplar and cottonwood? Cheers!
 
smokinjay said:
basswidow said:
looks like the minimum bid starts at $ 1000.00. 100 cords at 1000 dollars is $ 10 a cord right? Not a bad price, but you'd really need some serious equipment to get all of it in 30 days. There are more pictures at the bottom. I couldn't begin to know what 100 cords looks like, but the pictures don't look like all that much to me.

If you had a group of maybe 10 or so guys to go in with you, you could probably knock this out in 30 days or less. Maybe a few weekends and be done with it.
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I would give money to see 10 weekend warriors move 100 cords in 30 days (or a couple weekends)...Sounds like the making of a t.v. show! lol
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I'm game. Someone pitch this to TLC and I'll be there with my saw and mauls on two different weekends. I haven't had my 15 minutes of fame yet. If you do it right, then TLC will buy the whole shebang and we can all get free firewood. (I'll sell mine locally because I ain't driving it all the way home)
 
TLC should find 10 families that are in need. get 10 woodstoves. 100 cords of wood would give a 3yr supply of wood at 3 cords per year. Sponsers will have experts come and do safe installs and talk about codes and clearances, etc.. We all donate time and deliver wood and then teach the families how to use the stove safely. Stihl will donate saws, Fiskars will donate splitting axes as well as teach the families to use the equipment. Ton's of product placement. I'd watch that show. We'll all be famous for a year, then we'll fade away as quickly as we came.
 
Danno77 said:
TLC should find 10 families that are in need. get 10 woodstoves. 100 cords of wood would give a 3yr supply of wood at 3 cords per year. Sponsers will have experts come and do safe installs and talk about codes and clearances, etc.. We all donate time and deliver wood and then teach the families how to use the stove safely. Stihl will donate saws, Fiskars will donate splitting axes as well as teach the families to use the equipment. Ton's of product placement. I'd watch that show. We'll all be famous for a year, then we'll fade away as quickly as we came.
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+100 Fricken AWESOME! Instead of Axmen call it "The SawsMen" 100+cc's only to be on the show! lol J/K
 
I'm in - but I get to call myself Snookie ---> it's a jersey thing.
 
basswidow said:
I'm in - but I get to call myself Snookie ---> it's a jersey thing.
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did you see the Jersey Shore Southpark episode with "Snookie" in it?
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It has to be cut and split to be removed because they are letting everyone know it is not cut nor split, they don't want heavy equipment in there to just yank the whole logs out ?

The requirement for cut and split on site seems strange.
 
billb3 said:
It has to be cut and split to be removed because they are letting everyone know it is not cut nor split, they don't want heavy equipment in there to just yank the whole logs out ?

The requirement for cut and split on site seems strange.
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No problem 10 guys 100+cc's be done and a rap on the show in a couple weekends...Snookie's on the splitter!
 
I'm in, as long as Danno don't wear the pink shirt!! ;-)
 
ISeeDeadBTUs said:
I'm in, as long as Danno don't wear the pink shirt!! ;-)
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Oh if he wears it, hes on the splitter crew with Snookie! :bug:
 
It could easily be done, but the rub is in the size of the blocking to be done and the weather. A wood processor is required, if you want to make money. Moving firewood restrictions are written all over this one though for me..
 
Quads, Zap and Dennis would have that knocked out in no time. Till quads tripped over Dennis' milk crate. :p
 
ohio woodburner said:
Quad's, Zap and Dennis would have that knocked out in no time. Till quad's tripped over Dennis' milk crate. :p
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Thanks, I just blew my coffee all over my keyboard! :) Maybe we can chip in to get Dennis another milk crate and Quads a Fiskars and then it would be done in a couple of days! :lol:

Gary
 
3 guys, 50 hours and a place to dump the rounds within 5 miles. And tell them to pound it on the splittin it on site requirement.

EDIT. Scratch that, 200 hours. Divided instead of multiplying...
 
I'll bet you can't just move this stuff out of state, either. Maybe some Ash and associated borers?
 
SolarAndWood said:
3 guys, 50 hours and a place to dump the rounds within 5 miles. And tell them to pound it on the splittin it on site requirement.

EDIT. Scratch that, 200 hours. Divided instead of multiplying...
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Why not split it on site, stack it up for measuring, and if it's less than stated, try and get a percentage of your money back?
 
JV_Thimble said:
Why not split it on site, stack it up for measuring, and if it's less than stated, try and get a percentage of your money back?
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It takes me 2 hours to go get a little better than a cord and dump next to my splitter if it is already bucked and reasonably close to home. Then, an hour and a half to two to split it. It also takes a lot less time to load a trailer with rounds than splits. There are only so many hours in a month.
 
Yeah, bay city is in the zone. It's not going outside that zone. I'd be interested other than the fact that it's about 100 years worth of heat for me and it's 120 miles away.
 
I wonder if they'd let you split it and sell it right there on the site. You could do that while taking home what you want to use. It would still take a bunch of guys working hard, but if you could sell some cords and let other people haul them off, that would be part of the work done and make yours even cheaper.
 
The cutting and splitting on site part is a problem. Otherwise, how much could it cost to hire a log loader truck for a day or two to have a lifetime supply of firewood?
 
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