Just curious whatever reason people who buy wood do that instead of scrounging their own. Feel free to add any reason as to why.
Cave2k said:My wood hauler is not road worthy and so I buy when my supply is low and the stuff on my farm is not accessible. When I can work overtime I can earn enough money to buy a full cord c/s/d in less time than I can do all the work it takes to scrounge and build a couple of cords without the cost of a road worthy wood hauler being involved. I like better btu types of wood than I have available and if I use the trees that I have nearby I will have to buy sooner or later. Lastly on my farm I have to wait for the farmer who leases my land to get his crops off before I go into the fence rows and woods and harvest wood and tear up the field. Bottom line I can get 6 cords of r & wh. oak, beech and hickory for $650.00 c/s/d and overtime at work gets me that wood in less time than I can scrounge it and that leaves more time for fishing.
LLigetfa said:Don't most people pay cash on the dash?Dune said:Tax free.
forby said:I have been fighting the scrounge vs buy pole wood issue for the last few weeks...
Last year I got 8 cords of pole wood delivered for $600. I can only scrounge 1/2 to 2/3 of a cord at a time. By the time I figure my cost to operate and torture my jeep and trailer, I wonder if it' worth it.
Uneven, bug infested, random length wood hardly seems worth the price of free!! I have even had people tell me they want me to take the small branches and leaves. Someone even had the nerve to ask me if I was insured.
Remember..... there is no such thing as a free lunch!
Fighting? I'd say "no contest!" at that price. To me, getting quality Ash logs at $100 per cord dropped in my yard beats me carrying out free Poplar/Aspen from my back acreage. Most years I cull only a cord or so of wood off my land.forby said:I have been fighting the scrounge vs buy pole wood issue...
stejus said:Spend most of my time away from work with kids and sports. I do find enough time in the fall to scrounge about a cord of wood, the rest I purchase and stack in the spring. At $130/cord for all hardwood green wood cut/split and delivered, I can't complain.
PA. Woodsman said:Just curious whatever reason people who buy wood do that instead of scrounging their own. Feel free to add any reason as to why.