Do you ever buy green wood?

37.50 a cord for green oak is dirt cheap.
Bulk logs is more like $87-$125 a cord around here.

Red maple / norway maple/ cherry /ash might be a better choice to be seasoned for next year as that green oak might still be kinda green.

I would still grab it for that price if it is two real cords of 128 cubic feet- probably delivering on a dump trailer, not in a pick-up truck.

billb3 said:

37.50 a cord for green oak is dirt cheap.
Bulk logs is more like $87-$125 a cord around here.

Red maple / norway maple/ cherry /ash might be a better choice to be seasoned for next year as that green oak might still be kinda
I would still grab it for that price if it is two real cords of 128 cubic feet- probably delivering on a dump trailer, not in a pick-up truck.

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Good point. It’s likely too late given the age of the thread. But if it comes in a pickup, send him/her back. No cord ever comes in a pickup. Learned that many years ago.

Going rate around here is $85/face cord.
I buy log loads. Get about 12 fc / load. $600. works out to about $50/fc. But I spend 2-3 weeks of my summer cutting/splitting and stacking 24 face cord / season.
I don't get much exercise. But for that period, it's like intense workouts. It's how I justify that much time.

When I bought this house, lady heated with electric baseboard (main), and a tiny decorative fireplace (propane).
$4K / Hydro / Year
$1.2K / Propane / Year
5.2K for heating / year. Fine and dandy if you don't have a mortgage.

I installed a Sense Energy Monitor and programmable thermostats and nuked the baby propane stove with the Osburn 2300.

With baseboard. I tried only 1 day of heating the rooms I use. (Living Room, Dining Room, Kitchen and Master (master at night only)).
Outside Temp avg 0 degrees celcius. (4 baseboards active (1500w each)). @ avg 70% duty cycle @ 13.5cents / kwh
Total Cost: $13.60 / day. Monthly if stayed 0 degrees outside: $408. Just for heat.

This doesn't factor in my electric water heater or any other electricity.

Running the wood stove. I am guessing each fired load costs $1.50. Burn 4 times a day.
I work from home so always home and if you let a stone home get cold.. takes FOREVER to heat back up
Total Cost: $6 / day. Monthly if stayed 0 degrees outside: $180.

This is my second year now and I have improved leaks and drafts. Let's see if I can get it hotter than last years 15 celcius on those -40 days.