Made a wood seller mad today

[Ashful]

The sellers response just shows the ingrained misinformation out there. Unless he's really just trying to BS, the way I read this he believes the remaining moisture is methanol (wood alcohol).

I think it was the seller's poor attempt at a humorous insult.

 

[blades]

"Seasoned" wood from most firewood dealers = liberally infused with 2 stroke exhaust and bar oil, Now there are some dealers advertising "kiln dried" product= usually just enough time in a kiln to kill bugs per State natural resources specs. Once in a great while you may come across someone like my self, fire wood selling is not business for me- I have some 50 cords here 30 of which are css 2 plus years mixed hardwood very little of the undesirable types in the stacks . which brings us to the definition of hard wood - anything that is not a conifer or a shrub is technically hardwood ( cotton, bass , popul/aspen ect).

 

[jatoxico]

I think it was the seller's poor attempt at a humorous insult.

Well I've heard vaguely similar comments over the years a couple times and they weren't kidding. Along the lines of "can't burn pine". My mother in laws companion is a good one for this kinda stuff. Once when we were talking he explained to e how hardwood has better "oils". When I told him I was seasoning pine he rolled his eyes and ended the conversation. Guess he figured I was a lost cause.

 

[cptoneleg]

You should have bought the wood and stacked it covered it and in afew years it would be right. Bad planning on your part is not the guy selling wood problem ,your the one without wood in the middle of winter.

 

[bassmaster17327]

You should have bought the wood and stacked it covered it and in afew years it would be right. Bad planning on your part is not the guy selling wood problem ,your the one without wood in the middle of winter.

His wood was priced higher than anyone else, if I have to store the wood for a few years I might as well buy from a cheaper seller. I wasn't poor planning, I bought this house at the end of December. It didn't come with stacks of dry firewood so I am doing the best I can

 

[infinitymike]

i will add, "seasoned" is not a word.

I only use that "word " when I cook steak

 

[infinitymike]

Eight hundred a cord? What part of NY is Ballston in?

Lets move up there and start business, boy we could rake in the dough.

 

[Ashful]

I guess wood is $800/cord here, too, if bought in $5 supermarket bundle increments.

 

[infinitymike]

I guess wood is $800/cord here, too, if bought in $5 supermarket bundle increments.

True that.

 

[Badfish740]

AFAIK, in the state of New Jersey there is one actual "Wood Dealer"-a place on Route 206 in Somerset County. The guy probably has 10 acres of nothing but nice neat stacks. He advertises guaranteed seasoned full cords (it's measured on a rack before you buy)-that said, I'm pretty sure if I was paying his prices I'd switch back to oil. Around here, the other 99% of "Wood Dealers" are in reality, tree companies and landscapers who cut trees during the busy season (Spring-Summer), hold onto the wood for a short time, and start advertising "seasoned firewood" in the Fall. My neighbor gets burned by one of these guys every year who swears up and down that it's all good dry wood Yup-the check's in the mail and I wont...well, it's a family site...

 

[TvSteve]

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When we visit relatives in CP, sometimes we pass a place that has a lot of firewood-Grooms Road, not sure?

Good to see I'm not alone here. Purchased wood from him a few years ago. It was green, 1/4 junk and short. He wasn't happy when I phoned him back. I'm burning lots of pine with the current cold spell. For me it's free and I don't mind reloading frequently.

 

[velvetfoot]

Free is good!

 

[cptoneleg]

His wood was priced higher than anyone else, if I have to store the wood for a few years I might as well buy from a cheaper seller. I wasn't poor planning, I bought this house at the end of December. It didn't come with stacks of dry firewood so I am doing the best I can

Central PA huh I am working near State college at Pleasant Gap someone around here is selling what looks like dry BL. I am here in my camper and not in the market, for wood but if you are close can probably get a #.

Everyone went thru 1st year problems.