More Ebay firewood

[mjhfoster]

Never considered Ebay as a place to buy firewood:

200410135778

This time in the Bergen Passaic Essex County NJ area.

Sounds like a proper organization. I'm in the wrong country though, let alone county!

 

[Duetech]

Wrong state for me but even so the price for half a cord is what I pay for a full cord when I buy six. What's the deal on the half cord price any how? Was it suddenly more work to split and deliver 1/2 than the whole? Let's see... half the work and half the load, less wear and tear on the vehicle per load and gouge the buyer because....???? They don't like to drive? Then everybody thinks hardwood is a magic burning formula but don't seem to know hardwood means it loses it's leaves in the fall and a lot of trees do that and don't give very good burn times.

What type of wood do you burn in Japan?

 

[mjhfoster]

Hi Cave2K,

I've subsequently seen more rather pricey firewood sellers on Ebay. I suppose some will be tempted, especially if it's local.

In Japan, most houses are built from a timber structure, large pre-cut beams, which means plenty of forests. I live in the Kanto plain surrounded on 3 sides by small mountains that are well forested. As well as the usual oak, cedar and pine there is birch, larch,beach, Japanese oak, cherry, keyaki (zelkova), acacia and other lesser types of these trees.

Recently, I've been cutting and splitting cherry and zelkova for next year. As this is my first year I had to buy, which means getting mixtures of broadleaf tree firewood. I also got some softer wood which I think is red pine. It burns fast and hot so is good for getting the stove up to the 'best burn' zone. The cherry and oak I have is by far the best for length of burn. I wish I had more.

The other wood I haven't mentioned yet is plum. As pickled plums are almost a staple here it means plenty of plum trees. The wood is very dark brown and has a distinctive aroma, too. This wood burns well also.

Cheers, Matt.

 

[Wood Duck]

Matt,
An early snowstorm here was hard on a lot of trees, some species more than others, and Japanese Zelkovia seemed especially hard-hit. Although it is not a very common tree (strictly an ornamental, usually planted only for novelty value I think) , I ended up with a fair amount of the wood. Have you burned this stuff? It seems like a more or less average hardwood, but it will be a couple of years before I burn any so I won't know firsthand for a while.

 

[mjhfoster]

Hi Wood Duck,

Yes, Keyaki (Zelkova) is about the same as acacia wood (someone is bound to corect me if I'm wrong) for burn quality. I've been cutting and splitting (with a maul) some nice logs of it today ready for next year. It splits well, doesn't it? It burns like most hardwoods do but the trees here don't get as thick as some trees do so I burn quite small diameter logs. Not that much of an aroma but it does what one wants it to.

Cheers, Matt.

 

[Jim K in PA]

Never considered Ebay as a place to buy firewood:

200410135778

This time in the Bergen Passaic Essex County NJ area.

Sounds like a proper organization. I'm in the wrong country though, let alone county!

Having grown up in the Bergen County area, I can say with relative confidence that ANYTHING for sale in that area will be 20-30% more expensive than other parts of the state, or country. It's just a little less expensive than living in NYC. We moved to PA over 20 years ago and have not looked back.