I answered an ad in the local paper about easy to get to firewood. The man owning the land is a bit hard to understand as it appears he has a very sever hearing impairment and I would guess it's been with him since very young by the way he speaks. Phone conversation is a bit hard but in person much easier...so I drive out just to look. He's having some land logged but there are plenty of good size tops from what must have been gigantic red and white oaks. Much of the wood is 8"+ diameter. I have visions of selling primo firewood in 2 years at a nice profit since he has so much available.
A buddy and I hop into the truck this morning and are cutting away when Al(the owner) shows up just to see how it's going....at the end of the talk he asks what I feel a fair price would be.....price?? You never said anything about $$. So it boils down to for $25/load I can fill my F-250 full size bed with side rails to what ever amount I can safely transport. Not as good as "free" but I'm still getting excellent firewood which is reasonably easy to get at. I'm guessing 1 load today was probably 3/4 cord of mostly white oak.
I plan to go back as long as the white oak or any other high btu wood is available...even with gas it works out to about $35/cord and will be our first oak burning experience in after seasoning 2+ years. Pics to follow after a few more loads.
Now if I could find a good used splitter at a decent price, all will be well!
A buddy and I hop into the truck this morning and are cutting away when Al(the owner) shows up just to see how it's going....at the end of the talk he asks what I feel a fair price would be.....price?? You never said anything about $$. So it boils down to for $25/load I can fill my F-250 full size bed with side rails to what ever amount I can safely transport. Not as good as "free" but I'm still getting excellent firewood which is reasonably easy to get at. I'm guessing 1 load today was probably 3/4 cord of mostly white oak.
I plan to go back as long as the white oak or any other high btu wood is available...even with gas it works out to about $35/cord and will be our first oak burning experience in after seasoning 2+ years. Pics to follow after a few more loads.
Now if I could find a good used splitter at a decent price, all will be well!