People are always looking for deals when they’re ordering their firewood. Firewood is not that profitable to be giving people deals. I don’t think the average person have no idea how much work it takes to process firewood.
People are always looking for deals when they’re ordering their firewood.
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Burnin Since 1989
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What is the going rate there? In NE Massachusetts its $425 to $450 a cord for "seasoned" firewood delivered. I've processed my own firewood when I was younger, but these days, I buy it delivered.
Burnin Since 1989
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Ours is usually a mix of hardwoods. The folks I buy from run a tree service and make their money both ways. They even chip up what's leftover and sell that too. When I first started burning wood for heat it was about $75 for unseasoned and $125 for seasoned. The guys I buy from handload each cord and deliver a nice mix of average splits and all-nighters. They earn every penny and even a tip from me.
Dieselhead
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Isaac Carlson
Minister of Fire
Prices here are all over the place. Anywhere from $150 to $350. Some sellers are honest and some are not. Most seem to thing that logs in a pile means “seasoned”. Most of my wood has been here more than 1 season, so it is seasoned, lol. People need to learn what dry wood is.
I charge 3-400 delivered, when I sell any, and it’s a lot of work to stack it on the truck or trailer and then unload it again. My son was just talking about putting a dump bed on his f600 so we don’t have to unload rounds and firewood. His bed is close to 14 ft long, so it would be a heavier dump bed, but it is something we are looking at.
A lot of people try to get deals on wood, and most of those are not your customers.
I charge 3-400 delivered, when I sell any, and it’s a lot of work to stack it on the truck or trailer and then unload it again. My son was just talking about putting a dump bed on his f600 so we don’t have to unload rounds and firewood. His bed is close to 14 ft long, so it would be a heavier dump bed, but it is something we are looking at.
A lot of people try to get deals on wood, and most of those are not your customers.
My firewood guy, I never, or usually didn’t, even ask his price until after he delivered and I was writing a check. A good guy, gave fair cords, cut and split however I asked.
Last four years though I’ve owned a subcompact Kubota with a loader, and I got a good electric splitter. The year before that we took down a giant hickory, which I started in on with the wheelbarrow. I have aged out of the wheelbarrow for moving around green firewood rounds. Now I’m doing all my own wood. Ash trees are dying, which will be good for a while, then various other trees to cull. I’ve got a few more years of it in me.
Last four years though I’ve owned a subcompact Kubota with a loader, and I got a good electric splitter. The year before that we took down a giant hickory, which I started in on with the wheelbarrow. I have aged out of the wheelbarrow for moving around green firewood rounds. Now I’m doing all my own wood. Ash trees are dying, which will be good for a while, then various other trees to cull. I’ve got a few more years of it in me.
THis yr i was payin about 120 per cord it was predominatly 70 percent black cherry and 30 percent hard maple with a piece or 2 of locyst i kinda got lucky
Yeah, it must be. My firewood guy runs a one man operation. He drops the wood in my driveway with his dump trailer. A shorter dump body can go on a longer chassis although it’not a pretty look. Maine Dept of Agriculture, Conserv, &Forestry lists a “tossed cord” as 180 cubic feet for 12 and 16 inch wood and 195 cu. ft. for 24inch
Isaac Carlson
Minister of Fire
We’re going to build the bed, whether flat or dump. I have a telescopic hoist as well as a scissor. I prefer telescopic.
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