Ridiculously high firewood price

[Woodsplitter67]

I came across this today. Its kiln dried wood so obviously its going to be higher, but 700 per cords really high.

 

[bigealta]

You are in NJ, that's what it is now. Unless it's organic, then it's more.

 

[Poindexter]

Just wow. Is there a lot of natural gas use in your area? I don't remember how many therms of NG equal one cord of eastern hardwood, but I wonder how $700/ cord at 22-24 million BTU/ cord compares to natural gas.

 

[Woodsplitter67]

This giy is in north jersey.. selling to north jersey and new York.. I cant see anyone buying this at that price. . down the southern end where im at its 275 per cord all hardwoods .. maybe 300 tops

 

[bigealta]

Just checked our local guy here in Monmouth county, NJ.
$345 cord "fully seasoned". hardwoods
$75 delivery charge for about 5 miles from yard.

 

[ericm979]

Just wow. Is there a lot of natural gas use in your area? I don't remember how many therms of NG equal one cord of eastern hardwood, but I wonder how $700/ cord at 22-24 million BTU/ cord compares to natural gas.

Taking relative efficiencies of stove and furnace into account and pricing propane at $2.75, a cord of wood provides the same heat as about $800 worth of propane. So yea if propane is $4/gallon, wood at $700 a cord is still a deal.

 

[Supersurvey]

Propane refill at Uhall in NJ is $5.00 per gallon.

 

[Stinkpickle]

Somebody will likely pay that.

 

[ABMax24]

Just wow. Is there a lot of natural gas use in your area? I don't remember how many therms of NG equal one cord of eastern hardwood, but I wonder how $700/ cord at 22-24 million BTU/ cord compares to natural gas.

Obviously it varies by region, but my cost right now is $228.26 for 22 million BTU of natural gas.

 

[DonTee]

I could see how people would choose natural gas over wood heat in areas where it’s available. If it’s around the same price, and naturals gas is a lot less work.

Right now in my area a couple guys have their “summer” prices. 135$ per cord. It goes up to 165$ per cord once fall rolls around.

 

[johneh]

Right now in my area a couple guys have their “summer” prices. 135$ per cord. It goes up to 165$ per cord once fall rolls around.

Across the border in Ontario Canada
350 to 375 a cord for hardwood
That's why My boys and I cut and process our own
and I have been for 43 years
Now in my 70s and a whole lot tougher to do

 

[DonTee]

Yeah I think my cost to cut firewood for myself might be 20$ a cord. If you include fuel for the tractor/chainsaw, and bar oil. Sometimes I use the hyd splitter for the hard to split chunks. Otherwise it’s all split by hand.
That wood heats me at least 3 times, but usually more.

 

[hickoryhoarder]

That is very pricey. Seems aimed at wealthy people, not stove owners.

 

[Marconis]

Anddd this is why I won’t be buying wood this year and will have to settle on my cord of free 30% wood. I’m in Long Island and I was looking at at least a face cord of seasoned/kiln dried to mix in with my wood this fall but they want like $300 and change delivered!

 

[Woodsplitter67]

Im selling kiln dried wood to people that I know, I dont advise. Locally only. I thought that my price was a little on the high side.. not even close to what that huy wants. I check my pricing last November against local firewood dealers. They were almost out selling for 450 per cord

 

[Caw]

$400+ a cord is like boutique wood. Not practical for people using their stove for primary heat. It defeats the whole purpose financially. I live in a pretty nice suburb and we have a guy selling an armful of wood for $20 here and people buy it it's wild. IBC totes for $175. The "best" local price I can find is 1/3 cord for $100 of decent oak. That's still a lot of money.

I do it for the $ of course, but I also enjoy the lifestyle/exercise and using less fossil fuels. That's my primary motivation with the stove, heat pump, and solar panels. Saving $ is a nice side effect.

 

[ericm979]

I burn primarily to get rid of the wood my land generates. It's hard to give wood away here because many people do not split wood themselves and the forests produce so much wood. Saving propane and money and the house being more comfortable are also welcome. I'd need to buck logs to give wood away (most people are not equipped to deal with logs) so the only added work for me to turn giveaway wood into firewood is splitting and stacking.

Local firewood prices run from $300 per cord for "fur" to 350-550 for hardwoods, plus delivery and stacking.

Everyone here is on propane (there's no gas service and electricity is very expensive) and many are spending $4/gallon or more. At those prices $550/cord oak is saving money, even though it's expensive for wood.

 

[DonTee]

I think people are getting increasingly lazy. I want to say “young people”, but I’m only 37. Haha.

But seriously, none of my friends heat with wood. I don’t personally know anyone my age that heats primarily with wood.

 

[Caw]

I think people are getting increasingly lazy. I want to say “young people”, but I’m only 37. Haha.

But seriously, none of my friends heat with wood. I don’t personally know anyone my age that heats primarily with wood.

I'm 38 and we can defintely say young people. I don't have much in common with a 24 year old!

I have a bunch of friends my age with wood stoves nearby but I'm the only one who uses it for primary heat. They all use it regularly but more ror fun/supplemental.

 

[peakbagger]

The "local" to the big resort area of the southern white mountains of NH is advertising $400 a cord for kiln dried wood delivered. Its nice mixed northern hardwood. Super dry with uniform splits. They also sell packaged campfire wood.

 

[Woodsplitter67]

The "local" to the big resort area of the southern white mountains of NH is advertising $400 a cord for kiln dried wood delivered. Its nice mixed northern hardwood. Super dry with uniform splits. They also sell packaged campfire wood.

Im selling mine for 450 delivered its oak copper beach and hard maple.. I think it a fair deal at this point concerning where the pricing is.. originally thought when i priced ot last year was on the high side just a little.. not any more

 

[Poindexter]

I try to buy from all the new wood sellers every spring. When they show up I tour them my kilns and invite then to come back and measure for themselves however many cords they say I bought. If need be (usually) I walk them through the $/BTU calcs comparing the wood they say they delivered to the wood they actually delivered compared to oil deliveries priced out to three decimal places.

I am not trying to be a Richard. This country needs many many more successful small business owners than we have today. Selling me a full cord and delivering 0.66 cords (recent ripoff record) is not the answer. Mr. 2 for the price of 3 did make good on the money I spent, but he also stopped advertising.

I get that humping wood from standing trees to splits in my driveway is a lot of work. I used to do all that myself to save a few dollars. With gasoline at $6/ gallon and no idea how high heating oil has gone since my last delivery in January, there should be plenty of headroom in the price of green cord wood for the forester to make a buck and the homeowner to save a couple, or a buck and half each. With oil or natural gas I can sit on the couch and let Alexa manage the thermostat. With green splits dumped on my driveway I got some work to do that ain't getting done for free by nobody.

 

[Ashful]

Taking relative efficiencies of stove and furnace into account and pricing propane at $2.75, a cord of wood provides the same heat as about $800 worth of propane. So yea if propane is $4/gallon, wood at $700 a cord is still a deal.

But the propane appliance loads itself, and storage doesn't take 1/4 acre of your property, or trips outside in the snow.

$400+ a cord is like boutique wood.

Boutique wood? I guess it's been awhile since this old gem was re-posted. Perhaps some of the newer folks haven't seen it, yet.

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[Woodsplitter67]

But the propane appliance loads itself, and storage doesn't take 1/4 acre of your property, or trips outside in the snow.


Boutique wood? I guess it's been awhile since this old gem was re-posted. Perhaps some of the newer folks haven't seen it, yet.

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I missed this one.. thanks for the repost.. verry funny..

 

[Stelcom66]

Wow - I wonder what prices will be like in the fall. Thankfully gasoline is coming down a bit in my state, seen some stations with 'only' $ ~$4.65/gal. Not sure where heating oil prices are. Recently I asked for a $150 heating oil fill, which didn't quite get to 3/4 of tank. Did that hoping it'll go down along with gas.

All the more reason to save and every bit of burnable wood.