O/T Price of firewood.......

Goose

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• Aug 17, 2009

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Would anyone care to state the going price for firewood in their area?

I have plenty to cut up, five big elm trees behind my house, plus I need to clean up fence rows and go around the edges of fields once. That's without even going into about 30 acres of timber I own. It's possible I may have some time on my hands this fall, so I was wondering if it would pay to sell some firewood. We have a wood-burning fireplace, but there's no way we'd ever burn up ouselves what I could cut.

Seems to me, I recall it selling for $75-$100 a pickup load last year.

 

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Hotflashjr

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Location

Western MA

• Aug 17, 2009

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In western Mass. it is around $200 for a cord of green delivered give or take. If you want a cord of seasoned delivered you could be paying up to $375 depending on who you buy it from and how much you buy. I just saw green wood for sale in the Eastern part of the state for $275 a cord delivered.

 

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Matt from CT

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• Aug 17, 2009

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$200 per cord, seasoned mix hardwoods of good quality (ash, red oak, white oak, sugar maple) delivered, not stacked wouldn't cause me to blink in my part of the country. Saw some as high as $275 per cord for good wood at the height of the season last year.

But from what I see on my chainsaw forum though, the midwest is considerably depressed from that with it seldom going over $125.

 

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Matt from CT

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• Aug 17, 2009

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Re-reading your question...

By the "pickup load" -- say 1/4 cord, it does go for a very nice premium. Saw some folks advertising a S-10 load for $125 last year. $100 for 1/4 cord for someone just wanting some romantic fires in their fireplace isn't unreasonable.

Wouldn't want to heat my home with it at those prices though

 

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Goose

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• Aug 17, 2009

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Volume-wise, a full size, 8' pickup box is roughly half a cord. So I guess around $100 per pickup load would be in the ballpark.

It's not uncommon hereabouts to see a pickup-box trailer load of firewood parked in someone's yard along the road with a "For Sale" sign on it, but up to now I've had no reason the ask prices.

Thanks for the responses.

 

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OliverGuy

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• Aug 17, 2009

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I'd like to sell firewood in your area from here. The shipping from IN to MA would get in the way though!! That much really?? I would estimate it's a 1/3 of that here. Plenty of good stuff to go around must be the problem. Ash, oak and mulberry I can see from here.

 

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Rootsy

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• Aug 17, 2009

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$40 / face cord here... a face cord to me being about 1/3 of a cord...

seasoned and split mixed hardwood...

Southern Michigan

 

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IH2444

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• Aug 17, 2009

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About 1/2 cord if stacked neatly. About 1/4 cord max if thrown in.

 

Pete-IN

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Location

Waterloo, IN

• Aug 17, 2009

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18 percent unemployment here in Northeast Indiana. That 18 percent does not even count the folks that have already maxed out their benefits. No one is really buying right now since it is so warm but this fall firewood should be really cheap. Pete

 

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hay

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• Aug 17, 2009

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i have a large oak the went down in a wind a week ago in my driveway. very easy to get at and much wood to cutup( maybe 1/2 cord or more). i put up a sign advertising FREE firewood, u-cut, u-haul and no takers to date. are people just lazy or what? probably the same ones that will go begging for wood come cold weather.

 

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twopop

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• Aug 17, 2009

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what kind of elm?chinese elm is worth about 50 a cord.no heat too much creosote and ashes.
in new mexico wood must be sold by 1/2 cord or cord.face cords are illegal

 

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twopop

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• Aug 17, 2009

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what kind of elm?chinese elm is worth about 50 a cord.no heat too much creosote and ashes.
in new mexico wood must be sold by 1/2 cord or cord.face cords are illegal

 

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John S-B

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• Aug 17, 2009

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You may also look into having someone come out with a portable sawmill to saw it into lumber. Check local prices and see what it going for per board foot. Depending on the quality it might be more profitable

 

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M Nut

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• Aug 17, 2009

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Here in MN, I sell some firewood, as much as I want to I guess, about 10 cords per year. It is dry, cut, split and delivered within 10 miles of my farm. I get $150 per cord for mixed wood and you must take two cords at a time since that is what I can haul loose in my dump truck. For $150 a cord I back up and tilt the box. Price goes up considerably if there is any stacking involved.
If you want just a small amount, it's $75 per face cord (1/3 cord) tossed out of the back of my pickup. More for stacking.
My prices are higher than some, but I've decided I'm not doing it for nothing. If I can't get that much for my time and wood, I'll just keep it since I burn wood, along with my parents too.
However, if I know someone truly needs it and is unable to get it, (can't afford it, is too elderly, etc) I'll help them out in whatever way I can.

 

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Don-Wi

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• Aug 17, 2009

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Some guys around here sell wood for the people camping at the local state park and sell a 2'x2' square for $4-$5.00. Not sure how much that costs per cord, but I'm sure it's a heck of a lot more than people pay to heat their house with it...

It is a good way to make money for those that do it...

Donovan from Wisconsin

 

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dmiller

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• Aug 17, 2009

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I sell about 20 cord a year here in south central montana. I get $120 per cord within 10 miles then charge $1 per mile after that. This is for cottonwood (I know many of you are surprised anyone would even burn this let alone buy it but when it's about the only tree in your region you burn what you have)

 

Fawteen

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Location

Downeast Maine

• Aug 17, 2009

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Here in eastern Maine, mixed hardwood (maple/oak/ash/birch) goes around $225 per 128 cubic foot standard cord, cut split and delivered.

Tree length, 8 cord truckload minimum, $120/cord, delivered.

I'm about 6 cords into an 8 cord load, but it's too dang hot to work on it the last few days.

 

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Rollie NE PA

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• Aug 17, 2009

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I sell wood for camping or heating. Ash, Oak, Maple and Black Birch. I have been getting 45.00 for a cart load 2'h x 4' wide x 6' long and 65.00 for a wagon load 2'h x 4'w x 8' long.

 

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TomH in PA

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• Aug 17, 2009

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Think about what Donovan said. Wrap a couple of armful sized samples in plastic and try your local grocery stores. My daughter (in DC area) bought some like that once, it was green and didn't burn at all. Stores might be interested in a good product.

 

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Nancy Howell

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• Aug 17, 2009

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I bought some like that years ago. Had the opposite problem. It was so old and rotten it wouldn't burn.

 

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hoopnitram

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• Aug 17, 2009

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Central Missouri,
$65. for a full cord, cut and split
You haul

 

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kyplowboy

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• Aug 17, 2009

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With that big oak you posted a pic of last week some time Nancy you shouldn't have to worry about buy'n fire wood for a good while.

Dave

 

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kyplowboy

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• Aug 17, 2009

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Last year people had adds in the paper for $60 to $75 a truck load, delevered and stacked. They know something I don't about cutting wood or they don't think much of their time is all I can say.

Dave

 

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kyplowboy

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• Aug 17, 2009

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Don't count on cheap fire wood because of high unemployment. Here is KY times ain't so great aswell but most of the tobacco help still has to be bussed in. Every one is looking for a job but you can't run fast enough to give them one.

Dave

 

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ericlb

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• Aug 17, 2009

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been there done that, most times making and selling firewood is the hardest work you will ever do for little or no money,when you add up your time, use on your equipment and fuel ect, i heat my home with wood but if i cant get enough made up here on the farm i'll just buy a chord or 2 to get me through the winter

 

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Bob Kerr

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• Aug 17, 2009

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Around here some folks want to buy a truckload. They pull up to ask how much while driving an S-10 and say they will go get the money and come back with a full size 3/4 ton to get it. Pure BS. I won't sell by the "truckload" too many variables. Just tossed in the back leaves a lot of air space. Most extened cab trucks have smaller beds, Some older trucks have more cubic feet because the bed walls are wider. Then there is the all the truck can haul or just loaded up to the bed sides and again stacked tight inside the truck or tossed in loose. I only sell by the "Rick" which is 4ft x 8 ft stack and get $65 for seasoned split hardwood. I give single moms with bum ex husbands and the eldery a discount (which usually ends up with me just about breaking even).

 

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RodinNS

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• Aug 18, 2009

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155/cord, thrown in, cut, split and delivered.
We cured the half ton loads with the measuring tape. It's $1.21 per cubic foot. Pile as much as you want on there. I'll get the tape. It's also the same price as if I deliver it in a large load. Only difference is I won't deliver the small amounts.

Rod

 

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Anonymous-0

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• Aug 18, 2009

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Hey Matt from CT, what part of the state are you from and what chainsaw website is that you speak of? Im from eastern CT by the way