Firewood Market

[MossRoad]

Carbon nuetral? Yes and no. Yes talking long term, no for the short term. I have burned more trees in my lifetime than would have rotted in the same time.

Harry K

I have planted more trees in my lifetime than I will ever burn in my lifetime.

 

[brokenknee]

I purchase 10 cord grapple loads of oak and ash at $70 a cord, then cut and split it myself. I have 40 acres but mostly poplar and pine, I will burn some of that in the shoulder season but right now it is a minus 22* F. I want as long as burn as I can get and since I have a pre EPA stove you are only talking about four hour burn. I burn 24/7.

 

[KTurner]

Something I just started noticing this year - some of the people advertising firewood on craigslist are now accepting credit cards.

Keith

 

[Willl]

You can burn, depending on whether there is an 'air quality alert'. Level 1, not burn unless sole source of heat, level 2, sole source and epa stove with only 20 visible smoke emission during lighting and reloading. The geography in western washington has a tendency to trap particulates low to the ground under certain weather conditions.

Stage 1 burn ban:

No burning is allowed in fireplaces and uncertified wood stoves, unless it is your only adequate source of heat. This includes the use of manufactured logs such as Duraflame or Javalogs.

You can use pellet stoves, EPA-certified wood stoves and natural gas or propane fireplaces.
No visible smoke is allowed from any solid fuel burning devices, beyond a 20 minute start-up period.

Stage 2 burn ban:

No burning is allowed in any fireplace, pellet stove or wood stove (certified or not), unless it is your only adequate source of heat.

You can use natural gas or propane fireplaces.
No visible smoke is allowed from any solid fuel burning device at any time.

Puget Sound Clean Air Agency

 

[D7E]

I only sell poplar $150 a cord split or $70 a cord green in rounds ..2 cord load no delivery charge within 5 miles . Or cut your own $25 a pickup load (8 ft box) .

 

[MossRoad]

Something I just started noticing this year - some of the people advertising firewood on craigslist are now accepting credit cards.

Keith

Anybody can now get a credit card reader that plugs into a smartphone. I think the device is free or real cheap. Anyhow, the companies that make them charge 2-2.5% per transaction. So you drive up to Mr. Customer, take his C card, swipe it on your smartphone, it verifies you got paid, you dump the load and drive away 3-4 bucks poorer for a $150.00 transaction, but you are paid and done. Its worth it.:thumbsup:

 

[cqaigy2]

Puget Sound Clean Air Agency

Thanks for straighten me up. You can also setup for email to alert.

 

[herbertperform]

Anybody can now get a credit card reader that plugs into a smartphone. I think the device is free or real cheap. Anyhow, the companies that make them charge 2-2.5% per transaction. So you drive up to Mr. Customer, take his C card, swipe it on your smartphone, it verifies you got paid, you dump the load and drive away 3-4 bucks poorer for a $150.00 transaction, but you are paid and done. Its worth it.:thumbsup:

PayPal is the one most known for that. Very easy to get one and very convenient. I have one for my business.

 

[GMForsythe]

Never heard of a "rick" before. Maybe it's because I'm from NY. Here I've only heard it called a "face cord". Guess I learned something new..

I'm from NY also and have never seen serious firewood sold in any unit other than the "face cord." My place is in Schoharie County, and a few years ago it was $75 per face cord delivered. I would presume that now it's $100. I also have a house in Henry County, GA, and I've seen places that sell a face cord (don't know if they call it that down here) for $50-100 (you pick it up). A number of places list the quantity as a "pickup load." This seemed unfair to me as that can really vary with the size of the pickup (Tacoma vs F-150) and the ambition of the buyer, but someone told me that the seller loads up HIS pickup and then it gets moved to yours (which would mean double work and possibly two trips for the guys with the smaller pickups).

 

[L355SS]

You are referring to the Bay area having no burn days not Olympia? Right.
Dennis

The market here is just about dead...

I use to have people always asking to haul off downed oak on my property.

That all stopped when the air district started to fine folks on no burn days which is always when it is cold in the winter.

I just gave away 3 cords of oak cut and split... had it for my Mom... but, she is afraid to use it.

Tried to sell it and there were no takers... someone I knew offered to let me bring to their home and stack it to help me out...

Folks here now pay to have the wood taken to the local dump... makes no matter... hardwood or softwood.

Find it ironic the local markets sell 1.5 cu ft of seasoned hardwood for first for $15 a box... now on sale for $9.99 because the Holidays were mostly no burn days...