Price of a cord of firewood
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vtsnowedin
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That sounds about right to me Roy. I talked to a dealer that was making a delivery last month and he was charging $275 for dry and all he had was spoken for by regular customers. He said the raw logs dropped at his processor were costing him over $100 per cord so considering his processor and the one ton dump truck for deliveries he has a good buisness but will never get rich.
MossRoad
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My in-laws go to a local tree service and pick it up themselves. A full pickup load of split firewood for $35.00. It isn't seasoned, though, so they have to let it sit for a year. But heck, if you're going to pay someone $200.00 to dump it on your driveway, you're still going to have to haul it and stack it from there, so you might as well toss it in the back of the pickup yourself and drive it to your storage area on your property and stack it off the truck. Works for them. :thumbsup:
IXLR8
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What I get is a mix of wood; oak, maple, birch. The old timers here, and the Farmers Almanac, say this is going to be a bitter cold winter and folks are stocking up. I burn about 1 cord a season, total cost $275-$300, if I run the electric heat it runs me $250+/month for 4 months. Wood is much cheaper and I keep my house warmer, 72F with wood, 65F with electric. The wife and I like the feel of the wood heater as well, our dog likes to curl up to the stove, and put her head under it, as well. We basically fire the stove up after Thanksgiving and it runs 24/7 until sometime in April.
IXLR8
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My house is only about 1100 sq ft, I had to reside the north wall of my house and I put in spray foam insulation when I did the wall work. My stove is an old Vermont Castings Defiant Encore I bought new in 1987 when I lived in Albuquerque. I just redid the gaskets in it this summer for the first time, I replaced the Catalytic Converter once about 10 years ago, I don't think they make them like this any more.
cartod
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My new home will be heated with a 500,000 btu outdoor wood boiler. I have at least 20 cords of wood cut and split from the wood we cleared to build the home. Plus, it keeps me in good shape. wood around here is pretty cheap after last years terrible storm.
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20 cords is 4' wide by 4' high by 160' long. That's a heck of a lot of firewood. I remember my dad splitting a bunch of wood after some storms here. It took many years for him to burn through most of it, but he lost about the last cord or two to rot.
I burned 6 cords two years in a row, then the weather got mild and I've only burned 3.5 cords each of the last two years. I have 6 cords ready to go for this year and am currently splitting my 6 cords for 2014.
Firewood, the fuel that warms you twice.
I burned 6 cords two years in a row, then the weather got mild and I've only burned 3.5 cords each of the last two years. I have 6 cords ready to go for this year and am currently splitting my 6 cords for 2014.
Firewood, the fuel that warms you twice.
dmccarty
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Best I can tell, a cord of hardwood is at least $200 around my area. It is the best I can tell because it is sold by the pickup load.
I see some people buying smaller logs or big branches by the logging truck load where as other buy it split. We have enough trees taken down my Momma Nature every year to keep us supplied. :shocked: I just noticed another dead Oak in the woods which I guess was hit by lightning.
I split 1/6 of a cord on Saturday with my Fiskar axe. Love that Axe but I saw a Gerber that was a bit longer that I would like. :laughing::laughing::laughing: It only took about 90-120 minutes to split but it took another hour to move it from the woods to the eave under the south side of the house to dry. Splitting was easy but moving that wood kicked my fanny. :laughing::laughing::laughing: But moving the wood and running the saw for an hour burned 1,111 calories so it was a good workout.
Money wise, if I had to pay for the wood at $200 or a cord, I think it would be cheaper to run the heat pump. Our highest power pill was just shy of $200 and about $80 was from heating or cooling. If we had to burn a full cord in a month, which we should have to do in Dec and Jan, it would be cheaper to run the HVAC but we would not be as warm as with the wood stove. But since the cost of the firewood is my time, which is worthwhile because of the exercise and I would have to pay someone to clean up, burning firewood saves us money and not just from the heat.
Later,
Dan
I see some people buying smaller logs or big branches by the logging truck load where as other buy it split. We have enough trees taken down my Momma Nature every year to keep us supplied. :shocked: I just noticed another dead Oak in the woods which I guess was hit by lightning.
I split 1/6 of a cord on Saturday with my Fiskar axe. Love that Axe but I saw a Gerber that was a bit longer that I would like. :laughing::laughing::laughing: It only took about 90-120 minutes to split but it took another hour to move it from the woods to the eave under the south side of the house to dry. Splitting was easy but moving that wood kicked my fanny. :laughing::laughing::laughing: But moving the wood and running the saw for an hour burned 1,111 calories so it was a good workout.
Money wise, if I had to pay for the wood at $200 or a cord, I think it would be cheaper to run the heat pump. Our highest power pill was just shy of $200 and about $80 was from heating or cooling. If we had to burn a full cord in a month, which we should have to do in Dec and Jan, it would be cheaper to run the HVAC but we would not be as warm as with the wood stove. But since the cost of the firewood is my time, which is worthwhile because of the exercise and I would have to pay someone to clean up, burning firewood saves us money and not just from the heat.
Later,
Dan
cartod
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I have four rows, 50' long, 7' high and an average of 28" long. (boiler takes up to 52" logs but splitter wont handle that). When your dad lost that wood to rot, was it covered?20 cords is 4' wide by 4' high by 160' long. That's a heck of a lot of firewood. I remember my dad splitting a bunch of wood after some storms here. It took many years for him to burn through most of it, but he lost about the last cord or two to rot.
I burned 6 cords two years in a row, then the weather got mild and I've only burned 3.5 cords each of the last two years. I have 6 cords ready to go for this year and am currently splitting my 6 cords for 2014.
Firewood, the fuel that warms you twice.
