Off road diesel in pickup.

[Redneck in training]

How about those "bundles" of wood at the gas station!!!!! $5 a bundle. A bundle is 4 small split sticks. Talk about high priced wood!!!!

That is the whole point. Standard measures are here so you could compare prices. It shouldn't say "bundle". It should say 0.01 cord in example so you would know what rip off is that. :laughing:

 

[ultrarunner]

In Olympia there is a retired guy that always parks his old 8' bed pickup piled high with split firewood...

Sign says $200 with free local delivery to driveway...

I bet he sells one about every other day.

 

[cat fever]

Some people debate that the low sulfur road diesel does not have the lube that off road does, and is not good for older tractors. I dunno.

Sorry for the late response,
While I can't say it's true for every refinery; We blend "all" our #2ULSD into 3 different tanks. We sell one at a time to the truck loading rack. Those who are loading "red" get a dye injected at the time of loading. The fuel is the same and has been for many years.

 

[Zerk]

So you will go to a gas station that will advertise gas $1/gal but actually charge $1/qt. How would you know how much gas you are going get before you actually buy it.
Cord of wood is no different than gas, milk or whatever. Bundle of wood can be anything. I bet you want to know before hand what you get for your money before you spend money driving to get it.

They are being regulated on their scale, not how much they sell. If I want to buy a truck load it is my business. If I go pulls up says this truck load is $25, and I look at it, I can decide if I want it.

it adds an expense to the consumer measuring the wood. If they want to pay for that, fine, but if they are ok with buying the quanity in front of them, for what someone will sell it, what business is it of the government? To me it isn't.

 

[Zerk]

In Olympia there is a retired guy that always parks his old 8' bed pickup piled high with split firewood...

Sign says $200 with free local delivery to driveway...

I bet he sells one about every other day.

Should we send him to jail, confiscate his customer's wood? Maybe a stakeout and swat team.

 

[Redneck in training]

There are many laws that are not enforced. They are on books to prevent abuse.

 

[Zerk]

There are many laws that are not enforced. They are on books to prevent abuse.

I really question the idea of having laws, that are only to be engorced when we feel like it. Granted I don't think we need to arrest people every time they break a law either.

So to rectify it for people for in Ohio they just sell either cords or add "about a" to load of woods guys are selling, and let the person decide.

 

[timswi]

Simply not true. It's the same fuel.

Around these parts it is the same fuel with dye added...I run the red stuff in my OFF ROAD diesels with no issues...I have seen the fuel cops dipping tanks at farm auctions and other gatherings of rural dudes...Personally I think this should require a warrant, not just a whim of some pencil neck government employee with nothing better to do.

 

[bcp]

Probably somewhere in the fine print of a driver's license or vehicle license application is that you agree to some kind of vehicle inspection.

Bruce

 

[LD1]

So to rectify it for people for in Ohio they just sell either cords or add "about a" to load of woods guys are selling, and let the person decide.

It is a law that isnt enforced in Ohio either.

When I sell wood, it is by the cord, or by the 1/2 cord. And most reputable guys sell like that. What is wrong with having a standard way to measure wood so one can compare?

When you buy milk, its gallons or half gallons. Even the small containers are in ounces.....something people can look at and know exactaly what they are getting.

Coal....by the ton or pound
Feed....ton or pound
Wood pellets.....by the ton or pound
etc etc etc.

There is a guy near me selling wood in a single axle dump truck. Piled high. $375 I have no idea if stacked out that would be 2 cord, or 4 cord, or what? Hardwood sells for ~$150-160/cord in my area....so no way to compare a "dumptruck load"

Selling by a cord eliminates confusion. Again, a truckload isnt a measurement. If I call an ad to buy a truckload of wood, and the guy shows up in a short bed, level full, and thrown in......and I was expecting an 8' bed heaped on......see the delima? So I complain and refuse the load....seller gets unhappy because he loaded up and drove all the way out there, just not a good situation.

There is also alot of people selling by the cord that are crooks too, because too many people dont know what a cord is. My 8' bed, with a 10" side board, stacked tight and 5 rows, and rounded/heaped in the middle, is a cord of wood. I cannot begin to count the number of times customers have commented or asked (is that just one cord!), and say it is way more wood that the last guy that brought them a "cord"

The law is on the books to protect the consumer. Most guys selling firewood are just doing it for a hobby, are unaware of the law, and arent a legitimate business. And if no complaints are received, I think the state takes a "no harm no foul" stance. No if someone had a legitimate business and/or storefront, and started selling 90cu-ft of wood and calling it a cord, and the state started getting complaints.....I would bet they would step in.