Not free firewood....but close

[Soggy Bottom Outdoors]

So I've been trimming up a lot trees on the farm and cleaning up a lot of storm damage. It has amounted to about 5 ricks of 90% round firewood. My dad, brother, FIL, nor I burn firewood at home. I burn a little in the shop but have a big pile of split, seasoned oak for that. I have been advertising it at $30 a rick, you haul. Not one bite. It is very mixed firewood and mostly seasoned, cut to length, and stacked. I realize its not high grade firewood but my time is worth something. I hear it advertised for $50 pretty regular. Guess folks don't need a bargain anymore. Not really looking to make a $ off it just want it out of the way. Had several dead oaks along the edge of field/woods I tried to give away if they would drag the brush into the woods and out of the field. No takers on that either.

 

[farmeratheart]

So I've been trimming up a lot trees on the farm and cleaning up a lot of storm damage. It has amounted to about 5 ricks of 90% round firewood. My dad, brother, FIL, nor I burn firewood at home. I burn a little in the shop but have a big pile of split, seasoned oak for that. I have been advertising it at $30 a rick, you haul. Not one bite. It is very mixed firewood and mostly seasoned, cut to length, and stacked. I realize its not high grade firewood but my time is worth something. I hear it advertised for $50 pretty regular. Guess folks don't need a bargain anymore. Not really looking to make a $ off it just want it out of the way. Had several dead oaks along the edge of field/woods I tried to give away if they would drag the brush into the woods and out of the field. No takers on that either.

I wish we were closer to one another ... Those dead oaks sound right up my alley. Much of the firewood that we burn comes from similar trees from my friends farm.

Frank

 

[MikeInEburg]

I have been advertising it at $30 a rick, you haul.

Out of curiosity, how many cubic feet are in a rick?

 

[KennyG]

You don't see many firewood ads around here now, compared to years ago. I don't think many people burn wood. I get all I need from my downed trees and cleaning up neighbors trees. If I had to pay for wood, I would just depend on natural gas given it's low price. Although I have a wood stove I also have a gas fireplace.

 

[shooterdon]

You may be charging a bit much if by a rick you mean a face cord (16"x4'x8'). I can have split hardwood firewood delivered and stacked for $50 a face cord. There is more wood when it is split than in rounds. Loggers cords (100"x4'x8") go for $80 delivered here; making my cost per "rick" of rounds about $15. But craigslist will give an idea of local market pricing.

People are basically lazy and that plays into it too. If I was able to get natural gas, I would only burn wood for the ambiance. But I live in an area where a lot of people burn wood to save money. If you live in an area that has cheap natural gas, firewood prices are likely to be depressed.

 

[jajiu]

Come to the North East, $300. per cord is reasonable with some as high as $400. I have 5 acres of wood that most of my firewood comes from downed storm damage and I sometimes take down a dead tree. Having shoulder surgery in April, I can't even start my chain saw now and won't be able to do much until the fall. I guess I'll use more propane next winter.

 

[MossRoad]

So I've been trimming up a lot trees on the farm and cleaning up a lot of storm damage. It has amounted to about 5 ricks of 90% round firewood. My dad, brother, FIL, nor I burn firewood at home. I burn a little in the shop but have a big pile of split, seasoned oak for that. I have been advertising it at $30 a rick, you haul. Not one bite. It is very mixed firewood and mostly seasoned, cut to length, and stacked. I realize its not high grade firewood but my time is worth something. I hear it advertised for $50 pretty regular. Guess folks don't need a bargain anymore. Not really looking to make a $ off it just want it out of the way. Had several dead oaks along the edge of field/woods I tried to give away if they would drag the brush into the woods and out of the field. No takers on that either.

Try advertising it by the cord (4' x 4' x 8') and see how that goes.

 

[Oldoak]

I have tons and tons of dead Ash trees most of which is still standing but is beginning to go down. I would let any body come and cut their own for FREE. However, I was advised not to do that because of liability issues. And professional loggers are so backed up around here they are a year behind. Besides the dead Ash is now worthless for anything but firewood, thanks to another foreign invader (Emerald Ash Borer Beetle).

 

[Teachu2]

Raise the price. Too cheap scares people off.

 

[turnkey4099]

You may be charging a bit much if by a rick you mean a face cord (16"x4'x8'). I can have split hardwood firewood delivered and stacked for $50 a face cord. There is more wood when it is split than in rounds.

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Wrong. There is less wood in a split stack. You cannot put wood into less space than it occupies in the round. I know, it is counter ro "common sense" but true. You can try it yourself, take a tapered carrot or similar article, cut into rounds and put as many of them as you can in a single layer in a box top or similar. Now dump them out and split each of those rounds in half an try to put them back into the same space. Can't be done without putting them back together in rounds.

If I am buying firewood by the cord, I want it in rounds and I'll do the splitting. Rough estimate is that the split wood will stack to from 5-10% more space.