Standard Fire Wood Length

[DFB]

John Miller your always thinkin' ahead of the curve. Lets hope its a dually for safety's sake./w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

DFB

 

[DFB]

John, that reminds me of the time I went up to the local sawmill for bark mulch. $25.00 for a pickup truck load.
Put 4ft OSB sidewalls on my truck and had the loader operator put 2 full buckets on /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

Next load I went for the owner wanted an extra 10 bucks. /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif

DFB

 

[ejb]

As long as we are talking about firewood...any opinions about how to cover it in the winter (i.e. the green stuff that is drying for next year).

I see a lot of people that just put tarps across the top and leave the sides open, but the previous owner left me this enourmous heavy duty tarp (about 60 x 40 ) that I put over my pile (which just happens to be about 60 feet long) and I can cover the entire pile.

I kept it off and facing south all fall until the wet weather came but figured I leave it covered until the snow starts to melt next year and the quickly uncover it to give it April thru about Nov next year to dry some more. Its already split.

The tarp has enough holes that I know some air is getting in, but wonder if I would have been better leaving it uncovered?

 

[HR_Mutt]

ejb
I leave next year supply of wood stacked so air will circulate in a couple long rows, no cover.
In the spring I move into this shed(pic attached, not a very good one). It's ready the following season.

beenthere: yes, $40. per face cord, pretty much how everyone sells it around here.
regards
Mutt

 

[Bird]

Yep, DFB, our state has a similar statute, and Maury, so long as you're not calling it a "cord" or some fraction thereof, you could sell it by the "pickup load" for whatever price you wanted to. I can't claim to know a lot about firewood, but did live in a house with a fireplace for about 16 years. I bought a "pickup load" in '72 for $15 once (had a 3/4 ton pickup). The rest of the time, I cut my own. However, from what I see in the newspapers, a "cord" delivered sells for about $125 in my area.

 

[DaveNH]

Check this ebay item!
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1310192544

The way I figure it, that's about $2100 per cord plus delivery!
Think I'll stick with oil! /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

We're all in this together! (3)

 

[JJT]

I noticed nobody has bid on that cute little bundle of white birch.

I just filled my oil tank at $.82/gallon, last year we saw the price of oil go to twice the current price. I sure hope it stays low.

 

[HR_Mutt]

http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1310192544
They're even "Real Ones"!!
I told the wife I would not sell wood...at $2100. per cord, the attachment wish list would get purchased/w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif
regards
Mutt

 

[Boondox]

I carried four birch fireplace length logs from Vermont to Florida as a gag Christmas present for my father-in-law. If I'd known the stuff was so valuable I would've carried pine!!!

Pete

www.GatewayToVermont.com

 

[HR_Mutt]

Boondox
Did you see the link to the outdoor woodstoves (Taylor) in the other thread? They got one that's rated 3.2 MILLION btu/hr.!!! I can see my father-in-law buying that one! And he's only 15 min. away/w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif.
regards
Mutt
p.s. Do birch trees go fast? Happy w/ them, etc? I was thinking about adding a couple.