The ideal load of firewood ?

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I am thinking about selling some seasoned firewood.
What do you look for in appearance/stacking etc..
What is the price of wood by the cord in your area. How much do you or they charge for delivery.
I have been cutting timber for about a year and I have lots of seasoned tree tops that are a year old and I hate to see them all go to waste.
I would love to hear what you have to say.

Thank you all in advance !!!! /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

RoughCut

 

[dmp437]

The going price around here is $40 a face cord already cut, $50 cut and delivered, $10-20 a face cord if you cut and haul it yourself.
There's one guy that will do 6 cords for $240, delivered, that are hard maple mill ends. By delivered he means that he backs the trailer in and hits the button (it's dump trailer) and it's up to you from there.
As far as what I look for, the seasoning starts after the wood is cut and split. The bark's job is to keep the water in while the tree is alive so the drying process doesn't really begin until the wood is split to take the bark out of the picture. I've got some red oak right now that the ends have quite a few cracks in them but after they're split you can see there's still quite a bit of moisture present, definetely more than the 20-25% recommended for clean burning. As far as wood type, hardwood only. White Oak, Red Oak, Beach, and hard Maple (Norway) is what I have right now, with more red oak as soon as I can get to it. I prefer 22" lengths as my firebox is 25 " long.
By all means sell the tops for firewood. With the prices of the fossil fuels going up this year fire wood is going to be a popular fuel. Fuel oil around here was running $1.79 a gallon three weeks ago and it's till eary in the season.

 

[dbelisle]

Not sure where you are located rough cut, but a cord of hardwood in New Hampshire is selling for $160.00 a cord cut,split, and delivered.

And that is Green.

Dave in NH

 

[Youare]

In the southwest area of New Hampshire a cord of seasoned, cut, split, delivered a.k.a. dumped in your yard hardwood firewood is going for $150.00 on average. In New Hampshire a cord or a fraction thereof is the legal measure wood has to be sold by which is a pile of wood 4' wide X 4' high X 8' long.

Most firewood dealers around here stock pile wood in a big heap it goes in a truck in a big heap and is left at you place the same way. Very few dealers carefully neatly stack firewood except if the size of their truck dictates stacking to get the full cord measure in.

Most buyers see an add in the paper and order firewood over the phone rather than inspect the merchandise before purchase. If you can pile your firewood for sale next to a road where people driving by can see wood for sale that will attract attention and maybe worth the time and effort to pile it.

With home heating oil prices on the rise and the crude price high this wil be a good year to have seasoned firewood for sale.

Randy

 

[eee]

Guys,
I live on the border of WVa and Ohio ( near the Ohio River).
I seen some guys advertising they would deliver for $10 to $15 and I am thinking,if that is stacked I am not going to haul and stack for that price,but if I can deliver and toss it off the truck that might be different. I have seen prices for about $50.00 delivered give or take a few dollars. I have a bucket on my tractor, a skidder winch,a nice Cub Cadet log splitter ( I don't have a dump bed though /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif), I am on the edge of 93 acres about 65 total woods.

 

[slowrev]

In Rural areas of KY it is about $40-50 per face cord delivered. However is in or near to a large metro area. it will be at least double that.

Ben

 

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Roughcut.
In your area, I'm guessing around $50/face cord. Check your local paper for others selling in your area.
If you don't mind driving to Pittsburgh or other urban area, like Ben said, you can get a lot more for it.

 

[rozett]

I have a firewood business as part of my farm. I sell a cord of 'seasoned' hardwood for $170. Delivery is free within 20 miles and I add $5 a cord for fuel if over 20. I've sold about 100 cord since July. Maine has a legal definition for a cord as 128 cubic feet when stacked. There are few other dealers around that sell green for $145-$150 and seasoned/dry for $155-$165. If you go 40 minutes east into Portland, you can get up to $190 a cord.

Mine was cut to 16 foot and stacked to dry last year after my forester conducted a timber harvest to thin out the property in order to promote the growth of white pine (where the money really is). I started cutting to length (orders from 12" to 19") and splitting in July. I deliver one cord at a time with a dump trailer. If they want it stacked, I refer them to the teens that I've hired to run the splitter for me.

The maple has pretty much dried out in the 16' lengths. The ash splits and burns very nicely and completes it dry out within days of splitting. The oaks, and especially red oak, take six months to dry out after split. So I recommend that they stack the red oak on the bottom. I don't have any birch in my firewood as I sent all that to the mills. It burns too quickly and without a great deal of heat anyway.

My first customer whined about getting "clean" wood. Apparently, most commercial firewood dealers scoop up their wood with a loader and dump it into a truck. This picks up a lot of dirt, rocks, and bark. I was originally planning to do the same with my FEL. But ended up loading the bucket by hand and dumping into the trailer. Almost every customer has raved about how clean the wood looks. So I it turned out to be a good practice.

Before I delivered my first cord, I stacked it to insure that it was a full cord. Then I loaded it into my trailer. Since then I just gauge a cord based on how loaded the trailer is. I've only had one customer come back and say he got shorted. I delivered extra wood and he showed me his stack. Apparently he takes great care to stack as tight as he can. Oh, well. The world is made up of all kinds. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[PhilNH5]

Roughcut,
In the Manchester NH paper a cord of wood is averaging 200 bucks. Some is advertised as high as 220. Around here delivery is usually included.

Very interesting to see the different prices w/in our tiny state.
PhiL

 

[Varmintmist]

Western PA, a stacked split cord is going for 125 delivered. I have sold a couple just for pocket money and I am not real careful on size so I took 100.00/128 cu ft. Plus, the splitter I have is the red and black one from Lowes, 8lb, about 24 bucks. 3-4 cord is enough. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif Thats hardwood, cherry/oak is preferred.

Wood is sold by the cord, but you can have variations in the cord to. Loose, stacked, loose split, stacked split. If you free stack it, ie no walls just free standing, you will get less wood than if you can stack it against something and are able to fill in the holes.