Marky Mark
Hell's Kitchen Trapper
On the ride to a job site today I couldn't help but notice this firewood sale.
What a Deal!
What a Deal!
Fire Wood Forsale What a Deal
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Marky Mark
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Here's what you get for 65 Bucks.The owner told me he is selling about 10 a day right now.
Did you ever see the arm-full sized wood bundles they sell at gas stations in wealthy towns and tourist areas, which sell for $5 each? They contain about 3 quartered 14" logs and have a total weight of maybe 8 pounds.
Now that is good marketing. Makes that pallet deal look like a major bargain.
Now that is good marketing. Makes that pallet deal look like a major bargain.
Local news story
This story claims pulp mill is paying $ 110 / cord.
http://www.timesunion.com/AspStorie...category=BUSINESS&BCCode=&newsdate=11/18/2003
( Link may only be good for a week or so )
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This story claims pulp mill is paying $ 110 / cord.
http://www.timesunion.com/AspStorie...category=BUSINESS&BCCode=&newsdate=11/18/2003
( Link may only be good for a week or so )
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Stumper
One Man Band
At $110 per cord I think I could make some money pulpwooding!
A 10 cord load of firewood goes for around $5-600 in my area. The pulp mill(Mead/West Vaco) pays even less than the price I mentioned above.
Firewood must be in short supply in NY.
Firewood must be in short supply in NY.
Sylvatica
I have sold some of that "tourist wennie wood" to a few stores..LOL
I have a cabin in the eastern part of the state that is in a National forest. So we have to haul our fire wood from home or buy it from a supplier near by. A truck load will do us just about all summer. Since we just use it for a campfire I split most of it up fairly small. When I pulled into a carry out store to fuel up one day this spring. The owner ask if I would sale the wood. When I ask what would he give, He said that he would be willing to pay $4.00 a bag.. I was like "What!?"
I ended up selling him the entire load which he stuffed into large paper bags. 42 bags later I had my $168.00 and he wanted more.
From May to Aug I sold him close to $5000.00 worth of Hickory and Oak which he resold all of it for $7.50 a bag.
I have a good friend that owns a logging company. When he does a job. He will let me know so that I can contact the land owner and get the tops and any trees that are rejected once felled. Using his dozer or a skidder on a Saturday to move the wood that I want to a location to where I can get to it easy with a truck and trailor. It does not take long before I have more wood than I can use or sale for $25.00 a load. You load, You haul.
I have sold some of that "tourist wennie wood" to a few stores..LOL
I have a cabin in the eastern part of the state that is in a National forest. So we have to haul our fire wood from home or buy it from a supplier near by. A truck load will do us just about all summer. Since we just use it for a campfire I split most of it up fairly small. When I pulled into a carry out store to fuel up one day this spring. The owner ask if I would sale the wood. When I ask what would he give, He said that he would be willing to pay $4.00 a bag.. I was like "What!?"
I ended up selling him the entire load which he stuffed into large paper bags. 42 bags later I had my $168.00 and he wanted more.
From May to Aug I sold him close to $5000.00 worth of Hickory and Oak which he resold all of it for $7.50 a bag.
I have a good friend that owns a logging company. When he does a job. He will let me know so that I can contact the land owner and get the tops and any trees that are rejected once felled. Using his dozer or a skidder on a Saturday to move the wood that I want to a location to where I can get to it easy with a truck and trailor. It does not take long before I have more wood than I can use or sale for $25.00 a load. You load, You haul.
tony marks
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i got wood at 35 a pick up load ,u load..
so far no takers ... just a sign at the rd ,,which is a bitlike preaching to the quire, as this is the country. but still im am surprised some. i guess theres just plenty ,,enough ice storm wood left .
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so far no takers ... just a sign at the rd ,,which is a bitlike preaching to the quire, as this is the country. but still im am surprised some. i guess theres just plenty ,,enough ice storm wood left .
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johncinco
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I always find it so interesting to see the different prices and locals. Someone north of me was getting $65 a full cord a year ago, I was getting between $50 and $65 a face cord, and between $150 and $185 a full cord. Course I deliver to a pretty upscale neighborhood. And I do it that way on purpose. It's not worth it to spend the time and back labor to deliver wood at cheaper prices. It also frees me up to give plenty away to widows orphans and elderly and the like. They usually pay better in the long run.
I always have seen logging trucks whipping around my area, and have noticed more and more the logs were looking smaller and raggedy. I was at the truck gas stop and asked the driver what was up with the wimpy logs he had on and he told me they were going to a pulp mill, and that they had increased their orders by 300% over the last year. He didnt cut em, just hauled em so he didnt have much more to add but I was sure curious.
I always have seen logging trucks whipping around my area, and have noticed more and more the logs were looking smaller and raggedy. I was at the truck gas stop and asked the driver what was up with the wimpy logs he had on and he told me they were going to a pulp mill, and that they had increased their orders by 300% over the last year. He didnt cut em, just hauled em so he didnt have much more to add but I was sure curious.
Striker
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I know that a full cord of wood is 128 cubic feet of wood, bark and air. What is a face cord?
Jeff
Jeff
Stumper
One Man Band
A face cord is a 4'x8' stack the length of the wood. If the wood is 4 feet long then it is a full cord. 24"=1/2cord. 16"=1/3 cord.
JimL. 3 sections? As in 1 square mile ,640 acres each?
JimL. 3 sections? As in 1 square mile ,640 acres each?
Menchhofer
ArboristSite Guru
I see by the posts firewood here and there is majorly underpriced.
The guy with the pallets has a good idea is probably making pretty decent money selling the wood at that price and quantity. Also the guys and stores selling the firewood bundles are doing well also. The bundle deal comes out to about 165.00 for a 4 x 8 rick for the supplier which is a decent price and much deserved.
Everything costs more every year except wood. Firewood around here has been the same price for the last 25 years and it hardly makes it worth the time to even sell it. And then you have the guys selling it for 45.00 a rick.
I have always believed firewood distributors should get together and get a decent price for all the hard work involved in a rick or cord of wood instead of trying to sell it at the cheapest possible price just to undercut everyone else.
Ten years ago I figured I was making less than 3.00 an hour with the time involved in handling, splitting, stacking loading and unloaded a rick of wood. I am sure at today's prices I am only trading summer dollars for winters and probably then some.
People would buy it even if it would cost more.
The guy with the pallets has a good idea is probably making pretty decent money selling the wood at that price and quantity. Also the guys and stores selling the firewood bundles are doing well also. The bundle deal comes out to about 165.00 for a 4 x 8 rick for the supplier which is a decent price and much deserved.
Everything costs more every year except wood. Firewood around here has been the same price for the last 25 years and it hardly makes it worth the time to even sell it. And then you have the guys selling it for 45.00 a rick.
I have always believed firewood distributors should get together and get a decent price for all the hard work involved in a rick or cord of wood instead of trying to sell it at the cheapest possible price just to undercut everyone else.
Ten years ago I figured I was making less than 3.00 an hour with the time involved in handling, splitting, stacking loading and unloaded a rick of wood. I am sure at today's prices I am only trading summer dollars for winters and probably then some.
People would buy it even if it would cost more.
JimL
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Originally posted by Stumper
A face cord is a 4'x8' stack the length of the wood. If the wood is 4 feet long then it is a full cord. 24"=1/2cord. 16"=1/3 cord.
JimL. 3 sections? As in 1 square mile ,640 acres each?
Maybe i should have said 3 different stacks.
MasterBlaster
TreeHouse Elder
Whats the diff between a face cord and a full cord? I kinda was understanding Stumpers explaination, but I dunno...
Everone here buys 'ricks'. Two ricks equal one cord.
Everone here buys 'ricks'. Two ricks equal one cord.
A face cord shares the same dimmensions as a full cord except for the length which can be anything.
Menchhofer
ArboristSite Guru
It was just a thought, nothing more. Firewood is simply too inexpensive for the amount of work involved.
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