selling wood question

[mga]

dropped 34 ash trees yesterday and are all stacked in a pile. problem is, there's more there than I really need, so I was thinking of selling some as firewood. but, it's all 100% ash and no other wood. I'm going to be cutting up the logs tomorrow into chunks.

and, I have to take down about 30 more in the near future.

would there be a market for 100% ash or do people prefer mixed woods? if I do sell it, should I ask what the going price is for around here or lower because it's not mixed wood?

 

[madjoe]

My dad runs his own fire wood business. People around here ask for one curtain kind alot. But he only sells it in a mixture of hard wood. I think you would be able to sell 100% ash no problem. Just give it a try.

 

[USMC615]

dropped 34 ash trees yesterday and are all stacked in a pile. problem is, there's more there than I really need, so I was thinking of selling some as firewood. but, it's all 100% ash and no other wood. I'm going to be cutting up the logs tomorrow into chunks.

and, I have to take down about 30 more in the near future.

would there be a market for 100% ash or do people prefer mixed woods? if I do sell it, should I ask what the going price is for around here or lower because it's not mixed wood?

If white ash or green ash, you can't go wrong. Absolutely you can sell it and move it. Low moisture content and splits fairly easy too. I think white or green runs about 20-23 million BTU's on average per cord. As far as a going rate in your locale, no idea. I think it would certainly run a little less per cord than any oak species, but definitely sellable no doubt.

 

[03HD2500]

You should have no problem selling all ash. Its great fire wood!! Around here a lot of people love it because its low moisture and easy to split like as said above! That's about all I burn with also.

 

[svk]

Lots of people want ash. Are you in an eab area though? That may drive the price down.

 

[mga]

Lots of people want ash. Are you in an eab area though? That may drive the price down.

no, at least not yet. ants in some of them but that's common around here.

I'm dropping trees to expand a golf course for some one. 99% of them are ash and there was only one cherry. it's all stacked in logs right now and I plan on cutting it up tomorrow. not sure when I can split it tho because there's many more trees that need to come down. I have so much firewood I'm stacking for two winters from now!

i'll give it a shot and try to sell it, but I won't deliver....too much of a hassle.

thanks for the replies.

 

[UpOnTheHill]

Ash is no good for firewood. It's hard to split, hard to light, and it just plain looks funny. Send it over to me, in log form is fine. I'll get rid of it for you .....

Ash is fantastic firewood, one of my favorites!

 

[mga]

ok...so I began cutting up the logs today...in the rain and mud. I hauled 3 trailer fulls out so far, and barely made a dent.

 

[USMC615]

ok...so I began cutting up the logs today...in the rain and mud. I hauled 3 trailer fulls out so far, and barely made a dent.
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That's a chitload of wood MGA if you've already hauled three trailers full out...good for you.

 

[mga]

That's a chitload of wood MGA if you've already hauled three trailers full out...good for you.

ha ha..."good for me"....as long as I take a couple Aleive before I start!

 

[Swamp Yankee]

Couple thoughts on selling,

First one I've found, most people buying wood want it delivered. That said, if the wood is of good quality, and the price is right someone will buy and come get it. By good quality I mean not just hardwood with no rot or punk, but it must be cut to consistent length piece to piece, and split to stove size.

Next thought, if you ask around at saw shops, any large volume firewood sellers, or loggers, they may be able to set you up with a guy(s) that supply wholesale. There is decent money in selling to a wholesaler and he takes care of the transport. You do have to load the trailer and they typically take 8 or 9 cord per trailer. Wholesalers then sell in urban communities and make a killing selling at a wood yard by the pick up or trunk load. Around here wood sold to wholesalers typically goes to Rte. 128 and East, Cape Cod, or Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket where they get big bucks. (Can't confirm but I hear $800 plus per cord on MV) My treelength supplier gave my contact info to his wholesaler and they were willing to pay my delivered price per cord picked up in the landing, (I had to load the trailer) for stove ready seasoned cut & split. I didn't have enough left to bother with this year, but am seriously thinking about it for next year and getting out of residential deliveries altogether.

Food for thought.

Take Care

 

[svk]

Couple thoughts on selling,

First one I've found, most people buying wood want it delivered. That said, if the wood is of good quality, and the price is right someone will buy and come get it. By good quality I mean not just hardwood with no rot or punk, but it must be cut to consistent length piece to piece, and split to stove size.

Next thought, if you ask around at saw shops, any large volume firewood sellers, or loggers, they may be able to set you up with a guy(s) that supply wholesale. There is decent money in selling to a wholesaler and he takes care of the transport. You do have to load the trailer and they typically take 8 or 9 cord per trailer. Wholesalers then sell in urban communities and make a killing selling at a wood yard by the pick up or trunk load. Around here wood sold to wholesalers typically goes to Rte. 128 and East, Cape Cod, or Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket where they get big bucks. (Can't confirm but I hear $800 plus per cord on MV) My treelength supplier gave my contact info to his wholesaler and they were willing to pay my delivered price per cord picked up in the landing, (I had to load the trailer) for stove ready seasoned cut & split. I didn't have enough left to bother with this year, but am seriously thinking about it for next year and getting out of residential deliveries altogether.

Food for thought.

Take Care

Very interesting, I'm surprised they allow firewood to be imported to those islands.

We went to Nantucket this summer. HUGE elms out there.

 

[UpOnTheHill]

ok...so I began cutting up the logs today...in the rain and mud. I hauled 3 trailer fulls out so far, and barely made a dent.
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Dude.... I would stay on that until it was ALL gone. That is a major score right there! You can split and stack at your place as you feel like it. I also recommend cutting all to one length and getting similar sized splits, make it look "pretty" if you're gonna sell it. Someone will buy that firewood, I know they wood around here. Heck people buy fresh cut around here all the time from some local sellers.

 

[mga]

Dude.... I would stay on that until it was ALL gone. That is a major score right there! You can split and stack at your place as you feel like it. I also recommend cutting all to one length and getting similar sized splits, make it look "pretty" if you're gonna sell it. Someone will buy that firewood, I know they wood around here. Heck people buy fresh cut around here all the time from some local sellers.

we went back and counted stumps...it came to 32 trees. all the logs in the picture are mine only. i'll keep going back and cutting them up until gone because there are like 30 to 40 more that have to come down. all I have to do is drop the trees, trim the branches off and cut them into 12 foot sections. the property owner has some kid pick them up with a back hoe and stack them in a pile for me.

can't beat that....right? so, it only costs me gas and oil and my time. I try cutting to one length, but for years I've been doing 16 to 18 inch logs...kinda hard to break that habit.

 

[Swamp Yankee]

Very interesting, I'm surprised they allow firewood to be imported to those islands.

We went to Nantucket this summer. HUGE elms out there.

On those islands,

It is my understanding the only way to get a tree removed / taken down is a N'oreaster or hurricane. According to one of my nephews that works out there doing house / building restorations the paperwork to remove probably weighs as much or more than the tree itself. This is one reason all the firewood comes from the wholesalers / distributors on the Cape.

Take Care

 

[svk]

Cool, thanks for the explanation.

 

[unclemoustache]

Wow - wish I had access to that much wood, and good wood at that. I've got about a dozen silver maple trees to take down, split and sell, but I sell it rather cheap because it's 'junk wood'. Still, it's good for bundles and campfires, and I don't hide the fact that it's maple. Only one person this year declined to buy it because of that.

You should do well with Ash, but as others have said, they're mostly going to want it delivered. If you have a little 5x10 trailer, hire a kid or two (or make your own like me) to load the trailer for you and help unload when you deliver.

 

[mga]

I wouldn't mind delivering it, but....

1. I don't have a dump trailer. my trailer is a 16 foot landscape trailer
2. I'm not going to stack wood for them
3. doing all this by myself is a PITA and I should charge $500 a face cord for all the work that it is!!

lol...yea, I'm tired today. got one log pile gone, starting the other one Monday.

 

[mainewoods]

Wouldn't be any problem selling ash firewood up here. Wait until mid winter when everyone is running out, and you should have no issues. Ash is as close to seasoned wood as you can get when all the other sellers only have green left. You won't be sorry you took the time, unless people in NY have different thoughts than most. You couldn't find seasoned wood or ash last winter, period. Many people ended up with green, and were glad to even find someone with anything left.