I've actually hauled loads close to that......Well maybe half of that.....
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School me on firewood prices!
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most people sell face cords
a full cord is 4'x4'x8' long
so a full cord should be 3 stacks of 16" wide wood
most people sell you 2 stacks as a cord but the wood would need to be 24" wide and no one cuts them that long.
my 2 cents!
a full cord is 4'x4'x8' long
so a full cord should be 3 stacks of 16" wide wood
most people sell you 2 stacks as a cord but the wood would need to be 24" wide and no one cuts them that long.
my 2 cents!
When I was doing firewood for house heat. I have a guy who’d deliver 10 tons of logs for like $200. The logs were unacceptable for his primary business (twisted etc) but good hardwood. They’d back a full sized dump truck into my backyard and dump it. Take the cash and disappear.
I’d cut the logs into firewood long rounds with a chainsaw, and rent a log splitter the next day. If you’re going to rent one. Make sure it can be used vertically. It is way easier to roll the rounds into place and stood up to split. You’d be begging for a hernia if you had to pick up the rounds to place them on a horizontal splitter.
As previously said a cord of firewood is hard work and typically a volume of 128 cubic feet 4x4x8 feet. A typical full size pickup can only carry 1/2 cord and your going to pay a couple hundred bucks delivered.
You will routinely see tree guys selling the trees they’ve been paid to remove, selling the same trees as firewood, split and delivered later in the year.
I’d cut the logs into firewood long rounds with a chainsaw, and rent a log splitter the next day. If you’re going to rent one. Make sure it can be used vertically. It is way easier to roll the rounds into place and stood up to split. You’d be begging for a hernia if you had to pick up the rounds to place them on a horizontal splitter.
As previously said a cord of firewood is hard work and typically a volume of 128 cubic feet 4x4x8 feet. A typical full size pickup can only carry 1/2 cord and your going to pay a couple hundred bucks delivered.
You will routinely see tree guys selling the trees they’ve been paid to remove, selling the same trees as firewood, split and delivered later in the year.
I burn wood every day during winter. I can`t tell anybody what the difference in woods are unless they are standing beside me. I burn red and white oak mostly. It`s all donated. Sometimes I go and cut the tree standing. Some I get some after a storm goes through. I have even burned pine a few times, beetle-killed on my property. If you split and dry pine, it makes a hot fire, but burns up quickly. I wouldn`t burn lightered pine except for kindling. If you live out west you will burn pine or none at all, in most cases. Good dried pine won`t creosote your chimney much, but green hardwood sure will. You need to cut ,split,and stack your green wood for 6 months to be considered cured. I used to sell some, but its too much work for the price it brings.
We lucked out when we moved to our current house. Previous owner was an older gentleman that at his wife's behest, changed out anything wood burning to gas. I could tell at the closing it was a source of contention between the two. Why? The old man loved the wood burning stove in the basement and had spent what seems to be years, cutting and stacking wood.
When we moved in, I yanked all that gas bull**** out and we are back to a good old fashioned wood burning fireplace. The pile of neatly stacked wood that was split and stacked is still there. Barely put a dent in it over 3 years. I'll bet we have at least 5-7 more seasons before it's all gone.
When we moved in, I yanked all that gas bull**** out and we are back to a good old fashioned wood burning fireplace. The pile of neatly stacked wood that was split and stacked is still there. Barely put a dent in it over 3 years. I'll bet we have at least 5-7 more seasons before it's all gone.
He has a price in mind and they don't want to pay it!
Buy your own land......cut your own wood.....it will be expensive wood for a few years.....then it's free wood for a lifetime.
Might not work for you......but worked pretty good for me.
Might not work for you......but worked pretty good for me.
Another thing to consider is a wood burning stove. Incredibly efficient. Puts out a lot more heat and uses far less wood than a fireplace. The thing you have to be careful about is using one in a prefab fireplace because of the intense heat the stove will produce. Make sure to be safe about it. It's not worth burning your house down. A full masonry fireplace will be good to go. The prefab will likely need some changes and additions to make it safe. We loved our fireplace in our old home so we never changed it to accommodate a stove. Our new to us home has a massive masonry fireplace, but it has nice gas logs in it. At my age now, I don't know if I'll change it back or not. When I was younger the stove would've been a good investment.
When I was buying and burning wood. I rotated it out 2 years ahead.
Buying firewood now needs to be for next year, or even 2 years from now is best.
Buying firewood now needs to be for next year, or even 2 years from now is best.
