Cost of Wood?

[commonsense]

I live in WV what is the cost of a 8ft bed pickup truck of wood in your area. Quality wood is 50.00 here.

[AlchemyAcres]

Prices havn't changed much in 20 years here in North Central PA....generally, $35 to $55 for 1/3 cord (a pick-up load) of quailty hardwoods...$100 to $140 for a full cord....delivery is extra, of course....prices are a bit higher in NY state...the border is 12 miles from here...


~Martin :)

[Txanne]

Wood--oak firewood--was running 150.00 a cord or 100.00 a pickup load--you go get it.

But the Hurricanes---put alot of wood on the ground.
So prices have fallening dramatically.

A cord cut up--running about 80.00 a cord.

And there's a;ot of it---some huge trees fell---and the loggers have been busy cleaning up and the wood sellers have been able to gleen the leavings--which btw--aint nothing to laugh at---

But it wont last---wood dries so fast here--it'll be way too dry for long term fires--but would be ok for quick start up.

annie

[FarmerGrant]

Here are some the ads from todays paper in Fairbanks, Alaska.

Birch Firewood. $180 Delivered (I assume a cord?)

Spruce Seasoned firewood. 12’’ rounds for $150/cord. 8’ rounds: for 125/cord. Slab wood bundles, approx. 1.5 cord, $100. Bulk discount available

Honest 1 1/2 cord DRY spruce, cut to length, delivery, $300

Up here spruce is the most common firewood. Birch is the best but there isn't as much of it around as spruce. Lots of aspen and cottenwood but that's a last resort for me.

[ffd430]

Wow I need to move fire wood was about $350.00 a cord in Maine last year.... this is s a Logging and paper mill state to top it off.

[scoutinlife]

Here in the country run about 35 a truck load more the further out they go I can buy for 30 dollars a load hardwoods delivered guy lives 1/4 mile from me ! ;D

[ASG]

Wow I need to move fire wood was about $350.00 a cord in Maine last year.... * this is s a Logging and paper mill state to top it off.
Did you buy it in the winter or summer? Wood is almost always cheaper in the summer.

[kyhillbilly]

dont know the cost around here as ive never bought any *except with my sweat, time , ect free wood is best lol ;)

[ffd430]

most of us buy it in the fall, cause we procrastinate too much... last year farmers had to park their trucks in the fields and sleep on the bench with a shotgun because people were steaing truckloads of fire wood.

[clawhammerdan]

A cord (and it's doubtful if it's actually a real cord) sells in Columbus Ohio for about $135. If you go to Noble Co. Ohio (about 100 miles east) you can get a cord for $90.

[Star1pup]

I guess I'll keep on cutting my own here in NE Ohio. I have a lot of trees on my 67 acres and there are always blowdowns that need cut. I've even let others come in and cut as long as they make brush piles and don't just take all the easy stuff and leave the hard to get for me.

[RangerRick]

Cut my own as can when can. Have chain saw, will travel.

Rick

[Catalpa]

Hey, Rick, you stole my motto!

Did alright for my firewood this year....my gun club was clearing another skeet field, so for 20 bucks a load (my pickup and trailer) I had my wood.

Of course, I hauled three loads of the round stuff, and a few weeks later I went back for more, and found it all split and stacked! If I had waited, I could have had it that easy, instead of crawling through the brush and lugging big logs, and then renting a splitter. ::)

Worked out ok, though, that I went early....I finished splitting and stacking over a weekend, and that Monday night I broke my leg playing softball. Six weeks sitting around in a cast wasn't fun, but every time I looked out the back window and saw all my neat firewood stacks, I felt better!

Newspaper ad here has mixed hardwoods for 70 a face cord. 'Course, we have some difficulty because of that damn emerald ash borer...it's against the law to transport any ash firewood in these parts now.

[sage_morgan]

Pd $85 full pickupload, piled high. Red elm, ash, mulberry and some cottonwood Dec. 16th. NE Nebr. Am out of touch w/local prices.

[woodburner]

Here in PA's Lehigh Valley I can spend $150 for a cord of wood, a bit south closer to Phily it goes up to $195. I generally buy uncut slab wood for $20 a pickup load or cut and debarked slab wood for $45 a load. I have a Ford Ranger and have to load it and pick it up myself. Eight cords of logs delivered will run $575 or more depending upon the cost of fuel.
wb

[machinemaker]

I live an hour outside of Denver and this is my solution for fire wood. Since you can't burn wood in denver most of the winter due to pollution the cities and counties that have parks and open space areas usually have a drop off area for trees and branches from parks and home owners. Since I live outside the wood burning ban area, but go into the city to do business I stop and load up on this wood. Due to liability they wont let you cut on site but I have a winch that I can mount on my truck rack or flat bed trailer and winch the logs up into the truck or trailer. Its a win / win situations the cities get rid on the wood and I get my wood for free. The forest service does sell fire wood permits, but this is usually as close and its there in a big pile rather that having to gather up logs in a tree thinning area. the other benifit is that the forests here are only lodge pole pine or aspen, so even the predominent cotton wood at the city parks is better to burn in my opinion.

[humbug]

The best wood available here is Juniper. It runs anywhere from $200 to $250 a cord. I cut my own using a forest service wood permit.

[flatwater]

Here in Washington state it runs about 2 too 250 a cord for tamerack. dry fir about 180 and pine about 150. I also cut my own on my own place. I just cut the dead and winter fallen which will sustain me for the rest of my life. The plan is not to cut more wood but it is better to build a better house that uses less wood.

[DM]

I'm not sure what firewood is selling for right now, but it's usally around $125.00 per cord for seasoned split hardwood...

I cut and stack my slabs right off the mill, and use them in my wood stove...

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I also cut the tops up from the logs i bring to my mill, like this load of red oak...

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So there's always plenty of firewood around here...

DM

[hillbillygal]

We have a friend who lives in the woods and his neighbors allow us to cut up trees that are down or dead standing for free. So far this year everything has been red oak or locust. We have discussed if we couldn't get to the woods buying some firewood from the local sawmill. It is only $40 a pickup load and already cut. We have an old Ford F150 and can load it pretty heavy so that is an affordable option for us if it came to that. You can also hire dump truck drivers to load up at the mill and deliver. That costs a bit more but if you can get a neighbor or family member to go in with you it's not too bad.

[Vidman]

You city dwellers should make friends with a few local tree cutter and when they take downa hardwood in your neck of the woods they may call you and you can run over there and load as much as you can carry. They usually do not mind because all you take is less they have to haul out.

[Vinland]

4x4x4 of cherry and maple was $45 delivered here in Uptate NY last October

[Clair_Schwan]

Almost zero. The cost of scrap wood in Cheyenne can be as little as the cost of hauling it. I heat with wood and haven't ever paid for it.

I put an ad in the paper calling it "Wood Rescue" and I was swamped with people that had scrap wood to get rid of, including a ranch that had about an 80 year collection to get rid of. I now have about 10 years worth of wood.

Cord wood is great, but I can't see paying for it when you can get pallets, fallen trees limbs, scrap 2 by 4s and all sorts of other wood just for the cost of hauling it.

[walls0stone]

2 man hours per week is enough to heat this large farm house. last year from oct to march I may have used 6 or 7 gallons of fule, and mix....could not have been more than a few gallons for the tractor. tune ups and sharpening blades is free. The kicker is that 319 acres of farm land has trees falling into the fields so those trees must be cut any how.

[RenieB]

We live in Maine and have limited space to store firewood. We used to store it in the cellar and now we both are unable to do the stairs very well especially carrying firewood. We are using our enclosed porch and can store a cord on it. Will need about 4-5 cords. I found a dealer that has dry wood all winter and we get it for $200 a cord cut and split. Green wood is $150. Our first cord will be coming next month. Green wood is $175 a cord.

RenieB

[Drawbar]

I live in Maine too and that is about the going rate. Last year I sold green tree length wood at 60 bucks a cord and some said that was a rip off. No big deal, cutting wood is hard work and I am not giving it away whether its tree length or not. So I never sold the guy any.

In the meantime the price of hardwood at the paper mills has shot up. I can get 85 bucks a cord tree length right now BEFORE trucking. That's very good considering a year ago it was at 60 bucks a cord. So that is where my wood is headed. No messing around with cutting, splitting, delivering and just plain dealing with people.

I ran the numbers once on tree length versus cut split and delivered, and by the time you factor in your time and equipment, you get more money per hour harvesting tree length wood and selling it to the paper mills. Another consideration is that my last load was hauled Monday ( 06-16-2008 ) and I had cash in hand for that wood on Friday. Its pretty hard to beat that.

As for the profits from selling these loads of wood (12 cord per load)...I use it to buy propane to heat my own house for the winter.

[RenieB]

We just paid $200 for a cord of dry, cut and split wood. The cord was more than one cord. Next order coming next month and it will be $250/cord. Prices are going up here as the wood dealers are so busy and a lot of them can only supply green wood. Our wood dealer will sell green wood for $175 a cord cut and split. I don't want to burn green wood.

RenieB

[MadTripper]

I have a triaxel coming next month. Should be 8 to 12 cord for $540.00. I have to cut and split it myself but we don't have a ton of mature trees on our property and having a big pile right next to the house to cut through that is already limbed has its perks. Price has gone up a little bit but not too bad yet. This should be enough for this winter and about half of next.

Tripper

[walls0stone]

tripper,

I can hook you up with a guy who will bring you cut & split hardwood in any truck you want dry and ready to burn. Guy has a machine that will do a triaxle in an hour

[MadTripper]

tripper,

I can hook you up with a guy who will bring you cut & split hardwood in any truck you want dry and ready to burn. Guy has a machine that will do a triaxle in an hour


PM me some more info like price and so on. I'm not feeling bad about the price and I do like to cut wood but if you have a better deal, I might look into it.

Tripper

[walls0stone]

morgan logging on 328. I'd need to find the number. but the timber is stacked up off the ground for a year before it's cut/split so it's dry.

[MadTripper]

Thats probably a bit to far for me to get a decent price on.

Thanks anyways,

Tripper