What does a "CORD" of split/stacked/delivered Firewood Cost???

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Originally Posted by hopeak

Coot, Are more people going to use wood this winter. I am going to try and use some electric heaters this winter to try and save wood consumption. Stove oil is $4.30 per gal. here.

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Oil is out of sight. I have relatives in Northern Maine that will have a tough time this year. I don't see much of an upturn in wood use around here. We have an abundance of wood now and had offers of free wood tops from a few farmers. Also right of way is being cut by power companies. Natural gas still isn't bad, yet. I got six loads($300) this year, don't have a gas line where I live but I know folks that have wells on their property and it doesn't cost them anything. It's dirty to burn but we have plenty of coal and what we call cannel coal is free, just pull off roads thru the hills and load up. It isn't quality stuff and leaves a lot of ash but it will keep you warm. My place is all electric but a mid-size Buck insert has kept my house warmer & cost down. I had folks calling me this year wanting to sell, but I have a good thing going with this one guy because he knows he can sell me a few loads green anytime he needs some cash.

Group buying for delivery in the same area, if you trust the people in your group, can be a good way to get a good price!

hmm my firewood cost me about 180,000 dollars not sure how many cords i got but it should lastme about a couple hundred years, not sure if i will be around that long though specially ifn i keep parking me arse in front of the funny box here

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Originally Posted by wareagle69

hmm my firewood cost me about 180,000 dollars not sure how many cords i got but it should lastme about a couple hundred years, not sure if i will be around that long though specially ifn i keep parking me arse in front of the funny box here

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Yep,but look at all the amenities that came with that firewood!!!!!:p

'Round here (Central Colorado), the lowest price I've seen lately on a good cord, split & delivered (dumped, not stacked -- never thought to ask about that), is a hundred and twenty bucks. That's for about half cottonwood, with the rest aspen & pine. Doesn't burn real well, but it's what's available here in the High Country. I hear that you can get oak from Missouri for a little over twice that price -- might be worth it.

I've paid as much as $150/cord a couple o' years ago (and hear that the same stuff goes for $275 over the hill in Aspen), but the public land sources have opened up a bit since then. It costs $10/cord (minimum 3, maximum 300 I think) to cut it from BLM or National Forest land. Been a while since I was young & strong enough to do that. The Dear Wife & I burn around 8 cords/year in a 3,000 sq.ft. 1893 house at 8,200'. Propane fills-in for washing & cooking and the occasional furnace run, and costs us about half as much as the wood.

Back in the Seventies, my neighbor & I used to cut free wood from the boonies around Ft. Lewis, Warshintun. We took the back seat out of his '66 Chevelle, pumped the air shocks up, and stuffed axe-cut 8' logs through the trunk. Of course, in those big woods, we had to forego logs so large that it would have taken all day to hack them to a size two people could handle. They probably burn mostly lumber scraps out there these days.

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I just paid $185/cord (measured cord) for fir. I bought 4 cord for the upcoming winter, and have about 1.5 cord left from last year. It's the only heat I use in the house.

Normally I get a permit from the gov't and go harvest my own from slash piles, but family situations didn't leave time for that this year. If I get desperate I can go down to the beach and snag some drift logs, but that's really harsh on the stoves and the liners.

How does that Cottonwood burn.....? Does it take years to dry...? Fair amount of it near here but never heard of people burning it.

I just paid $120.00 for a cord of firewood. That was cheap, most here in Mississippi or paying $150.00 or more per cord of wood.

I'm not sure but I'll guess around $750.00 to $1200.00
They would have to fly it in. Would a beaver take off with
a cord of firewood on board? But have no fears that stuff grows around here.
We callem trees until there sideways then their firewood.

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Originally Posted by Fletcher

I'm not sure but I'll guess around $750.00 to $1200.00
They would have to fly it in. Would a beaver take off with
a cord of firewood on board? But have no fears that stuff grows around here.
We callem trees until there sideways then their firewood.

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For that price I'll deliver all of the fire wood you want. I'm only about 30 miles north of you......can have it there by supper.

But Crash,you don't have a beaver........:rolleyes:

True.......but I know somebody that does.;)

OK Crash if you can put a cord of firewood on a beaver and make him-her fly I'LL give you $2000.00 a cord deal or no deal????????????????

You see there Fletcher, I’m an entrepreneur. So you just worry about coming up with the $$$$ and I’ll work out the details on delivery.;)

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Originally Posted by hopeak

How does that Cottonwood burn.....? Does it take years to dry...? Fair amount of it near here but never heard of people burning it.

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Cottonwood burns fast & sorta hot, with lots of ash -- not real good for an ovenight fire. The stuff around here that falls (and it falls often) is as dry as it'll ever be when it hits the ground. These are large, weak, short-lived trees, so it doesn't make much sense to cut a live one when it'll just come to you eventually. It does have a nice hairy inner bark that makes for good starter.

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Originally Posted by crashdive123

You see there Fletcher, I’m an entrepreneur. So you just worry about coming up with the $$$$ and I’ll work out the details on delivery.;)

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Knowing you, You'll find some link somewhere..................
With a 2" drywall screw and onefoot lenth of tiewire.......
duct tape and pliers................ Damn it that cost me 2 grand!!!!!!!

Fletcher,don't give him ideas,make him work it out,LOL and your probably right about the link,there is probably a virtual beaver out there on its way to you with a virtual cord of wood,and it cost you 2 grand :eek:


A lady today on the local buy ,sell ,trade show advertised a cord of mixed hard wood for thirty bucks.

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Hey Crash, I'll call my cousins in to make an air drop. Start stacking it for pick-up.......and as usual, remember our cut.

I seen 210.00 today full cord and 275 a half because of the small load witch is the better deal but some people pay for the half cord.

I live in the Sierra mountains in CA. Oak firewood here costs $250 to $265 a cord (delivered) and is cut to 16 inches in length. The cost was $165/cord in 1997. Soft woods (pine, etc.) are much cheaper (about $150/cord). It's important that oak be aged ("seasoned") for at least six months or you will have trouble keeping it lit.