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  1. Cash Larue

    Cash Larue

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    This is what hardwood in the Colorado Rockies goes for. You guys on the East coast and Midwest are living in a gold mine.



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    Does hickory and oak grow in Colorado?

    Actually, $400/cord for such hardwood there seems a good deal but I don't live there!
     
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    It does in the form of mostly yard trees in the city. Although I can’t say I’ve ever seen a live hickory tree. Either way, it’s a bit of a drive to find it. You can get scrub oak where I live, but that not what’s in the pic, I can tell. He probably had that wood shipped in.

    If it was a full cord I’d agree that it’s not a bad deal. But it says it’s under a cord.
     
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    Look like less than a half a cod to me. Somethings fishy if he thinks its a full one! :rofl: :lol:
     
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    :rofl: :lol:
    Unfortunately one cannot set hook a cod out here either.
     
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    Yep, I’m definitely spoiled with great hardwoods everywhere. In the middle of hoarding a wealth of mulberry, neighbor asks me if I’ll cut down and take his black locust and cherry trees. o_O:smoke:Why yes, yes I will!! :handshake:
     
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    If you want a cord of hickory in Nashville from me you need $840. $870 in the Winter.
     
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  10. Cash Larue

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    Holy smokes! Maybe I should go buy it!
     
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    We have oak all over here and yet $400/cord is about right.
     
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  12. Cash Larue

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    Alright, I’m convinced! I’m going to buy it!
     
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    $400 will buy a lot of cod.
     
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    That looks to be way under a cord!
     
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    ......and way overpriced! :picard:
     
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    I'd get about $600 for a cord of oak or hickory. But I'd actually split it.
     
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    Only cord in that picture is what you'd use to tie up those bundles.
     
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    One thought on that being short of a cord is the split length? What if those are 24" long splits?

    What is the typical split length in your area Cash Larue? Do softwoods burners usually buck rounds longer? I guess I'm thinking of these big log cabin homes with stone fireplaces.
     
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    If you’re seriously interested in it, arrange the meeting and take a tape measure with you. Figure out how much is really there and buy it based on $400 for a full cord.
    1/2 =$200
    .65 =$260
    .75 = $300
    And so on….
    I have a hard time thinking that there is that much hickory in one place in Colorado
     
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    Might be 1/2 cord there. Try to talk him down a bit.
     
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