http://www.overgrowntreeservice.com/firemasters-firewood.html They claim its been split & stacked then stored for 2 years. If this is true then it should bring a premium.
This might be a good time to get into it if you have the supply. That EAB over there in Michigan is probably keeping the supply high though.
I saw that rotti. I also remember a fellow who lived south of Escanaba and I used to see him occasionally. He sold firewood too....and hauled it all into Chicago. Said he made a bundle of money doing it as lots of his business was to the small stores but he also had several steady customers who were amongst the well-to-do crowd. They all had fireplaces and wanted nothing but birch. He got prime dollars for it too!
You are right Shawn except we are now at the point where lots of that ash is falling down. I found several in our woods. Rotting at the root and then just tipping over. I've also found several with the tops broken off. The supply will be gone soon.
Makes you wonder how many $5.95 bundles at the gas station you'd have to buy to equate to $155/face...25 or so if you have sales tax. This is the target audience, folks that want an ambient fire on the weekends or a snowed in evening. My older brother buys wood that is delivered on skids, metal banded - they don't have to restack onsite. They were face cords, I'll have to ask what he paid for those.
I'm in a similar situation down here in the Atlanta area...a lot of well off people that have fireplaces (many on back patios) and miss the fires they had up north. I only have a small fireplace, but I love to do the work, so I c/s/s and sell to them. I've been checking prices here and they average around $100 / face cord.
Not too many fireplaces in the ATL/burbs with all the newer cookie cutter neighborhoods, mostly gas. How folks live there is beyond me - commute may be short distance, but f-me running if I'd brave 85/485 on a daily basis, or sit in the 8-lane parking lot the rest of the time
I agree....I live ~ 30 miles north of Atlanta and my commute is literally 7 min!! These people around here average about an hour each way - without counting the dummy who wrecks on I-75 and then it becomes 2+ hrs!
That's what we have but our first full bill was April since we bought the house in late February. Part of me wishes we had seen it at it's highest to make a comparison with this year supplementing with wood.
We have never really used the electric as a full blown heat source. Just for heating up a room here and there. They estimate based on a survey and neighbor useage I think. This will be the first year with pretty good dry wood. Not 3 years ahead but working that way.
My first year burning period. We were lucky that my wife's dad kept his stacks after he stopped burning. He gave it up 3 years ago when the lot he cut from was bought and built on. It's great wood but not quite as much as I initially thought - it's about a cord. I think we're only gonna use the stove from Friday night through Sunday night till next year when we have more good wood available. I saw your shed in another thread and it looks great man!
@Drvn4wood thanks. It was a low budget build and a little out of square but hey when you have a 3 year old and 5 year old running one end of the tape I can live with it.
