Johnstown PA: processed locust $150 for 1.5 cords

A local tree service just offered me processed locust firewood for $150 to load my 6'x16' trailer with 2' sides, about 1.5 cords.

Good deal?

(I haven't even started a chainsaw this year due to work commitments and health issues but I already have enough wood CSS for the next two seasons, maybe three.)

 

Great deal in my book....

 

if i could get hardwood at that price i would buy it, let alone locust!

 

$100 a cord for processed locust?
Take it all. Quickly.
See if they have any more.
Worst case scenario you can just dump it somewhere in your yard and stack at your leisure. Its not gonna rot anytime soon.
Better yet, keep it until february and sell it for $200

 

About the only shortcoming could be it being the spiny variety. If processed means cut to uniform length and split there is no way the tree service is making money from you on that deal.

 

Sounds like a good deal to me, About a hundred dollars cheaper than 1.5 cord of hard wood around here , all oak goes fore more

 

Thanks all. I thought it sounded good, almost too good. I'm picking up the first load next week. If its a decent load, all locust and processed in usable sizes I'll probably buy several loads at that price.

 

At that price for locust I'd get the first load tomorrow morning and the second load tomorrow evening

 

I'm going to be on the road all weekend. My daughter is a freshman in college and this is parents' weekend.

Fortunately her college is in eastern Ohio and I can sneak away for a while on Saturday to join the festivities at the GTG at Dexters.

 

What school?

 

Franciscan University of Steubenville. She's majoring in English, writing and Theology.

 

Neat combination.

 

Yes I remember you saying that in the GTG thread now, just poking fun Brian. That is a good price for locust and the stuff lasts forever no matter how you store it. Unfortunatly I won't make it to this GTG even though it not terribly far away, I'm blowing attic insulation this Saturday and starting small group back up.

 

Jumping in late Brian, I agree with everyone else, it's a great price for what is offered. Good thing your ahead, this should help you out and keep you ahead.

 

Thanks. She's a bright kid and at 19 is already a better writer than I am. I've been writing occasionally for various Catholic periodicals for almost 20 years and she wants to do it for a living.