In an all out effort to get ahead I'm thinking about buying a grapple load of wood. I'm in southern NH best price I can find is 1000 for 8ish cord load of mixed hardwood and some birch. Just curious what others pay.
Used to get loads for 800 but the guy retired and moved south. There is a tree cutting outfit that has a yard I pass everyday. I keep meaning to stop in and talk to the guy but I'm not real interested in big yard tree trunks.
Warner seems high usually 100 cord is fair... where in so. NH I got some family down in that part of the south
I'm in the monadnock region. I agree 100 a cord is a good price. When oil was real expensive a few years back wood prices went up and have stayed that way. I think there is another thread on this very subject. Also a logger told me that what he is getting for chips it's more a of a pain than it's worth to deliver log length wood.
100 a cord is avg here usually 7 bills for double load 7 to 8 cord.. all of it not mill quality (meaning not straight but not huge) here it will be a wide mix maple birch etc etc what's in the woods... I will see if they deliver to that area
I checked yesterday from one place here. He has the wood on hand (that's a plus....no waiting) and is charging $100 cord delivered and dropped in your yard...well, I mean my yard! I still think thats high here, but I guess not. (I've made two pickup loads since then)
I see 1200 for 10 cords here. That's log form dropped at the house within a certain distance from them.
It's more profitable to sell hardwood to a chip or pellet mill now, than it is to sell it as firewood.
Maybe with the chip sales firewood prices will continue to go up. I'd for sure keep that in mind and keep a sharp eye on any wood that might be available where you cut it yourself. Naturally with prices going up it can be both good and bad. That is, good for some and bad for others.
I do have about 4 acres of woods that I can get wood from but my time is in short supply right now and in a few months its going to get even shorter. My thought is get ahead now and be able to peck away at what I have here. I need to get back there and cut all the dead standing stuff. The majority of the trees are hemlock unfortunately. The canopy is crowded there isn't much for hard wood.
My neighbor got a grapple load a few years back and that's about what he paid. That good part he has several acres of hardwood and was too busy to cut his own. So, he told me take a few trees that were dead standing on his land, they were gone in a week. The thing is, he loves Wheat Thins. I own him now.
