I think you can sleep well with your desicion. No sense in forcing it if its not up to your standards
Probably made the right call and that is no doubt what I would have done if it were me he was trying to sell the wood to. It really makes me wonder why he would have put all that work into that much wood if he did not have a market?
He owns a landscape business and one of his clients had him cut over 100 trees throughout the multiple properties he owned so he figured he would give it a shot. His hired help split it and now they will do the loading and delivering for him.
That alone would throw a red flag to me. No wonder there are so many odd shaped pieces in there and perhaps many different lengths too?
Prolly a good call jrider. I do buy wood to resell from a couple of guys but I know what they have and it's the quality I want for my customers. Maybe talk to the guy and try and get a little kickback for referrals for sales.
wow this thread is crazy to me. I sold firewood for a year and using craigslist i would get a call everyday I re-posted my ad... Plus, IMHO I sold the best wood. 100% oak all consistent 16inch sizes, no shorties or uglies. stacked on concrete for a year. and i only had maybe 10-12 ppl call me back the next year. I other ppl around me had similar experiences. seems most ppl aren't very loyal when it comes to firewood. but I only sold 40 cords. coulda sold much more but didn't re-post the ad regularly. plus sold way more than i planned.
Do you sell it as seasoned or green? Im asking because im building up quite the inventory for next year and im wondering what the best way is for storage. Your moisture content must be pretty high on most of it right. Thanks
Now just begging your pardon but suppose you had bought it, would stacking it help and not selling until the following year work? Mold if I remember would just do best in the hot sun...again your call but if you sat on it awhile, maybe that would restore some reset in your doubts?
Yeah I’m not gonna beat the dead horse with a stick. Just don’t know what he charges for a cord in his area from his 160 cords he sold. I had originally figured if the wood sat for longer it would incite a better premium.
I don’t have a moisture meter and have never felt the need for one. What you have to realize is most of my customers are casual burners without finicky epa stoves. They put it in their fireplace, they get pretty flames and order more next year. Also take into consideration the drying effect of full sun and wind exposure. No matter how much I produce I still sell out each year before it really gets cold.
It is a dead deal. The guy and I spoke and decided it wasn’t for me and he was going to move forward selling it a cord at a time to home owners
So full sun and wind, thats what im going for and im not making huge piles. Thats what my customers seem to be, i dont do cords i sell p/u load of firewood, i dont call it cordwood because theres some limbwood and size is 16-18 inches. $150 for slightly over a face cord and there all over me. Thanks for responding.
Yes full sun. I once thought 8 hours of sun in the summer meant full sun but that doesn’t cut it. If the sun is shining, it’s on thewood out in my moms field. I have had success with my windrow piles being roughly 12’-15’ across at the base and up to about 8’ tall. I have also found running them more north-south vs east-west is better for drying as well.
