I recently decided to buy a log load of pine. Set to be delivered Monday so no pics yet. I feel odd about it after years of total scrounging but with getting a little behind, next winter looks a bit rough if I don’t act now. FB marketplace ads have been looking crappy in my area and my tree service friend is sporadic in jobs. So I found a guy on FB that I think has a tree service and says he has lots of wood on hand at all times. We talked and he said he would bring me a log load of pine (between 1 and 1.5 cord) for $100. He could have brought a larger amount for relatively cheaper but wanted to start slow and see what he brought in terms of quality before diving in. He has hardwoods too for a bit more money but I want stuff to be dry for a year from now. Not thrilled about paying for the wood, but the convenience of it and being able to choose the length of rounds I cut will be really nice. I’ll keep you all posted on how this goes.
Paying $100 for 1-1.5 cords is still wayyy cheaper than the alternatives that keep you warm. Eager to see what ya get.
Ctwoodtick don’t worry as we age (some say get wiser) it makes sense to outsource certain aspects of the process. I don’t think you could collect over a cord with your truck any cheaper!
Good luck Steve. If you ever need a hand in scrounging just PM me. I browse FBM almost daily looking for free wood and see stuff in your area.
Nothing wrong with buying wood. Ive bought 3 times. Each time it worked out about 100.00 or so per cord. 1st time is when I just started burning and knew my stacks were too wet for the season. Other times, high btu wood that was too good to pass up. It got me to the year plan. Now I maintain. Though with finishing my garage, hunting and work, I haven't done much of adding to the stacks, but I do have scores lined up.
No shame in your game. Pine is fine. I burn multiple cords of pine every winter. Keeps my kids warm and my wife in a tank top.
98% of the wood I burn is purchased in log form. Still plenty of work there and the house is plenty warm as well.
100$ a cord for log length is a great price. Where i live it's 150-200 $. We burn ALOT of pine here, and the only sub- specie i would recommend staying away from is scots pine. It's gnarly stuff with way to much pitch.
Got the log load today. $100 and overall I’m pretty pleased with it. I know in the pictures some of it looks a little bit Or rotten, but in spite of the looks, the wood is all completely solid. Oh, and good news, the Wood Guy delivering it said it was ready to burn and totally dry, Yeah, right. I’ll definitely go with this guy again, though.
He did. It sounded like hardwoods would be about a third more. He initially said he could bring about double this amount of pine for 150. He said hardwood in that amount would Be $200 and the load would be about double of what’s in this picture.I’m gonna get this stuff processed ASAP and then probably see if I can do business with him for some hardwood.
A lot easier than scrounging it for sure. I actually called a land clearing guy looking for black locust in quantity. How much cordage in that load Steve?
Pine used to be tough to get rid of. Hardwood is usually quite a bit more. More and more guys are selling pine splits though. Our town has a huge tub grinder so sometimes you can get a load for free if your yard is closer than the tub grinder to where the tree cutters are working.
I bought a logging truck 3/4 full last year. Got like 6-7 cords. Charged me 600 if I’m not mistaken. All hardwood. Gonna buy another once all the leaves come down and I clean them up.
Wow that sounds like a great deal. I’ll need to do smaller loads at a time due to space limitations, but I think I’ll still make out well with this guy in the future.
