Fellow hoarders, I need help with a potential barter. The poster formerly known as BobbyMaple has possibly stepped up his game and might be ready to help the stoves community. He has a friend that is taking down 3 Beech trees. I told him that If he includes me on his hoard I will gladly barter him some grade A kindling. How many boxes of kindling per truck load of Beech do you think is fair. Keep in mind BobbyMaple has never been one to lend a helping hand before. Please give me some advice. Thanks!
A tree company will be taking the trees down. I will be bucking them up and loading it into my Chevy Colorado.
No champagne for him. He owes us big time but Im still going to contribute something. Its human nature.
Oh I see. So you’re going to his house, and doing the work for at most a 1/2 cord load. I’d say one box of kindling is fair. People do more for a 6 pack that costs about 8-10 dollars
The only reason why Im hoarding with him is because I like to diversify my woodfolio. Beech is a must for me.
If he gives you a hard time, I’d tell him you can get log length delivered to your house for $100/full cord, ( around here I can anyways) Your Colorado If stacked will most likely only hold 1/3rd of a cord max. I think a full half cord of Beech is far too much weight for that truck. So after doing all the work, your getting wood that’s worth maybe 30-35 dollars if delivered to your house unsplit. If whatever he wants in trade is worth much more than 10 dollars TOPS, I’d probably not bother. Free wood can be found pretty easily around here at least.
I’m not giving away secrets. It’s all common sense really. People laugh at CL ads to take trees down for free, he’d still be doing at least half the work of that and would in a way be paying for that “right”. The other gentleman can join the conversation anytime
From prior posts it sounds like youve have done more than enough for him already. He should give you a PU full free of charge...CS delivered even better. Sorry, at this stage of the game ive had enough with leeching friends and have learned my lesson.
