Hi new member new post if not allowed moderator please delete . Ive been purchasing kiln dried oak and hickory wood splits for food smoking from a company in Minnesota. They pallatize, statck and load in a 40' container for export. My logistics company arranges the usda phytosanitary certificate. The price has went up and the supplier being in MN the trucking to the rail is also expensive. Basically im looking for a new supplier preferably near a port or railyard. probably best to pm me with any suggestions and thanks in advance
Curious where in (just a city) Minnesota? And where is the final destination.? yea, I live in Minnesota and am also an independent owner operator with transportation authority.
There’s freighters that come out of Duluth. Plus there’s regular intermodal ports in Duluth as well as Minneapolis and Fargo.
Not sure we have anyone from Thailand to give you advice... I see it's your first post and I don't believe I've said Welcome to FHC yet.
I will sell 80 cords for $30,000. The wood is 80% oak and 20% mixed hardwood. It has been slow cured and may not qualify for a phytosanitarty certification. The closest port to me is Wilmington. Welcome to FHC!
I'm going to guess to get that certificate the wood needs to be kiln dried (or similar) with the certificate showing the batch run temps , length of time and a batch control number. Something kilns would do anyway. Only other way I can think that would pass would be a fumigation and you wouldn't want to do that in this situation.
The only large supplier of kiln dried wood I’m aware of. Welcome to the forum. Fire Wood & Heating Pellets, Kiln Dried, Mulch, FirePits, Sales & Delivery USDA Kiln Dried, Solar Kiln Dried, & H.E.A.P Approved
Minnesota has about a dozen such firewood producers that kiln dry and provide certified wood for export like this. All of them are directly on or near the shipping lanes and terminal. Certified Firewood Producers in Minnesota | Minnesota Department of Agriculture I don’t thinks his issues are so much actual transportation costs as rates are at rock bottom this year so far and don’t look to improve in the short term before spring. It’s likely the bigger item that’s hitting him is increasing labor rates employers are paying to get and hold onto hourly employees. his bigger expense is pallet stacking and loading all that firewood and then running it into the shipping container.
