Firewood Prices

Traditional Farmer · Oct 27, 2015

What does a true cord(4X4X8) of firewood bring in your area? I see in a news article that
its bringing $325-$400 a cord in some places in New England.Sounds pretty high neighbor
just bought a cord of Red Oak,seasoned, split and delivered for $150 I helped him stack it up and it was a full cord.

Greg1959 · Oct 27, 2015

Sellers around here try to sell face cord claiming it's a full cord. Usually they want around $125-$150.

Russ from MN · Oct 27, 2015

I have sold some for $150 a cord (128 cu ft, 16 inch,split, seasoned ) in my yard or if it's just a few extra miles for me, the wood comes from 100 miles north. We have a lot of wood in N MN!

Dachshund · Oct 27, 2015

We have so many Amish sawmills in the area, a full pickup load (heaped up as far as you want) of hardwood chunks is $15. A heaping load in an F600 truck with a 16' bed and 4' sidewalls is going for $50, 18' trailers with 2' sides is $15. Stacks of "re-saw scraps" are $7. These are on a pallet, stacked up 5', and consist of 4"x40" pieces of thicknesses from 1/4" to 4".

Tim(nj) · Oct 27, 2015

Some places due to ash borer and other pests, you are not allowed to haul firewood out of the area . . . so maybe the locals are gouging?

Nick167 · Oct 27, 2015

I'm getting a 120 here in Ohio I do deliver it but its more tractor time for me I do unload load the trailer but don't stack

Billy NY · Oct 27, 2015

I've seen it as high as $325 a full cord, 4x4x8 stack. Seems to average just over $200. I don't get the games people play with firewood, face cords, this and that. A customer should expect to pay a little more for a lesser quantity, seems that is how everything else works, but for what some of these people ask for a face cord, is almost full cord price! So its best to deal with someone reputable.

On CL, if you have the means, often times there is good deals on a variety of wood, from tree jobs, some split, some blocked, some you do both, most is easy access and there's enough to make it worth doing, I've seen many where I could have filled my F600 with blocks or split, free or very reasonable/wholesale like when you buy from a logger, though once in awhile someone will price it high. Most is hardwood, but some is pine or similar, its fun to see what comes up on CL after storms or tree jobs have been done.

Wood is seemingly plentiful here given a lot of unused areas that were fields, pasture, have grown back to forest since the 60's-70's etc. Shameful that so much elm goes to waste, dead elm trees are everywhere around here.

psimmer · Oct 27, 2015

There is an ad running in the paper in northwest lower Michigan, 20 cords for $1800.00. I don't ever see it advertised by a single cord, just charge per cord by the truckload.

Mike M · Oct 27, 2015

Not sure of the prices but I do see in the paper a warning that it is against Ohio law to sell it by anything other than a cord. I think a 1/2 cord is ok to sell to ?
Likely some consumer protection law ? I remember many wanting to sell truck loads for X amount of dollars. Big difference in a ranger and a full size truck load.

Gundoctor · Oct 27, 2015

Here in Vermont it is about $300 but with fuel oil now down to $2.00 or less a gallon a lot have stop burning wood.

Cory Schmidt · Oct 27, 2015

Paid $1300 for 11 cord a few weeks ago, from the lumber mill/ logger, here on the lakeshore in WI.

Bob Harvey · Oct 27, 2015

I pay $220.00 per cord of Fir (with some Maple) delivered, split it myself with my mighty 5 Ton electric splitter. Get it in May and is dry as a popcorn phart now. 4 sticks of Cedar kindling, propane torch for 1.5 mins. -et voila !

Jim in Ma. · Oct 27, 2015

Here in MA $250. is cheap The average is $300.

Ivan in Mich · Oct 27, 2015

75 to 80 per cord in 10 cord loads in Northern Lower Mich for oak and maple mix. Oak maple and ash is going for 50 to 80 a rick (16X4X8)cut and split

stonerock · Oct 27, 2015

centeral ohio 150.00 a cord delivered [not far] and dumped

rrc300 u · Oct 27, 2015

Going for 100-175 depending on what species and how dry. Nothwest pa. also time of year has a lot to do with the price. I sold a bunch of wood one fall to a guy I was working with hequestioned the price till it was delivered and stacked. Then he says them are the biggest cords I have ever bought. I told him the tape measure don't lie. He asked just how big a cord was and found he had been getting scammed right along

DENNIS MIN · Oct 27, 2015

Greg,

I do not know a "face" cord. The only cord I know is 4x4x8 foot.

D.

JayinNY · Oct 27, 2015

$180 a green cord cut split and delivered here, about $250 cut split, seasoned and delivered. A tri axel load of log length about 6-8 cords was $325 10 years ago, now it's up to $700 last I knew.

Greg1959 · Oct 27, 2015

dennis min- "A face cord is one third of a full or bush cord stack of wood that is 4 by 8 ft (1.22 by 2.44 m) by 16 in (41 cm) and has a volume of 42.6 cubic feet (1.21 m3).[11]".
Poke here

john in la · Oct 27, 2015

You very seldom see anyone selling wood by the full cord around here.
While some call it a cord it is really a face cord.
I have seen it selling for $120 to $200 for a face cord.

David G · Oct 27, 2015

Most around here sell it by the small bundle, $3-5

ObsoElitist · Oct 27, 2015

$250 for oak, $180 for pine and cedar heremin the Sierras. The price is higher here in an area where there is cabin tourism than the more remote areas further north.

bill mart · Oct 28, 2015

I get $80 a face cord (16" length)in western NY. Bill

oldtanker · Oct 28, 2015

Here, local area? Not really worth it if you count depreciation or a saw, splitter and the truck to deliver it on top of fuel, oil and maintenance . Works out to about 7.50 for your time. If you count you time at minimum wage you are loosing money. But we have lots of trees and lots of people selling wood. Now haul that wood to the twin cities and you can clean up! When I was in KY near Louisville a face cord or rick was selling for 125. Several years later here where I'm at it would have sold for about 50, split, delivered and stacked.

Rick

Part Time Pete · Oct 28, 2015

I don't buy any, but I've heard it's up this year here in NY.
I heard on the news just this morning, that they're blaming it on fracking. The reasoning they use is that the drilling outfits cut down trees to lay logs across wet holes, so they can walk the drilling rigs across
Of course fracking is illegal in NY, so I'm not sure how that theory holds up
Pete

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