Re: ECONOMICS OF BURNING WOOD

Posted by Hugh MacKay on August 06, 2009 at 06:45:37 from (216.208.58.181):

In Reply to: FARMALLS AND LOG SPLITTERS posted by PRTZMAN55 on August 05, 2009 at 12:53:02:

Harry: I used to cut 100 cords of hardwood every year. I cut it to 8' lengths and sold it, then burnt oil. There is one hell of a lot of labor between 8' lengths and the stove. Here are some of my experiences. Bear inmind I usually trucked it to the customer.

One day two guys called, insisted on a price to load and truck their own. I wont go into details but these guys gad more trouble than Carter has liver pills. In the end I loaded it for them. When they came back for second load, one of them said to me, "You don't even burn wood, WHY." I replied, "Can't afford to, can't afford the labor between this pile of 8' and the stove."

Another day I was delivering a 7 cord load to a banker. I said to him, "Where are the economics for you in burning this wood?" He came back, "In my job, I need exercise, and I'll be damned if I'm going to make a fool of myself jogging through the sub-division." We agreed economics depended on the individuals goals and what he wanted to achive. I then told him about a husband and wife teacher team, bought a big old house across from my mother in law. They growled about the cost of heat. Then one day a 12 cord trailer load of 8' wood appeared on the scene, he unloaded it and it sat there for months. Finally they hired two guys with chain saws to buck it up. It laid there another two months. Bear in mind the husband was an avid jogger. On my way to village one night, I met him jogging, as I turned in my mother in law's driveway, I could see in my rear view mirror, someone splitting wood with a splitting axe. I got out of the car and who should it be splitting wood but the teacher wife. Now, I said to my banker friend, "it's now one year later and she has left him and filed for divorce." Banker responded, "There you go, one has to know his goals and objectives."

Then there is a full page description circulated around our neighborhood about a guys experiences buying a chain saw, splitter and other equipment, going to the bush to cut it and trucking it home on his 4x4 pickup. His list of expences included gas, oil, blown tires, 3 back windows for pickup. transmission, beer to pay his buddies for help, etc. I doubt if I covered a quarter of the problems and costs he encountered. It ends with divorce, and he sums it up, fire wood cost him $42,000. per cord.

I've seen some of this first hand. Met two guys one day with a one ton flat bed dually, about 2 cords of split hardwood. Truck was from Ryder. They had two blown tires on same dual. Jack that came with truck wouldn't lift it. I took them to a nearby tire store. Heard after that they bought 5 tires before they made town, then when they took truck back to Ryder, they got billed for broken springs.

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