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[coolidge]

Drove by a firewood business today,   $300 a cord green

[MattyNH]

Those numbers for a cord of green wood are nothing new to me..Id never pay that...Hes probably trying to get his last buck before wood prices tank like oil right now..

[intensedrive]

Right now I pay $150 per full cord delivered about 35 miles to my home.  That price seems crazy to me.  My wood is also green fresh cut hardwood.

[slimjim]

The market will get what the market can bare, his customers are the folks who did not plan ahead and are now paying top dollar for the fuel, one of two things will happen, next year they will be prepared or they will not be burning wood and either way he will be hurting for customers.

[Roger2561]

Local guy gets $200.00/cord for green wood, cut, split and delivered.  My grapple load supplier is to be delivering my 12 to 13 cord load sometime this week for $1600.00.  That's a tic over $130.00/cord.  Granted I have to cut, split and stack it but I consider it part of my wellness program so I really don't mind.  Roger 

[american-pacemaker]

Roger I agree it is a very good wellness plan. I get 6 chord loads of logs and it is good exercise. were at 100 a chord in log length.

[CountryBoyJohn]

My brother lives in Texas and has started selling firewood on the side.  He gets $300 a cord for fresh cut oak.  Now, he obviously doesn't have customers buying 10 cords and they don't heat their houses like we do, but still. 

[aries9245]

We have some jackasses trying to get $150 a cord log length 4-6 cords delivered and there's guys selling for $185 cord already split and seasoned if you go about 25 miles east of me toward city there getting $275 a cord split

[wissel12]

Roger where do you live? I usually find enough wood, but some day might have to buy. I would prefer to do what you do.

[Roscoe]

You guys are throwing out these prices.....what state are you in?

[aries9245]

Northern NJ

[Roger2561]

Roger where do you live? I usually find enough wood, but some day might have to buy. I would prefer to do what you do.

I live in Enfield, NH.  If you're familiar with Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH, Enfield is one of the neighboring towns.  The reason I need to buy wood is my property is a 5 acre wide open parcel.  The only trees around is what separates my property from my neighbors property.  Otherwise, I would chop my own firewood if I had a parcel.  Roger 

[Roger2561]

You guys are throwing out these prices.....what state are you in?

West/central NH.  Roger

[Sluggo]

Figure you pay around $80/hour at a mechanics garage,or if you have a plumber come to your house your going to pay around the same.  By the time somebody loads up their saws,goes into the woods,cuts and splits their own product (say prime oak on their own land) loads in to truck,drives it to customers house,unloads it,gas,oil,equipment...I would never buy wood but $300 isn't out of touch to me.  If he's getting $300/cord more power to him.  If he's not getting it then his price will drop. 

[Drivebymashing]

Concidering i burn a cord a month 300 a month is outrageous. MY electric bill is 175 ish in winter.
Without wood furnance it would be 250 at most.