Decidedt that homesteaders in my area are Wealthy

[just_sawing]

I own a Sawmill and I am running Cross ties. This means we process many logs and have an abundance of slabs. I have been separtating the logs to have the side lumber the same. I have put bundles of Hickory(basically 1 rick) for $30.00 on Craigs list with no takers.
I have sat bundles of White Oak for $10.00 and have no takers. I understand that it is summer and hot but $10.00 for a rick af slab wood is cheap.
I burn slabs and use the ashes to build land. Every year I get request for help with the needy. My rules are if they are not truly needy I will burn them and spread the ashes.

[mekasmom]

Maybe it is possible they haven't seen your ads? Or maybe there just aren't a lot of homesteaders in your area?
It is a good price though.

[Chixarecute]

Maybe the truly needy don't have internet, or are too old to load and cut the slabs.

It's a good price. Maybe you could check with a St. Vincent dePaul, or local food pantry?

[Alice In TX/MO]

I never would have looked on CraigsList for firewood. I wouldn't burn barky slabs, either.

Sounds like your expectations possibly may not be in line with other folks' realities.

[Batt]

Originally Posted by Alice In TX/MO

I wouldn't burn barky slabs, either.

Why??

[coolrunnin]

Originally Posted by Alice In TX/MO

I never would have looked on CraigsList for firewood. I wouldn't burn barky slabs, either.

Sounds like your expectations possibly may not be in line with other folks' realities.

I have burned slabs many times they make excellent firewood. But they are $6 a bundle around here for oak.

[Maura]

I agree. Most who use Craig's list may not think to look for firewood there. Contact your social services dept and let them know what you have. I'm sure there are groups in your area that cater to the poor and may know those who use wood.

[NickieL]

I always check craigslist for firewood. It's too expensive otherwise. Often times we get it free. A couple weeks ago we drove into someobodies pasture to a guy's burn pile and he let us have as much as we wanted. Sometimes we even put an add up ASKING for free firewood. We often get people to call us to come pick up some branches. If it wern't for craigslist, we'd be way worse off.

[Cliff]

Sounds too much like work for most folks these days I think.

[nobrabbit]

My FIL buys slabs by the truckload but not sure what he pays for them. He likes them as they are easier for him to handle.

[RedSonja]

Looks like you are 2 hours drive from us. I will tell my husband about your prices and see if he can find time to drive up and get a few loads.

-Sonja

[Belfrybat]

It might also be that folks don't understand what you mean by slabs. I surely didn't a few years ago, then a friend purchased a former mesquite flooring factory and there were many mountains of the outer pieces from squaring up the tree trunks all over the property. I got about 3 years worth of firewood before he bulldozed them all into the ground. That's when I learned what a slab was. I'd surely be willing to pay what you are asking if I had a truck and the ability to load/ unload it.

[luvrulz]

Or maybe they just don't have any way to cut it into manageable lengths for their woodstove...??? Or a way to haul it....?

[7thswan]

A sawmill near here sells slab wood 25 for soft and 30 for hardwood(mostly ash). The bundles are about 4 feet thick and 10 ft. long.Better to haul on a trailer than the back of your truck. Fall comes they will be gone,right now their lot is full. When we first moved here I bought it for use in our cookstove. I'm thinking of buying some to make raised beds,tho I found a man that will sell rough sawn boards any thickness 8 or 10 " for .50 a board foot.

[poorboy]

Around here are scarfed up by the charcoal kilns..Last i heard they were paying 12$ bundle for them and hauling them theirselves...I'm disabled but manage to cut some wood and I buy trailer loads of tie,square cut offs. 10$ a dump..three dumps puts the springs down on the axles of my tandem axle 16' utility trailer..hauled about 16 dumps last year and had about 4 left over after winter...time to go get some more before the grass hoppers make a last minute run on it this fall...

[Pam6]

I paid $20 a bundle, delivered, last year. I got 8 bundles.

[Alice In TX/MO]

Barky wood = more creosote to clean out of the chimney.

[lemonthyme7]

In the past we have burned slabwood when money was tight and DH didn't have time to cut wood. He built a rack to hold the slabs. Picture a long line of "X's" joined together. You put some slabs in the V the X's make and go down the row and cut between each X to make the size length you need for your woodburner. The closer the X's the smaller the peices. Worked great and shortened the process considerably. Don't remember what we were paying back than (over 10 years ago).

[just_sawing]

These are right at the road and since I don't run a Slab recovery these are thick slabs. What is wrong is it is easier to sit on a back side and complain.
I get the worthless coming by and having their hand out but when I suggest that I will hire them to do nothing more than rake around the mill for what they need there is always a problem. Please understand we build decks and ramps and even coffins when there is a real need, And this is at my expense.
The same people that are passing by with the White Oak bungle sitting there will buy the same slabs when they are cold for $25.

[DavidUnderwood]

No creosote in a hardwood slab.