Price of firewood

I don't understand why anyone would buy pine unless that is all that's available, but it will clog your flue in nothing lat.

A facecord around here is 1/3 of a full cord. It measures 4' high x 8' long and is 16" deep. That's about a truckload in a standard truck.

Back in the 80's when I started burning wood, it was $40/ face cord. Fast forward 30 years and it's $40/ face cord. If it had kept up with inflation it would fetch $117/ face cord.

http://www.halfhill.com/inflation.html

We use a wood fired water heater to produce allot of heat.
We purchase pulp wood at $22. per ton
So far a ton has worked out to be about 3/4 of a cord. Its hard to tell because we don't have to split most of the wood and we cut it to about 2' long to fit in the fire box.

A saw mill or pulp wood or log dealer or logger should be able to help you with a local price.
jim

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Around here, about 3/4 of the firewood sales are face cord or full cord. When face cord is used, you either tell the cut length, or its assumed to be 16". For most people its a perfectly acceptable term.

Michael

Well if hospitals were selling firewood, that $40 face cord would now be like $40,000.00

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Here in Ma the going price for seasoned hardwood is 200 - 250 per cord. I got some deals in the summer 130 a cord but I had to pick it up. I watch the ads on Craigslist for deals and plan ahead.

Around here no one knows what a cord is.

If people had to grow the tree before they cut it how much would it be worth?

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I figure by the cubic foot and have put away 800 cubic feet of wood. (by actual measurement) this equates to about 6.25 cords of wood.

It has been quite warm here and we have only used about ½ a cord so far this year.

Dave

We get a dump truck full for $150. The guy that brings it has 5' sides on his dump bed. It works out to about 3/4 of a cord a load, all hardwood - lots of walnut, oak and cherry. The only guy that I can find that sells by the cord (a real one) is $225 plus $10 for delivery.

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$105.00 a full cord. 4x4x8. Split and seasoned.

I have to pick it up, but I do it gladly.

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Best price around here (coastal Maine) is $210 a cord cut, split and delivered hardwood from trees cut last spring. Dry wood runs $225-250 a cord, kiln-dried add $15 a cord more. No shortages that I've seen this year, but a lot of people have woodpiles that never had them before.