Dean Posted January 8, 2008 Posted January 8, 2008 Ok, i've got tons of woods behind my house that no one really pays attention to. I dont have a lot of money, and i was thinking that by chopping and splitting firewood i could maybe make some. What woods are good to burn? There is lot of white birch, pine, poplar trees. Theres prob. a lot more that im not sure of. Anyway, how much do you think one could get for a pick-up truck load off fresh cut unseasoned firewood thats not green and ready to be burned? Quote
Super User burleytog Posted January 8, 2008 Super User Posted January 8, 2008 99% of people can't burn pine. It contains too much resin. First of all, do you own the trees? FWIW, unseasoned = green Quote
Super User SPEEDBEAD. Posted January 8, 2008 Super User Posted January 8, 2008 With that type of wood, you might be better off selling "firewood packets" to campers in the area. Obviously, if you dont have many campers in the area this wont work for you The woods you mention would make great wood for a campfire, but not really for home heating. Quote
llPa1nll Posted January 8, 2008 Posted January 8, 2008 Ok one if you dont own the land, you dont own the trees. Therefore cutting down and harvesting the timber would be a crime. The trees you have listed birch, pine, and poplar. They are all pretty much garbage woods for burning, as Shirley has stated they have too much resin and will create a creosote problem that could result in a chimney fire, even when seasoned. The type of woods that people who burn like to see in their wood pile are as follows; Oak, Maple, Ash, Hickory. The Price for Seasoned hardwood for a cord of wood(4ft x 4ft x 8ft) is roughly $250-$300 in our area. The price for green garbage wood is anyones guess. Hope this helps. Quote
Jake P Posted January 8, 2008 Posted January 8, 2008 We sell firewood at my work by the pallet which is about a pickup load if not more, we do a pallet for 150$, however that is seasoned oak which burns good. For unseasoned wood thats green you wouldnt be getting too much. But if its costing you nothing but a little time and effort to chop it and sell it then any profit is good. Put a price up that you think is reasonable and let the customers tell you. thats just my 2 cents though. Good luck Quote
FishingBuds Posted January 9, 2008 Posted January 9, 2008 Ok, i've got tons of woods behind my house that no one really pays attention to. I dont have a lot of money, >:(no way man, Leave all that alone. Totally un-cool to cut down trees because your broke and you have no permission to do it. Can't stress enough, disrespectful A very big NO! NO! > PERMISSION FIRST from the owners!! Quote
Super User SPEEDBEAD. Posted January 9, 2008 Super User Posted January 9, 2008 Ok, i've got tons of woods behind my house that no one really pays attention to. I dont have a lot of money, and i was thinking that by chopping and splitting firewood i could maybe make some. What woods are good to burn? There is lot of white birch, pine, poplar trees. Theres prob. a lot more that im not sure of. Anyway, how much do you think one could get for a pick-up truck load off fresh cut unseasoned firewood thats not green and ready to be burned? Another idea would be to get a job somewhere to help your financial situation. Probaly less work and more pay than you will get with your wood cutting idea. Quote
Super User Tin Posted January 9, 2008 Super User Posted January 9, 2008 Another idea would be to get a job somewhere to help your financial situation. Probaly less work and more pay than you will get with your wood cutting idea. x2, Trust me on this we own a logging company and have over a thousand 35 foot logs ready to be split in my yard. Its more work than you think. If you don't have machines than you will work yourself to death for a few hundred bucks, possibly get injured, or drop a tree wrong and cause some serious damage. Go get a job or another one. Quote
Super User Tin Posted January 9, 2008 Super User Posted January 9, 2008 Wow Pain that is crazy $250-300, I know on Cape Cod it is going for up to and over $350. 100 miles south of you were I'am it is about $150-200, delivered. Quote
llPa1nll Posted January 10, 2008 Posted January 10, 2008 Wow Pain that is crazy $250-300, I know on Cape Cod it is going for up to and over $350. 100 miles south of you were I'am it is about $150-200, delivered. Yea it is redunkulous with out a doubt. I found out the hard way, where I had a nice wood pile of 2-2.5 cords of oak that I cut and split myself after a few trees came down at my Brother's place. The sad thing is somebody helped themselves to 1/2 a cord of wood right off my wood pile drove in stacked it in their truck and drove off while I was at work. I can see where they even had a leaky transmission its all over my driveway. The nerve of some people. Quote
Super User Hookemdown. Posted January 11, 2008 Super User Posted January 11, 2008 I can't believe yall are paying that much for wood. Around here a rick is $40. The rick's (same as a "face cord" right?) we get are about 2' deep. So two ricks = one cord....We're paying $80 a "cord" in seasoned wood. Quote
Super User Tin Posted January 11, 2008 Super User Posted January 11, 2008 I can't believe yall are paying that much for wood. Around here a rick is $40. The rick's (same as a "face cord" right?) we get are about 2' deep. So two ricks = one cord....We're paying $80 a "cord" in seasoned wood. In a local newspaper there was an article about how the amount of work for home builders is way down because of the flood of foreclosed homes on the market. So I'm guessing, not too many new houses being built=no land cleared=not as much wood. And more and more people are having woodstoves and fire places installed instead of paying well over $3 a gallon for home heating oil. So more and more people need wood. Maybe a supply and demand issue :-? Quote
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