Comments on: Peak Oil and the Rising Cost of Cordwood

By: Electric Log Splitter

Electric Log Splitter — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 08:18:05 +0000

The solution in that rising cost of cordwood is having an electric log splitter. and not only that, it can also make your work easier and faster.

By: matt

matt — Tue, 20 May 2008 22:49:35 +0000

Cordwood is junkwood. The tree guy gets paid to cut it down, then he gets paid to haul it away, then he gets paid to drop it off to someone else. There are multiple revenue streams in the lumber business, and cordwood is the last resort, often it is left on site and you HAVE TO PAY TO HAVE IT REMOVED!!!! You don’t get rich selling cordwood. Period. Its what the tree guys do when there’s nothing else.

The reason he can get $300 a chord for wood in Mass is because these idiots are heating for ambiance. At $300 bucks a chord he should be filing the stove! Get a grapple-load delivered, green lumber, for $100 bucks a chord, split a year’s worth ahead, and your off! Of course, I’m in NH, but the price of fuel isn’t that different.

By: James Millen

James Millen — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:23:11 +0000

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By: Andrew Mayerat

Andrew Mayerat — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:42:57 +0000

$300 per full Cord? I live in Western New York as a firewood seller and user i find those prices ridiculous. I sell a FACE cord of hardwood for $65. (There are exactly 3 face cords in a full cord) A face cord is 4′X8′X16″wide. If anyone is interested in buying wood at a lower price call 716-592-3410. I live in East Concord, New york 14055 which is about 25 miles south of Buffalo.

By: Ron

Ron — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 09:46:21 +0000

Oil will never go below $85 again. In 2010 oil will be over $250 a barrel and gas will be $10 a gallon. Even though reserves are rising which should make oil prices drop the fact they don’t drop in price is because the political tensions are rising. With that you will either buy a hybrid which will still be expensive to operate or ride your bike or take the public transit. There are ways to reduce your fuel cost.

By: andre

andre — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 03:55:54 +0000

come on to CANADA where wood is free and lots of it iff you bother to pick it up and to run you own chain saw and log splitter.. Long winters but who cares great country and the moose sosage and a fresh home brewed beer make’s life better than heaven.

By: http://absolute-insurance.info

http://absolute-insurance.info — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 17:42:05 +0000

One thing oil burners do is keep the liability costs for fire and casualty stable. Wood is hard to predict. You’ve got to have the proper shielding or you’re opening yourself up.

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By: Salvatore

Salvatore — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 21:52:28 +0000

Do byou really think 3 cords will do it? I got kindof a 2 for one deal after the season this year. I purchased a 42000 BTU biomass stove and a 115000 BTU add on wood furnace for the price of most pellet stoves. My company gets a LOT of materail packed with wood. So for the cost of driving my truck 200 yards, and the time to sift the oak out of the pine, I get all the “square trees” I want for free. All ready seasoned and most of it cut to size.
I am guessing I have about 4 cords worth (most of it 4×4 with a number of impressive 6x12x24inch oaak logs). As for corn, it turns out that a lot of that split corn that people buy for stoves at the feed mill can be had for free. I have a buddy who rents out 280 acres of farm land. Aparrently the farmer PAYS the feed mills to haul off the split corn becuase they can not sell it.

By: Bob

Bob — Thu, 29 Sep 2005 14:29:33 +0000

Put in a woodstove last year, partly to reduce costs and partly to provide peace of mind in case the power goes out (we’re all-electric). Last year didn’t have enough wood to burn all the time, but when we did burn we saw a 50% reduction in our electric bill. This year I’ve got five cords cut, stacked, dried, and ready to burn, plus another two+ cords stacked in rounds and more wood lined up to cut. Haven’t paid out a dime for wood, just fuel costs to drive the truck to/from wherever the trees are and to run the chainsaw. Splitting only cost me $10 for a new handle on my maul (old handle was coming loose from all the use). I’ve got people calling me up begging to have their trees taken down so I can pick and choose my wood (that $2 ad in the local paper was definitely a good investment). I’ve kind of overdone it (I figure I can get through the winter on three cords – we live in northern Ohio) but I’d guess that someone in a similar climate could get through the winter if they took down about a dozen 12″ trees and got them cut, split, and dried out. For me that’s about six days of work if I can take down one tree in the morning and one in the afternoon, plus some time after work to split and stack. Three weekends and I’m pretty much done with my winter heating chores.

By: Ethan

Ethan — Sat, 17 Sep 2005 02:38:38 +0000

I hear ya, Tom. Given those costs, I don’t know how my guy manages to do it at $175 a cord. And I’m too lazy to fell and split stuff on my own land, so I’m glad folks like you make it possible for other folks to buy cordwood. Just was surprised by the price differential from one side of the state to the other.