Submitted by 1DollarOr1Million t3_yilqo0 in vermont
Hi all, I am wondering what the going rate for pre-split firewood is these days. My father passed away, and his home was on all wood heat. We are retrofitting a gas system into the home and are sitting on about 10-15 cord of split, dry firewood that will no longer be needed. So I’ll be trying to sell it but not sure what a fair price is.
Thank you for any insight.
I paid $375 per cord when I bought two cords earlier this year. Last year it was $275 a cord. I bought already seasoned wood, you can probably get green wood for a little cheaper
If you want someone to pick it up then I would charge $250–300 at the most. If you are able to deliver I would charge 300-375 depending on the distance.
My firewood guy told me that with the prices of fuel going up the prices of wood are also going up - you have to remember that everything used to create firewood uses fuel (chainsaw, firewood processor, skidder, excavator, log truck, etc...). His prices went up $100/cord to $300/green $350/seasoned delivered within 15miles of Georgia. Pretty good deal.
The bigger thing is finding someone reliable. I only bought wood this year because I have a 4mo old who makes the time consuming task of firewood processing next to impossible. The first year we burned wood I got absolutely hosed on firewood - ordered a cord from a local guy who was recommended on facebook. He delivered a pile of wood that was completely ice encrusted. By the time I finished stacking the barely split wood (HUGE chunks needing to be split another time or two), it was only half a cord with the other half being random pieces of shitty kindling and ice chunks. We literally had to thaw wood in our basement for 3-4 days before we could burn it, and then it wasn't even worth burning because it wasn't even remotely seasoned. The icing on the cake was the fact that about half of the wood had been dragged through manure so it smelled like shit and was covered in...well...shit.
It's getting a bit late for seasoned wood. You may get lucky and find someone who really does this a lot and has a lot of seasoned wood on hand but in general "seasoned" to most firewood guys means "i split this a month ago"
Im looking to sell a bunch of extremely seasoned wood, not buy. Thanks for the reply tho.
yeah you hit the nail on the head. my first two cords of "seasoned" wood were 26%, so I had to buy another two and those are 20%. i really don't think people should expect to burn wood they bought this year, even if thier guy called it "seasoned". live and learn i guess
Definitely not. I have a neighbor who buys all his wood and he will buy seasoned BUT he buys it in like April so it still has at least 6mo to season before burning.
I just bought two cords of seasoned for NEXT winter assuming it would be wet af. Tested a bunch late one night and they all tested 17-19% which generally means they are 25% on the inside. Was pleasantly surprised when I split them and found the inside to be just as dry.
We're going to sell our green wood for $285 a cord this year. For dried wood you should be able to get more than that but since you only have a fairly small amount and aren't an established source you might have a hard time getting top dollar.
It's going to depend on if you can deliver it. Since it's "dry", I'd say $350 delivered. $300 if not.
Green $275. Seasoned $325. From what you eluded to it is seasoned. If you are not delivering id offer a discount. Along with a bulk of someone buys more than 2.
It's going for over $400 a cord, seasoned and delivered in Chittenden County.
If it has been split, stacked, and under cover for more than 12 months and is good quality hardwood then I'd say $400 a cord delivered, $275 if they have to pick up and load.
This is assuming it's the standard 16" length. If it is some oddball custom length like 22"... you'll need to lower the price unless you get really lucky.
Username checks out.
I’m assuming you’re looking for it to be loaded into a truck and picked up. I paid +/- 300 per cord for dried, delivered to my house last year.
tafunast t1_iujhnja wrote
Sorry for your loss. I know you’re looking to sell it but you could also consider donating some of it in your area. I’m sure some people could use it if you’re not hard hit for cash. But you do you!