freemind
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What is a reasonable price right now, to buy tops?
A local guy has some tops for sale. Just how many, I don't know. He had an ad on CL for firewood. Cut your own, 25 a load, he cuts it, and it was 75.
Thought maybe he was selling standing trees, turns out it is only tops and a few dead standing.
Told him I was not hip to pay 25 for a load of limb wood. Wood is only selling for 50-60 a truckload. He told me that there are some decent size pieces, but who really knows until I see for myself.
I know wood prices are down right now. I don't mind paying a fair price, but I have no idea of what that is. I live in Indiana, and I think I have seen tops in the past priced at 2-10 dollars.
What is a fair price to offer him, and would you all pay the price all at once, or say weekly based on what you cut?
I don't know the guy, nor do I know just how honest he would be. I would rather hope not to pay for say 100 tops and he end up cutting some I have paid for and sell it.
Opinions please.
A local guy has some tops for sale. Just how many, I don't know. He had an ad on CL for firewood. Cut your own, 25 a load, he cuts it, and it was 75.
Thought maybe he was selling standing trees, turns out it is only tops and a few dead standing.
Told him I was not hip to pay 25 for a load of limb wood. Wood is only selling for 50-60 a truckload. He told me that there are some decent size pieces, but who really knows until I see for myself.
I know wood prices are down right now. I don't mind paying a fair price, but I have no idea of what that is. I live in Indiana, and I think I have seen tops in the past priced at 2-10 dollars.
What is a fair price to offer him, and would you all pay the price all at once, or say weekly based on what you cut?
I don't know the guy, nor do I know just how honest he would be. I would rather hope not to pay for say 100 tops and he end up cutting some I have paid for and sell it.
Opinions please.