Pick up truck load price of firewood

[Stgcutter]

Is 80$ per pick up truck load of wood a reasonable price? I been selling it like this for a few years and wonder if I should go up

 

[R'Lee]

Depends..... on where you are, what it is, are you delivering, and what time of the year are you talking about! Well seasoned & split hardwood goes for about $50 a face cord if they pick it up here in lower MI. Delivered is a different animal tho.

 

[stihly dan]

if you run out every year, go up.

 

[R'Lee]

I. Agree. Allow supply & demand determine the price. Long winter last year drove up spring prices. I STILL can't cut behind my homestead cut its still too wet. My questions were legit tho.

 

[Stgcutter]

Split oak and I sell mostly during middle of the fall and winter. I keep plenty of wood throughout the year so the wood will be dry enough to burn good. I use my mini loader, splitter, truck and trailer. Sold over 100 cords last winter

 

[zogger]

$50-60 around here, about approx 1/3rd cord. So, if you can get 80 easily now, hey, semi fat city!

Here's the thing down here though, last winter was a cold aberration..everyone who had dried wood for sale sold out. There is no way in heck anyone ..but me..around here will have two year old dried oak this winter. I have one, two and three year old oak, anyone wants it, it goes for a premium based on age or I sit on it. No desire to compete with those lowball only half dried wood sellers.

 

[Stgcutter]

I live in alabama so I did pretty well last year. My wood was cut in summer of last year. It's pretty good and dried from the hot summer

 

[jrider]

You did over 100 full cords with just a pickup truck? So we are talking, half a cord a load?

 

[Stgcutter]

Yeah a regular half cord pick up truck full. You must remember I didn't deliver too many loads of wood in that truck. I received a bit of help from a relative with his ldump body truck. I supplied a store with atleast 20 cords or wood also.

 

[turnkey4099]

YOu need to be more specific. A pickup load is a nebulous amount. full sized pu? With racks?, etc.

My PU has cab high racks and I can load 3/4 cord easily - overloaded? Very.

Harry K

 

[Stgcutter]

A regular Chevy 1500. The beds is a long bed I believe. I have taller sides on my trailer so I can pull more wood

 

[cheeves]

$50-60 around here, about approx 1/3rd cord. So, if you can get 80 easily now, hey, semi fat city!

Here's the thing down here though, last winter was a cold aberration..everyone who had dried wood for sale sold out. There is no way in heck anyone ..but me..around here will have two year old dried oak this winter. I have one, two and three year old oak, anyone wants it, it goes for a premium based on age or I sit on it. No desire to compete with those lowball only half dried wood sellers.

I totally agree!
I have all mostly dead standing oak; some 1/2 years and 2 years! I get good $ for it if I like the customer. Some I sell really cheap to some people I really like, and who need and appreciate it! Even give some away every year! What gos around comes around!! Was just turned on to 7 1/2 acres and all the surrounding property of all the wood I want on it! Just got a load of big dead standing red oak today.

 

[mallardman]

Depends on what size bed.

 

[Rburg44]

Depends on bed size and how u load it tossed in or stacked nice an neat bed level or above bed hieght

 

[Greg Perryman]

120 -150 dollars a cord is the goin rate here for oak ,hickory is more. A cord of wood will fit in a 8 ft bed stacked just above the cab. Dad done it many yrs. Best to use a 3/4 or 1 ton truck. 1/2 truck just isn't heavy enough. Lots and lots of rear wheels bearings.

 

[svk]

I'd say a half cord is a safe load for short bed, 1/2 ton trucks (especially the newer ones with cushy suspension). So $40-90 bucks a load depending on location, whether this is delivery or customer pickup, and species of wood would seem fair to me. If someone shows up with a long box and stake sides, you need to determine volume and price by the cord or fraction of cord.

Around here softwood is $100 a cord, hardwood $150, and oak $180 delivered within reasonably close radius to seller.

 

[3fordasho]

I get $75 for a load of mixed hardwoods, usually elms, box elder,cottonwood, maybe some ash or blackcherry - firepit wood. Load averages 50-55 cubic feet stacked wood. My 8' box F150 needed airbags on the back so the headlights don't lightup the tree tops ;-) Price includes delivery up to 15 miles loaded, after that I have a per mile upcharge. Never had a complaint about price, and many tip once they see how much wood they are getting. If they want to pick it up I ask $60 for the same amount.

 

[turnkey4099]

I'd say a half cord is a safe load for short bed, 1/2 ton trucks (especially the newer ones with cushy suspension). So $40-90 bucks a load depending on location, whether this is delivery or customer pickup, and species of wood would seem fair to me. If someone shows up with a long box and stake sides, you need to determine volume and price by the cord or fraction of cord.

Around here softwood is $100 a cord, hardwood $150, and oak $180 delivered within reasonably close radius to seller.

I have a regular customer for 4 cord willow every year. Been charging 120 full cord. Raised it to $130 this year. He is still happy. Amazing thing is that he also burns good wood (fir, tamarack) so he knows the difference.

Harry K

 

[svk]

I have a regular customer for 4 cord willow every year. Been charging 120 full cord. Raised it to $130 this year. He is still happy. Amazing thing is that he also burns good wood (fir, tamarack) so he knows the difference.

Harry K

The peace of mind knowing he's got reliable wood coming each year is probably worth the premium of purchasing from someone he trusts.

 

[Rosco]

While stopped for a pop, I had a guy offer me $50 to drop this off at his house.



It's the first 40 feet of a standing dead White oak.
I don't usually sell or buy wood, but he only lived a half mile away.
That's a Tacoma, I'm guessing 1200 lbs.

I let him split it, I went back for the smaller stuff.

Tom