I own sixty acres of timber, but none of it close enough that I cut on it regularly....
Wow, some of you really have a time gettin wood. I just never thought about land with no trees. And that deal with the land prices in Maine is unreal. In Georgia we just have so many red and white oak. Hickory, pecan, you name it.
Wow, some of you really have a time gettin wood. I just never thought about land with no trees. And that deal with the land prices in Maine is unreal. In Georgia we just have so many red and white oak. Hickory, pecan, you name it.
There are only two industries in my area:
1. Tourism
2. Logging
Subsequently free/scrounged wood is a lot like free money. It's just not happenin'. So I have to buy wood c/s/d at about $250 a cord green or buy logs by the truck load. I opt for logs @ $110 a cord, 8 cord minimum.
Lots of land go for about $30,000-$75,000 per acre (see #1 above), so we don't own enough land to harvest our own wood.
I wouldn't have figured that you need much firewood in Georgia or California. Pretty warm places to live compared to upper Michigan or Ontario. We have some of the harshest Winters around in Canada (although lately some milder Winters).
I wouldn't have figured that you need much firewood in Georgia or California.
I wouldn't have figured that you need much firewood in Georgia
Owning your own property for firewood alone is a losing prospect, as anything that you save in wood, is offset by the property taxes.
Developers, in spite of the housing market, are building Downeast and in S.Maine ( aka "Massachusetts")
Eh, I don't know that this is necessarily true in all cases. My father built his house on an 8 acre lot... He's been cutting a yearly supply of firewood off that land since 1976 and I'd say there's more hardwood up on the hill than when he bought the property.
Not quite the case Jim. #1 is down, and #2 is reflecting the poor economy. "$30K-$75K are for building lots, not woodlands in acerages over 20a...Scrounging is no big deal Jim.
JMNSHEO
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