I'm No Longer a Piker: I Broke Down and Bought Firewood

[A. Stanton]

With the unrest in the mid-east, I decided that I could no longer depend on free trees. So I broke down and bought 7 cords of tree-length firewood. Needless to say, I have been very busy bucking the stuff. Then comes the splitting.

 

[Mr Good Wood]

7 cords?? picture looks like 5-5.5 at best how long the logs?

 

[A. Stanton]

The trees are 22-footers. I already bucked some of the logs and moved them to where I'll be splitting.

 

[STLfirewood]

With the price of fuel I really think that might be the best way to go. It's a lot cheaper when you don't have to start the truck.

Scott

 

[banshee67]

at least you got that nice tractor to help out:msp_thumbup:

 

[Hedgerow]

With the price of fuel I really think that might be the best way to go. It's a lot cheaper when you don't have to start the truck.

Scott

+1... Been thinkin' that myself lately...:msp_angry:

 

[bigdaa]

I am looking to open the wallet up too!

With all the rain, have not been able to get into the woods. If you don't mind how much damage to the wallet?

 

[A. Stanton]

$800.00 green dollars for 7 cords of green wood.

 

[mhyme71]

Here its half of that for 8 cords delivered in log length

 

[A. Stanton]

Finished Bucking the Log Pile Today

It was nice to have help from my little friends: the Kubota, the Logrite peavey, and the Stihl 440.

 

[Beefie]

Well your 1/3 done now go split and stack it. Looks good, nice tractor.


Beefie

 

[TMFARM 2009]

man i love them kubota's i am still kicking myself for selling ours.. i had a b2910 it was an awesome little tractor...

 

[Iska3]

The way things are going, I might be looking at buying a load or two myself. When you figure out the cost of fuel and your time. I could buy a load or two and still be ahead of the game. A person can save more by buying the extra wood then putting the money in the bank.

 

[laynes69]

I wasn't going to buy wood until I found out I had a hernia. My brother-in law sold us wood for 125 a cord that's seasoned split oak and delivered it. For that price I couldn't turn it down. If I could get a log load for a decent price I would, but there's no one around here that does it. I needed good wood for next year and there's plenty of dead elms and ash that needs cut. As soon as I get my 3 point hitch fitted for a pintle, I will get to try out my military trailer I bought for firewood. I figure by the time I factor time, fuel, etc. its well worth buying wood if the price is right.