How much wood do I have here?

[Battletross]

Thinking about purchasing this pile of leftovers and am trying to get an idea of how much wood is here. They said that their best guess was around 20 full cords. That seems way high to me, but i'm not used to seeing piles of logs. Anyone have a good ballpark guess?

 

[lknchoppers]

It's hard to say. Get it cheap, there still is a lot of work there to do anything with it. I'm conservative with estimates on piles. it doesn't look like 20 cord at all not even 10 cord to me.

 

[blacklocst]

Hard to tell from the pics, but to me it looks like about 5 cord give or take.

 

[JeffHK454]

That looks like the hacked up mess the line crew left on property...but it all burns. $200 bucks..

 

[jrider]

I am pretty good at estimating cut pieces but not logs and since you have a mix it makes it difficult. I try to figure out how many pick up loads (just loaded to the top of the bed so 1/2 cord) you would haul out and divide by 2. I am seeing about 12-14 cords but it is hard to tell with all the different piles.

 

[skindaddy]

7cord tops

 

[Battletross]

Our best guess was about 10 cord when we saw it in person. They want $1250 picked up for everything. Face cords of split mixed hardwoods go for $75-85 around here picked up.

 

[TeeMan]

Not close to 20 cords.

 

[farmer steve]

Our best guess was about 10 cord when we saw it in person. They want $1250 picked up for everything. Face cords of split mixed hardwoods go for $75-85 around here picked up.

i'd tell them you will give them a break and only charge them $1,000 to haul it away. what kind of equipment do you have to move that much wood? and help and time . most people over estimate amounts of wood like that.

 

[farmer steve]

unless you have a OWB there is a lot of work getting those oddball sizes cut to the length you need.

 

[Battletross]

i'd tell them you will give them a break and only charge them $1,000 to haul it away. what kind of equipment do you have to move that much wood? and help and time . most people over estimate amounts of wood like that.

That's what I was thinking. They need it moved asap, so i'd be doing them a favor by removing it. Just two pickups with 6x12 trailers, a couple chainsaws and a lot of hands.

 

[066blaster]

Yikes $1250. They are nuts. I would pay $25 a cord and I wouldn't count the oddball stuff.

 

[Hinerman]

Hard to tell from the pics, but to me it looks like about 5 cord give or take.

7cord tops

I suck at guesstimates but after looking at it I was going to say 5-7 cord.

I probably wouldn't pay much for it, if anything at all. I don't understand paying money to clean up somebody's property for them. Seems like they should be paying you to haul it off. If you are desperate for wood that won't be seasoned for a year or two, then I might understand. Are they going to cut it to size and load it for you? That might be worth something. Are you burning it or selling it? There is a lot of waste there if you are selling it.

 

[Hinerman]

Yikes $1250. They are nuts. I would pay $25 a cord and I wouldn't count the oddball stuff.

Exactly, I was thinking $20 per cord. After all, it is already cut and no limbs to deal with.

 

[GVS]

Hard to tell from the pics, but to me it looks like about 5 cord give or take.

I'm saying 'tween5&6+or_

 

[066blaster]

They have it priced as if there is no such thing as natural gas, propane, heating oil. I've been getting that kinda mess from a tree service for free.

 

[blacklocst]

Also that wood looks like Cherry and soft Maple... for the money they want for it your better your better off buying log length loads of hard wood that you can cut to the size you need, if you can find it.

 

[betterbuilt]

Looks like the pile I'm dealing with right now. I'd guess maybe 5 cords. There's lots of work left. It sucks trying to stack all the different length wood. $1250 is just way out there.

 

[blackdogon57]

I wouldn't let someone dump that in my yard even if they paid me. Defiantly not 20 cords And lots of junk in the pile.

 

[turnkey4099]

10 cord tops and almost all uglies and dinky stuff not worth fooling with. Basically it would be "I'll haul it away for free but you'll have to allow plenty of time.

$1250? Refer them to the nearest mental institution.

Harry K