I'm in the process of making raised bed with mine. Not difficult at all to cut with a circular saw. Not brittle at all with age. Same material (HDPE) that plastic barrels are made from. Last for years.
I am not that good at judging never have been. However, everyone that markets firewood ALWAYS over estimates how much you are getting or delivering. I am going to guess that is the same for anywhere.
Yeah which has always baffled me. I will never understand for the life of me why people wait until last minute to buy firewood. It is not like it is a inflation thing either. My father was one of the most responsible men around but he always procrastinated on the firewood and we were always left burning green wood. Those are the two major things (at least around here) the wood is never seasoned and never a full cord. I try to get my wood in at least around early Spring. That is what I will be burning here soon. Most people split the wood right into the back of their truck or trailer. It was never split or stacked beforehand.
The ones I am suppose to be getting had motor oil and coolant in them. So not the worst thing. Just not sure if I can or should use them for anything. One person here (sorry cannot remember who it was right now) said they cut the plastic sides off and use them to cover the tote which seems pretty smart to me. Just whether or not I will be using them depends on how gross the insides are I guess.
Yea, I wouldn't use those for raised bed either. Too hard to remove the oil residue and the coolant, though possibly water soluble, might be the wrong kind.
My dad sold his first tote of firewood, mostly a maple popple mix 50/50 we have 2 rows at 16" to the top and fill the gap left with wood. My dad said the guy seemed real happy.
50$ I forget to mention
As I said before, that sounds cheap for 1/3 cord. A local guy around here sells totes of firewood as fast as he can split it (green?) for over $100.
Just a little cheap imo. I can go and pick up full hardwood cords across town for $165.00, get it delivered all day from multiple places for around $200.00. Most any of the places would be more then happy to prove your getting a full cord. One guy in particular down in Manheim, you actually get a little over a cord when you pay for delivery and him to stack it.
What is the inside dimensions of the tote?
That seems very reasonable on Oak. I am hoping to be able to convince my brother to see my way of thinking on some jobs coming up. We were talking at Thanksgiving and it looks like there are some pretty good Walnut an White Oak jobs coming up this winter. They are going to be with in a few miles of home. Of course all of that will go straight to the mill. I would like to convince him to bid a few pennies on some of the scrub species that will be in the way of cutting the better stuff. There will be a bunch. We have a spare skidder and now a log truck that will de dedicated to just local hauling. We have a poo ton of boilers to keep fired so why not pay the landowner a bit for scrub that needs removed anyway.
That is one of the reasons I disagree with folks that are using moisture meters on firewood.
Yea the ends of the splits were around 15% and it wasn't burning worth a
in his pleasant hearth 2200sq ft stove. I told him to split a split and check that so he did and you could see the wood was wet and the meter confirmed that. Even if the cheapo meter was off some it was still in the no go range.
I'm close to St. Louis so I think a 6' FS truck bed goes for around $100 and a 8' FS bed $120.
The tops off those saw logs make good firewood too.
