USMC0802
ArboristSite Guru
How about you two from Minnesota call the meatheads in PA and let them know how it's done?
As for buyers of wood....check the product before it comes off the truck. Educate yourself as to how seasoned wood should look, feel, and sound. If the delivery shows up and it is not what you consider seasoned, tell the guy to take a hike, and call somebody else. I believe the buyer is just as responsible as the seller if it gets cold out and your stove starts hissing at you.
Flip it around.
Why don't people who heat with wood buy far enough in advance to assure it's seasoned? Unless it's your first year you knew a year ago you'd need some.
My guess is you'll find the top two reasons for both groups are the same.
Don't want to tie up the money, don't want to tie up the space.
Flip it around.
Why don't people who heat with wood buy far enough in advance to assure it's seasoned? Unless it's your first year you knew a year ago you'd need some.
My guess is you'll find the top two reasons for both groups are the same.
Don't want to tie up the money, don't want to tie up the space.
Buyers aren't misleading the sellers by paying with Monopoly money though. We call for and pay for a product described as seasoned wood. I guess the term is subjective on what it means to be seasoned.
I had to buy wood last year as I got home from Oklahoma the first week of December. After what was delivered, never again. Two sellers f-ed every other wood seller in my area cause I'll never buy from anyone, ever. I'll pay the electric bill for the heat pump before I pay top dollar prices for wood and get garbage and wood that isn't dry.
I did see that you can cut your own...did we forget to put up what we needed.
:agree2: exactly!!!!!!!!!!
im surprised how many people on here, who obviously own chainsaws.. are buying firewood every year it seems
if you arnt doing tree work, and you arnt cutting any firewood, what are you guys doing with them, other than shining them up and taking pictures of em? :greenchainsaw:
Does a man really NEED to have a reason to own a chainsaw?
I have a relationship with my wood guy that say's I'm gonna buy 7 cords every year....so in turn he cuts and splits my wood and stacks it in a seperate pile a year in advance.He knows I like dry wood and that is what I get. If I had to go somewhere else my chances would be less that I could find seasoned wood especially for $100 a full cord.
My advice is to buy your wood a year in advance and sit on it so you know it's seasoned. Wood guys typically sell everything they have and yes they could do more wood and have it for longer ,but the real onus is on the buyer not the seller.
I do not know any wood guy that has 50% wet,40% wet,30% wet,20%wet,but I do know that there are buyers that want deals and the deals may be on wood that is wetter than what they really want to burn.
Point...buy your wood in advance then you have full control of moisture content.I did see that you can cut your own...did we forget to put up what we needed.
Ok, I'm not a firewood processor. I've just been calling around to see who has seasoned firewood. I've been asking, "how long ago was your firewood split?". The answer I usually get is, "...it's seasoned."
Now, this is getting frustrating because everybody who says their wood is seasoned has only split anywhere from spring to now. When I tell them I'm looking for wood that was split at least a year ago, then they usually will tell me how "good" their wood burns. According to what I've learned on this great site and others, it takes over 12 months to profess that oak is seasoned.
Why don't sellers of firewood understand firewood? Or am I being an anal, type Z+ customer? Or does wood season faster in South Carolina where our winter isn't frozen? I can find my own green wood to split for next year, I need dry wood for this year!
...I'm just sayin'
And there are enough cheap idiots who never learn to keep them in business.
My wood was split last year and all I ever hear is why is your wood more than most of the other guys? Will you match their price?
Are you kidding me?
I'm not selling firewood in CT anymore.
Have a sizzling winter you cheap bastards!
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