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Swamp Yankee

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It's that time of year again

So what are the prices for a cord (128 cu ft) of real seasoned cut, split. and delivered in your area?

Around NE CT there are several hacks selling green as seasoned for $150 - $165 a short cord. The guys that I know that are in it for the long haul are in the $185 to $200 range.

There's not a lot of logging going on now so I have a feeling prices are going to head up $15 or $20 a cord in a few months as the supply of tops and cull logs dry up.

I'm giving my repeat customers the same price as last year at $200, and what's left over I'm covering and sitting on 'til the new year when true seasoned and dry gets scarce.

My 2 cents

Take Care
 
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wood prices ?

for the start of the 2010/11 season its already all over the board... some selling full cords for as little as 125.00 a cd seasoned? more to the positive side its going for 165.00 to 195.00 dry & seasond.. as for myself im starting out with a mixed cord load of seasoned and dry oak an maple for 185.00..... closer to mid oct. its going up to a normal of 200.00 and any full cds of a single species will be 225.00 to 250.00 all delivered within 20 miles. birch will also be kept to last years price at 225.00 a cd. mixed woods or a forest run of our 5 wood types green and dead standing is a year around price of 185.00 per cord or 160 cf delivered.......... which is my biggest seller.
 
ihookem

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In Wisconsin, it's 160-200 a cord delivered and stacked. A truckload of oak in 8
' lengths is 100 a cord delivered (green or partly seasoned from oak wilt.) I don't think it went up here at all.
 
Valkyrie Rider

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Here in the NW of CT I'm seeing some of the every year guys posting up at $239 a cord. Also some ads I don't recogonize as low as $185.

Glad I have have what I need to take me through the next two winters!... I'll keep looking for free wood though for the future.
 
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Far northern Wi., mostly Maple ,with some Ash, Cherry, Beech mixed in is $55-$60 a "face cord", cut 16".That's the favorite way to sell it here. Make a deal on delivery, price cuts for multiple cords. I'm selling three face cords delivered for $165 if it's close, that's two trips for me.
 

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Eastern canada....8 ft lengths are $90 cord delivered if you buy a trailer load, 19 cord. Mostly maple.

Blocked and split is around $200 dumped in your yard, all hardwood. Mixed is about $160-175.
 
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Cut and split mixed hardwood.

1/4 cord - 135
1/2 cord - 210
1 cord - 375
1.5 cord - 525

Price includes delivery and tax. Lots of guys selling cheaper online. Many people are willing to pay premium for well seasoned clean wood.
 
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In western MA, north western CT, we get for mixed hardwoods:
•$200 per Full seasoned cord delivered
•$120 per 1/2 cord seasoned delivered or picked up, return customers $100 if picked up
•$60 per 1/4 cord seasoned delivered or picked up, return customers $50 if picked up
•I have a crate that is about an 1/8 of a cord tossed seasoned $35 pickup only(if stacked right it fits in a vw bug. Srry no pics of that)
•bundles that contain 8-10 pecies split small seasoned $5
Our prices are average for our area. We have some fly by night oporations selling short green cords for $150. Or the people somehow getting $250+ for a cord.
We can deliver up to 3 cords at a time.
 
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Steve NW WI

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A quick scan of Minneapolis Craigslist shows mixed hardwood at +-150, oak at 200 or so per full cord.

If you want good seasoned stuff in Feb/Mar, add 50% to those prices. I may be selling a bit then...
 
Plankton

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In western MA, north western CT, we get for mixed hardwoods:
•$200 per Full seasoned cord delivered
•$120 per 1/2 cord seasoned delivered or picked up, return customers $100 if picked up
•$60 per 1/4 cord seasoned delivered or picked up, return customers $50 if picked up
•I have a crate that is about an 1/8 of a cord tossed seasoned $35 pickup only(if stacked right it fits in a vw bug. Srry no pics of that)
•bundles that contain 8-10 pecies split small seasoned $5
Our prices are average for our area. We have some fly by night oporations selling short green cords for $150. Or the people somehow getting $250+ for a cord.
We can deliver up to 3 cords at a time.


Here in western mass we get $180 for a full seasoned cord delivered.


We get 1
 
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I'm selling full cords for $170. It's all pine, most of it Ponderosa.

I sell a pickup truck load for $150.

When winter approaches I'll go up to $200 for a cord and $170 for the pickup truck.

No guaranty that any of it will be seasoned, though 90% of it is.

It's all quality wood though, nothing punky.
 
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I'm $300-$330 a cord for homeowner wood. I'm higher for cook wood. I'm hoping kiln dried will be in the $450-$500 range. We'll see I have to get the kiln running I have been busy with other jobs. I'm going to work on it a little more tomorrow.

Scott
 
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$100-200/cord

so far i've sold one at $140, buyer picked it up. and selling a cord and a half at the end of sept. for $275 delivered and stacked.

the $100/cord guys sell alot of green stuff though. and they don't split either. they limit their wood to 3-4'' diam.
 
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