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johnnyb : 10/27/2014 3:00 pm
Last year, I ordered a cord of firewood from a tree company I have used in the past. The wood was terrible, not seasoned long enough, difficult to burn and did not get very hot.

I live in Wyckoff. Does anyone have a recommendation for good firewood delivered?

Thanks in advance.
So basically, you're having a problem getting wood.  
jcn56 : 10/27/2014 3:02 pm : link
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No problem GETTING wood.  
johnnyb : 10/27/2014 3:07 pm : link
Just not sure who to buy it from. Hoping someone in my area has a suggestion for someone who is reliable. I thought I had a reliable supplier but was wrong. looking for a recommendation.
RE: So basically, you're having a problem getting wood.  
BMac : 10/27/2014 3:13 pm : link
In comment 11942584 jcn56 said:
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No, he's having a problem getting wood that performs adequately.

On a serious note, you may want to consider lating in an initial oversupply so that you can then guarantee that you'll have adequately seasoned wood every year after that. Buy two cord this season and let one season. Next year, buy one cord and use the seasoned wood. Rinse, repeat.
lating...  
BMac : 10/27/2014 3:14 pm : link
...getting
He wants dried out wood that has sat unused for some time  
Pork and Beans : 10/27/2014 3:17 pm : link
You came to the right place
Thanks BMac- makes sense.  
johnnyb : 10/27/2014 3:18 pm : link
Just need the name of a good supplier who does not sell unseasoned wood.
That wood that was delivered to your house last year...  
Taggart : 10/27/2014 3:28 pm : link
Was it stacked in the rear?
RE: Thanks BMac- makes sense.  
BMac : 10/27/2014 3:28 pm : link
In comment 11942639 johnnyb said:
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Just need the name of a good supplier who does not sell unseasoned wood.


I buy whole logs by the truck full (about nine cord). Of course, I live in the middle of a hardwood forest and so have easy, cheap access. It sucks when you get held up for high costs. How much are you paying per cord, if you don't mind me asking. And is it a full cord (4x4x8) or a face cord (2x4x8)?
I'm splitting a cord with a friend  
Section331 : 10/27/2014 4:02 pm : link
who is getting it from Rohsler's in Allendale. I think it's $220 for the cord, but I'm not sure if there are delivery charges. I've used Biernacke in Mahwah in the past, wood is pretty good, but a little expensive ($160 for a 1/2 cord).
I paid $195  
Antdog23 : 10/27/2014 4:03 pm : link
for a cord this year. I remember paying $175 like 3 years ago... inflation.
I've used these guys in the past  
yourpalCore : 10/27/2014 4:07 pm : link
a bit pricier than what i pay now but wood was good, I believe $250 a cord stacked
http://www.thewoodman.com/index.html

Never got firewood from this guy but spoke with him a bunch
http://firewood-delivery-nyc.com/index.html


Hope that helps
he he  
Jon from PA : 10/27/2014 4:08 pm : link
heheheheheh...he needs seasoned wood...hehehehe

I paid 160 for a mixed cord  
ron in new mexico : 10/27/2014 4:09 pm : link
here last year which is half ponderosa and half juniper. By law our wood has to be seasoned, and sold by specific sizes. A cord being a cord 4 by 4 by 8.
Pure ponderosa I would guess 140 or so.
Luckily a big juniper tree died so I will try to make it on that and what I bought last year. Warm weather here and it goes down cold up day by day. They park in pickup trucks in certain spots. Give you a price as they size you up. I can haggle them down but it is hard work and they deserve their money.

Stacking is 30 or so extra  
ron in new mexico : 10/27/2014 4:10 pm : link
per cord usually
will a little salt and pepper  
Jon from PA : 10/27/2014 4:12 pm : link
suffice?
Ha ha  
ron in new mexico : 10/27/2014 4:15 pm : link
funny that ;)

Out here it is so dry 6 months may do it, if tarped when it is going to rain. I try for a year. Other places to fully dry wood may take 3 years
Part of why it is cheaper here I would guess.
I pay $500 for the log-truck load...  
BMac : 10/27/2014 4:18 pm : link
...which comes out to about $55 per cord. Of course I then have to cut it, split it, and stack it. It doesn't, as they say, heat me twice. It's more like five or six times when all is said and done.

However, it provides some exercise and the wood, combined with oil, cuts our total yearly heating cost to less than a thousand dollars. And that's for as much heat as you want, anytime you want it. No sweaters necessary in our house!
You guys have way better wood  
ron in new mexico : 10/27/2014 4:19 pm : link
then here though. Ponderosa burns real good but to quick, so it is cheap. Juniper longer but it doesn't really ever burn just right. Pinon is probably the best of the three but it is expensive 180 at least a cord.

That is pretty much it right here and northern NM. I am cutting some chinese elm as it is around…but geese louse they just give that stuff away..I see it in the dump at times…stinks when it burns, and is hard to burn.
Scrub oak  
ron in new mexico : 10/27/2014 4:25 pm : link
I just can't find any. that would be like gold however 180 at least if you could find some.

Back east I would guess you could pick and choose. I burned apples once…what a delight that was. smelled great and burned great.
BMac  
johnnyb : 10/27/2014 4:51 pm : link
I paid $220 for a cord last year and the wood sucked.
Johnny  
The 12th Man : 10/28/2014 1:23 pm : link
I live in Mahwah and have used these 2 guys, both have been very good and recommend either one. Call 201-947-5985 or 201-760-1252
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