Load of logs on the way.

[DuckDog]

It does help to know people.

Gotta' say, that is pretty impressive!!

 

[DuckDog]

@DuckDog How do you like your PE Super 27? That's what I'm getting for my new house. It says it takes 18" splits -- is that about right? I've never had a wood stove, do I use a log grate or just load it in? Any particular traits of the PES27 I should be aware of? Thanks for your input in advance! And being new to it all, I bought log stackers that you stick 2x4s in horizontally and vertically and then you have an elevated spot to stack on! Hopefully I won't experience any dreaded fall over.

100% Completely satisfied with my choice.
When we moved into this house there was an old "Century" model airtight woodstove. It had a removable grate in it and loaded east / west. It was terrible. Pain to get going, hardly lasted 6 hours, no control over the fire. Either burn it hot and greatly reduce your burn time or have it in what I called "chimney clogging smudge mode" Did I mention how terrible it was....
Had 2 local dealers to choose from. One was PE and the other was Regency. The Regency dealer told me that the Super 27 and most of Pacific Energy's stoves were poorly constructed an severly underperform. He claims they are nothing but problems. The PE dealer stated thet the Super27 and Regency F2400 were very similar in style and performance and noted a few +'s over the F2400 (stainless steel baffel instead of firebrick / ceramic) Pricing was very similar too. Needless to say I already knew the 2 stoves were comparable. That is why I was looking at them. The guy that ran down the other product only to try to sell his lost the sale. The dealer that didn't treat me like an idiot made some $$.

The S27 will hold an 18" split easily on the bottom row 19+ will fit on the second row and still leave space near ther glass. No grates. Load right on the firebrick bottom. Very easy to control and with good wood can be throtteled down to nothing. I can go 10-12+ hours and re-load full splits onto hot coals. Obviously useable heat is very diminished by then but still no need for kindling! Pretty much cut wood consumption by more than a third over the original stove. There are probably better / nicer looking stoves out there but the S27 is great bang for your buck.

 

[Firewood Bandit]

That's a nice little tractor, shouldn't have much trouble skidding with that I guess. That's very kind of the land owner to let you use it as well

That is a very capable tractor as it is 70hp, the winch is 12-14,000 pounds with 225' of cable. He has very aggressive ice chains for it too.

 

[Charles1981]

I am in Michigan. The logger I deal with is about 2 hour away. The cost of the loads really should depend mostly on the distance/fuel costs for the logger.

If the logger is 6 hours away it is going to be more expensive then if the logger is 2 hours away.

I just split a load (21 cords of mostly ash, some maple and oak) and it ended up being 104$ a cord. If your guy has to travel substantially further it would definitely be more expensive.

People that order from him in his local area only pay about 70-80$ per cord.

 

[Firewood Bandit]

Sorry I hijacked this.

To get back to the topic. Last year loads of logs were running $80-85/cord for 11 cord load delivered. My buddy in the industry says this year there won't be any less than $100-110/cord and that would be a very local delivery. If the loggers have pulp contracts they can take it to the paper mills, get guaranteed payment with no hassle. The mills are paying a premium right now around here. The only downside is it is further away.

 

[D8Chumley]

Lol hijacked your own thread!!

 

[jillybeansisme]

@DuckDog Thank you for your input.

Well, I have fir and oak bucked and stacked waiting for me to have it split -- it'll be waiting until December cuz the house is getting built (excavation starts Monday). I was told maybe 3 cords worth . . . plus I'm having the Builder save the fir 2 x 4 cut offs for me. I'm hoping those will be okay (the latter) to burn for the week before Christmas when I am there meeting the movers.

 

[Charles1981]

11 cords Ash, Maple, Elm yeah baby.

 

[brokenknee]

The last load I purchased was in February, $70 a cord, been the same price for the last 4 years since I moved here. I have about 5 loggers that live within 5 miles of me.

I saw a couple of pictures were they just piled the wood right on the ground; next time tell them to put some runners down to keep most of it off the ground. Less dirt to deal with when cutting it up.

 

[kennyp2339]

I ordered a log truck load 14' lengths, I paid 300 for the load delivered, the secret to keeping costs low is to ask for larger diameter wood, the guy had a ton of oak, maple, and ash that were in the 24 - 36" diameter and was more than happy to drop it off because regular wood burners didn't want to hustle or fool around with the larger pieces. Yeah it was a little more work, but for 8 or 9 cords of premium wood at such a low price it was a deal I couldn't pass up. Since this wood was probably hurricane sandy wood the cost was lower to, now that I'm ahead for three years (thanks hearth) I'm going to wait for another period of stormy weather then place my order

 

[KB007]

Here in Ontario it seems like we're paying a bit of a premium for log loads. Our last load came in at $950 for 8 cords back in January. Need to order another load soon, hoping it'll be the same.

 

[tsquini]

Here in Ontario it seems like we're paying a bit of a premium for log loads. Our last load came in at $950 for 8 cords back in January. Need to order another load soon, hoping it'll be the same.

I am paying $900 in Massachusetts for 8 cords of logs

 

[kennyp2339]

When I went to work today a buddy of mine was complaining about the price of log loads going up, (he lives in NE PA) he stated that the wood mills are paying top $ for logs and that's were it is going. all though I cant really see it I guess the economy is picking up; which is a good thing