pulpwood prices?

[Monte1255]

Had an offer by a gentlman today for pulpwood. Just curious what others are recieving for the same.

Man said he'd come and pick up the wood and pay as much as $30/thousand bd ft. for boxelder and $50/thousand for other types of softwood such as poplar and similar woods.

It's not a big deal for me actually, as I get paid by the hr. but was thinking "hey if he's willing to come and get it .........gravy!"

Any thoughts?

 

[JTL]

I'd say go for it! Especially if he's gonna haul it away.
I did some figureing. Out here pulp is bought by the ton, and right now it's going for about $25 a ton. A good load of short logs is going to weigh about 26 tons, and around 3200 bd ft.
At the ton price its $650 a load. By the thousand it would be $960 for the boxelder and $1600 for the other stuff.
I don't think your gonna lose!

 

[Autocar]

I would only get X amount bd.ft.to him then see how soon he pays you, alot of good it is if you get burnt

 

[EGS]

Around here they buy it by the ton. Right now they are paying between $30 and $55.

 

[Monte1255]

By my calculations an above average log can yield about 100 bd feet or so, with that said it will take 10 to 12 logs make up a 1,000 bd/ft. with the rest being sold for cheap firewood or burned through my own furnace.
In gestimating I would say that 10 to 12 logs will be somewhat close to that ton price as well.
Most of the guys that I deal with do not want the "trash wood" and feel it is more of a detriment to their tractors and equipment than anything and so they "just want it out of here".
For me the piles of logs and trash are a liablity and reflect poorly on my abilities when I am told to "just pile it and we'll burn it later". So I kind of figured if they want it gone I can certainly make it dissappear, but if I'm going to do the bucking, I'd like to see a fair price.

 

[DelawareLou]

Can someone tell me what is the price for pulpwood if the mill harvests the logs on its own? is the $25 to $30 per ton price for pulpwood require you to deliver cut wood to the mill? I have an offer from a mill for much less than $25 per ton but they will cut it down on our land and haul it away.

 

[mitch504]

the $25-30/ton is cut up and delivered to the mill, and most mills won't buy unless you have a contract to deliver a lot, and several kinds of high-dollar insurance,too. the on-the-stump price around here is about 5-8, maybe 10 for big wood near the mill.

 

[forester]

selling wood only (aspen) is about $3-3.50 locally. Birch..if you can find a buyer in the city goes for closer to conifer rates. Conifer goes for a premium due to the number of sawmills around at around $9/ton.

Stump to dump operations are getting $49-55/ton prices but that includes harvesting and hauling...rates increase to the $55 mark in exchange for up to a 2.5 hour haul one way.