OT Firewood prices

We get our Fire Wood of our sons property, old timber fences,
just get the chain saw out, spend a few hours cutting it,
I reckon buying fire wood is like burning money.

No different to buying diesel Dazza, All burning money.

Hi Krakka

Yes you are right, but cutting our own Fire Wood, leaves us more
money to buy Diesel, and if I could learn how to make Diesel,I would
do that to, I'm a real Tight Arse lol.

G'day there young Kev. Yeah, but you had to give up a heap of time, run your vehicle to gather it, work your gut's out to do it. We used to have a slow combustion wood heater & I used to cut my own wood from a property that didn't charge me, but I reckon when I weighed it all up, for an ongoing basis, then it was expensive. So started to buy it, still expensive!! So went to LPG & still on it, but also expensive! We supplement our heating with air con. which is also expensive!
Then I moved to Newcastle, NSW. Perfect climate. 28 Degrees all year around & perfect one day, sunshine the next. Nature provides at no cost in this part of the world. Simple! LOL & cheers.

Barry,

The firewood I took to Innamincka was just a portion of the firewood that we cut that weekend. All up we cut enough firewood to fill my trailer about 10 times, as well as a couple of standard 6'x4' box trailers.
To syphon off a few sticks of firewood for the National Gathering was easy.
Whenever I visit St George we usually cut a heap of firewood to keep Mum happy. I had the BIL to help me cut it so why not.
The Gathering in St George next year will require no-one to bring firewood cause there will be a bigger pile of firewood than what I took to Innamincka :))

and Newcastle is still a cold hole in cockroach country LOL

Cheers Kev

Firewood prices vary from north to south. Near Devonport, expect around $40/metre, Launceston $70/m and Hobart around $100/m. Luckily I have a generous neighbour with 2,500 ac and he lets me take as much wood as I want (either forestry timber waste or dry trees).

Mudripper, so how much is that per tonne? I am paying 24.5c per kilo around Adelaide.
Cheers Krakka

One metre is roughly half a tonne.

Yeah, we haven't gone through as much wood as we did around 3-4 years ago, when back then it was a lot colder. We usually go through 22 metres per winter and this year it's been half that. But winter's not over yet.

Goodday Nev,
I normally collect my own wood, but at that price why bother.
Cheers Pete

Bloody hell that's cheap. The first year we spent in Tas (didn't have a chainsaw yet) we paid $180 for three tonnes delivered by some locals and that was 6 years ago, considering that everything's quadrupled in price since then.

Started off buying 14 tons a year at $50 and this year we got the 10 for $650. Mind you I have bought a min of 10 ton every year from him for 12 years now. He uses the back of my block to store his wood from time to time and I look after his PC so it works out well for us both.

Rgds

You need a permit for sex?

You won't pay for Sex!!!!!!!!!
To early for the the friday funny's.
You will allways pay for it some where.
And a lot more than fire wood.LOL

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA, well said Rob, Exactly.

But my wife reckons if i paid her for sex i would get it all the time.

But a firewood collection permit is cheaper.

Alan

Works out about a 1000 a ton, ouch!

Yep, but a ton of firewood ain't no match for a ton of woodlogs!

Yeah, my mate got a ute load of off cuts for free from the popular timber company GUNNS. They had a huge pile of it in their yard, great kindling wood.

Yeh split redgum in the mid north of SA, Balaklava $265, and Clare is about the same.
It has become much harder to find cheap or for free, can get all we need around western NSW, but 700k trip each way, but by next year a few days camping with truck and trailer should be able to bring home 6-7 ton so that should get me nearly through winter.
Your reverse cycle and gas type heatings just dont cut it for comfort like a wood fire!

Cheers Pesty