getting rid of old firewood

[Engineer]

I know that gas and oil prices are through the roof right now, and I'm deluding myself by thinking I'm sitting on a goldmine.  I have 30 full cords of firewood sitting around my property right now, my house isn't done, and I'll be lucky if I burn 5 or 6 cords of that to keep the place warm this winter while I finish construction.  What I hate to do is see it all rot, because I know that I need to clear a lot more trees around the house, and I won't use it all for 4 or 5 years even if I cut nothing new.

Problem is, this stuff is mixed up.  Several different species of hardwoods, poor firewood like boxelder, popple and basswood mixed in, and a lot of pine slabwood and offcuts from my timber frame.  I'd like to get rid of it and wonder what might be the best way to do so?  I don't want to give it away, because that's just inviting thieves in, and people who are just going to resell it and profit, and there's no point in piling up the slabs and burning them because that's just a waste. 

or should I just save it and hope that I get through it all someday?  I anticipate a never ending supply of wood due to having a mill and being on the receiving end of contractors who clear land for development and know I'll take whatever they haul in.

[Furby]

Sell cheap!

[Timberwerks]

Maybe you can sell it at a reduced cost. It would make good campfire wood so I'm sure you would get some calls. I give my Box Elder away to wood turners, they love it. I have Basswood I offer to carvers but it doesn't seem to interest them much. The lower quality stuff I give away to people in the area for fire pits.

Dale

[Ron Scott]

As stated above, advertise and sell at a reasonable lower price or select someone really in the need of personal home use firewood. The Council of Aging etc. often has names of senior citizens in need of low cost firewood or they will have volunteers cut and deliver it to them.

[Tom]

I like Ron's suggestion.  To many times we look to "get rid" of something when there is an organization representing the needy that could use it.  Don't forget schools, churches and the like, either.

Sometimes you will find another party with a piece of "junk" that would be a treasure for you, and you make a trade that will benefit you both.  It doesn't have to make economic sense when the goals are so different than normal bartering.   A cord of wood for an old axe is sometimes a good deal. 

[Quartlow]

http://www.freecycle.org/

I've given lots of stuff away here that otherwise would have been trown out.

I've also goten a few goodies here

[gary]

That looks like a nice site . So i joined the one in my area

[Furby]

I don't care for the one in my area, the emails are like spam, one right after another. Each one is run by different people though.
Can't seem to find a use for girls size three shoes, ladies size what ever dresses, in other words, I haven't found anything I could use there. ;D
I have however passed the sight on to others that have. :

[rebocardo]

I have just thrown away 2-3 cords of cut and split oak firewood I let sit for too long on the ground (on plastic though) and uncovered. Rotted, termites, ants, etc. If I were you, I would call a company in Boston MA where it sells for $300 a cord and have someone come with a 40 foot dump and load it up.
If you had it off the ground and covered, I would say keep it forever. But, unless it is, it will not keep forever.

Even if you only get $50-90 a cord. 20 cords x $50 = $1000 = better then rotting away.

How about contacting

www.firewoodguy.com (NH) and wholesaling your wood to him?

I know from living in NH, people will burn anything as long as its cheap. Road crews are lucky if they ever get a chance to clean up a blow down after a storm :-D

[leweee]

As stated above, advertise and sell at a reasonable lower price or select someone really in the need of personal home use firewood. The Council of Aging etc. often has names of senior citizens in need of low cost firewood or they will have volunteers cut and deliver it to them.

Any elderly neighbors in your neck of the woods? I split wood for a 80 yr. old neighbor last winter. The last time he cut wood on the farm was 10 yr. ago. He still has an empliment shed full of hickory rounds. I split it by hand & was amazed at how solid this stuff still is. 2 days & 6 split cords later he figured that would due him for that winter. He smiled at me and said " Do you think I'll out live the wood" I just smiled back not haven to say a word.
    Lewis