Where is a reliable place to get good firewood in Flanders, NJ?

Answer 1

Best advice is to look in the classified ads in your local newspaper. Firewood suppliers seem to come out of the woodwork as winter approaches. Prices are competitive, but quality, quantity, and other services can vary greatly.

The first thing you want to do is make sure that you get hardwood firewood that has been seasoned. Oak is the typical hardwood. It burns relatively clean, long, and hot. Ideally, it should be split and stacked at least six months before you buy it so it has a chance to dry out (seasoned). Starting a fire with green unseasoned wood can be difficult and it will also cause you to have to have your chimney cleaned more often due to the moisture in the wood being turned to water vapor as it burns.

Firewood may be advertised for sale by the "cord" or by the pickup truck load. A stacked cord of wood contains 128 cubic feet of wood as arranged in a pile 8' long by 4' wide by 4' high. The wood should be split and fairly tightly stacked. A loosely stacked cord may contain significantly less than a true cord of wood. A full sized pickup truck has a bed that is 4' side by 8' long. By the time the bed is loose stacked with wood, it is usually far less than a full cord. The price for a pickup truck load of wood should be less than the price for a stacked cord.

Many people buy a load of firewood only to discover that the seller plans on dropping it off by the homeowners driveway when they show up. All of a sudden there is an "extra charge" for stacking the firewood in the rear of the house. Make sure that stacking in the location of your choice is part of the deal up front.

Having said all of that, ask your neighbors where they get their firewood. Many times you will get a good referral from them. If you have to find your own source, many firewood dealers have woodlots where they split and store the wood. They often have it seperated into cords or truckloads. It pays to visit one of these yards and pick out your own cord of wood for delivery.

I hope this information helps.

Good luck with your search for good firewood.

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