Firewood Production and Retailing For Extra Income: A Market Analysis

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Table 1.

Average costs and prices per cord for selected equipment and methods.

Item	Costs per cord				Prices per cord
	Flaw material	Hauling	Delivery	Processing	Prices per cord
Hardwood stumpage	4.00
Hardwood logs delivered	27.75
Mid-size truck^¹		10.42	13.84		87.80
Pickup truck^² /Van		43.46	40.16		117.53
Chainsaw-Hand tools				34.23
Chainsaw-Hydraulic/mechanical splitter				28.86

Table 2.

Estimated costs and revenues for various types of firewood production operations.

Type of firewood operation^¹ Costs and revenues per cord
Hauling (truck size)	Delivery (truck size)	Process^² method	Total cost	Total revenue	Net revenue
Pickup	Pickup	C-HT	121.85	117.53	..4.32
Pickup	Pickup	C-HS	116.48	117.53	1.05
Mid-size	Pickup	C-HT	88.81	117.53	28.72
Mid-size	Pickup	C-HS	83.44	117.53	34.09
Mid-size	Mid-size	C-HT	62.49	87.80	25.31
Mid-size	Mid-size	C-HS	57.12	87.80	30.68

↵1 All operations listed purchase standing timber at $4.00 per cord.
↵2 Codes: C-HT = Chainsaw-hand tool splitting
C-HS = Chainsaw-hydraulic splitter