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Loading Up on Firewood
Nov. 5th, 2022 07:21 pmI checked with Big R Ranch & Home earlier this week and they did say that while they are no longer carrying Press-to-Logs, they now are stocking Sis-Q-Logs. That's what I was buying at the end of last season, after Big R ran out of firewood, because the local Grocery outlet keeps a pallet of the logs, which come in bundles of five, on sale. We decided to get a pallet today, as we need to fill up on firewood and once the chimney has been cleaned, we'll probably start using the fireplace again. Indeed, there have been some days this past week when I really wanted to light a fire, but decided to hold off and just put on another layer of clothing.
I called Big R to make sure they still have the log pallets. The person there told me that while they sell it by the pallet, it's priced by the five-log bundle. That's annoying, and it means the price of a pallet (just over one ton of firewood) is $377, and worse, it's taxable, as the individual bundles were taxable while the full pallets in the past were not. That increases the cost of a ton of firewood from last year by about $100. (This is still cheaper than buying it by the single bundle from Grocery Outlet.) Still, we have relatively little choice, so Lisa hitched up the utility trailer and we eased our way down to Big R.
( Log Rolling )
I'm going to contact another vendor from whom we have purchased the North Idaho Energy Logs we used a couple of years ago and see if they are carrying them, and if they would be willing to deliver two pallets to us. They are in Fallon and Yerrington, and the utility trailer is not in good enough condition to make the trip, so to purchase from them requires that they either deliver to us (and we get one of the neighboring businesses with a forklift to unload the pallets) or we rent a trailer from U-Haul, further increasing the costs. But first, we have to find out if they even stock the logs.
I called Big R to make sure they still have the log pallets. The person there told me that while they sell it by the pallet, it's priced by the five-log bundle. That's annoying, and it means the price of a pallet (just over one ton of firewood) is $377, and worse, it's taxable, as the individual bundles were taxable while the full pallets in the past were not. That increases the cost of a ton of firewood from last year by about $100. (This is still cheaper than buying it by the single bundle from Grocery Outlet.) Still, we have relatively little choice, so Lisa hitched up the utility trailer and we eased our way down to Big R.
( Log Rolling )
I'm going to contact another vendor from whom we have purchased the North Idaho Energy Logs we used a couple of years ago and see if they are carrying them, and if they would be willing to deliver two pallets to us. They are in Fallon and Yerrington, and the utility trailer is not in good enough condition to make the trip, so to purchase from them requires that they either deliver to us (and we get one of the neighboring businesses with a forklift to unload the pallets) or we rent a trailer from U-Haul, further increasing the costs. But first, we have to find out if they even stock the logs.
