Not to mention the pulp mill is going to take anything. 1/2 rotten, crooked, nut busta's etc. Firewood loads are generally pretty nice straight stuff. So do you also want to sort it out to get paid less.
Now being on the otherside and processing firewood I'll end up making more money than selling our hardwood as pulp but at some point you do it all.
I think more people think the price of firewood is directly related to the comparative price of oil, but its all driven by the pulp prices. And if pulp is high you have to sweeten the deal to get wood from the loggers instead of going to the pulp mill.
Parker we are seriously shifting the potential in those pines down the road on my lot.