What you said starting around 13:28 about stacking smaller wood tightly really makes sense to me. My Buck stove insert takes a 24" log ... when I pack it tighter with a smaller wood and adjust the airflow I get a longer burn time and better heat output thru the night. Counter-intuitive at first glance.
Really like the way you think like the customer to understand their needs. Size is perfect for your market which is what counts. Keep getting out these fine videos!
A successful business that will last a lifetime is one that never forgets that the customer is the BOSS, not the owner or head manager. As a service provider you MUST do everything possible to please the real boss, that being the client receiving the product or service. Without this approach your business will not succeed nor last. THANKS for the VALUE you bring to your channel Chris!!! Hope to have the pleasure of meeting you one day. Jeremy Carr Hamden, CT…….by way of good ole Memphis, Tennessee!!
Chris, I feel this video may actually be in response to a comment I made on another video. You make an excellent point and you are absolutely correct that most fireplaces require small logs . The truth be told, I used to split my wood that small because my last house had a wood burning indoor furnace. It did not like large logs. Additionally, I actually have a smaller stack of wood for my current outdoor wood boiler. That pile consists of small logs and it's for my wife to fire the boiler while I'm at work!!! Lol Keep up the good work! And hopefully I didn't offend you with my other comment.
Really interesting. Where i am , wood is usually processed into bug chunks, used mostly for overnight heating. I have noticed in a lot of video's the wood was a lot smaller than typically seen here. I figured it was need rather than a desire for extra exercise! Thanks for explaining!
I just so learned over the years doing it . I make mostly smaller wood but I have some that want larger wood so through out the year I make the bigger wood to where I can simply Re split if need be . That way I got all the customers covered .
In our fireplace, we burn everything that is hard to stack. Too big, too short, too long, too ugly. I burn mostly big stuff because if I burn small wood in my fireplace, all I do is get up and down feeding the fire. You need to do what your customer wants. It is nice that you listened and gave them what they want.
@@InTheWoodyardI split a lot of wood for Mums cookstove , it’s about a hundred years old . I’ve got big blocks , and split it as needed . For my furnace , the bigger the better . Rounds burn longer . Nothing over a foot or so , 30 inches long . Anything that’s not dry enough , I just leave it in my wood room , it’s heated , green wood will dry in about a month . The rule in business is the costumer is always right . Not much hard wood here , birch , alder , vine maple . Cottonwood is really a waste of time , seldom I cut any , but if that’s all you got . Hemlocks are plentiful here , four or five footers , even larger , they are about 800years old . Dense heavy , perfect firewood . 👍🇨🇦
Just discovered your channel. Similarly to you I grew up cutting and even selling firewood with my dad. Just got into selling wood this last summer and cut and sold 17 full cords in 5 months in my free time. Hunting around on CL, Marketplace, and getting a few hook ups from a tree service. Using my old f250, got a couple cheap holtzfforma saws, couple mauls with wedges slowly working up to bigger better gear!
Awesome! I would highly recommend getting a hydraulic splitter ....asap...game changer. Thanks for watching! Thee are over 1300 videos on the channel for you to watch and a new one every morning!
I just this winter had a new Regency F3500 stove installed. It’s a catalytic, without a huge firebox by any means. I split my wood to about your size of firewood. Several inches of coals will accumulate after a good burn, which takes up stove space. If you’re home, you can milk those coals for several hours. But if you leave, or go to bed, you have to shovel some coals out to make room for fresh wood. Between your residual coals, and limited space, you can only fit in so many pieces of wood. That’s why the smaller pieces work out better.
While closing out firewood cutting this week I split down a face cord of ash into small pieces. Pretty good way to play. Likely something will come down for cutting here at the farm this summer anyway.
I have 2 sizes plus kindling. Once I have a coal bed. I throw basically 15" diameter trees cut into 20" lengths. Once the smaller wood & kindle make a coal bed , my next logs burn for 6-8 hours. This is for a wood stove not a boiler. I absolutely hate having to open the door every hour. I can throw a big 15" x20" round log not split and burn forever
Great vid Chris! Always enjoy your sit and chat vids! Always appreciate your thoughts and advice on all the great topics! We’ll see you soon! Andrew from NB :)
Very helpful info!! I’ve listened to similar videos you’ve made about this and implemented it into my little firewood business. You’ve added value to my side hustle and I can’t thank you enough Mr. Chris!! Enjoyed it! 👊🏻🤝
Chris, great video. I like the size of wood you split. Maybe a tad larger but not much more. That would he the normal for my area. But there is boiler people around me as well and they want the large pieces.
we split it at four to four and a half inc. Here in the Netherlands there are few with wood boilers. here they burn more wood stoves with small fire boxes
Yep, smaller to medium is pretty much what I process and burn in my Osburn 3500 to heat the house. It's easier to load the stove and get a fire going quickly, and I'll get roughly 80 minutes of a firebox top over 350 degrees (sometimes 2 hours). I also try to split square/rectangle pieces instead of wedges. Because I process by hand with a 7 ton splitter and a splitting axe, I have a variety of sizes to load the stove, which is ideal for me.
My newer epa stove if put a huge block in on hot bed coals. It burn out. I split my wood lot differently now. I do mix big and smaller. Nothing huge. Always good information 👍🏻👍🏻
I burn in a fireplace, Chris. I like a mix, mostly smaller with a few bigger pieces. I completely understand where you're coming from. GIVE THE CUSTOMER WHAT THEY WANT.
I got a boiler and I like to burn the smaller stuff I think it's preference but I'd be lying if I said I didn't toss in some big ol chunks every once and a while....love the channel
My ideal fire is roughly 75% small stuff. However, I've found I can still get long burns with smaller pieces since I do top-down fires. If you need longer burns this way with small pieces, make sure there is less space for air flow in the lower layers.
I have an outside boiler with forced draft, you will find when it get's below 0°F big wood wastes wood trying to heat the cold outside air up to temp so the faster/hotter the burn the less cold air being pumped into the stove. I now burn sawmill slabs and can get by feeding it once a day until it gets to 10° below, most being 38 inch long one handers
I run a Woodstock soapstone catalytic wood stove. The fireview specifically. It burns smaller wood more efficiently. I can actually get by with less wood and more heat over a 8hr load. I'm assuming it's because it lets the air get all around the wood. About 5 inch wide 2 to 3 inches thick is where its at for that stove. 6 pieces of that and 8 to 12hrs later it's ready for another load. Dad has an old fisher papa bear. It doesn't care. Whatever will work. But its a dragon. Chews the wood.
Nice video. I’m guilty like most of us. When in a rush we make larger splits. Not huge just a bit larger. I can look at each of my face cords and tell you if I was rushing or not. My standards suffer. But it all burns lol.
Great information Chris!! Customers satisfaction is #1!!! Small splits allow Grandpa and Grandma to involve the Grandkids in the indoor and outdoor ins and outs of the enjoyment of fires.... All 13 of our grandkids and 4 great grandkids have helped gather, build , start, tend and clean the fire pits at home and the cabin.... Memories
I agree with everything you said but I believe bigger chunks produce the same amount of heat longer. I have been burning wood over 25 years enclosed fireplace and bigger definitely last longer during the night
I tend to split my wood into smaller pieces for outdoor fires. You got more flamage that way. I also mix hardwood and softwood in my fires. Softwood gives off good flamage and hardwood gives off good heat with the coals.
@@InTheWoodyard flamage means more flame than regular flame. "Geez Bob, that is a small flame there! Add more wood for flamage bud!" Nothing better than a good roar from big flamage!
Chris - Been trying to find a way for you to move that pile of small splits from the concrete to the bins without touching it. Never tried it but will small splits feed out the door of a gravity box (gravity wagon)? A gravity wagon with attached elevator could be loaded with the tractor or skid steer, hauled to the bin, door opened and splits moved into the bin with the elevator.. Bert may have a gravity box or know someone who would loan one out to see if the wood would slide out with a little help from a pickaroon. If it worked it sure would save a lot of touching the wood. Stay safe - Dud
The thing I used to not get about resplits before was the processor does not always get you the size you want. It was not about why you wanted that size. So when you do these videos, you might mention that the splits that come out of the processor does not get you to the product you want to sell.
People here in Florida don’t use wood for heating or cooking as their primary source. It’s just for recreational use so they all prefer small wood. Even the people here who want wood for outdoor camping want the smaller wood.
I split to only as small as my wife and I can handle putting in the (indoor) woodstove. However, I understand that the customer base determines the product, and most of them, want smaller chunks. But yeah, for me and my uses, the bigger the better.
Same here sir Chris!! All our customers say they like the size of our wood🤣 Just recently since we started delivering, I have found two people that use wood to offset their propane cost that want the splits a little bigger. I told them it’s the same amount of heat and you can pack the smaller pieces in tighter🤷♂️ We are starting to split some a little bigger for next season. Take care. See ya tomorrow 👍🏻👍🏻GNI
Yup, good idea tell them you are making it for them and they will like your effort and order ..or... pre-sell it to them, some type of commitment maybe???
Same exact thing here with my customers Todd. When I have a truck load to split I now split some smaller and some bigger and mix them when stacking. Then they have smaller to start the fire and bigger to keep it going.
I sell mostly to people with wood stoves or add on wood furnaces and they want medium to slightly bigger pieces. My boiler customers want huge pieces. A few of them have told me if it's the size of a 5 gallon bucket don't split it. They also like green or semi seasoned wood because it lasts longer and don't have to worry about creosote build up. I have almost no customers with fireplaces. You have to supply what the customers want in your area. I can sell good hardwoods as fast as I can get it but I can't hardly give away pine and cedar. But hardwoods that are no better like basswood, poplar, cottonwood, and willow I sell 10x faster than pine and cedar.
I have everything from kindling to all night logs for my stove. Nothing heats your room faster than a stove packed with quarter inch wigs up to two inch diameter branch pieces.
My splits must be ok, no complaints. But stacking seems to booger stuff up because some think I must get it off my trailer anyway so why pay extra to stack. Well, the difference is either I toss it on the ground or you pay for me to walk it over to the rack and meticulously set it in place. I have explained it but 2 people don’t get it so I fired them as costumers. I have very little patience for those type of folks.
The firewood stick you held up showing what your customers want, was not only split fine, that stick was poplar, something that people heating with wood would try to avoid in their firewood. Poplar is permissible if the firewood is to be used for fun, a fire pit, or a campfire. We would always leave the poplars in the woods. As heating fuel, poplar isn't worth harvesting. For your market, this soft, fast drying wood, once it is split fine, makes a tall flame quickly. Your recreational customers will applaud your using poplar.
After watching your channel, listening to my customers, I split my wood small for most of my customers!!! Occasionally, I have one or two ask for larger splits, I can usually can accommodate them. Thanks for all your advice to the rest of us!! Stay Hydrated and Have a Safe Day
Back in the day, I attended a seminar given by the late Phoenix Fire Chief, Alan Brunacini. The takeaway from this seminar was that you treat everyone like you would treat your grandmother. Her name would be Mrs. Smith. I ask myself if Mrs. Smith could lift the wood that I split. I have 16 inch, 12 inch, and 10 inch splits. I also have red oak, hickory, cherry, and maple for tabletop barbecues. Where I live, the village is laid out like an English village. Bill says the houses are so close, you can reach out the window and wipe the neighbors' uhhhhhh nose. Boilers are banned. If a neighbor goes Karen during a campfire, the campfire must be extinguished. To get around this, we encouraged having food or snacks available that could be cooked at the campfire. We even had a neighbor file a complaint about an indoor fireplace, which was being used to heat a home. The complainant sited asthma when the fireplace was being used in the dead of winter as a heat source. j This same person called the Police during covid lockdown complaining that I put wood out for free so people could get outside and enjoy a fire. I try to keep Mrs.Smith in mind, as she will always be right.
since you have the processor have you thought of having diffennt grades of wood, right of the procecer into dump trailer sold green. less money but faster money and easier money than resplitting seasoning then reloading. of course not chainging what your main custys want just adding easier customers
My Wife would have a fire going when I got home everyday during the cold weather months. So, that's what started me splitting the smaller pieces of wood. She still to have a bigger night log from time to time though.😂
does anyone know how many cords can you get out of a tandem dump truck full of logs? They told me approximately 8? i thought about 4. maybe someone here knows. thanks...
I split mine on the small side. I have an old Franklin fireplace and I want a fire I can enjoy but is mostly burned up by 11 pm. Big logs burn too long for me.
Been two places (farm stores) selling face cord on pallets Wood was as big as the first piece you showed. Looks like boiler wood. I don't think acceptable for most customers unless they re-split $80 no delivery, mixed hardwood
I split medium to small with 12 inch cuts. 16 inch cuts dont work for my customers. The wood burners they use, are built for shorter cut wood. I have several accounts that prefer bigger splits. I have a few customers that also like thinly cut rounds to put in their garage home made burn barrel wood burners. They tell me the narrow rounds last longer and burn better.
Rounds take more room than small splits. With small splits you get more wood in the boiler. Why you still have wood left the morning after. It's about volume of solid VS volume of air. Air volume = wasted space.
This also comes into effect when buying wood. The boiler guys will get more wood in a purchased cord split small rather than big pieces because of the air gaps in the stack. It may just take them longer to fill the boiler with little pieces.
I cut and split my own. It seems like the wood must look smaller to me at the split site because when I was putting it in the wood stove it barely fit. Thankfully it’s all very well seasoned but I wish I had split it once more. It’s all 3-4 years split and stacked. Burns great but a little smaller is better I think. You know what you’re doing!! Keep doing it!
Listen to customers and give them what they want? what a concept! Great video and explanation Chris.
Yup, most don't!
Well said, Chris. I split everything down to 2x4s and 4x4s sizes. Easy to handle and dries quickly, too.😉👍
Yup, thanks!
What you said starting around 13:28 about stacking smaller wood tightly really makes sense to me. My Buck stove insert takes a 24" log ... when I pack it tighter with a smaller wood and adjust the airflow I get a longer burn time and better heat output thru the night. Counter-intuitive at first glance.
Yup, but the people who think big chunks are better ....will never believe it.
Really like the way you think like the customer to understand their needs. Size is perfect for your market which is what counts. Keep getting out these fine videos!
Thanks!
A successful business that will last a lifetime is one that never forgets that the customer is the BOSS, not the owner or head manager. As a service provider you MUST do everything possible to please the real boss, that being the client receiving the product or service. Without this approach your business will not succeed nor last.
THANKS for the VALUE you bring to your channel Chris!!! Hope to have the pleasure of meeting you one day.
Jeremy Carr
Hamden, CT…….by way of good ole Memphis, Tennessee!!
Thanks so much Jeremy!
Chris, I feel this video may actually be in response to a comment I made on another video. You make an excellent point and you are absolutely correct that most fireplaces require small logs . The truth be told, I used to split my wood that small because my last house had a wood burning indoor furnace. It did not like large logs. Additionally, I actually have a smaller stack of wood for my current outdoor wood boiler. That pile consists of small logs and it's for my wife to fire the boiler while I'm at work!!! Lol
Keep up the good work! And hopefully I didn't offend you with my other comment.
Thanks so much for watching and commenting!
Everything you said made sense and I've been doing the same thing for years - us older folks agree!
Thanks for watching and I wish us both continued success with getting older!
Really interesting. Where i am , wood is usually processed into bug chunks, used mostly for overnight heating.
I have noticed in a lot of video's the wood was a lot smaller than typically seen here. I figured it was need rather than a desire for extra exercise! Thanks for explaining!
Both are good!
Nice talk Chris. Listening to the customer is always more important than trying to change their mind in any business. GNI
yup.....a beer company might learn that some day.
I just so learned over the years doing it . I make mostly smaller wood but I have some that want larger wood so through out the year I make the bigger wood to where I can simply Re split if need be . That way I got all the customers covered .
That sounds great!
In our fireplace, we burn everything that is hard to stack. Too big, too short, too long, too ugly. I burn mostly big stuff because if I burn small wood in my fireplace, all I do is get up and down feeding the fire. You need to do what your customer wants. It is nice that you listened and gave them what they want.
Yup, playing with the fire is fun!
@@InTheWoodyardI split a lot of wood for Mums cookstove , it’s about a hundred years old . I’ve got big blocks , and split it as needed . For my furnace , the bigger the better . Rounds burn longer . Nothing over a foot or so , 30 inches long . Anything that’s not dry enough , I just leave it in my wood room , it’s heated , green wood will dry in about a month .
The rule in business is the costumer is always right . Not much hard wood here , birch , alder , vine maple . Cottonwood is really a waste of time , seldom I cut any , but if that’s all you got . Hemlocks are plentiful here , four or five footers , even larger , they are about 800years old . Dense heavy , perfect firewood . 👍🇨🇦
Just discovered your channel. Similarly to you I grew up cutting and even selling firewood with my dad. Just got into selling wood this last summer and cut and sold 17 full cords in 5 months in my free time. Hunting around on CL, Marketplace, and getting a few hook ups from a tree service. Using my old f250, got a couple cheap holtzfforma saws, couple mauls with wedges slowly working up to bigger better gear!
Awesome! I would highly recommend getting a hydraulic splitter ....asap...game changer. Thanks for watching! Thee are over 1300 videos on the channel for you to watch and a new one every morning!
I just this winter had a new Regency F3500 stove installed. It’s a catalytic, without a huge firebox by any means. I split my wood to about your size of firewood. Several inches of coals will accumulate after a good burn, which takes up stove space. If you’re home, you can milk those coals for several hours. But if you leave, or go to bed, you have to shovel some coals out to make room for fresh wood. Between your residual coals, and limited space, you can only fit in so many pieces of wood. That’s why the smaller pieces work out better.
Yes, I hear that often.
Hi dear Chris, nice to see your video every day.
Glad you like them!
While closing out firewood cutting this week I split down a face cord of ash into small pieces. Pretty good way to play. Likely something will come down for cutting here at the farm this summer anyway.
nice!!
I have 2 sizes plus kindling. Once I have a coal bed. I throw basically 15" diameter trees cut into 20" lengths. Once the smaller wood & kindle make a coal bed , my next logs burn for 6-8 hours. This is for a wood stove not a boiler. I absolutely hate having to open the door every hour. I can throw a big 15" x20" round log not split and burn forever
Forever? WOW!... that means you have a log on now that will burn throughout eternity?
Sooooo, size does matter!!!!!!
Yup!
Chris excellent advice on how to make your customers happy and happy customers are always going to be asking you for more wood 😮😊❤
Yup, thanks!
We split ous down small also, we just stack it tight at night and it works fine.
yup.
Great vid Chris! Always enjoy your sit and chat vids! Always appreciate your thoughts and advice on all the great topics! We’ll see you soon! Andrew from NB :)
Glad you like them!
Very helpful info!! I’ve listened to similar videos you’ve made about this and implemented it into my little firewood business. You’ve added value to my side hustle and I can’t thank you enough Mr. Chris!!
Enjoyed it! 👊🏻🤝
Fantastic! Keep cuttin'!
Chris, great video. I like the size of wood you split. Maybe a tad larger but not much more. That would he the normal for my area. But there is boiler people around me as well and they want the large pieces.
Good call! Just make the size that you want and what the customer wants.
we split it at four to four and a half inc. Here in the Netherlands there are few with wood boilers. here they burn more wood stoves with small fire boxes
Yes, I have noticed that most of Europe does the same. Thanks for the info! Keep cuttin'!
My seasonal customers out here in Niagara are the same smaller cuts but good quality and 16 to 20 Inch long I charge 4 bucks a bundle and they love it
Nice!
LOADED QUESTION! Loaded or unintentionally!!🇨🇦🤣
Ha!
Good morning Chris the best small pieces or outside big ( ty Ron
yup.
Yep, smaller to medium is pretty much what I process and burn in my Osburn 3500 to heat the house. It's easier to load the stove and get a fire going quickly, and I'll get roughly 80 minutes of a firebox top over 350 degrees (sometimes 2 hours).
I also try to split square/rectangle pieces instead of wedges.
Because I process by hand with a 7 ton splitter and a splitting axe, I have a variety of sizes to load the stove, which is ideal for me.
Sounds great! Keep cuttin'!
My newer epa stove if put a huge block in on hot bed coals. It burn out. I split my wood lot differently now. I do mix big and smaller. Nothing huge. Always good information 👍🏻👍🏻
Interesting! Thanks!
Large splits can always be resplits, long cuts can always be cut smaller. Waiting until winter snow storm Priceless!
Yup, I suppose.
I burn in a fireplace, Chris. I like a mix, mostly smaller with a few bigger pieces. I completely understand where you're coming from. GIVE THE CUSTOMER WHAT THEY WANT.
Yup, thanks!
I got a boiler and I like to burn the smaller stuff I think it's preference but I'd be lying if I said I didn't toss in some big ol chunks every once and a while....love the channel
Thanks for watching!
My ideal fire is roughly 75% small stuff. However, I've found I can still get long burns with smaller pieces since I do top-down fires. If you need longer burns this way with small pieces, make sure there is less space for air flow in the lower layers.
Awesome!
Good morning Chris!!😀😀
Just as long as the lady's like your wood that's all that matters!! LOL!!
Take care buddy!!😀😀💚💚
Logger Al
Yup, exactly!
I have an outside boiler with forced draft,
you will find when it get's below 0°F big wood wastes wood trying to heat the cold outside air up to temp so the faster/hotter the burn the less cold air being pumped into the stove.
I now burn sawmill slabs and can get by feeding it once a day until it gets to 10° below, most being 38 inch long one handers
Nice stuff!
Hello from Middle Tennessee!
Hello there from middle of nowhere!
Chris, you really split everything you have with the Eastonmade Ultra? It will definitely be my next upgrade from the big box 27ton splitter.
🤘I split small and have had no complaints even from people heating with it
Yup!
I run a Woodstock soapstone catalytic wood stove. The fireview specifically. It burns smaller wood more efficiently. I can actually get by with less wood and more heat over a 8hr load. I'm assuming it's because it lets the air get all around the wood. About 5 inch wide 2 to 3 inches thick is where its at for that stove. 6 pieces of that and 8 to 12hrs later it's ready for another load. Dad has an old fisher papa bear. It doesn't care. Whatever will work. But its a dragon. Chews the wood.
Yup, the new smaller high efficient stoves are great! A lot of people are going to them and they burn much less wood.
Nice video. I’m guilty like most of us. When in a rush we make larger splits. Not huge just a bit larger. I can look at each of my face cords and tell you if I was rushing or not. My standards suffer. But it all burns lol.
Yup, it all turns to ash!
Chris ,I have a polish friend,And a Czech one too!!
Yup, good people!
Have a great weekend, Mr.Chris!💪
Thanks Sir Wayne, you too!
Great information Chris!! Customers satisfaction is #1!!!
Small splits allow Grandpa and Grandma to involve the Grandkids in the indoor and outdoor ins and outs of the enjoyment of fires.... All 13 of our grandkids and 4 great grandkids have helped gather, build , start, tend and clean the fire pits at home and the cabin.... Memories
That is awesome...good for you!
Yes the smaller split dry better. And much easier to handle.
YUP!
I agree with everything you said but I believe bigger chunks produce the same amount of heat longer. I have been burning wood over 25 years enclosed fireplace and bigger definitely last longer during the night
Yup, for boilers for sure.
I tend to split my wood into smaller pieces for outdoor fires. You got more flamage that way.
I also mix hardwood and softwood in my fires. Softwood gives off good flamage and hardwood gives off good heat with the coals.
Good stuff...I like the word FLAMAGE!
@@InTheWoodyard flamage means more flame than regular flame.
"Geez Bob, that is a small flame there! Add more wood for flamage bud!"
Nothing better than a good roar from big flamage!
Chris - Been trying to find a way for you to move that pile of small splits from the concrete to the bins without touching it. Never tried it but will small splits feed out the door of a gravity box (gravity wagon)? A gravity wagon with attached elevator could be loaded with the tractor or skid steer, hauled to the bin, door opened and splits moved into the bin with the elevator.. Bert may have a gravity box or know someone who would loan one out to see if the wood would slide out with a little help from a pickaroon. If it worked it sure would save a lot of touching the wood. Stay safe - Dud
Yup, you will see it move soon...buckets!
The thing I used to not get about resplits before was the processor does not always get you the size you want. It was not about why you wanted that size. So when you do these videos, you might mention that the splits that come out of the processor does not get you to the product you want to sell.
yup.
Morning Chris I chop big and small pieces 😊
Morning!
People here in Florida don’t use wood for heating or cooking as their primary source. It’s just for recreational use so they all prefer small wood. Even the people here who want wood for outdoor camping want the smaller wood.
Yup.
I split to only as small as my wife and I can handle putting in the (indoor) woodstove. However, I understand that the customer base determines the product, and most of them, want smaller chunks. But yeah, for me and my uses, the bigger the better.
Yup, that works!
You're the man Chris!!!
Just a man. Very average. Thanks for watching!
G’morning Chris ! Many truths. I hear the same thing from women… Great info.
GoodNightIrene
'WOMEN" as in multiple? I thought you where married???
Same here sir Chris!! All our customers say they like the size of our wood🤣 Just recently since we started delivering, I have found two people that use wood to offset their propane cost that want the splits a little bigger. I told them it’s the same amount of heat and you can pack the smaller pieces in tighter🤷♂️ We are starting to split some a little bigger for next season. Take care. See ya tomorrow 👍🏻👍🏻GNI
Yup, good idea tell them you are making it for them and they will like your effort and order ..or... pre-sell it to them, some type of commitment maybe???
Same exact thing here with my customers Todd. When I have a truck load to split I now split some smaller and some bigger and mix them when stacking. Then they have smaller to start the fire and bigger to keep it going.
@@TimStout71 Yes Tim I believe your on to something!! Variety can’t hurt!👍🏻👍🏻
Good morning Woody, from So Cal.
Hello!
I sell mostly to people with wood stoves or add on wood furnaces and they want medium to slightly bigger pieces. My boiler customers want huge pieces. A few of them have told me if it's the size of a 5 gallon bucket don't split it. They also like green or semi seasoned wood because it lasts longer and don't have to worry about creosote build up. I have almost no customers with fireplaces. You have to supply what the customers want in your area. I can sell good hardwoods as fast as I can get it but I can't hardly give away pine and cedar. But hardwoods that are no better like basswood, poplar, cottonwood, and willow I sell 10x faster than pine and cedar.
Yup, you have very different customers and provide them what they want...good job!
Mix is the best
For you probably but my 300 customers like small stuff for their fireplaces.
@@InTheWoodyard Yes, I am a boiler guy. I wish I had a fireplace, can't watch my wood burn.
And I've learned a ton of knowledge from you.
Thanks!
Did I hear you right? 200 cords a year? I’m from UK so I think a Cord equals around 3.6 cubic metres, for us.
Yup and yes that sounds about right I think. Thanks for watching!
I have everything from kindling to all night logs for my stove. Nothing heats your room faster than a stove packed with quarter inch wigs up to two inch diameter branch pieces.
When i clean the yard with branches, that firepit fire runs hottest I find!
Yup!
Yup, fast fire is hot.
I split most of mine about fist size!!
Yup, good size!
Hey Chris. New to the channel… enjoy your vids. Why is your wood split that small?
Thanks. I sell to fireplace people ...about 200 full cords a year, they want small splits. No boiler wood people.
My splits must be ok, no complaints. But stacking seems to booger stuff up because some think I must get it off my trailer anyway so why pay extra to stack. Well, the difference is either I toss it on the ground or you pay for me to walk it over to the rack and meticulously set it in place. I have explained it but 2 people don’t get it so I fired them as costumers. I have very little patience for those type of folks.
Yup, it is your time to do what you want to do!
The firewood stick you held up showing what your customers want, was not only split fine, that stick was poplar, something that people heating with wood would try to avoid in their firewood.
Poplar is permissible if the firewood is to be used for fun, a fire pit, or a campfire.
We would always leave the poplars in the woods. As heating fuel, poplar isn't worth harvesting. For your market, this soft, fast drying wood, once it is split fine, makes a tall flame quickly. Your recreational customers will applaud your using poplar.
Polar is also known to leave more creosote and wood ash. It also goes punky real quickly if left unstacked. It burns okay if fully dried.
Yup, I do not use it much but some do like a few sticks for fast flames.
All wood needs to be dry.
After watching your channel, listening to my customers, I split my wood small for most of my customers!!! Occasionally, I have one or two ask for larger splits, I can usually can accommodate them. Thanks for all your advice to the rest of us!! Stay Hydrated and Have a Safe Day
Awesome, happy customers call back!
Back in the day, I attended a seminar given by the late Phoenix Fire Chief, Alan Brunacini.
The takeaway from this seminar was that you treat everyone like you would treat your grandmother. Her name would be Mrs. Smith.
I ask myself if Mrs. Smith could lift the wood that I split. I have 16 inch, 12 inch, and 10 inch splits. I also have red oak, hickory, cherry, and maple for tabletop barbecues.
Where I live, the village is laid out like an English village. Bill says the houses are so close, you can reach out the window and wipe the neighbors' uhhhhhh nose.
Boilers are banned. If a neighbor goes Karen during a campfire, the campfire must be extinguished. To get around this, we encouraged having food or snacks available that could be cooked at the campfire.
We even had a neighbor file a complaint about an indoor fireplace, which was being used to heat a home. The complainant sited asthma when the fireplace was being used in the dead of winter as a heat source.
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This same person called the Police during covid lockdown complaining that I put wood out for free so people could get outside and enjoy a fire.
I try to keep Mrs.Smith in mind, as she will always be right.
Nice of you!
You said it all keep on cutting
Will do, thanks!
Good morning Chris I was just wondering have you any more news about that woodlot with all that wood
Hello...no not yet, they might have a buyer??
I always cut my wood so I can get 1 hand around it and yes I have a very efficient wood stove
Nice work!
Whats going on at the studio ?
Are you renting it out ? Did it get sold ?
Is it a B&B now ?
Inside fire wood storage and drying ?
Not yet still have customers to take care of.
according to my experience the size is good if all edges sum up to 9 inches. Approximately.
interesting!
I call the fireplace or glass front woodstove the "Bush TV". It is for entertainment. Heat is a side product not the main thing.
Nothing more relaxing watching flames dance around while downing a wobbly pop!
Yup, true!
Yup!!! That is my customers!
since you have the processor have you thought of having diffennt grades of wood, right of the procecer into dump trailer sold green. less money but faster money and easier money than resplitting seasoning then reloading. of course not chainging what your main custys want just adding easier customers
Yes and I have done that a few times but 90% of my customers just want wood that is smaller and ready to dry NOW and will pay more for it that way!
exactly
Thanks!!
My Wife would have a fire going when I got home everyday during the cold weather months. So, that's what started me splitting the smaller pieces of wood. She still to have a bigger night log from time to time though.😂
Yup, I get it!
While splitting wood with brother in law. Big ones are "all nighters" for the boiler! 😂
Yup, if you have a boiler.
Good morning all
Hello!
does anyone know how many cords can you get out of a tandem dump truck full of logs? They told me approximately 8? i thought about 4. maybe someone here knows. thanks...
I would guess 4ish. You would need to measure it to know.
I split mine on the small side. I have an old Franklin fireplace and I want a fire I can enjoy but is mostly burned up by 11 pm. Big logs burn too long for me.
Nice!
Kindling lol ! That the same size as you would get in a bundle at the gas station ......
Yup and I sell 200 full cords of it every year.
Many sellers should supply a cheap Harbor Freight splitting maul with each delivery!
Ha! Good one!
Most places don’t cater to there customers as well as you do. You can make more money when you do what the customer wants.🥳
Yup and just plain do the right thing.
You have the perfect size wood!!😂
Yup.
Been two places (farm stores) selling face cord on pallets Wood was as big as the first piece you showed. Looks like boiler wood. I don't think acceptable for most customers unless they re-split $80 no delivery, mixed hardwood
Interesting!
Something you should ask your customers what size of split they want.
Yup, good point!
I split medium to small with 12 inch cuts. 16 inch cuts dont work for my customers. The wood burners they use, are built for shorter cut wood. I have several accounts that prefer bigger splits. I have a few customers that also like thinly cut rounds to put in their garage home made burn barrel wood burners. They tell me the narrow rounds last longer and burn better.
Sounds like a lot of "custom" wood! That make custom...ers happy!
I split lot's of firewood with axe it's fun
Yes it sure is!
Rounds take more room than small splits.
With small splits you get more wood in the boiler. Why you still have wood left the morning after. It's about volume of solid VS volume of air. Air volume = wasted space.
This also comes into effect when buying wood. The boiler guys will get more wood in a purchased cord split small rather than big pieces because of the air gaps in the stack. It may just take them longer to fill the boiler with little pieces.
Yup, good points!
Yup.
@@waynetharp With a boiler you can toss whole rounds in. No splitting etc. Function over fashion.
Good morning all!
Good morning!
I cut and split my own. It seems like the wood must look smaller to me at the split site because when I was putting it in the wood stove it barely fit.
Thankfully it’s all very well seasoned but I wish I had split it once more.
It’s all 3-4 years split and stacked. Burns great but a little smaller is better I think.
You know what you’re doing!!
Keep doing it!
Thanks!
i split to 2x2" bc i need those oaks to dry in a year, great stuff...alos, kids can help, but will they lol
Yup, oak does take a while to dry!
Having a mix is good. Both small and some bigger pieces. Having all small pieces is a pain. Reloading that fire all the time is a pain
Maybe for you or YOUR customers, mine want flames and to GET to play with the fire for fun and R&R. (DRINKING)
I have always followed my dad's advice on the split size, "no bigger than the wife can handle."
Yup, that is just plain smart!
Yup what ever works
Thanks!
My stove burns and heats better with smaller stuff
Nice, as long as it work is what matters!
It all boils or burns down to your customer satisfaction! GNI
Yup!
I don’t have big wood and my wife is happy anyway 😮
Yup.
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The cats were unwilling to help you with this video?
They are always there, just not always in the videos.
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Thanks!
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