Some beautiful wood, And that is one cool dump box you have on the truck I can see it saving the back a lot , I have to always have to use a tool to pull the wood to the back so I dont have to climb up and down off the truck, But I do haul a lot up here where I am with the skidoo so much smaller loads :)
It might be a waste of efficiency stacking, but not necessarily money. If the quality of your firewood is good, you can get more money for it. Green vs dry, decent looking vs moldy, etc. Also easier to see how much inventory you have when it’s stacked vs in a pile. I separate my species too. I can charge a little more for a certain species vs just mixing them all together. Thanks for sharing and keep up the great work.
i used to not stack my wood for almost 10 yrs, 2 years ago it rained all summer and real high humidity, i had two 15 cord piles, the entire piles got moldy, fuzzy moldy and the bottom foot was so bad it was unsellable. i just gave it away to friends, and rest off wood i sold at a discount, never agian, now i stack on pallets, takes and extra 45 min per seasoned cord but worth not losing a whole years"crop"
I really love your videos Iike how you explain the firewood business to your viewers. I do firewood one of the things I struggle with is what I live there are a lot of others who also do firewood. I was Judy wondering if you had some advise for me on how to compete with them on my price being cheaper but still making money. I'd really appreciate some advice please.
Honestly I’ve never really had that problem, I’m only one of very few people that sell firewood around me. Although, I’ve had a ton of people tell me when I deliver my firewood. “Oh man this is so much nicer than the last stuff I bought” or “The last stuff I bought Is still sitting in my firewood rack from last season because it wouldn’t burn”. I always focus on quality over quantity. It really does separate you from the competition. The people that are willing to pay the extra for a quality product are the customers that you should be targeting. Not the ones that wants as much for as little. Cheap firewood isn’t quality and quality firewood isn’t cheap. Or you can keep your prices higher and wait for the other guys to run out right around this time of the year which forces people to have to buy it at your prices 😆. Around me your not finding a face cord for under $145+ delivery and that’s on the cheaper quality end.
The stock ones it came with were absolute trash shredded within the first 2 hours. Cross referenced them with belts from NAPA and have put about 50-60 hours on it. Starting to fray again a little but I’m running them til they break again 😆 luckily they are fairly cheap think like $12 or $14
That's awesome to know. I know you understand, before you make a investment, feedback is worth the time. Thanks for your input, I think that my next purchase will be the same. Good luck on your adventure ✨️
@@dwaynedee529 you can’t go wrong with a kinetic splitter I had many doubts on power and thought they were just making it sound good to sell it. Man, I wish I would have brought this over my box store hydro splitter in the first place. Would have saved soooooo much of my time and labor I paid my helpers.
Only sell by the face cord and bundles. I have a rack I stack it in and then dump into the truck pre delivery. Fair to me and the customer, same amount every time. th-cam.com/video/7L2PWvoyjFo/w-d-xo.html
The end of the day figure is estimated btu's based on thd type of wood and its moisture content. After that its deposition rating for the type of combustion device, ie fireplace. The customer has to weigh thermal efficiency of the structure against the projected extremity of winter in the region and tbe total btu rating of the volume of fuel. The seller has to weigh cost of acquisition vs cost landed to the customer vs sale price.
Simpler terms they type of wood and what it’s going in matters. 😆 I only sell cherry maple and oak to make it easier. All the same price don’t care the kind. People are willing to pay for quality.
Yeah we split 28 cords straight out of a processor into the trucks then dumped them. That’s why there was so much cleanup. Usually we split a 4-5 cords and then clean up.
One can make money in firewood by buying truck loads of logs. Chris at In the Woodyard youtube channel has several videos discussing the business of selling firewood. Might be worth checking them out.
We sell it by the truck load here which is about half a cord stacked. We usually sell locust for 125-150 a load. Mixed wood for 100 a load. And that's delivered but not stacked.
@@rc-daily It's area dependent. If you live in an area with lots of trees and few people, you can't charge much. The reverse is true as well. Firewood in the metro Chicago sells for upwards of $800 a full cord.
Some beautiful wood, And that is one cool dump box you have on the truck I can see it saving the back a lot , I have to always have to use a tool to pull the wood to the back so I dont have to climb up and down off the truck, But I do haul a lot up here where I am with the skidoo so much smaller loads :)
Nice set up enjoy your video I just subscribed catch you on the next one have a good day
You too! 👍🏻
It might be a waste of efficiency stacking, but not necessarily money. If the quality of your firewood is good, you can get more money for it. Green vs dry, decent looking vs moldy, etc. Also easier to see how much inventory you have when it’s stacked vs in a pile.
I separate my species too. I can charge a little more for a certain species vs just mixing them all together. Thanks for sharing and keep up the great work.
i used to not stack my wood for almost 10 yrs, 2 years ago it rained all summer and real high humidity,
i had two 15 cord piles, the entire piles got moldy, fuzzy moldy and the bottom foot was so bad it was unsellable. i just gave it away to friends, and rest off wood i sold at a discount,
never agian, now i stack on pallets, takes and extra 45 min per seasoned cord but worth not losing a whole years"crop"
Definitely with you there
Whole lot of stacking, nice racks👍🏼🪵🇺🇸
Very nice looking stacks you have !!
Some good looking stacks!
I really love your videos Iike how you explain the firewood business to your viewers. I do firewood one of the things I struggle with is what I live there are a lot of others who also do firewood. I was Judy wondering if you had some advise for me on how to compete with them on my price being cheaper but still making money. I'd really appreciate some advice please.
Honestly I’ve never really had that problem, I’m only one of very few people that sell firewood around me. Although, I’ve had a ton of people tell me when I deliver my firewood. “Oh man this is so much nicer than the last stuff I bought” or “The last stuff I bought Is still sitting in my firewood rack from last season because it wouldn’t burn”. I always focus on quality over quantity. It really does separate you from the competition. The people that are willing to pay the extra for a quality product are the customers that you should be targeting. Not the ones that wants as much for as little. Cheap firewood isn’t quality and quality firewood isn’t cheap. Or you can keep your prices higher and wait for the other guys to run out right around this time of the year which forces people to have to buy it at your prices 😆. Around me your not finding a face cord for under $145+ delivery and that’s on the cheaper quality end.
How's that DK 2 doing on belts if don't mind
The stock ones it came with were absolute trash shredded within the first 2 hours. Cross referenced them with belts from NAPA and have put about 50-60 hours on it. Starting to fray again a little but I’m running them til they break again 😆 luckily they are fairly cheap think like $12 or $14
That's awesome to know. I know you understand, before you make a investment, feedback is worth the time. Thanks for your input, I think that my next purchase will be the same. Good luck on your adventure ✨️
@@dwaynedee529 you can’t go wrong with a kinetic splitter I had many doubts on power and thought they were just making it sound good to sell it. Man, I wish I would have brought this over my box store hydro splitter in the first place. Would have saved soooooo much of my time and labor I paid my helpers.
What volume of firewood do you sell at any given time? How do you measure that out?
Only sell by the face cord and bundles. I have a rack I stack it in and then dump into the truck pre delivery. Fair to me and the customer, same amount every time.
th-cam.com/video/7L2PWvoyjFo/w-d-xo.html
The end of the day figure is estimated btu's based on thd type of wood and its moisture content. After that its deposition rating for the type of combustion device, ie fireplace.
The customer has to weigh thermal efficiency of the structure against the projected extremity of winter in the region and tbe total btu rating of the volume of fuel. The seller has to weigh cost of acquisition vs cost landed to the customer vs sale price.
Simpler terms they type of wood and what it’s going in matters. 😆 I only sell cherry maple and oak to make it easier. All the same price don’t care the kind. People are willing to pay for quality.
But that's the funnest part!
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Looks like y'all need to clean up as y'all go, it will be easier next time
Yeah we split 28 cords straight out of a processor into the trucks then dumped them. That’s why there was so much cleanup. Usually we split a 4-5 cords and then clean up.
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Hard to make money on firewood if you didn't get paid to cut down the tree. It's why we quit.
One can make money in firewood by buying truck loads of logs. Chris at In the Woodyard youtube channel has several videos discussing the business of selling firewood. Might be worth checking them out.
$600-$700 a cord these days around me. Easy to make money in firewood as long as you can keep your cost low
@@allaboutoutdoors5083 6-700 a cord?!?!?! What!?!?!
We sell it by the truck load here which is about half a cord stacked. We usually sell locust for 125-150 a load. Mixed wood for 100 a load. And that's delivered but not stacked.
@@rc-daily It's area dependent. If you live in an area with lots of trees and few people, you can't charge much. The reverse is true as well. Firewood in the metro Chicago sells for upwards of $800 a full cord.