Firewood Business Models (How to Start a Firewood Business)
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- čas přidán 25. 08. 2024
- Starting a firewood business and making your business plan? Check this video out first.
Selling firewood is a great option for people who love to work outdoors with chainsaws and wood splitters, etc. Check out today's episode to kickstart your firewood business plan and get started on the right foot.
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I’m in Ontario, I started cutting trees on my 100 acre lot to clear for a cabin. 10 years later I’m still cutting , splitting, and selling firewood. I enjoy every part of it and still have not built my cabin
That's an awesome, place! I hear you about enjoying every part. It is one of my favorite things to do!
Just doing property maintenance on 100 acres will yield more firewood than a person can use. The excess firewood is a great side income.
Well said! I have some property i cut off of and also have one tree company that dumps here. I sell bundles at end of my driveway, i sell bundles to a store, and i sell cords and deliver. This is all during nights and weekends. I am a heavy equipment operator 5 days a week. I love the woods, saws, and splitting so this all works. When you don’t put a labor cost on yourself, the profit feels much better. Great video and I completely agree.
Thanks, man! It's awesome to make money doing something that you enjoy in your free time.
I enjoy it all also, it’s my therapy!
Amen!
I run a firewood service from my small farm. I buy log loads and get some wood from tree work and small clearing jobs i also do .We sell 3to4 hundred cords a year so for me it is my job. I love running the business,maintaining the equipment and working with the customers.
That's awesome, Andrew!
Another great way to get the wood is to get a USFS fuelwood permit. If you live in the western US, this is a cheap permit to get and a fun way to go onto public lands to harvest fuelwood. It also helps the forest by removing standing or fallen dead timber that needs to be removed to reduce wildfire danger. a cord permit is about $5.
Great tip! Thanks!
I make charcoal with the stuff I get. Always a shortage of fuel for making it. One thing you may want to consider with those small rounds you get. Nice video. Good stuff to consider for sure.
Thanks man!
Good advice!
Thanks man!
Just sold a business. And my intent is to start a firewood business. Been developing my inventory. And I appreciate the great advice on this vid!
I also enjoy the rest of your videos. Keep up the great work!
Thanks, man! Good luck with your new business!
Cutting, hauling, splitting & stacking firewood is a very good way to stay fit, & much cheaper than paying for gym membership.
We don’t sell logs, but bought 6 acres of woodland 10 years ago & heat with it, exclusively. I reckon it’s paid for itself, or will do very soon, looking at the cost of gas in UK.
Very true! I like that kind of real-life workout better than a gym anyway. It's great that you guys are able to stay warm from the wood on your own property.
Thanks for the vid. Take this concept to the next level by plugging in some numbers into the assumptions. Maybe make three separate vids for each model and include the equipment costs, selling prices(I know there are lots of variations) and est. customer purchase volumes. Maybe, some people who watch this can volunteer their model(s) and numbers for their business. Thanks again for the bib and launching this conversation.
Those are some good ideas! I will think about that and maybe I can get in touch with a few people that could help in figuring out the numbers on these different examples.
You described me too a tee with the "weekend Warrior" lol. I quickly learned its a lot of work to cut and split firewood but it's something I needed to do, not that its mindless but its a definite out for me from our daily grind. I only sell bundles and 1/3 cords mainly because I dont have the room for cords and cords of wood but I keep about 50-60 1CF bundles on hand and 10 of those IBC totes full and enough rounds to split and fill 2-3 of those totes on hand. I have a very busy tree service that we give all of our work too and his dump site is less than 10 minutes from my shop so whenever I need wood I just go there and cut up a dump truck full and that tides me over for a bit. Right now I only have this little 10 ton Generac kinetic splitter but its been able to split everything I've thrown at it. I also bought a Super Split HD but it won't be here for another 5-6 weeks (hopefully). My biggest downfall so far is our miserable weather so far this spring, its snowed today!
Thanks for sharing man! Cutting and splitting is a great way to destress and make money in the process. I love it! Enjoy your new splitter!
Thanks Glen, great insights on the hustle! Appreciate you putting this together! -Brad
Thanks Brad!
I'm a weekend warrior firewood cutter. With my trucking job, buying logs or blocks is what I'm going to do from here on out purely for time efficiency. Running a roadside firewood stand and limited delivery area.
Awesome! Firewood is a great way to spend your week letting off steam from the stresses that life throws at you during the week. Do you drive a semi or hotshot deliveries?
@@OldSchoolMillennial, big rig. All I haul is cheese or beer. Just a heads up, filming a video next weekend about a delivery of logs. Is my first truckload of logs.
@@thefirewooddoctor Nice, hauling the finer things. Awesome, I'll have to check it out!
I agree 100% that firewood has got to be enjoyable to do. I worked in the factory life for 15 years, changed that to working in a lumber yard now. Don’t ask about lumber prices, with a 2x4 going for roughly a $1 a foot and OSB in the space race it’s a hot topic. Lol. All that aside, I always had a passion to work outside, firewood has always been enjoyable from the challenge of finding wood to the end Tetris game of stacking it. From the cutting to stacking it’s got to be rewarding and the paycheck is the icing in my mind. Yes, I get it, you need to make a profit but enjoyment of doing the cutting, splitting, stacking, and selling has got to be a big part of it. Like a normal job, do what you enjoy and the pay will follow you. Oh, and the smile on the customers face from your hard labor is priceless. 😊👍🏻
I couldn't have said it better myself!
Weekend warrior for me.. I buy logs but a 10 foot bump trailer and I get tree service wood at the same time. I mix it all.
I sell it all by the full cords..
That's awesome! Sounds like you've got a good setup. I'll bet you move a good amount of wood!
Good advises. Regards from France.
Thank you!
Hi Glen - it's Big Rodders in Ireland. A boring, but vital, aspect of the firewood industry is to consider the legalities involved - public liability insurance, correct vehicle insurance, possible registration and completing tax returns. Any one could jump up and bite you on the butt. I split for a Tree Service Company and am paid for volume produced so my challenge is to be as efficient and productive as possible. I can work whatever hours I choose so I have a completely flexible arrangement.
Yes! You can't forget insurance. Sounds like you've got a pretty sweet setup!
Last November I’ve been try start a model of flipping slabwood firewood cuts. It hasn’t been working very well yet but I’m not giving it up easily myself. I’m hoping I’ll put out a video about it soon.
Lots of good information, thanks for passing it along. Any thoughts on liability insurance? I've just finished cutting and splitting 9 cords of wood I bought from a tri-axle truck. Now I've got to season it for a year, and plan how to sell it. Thanks again for the information.
Thanks man! I'm not an expert on insurance but it's a good bet to have it when you need it.
Thank you
I’ am recently retired have 10 acres of wooded property, I have a 5k sqft house and Morton bldg I heat in northern Ohio with a Eclassic 2400 Hydronic furnace. I use a Little Beaver wood processor, wolf ridge commercial splitter, excavator splitter, to process 13-16 cords a year that I need, all the wood comes free from two construction/tree guys I know and my own property.
I have a large tractor and a band sawmill for saw logs. I am realizing with NG prices current 4.99$/mcf that the 13-16 cords is worth more than saving 200$/month for 5 months a winter on NG. What is the best bundle size to sell to off load some the massive amount of seasoned hardwood I have? Any comments would help. Cutting firewood is a labor of Love
I buy tractor trailer loads and sell face cords and bundles..
Love the vids, but may I ask a question? In all the firewood vids I watch, everyone has nice split wedges to sell. My family and I also cut the wrist size, to calf size limbs for wood as well. We call it "pole wood". Is this something that shouldn't be included in a sale for some reason? It is nice, burnable hardwood, after all. Any tips would be appreciated. Thanks, Jay
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The only drawback of using wood like this is that it takes longer to dry. Wood that is split down dries much quicker, but as you say, it’s all good wood. One essential is to split a few pieces in half to measure the moisture content before selling it; less than 20% is best.