#17 HOW TO MAKE FIREWOOD BUNDLES CHEAP
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- čas přidán 20. 04. 2021
- Showing how I make bundles. This is a new hobby business, and I'm starting out with the basics. I've found a way to make quality, professional looking bundles without spending a lot of money for equipment. Take a look at my system and let me know your thoughts. Positive, or other suggestions are always welcome. I've also made my very first sale and delivery today! Everything went well.
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Something to keep in mind. Let’s just say the firewood bundle with the labor etc. cost you $2.50 to package it up. The other competitors are over seven dollars, you’re at five dollars. If you would raise your price to seven dollars and have a demonstration like is on the tailgate of your truck, you might lose a few customers but you would probably double your profit. Let that sink in, you’re selling less wood, making more money, doing less work but your profit is higher. Just a thought.
9" x 12" x 16" is 1 cubic foot. You are giving them 1.3 cubic feet at 12" x 12" x16". They look great and it is a lot of wood for $5.
Michael
you want a firewood guy to do math?
I bundle with wrap and sell large bundles $5 can’t keep up with customers just with word of
Mouth
L & M Firewood
The man says 1.3 but you are stacking them 1or2 inches higher maybe 1.5 . Don't cheat your customers but really don't cheat yourself either.
@@bobm7275 yeah I really think he should be charging more than $5
That's funny: I was doing the same arithmetic in my head and wondering if anyone else would be doing it too.
Brad, I started watching your videos a year ago, and you inspired my boys and I to start a firewood business. We get the free hardwood scrap cutoffs from local cabinet and door manufacturing shops, cut them up and bundle them. We are out west, so hardwood is hard to come by. All the firewood at the gas stations is white pine that shoots sparks like fireworks, so oak and poplar are hard to come by for campfire wood. My boys make 20 pound bundles and sell the poplar for $10 each or 4 for $30 and the oak $15 each or 4 for $15. Business is good. Thanks for the inspiration.
Wow that’s great! Thanks so much for sharing that…. I wish you continued success and thanks so much for the support
Double your price if you haven’t already. Better wood, delivery, more wood, local, family owned. That bndl EZ worth $10, at least your price shouldn’t be cheaper than what’s at your local market. This is cool though good stuff !
I have an idea, in every bundle add 2 hand fulls of kindle and a free fire starter cube, when i say free i mean value added, even an elderly lady can handle that bundle, and start a fireplace or stove, one match light. On back of label print how to have a safe effective fire one match, for city slickers.Yer welcome, good luck, great job !
Good idea and convenient.
You have my respect for all the work you have done and put in to build this business, you’ve seen what the competitors are selling and your trying to make a difference in your area while gaining a profit. Keep it up man and I hope it’s still going well!
I love simplicity and cheap ways of doing things. This was a refreshing video on how to make most of what you got through by being industrious! Keep it up, and keep us all posted on your progress.
I've told these woodhounds a dozen times or more how good wrapped bundles look with a professional looking flyer in it and not one of them ever listened. For some reason they love the bags no matter what the cost.
Yeah many of the big chain hardware and convenient store chains that have wood brought in from other places face FDA regulations on top of the cost and I think the wood has to be kiln dried to lower the evasive species risk. Here in upstate Ny you can sell your firewood within 50 miles of point of harvest. You get caught crossing state lines without the fda papers it's big trouble.
I just subscribed so I'll see how it goes here.
Awesome. Thanks so much for the sub. Yes we cant cross state lines here in Maryland either. Appreciate the feedback!
Nice bundle set up.. Starting small and growing bigger is the best way to go.
Loved the bundler and your bundles, awesome! Thanks so much for sharing your process! Sounds like bundles are a hot ticket! Thanks again! -Brad N!
Yes I've been very surprised at the response. Thanks for watching as always.
That was a super interesting video. Almost makes me want to bundle up some of my stacks and make a run at selling. Wrapping seems like the clear winner when it comes to inexpensive packaging.
Glad it was helpful and thanks for watching
That was an awesome video. Every time I drive to the gas station and see people buying the bundles, I just shake my head. Most of that looks punky.
But, I guess we should look at it as an opportunity. Because, people want it.
Thanks for sharing Brad 🇺🇸
Great job Brad!! Great product @ a great $$
Awesome looking bundles along with your information and great way to do the comparison of chain store bundle wood. Glad to see it's taking off good for you and now it's just trying to keep up on supply
Yes indeed. That is my new concern lol
Enjoyed the video Brad. Very informative. I hope to do the same soon. Wood is seasoning now. Keep up the great work.
Great looking bundles. Im glad I found your channel. Love the videos.
Thanks so much and I appreciate you watching!
Totally agree the shrink wrap is much more cost effective than firewood bags. Great video.
Hi Brad, Your honesty and integrity is going to result in you getting far more orders than you can imagine and along with that comes more and more work time. Before you know it you will be working 7 days a week and 12+ hours per day trying to fill the orders as repeat customers come back again and again.
I built a bundle frame modeled after yours. So glad I did! I was using a modified 5 gallon bucket and fighting it every bundle. Now my square bundles are easy to stack and look professional. Bundle business is really ramping up for me up in the PNW. Thank you for the idea, and the great videos!
That’s awesome. I watch other channels and get ideas from others. I’m so glad that I was able to help someone as well. Happy bundling! Thanks for watching
Yup I use shrink wrap also. Your home made bundler looks just like mine. I think they sell store bought wood for more because it has to be kiln dried and USDA approved. Kills the bugs and fungus. Nice job keep selling those bundles
Outstanding. Keep up the good work.
I got carpet tunnel hand wrapping a couple thousand bundles in a year. Bought the "Go Fast" wrapper for 2k delivered. 100% worth the investment. Yes you are giving value with a large bundle. But sometimes people aren't strong enough to carry it. I think mine are .75 face sf and can still get pretty heavy.
Great video and good luck with the new business.
Awesome!!
Enjoyed this video an thanks for the insight on your fire wood bundles, yes keep local and low cost 💯👍 great work! Thanks for sharing this! An really like your home made bundle frame 💯👍👍👍 Andrew from NB :)
Great job as usual .
Good looking bundles Brad!👍🏻
Thanks Rod
Hey Brad,
New subscriber here. Started following you last night and have watched your videos 1 through 17. Looking forward to watching the rest of them. A little binge watching never hurt anyone. Great video content and am thoroughly enjoying them thus far.
Sorry for the loss of your dad, I lost my dad 10 years ago. Like you mentioned about the eagle coming around you feel like your dad is present, I too have the same feeling with my dad being present. Keep up the amazing work.
Stay safe, 🪓🪵🌲
Thanks so much and welcome to the channel. I appreciate your kind words. I will think about him every day for the rest of my life I’m sure. I’m glad your enjoying the content and I’m thankful for the support
Excellent video, thank you for the information.
Alright, time to watch every vid! I'm just south of Westminster. Looking forward to your channel!
Thanks for coming along. I’m up in Cecil
Nice bundles brad, big fan Ohio🔥
Thanks so much Mark. We appreciate the support. Thanks for watching
Morning Brad your customers will be happy with the size of them bundles I would. U r going about it the right way.
Thanks Toni
Great looking bundles! I do the same thing, my buddy welded my wrapper together and has a "T" stand for the bottom and is about the same height but I wanted a center support area so I can wrap on both ends and so far its worked out great. Mine also is 1CF but I sell them for 10 bucks, our local Lowes, HD and convenience stores are selling .6CF for 8-9.50 for that size. Im going to really focus on firewood next season and do less landscaping, Just bought a 2019 T590 skid steer and getting a grapple for it come spring so I have everything I need plus the tree company we work with, his dump yard is 5 minutes from my shop and all the wood I can cut for free and if thats not enough to persuade me to do more wood is another friend of mine is a log buyer and can get me log trucks of hardwood poles for 200 bucks!!!
Wow that’s great. Sounds like your set up to do very well
Nice looking bundles! Im also new at it this year and is taking off fast! I did start out with the mesh bags but will be switching over to wrap soon due to cost savings and I like the idea of adding the company logo flyer.
Awesome. I’m glad it helped out and good luck to you! Welcome to the channel and thanks so much for taking the time to send a comment.
Nicely done!
This is a terrific process and invention. Nice work! Thanks for sharing, have a potential commercial bundle client and couldn't "wrap" my head around it.
Glad it was helpful. Thanks for watching
Thanks for all the videos! My 3 young sons and I are starting a firewood business here in Texas. Hoping to teach them some good habits and ways to earn and save their money! We are going to give your firewood bundling rack a try and looking forward to seeing how this journey goes.
That’s great! I have some other videos showing measurements and dimensions if you haven’t seen those. Best of luck to you and the boys!
Nice job with the firewood bundler. I also made my own bundler, but I like yours better. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you
Thank you for the video, as I am starting out with this project.
Great vid, Brad. Well done and very informative. You have made a good case by using the stretch wrap. I'm leanin' that way now. Once again, well done!!! WST
Lol don’t tell back 40. He’s committed to the bags 😂
@@FirewoodattheFurnace Trust me, I won’t say a thing!! 🤣
Great job.
nice looking wood.
Nice set-up like your homemade bundler hope you sell out every season!👍
Greeting for the west coast of Canada.
Thanks John
Great video! I was looking for bundler plans so I could make one myself. This is the perfect inexpensive solution since I'm just starting out. Thanks very much!!
I have another video with all the dimensions
@@FirewoodattheFurnace Thanks! I will look it up.
Nice one. Thank you from Ireland
That's pretty slick! Gonna make this stand and start bundling! Thanks for the video!
Thanks! I’m glad it was helpful
Here’s another video that might be helpful
FIREWOOD BUNDLES EXPLAINED - #52
czcams.com/video/VnQ1gtaWA5I/video.html
Great idea. I sell bundles myself. Try melting end of shrink wrap lightly so it doesn't unwrap. They get moved alot and it'll help from coming undone.
Great job starting your business.
Thanks so much
Something you might also consider: Kindling wood.
When splitting, I often end up with a pretty good pile of kindling wood from stuff that comes off the wood. Person buys 10 bundles, throw in a bundle of kindling wood to help them start their fires.
LOL already doing that. The kids pick them up and we have a drying area. We put them in small clam bags along with a homemade fire starter made from saw dust and wax
Great how to video on making bundles Brad! I want to sell firewood bundles as a hobby to keep me busy.
Your Definitely a very hard worker thanks for posting
Appreciate the kind words
GREAT VIDEO !
Thank you
Love the videos keep wm vmcoming
Looks Good! Good job brother. Hope it works out for ya!
Pretty cool👍thanks
Great video, thanks for sharing!!!
Thanks for watching!
Nice!👍
Nice set up
Love your system! I staple 15" orange baler twine handles.
Do you have a photo?
@@jeneesmith3216 I can supply a picture right now. How do you want me to send it to you??
I was going to also do 1cft of hardwood just felt they were a little heavy as my wife could barely pick it up. So made me think of older folks also. I go with the .75cft unless someone wants bigger sizes. Just starting my self though also. Great video!
Thanks Dan. Yes they are a little heavier. I haven’t had any complaints yet. I think the $5 deal offsets the weight maybe? Lol. Thanks for stopping by. Good luck to you on your sales!
Building a bundler similar to yours this morning. I've been selling cord wood as a side for years and a couple of days ago a gas station asked for bundles. Thankyou for your informative video.
Glad it was helpful and congrats on the new customer! Have you seen the video of me showing dimensions and measurements for mine?
@@FirewoodattheFurnace no but i will.
Keep them coming
Great info thanks for sharing. I'm just branching out into the bundles . I'm thinking I'm gonna go with a stretch wrap system also. Oh new sub here!
Awesome! Congrats and good luck. I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised. Thanks for subscribing and for the comment!
hi there looks real good john
New subscriber here. Well thought out process and well done video. “Keep on Keeping on!” Tim
Thanks Tim. Appreciate you watching and taking the time to comment
Brad. You should own the market with that size bundle and pricing. Hope the business takes off. Have fun👍😎
Thanks for watching. Appreciate it.
Brad we call that srink wrap we use that in England for wrapping boxes on pallets it's good strong stuff.
This video was very helpful and informative! Im starting a little firewood side job because we’re clearing our land. At $5 bucks a bundle people are getting a steal🙂
Glad it helped you bud
That’s a $12 bundle
Good stuff here. Thanks!!!!🌳💚👍👊
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching.
Great video
Thanks. Hope it was helpful
Great show
I live in Florida now this time of the year firewood guys set up along big roads when everyone’s going home. They sell an overloaded wheelbarrow for $20.00, some guys have one or two wheelbarrows and some 5 or 6 ready to go. Sell it while you can because the Democrats are trying to make it illegal.
Great to see humble yet proud businessmen doing an honest day’s work. I wish you the best & thank you for your insights & experiences. Take care.
Appreciate the positive feedback Mark. Have a great day
Nice system you got for the bundles Brad! We use the bags and you are right about the added cost. .70 cents a bag is about the cheapest I have found them. We sell the bundles for $6 a piece to offset the cost of the bags. I am considering trying the plastic wrap method as well in the future to see what people prefer? 👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks. I think Scheib did that a while back. I think the customers like bags because they are easier to carry but the lower cost has an appeal as well. I think they both have pros and cons
@@FirewoodattheFurnace Yes I remember Scheib making that video but I don’t remember seeing the follow up conclusion. In the bags defense they are very durable! We really like them.
I was thinking wrap with tight twine. Integrate a handle while wrapping and the twine is burnable.
Good info
I came back to watch this video, Brad - because we're considering doing some bundles.
Awesome. Hope it was helpful for you
Thank you! 😉👍
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Really nice looking finished Products 👒 hats, Off
Seems to be the way to go
Hey a lot of of luck to you , Who said the The Little Man can not survive . Stay safe .
FYI your selling by the cubic foot, not sqft. 12"x12"x16", is 1.33 cubic feet, which = to $480 per. cord. Thx for the video, great idea on the homemade stand & I like you price point.
Brad you need to put a side by side pic on Facebook. Their bundle vs. yours!
I might do that. Big difference huh
@@FirewoodattheFurnace Definitely do that. Never miss an opportunity to market your wood.
Firewood bundles sold at convenient stores and such places here must to be kiln dried before it is legal to sale. It must be kiln dried to kill insects and fungus to keep them from being spread from one area to another.
At camp grounds in the Nation Forest here also you do not want to be caught with "store bought" non kiln dried bundled wood, or leaving any of it behind (even partially burnt wood). It all must be taken with you when you leave.
Thank you
Up here in Alaska we just cut up downed trees in the woods and split it rather easy
Great job! Thanks for sharing. I may try the same thing. I will definitely subscribe!
Thanks so much and welcome to the channel
I know you posted this a year ago but I’m only seeing it now. Great sturdy design for the bundler. I’m also about not adding extra costs that people are just going to throw away. Been doing firewood since Nov 2021 after my wife bought a firewood stack for $15 that would barely burn because it wasn’t seasoned 😂 I want to build a firewood stand and put it at the front of my driveway.
Guys, do you have your own forests or buy wood? I'm thinking should I start it too - I have some forests here in Central Europe, now firewood is crazy expensive, maaaaany people builded holiday houses so there are more and more potential clients.
@@Saeglopur89 some guys buy logs. Some guy gets free wood from their local tree service. Some guys just look on Facebook marketplace. I look on Facebook marketplace within a 25 mile radius. Saw what I need to in their yard and haul it home. Great exercise and some firewood as the result.
Just came over from the driftless homestead new subs here
Hello and welcome!
@@FirewoodattheFurnace love the firewood videos it’s crazy how different others are from what our wood cutting is like I love learning about new ways
Nice job Brad! I don't recall you mentioning you were in the firewood business at Motor School.
Oh wow who is this lol
@@FirewoodattheFurnace Scott McAdoo
@@officeroil-amsoil3463 what’s up man. How you been?
@@FirewoodattheFurnace Doing great! When I'm not fighting crime, I'm fighting friction. Mainly helping landscape and tree companies save time and money.
We have a lot of wood in Annapolis and my son and I are researching how we could set up a small firewood stand. Came across your page. Great stuff!
Great video Brad! Love the professional look! Where are you getting your hats made? They look really nice. Have a very blessed day and Thanksgiving!
Thanks so much. I get my hats made by a local shop here where I live. I try to support small businesses whenever I can. Happy thanksgiving to you and yours as well
I just started too. I will pass on feedback that I ve received if that is ok. Smaller splits. More flame, easier to add to the fire, shorter burn time and more option to make bundle the size you want.
Thanks for the feedback. I’ll give that a shot
awesome stack, is it possible you might be over handling? impressive!
Good-looking bundles for a great price compared to your competition. I like the info/business card you made up. It looks very neat and professional. Do you put the size/volume of the wood on your label? Here in Canada, I believe we're required to by weights and measures.
yes, the label shows 1 cu. ft. and has my contact email. Thanks for your kind words and for watching.
@@FirewoodattheFurnace a cubic foot is 12 x 12 x 12. You are selling 12 x 12 x 16 which is 1.33 cubic feet.
Thank you so much for the videos and the information. Always had this hustle in the back of my mind and the info you are sharing is awesome. Just a basic planning question, how much space or area do you need to start or operate in? I live in a residential area and have 3/4 of an acre but can see this being better off if you have some land by the side of a country road somewhere. I would plan to start with bundles.
It depends how much wood you would be trying to sell. Gotta have plenty of sun and wind to dry the wood as quickly as possible. Take your time and don’t sell your wood too soon. Took me about 10 months before I sold my first piece of firewood. Glad it’s helpful to you!
@@FirewoodattheFurnace Right now I probably have 4 maybe 5 cords dry, split and ready to burn. Mixed hardwoods, I have built this up for my own use, but after seeing what you do I realize it is not much, we only burn about a cord a year. I see my problem will be staging and processing new incoming wood. Thinking I might have to find a farmer who might be willing to rent me a 1/2 acre of their field or something. I am in Maryland too, down south of Annapolis in Calvert County. If I keep this at my house I can see I will need to keep this smaller scale which is why the bundle idea makes sense to me. I have found some tree services who will drop wood every once in awhile but still running the numbers to see if this makes sense to run. I have a truck, a basic splitter and two lower end chain saws. I really appreciate your videos and channel, it has been a huge help. You are a good guy and happy you get your kids into this too. Helping run a business is an invaluable life lesson. Have you had any luck selling bundles to smaller independent hardware and grocery stores? Thanks Again!
Hi 👋🏻 from Cumberland
Hello fellow Marylander
Love the labels, Very professional I just made one of these up with a arm the other day. Would be easy to add to yours! Saves the back on wrapping them by hand. Videos on my channel .
I was thinking an old tire until I seen your wood holder
Thanks for the informative video! I’m getting started in firewood bundles my self. How an where did you make your labels for your bundles?
I designed and ordered them online at vista print.com
Very nice video bro!!! How’s it going now?? Any changes?? Are you selling cords? Or sticking with just bundles?? Great job on the presentation!!
Thanks Scott. Yes I’m selling cord wood as well. Check out other videos on the channel. I’ve got more videos on bundling and several on deliveries of cord wood as well
Best place to get labels
Vistaprint.com is where I designed and ordered mine from. I like the thicker stock of the postcard rather than regular paper
I live in Indiana and I also sell firewood year-round for the winter I sell truckloads to homeowners and in the summer I sell bundles to a lot of folks living in campgrounds along the river and there are literally almost 100 campgrounds in a 50 mile stretch of the Ohio River and that's just on the Indiana side. I am the same price as you $5 a bundle but I offer a wholesale price if they take 20 bundles. Yours definitely look more professional I don't have labels, I'd like to find out how to get labels that look that nice. And I use the plastic Baler twine, two on each bundle 4 ft long. Another problem I have to deal with is I sell to gas stations to retail to the public. Apparently there is a weights and measurements inspector that comes around checking these kind of things and they want an approximate weight of each bundle so I'm very interested in finding out where I can get some labels made
I had my labels made at vistaprint.com In Maryland they do not weigh the wood but you are required to mark it with the amount of wood in the bundle (1 cu. Ft.)
@@FirewoodattheFurnace thanks for the information very much appreciated