Selling Green Un-Seasoned Firewood & Why It Fails!

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  • @dp3797
    @dp3797 5 днів тому +2

    I like that you’re expanding.

  • @leonardryan8723
    @leonardryan8723 4 години тому

    Heath good lucky on your expansion wood 🪵 yard . Merry Christmas to you and family great video Heath 😊.

  • @nebraskawoodstr
    @nebraskawoodstr 5 днів тому +1

    Look forward to seeing the wood yard expansion. Take care Heath.

  • @obiorah1
    @obiorah1 3 дні тому +1

    Congratulations On 25K Subscribers,

  • @robert.brokaw3829
    @robert.brokaw3829 4 дні тому +1

    Looks like most of the YTers that I watch for firewood processing are moving to bins - must be the right thing to do. Keep up the good work. Stay safe.

  • @AllenFamilyFirewood
    @AllenFamilyFirewood 5 днів тому +3

    Prob best you start looking on market place for a sawmill . Karen says your gona need it when Rachel gets home to build your self a place to sleep . 😂

  • @InMyBusyLittleShop
    @InMyBusyLittleShop 5 днів тому +1

    I agree that greenwood selling will depend on many factors. I don’t really sell wood. Yet, I have sold some green on the condition that they do all of the handling after split. It really depends on the situation

  • @dakotakid1447
    @dakotakid1447 5 днів тому +3

    The weatherman is my best salesman, if he uses a four letter word on the news (snow or cold) my phone start ringing , trust me those people are not looking for green wood!

    • @hardworkingmanoutdoors
      @hardworkingmanoutdoors  5 днів тому

      So true!

    • @philliphall5198
      @philliphall5198 5 днів тому

      They are broke and only buy a must have items 😢😢😢
      No one is going to tie up any money and what they don’t have 😢

  • @mark5tytshort770
    @mark5tytshort770 5 днів тому +1

    Excellent video, Have a lovely Xmas with your family.

  • @scottroley2684
    @scottroley2684 5 днів тому +3

    I use rebar tie wire, you can get it at Lowes or TSC.

  • @clubdoraoutdoorsandfirewood
    @clubdoraoutdoorsandfirewood 5 днів тому +1

    Hey Heath, good video. Rachel is not going to like all that mud. You may want to pray for snow so it covers the ruts. It will clean up. I don’t think green wood ,would work up here in Minnesota either. I definitely agree with you on covers keeping leaves and branches from getting in the wood. What are you going to use for you gas container. I went out and bought the vevor model for diesel fuel. I thought about getting one for gas but they aren’t grounded. Great idea using the bladder for a shelter for your fuel tank. You guys have a Merry Christmas. Later

    • @hardworkingmanoutdoors
      @hardworkingmanoutdoors  4 дні тому

      Yeah I’d love a bigger tank for the rec fuel but haven’t shopped one yet. Merry Christmas.

  • @davew3348
    @davew3348 5 днів тому +1

    Good video Heath you know I just love that you’re always thinking about improvements. If we didn’t have that we would drive our wives crazy
    Anyway, keep up the good work. I know she’ll forgive you. She’s that type of soul. Can hardly wait to see the progress.

  • @patshannon8899
    @patshannon8899 5 днів тому +1

    Merry Christmas to you and your family

  • @scottbeilsmith4261
    @scottbeilsmith4261 5 днів тому +1

    Great video Heath. Reorganizing is good but it can be a real pain when the ground is muddy. I am dealing with that right now in my processing area right now. Rachel will probably not have a sense of humor about the mess.

  • @davew3348
    @davew3348 5 днів тому +1

    Great work Keith. Keep up the good work. I know she’ll forgive you. She’s got that great soul lol. It’s always nice to be thinking about improvements. I’m doing the same thing myself here I wanna keep my wood under wraps. It is always always a working progress and so are we that’s what I keep telling my wife lol

  • @Servant927
    @Servant927 5 днів тому +3

    Was that your daughter making funny faces on the camera? Nice she came home for Christmas!! Nice video. Tell Rachel that Ben made the mess!!!😂

    • @hardworkingmanoutdoors
      @hardworkingmanoutdoors  5 днів тому +1

      Yes it was. She’s a goofball for sure. Nice to have her home for the holidays!

  • @JeffBaker-l8c
    @JeffBaker-l8c 5 днів тому +1

    Tie wire rolls can be found at any box store that sells construction supplies in particular for concrete uses because rebar mats are typically tied together then placed into position in a foundation. Or there are also supply stores for concrete or masonry. Not sure who are in your area but I'm sure they aren't far away.

  • @TheSmagzilla
    @TheSmagzilla 2 дні тому

    I loose filled my totes in a row and covered with a canopy tent side that had velcrow straps. Fit perfect and can't blow off

  • @section8374
    @section8374 5 днів тому +2

    Are you allowed to burn trash/tree slash on your property? Easy way to keep wood yard clean.

  • @cliffjenkins6419
    @cliffjenkins6419 5 днів тому +1

    Reason I didn't sell fully seasoned wood was I didn't have the space to store it while it dried. Your yard will be ok once it's had a chance to dry out. Green wood here sells for 30-40% less than certified dry wood of the same species. So,got the room take the time todry it,sell for that much more. Cheers from HB NZ

  • @stuartpulvermacher6861
    @stuartpulvermacher6861 5 днів тому +2

    That looks like rebar tie wire it can be bought on amazon or some well stocked hardware stores I use it for many things it comes in rolls

  • @joegentile8409
    @joegentile8409 5 днів тому +1

    Hello what about zip ties to hold the lids. Just a thought. Take care

  • @jeromebecigneul2911
    @jeromebecigneul2911 5 днів тому +1

    Harbor Freight has 41/1000th regular steel wire and stainless wire. Amazon has a number of wires. Maybe should have waited for this weekend when the temp is in the low 20s or last week when it was in the teens.

    • @hardworkingmanoutdoors
      @hardworkingmanoutdoors  4 дні тому

      Yeah that would have been better but I have to get work done when I can. We’ll be at work and wrestling all weekend.

  • @Videogamerforlife69
    @Videogamerforlife69 5 днів тому +2

    your local tractor supply will have that wire

  • @lyleharkness-rv5vf
    @lyleharkness-rv5vf 5 днів тому +2

    I hope you have the sofa made up for when the wife gets home 😂 I'm sure your reorganizing will be worth it in the end 👍

  • @bobfitch607
    @bobfitch607 5 днів тому +2

    Heath looking at that muddy mess in Rachel’s yard I think your ass is grass and Rachel’s the zero turn 😂 have a merry Christmas 🎄🎁

    • @hardworkingmanoutdoors
      @hardworkingmanoutdoors  5 днів тому +1

      Bob you may be right lol. I’ll try to sell it as an opportunity to create some content this spring fixing the yard lol.

  • @oldguyfirewood
    @oldguyfirewood 5 днів тому +1

    I’ve had exactly the same experience trying to sell green wood… zero takers.

  • @WilleysFirewood
    @WilleysFirewood 5 днів тому +1

    You keep selling the premium wood I'll keep selling the cheap green stuff 😜. I'm also getting ready to put up a big pile of camp wood and hardwood to season for next year. Hoping the seasoned wood will help my typical late fall slump in sales

    • @hardworkingmanoutdoors
      @hardworkingmanoutdoors  3 дні тому

      I bet it will help. Wish I could flip the green wood like you do!

    • @WilleysFirewood
      @WilleysFirewood 3 дні тому

      @ it's a different way of selling firewood. It's definitely feast or famine

  • @grofffamilyprojects
    @grofffamilyprojects 5 днів тому +3

    Just go get a small roll of electric fence wire!! I use that for everything!! Or wire coat hangers!!

  • @donniepowell7146
    @donniepowell7146 5 днів тому +1

    How did those Hisea boots y’all showed us awhile back hold up?

    • @hardworkingmanoutdoors
      @hardworkingmanoutdoors  5 днів тому

      Great, Rachel wears hers almost every time we work in the woodyard. I still love my steel toe cowboy boots. I wear my brunt mock toe boots over the Hisea because they have the safety toe. For the $$ the Hisea are tough to beat.

    • @donniepowell7146
      @donniepowell7146 5 днів тому

      @@hardworkingmanoutdoors Thanks for the update. I’ll give those a try.

  • @jimmieburleigh9549
    @jimmieburleigh9549 5 днів тому +2

    Bailing wire at any farm store. Or stainless electric fence wire like Chris on in the woodyard uses.

    • @hardworkingmanoutdoors
      @hardworkingmanoutdoors  5 днів тому

      I think that may be a little thinner but may work.

    • @jimmieburleigh9549
      @jimmieburleigh9549 5 днів тому

      @@hardworkingmanoutdoors bailing will work fine. It's used for all kinds of farm fixes.
      That stainless is even tougher and you can get it in a few Guage sizes.

  • @bigbluegpr
    @bigbluegpr 5 днів тому +1

    These last few videos have been pretty good, but one thing has been noticeably absent and it concerns me greatly: The Wood Bunny! 🐇
    I mean, that guy Herb (?) is OK and all, but......
    😂

    • @hardworkingmanoutdoors
      @hardworkingmanoutdoors  4 дні тому

      She’ll be back, busy for the holidays and spending some extra time with her mom when she can.

  • @UptoSomethingOutdoors
    @UptoSomethingOutdoors 5 днів тому +2

    I'm surprised, as if I had a wood burner I'd be interested in getting it green!

    • @hardworkingmanoutdoors
      @hardworkingmanoutdoors  5 днів тому

      Yeah I think my prices are just too high. I’ll get my $$ when it’s seasoned though so no need to short myself.

    • @UptoSomethingOutdoors
      @UptoSomethingOutdoors 5 днів тому

      @hardworkingmanoutdoors True. It was worth a shot!

  • @stephenreiner1523
    @stephenreiner1523 5 днів тому +1

    Everyone wants it ready to burn. They don't want to wait until it's seasoned. Just stack it up and let it season, it will sell quick. We've been having rain for a week now,but cold air is making it's return. I mean I'm only 6 miles from Pennsylvania. 4 hours from Western NY where you get over 20 ft of snow a year. Heath use the vinyl coated wire. That will hold, I use it to guy trees that I plant in the Spring, Summer and early Fall. Try it and see, it will work for what you're using it for.

  • @rickhamm3962
    @rickhamm3962 5 днів тому +1

    Electric fence wire will hold it down. Comes in a roll with several hundred feet. Very affordable.

  • @ClickinChicken
    @ClickinChicken 5 днів тому +1

    I worked at a lumber yard in the returns department a while. While caretaking for Dad.
    I got me some lumber tarps, like go on the rail cars! Best tarp, wish I got more! Free cuz I worked there! You could try and go ask? Or try and look find old pontoon lift covers! Who the heck was that, oh the camera person! Yeah that's like landscaping, it's like sculpture really, you make a total mess half way through. Have a Goodin' Heath and camera person! HOpe the boss isn't pidded!

    • @hardworkingmanoutdoors
      @hardworkingmanoutdoors  3 дні тому

      Thanks, I bet those are nice tarps! Yeah that was our goofball daughter running the camera.

  • @timpoore837
    @timpoore837 5 днів тому

    Yup it’s a muddy sloppy mess here in Maryland now. I was gonna suggest you use old electric wire for the tote lids. That’s what I use. I should be able to pick up my all wood box wedge after new years. Can’t wait to try it out.

  • @backyardfirewood9852
    @backyardfirewood9852 5 днів тому +1

    I’m taking the rest of the year off after this week. Let’s cut some frickin’ trees!

  • @donaldslate4195
    @donaldslate4195 5 днів тому +1

    Look in the masonry section of your home improvement store. They sell the spool of wire

  • @KevinHarvey-qw5mj
    @KevinHarvey-qw5mj 5 днів тому +1

    I had customers who came to get wood i would tell them it might be green buy at own dicresion and they would buy it and it would burn told them just split during the week and would still buy it cause bought like seven pickup loads during the season

  • @ianedwards8553
    @ianedwards8553 5 днів тому

    Selling green firewood is a challenge depending on you area and market. The logfather in Nova Scotia seem sto have it figured out he sells many full cords a year. And his explanations make sense.

  • @nickanthony9467
    @nickanthony9467 5 днів тому +1

    There’s a secret to selling green firewood. Just call it seasoned. It also works for rotted wood. Joes Premium Firewood does it all the time, and his business is thriving. 😏

  • @hellinabucket3
    @hellinabucket3 5 днів тому +1

    As a buyer, the only times I have bought firewood is when i ran out so green wood would not have helped.

  • @DanielAtkinsFirewood
    @DanielAtkinsFirewood 2 дні тому

    Only green wood for me is in the early to late spring. By mid summer, it's got to be ready to burn.
    I target the homeowner needed heat.

  • @carysmith9039
    @carysmith9039 4 дні тому +1

    All you need is 500 yards of stone and it will be ok😊

  • @why-be-normal7014
    @why-be-normal7014 5 днів тому +2

    Using a pallet on the floor will maybe last 2 seasons put real base and will last 15-20 years and keep your ankles

    • @hardworkingmanoutdoors
      @hardworkingmanoutdoors  3 дні тому

      Yeah, I got a nice stack of pallets for it. But do plan on trying a few other methods as well.

  • @tracyreeves9281
    @tracyreeves9281 5 днів тому +1

    You are in trouble with Rachel

  • @toddpacheco4748
    @toddpacheco4748 5 днів тому +1

    Heath,just remember what they say Rome wasn’t built in a day at least you have some kind of idea about what it will be like 👍 when it is all said and done ✅ 😮😊❤

    • @hardworkingmanoutdoors
      @hardworkingmanoutdoors  5 днів тому

      Definitely Todd, hopefully it works how I think it will.

    • @philliphall5198
      @philliphall5198 5 днів тому

      Greed causes lots of mistakes in any business, stay with what has been working and you’ll make money 😊

  • @olensnider2808
    @olensnider2808 5 днів тому +1

    GOOD SHOW HEATH, I SEE YOU ARE STANDING UP AGAIN TO GUIDE YOUR FORKS,
    HAVE YOU STOPPED USING YOUR BACK-UP CAMERA WHEN LOADING BINS AND PALLETS?
    YES, RACHEL WILL BE UPSET BUT UNDERSTANDING AS WELL.

    • @hardworkingmanoutdoors
      @hardworkingmanoutdoors  4 дні тому

      With this tractor it just as easy to stand up real quick. I have the camera on my truck now. The old tractor wasn’t a hydrostatic drive so it was more difficult to stand up to look.

  • @yorkfirewood
    @yorkfirewood 5 днів тому +1

    Squirrel!

  • @shawndmiles6747
    @shawndmiles6747 2 дні тому

    You tried to sell it at the wrong time of the year. Here oak goes for $400 to $500 for split and seasoned in the fall/winter. Green unseasoned oak goes for $300 to $350 in the summer.

  • @philliphall5198
    @philliphall5198 5 днів тому +1

    People are living from dad to day now,doesn’t matter how cheap it is if they don’t just have to have it to get thru other day
    Americans just can’t accept the reality and fact this system is broken and will continue to fail 😢😢😢

  • @budwilliams6590
    @budwilliams6590 День тому +1

    You will regret having aluminum wiring.

    • @hardworkingmanoutdoors
      @hardworkingmanoutdoors  День тому

      I hope not, I was going to have copper run but my buddy talked me in to aluminum to save money.

  • @jimmieburleigh9549
    @jimmieburleigh9549 5 днів тому +2

    Perfectly honest you wanted too much for green wood that has to sit almost 2 years. 100 bucks a face cord and you'll probably move it.
    Getting it cheap is why folks like to buy green

    • @hardworkingmanoutdoors
      @hardworkingmanoutdoors  5 днів тому

      Yeah, I’ll get $150+\third of a cord when seasoned so I’ll just wait. No rush really.

    • @jimmieburleigh9549
      @jimmieburleigh9549 5 днів тому +1

      @@hardworkingmanoutdoors but look at it this way 150 sitting on it for 2 years. 100 for green and it's out the door when you split it making you money automatically. Split and sell green on your slow months and or to military and first responder vets and old folks.

    • @hardworkingmanoutdoors
      @hardworkingmanoutdoors  5 днів тому +2

      @ good point. Only way I’d consider it is if I had it ordered so I could split and deliver and not tie up my trailer.

    • @jimmieburleigh9549
      @jimmieburleigh9549 5 днів тому

      @hardworkingmanoutdoors 👍

  • @ralphkanagy4602
    @ralphkanagy4602 5 днів тому +1

    Rachel you are good looking

  • @mbowdenful
    @mbowdenful 5 днів тому

    You talk to much

  • @WilleysFirewood
    @WilleysFirewood 5 днів тому +1

    You keep selling the premium wood I'll keep selling the cheap green stuff 😜. I'm also getting ready to put up a big pile of camp wood and hardwood to season for next year. Hoping the seasoned wood will help my typical late fall slump in sales

    • @hardworkingmanoutdoors
      @hardworkingmanoutdoors  4 дні тому +1

      I’d love to sell the combo! I bet it will help! Not one offer so far on my oak. I dropped the price too! I’d love to be able to sell green for fast turnover.