I started cutting wood last year this year just in the month of November of 23 I sold 15 cords in a single week. Turned around bought a log splitter I have reached out and become friends with all the arborist and foresters in the hampton roads area they bring me logs and drop it on my property. Best choice I made was starting a firewood and lumber business plus my wife has been helping and learning because I am active duty military she has been pushing for machines ie log splitter and wood processor when I am gone. My 10 year old and 6 year old have been helping stack cords of wood. My daughter told me yesterday she wants to try selling bundles of wood and wants to be responsible for them I said okay. Little does she know I am going to let her keep all the money from her bundles and start teaching them how to be financially successful in life. Had a guy tell me that burning pine in a house will cause the whole city to burn down needless to say I don't do business with him. I love that I have customers already asking for wood for next year. Your videos have helped us alot understand what we are doing
First of all, that video quality is AWESOME! And you’re right, whatever widget you’re selling…quality product, good customer service, location…should lead to success as long as you are pricing it correctly. Great video bud! GI!
The part about keeping in touch with your clients is so important. I had a lawn service for 35 years also did snow removal and sold some firewood too. When I went to look at a lawn job. And I showed up to give them an estimate. Over half the people were so glad you just showed up they were estatic. They said I called five people this week and your the only one that showed up. I don’t know how some people stay in business. Keep the good videos coming. Good nite Irene.
Good info Chris.. I have my prices 25bucks lower than the top guys on Craigslist. That part seems to be working for me.. I have 3 that want wood, a whole heating session ahead, and I have a lot that want for,this current year for heating so,its got to be ready now. Thw best component i have gotten was from a lady in her mid 80 telling me " it's nice to finally meet a young man that is not on something" Happy father's day Chris..😊👍
Love the format of the video Christ, you're a natural on camera!! You should have a podcast on firewood kinda like Dan and joe 👍 anyway keep up the good work much love from Quebec Canada 🤙
Wow, Chris! You are an absolute wealth of information Even though I'm in process of starting a different type of business Princaply things are same same Thanks for always taking the time to respond Grazie Amico 🇮🇹
Like KNL firewood said amazing quality video . Good of not been said better words spoken from a man of wisdom in the firewood business. Cheers Chris outstanding! 👌🏻🔥🇨🇦
Great info Chris! My area in Oregon seems to have more sellers. We shall see when I try to sell bundles after the wood seasons. Looks like rain will finally take a break for summer here starting tomorrow! I like the cool weather, but the rain has lasted too long this year. Oh, and Happy Father's Day to you and all the Firewood Fathers!
Southern Oregon, and Eugene. Yeah there are a lot of sellers, I'll say 90% tho don't have seasoned wood. Side Note, also sell mulch//wood chips, tree trimming/clearing. I pretty much have started my own little small engine repair, anybody got any chainsaws or parts holler at me, any other small engines as well but I'm about the saws
@jordanhenson626 Took 4 months last year to sell 40 or so bundles. I sold the rest by 1/3 cord $100 loads in 6 days, then hurt my back. I am at the chiropractor as I type. I didn't cut any to sell this year, due to back pain.
Happy Father’s Day Chris, good content great presentation. I burn what I produce, I could sell in St Paul Mn and Red Wing Mn but there is good competition here in western Wi. A lot of wood available, that’s why we can buy log’s cheaper than what you pay or cut our own . Keep on cutting
Man you are good. You present well in the yard, on location, and now in the "studio". We've got people at our quad city news stations that are not half as good as you in front of the camera. Between your comfort level in front of the camera, your content and preparedness I am consistently impressed . Great on you. And! You do your own blocking, makeup, lighting, editing and copy . Did you attend broadcasting school? Very good video. Exemplary production. Hope your father's day is a great one.
Thanks Jean, no, I just like to learn and am not afraid of making mistakes or being a fool, that is the key to happiness in life, live like no one is watching and don't worry about what other people think.
Good video and what you said is right on the money. I live in the middle of the Allegheny National Forest about 500.000 thousand acres I am in Mckean county Penn. You can get a permit to cut wood for home heating at the ranger station for 50 bucks that keeps the price down on a cord of wood a face cord goes for 60 bucks half of what you get. I dont do that as to time consuming i have it trucked in and buy about 60 tri axle loads per year and that give me about 22 to 24 face cords per truck load. Like you I deliver 95% of all my wood with the dump trailer I can move a lot of wood in a day and I made 1 of my pick up trucks dump like a dump truck for smaller loads what a time saver been doing wood for 22 years now. P.S. the Mr scuba 1 comes from back in the day when I did rescue diving and a lot of recreational diving friends started calling me Mr scuba or just scuba
Good video, but I think a few things are missed here, specifically with supply and demand. Focusing on the supply of trees is actually not the main concern. The main concern is the supply of alternate sources of heating. You can have an unlimited amount of trees in an area, but if most people have access to natural gas heating, burning wood won't make as much sense (the cost to produce the wood is cost prohibitive compared to the alternative source). This source (supply) of alternate forms of heat (in this example) is what dictates the price of the wood, not the supply of the wood itself (secondary concern.) This ties in directly with demand to give you the price equilibrium of the heat source. To wrap up, most people who heat their homes with wood, aren't doing so because of how much wood is available or not available, it's because there is a shortage or abundance of other viable heating alternatives (like gas). Electric heat is one of the least efficient ways to heat a home, which is why in certain areas, wood heating is viable. Cheers!
Maybe so but you totally missed the 2 main reasons people heat with wood. One because there is nothing like real fire and as hot as you want it wood heat. Two because MOST people who heat with wood do so because they DO NOT pay for the wood...they get it for "free" off of their own property or have access to other FREE wood.
When I was training at a plant that builds cnc machines in Fondulac Wisconsin, the trainer recommended a steak house that has the most amazing steak I've ever had in my entire life. It's called Schwarz supper club in New Holstein which it looks like about 34 miles from Appleton.. so if you like steak, definitely worth the drive!
Kiln dried firewood like oak takes @ least a week @ 160° Fahrenheit per face cord with a con X box type kiln. Look at outdoors with the Morgan’s for the kiln firewood drying video.
Yes, I have been to several actual kiln drying wood yards to learn more on how they work, very time consuming and costly operations. But it does open up markets that are available.
Great video Chris yes I live in Michigan and live in a small town but live very close to a lot bigger town and sell bundles to gas stations and convient stores and was getting 3 dollars a bundle but with inflation I can get 3.25 now.
@@InTheWoodyard I wish i could get 4 dollars a bundle what do the firewood sellers get there in Wisconsin when selling to gas stations i sell about in between a .075 cubic foot and 1 cubic foot?
Another thing with selling green wood is chimney fires due to green wood . Knew a guy who got sued for selling it green . I don’t think he ended up being liable but I know he gives receipts with some explanation that they have inspected and except the product as is . Something that protects him somewhat . Even seasoned wood creates sut over time . Idea for you to do a video maybe . Chimney maintenance . 😉
Great info of typs of wood I live in SE Pa love the red oak but what I’ve experienced is that even standing dead red oak takes a good while after cutting spitting to be good seasoned wood . Here in Pa we had the Ash bore come through and kill 90% of our ash it’s a killer to cut have to be careful when cutting down ! One tree we do have a lot of in my area is black birch which everything I’ve researched is a great wood for BTU but the standing dead or one that hits the ground punks out really weird as opposed to other hardwoods. Wondering if you’ve experienced that?
Happy PaPa's Day, Chris! I wonder with fuel prices like they are and logistics. If it makes more sense to move wood in log form or processed form? Nice job on the video today! Will we be seeing the processor in studio soon also?!?!
Sound is only on the left channel. Thanks for all the tips. To bad I do not have the room, the supply or the market or the health to do a firewood business of my own, otherwise I would have loved to apply it all. LOL🤣😂🤣😂
I have been selling mostly birch and maple here in central Ontario canada. I have alot of birch and pine and bit of maple and elm here on my farm i can always cut too.
Hello again, I get wood from a farm near me, it helps them keep the place tidy and helps me because its free, we had a bad storm last November here in the UK, storm Arwin, so I have a lot of hardwood cut and split, Ash, Oak, Beech, Birch, and a bit Pine, as all of the timber I have was blown down in November and was dormant because it was winter time, could you advise, do you dry your wood uncovered for a while, or is it left uncovered for a period then covered to finish it off.
Where I live in NE Ohio, I mainly have access to Tulip poplar. What are your thoughts on burning tulip, do you get much of that in Wisconsin? I like this new video format, keep up the good work!
We have yellow poplar and saw tooth poplar, it is mainly used in the paper industry here , it cuts easy, splits and dries easy and burns easy...but fast and not a lot of BTUs per cord. Thanks!
Chris your videos are very informative and I have bin watching for about a year now. I heat with wood and have bin thinking about selling. How much Seasond inventory should some one have before trying to start selling firewood? Thanks again for all your knowledge much appreciate.
You mentioned Apple, do you ever deal in Apple? I've been curious about this for a while. I am surrounded by orchards and wondered about if you get any
Has a customer ever requested sawn but not split rounds ? They wanted to split it themselves. Have you ever offered that. Do you ever offer to provide V.F.W. or American Legions with firewood at a reduced price? Either they pick it up or you deliver it For mention in their monthly need letter.
@@InTheWoodyardafter checking six local bars only one had a fire pit and only one had a smoker , so maybe not a great idea. It may be different in your neck of the woods
Much as i would love to add this business to my other businesses I don't think its possible just 1000 feet behind my house is a tree service with 22 acres I just looked him up he said he has 75 cords on hand. So he is a principle competitor. And he gets the wood for free. Then you have my landscaping yard where I dump my grass and leaves and stick they also sell mulch and soil and because they take all the wood from the entire areas tree services 100s of them. They also make fire wood and how can you compete with that.
I am going to be upping my price, i can't keep up with cutting and splitting, my wood supply is going out to fast, i have people buying it for the winter of 23/24 it's easier i can split it off the splitter it goes on the elevator and right into the dump trailer and they want green wood and I'm still getting 300 dollars a cord no stacking or reloading, saves a lot of work and time, i also sell bundles for 5 dollars and people keep telling me that is cheap but those are going out just about as fast as I can make them so I think prices are going up cost of fuel is up so much
About raising your price, remember this…. If no one is complaining about the price, you are not charging enough….lol I’m about to start selling this fall in Dayton. Building inventory..I have no idea what to charge. This is good info. Good luck!
Fantastic lesson. I am learning what woods are the best to sell to customers so I came up with a spreadsheet. woods/ BTU/splitting . Thank for the great info.
The firewood gospel by Chris Carlson!! LOL!! Everything you said makes complete sense!! You definitely have the perfect area for selling wood and I have the perfect area for cutting firewood. I can get my wood for pretty much nothing but it costs a lot to deliver it to your area. It doesn't cost you much for delivery but it costs you quite a bit to get your wood. It all comes out about the same in the end. Take care my friend!!😀😀👍💚💚 Logger Al
Most people like White Birch as it looks pretty sitting in the fireplace or stacked next to, Needs to be processed as soon as possible before the bark starts slipping and you end up with nekkid wood which looks like any other wood and is not as pretty to look at IMHO, Curios if anyone else in other parts of the country sees Yellow Birch in abundance or only interspersed in Hard maple stands?
@@InTheWoodyard Yellow makes for good firewood equal to hard maple but is a bugger to split. I worked various logging jobs in about a 30-40 mile radius of Park Falls back in the my younger years, I buy my corn from a farmer on the west side of Winter when heading up north in the fall.
Most people who start cutting wood to sell give up fast, it is more work than they thought. Yes, I had mic issues for a few day and I did not know it until some time later, thanks for watching!
Thanks for the Ted Talk. I predict firewood is going to be a very hot commodity this fall/winter. With Bo xiden at the helm of the US titanic it’s just starting to get bad. Some are still enjoying the cruise, some are rearranging the deck chairs, I’m in one of the life boats. No support for CBDC or ESG from me, which some would say is ironic coming from a guy with a high efficiency wood boiler, 10kW PV solar, 160ft2 hot water solar, and 4 Prius’s with an annual registration of $640. More irony…each car has a $75 surcharge due to the fact they don’t burn enough gas. All electric is $100! 🙄🤦♂️🤬
black birch in n. east is better than all oaks and malples in btu content, most customers believe oak is best here to, black birch can be intensified by the winter fresh gum aroma. white birch on the other hand is poor firewood, but looks pretty. I've also found to keep white birch logs of ground before processing as it will start to rot it seems in a matter of weeks on the ground.
Yup. White birch in particular has bark that's VERY efficient at holding water in. It really needs to be bucked, split, and stacked off the ground as soon as is practical to avoid spoilage. I'd love to get some black birch, but I've never seen it around here.
In a nutshell be good to people. Treat them how you want to be treated. Having been on the buying end of wood, I've seen alot. Been screwed because we were desperate. We heat with wood.
Sure thing Jimmy! A full cord is a stacked pile of 16" pieces in 3 rows that are each 4' high and 8' long or 128 cubic feet. 1/3 of a cord is one row of 16" stacked pieces that is 4' high and 8' long also called a face cord or one rik.
Fireplace folks really like birch. 10 -15 years ago we had tons of birch. The birch seems to have died off in our area, it’s kinda unusual to see a birch tree that’s over 8” in diameter now a days. With all the recent blow downs, I find it hard to believe anyone would pay for firewood. But people are lazy and seem quite willing to pay someone to cut storm damage trees , pay to haul the wood away. And then the same people will pay for firewood. May as well just burn money.
It comes down to time and ability really, I don't do my own dentistry work , I have a drill and teeth but choose to have someone more skilled do the work, it is kinda the same with firewood.
When I am marketing last year's grain. I'm small acreage. But I want to be in the top 25-33% of the highest price swings of the year and top 25% of farmers in my state. Don't under value what ever service you do. Just like it's not mine . To feed the country for less than it cost to produce it.
i live in mi but if i was sell fire wood go for 65 to 90 they say it season and it grean as hell and ever one wont to burn now and bye late so bet can get 110 preface cord i wood do it it rite not it ben logs for a year or dead stand for at lest a year what ever one go bye hear it insane and most ppldont no better
I started cutting wood last year this year just in the month of November of 23 I sold 15 cords in a single week. Turned around bought a log splitter I have reached out and become friends with all the arborist and foresters in the hampton roads area they bring me logs and drop it on my property. Best choice I made was starting a firewood and lumber business plus my wife has been helping and learning because I am active duty military she has been pushing for machines ie log splitter and wood processor when I am gone. My 10 year old and 6 year old have been helping stack cords of wood. My daughter told me yesterday she wants to try selling bundles of wood and wants to be responsible for them I said okay. Little does she know I am going to let her keep all the money from her bundles and start teaching them how to be financially successful in life. Had a guy tell me that burning pine in a house will cause the whole city to burn down needless to say I don't do business with him. I love that I have customers already asking for wood for next year. Your videos have helped us alot understand what we are doing
That is awesome...way to go...keep cutting!
First of all, that video quality is AWESOME! And you’re right, whatever widget you’re selling…quality product, good customer service, location…should lead to success as long as you are pricing it correctly. Great video bud! GI!
Awesome! Thank you Mike!
The part about keeping in touch with your clients is so important. I had a lawn service for 35 years also did snow removal and sold some firewood too. When I went to look at a lawn job. And I showed up to give them an estimate. Over half the people were so glad you just showed up they were estatic. They said I called five people this week and your the only one that showed up. I don’t know how some people stay in business. Keep the good videos coming. Good nite Irene.
Not showing up is common in a lot of businesses!
Funny i have a lawn care business and do firweeod too. Cheers.
Love the quality of this video and the info is great THANK YOU!! Thanks for your time Chris!!
Thanks Jack!
Very good information Chris. You do a great job of explaining how to make money selling firewood. I really appreciate you insight!
I appreciate that!
Good info Chris.. I have my prices 25bucks lower than the top guys on Craigslist. That part seems to be working for me..
I have 3 that want wood, a whole heating session ahead, and I have a lot that want for,this current year for heating so,its got to be ready now.
Thw best component i have gotten was from a lady in her mid 80 telling me " it's nice to finally meet a young man that is not on something"
Happy father's day Chris..😊👍
You should raise your price a bit Daniel.......found money, they will pay!
G’morning Chris. As always, you have a great way of presenting your wealth of knowledge ! Great tips. Thank you for all you do.
GoodNightIrene
Good morning! Thanks Corey, have a great fathers day!
Photography expertise sets you apart from every other youtuber! Nice work.
Thanks 👍
Love the format of the video Christ, you're a natural on camera!! You should have a podcast on firewood kinda like Dan and joe 👍 anyway keep up the good work much love from Quebec Canada 🤙
Thanks! Maybe one day!
Wow, Chris!
You are an absolute wealth of information
Even though I'm in process of starting a different type of business
Princaply things are same same
Thanks for always taking the time to respond
Grazie Amico 🇮🇹
Yes, all businesses have the same customers....people.
Like KNL firewood said amazing quality video . Good of not been said better words spoken from a man of wisdom in the firewood business. Cheers Chris outstanding! 👌🏻🔥🇨🇦
I appreciate that!
Great info Chris! My area in Oregon seems to have more sellers. We shall see when I try to sell bundles after the wood seasons. Looks like rain will finally take a break for summer here starting tomorrow! I like the cool weather, but the rain has lasted too long this year.
Oh, and Happy Father's Day to you and all the Firewood Fathers!
Thanks Steve!
Oregon city here same thing Lotta sellers
Southern Oregon, and Eugene. Yeah there are a lot of sellers, I'll say 90% tho don't have seasoned wood.
Side Note, also sell mulch//wood chips, tree trimming/clearing. I pretty much have started my own little small engine repair, anybody got any chainsaws or parts holler at me, any other small engines as well but I'm about the saws
@jordanhenson626 Took 4 months last year to sell 40 or so bundles. I sold the rest by 1/3 cord $100 loads in 6 days, then hurt my back. I am at the chiropractor as I type. I didn't cut any to sell this year, due to back pain.
Great video. Thanks for all the advice of being to be the best to your customer and make the most. Have a Safe Day
Thanks, you too!
Happy Father’s Day Chris, good content great presentation. I burn what I produce, I could sell in St Paul Mn and Red Wing Mn but there is good competition here in western Wi. A lot of wood available, that’s why we can buy log’s cheaper than what you pay or cut our own . Keep on cutting
Sounds great! Thanks, I will do that!
Man you are good.
You present well in the yard, on location, and now in the "studio".
We've got people at our quad city news stations that are not half as good as you in front of the camera.
Between your comfort level in front of the camera, your content and preparedness I am consistently impressed .
Great on you.
And! You do your own blocking, makeup, lighting, editing and copy .
Did you attend broadcasting school?
Very good video.
Exemplary production.
Hope your father's day is a great one.
Thanks Jean, no, I just like to learn and am not afraid of making mistakes or being a fool, that is the key to happiness in life, live like no one is watching and don't worry about what other people think.
You are a true pro. I was in video production for a local abc station. Keep up the good work. Help Tony out. lol. Still enjoy his content.
Thanks! Will do!
Really good quality video today. Just looked much better than normal.
Glad you think so! I was wearing a lot of makeup.
Beard game looking 💪 Chris! Great vid
Appreciate it!
Good video and what you said is right on the money. I live in the middle of the Allegheny National Forest about 500.000 thousand acres I am in Mckean county Penn. You can get a permit to cut wood for home heating at the ranger station for 50 bucks that keeps the price down on a cord of wood a face cord goes for 60 bucks half of what you get. I dont do that as to time consuming i have it trucked in and buy about 60 tri axle loads per year and that give me about 22 to 24 face cords per truck load. Like you I deliver 95% of all my wood with the dump trailer I can move a lot of wood in a day and I made 1 of my pick up trucks dump like a dump truck for smaller loads what a time saver been doing wood for 22 years now. P.S. the Mr scuba 1 comes from back in the day when I did rescue diving and a lot of recreational diving friends started calling me Mr scuba or just scuba
Thanks so much for the background info! Very cool, you do quite a volume of work and sales too! That is just great!
Great stuff 👏 Thanks for sharing Chris 👍
Glad you enjoyed it Frank!
Great product Great service that's the way to go
Yes sir! Thanks Peter!
Chris could you do a video on how you keep split wood dry on the yard and the pallets you use for bottoms ?
Yes, but I have done a bunch on that over the last two years, you might want to check out some of the ones I did already on the channel.
Wow! Fantastic camera. Thought for a minute I was watching a professional. But great content Chris.
Glad you liked it! I shot it in my professional photography studio. I am a full time professional photographer in my other business.
Chris's firewood business class. Best job you ever had. GNI
Thanks Larry!
Seriously, awesome video! Thanks
Thanks for watching!
Good video, but I think a few things are missed here, specifically with supply and demand. Focusing on the supply of trees is actually not the main concern. The main concern is the supply of alternate sources of heating. You can have an unlimited amount of trees in an area, but if most people have access to natural gas heating, burning wood won't make as much sense (the cost to produce the wood is cost prohibitive compared to the alternative source). This source (supply) of alternate forms of heat (in this example) is what dictates the price of the wood, not the supply of the wood itself (secondary concern.) This ties in directly with demand to give you the price equilibrium of the heat source. To wrap up, most people who heat their homes with wood, aren't doing so because of how much wood is available or not available, it's because there is a shortage or abundance of other viable heating alternatives (like gas). Electric heat is one of the least efficient ways to heat a home, which is why in certain areas, wood heating is viable. Cheers!
Maybe so but you totally missed the 2 main reasons people heat with wood. One because there is nothing like real fire and as hot as you want it wood heat. Two because MOST people who heat with wood do so because they DO NOT pay for the wood...they get it for "free" off of their own property or have access to other FREE wood.
When I was training at a plant that builds cnc machines in Fondulac Wisconsin, the trainer recommended a steak house that has the most amazing steak I've ever had in my entire life. It's called Schwarz supper club in New Holstein which it looks like about 34 miles from Appleton.. so if you like steak, definitely worth the drive!
Thanks Fred.
Very informative Chris thank you👍👍
Glad you enjoyed it
Wow never knew you were a fellow wisconsinite. Im i. South central around I90 &I43 exchange i enjoy the vids and learn a lot thanks
Very cool!
Kiln dried firewood like oak takes @ least a week @ 160° Fahrenheit per face cord with a con X box type kiln. Look at outdoors with the Morgan’s for the kiln firewood drying video.
Yes, I have been to several actual kiln drying wood yards to learn more on how they work, very time consuming and costly operations. But it does open up markets that are available.
Great video Chris yes I live in Michigan and live in a small town but live very close to a lot bigger town and sell bundles to gas stations and convient stores and was getting 3 dollars a bundle but with inflation I can get 3.25 now.
You NEED to charge more.
@@InTheWoodyard I wish i could get 4 dollars a bundle what do the firewood sellers get there in Wisconsin when selling to gas stations i sell about in between a .075 cubic foot and 1 cubic foot?
Lots of good business advice here even if you aren't in the firewood business.
Thanks Roy!
All good reminders.
Thanks!
Another thing with selling green wood is chimney fires due to green wood . Knew a guy who got sued for selling it green . I don’t think he ended up being liable but I know he gives receipts with some explanation that they have inspected and except the product as is . Something that protects him somewhat . Even seasoned wood creates sut over time . Idea for you to do a video maybe . Chimney maintenance . 😉
Yup, good idea!
nice introduction very well explained,
Thanks!
Great information Chris
Glad you think so!
Great info of typs of wood I live in SE Pa love the red oak but what I’ve experienced is that even standing dead red oak takes a good while after cutting spitting to be good seasoned wood . Here in Pa we had the Ash bore come through and kill 90% of our ash it’s a killer to cut have to be careful when cutting down ! One tree we do have a lot of in my area is black birch which everything I’ve researched is a great wood for BTU but the standing dead or one that hits the ground punks out really weird as opposed to other hardwoods. Wondering if you’ve experienced that?
Yes all birch gets very punky very fast on the ground! And yes that black birch is great firewood, just keep it dry!
Happy PaPa's Day, Chris!
I wonder with fuel prices like they are and logistics. If it makes more sense to move wood in log form or processed form?
Nice job on the video today! Will we be seeing the processor in studio soon also?!?!
Thanks! You too! Ha! I doubt that!
@@InTheWoodyard The cleaning lady may put in her 2 weeks notice after the processor photo shoot!🤣
Sound is only on the left channel.
Thanks for all the tips. To bad I do not have the room, the supply or the market or the health to do a firewood business of my own, otherwise I would have loved to apply it all. LOL🤣😂🤣😂
Sorry about that, that is not the first mistake I have made and it won't be the last.
I have been selling mostly birch and maple here in central Ontario canada. I have alot of birch and pine and bit of maple and elm here on my farm i can always cut too.
Normally you burn or sell what you have the most of.
Great video Chris.
Thanks for the visit Dana!
Morning Chris, cool, slick production! Hope you enjoy Fathers Day, maybe the kids will stack?Take care
Morning Mike, no I am not going to do any firewood today just time with the family.
Great advice.
Thanks!
Good advice
Mirrors my operation in S Wales 👍
Hello, that is good to hear!
Hello again, I get wood from a farm near me, it helps them keep the place tidy and helps me because its free, we had a bad storm last November here in the UK, storm Arwin, so I have a lot of hardwood cut and split, Ash, Oak, Beech, Birch, and a bit Pine, as all of the timber I have was blown down in November and was dormant because it was winter time, could you advise, do you dry your wood uncovered for a while, or is it left uncovered for a period then covered to finish it off.
I have a couple videos on my channel about just that, check them out! Uncovered until just before the snow comes.
Thank's, will look now, great channel keep the vids coming.
Well said Sir Chris. 👍🏻👍🏻GNI
Thanks Sir Todd!
Gets me thinking of it in different ways
@@jakebredthauer5100 yea always cut wood for personal use but way things are going might be some money to be made
Yup.
Thinking is a good thing!
Yup!
Where I live in NE Ohio, I mainly have access to Tulip poplar. What are your thoughts on burning tulip, do you get much of that in Wisconsin? I like this new video format, keep up the good work!
We have yellow poplar and saw tooth poplar, it is mainly used in the paper industry here , it cuts easy, splits and dries easy and burns easy...but fast and not a lot of BTUs per cord. Thanks!
Happy Fathers Day Chris!
Thanks Michael!
Very informative.
Glad it was helpful!
Chris your videos are very informative and I have bin watching for about a year now. I heat with wood and have bin thinking about selling. How much Seasond inventory should some one have before trying to start selling firewood? Thanks again for all your knowledge much appreciate.
Start cutting yesterday and you will never have enough, just keep cutting, you will sell it all!
@@InTheWoodyard how do you get a contract from a gas station?
Hey that new camera makes you look 6 months younger. Great video!
I think he had a good makeup guy
I had an entire team for a make over!
I am younger my good man! On the inside.
You mentioned Apple, do you ever deal in Apple? I've been curious about this for a while. I am surrounded by orchards and wondered about if you get any
Very little, but it is great firewood!
This winter my price per face is going up didn't want to do it but gas isn't cheap! I was hoping not to but it has to happen.
Yes!
Has a customer ever requested sawn but not split rounds ?
They wanted to split it themselves.
Have you ever offered that.
Do you ever offer to provide V.F.W. or American Legions with firewood at a reduced price? Either they pick it up or you deliver it
For mention in their monthly need letter.
Yes I have a few times.
No, not yet, just the boy scouts.
@@InTheWoodyardafter checking six local bars only one had a fire pit and only one had a smoker , so maybe not a great idea.
It may be different in your neck of the woods
Much as i would love to add this business to my other businesses I don't think its possible just 1000 feet behind my house is a tree service with 22 acres I just looked him up he said he has 75 cords on hand. So he is a principle competitor. And he gets the wood for free. Then you have my landscaping yard where I dump my grass and leaves and stick they also sell mulch and soil and because they take all the wood from the entire areas tree services 100s of them. They also make fire wood and how can you compete with that.
Better service, delivery service, faster service, more personal service, stacking service.....service.
Happy Fathers Day Mr. Chris
Thanks, same to you Anthony!
I am going to be upping my price, i can't keep up with cutting and splitting, my wood supply is going out to fast, i have people buying it for the winter of 23/24 it's easier i can split it off the splitter it goes on the elevator and right into the dump trailer and they want green wood and I'm still getting 300 dollars a cord no stacking or reloading, saves a lot of work and time, i also sell bundles for 5 dollars and people keep telling me that is cheap but those are going out just about as fast as I can make them so I think prices are going up cost of fuel is up so much
@@jakebredthauer5100 20 miles south of Cleveland Ohio
Yup, if you are selling that fast your prices are too low... probably.
About raising your price, remember this….
If no one is complaining about the price, you are not charging enough….lol
I’m about to start selling this fall in Dayton. Building inventory..I have no idea what to charge. This is good info.
Good luck!
@@stevezelen4651 Hi Steve, my name is Frank Zeien here in northern illinois.
@@stevezelen4651 I haul landscape stone to champion in Dayton and they have firewood. Might be able to check their prices and go off of that.
Fantastic lesson. I am learning what woods are the best to sell to customers so I came up with a spreadsheet. woods/ BTU/splitting . Thank for the great info.
That's a great idea!
The firewood gospel by Chris Carlson!! LOL!!
Everything you said makes complete sense!! You definitely have the perfect area for selling wood and I have the perfect area for cutting firewood. I can get my wood for pretty much nothing but it costs a lot to deliver it to your area.
It doesn't cost you much for delivery but it costs you quite a bit to get your wood. It all comes out about the same in the end.
Take care my friend!!😀😀👍💚💚
Logger Al
Yup, that is about it! Thanks Al!
Most people like White Birch as it looks pretty sitting in the fireplace or stacked next to, Needs to be processed as soon as possible before the bark starts slipping and you end up with nekkid wood which looks like any other wood and is not as pretty to look at IMHO, Curios if anyone else in other parts of the country sees Yellow Birch in abundance or only interspersed in Hard maple stands?
My brother Ken in northern Wisconsin get some but not as much as he might like.
@@InTheWoodyard Yellow makes for good firewood equal to hard maple but is a bugger to split. I worked various logging jobs in about a 30-40 mile radius of Park Falls back in the my younger years, I buy my corn from a farmer on the west side of Winter when heading up north in the fall.
@@iffykidmn8170 Ken used to live in Park Falls.
Happy Father's Day Chris
Thanks , same to you John!
thanks
You're welcome!
And how do you prevent half of your new competition from even getting started? Only record on one audio channel!
Most people who start cutting wood to sell give up fast, it is more work than they thought.
Yes, I had mic issues for a few day and I did not know it until some time later, thanks for watching!
helpful info
Glad you liked it!
More good stuff. I guess I'll stop being lazy and get out there now!
Sounds good, get cuttin'!
Thanks for the Ted Talk. I predict firewood is going to be a very hot commodity this fall/winter. With Bo xiden at the helm of the US titanic it’s just starting to get bad. Some are still enjoying the cruise, some are rearranging the deck chairs, I’m in one of the life boats. No support for CBDC or ESG from me, which some would say is ironic coming from a guy with a high efficiency wood boiler, 10kW PV solar, 160ft2 hot water solar, and 4 Prius’s with an annual registration of $640. More irony…each car has a $75 surcharge due to the fact they don’t burn enough gas. All electric is $100! 🙄🤦♂️🤬
Yup, it is a nuts world and the loonies are running it in most of the places!
Man that is a clear camera!
Almost like he is at a professional photographer s studio
Yup, that I am!
Yes it is a professional camera and studio lighting, I just happen to have!
black birch in n. east is better than all oaks and malples in btu content, most customers believe oak is best here to, black birch can be intensified by the winter fresh gum aroma. white birch on the other hand is poor firewood, but looks pretty. I've also found to keep white birch logs of ground before processing as it will start to rot it seems in a matter of weeks on the ground.
Yup. White birch in particular has bark that's VERY efficient at holding water in. It really needs to be bucked, split, and stacked off the ground as soon as is practical to avoid spoilage. I'd love to get some black birch, but I've never seen it around here.
Yup, spot on!
Yes, white birch rots from the inside out!
In a nutshell be good to people. Treat them how you want to be treated. Having been on the buying end of wood, I've seen alot. Been screwed because we were desperate. We heat with wood.
That is to bad that people do poor work and sell poor product.
Can someone pls help me understand the deferent amounts of woood
Sure thing Jimmy! A full cord is a stacked pile of 16" pieces in 3 rows that are each 4' high and 8' long or 128 cubic feet. 1/3 of a cord is one row of 16" stacked pieces that is 4' high and 8' long also called a face cord or one rik.
Fireplace folks really like birch. 10 -15 years ago we had tons of birch. The birch seems to have died off in our area, it’s kinda unusual to see a birch tree that’s over 8” in diameter now a days.
With all the recent blow downs, I find it hard to believe anyone would pay for firewood. But people are lazy and seem quite willing to pay someone to cut storm damage trees , pay to haul the wood away. And then the same people will pay for firewood. May as well just burn money.
It comes down to time and ability really, I don't do my own dentistry work , I have a drill and teeth but choose to have someone more skilled do the work, it is kinda the same with firewood.
in wisconcin do shools still use the paddle
No not since about 1892
What kind of a demand do y'all have in your area for brush hunting... Thank you in advance my fine friend
People who do not or can not work on there property hire people all the time for yard work.
Wow! Your not just a bucket of good looks.
It is al makeup and special effects.
Great lens…Chris looks 20 years younger !… 😉
I am only 17....on the inside.
@@InTheWoodyard aren’t we all
Nice job Chris. What camera are you using??
Canon d5, 6, or 7 with a 24-70L 2.8 lens I have a bunch of them.
It shows Chris, a step above in quality. Do you use those same cameras when filming outside in the wood yard?
@@pvwjr Nope, just a couple go pros
if schools in wisconcin still use the paddles you could makem forthem 100 each x 1000s = lots of cash
No they do not.
When I am marketing last year's grain. I'm small acreage. But I want to be in the top 25-33% of the highest price swings of the year and top 25% of farmers in my state.
Don't under value what ever service you do. Just like it's not mine . To feed the country for less than it cost to produce it.
Yup, I agree!
The problem would be finding somebody that has a crane on 18-wheeler and delivering it to your house... Great video though
We have lots of them around here...paper industry.
ive been getting alot of his vids with no audio, anybody else?
Your balance might be off, or a speaker might be out, some where recorded in mono.
🤘
Thanks Jeff!
👍
Thanks for watching!
I was just in green bay
You where 25 miles from me!
No way this is a Go Pro. This has to be one of your cameras for the "other" job right? F1.4 lens?
Canon d5 6 or 7 with a 24-70mm 2.8 lens
Дружище, у вас там правда цены подросли канкретно на электроэнергию, бензин, дрова! Сколько стоит 1 кубометр дров?
Thanks Arni! Sorry, I only know English.
200 to 250 per cord in pa make lots of cash sell boxed firewood
Nice!
I heat with wood . With fuel as it is IAM not about to get off a cord for 200 . Just the way it is .
Okay!
i live in mi but if i was sell fire wood go for 65 to 90 they say it season and it grean as hell and ever one wont to burn now and bye late so bet can get 110 preface cord i wood do it it rite not it ben logs for a year or dead stand for at lest a year what ever one go bye hear it insane and most ppldont no better
Okay!
Isn’t it the customers job to dry the wood?
The customer has 4 jobs.
1 - Call me and order wood.
2 - Pay me.
3 - Burn the wood.
4 - Call again.
I need to do a video about that!!!!!!!!
Yup!
I cut cedar on reservation.. not the red cedar tho.. 👍
Nice!
volume level is almost unintelligible!
sorry, turn it up???... setting on your device??? maybe your hearing is not great???
@@InTheWoodyard I turned up the volume and the ads almost blew out my speakers. My hearing is fine thank you!
Oh hey, research birch for smoking. I didn't believe it either... but it's a thing.
All hardwood can be used for smoking.
Doesn't matter were you live most people won't cut wood for them self , people are just lazy today and use the excuse they are to busy.
Yup, that is a good point!
when its hot as hell i get swamp ass
Thats to bad!
60 dollors a cord where I’m at
A full log cord, a full spit cord or a face cord??? $60 is cheap no mater4 how you look at it!
$450 a Cord here and can't keep up. People are scared. They are buying green wood and stocking up.
Wow, that is good for you, where is here?
@@InTheWoodyard
Hot Springs, Ar
@@jakebredthauer5100
Hot Springs, Ar
Probly go to $600 a cord this fall.
is it ok to sell boxes firewood in the mail
I suppose so???