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You really do an excellent job..... Your place looks real nice.... Very well organized and clean....Enjoy and be safe

That was a very good informative video. I’ve been heat with wood for 35 years. Never had a heating bill. Never needed to join a gym for exercise. Great video , I look forward to you young guys gittin it,

@HometownAcres

4 жыл бұрын

Hey Dave. Thanks for the comment. There’s nothing like wood heat on a 15 degree night and knowing you’ve got plenty more wood ready to go. The coziest feeling in the world. Take care!

Wow what a great video! Thanks for the shout out buddy! You're selling your firewood at a fair price. It's not easy work lol

@HometownAcres

4 жыл бұрын

It’s a tad expensive but it’s dry and if anybody questions it I can say here’s the video and date I cut and stacked the wood haha

Wind tarps with tie downs and you are gold man, I would be stopped/ticketed immediately if i set out like that.

Fair play to you great video best of luck with the firewood👍

@HometownAcres

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Beautiful property! Enjoyed the video thanks!

@HometownAcres

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. We really love it

I too sell firewood, on the side of being a tree guy. I handle the wood from when I am 50'+ in the sky dropping it to the ground all the way to hand loading it in the trucks. Very good workout and it makes a man out of you!! Keep up the good videos

Good stuff here, Thank you for sharing

@HometownAcres

4 жыл бұрын

Hey thanks for watching. Glad you enjoyed the video!

Smart plan,👍🏽 efficient time n motion always pays.

You have the stack enclosure, then band it with two bands and lift it out of the enclosure and load. That's what I'd do, you could also shrink wrap for extra security. I have seen a guy feed the split wood into a bag system, looked like a great system. Cheers.

Good video and great tips on processing/handling the firewood. After watching this video I'm definitely going to start at least looking for a set of pallet forks. Congrats on 400 subscribers, we hit 400 today as well.

@HometownAcres

4 жыл бұрын

Hey thanks a lot for watching. Once you use a set you won’t believe you got by without them. It makes handling firewood sooooo much easier. Yet another use for the tractor haha. Congrats on 400!

the single most intelligent assessment of the firewood business I have ever seen. we have a lot of small time screw-ups around here in IN who think that they only have about $5 worth of gas in a rick (1/3 cord) of firewood and sell it for $50. Processors are an entirely different economic and business model. But Im not sure anyone can make ANY money at less than $100/1/3cord.

@HometownAcres

4 жыл бұрын

Hey thanks for the support. Yeah if I couldn’t sell it for $100/facecord I wouldn’t sell it. I would just keep it for myself.

Thanks for the video Adam. I am in the UK and heat our home with wood. We do not own woodland but are friendly and resourceful. Trees are always available from local farmers, etc. I have a home build diesel sawbench, kinetic splitter and half a dozen chainsaws. We use about 10 cords a year and normally air dry ours for 2 years. I have a few vids if you want to see. Having a retired neighbour with a tractor that just likes to hang out is very handy! Good luck with your business.

@HometownAcres

4 жыл бұрын

Wow. I can’t imagine burning 10 cords a year. What kind of wood burner do you have? Thanks for commenting!

Hi Adam, that firewood is a lot of work and worth every penny, like you i enjoy cutting firewood, I'll usually sale a couple of loads, to help offset my cost in cutting my own firewood usage, great video thanks for sharing 👍

@HometownAcres

4 жыл бұрын

Some people think it’s dirty work but I love it. It’s relaxing to me and very rewarding to heat your home with firewood you harvested yourself. Thanks for commenting buddy. Take care!

You either need to make your own pallets from metal and add braces to the top to help support the sides or continue using a pallet base and maybe sides and add supports at the top of those and a cross brace on the back side and some type of removable cross brace to the front. That’s what I would do something like one of the 2. I’m not an engineer, lol. I just grew up on a farm having to help cut firewood when I was younger. Great video!! P.S. maybe check into a grappler attachment, if you haven’t already.

Great video brother -- Keep up the hard work!! Strongly suggest you get a netting cover to secure load in truck bed & or also trailer. The trailer should have some sort of simple lumber &/or plywood extension to the back metal ramp gate, so no risk of wood falling out there as well. SUPER DANGEROUS running down the road with that wood loose like that. I've done it so much, but you risk SO MUCH by doing that. 1 accident due to someone else (accidents are never expected) could fling both loads of loose wood everywhere and hurt/damage you and others. Down the road, I suggest getting a dump truck -- Even something cheaper like a "Dumper Dog" put on the back of a F350 or something like that. Also makes it much easier to load and unload fast.

Love the videos‼️

You seem like a good guy. Good luck with your business

@HometownAcres

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

You need a dump trailer trust me you’ll love it !! I’m new to your channel I’m a hobby firewood guy too 50 cord a year for me

@HometownAcres

4 жыл бұрын

I would love a dump trailer but they’re an expensive item. Anywhere from $4,800 to $7,500. I’m gonna try to get 15-20 cords done this fall/winter

A really good review

A couple of suggestions. Replace your hydraulic splitter with a kinetic splitter much faster. Secure your load of wood before you kill somebody on the road or get charged for having an unsecured load.

Hi Adam New subscriber Enjoying your videos Live in Wisconsin busy with the oak blight 127 acres I love cutting firewood Got a full time job selling bundles Been cutting wood since I was 15 Iam 56 now and still enjoy it God Bless

@HometownAcres

4 жыл бұрын

Hey thanks for joining. I’m glad to hear of someone from an older generation say they still enjoy cutting wood. Everybody I talk to says “oh you’ll enjoy it when you’re young but it will wear off as you get older”

Cheers from Germany 😉 I am doing firewood for my parents in law, and in the close future for our stove. We are doing around 50qbm2 (thats something around 13,8-14 cords of firewood) per year. Keep the Videos coming 😉👍

@HometownAcres

4 жыл бұрын

Wow that’s a lot. Do you burn that much every year?

@Nopsi1300

4 жыл бұрын

@@HometownAcres My parents in Law got an old heating system installed in their house (goes on electricity, called "night-storage heater"). So they are mainly using the wood to fire up the stove and heat up the house. Its a nicer and cheaper way to heaten up the house. They are burning / using around 3 cords per year. I am doing the firewood with 3 buddies of mine. One is using 1 cord and the other ones around 3 cords too. And the plus we got, well, sometimes we are selling it to friends and neighboors for a "friend price".

Hello from Nebraska! I just found your channel and love it. We have a similar setup to what you have and it's awesome to see how others do it. The only suggestion I have for you is to get a pair of chainsaw chaps if you don't have any. About 6 years ago I had an accident and won't run a saw without them now. Keep up the awesome work!

@HometownAcres

4 жыл бұрын

Hey thanks a lot and welcome! Glad you are enjoying the videos. Yes I know about the chaps. I’ve been meaning to get a pair. Hope your accident wasn’t too bad. Take care and happy cutting!

I have a skid steer with an inverted log splitter. So I can split ANY size log and drop the split wood on a trailer or a pile while sitting in my heated cab. It can split the wood 2 to 3 times faster than a hand load splitter. And you can do skid steer work as well ($75/hr). You will need a bigger truck and trailer to do that. Both truck and trailer are nice to have anyway. Dump trailer is great idea also, you can haul the skid steer in the 14k dump trailer. I sold my dump trailer, big mistake.

@HometownAcres

4 жыл бұрын

I’ve been looking at getting a dump trailer. I would have a bunch of uses for it here. Tractor hauler and firewood deliveries are the first that come to mind

Nice vid Adam. Welcome to the new subs. Pull up a seat, he’s one of us. I’m jealous you break 7 hours on a cord. I just split 4 face cords on my 28T half beam (thanks for the review !)

@HometownAcres

4 жыл бұрын

I’ll be honest having a tractor is a HUGE help in getting the time down. I’m glad I got it when I did instead of waiting another year or 2. I’ll really be hitting it hard this year. Thanks for being such a great subscriber. Love hearing from you brother!

very informative video...thanks!

@HometownAcres

4 жыл бұрын

Glad you found it helpful!

New to the channel, looking forward to learning, Cheers!

@HometownAcres

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for joining. Welcome!

Great piece thanks. I like your theory on handling the wood; less is more. We supplement our seasonal heating with firewood, also about 3 - 4 cord. I've been experimenting with IBC tote cages. They each hold close to a half a cord of split wood. I can fit 4 of them in my garage and still park two cars. I made some heavy duty dollies that I can off load directly on to from the tractor forks (Kubota L3300) This way I can move them around. I have a woods backhoe on the tractor that allows me to pick up and cut The bigger logs at chest level. Once again less handling. I think a dump trailer my be an interesting option for you.

@HometownAcres

4 жыл бұрын

I’m assuming you have a thumb on the backhoe to pick up the logs? And yes a dump trailer would save a bunch of time

WOW ... just wow !!!

@HometownAcres

4 жыл бұрын

Hey glad you liked the video. Glad to have you here

Bro., $45/hr. for your time is a winner all day everyday. The stacking in the pallet idea and using the tractor to load it is Pure genius. I'm confident you'll figure something out. Until da next one keep on keepin on and Dirty Jersey out!!!

@HometownAcres

4 жыл бұрын

Like I said there’s costs involved to so it’s probably more like $25/ hour but still ain’t too shabby. Thanks for watching Mike!

@moneymakingmikeg.9555

4 жыл бұрын

@@HometownAcres 👍👍👍

Adam I sale and heat my home with the firewood I produce, like you I have more then I can use, I only sale wood under 20% moisture. Your place looks good.

@HometownAcres

4 жыл бұрын

I’m the same way. I’m not in the business of ripping people off with unseasoned wood

This is Dhoop and thanks for doing your videos.

@HometownAcres

4 жыл бұрын

Hey D Hoop. Thanks for commenting

For your pallets find a trucker, they use 4X4 oak posts for the bed of their trailers alot. Usually will give them to you. Good base for your pallets. Glue them with ringshank nails.

Hardworker!!! Its like that old game Farmville only real!!! Great editing!!!

@HometownAcres

4 жыл бұрын

Haha that is the first time I’ve been compared to FarmVille but I love it haha thanks for the comment. Hope to hear from you again

@LouLouLoveSpacelady

4 жыл бұрын

@@HometownAcres you sure will!! I used to play that game years back and I loved it. I like watching all kinds of videos, a virtual reality video on your tractor would be awesome!!! ☺☺☺

Yeah 45 bucks an hour seems substantial, but like you said when figuring in all the factors you still have a lot of overhead expenses. Not to mention it is a lot of hard work too. Thanks for sharing this.

@HometownAcres

4 жыл бұрын

I work as an accountant for my day job so I can tell you there is a big difference between top line revenue and bottom line actual profit. It’s probably more in the ball park of $25 an hour once you factor in expenses. But still $25/hour for a hobby I enjoy doing is pretty great. Thanks for checking in Dean!

If you wrap the pallet crates with chicken wire once they're full of wood, you should be able to move them around without them disintegrating. Maybe a couple 2x4s to connect the tops also. I've seen people do that before. I've been trying to get my hands on some of those metal cages that wrap around the 250 gallon water totes for my hobby firewood operation. A grapple to hold the logs while you cut them is handy as hell also, and easier on the back. 👍

@HometownAcres

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah I’d love to have about 50 of those IBC totes but they’re kind of expensive especially when you are buying that many of them. Maybe I’ll start out by buying a couple here and there. Thanks for the suggestion.

Well now I know what business I'm NOT going to start. Thanks!

@HometownAcres

4 жыл бұрын

What part didn’t you like?

New sub......Very informative and relaxing video, well done!!!

@HometownAcres

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot buddy! Glad you enjoyed it

I unload my bed and trailer with the harbor freight bed unloaded. Basically just show up and Crank the lever and in 30 seconds you dump all your beds firewood into a pile and you don’t have to climb into your truck at all! Time is money! Great video. Let us know how the pallet racks work out And what the final design is!

@HometownAcres

4 жыл бұрын

Wow that is pretty cool. I didn’t even know something like that existed. Just looked it up. That would come in handy for so many things. mulch, gravel, firewood. Thanks for the suggestion. It’s in my list

Good point about touching firewood too much. I have been stacking on my driveway which is closer to the house but I am re-thinking and just splitting and stacking all the way in the back where I buck and stack my rounds. I will then load up a cord each time to bring close by my breezeway come September...my only concern is that I don’t have an ATV or UTV but have a pick up truck and during the winter the yard is sometimes covered with almost a foot of snow.

@HometownAcres

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah that could be tricky with a pickup truck. Get yourself a winch so you can pull yourself out if you get stuck. You won’t ever regret having a winch I can promise you that

IBC totes are great for storing firewood. (steel cages with plastic 1000 litre container ) made for pallet forks

@HometownAcres

4 жыл бұрын

I’ve seen them before. I think I need to start investing in some. They would be pretty handy

@GOAP68

4 жыл бұрын

Figured someone already suggested this. Often see the sell used for under $20 per.

Delivery could be 50 dollars.Replace your splitter, faster and a 4 way wedge is a must. Cut all wood 16 inches long. Get a 2 axle DUMP trailer that holds a full cord or more. Make several 4x4x4 bins to stack your wood in and then dump 2 full bins into the trailer and set the empty bins next to the splitter, head down the road with a cord. Be sure to get the cash BEFORE dumping out the wood. You can buy a bin dumping rotatory attachment. You can count the wood rather than stack it.

Have a headache rack and rail system built for your truck, install some airbags underneath to help with the loaded weight, Headache It will protect your window from sliding logs, or tossing one through it while loading and allow more to be loaded in bed if you continue this way. Or have someone weld up some steel pallets with 3-4ft tall rebar side poles to help keep the wood in place. Or something along the lines of the bi 300 gallon fluid tanks with the aluminum cage, plastic tank, cut top rails off and remove tank, use them to stack wood in they already have a pallet style bottoms, would be great for that. (Google bulk fluid containers) they’ll come up. It will cost a little in the beginning but will last maybe forever to compared to pallets which will fall apart have to be rebuilt or find more. Plus handling of wood multiple times adds time spent which brings down pay by hr. You can build them each with whatever you can fit, say your truck will hold a 4ft wide pallet 6 ft long. And you put 4 foot tall side poles on it, figure out how much of a cord of wood on each rack and you can pick it up with tractor forks set in it truck bed, if needed air up the air bags to help the load on suspension, and hook up trailer and load another (pre stacked made pallet) onto trailer maybe even two if trailer has enough room, now only handing from splitter to pallets n pallets to customer. Return pallets/totes home n reuse. If still not happy with having to unload buy one of the unloading pickup conveyer systems there relatively cheap for a ton n half unit,around $200. And your prob not gonna reach that 3,000 lb mark with your truck loaded. (def a plus if your not offering stacking upon delivery.) all u do is drop tail gate crank load out onto ground in a pile, pickup pallet and leave. Work smarter, not harder!!! Another ideal find any local saw mills in the area n ask if you can have there rounds or scrap, usually they’ll load it onto truck and trailer by loader. And it’s usually free to 20 bucks a load.

Just found and subbed. Great video.

@HometownAcres

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks and thanks for the sub. Trying to get to 1,000 before December!

Your doing a great job cutting down on the times you manually handle the firewood. I wish I could get $300 a cord for firewood. It only brings $180 a cord here. I make around $27 an hour doing it.

@HometownAcres

4 жыл бұрын

$27 is still pretty good!

I went to HD and picked up small cable and eyelets and put it from one side to the other, so the sides stay straight, works great a little pain in the ass when you stack around cable but the sides are going to move.

@HometownAcres

4 жыл бұрын

That’s a great idea. I think I’ll try that. Thanks

@davec.3198

4 жыл бұрын

Good idea. Perhaps one of those plastic banding strap devices would work well. They are cheap and would hold everything tight.

Great video. You should get a 3rd function valve and a grapple for the tractor.

@HometownAcres

3 жыл бұрын

Check out some of our more recent videos. We have a 3rd function and a grapple now

@Buiscit1738

3 жыл бұрын

@@HometownAcres cool, I recently got one for my Kubota and it's a game changer.

Keep it up!

@HometownAcres

4 жыл бұрын

That’s the plan. Thanks for the comment!

He who cuts his own firewood is warmed twice.

@HometownAcres

4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely. Thanks for commenting

Very cool.

@HometownAcres

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot. Good to hear from you!

Nice info! I cut wood just to heat our home but have been thinking about selling some! By the way heard of you from CJ.

@HometownAcres

4 жыл бұрын

The way I see it if you have extra that you won’t burn this year it makes sense to sell it so you don’t have to worry about it dry rotting before next winter and get a little extra cash on the side. Thanks for joining!

I just subscribed to your channel !!

@HometownAcres

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for joining. Welcome!

Hey Adam have a look around your area for IBC 1000ltr totes. Pull the bladder and sell it to offset the cost of the metal cage. That cage is exactly 1/3 of a cord. Their pretty tough and awesome for storing and moving the wood. If you want you can even stack em 2 high !...... if yer tractor can lift 1100lbs that high. Best thing I have found for moving or storage.

@HometownAcres

4 жыл бұрын

I’ve seen them before and really like them. I’d like them better if they were free. I’m trying to keep costs down as much as possibly and I’d have to spend around $1,000 to get around 10 cords of firewood into those totes. If I ever came across them for free I would definitely take them though

@Slyder327

4 жыл бұрын

I buy used ones for 25.00 and sell the bladders all day long for 15.00. Like you always trying to keep the cost down. Good luck and have fun

You cant beat free wood. I got 2 free dump trailer loads of logs over the weekend. Those big rounds are hard to deal with though.

@HometownAcres

4 жыл бұрын

I hate the big rounds. Granted there is a lot of wood there but they are almost impossible to move

What about a 16 foot tandem axle car trailer, get with a local tree company who only chips what they drop. Depending on the size of the tree they can load one or two 8-10’ sections onto your trailer. After splitting and stacking into a pallet you can load the pallet directly onto the trailer, not have to worry with the back of the pickup.

@HometownAcres

4 жыл бұрын

I am seriously considering a trailer in the future. I think I would need to sell more wood to justify it though

Moments ago I stumbled across your channel. Your thought processes on this subject are sound young man. Money aside, the key element to your success in this is that you enjoy what you are doing. Excellent idea using the pallets to stack a honest 1/2 cord ( 4 x 4 x 4 ) with the option to pick it up with the forks & load it on a truck or trailer. I also appreciate your thoughts on splitting the wood & stacking it in place immediately. You appear to understand the less one has to handle the wood the more time it gives you to move onto other things. Having a 2nd set of hands plays a big part in this too... Living here in n. central VT I am well acquainted with getting firewood in, year in, year out. Currently I have 3.66 cords stacked outside the house & 1 1/4 cords in the basement ( 2 trips ). I use a 5 x 8 trailer & a full bucket on the tractor on each trip which equates to just over 1/2 cord + an 1/8th ea. trip up to the house. (4) trips equals 2.5 + cords... Thank you for sharing your experiences, Bill on the Hill, Vermont, USA... :~)

@HometownAcres

4 жыл бұрын

Hey Bill thanks for the kind words. Good to hear from you! It is really nice to get paid for doing something you love. Makes it all worth while. I’m glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks for checking out the channel. Have a great week!

Well you have learned lesson one ..... the less you have to handle the stuff the better . I enjoyed your video and good luck to you , everything regarding firewood is hard work

@HometownAcres

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed the video!

So I noticed you cut wood on the ground when you have forks for the tractor. Try picking up the log off the ground and cut off of each end to keep the balance, you dont have to bend over and never hit the dirt. I do my wood pretty much the same as you except for that step

@HometownAcres

4 жыл бұрын

I do usually try to cut the logs on the forks when I can. I have some other videos bucking logs on the pallet forks

@mitchbrown3911

4 жыл бұрын

Log peavy is another decent option for keeping teeth out of the dirt. Cut 2/3 of the way through and then roll for the last bit.

Good video on the business. Where in PA are you? I’m in the Gettysburg area. If you ever want some tips I would be happy to share. -Mike

@HometownAcres

4 жыл бұрын

I’m just below Erie Pennsylvania

Nice work buddy! You have a really nice setup there, ya got it figured out man! Keep up the great videos take care my friend!

@HometownAcres

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Dave. Take care!

Back when I was a teenager, my dad had a 20 ton log splitter. My buddy said he could split wood faster than the log splitter. At the time, we were cutting red oak. So we had a contest to see who could split a face cord fastest. He pulled ahead early but by the time we had a face cord split, he was giving out. He won by just a few minutes. I challenged him to a rematch with elm but he declined...lol

I did 194 cords last year...average cord I did split with axe and loaded into truck was under 4 hrs...quickest way to cut firewood is with a 1 ton truck chainsaw and fishers axe...good to go

@HometownAcres

4 жыл бұрын

You doing it full time?

@jodibales1836

4 жыл бұрын

@@HometownAcres I did p/t all year accept about 3 months almost full time...I live in bc Canada so I'm not splitting hardwoods mostly Douglas first, larch, log pole pine and some birch👍

I would put a screen to protect the rear window of your truck.

@HometownAcres

4 жыл бұрын

That thought crossed my mind when I was driving down the highway haha. Normally I don’t stack it that high when I’m just delivering 1/3rd of a cord but when I have to deliver 1 full cord I can’t to fit as much as I possibly can to make sure I’m not short changing anyone

@72sarge

4 жыл бұрын

Make a trip to a scrap yard. Look for a cage or make one with pallet shelves. Much cheaper than new, plus can make any size you want, load right from splitter. 1/2 a cord each. Cuts down time until you can buy a dump trailer.

The logs look so good, how’d you keep the rain from ruining them?

@HometownAcres

4 жыл бұрын

Keep them stacked and off the ground. As long as they aren’t touching the ground they shouldn’t rot

You can check out, outdoors with the Morgans he has a great way to get a 3rd cord on a pallet.

@HometownAcres

4 жыл бұрын

I’ve seen those IBC totes before. If I could find a supplier to get them for a reasonable price I would but I can’t find anywhere that will sell them for less than $50 each. At that price it’s not feasible to buy like 20 of them

Nice video with very useful information! How many cords a year would you say is necessary to start considering making this a full time job?

@HometownAcres

4 жыл бұрын

Probably somewhere between 300-500 cords a year and you could consider quitting your day job. But that’s an awful lot of work. I do this for fun. I’m thankful I’m not in a position where I have to sell wood to feed my family, but it’s nice that if I ever lost my day job I have something to fall back on

I think you are way under what u should be charging to deliver. Wear and tear on truck and trailer plus your time. For $20. I did firewood for a little while. And delivery felt like I was giving it away after all my time. But you got a nice setup. Keep it up

@HometownAcres

4 жыл бұрын

I sometimes think that too but I find it hard to believe people would pay more than $320 for a cord of wood delivered.

We have to cut 15 cord for our own farm house over the winter but $300 a cord it expensive I think around here for ready to burn hard wood is $70-80 a cord

@wayshowersudbury382

3 жыл бұрын

Are you talking about face cords? He is selling full cords. A face cord is 16 inch pieces and a pile 4 feet tall and 8 feet long. A full cord is 3x this amount.

@prestonkerr4421

3 жыл бұрын

@@wayshowersudbury382 yes full cords there’s lots of hardwood timber around here. A whole lotta ash along with a lot of competition in the wood business here too. But if I wanted I can get 1 full cord cut split and delivered for $85-90

@wayshowersudbury382

3 жыл бұрын

@@prestonkerr4421 wow pretty cheap!

@prestonkerr4421

3 жыл бұрын

@@wayshowersudbury382 ya what about a is wood going for near you I’m mid western Ontario

Great video Adam! I've thought a lot about selling firewood, too. But never taken the jump. Soon, when I get a couple years ahead on my own wood, I think I will start selling. Just curious, but why not charge $125/face cord? Make it a better deal to buy a full cord, and more money for a smaller lot? Just a thought.

@HometownAcres

4 жыл бұрын

Well with the delivery charge it works out to $120/ face cord so really when people buy in bulk they’re saving multiple delivery charges. I live in a very rural area where most everybody cuts their own wood so I’d never be able to sell it for that much where I love. I advertise it in the city of Pittsburgh about an hour and a half away so I rarely have somebody who drives to me to pick it up. I work in the city a few times a month and just drive it down on my way to work so it works out. And I can charge way more in the city haha. Location location location. Advertise your wood on Facebook marketplace.

@NorthForkHollow

4 жыл бұрын

@@HometownAcres Even in the city 30 miles away, a cord of cut, split, and delivered firewood is only going for $150. $125 if you pickup. It's hard to make a go of it at that price.

@HometownAcres

4 жыл бұрын

I agree

Question ? What kind of log splitter do you recommend for extended use ? I got a champion from Homedepot but it's always breaking down.

@HometownAcres

4 жыл бұрын

I have a YardMax 25 ton log splitter. I got it from a store called Family Farm and home. They are scattered throughout the Great Lakes region. It was $799 on sale and has split about 15 cords of wood so far with no issues. Getting ready to change the hydraulic filter, fluid and oil in it

@tt7hvn

4 жыл бұрын

I have the champion 34T splitter I bought from home Depot. I've put well over 100 hours on it (I added the hr meter bought from Amazon). I have had zero issues with mine other than regular maintenance. Granted, I've had to clean the carb needle a lot over those 100hrs but it still runs great after the abuse I've put it through.

@christopherfitch7705

4 жыл бұрын

Get one of those non hydraulic splitters like the Supersplit. Waaaaay faster

@tt7hvn

4 жыл бұрын

@@christopherfitch7705 those are fine unless you're splitting man logs that require power to split apart.

You ian’t got to be the head manager at Walmart to figure out how to make a successful fire wood company

Get some choker chains and drag out a couple trees at a time with your tractor

You said the guy brings you maple logs? How do hardwood logs like maple burn in comparison to say Red Fir/Tamarack? And is there still a profit to be made with Maple? Thanks in advanced. Just found your channel!

@HometownAcres

4 жыл бұрын

I’ve never burned red fir/tamarack but if you google search firewood BTU charts you can see how many BTU’s a cord of maple puts out vs whatever species you want to compare it too. Most Eastern hardwoods are excellent firewood though and nobody around here would turn their nose up at maple. Thanks for commenting!

@HometownAcres

4 жыл бұрын

I just looked it up. Sugar Maple puts out 24 million BTU’s per cord while red fir puts out 20.6 million BTU’s per cord

You'd save time and effort by skidding your logs. First you would not have to cut them to 10 foot sections. Second you can bring more wood out at each load ( and safer than on forks). It appears you have lifting in the back of your tractor so a simple A frame shouldn't be too expensive.

@HometownAcres

4 жыл бұрын

I might look into that. When I was carrying out that heavy load i was definitely a little uneasy on any sort of incline that’s for sure. Thanks for the suggestion

Apparently iam selling my wood way to cheap

if you have a need for the equipment, the tractor, the truck, the trailer, you can make some beer money. BUT, there is no way a person would buy all this stuff only to use in a firewood business and make a profit. make no mistake, firewood is like uber, you abuse your equipment for beer money and a side hustle you don't hate.

@HometownAcres

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah it’s all just fun money. We’re not living off of it

What state did you buy land in . I’m looking at Kentucky or Tennessee 50 acres

@HometownAcres

4 жыл бұрын

Pennsylvania

That’s awesome you get $300 per cord. We get $200 per cord in East Texas.

@HometownAcres

4 жыл бұрын

I can’t imagine selling it for $200. I think it would be very hard to make a worthwhile profit at that price point

@ixcel83

4 жыл бұрын

@@HometownAcres I am surprised you can get that much per cord. I am between Cleveland and Erie and I charge between 200-260 depending on species of wood and location of delivery. I can process wood a fair bit quicker so it is worth it to me. I love processing firewood. I started just doing my own wood now i move 60-80 cords a year.

Good video, thanks. When you are costing out all your gear...it seems to me you would probably have all that gear anyway. The firewood you sell is extra on what you would be doing anyway (for yourself). Shouldn't you just count the extra use of the equipment you already own against the wood you sell, rather than the full amount? (Sorry if this makes me sound like an accountant. I am not, it just makes sense to me this way.)

@HometownAcres

4 жыл бұрын

Yes you are correct. The tractor and the side by side and log splitter I would have had all of them for personal use anyway so the incremental cost of using these items to sell firewood is minimal depreciation and gas

Put another pallet over the top of the pallet rack.

@HometownAcres

4 жыл бұрын

That’s a good idea. I think I’ll try that

why didn't you get the multi cut log splitter?

@HometownAcres

4 жыл бұрын

Check out our newest videos. We now have a splitter with a 6 way split wedge

Get solar kiln bags an conveyor have it dropped right in the bags. Watch hot ass wood..

Hometown acres, hello I’m 16 and I would like to start selling my own fire wood so I can buy a truck .Down here in Tx I have about 15 acres of mesquite and I have my own kioti tractor, trailer, chainsaw, and my dads pickup. I’m willing to put in the work but I was just curious if you think a 16 year old would be capable of selling wood and starting a profitable Buisness

@HometownAcres

4 жыл бұрын

I absolutely think you could. I think selling firewood and cutting lawns are things all young men like yourself should do. It will teach you how to manage money, understand income and expenses, customer service, how to work hard and more importantly pride in your work. I would recommend building up as big of an inventory as you can. Let it dry for a full year. Stack it up off the ground and advertise it for sale next fall on Facebook marketplace and craigslist. Now through March you should be cutting splitting and stacking as much as you can. And then around here I start selling around the end of August through November and I always sell out. Those timelines might be a little different in Texas with your climate but you get the idea. Thanks for the question and the very best of luck to you in working towards a truck!

@projectsouthernshield2760

4 жыл бұрын

As long as your dad doesnt start charging you for using the equipment your good. Charge people for tree removal and split it and sell. Get a few 14-15 year olds for labor and YOU focus on selling and lining up work for them. Dont break your own back, be the brains behind the operation!

@hectorperez7655

4 жыл бұрын

you need to own the land or get a permission first buddy !! talk to parents first not to us !!

@hectorperez7655

4 жыл бұрын

@@projectsouthernshield2760 you said it in a better way than me.

@KennyBoy217

4 жыл бұрын

Kid, well, young adult, having an idea is the first step, asking questions and learning is the second, you know what the third step is, TRY IT! Be smart, but at least try it, even a bit before your ready. Your plan will never be perfect anyway. Try and learn. Your young so you will have many occasions in life. If your serious, you can DO IT.

You know, if you delivered it still stacked on those pallets, you could charge extra, because your customers wouldn't need it re-stack it... Maybe slide them off, down the ramp... 🤔?

@HometownAcres

4 жыл бұрын

That’s a good idea. I think I’ll offer that as an option

@davec.3198

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah,,,and recycle them for next year. Take a deposit on them. The only tricky part becomes the offloading. You might need a special trailer and everyone is going to want them, not on their driveway, but around the back of the house.

Have you ever seen the processors by dyna products

@HometownAcres

4 жыл бұрын

I’ve seen a few of them. They are pretty cool

Hi Adam, nice video. I'm to generous I give firewood away to friends and neighbours because I always thought of getting firewood as a leisure activity not work and it helps that im nearly 4 years ahead. Maybe I should rethink things. Maybe you need one of those Wolf Ridge splitters like Mike Morgan has got, you would split a cord in 20 minutes. I think I sent you a picture of my pallet setup, never had any issues with strength and have loaded them in the neighbours ute no problem. If you can get a few free IBC crates they work well. By the way I love my new pallet forks and with the ones i made for the 3 point hitch, I can carry a lot of wood. Ill check out the channel you recommended.

@NorthForkHollow

4 жыл бұрын

The wolf ridge splitter he uses is awesome! But have you checked out the price? My used splitter, that works just fine, was a tenth of what one of those cost! I'm sure they are nice, but wow you would have to sell a lot of wood to pay for one of those.

@HometownAcres

4 жыл бұрын

I’m glad the pallet forks are working out well for you. But yeah you could definitely make a good side hobby out of it if you decided to sell some. I mean you do have a lot of time and money invested in that wood. It’s atleast worth your while to break even so it’s not costing you anything to give wood away. That’s just my opinion though. Take care my friend

@HometownAcres

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah if I got sponsored (which seems like mikes got the market cornered there) I would definitely take it. But my $800 log splitter is the better option when you consider the cost. They advertise that splitter as 50-200 cords of wood a year. I think even in this year coming up I’ll probably be maxed out at 15-20. It’s just a hobby for me. Not a full time gig

@markjones4090

4 жыл бұрын

@@NorthForkHollow don't know the price they are as there not available here. My 25 ton Black Diamond with Honda engine cost me $1200 8 years ago and I split about 12 cords a year and it never misses a beat.

@HometownAcres

4 жыл бұрын

I think the one mike Morgan has is around $6,000 or something like that. My 25 ton YardMax was $800 and it’s awesome. Has a very quick cycle time

Lol 1000th like on this video

Are you near Grove City? Or closer to Erie?

@HometownAcres

4 жыл бұрын

Closer to Erie, I’m in Meadville PA

@JesseLJohnson

4 жыл бұрын

@@HometownAcres They get that much for firewood there? I live in Myrtle Beach but I grew up around Erie and my parents are still up there. Dad heats his body shop with wood so I cut a 3-6 face cords a year for him up there and I had a lot extra this year so I sold a little but nobody around here charges more then $75 a face usually its $50 or $60 a face and $150 to $175 a whole cord. If you are getting that much more an hour away maybe you better drive up there and buy a few loads lol. There is a guy in Grove City that has those metal pallets can't think of what they are called that have the cage on them with a plastic tank in them. The outdoors with the Morgan's channel posted the guys phone number. That is what you want for you're wood and you are pretty close to go pick up some. They fit a face cord in them. Fill them up and have them ready to pick up and set on the trailer.

$20 to deliver is to cheap in my opinion. You then have to unload it. That's not a dump trk or trailer. Time is money. Charge more. Wear and tear on the trk isnt cheap. Thanks for the videos

New sub here. Best wishes.

@HometownAcres

4 жыл бұрын

Much appreciated for the sub. I hope you enjoy the channel and look forward to hearing from you in the future

@waynetaylor420

4 жыл бұрын

@@HometownAcres My new favorite channel. Btw I am from ocean city md. Your little slice of heaven up there is beautiful. I'm sure I don't need to tell you that.

@HometownAcres

4 жыл бұрын

We really appreciate what we have. Don’t take it for granted one bit. Thank you very much for the compliment

You might check out the ‘Outdoors with the Morgans’ channel for some ideas on how they work to do firewood efficiently.

@HometownAcres

4 жыл бұрын

I have watched almost everyone of their videos. If I had the budget I’d love to get that wolf ridge splitter with conveyer. That thing is awesome!

@rickbell3402

4 жыл бұрын

Hometown Acres : Agreed. They have some great sponsorship. I was thinking of the wire baskets they use for their firewood. That might save you some time stacking and restacking the firewood. Just a suggestion.

Your giving away to many secrets

Cords of wood go for about 150.00 out in Lancaster, Pa. No one gets 300.00 out here. And its all oak and locust. At 300. @cord I can burn oil or propane. Maybe thats the going price where you live. Im just saying.

@HometownAcres

4 жыл бұрын

If I couldn’t get $300 for it I wouldn’t sell it. I would just keep it for myself. It’s too much work to sell for $150. I’ve already sold the 5 cords I was going to sell this year. The other 4 I’m keeping for myself to burn

@tinkertime7165

4 жыл бұрын

Hometown Acres. I would agree with you. It has to be worth you while. Plus if you are honest, sell a good product and are reliable, you will always have customers that are willing to pay more. Sounds like you are in a good region for selling. I feel for the guys that only sell for $150/cord.

You said you sell a cord for 300 bucks, is that a full cord or a face cord???

@HometownAcres

4 жыл бұрын

Full cords. $100 for a face cord

@Zombeegun

4 жыл бұрын

@@HometownAcres wow, quite pricey. $75 for a cord here in Northern Mich. 10 cord minimum at that price delivered. 50-55 a face cord. these are oak prices

GREAT video. What brand chainsaw do you use? Husky? 20:" bar?

@HometownAcres

4 жыл бұрын

Yes. Husqvarna 455 rancher with a 20” bar. Definitely not a pro saw or anything but it’s just big enough for what I need. Definitely helps to keep your chain sharp. Thanks for commenting!

@stever2633

4 жыл бұрын

Hometown Acres that's my saw too. No shame in the rancher! I've prob done 120cord with it in 10 years, no problems with it. For limbing the downed trees I picked up a 16" stihl ms 170 on sale, a little easier on the back. Keep up the good work

$25 a hour is good money . Especially if you enjoy your work . Most people are lucky to make $15 a hour these days working a full time job .

@HometownAcres

4 жыл бұрын

I am very fortunate that is for sure. I try to enjoy every minute of it and don’t take it for granted

Size of the tractor?

@HometownAcres

4 жыл бұрын

It’s a 35 hp tractor

Adam, Check out "Outdoors with the Morgans" Mike Morgan does the same as you and he uses IBC totes.... They haold approx 1/3 of a cord and are great...Check out his channel.

@HometownAcres

4 жыл бұрын

I do watch mikes channel. I would just need so many of them it would cost like thousands of Dollars to get how many I need. If I could find them free somewhere I definitely would but I think they’re probably around 30-50 per tote

@denisricher1349

4 жыл бұрын

@@HometownAcres Adam, You only need a few.... for the ones you would sell... get them back when empty and reuse