Hello fellow firewood fanatics, go check out my new video on my other channel. ...(Out of The Woodyard) ..CATFISH NOODLING..... IT WAS AWESOME!

@mottmusic101

2 жыл бұрын

I tell anyone that will listen, don’t do that down South; the same places that they noodle can be the home of our no-shoulder cousin, the cottonmouth. There ain’t no chuckin or stackin gonna get done one handed 😉

@stevepreston7030

2 жыл бұрын

Great catfish video guys, go watch it!

I'm retired and can't get the work do that you do while working a full time job! Your an animal.

@InTheWoodyard

2 жыл бұрын

Just keep moving!

I invite people over to my firewood gym. I told them they would get a full core work out. We promise when they leave, they will be dripping with sweat. We DO NOT charge membership fees and we offer free water. For some unexplained reason I have gotten no takers. Jokes aside, I do this for exercise. I had a light stroke a few years ago and started shutting down doing stuff. I finally get to the point I could not do anything without hurting really bad. Then one day I had epiphany, it was the slowing down that was slowly killing me. I called a tree service guy and he dropped of some HUGE oak logs and I got to cutting. After a month I found that I have not felt this great in years.

@InTheWoodyard

2 жыл бұрын

That is great, a body in motion tends to stay in motion!

I started firewood because I was tired of paying for bundles and in my mid 30s I was developing early stages of carpal tunnel in both wrists from sitting at a keyboard for the last 25 years.. firewood has helped delay this issue for me..

@InTheWoodyard

2 жыл бұрын

Who knew... firewood is a cure for physical ailments!!! We did, that's who!!!

I’m 16 and was inspired to start a firewood business because of your videos. I went out and bought a splitter hoping I could sell the wood and before you know it I can’t keep up with deliveries. I go up in the mountains and cut down trees and load rounds. I load them up in a stock trailer and come home with 3.5 cord each trip. Then split when I get home. I have a partner for safety but it isn’t working out well. But I have made a few thousand so far and still have another couple weeks of cutting to do. Thankfully the trees are already dead so the moisture content is already close to burn ready. Still trying to sell dried wood like you say. All I can say is thanks for all of your tips and videos!

@InTheWoodyard

2 жыл бұрын

That is awesome Jeremy! Keep cuttin'!

@annmariekowalski7505

2 жыл бұрын

Jeremy, keep up the hard work.

I officiate sports, ie football, soccer, basketball, softball. I get paid to sweat also. I am looking to do firewood however the local township calls my venture unsightly.

@InTheWoodyard

2 жыл бұрын

Ha! Wood is pretty, they make houses, artwork and toilet paper out of it!

Nice to see you in the woodyard again. Deliveries are the best! Chucking and collecting, good stuff 👏

@InTheWoodyard

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Turk!

I’m with you Chris! I love to work and do physical labor. Done correctly it is no more taxing on your body than working out at the gym. Plus it doesn’t cost anything and you get paid to do it! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

@InTheWoodyard

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly!!!

Hey Chris, I just took delivery of a new wood splitter. I am super excited! The splitter manufacturer is in Canada. Please check out the video "what is red and yellow and goes both ways?" I posted this video this morning of me receiving my splitter. I do not have stickers or a logo yet but if someone would send me a sticker I would would be obliged to get that work done so I can send one back. Thank you Chris for your inspiration.

@InTheWoodyard

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and good luck with the new machine, I do not have stickers, sorry!

Hi Chris. The conversation with your client about finding work hit home for me. In the late 70s I purchased a new car. Six months later I lost my job due to the economy. I had a car to pay for. I walked the highways and dug in public trash cans on search of aluminum cans. At the time aluminum was paying a good return. I paid for thar car by dumpster diving.

@InTheWoodyard

2 жыл бұрын

Cool story right there Ann Marie!

@annmariekowalski7505

2 жыл бұрын

Dumpster Diving. The Best Job I Ever Had.

My customers understand the cost of fuel and my time to deliver!! One balked then called saying they understand!! Have a Safe Day

@InTheWoodyard

2 жыл бұрын

Yup, most do the ones that don't can get there own!

I've hired a guy to do my deliveries for me because I want to focus on wood production and not interested in driving around. I guess it's different for everyone. Keep up the great work my friend, I truly enjoy your videos and hope to visit your woodyard one day.

@InTheWoodyard

2 жыл бұрын

That is awesome! Great idea!

You have a good work ethic .

@InTheWoodyard

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I was raised to do not watch.

I wish I had more space to do wood. You are living the dream for a lot of us. Thanks for sharing Chris.

@InTheWoodyard

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and dreaming!

I would love to see the “gym” guy doing some real work in the woodyard!👍👍

@waynetharp

2 жыл бұрын

I baled alot of hay during the summers growing up. Always had farmers that would hire the football team linemen that lived in the gym to help also. These bulls would always try to do all the work with their arms and would be toast by lunchtime or puking their lunch right after. I always knew it would be a long day, whenever I would see this type of help in the morning...😕

@annmariekowalski7505

2 жыл бұрын

Long and lean muscle structure is more effective than the bulked up one and done. I will admit that before covid I worked out with a trainer four times a week. I would tell him that I came to the gym to relax. I would show him pictures of "the twigs" that I was working on. I asked him to spend a day with me and I would have him buried by noon. We were working toward Senior Olympics Powerlifting. Then Covid.

@InTheWoodyard

2 жыл бұрын

@@annmariekowalski7505 Most people don't do much real work.

@InTheWoodyard

2 жыл бұрын

@@waynetharp Yup, people who do real work have a different mind set and knowledge to to a job to the end.

Chris you are a wild man!! Chucking wood. Man you are really good at getting out content!! Enjoy your day .

@InTheWoodyard

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Cookmaster!

I've always have to laugh when someone tells me they pay for a gym membership...I tell them the same thing come out in my gym which is in the woods!! Get paid to work out hahahaha!! Keep up the good work Chris!! Stay safe my friend

@InTheWoodyard

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly!!

Good morning Chris!!😀😀 People understand that with the price of fuel and the cost of a new truck that they have to pay for delivery. Take care my friend!!😀😀👍👍💚 Logger Al

@InTheWoodyard

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, and it is actually getting easier to get them to be okay with it because they are either unable to physically, to busy, no truck or probably to lazy.

@aldredske6197

2 жыл бұрын

@@InTheWoodyard exactly!!😀😀

Hey Chris thanks for all the over 700 videos! I have notices latley that the audio hasn't be up to your normal standards. Not sure if you clicked something mono to stereo. Again thanks for all you do get outside and get cutting!

@InTheWoodyard

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry about that, I had a mic record on one channel for a few weeks without knowing it! My bad!

@InTheWoodyard

2 жыл бұрын

yup

Good video Chris. Maybe you should start charging people to come stack/chuck wood in the woodyard instead of going to the gym! Easy to make money in America. Nice to see the little kid helping his dad and you. Little kids helping with chores is always a good thing for them and for you. Gas went down 30 cents a gallon at my local convenience store this week. Never thought I could feel good about paying over $4.00 / gal.

@InTheWoodyard

2 жыл бұрын

Great idea! Yup, some help most watch!

Uncle Joe's inflation (10% what a joke, more like 25%) has hit the Woodyard. Pull in my yard. Load your pickup $150. I bring it to you, within 10 mi., and stack it, $200. Cookie pile wood, you load $100. Custom cut $300 16 x 20 x 20 in bundles $10 No complaints so far, just questions. When can you bring it?, or when can I come get it? Averaging selling Face Cords, (Ricks in my neck of the woods) and full Cords 1 or 2 a week in 95-103 degree tempatures, which astounds me! Not to mention Campfire bundles. I get to the yard around 9am (after watching a few woodyard videos) lol. I leave the woodyard around 9:30 pm, or dark, whichever comes first. The tree guys around here have to pay the landfill $36.00 per ton to dump their wood. They load limbs and dump them, but bring the logs to me for free. No junk wood. No stumps. No chasing wood, like I did last year. I am rapidly getting behind on splitting with the Arien 27 ton "glacier special". I now have aprox 128 Face Cords, only half of which is seasoned but a lot of folks buy it green to stock up. Retirement? I've heard of it but what the hell is it? Lol Time to bite the bullet and join the big boys. Tomorrow morning I am calling Andrew Easton and ordering an Axis! Leaving the Condo life and Leasing a nice house on a hill across the street overlooking my 10 acre woodyard. I have become the "Wood Czar" of Hot Springs, Arkansas. (Takes a sip of Moonshine). Weighed 238 lbs. Last year in July. 65 yrs. @ 185 lbs. now. Life is good and lazy people SUCK! Thanks for the daily inspiration Chris. KEEP PUSHING!

@InTheWoodyard

2 жыл бұрын

WOW!!!!! Good on you Grant, keep cuttin' and chuckin'!

We just picked up a woodyard truck and of course we have the rusty but trusty dump trailer. We now have to start to figure out what we are gonna charge to deliver wood. Good stuff as always Chris. GNI

@InTheWoodyard

2 жыл бұрын

Start out doing free for less than 5 or 10 miles to build up your customers. But over 10 charge $20-30 minimum for every 10 miles extra, they will pay! Or just charge by the mile from the get go, fuel is not free or is your time. $2 a mile one way is very fair.

I would love to see a time comparison between hand chucking the wood and bringing the tractor over and pushing large chunks of the pile into the bucket then dumping into the trailer thanks Chris

@InTheWoodyard

2 жыл бұрын

Yup, but it is done now, maybe next time!

The pine load was bigger then the Oak load... I see it often when my customers do their own pick ups of wood,which I help them load. They will either get tired or worried their truck/trailer is getting overloaded and actually don't take the full amount, but pay for full amount quite often. 👍

@InTheWoodyard

2 жыл бұрын

Yup but they both where more than they paid for, I always throw in extra.

@waynetharp

2 жыл бұрын

@@InTheWoodyard Yes...they both received nice loads. I was just pointing out the Pine is Fine customer may get a couple more fires from his load!👍

@InTheWoodyard

2 жыл бұрын

@@waynetharp Yup!

G’morning Chris ! Nice, classic video. Thanks for the pricing breakdown. I’m at $150/delivered and chucked. No squabbles from anyone. Be careful of the back window ! GoodNightIrene

@InTheWoodyard

2 жыл бұрын

Good morning Sir Corey! Yup, and if there are squabbles.... walk away, there are plenty of non-squabblers out there!

Those 1.5 hours that you're in the truck is time you could be making more wood. So yes you do need to charge for that delivery. Now that being said you are providing the service, because as you have said most people don't have a truck or don't want to spend the time hauling it.

@InTheWoodyard

2 жыл бұрын

Yup, I agree!

You would be amazed at how many gym members up in the big city will drive around the parking lot and wait for a parking spot that is 18 feet closer to the front door, So that they can save 16 or 18 steps too the front door. It baffles the mind. It sounds like most of your customers are pretty ok to work for. That makes your job more enjoyable, that's very important. But to me that shows me how out going and accommodating you must be with people. Customer rapport and courtesy is every bit as important as the size and condition of the sticks you offer. I know customer service and you are doing it right, It's almost a lost art these days.

@InTheWoodyard

2 жыл бұрын

Ha! That is true, same with shoppers in general, they try to get the closest spot then go home and go for a walk. I am the weirdo that parks far and always takes the stairs instead of the escalator or elevator!

You have a pretty substantial side business. I’ve known for awhile how much you sold your wood for and I know you had 6-700 face cords or third of a cord if you prefer, but I never did the math. Very nice side hustle indeed.

@InTheWoodyard

2 жыл бұрын

I appreciate that!

Great video as always! A friend of mine said i was lucky to be out there working hard when he runs a fork lift all day. Lol me and the wife joke about it some days when I'm dying of heat stroke or freezing and my back hurts lol but I do love it for sure! GNI

@InTheWoodyard

2 жыл бұрын

Yup, same here! I know people who work in side at desks or in a factory that tell me they wish they could be out doing what I do too!

Good morning everyone

@InTheWoodyard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello Sir Stanley!

Another great video

@InTheWoodyard

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Larry!

Thanks for sharing Chris 👍

@InTheWoodyard

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching again Frank!

Hi Chris, German viewer here. I noticed a few weeks ago, that your videos started to only have an audio signal on one side of my headphones when you speak. You should check your microphone or editing settings to fix this. Should not be too hard to enable stereo. The music you use is stereo, just your talking is not. Thanks

@InTheWoodyard

2 жыл бұрын

Yes! My mic recorded on one channel for a few weeks, my bad! I fixed it now!

Joes preium firewood only pays 40-50.00 per large pick up load wood logs 16inches long

@InTheWoodyard

Жыл бұрын

That is good!

very good keep them coming

@InTheWoodyard

2 жыл бұрын

Yup, I make them just for you Hank! Thanks for watching!

Ciao Chris, regards from tuscany in italy. Following all your videos and learning a lot. Preparing myself to go for firewood business soon in our small farm here. Ciao , Ugo

@InTheWoodyard

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds great! Go for it!

Well done Sir Chris! There’s stuff that your gym is lacking… TVs, people, germs, noise …..etc. I like the outdoor gym better🤣🤣 GNI .

@annmariekowalski7505

2 жыл бұрын

Also the air brushed on work out attire. Plus load up the squat rack with 100 pound Olympic plates but then don't put stuff back where you found it. Five pound dumbbells are tooooooo heavy to put back in the rack. Oh and their wet towel that they leave on the floor because they cannot bend down and put it in the laundry. I saw a guy who worked out all the time st the gym. We were at a house fire and he did not know how to swing an axe to open up a roof. If a tool did not look like a bar , he did not know how to use it.

@InTheWoodyard

2 жыл бұрын

@@annmariekowalski7505 Ha! That is a funny one!

@InTheWoodyard

2 жыл бұрын

Out side is always better than inside!

yesss one must say

@InTheWoodyard

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

I lost 30 lbs. having a blast with firewood. Stihl have my gym membership although I haven't been there since I started this firewood thing. Will cancel the membership to buy gas.

@InTheWoodyard

Жыл бұрын

Yup, firewood is the best gym!

I would say 80%+ of my sales are deliveries. Pretty impressive when considering I’ve been without a truck for year and a half. Should FINALLY have replacement truck by first week of August. I load everything by hand too. #ZeroGymMembershipFee

@InTheWoodyard

2 жыл бұрын

Yup, it is a great work out!

Nice, all so I know it’s about an hr away from where I was. Went to my 3 month check up on my knee, doctor said to start up what I was doing before so today is the day see how I do on it. Cutting up time is for about 10am and I have someone to help me just in case since this will be my first time doing anything in about 5 months.

@annmariekowalski7505

2 жыл бұрын

Good report Frank. Take it slow and steady. Icing your knee might help after your first day back.

@Frankzeien

2 жыл бұрын

@@annmariekowalski7505 Thanks Ann, and good idea after that I have my ice packs still frozen so all good there. Tuesday it will be 4 months so will see how it goes.

@InTheWoodyard

2 жыл бұрын

Take it easy the first few times, don't over do it !

@annmariekowalski7505

2 жыл бұрын

Frank, just checking. How is the knee.

@Frankzeien

2 жыл бұрын

@@annmariekowalski7505 It’s a little sore I was only to do 40 minutes and called it quits. But at least I know that I can do it with a little help. On Tuesday I’ll be 4 months in but I still have wase to go. But I’ll be out again on Wednesday to do some more. Thanks for asking 😎

Good morning first one to watch this video cheers chris

@InTheWoodyard

2 жыл бұрын

Winner, gold star for you!!!

Chris look up Ohio wood burner LTD . MAKING $10 bone on a stick of firewood. Pass its on to tony with the tools , he can chips it’s into wood chipper for you . BBQ is a big business in our short summer season . Chris end off the day you got to make $$ 4 sure .

@InTheWoodyard

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, I know, but how much has he sold so far are people buying it and is it worth the extra work and time... I am curious of the market????

I regard it the same - paid Gym. My eldest pays to go lift weights. Baffles me. I get to lift weights as often as I like & get paid to lift - I'm carved out of granite at 50 btw - I still have a 6 pack - all from "Paid to lift" Wood-Gym. He's kinda paunchy, tbh... Gym aside.. I say - "Hey, Kid! Help me lift in this wood!" - he passes, usually - too hard - he helped load 2 dumper loads of felled logs, couldn't move for days afterwards, said his body was broken from loading the heavy wood.. Hmm.. Gym must be pretty easy by comparison - I do 3 loads a day pretty much every day, even "weekends".. That's lifting 4-6 ton by hand, in a day.. A lotta "Reps". :-) You have to fell it first too - try that, report back on how you now have energy to go do "Gym",,, I know I don't.. Felling wood is tough work. It's why I have the same trouser size as I did when I was 18. One "Benefit" I have over most is what I harvest (for reasons) is all at or under 20% moisture "at felling" - I test almost everything, it's not a guess, 23% moisture is "Unusually high" - so it burns right off the bat - no waiting. You can burn it today in your stove., If it sits for a short while, split into quarters, I hit average 13-14% moisture within a few weeks as we have great airflow in our storage. My "model" is very different - so "delivery" happens, but it's not really delivery - it's driving wood to retail areas - so similar, but different, but still "delivering" - if I sat here, waiting for folk to come to me, I'd starve - we're too far from anyone for them to bother. :-) .

@InTheWoodyard

2 жыл бұрын

Sound like you have it going on in a good way! I like it! Keep cuttin' and chuckin'!

another great vid!! GNI !!

@InTheWoodyard

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the visit!

That was the funniest thing I have herd,

@InTheWoodyard

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching again Ebele!

wow I never say this on Oregon chains s62 18inch chains says Life time waranty

@InTheWoodyard

Жыл бұрын

Cool!

I have tried to sell 1 cu ft bundles pickup only for $7 for one week and no hits. Lowered the price to $6 yesterday nothing so far. I probably need to deliver.

@InTheWoodyard

2 жыл бұрын

It will take a long time, be patient!

that y love your vids u one hard working guy lot ppl wont work to pay bills and some fun money then fun and work some when they out of money and they dont work hard like camp ground i live at bath lite for down some like 2 mouth took that long to come do the jon pool hot tube down wait on repair man all summer lot ppl sicken me i help my land lord out much as i can he the only one dose work 3 jobs 7 day a week vet and i medic retride do ever thing should when can some day i pass out for 2 or 3 day dont eat dont drink dont pee then pay sent kiddy r shot i get bad kiddy infeck when not pass out from pain and 105 or hire fever i out helping him out dont get as much as i like down but try like hell so ty u for all the hard work and for the vids

@InTheWoodyard

2 жыл бұрын

Just keep workin'!

Hey Chris, we used to offer “Free Delivery” and just build it into the price but we found it made our firewood seem very expensive compared to adverts that put up firewood price plus delivery. This year we’re going advertise our firewood differently and do it plus delivery as I find it should show to the customers that we’re not more expensive. Love to get your thoughts on this topic in a more in-depth future video 👍

@dantheman9852

2 жыл бұрын

Hey Michael. I sell firewood also and I include it in the price of the wood. I see people selling firewood at a set price and then they say delivery fee. Well delivery fee could very substantially depending on distance. I pick a distance and have a set price. It's simpler that way for me also. Hope this helps

@InTheWoodyard

2 жыл бұрын

I built my business on free delivery. I just add on to my price to cover it. Very few people do or will deliver firewood, that is one thing that sets me apart from others. Any thing less than 10 miles is free, and every 10 miles over is $25 extra. It has worked well for me for years now.

@InTheWoodyard

2 жыл бұрын

@@dantheman9852 Yup, exactly! Same for me....so far.

Processing on MB22 yippie 😀🇦🇺

@InTheWoodyard

2 жыл бұрын

I have a bunch more videos I am working on now!

Ok, I’m back after a month or two offline. Apparently you are still delivering firewood. 🤣 Anyway, hi!

@InTheWoodyard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello there again, welcome back Toby!

👍

@InTheWoodyard

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Tony!

I’m number three!

@InTheWoodyard

2 жыл бұрын

Bronze star winner!

👍👍

@InTheWoodyard

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Bill!

🤘

@InTheWoodyard

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jeff!

I've said this my whole life. Why would someone pat to go to the gym when you could use that time to make money doing something constructive

@InTheWoodyard

2 жыл бұрын

Yup, me too! I guess we are to logical and simple!

Money in your pocket & no broken window,,,,,,,,yet. haha

@InTheWoodyard

2 жыл бұрын

Yup, all good here!

Hey Chris how are you? this is Johnny firewood in New York I would love to visit you one day in your Woodyard, then we can talk in person, you have a wonderful day Goodnight Irene 👍

@InTheWoodyard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello Johnny! I will, be at the Ohio Paul Bunyan show this October!

O531 hrs... Let's do this.

@InTheWoodyard

2 жыл бұрын

Hello there Mr. Terence/Pro- Bassman/Tundraman!

can all us wood peoiple come to the wood yard a bought 1million people

@InTheWoodyard

2 жыл бұрын

No, just one at a time is good!

@happycamper2976

2 жыл бұрын

@@InTheWoodyard one at the time so you can watch that no bodybody is stealing

r/thathappend

@InTheWoodyard

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!