challenger
Cheese is good.
I am currently "retired" meaning I work more & harder than most people that are retired. I have to stay busy and I am one that enjoys physical labor.
I'm 56 and in good health at 6'2" & 190 lbs. I like puppies, walks on the beach and watching sunsets from my kitchen window with my 36 cats gathered nearby. Well the first sentence applies but not the second.
My wife and I recently found out she has breast cancer and I am looking for a way to keep physically and mentally busy.
Prior to finding out about the illness I was tossing the firewood idea around but it never got any farther than bouncing around in my head colliding with the twenty other thoughts that fill a void of this size. I would like to ask some people here about this business to see if it is a potentially profitable endeavor or maybe I should ask how can selling firewood be made into a profitable business. In other words-what are the tricks & tips one needs to be educated on?
Here are some newb questions if I may:
Where do most suppliers get their logs if they don't have their own growth to harvest?
I have a HD truck and trailer which I would use for delivering. The sell & deliver method seems most popular in this forum so is this best as opposed to having stacks for people to come get?
I see a lot of "truck load" quantities being advertised locally and zero cord prices. I'd be interested in selling "cord wood" because it takes the possible objection of quantity/price out of the picture. Are cord wood sales ONLY a bad practice?
I currently dont have a splitter but I've got a pump, cylinder for making one that came with an electric motor I bought for another purpose. Does making a splitter make any economical sense? I know I won't be looking for any chinese equipment IF I do buy a splitter and this has had an impact on equipment that I've made after finding out there were no USA suppliers of such.
Is there a place in a firewood business for electric splitters or are IC engines the best choice?
Everyone that sells firewood locally are side liners and show up when they want and are casual and unprofessional. I'm saying this about my area ONLY so don't flame me about stating facts as I know them for my local area. I'm not condemning fire wood suppliers in general. Prior to retiring I owned a local service related business which is still thriving. I built this business over 20+ years and we were always on time and did what we said we would do. When we screwed up took responsibility and made things right immediately. These few things along with honesty and proper value made the business well sought after. The only way I could see myself selling firewood is using these same principles. Do buyers give a rats a$$ about weather or not a firewood business is "professionally run"? Again I am not casting aspersions on any other firewood sales area. I'm also not claiming to be better in ANY way than anyone else that sells wood. I'm just trying to clarify my position as it may impact if I am a candidate for this business.
Any constructive information about forming this business is greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Howard SE NC
Beekeeping for chordoma
I'm 56 and in good health at 6'2" & 190 lbs. I like puppies, walks on the beach and watching sunsets from my kitchen window with my 36 cats gathered nearby. Well the first sentence applies but not the second.
My wife and I recently found out she has breast cancer and I am looking for a way to keep physically and mentally busy.
Prior to finding out about the illness I was tossing the firewood idea around but it never got any farther than bouncing around in my head colliding with the twenty other thoughts that fill a void of this size. I would like to ask some people here about this business to see if it is a potentially profitable endeavor or maybe I should ask how can selling firewood be made into a profitable business. In other words-what are the tricks & tips one needs to be educated on?
Here are some newb questions if I may:
Where do most suppliers get their logs if they don't have their own growth to harvest?
I have a HD truck and trailer which I would use for delivering. The sell & deliver method seems most popular in this forum so is this best as opposed to having stacks for people to come get?
I see a lot of "truck load" quantities being advertised locally and zero cord prices. I'd be interested in selling "cord wood" because it takes the possible objection of quantity/price out of the picture. Are cord wood sales ONLY a bad practice?
I currently dont have a splitter but I've got a pump, cylinder for making one that came with an electric motor I bought for another purpose. Does making a splitter make any economical sense? I know I won't be looking for any chinese equipment IF I do buy a splitter and this has had an impact on equipment that I've made after finding out there were no USA suppliers of such.
Is there a place in a firewood business for electric splitters or are IC engines the best choice?
Everyone that sells firewood locally are side liners and show up when they want and are casual and unprofessional. I'm saying this about my area ONLY so don't flame me about stating facts as I know them for my local area. I'm not condemning fire wood suppliers in general. Prior to retiring I owned a local service related business which is still thriving. I built this business over 20+ years and we were always on time and did what we said we would do. When we screwed up took responsibility and made things right immediately. These few things along with honesty and proper value made the business well sought after. The only way I could see myself selling firewood is using these same principles. Do buyers give a rats a$$ about weather or not a firewood business is "professionally run"? Again I am not casting aspersions on any other firewood sales area. I'm also not claiming to be better in ANY way than anyone else that sells wood. I'm just trying to clarify my position as it may impact if I am a candidate for this business.
Any constructive information about forming this business is greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Howard SE NC
Beekeeping for chordoma