Hear is an example; let’s say gas is $3.50+ a gallon, + $2.00 for the oil mix.
I cut big wood so I have my oil set at max output. I run through almost 1 gallon of bar oil per gallon of gas. Shtle bar oil is around $12.00 a gallon.
Plus around $34.00 for a chain. That puts me at $51.50
Since I cut 40” wood and have to noodle it down so I can handle it, I run the saw a lot and it’s a big expense.
That’s only the beginning, now I have to split and stack. So there’s gas and oil changes on the splitter.
Then I had to haul it and spend gas in the truck, plus the days work to get it doen at an average of $100.00 a day labor.
Now I have around $160.00 tied up in just getting and processing the wood.
If I get $200.00 a cord, I only make $40.00 for all that work.
So when we say the profit is low, we mean it.
But $40.00 is better then nothing.
I cut big wood so I have my oil set at max output. I run through almost 1 gallon of bar oil per gallon of gas. Shtle bar oil is around $12.00 a gallon.
Plus around $34.00 for a chain. That puts me at $51.50
Since I cut 40” wood and have to noodle it down so I can handle it, I run the saw a lot and it’s a big expense.
That’s only the beginning, now I have to split and stack. So there’s gas and oil changes on the splitter.
Then I had to haul it and spend gas in the truck, plus the days work to get it doen at an average of $100.00 a day labor.
Now I have around $160.00 tied up in just getting and processing the wood.
If I get $200.00 a cord, I only make $40.00 for all that work.
So when we say the profit is low, we mean it.
But $40.00 is better then nothing.