jcarlberg
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Okay, advice time. Bought a new place last November; semi-rural; have about 3 acres of forest on the river (ash, oak, hackberry, a few others) with access to probably 10x that much on the river past our yard. I can't imagine anyone cares if I take fallen or standing dead trees from the riverbank next to a farmer's field. Harvested maybe 10 cords since last fall; burned two-ish myself and sold 8 or so (maybe 2 in bags; 6 bulk). I think pulling 15 or 20 cords out of the woods I have free access to yearly would be pretty reasonable.
Firewood harvester noticed my ad selling wood and reached out offering to sell me bulk wood in logs that I would then have to cut, split & sell. Pretty much everything I pull out now is dry; stuff I would buy from this guy would need at least some seasoning (mostly harvested last winter).
It's been a fun little side hustle and been great to work with my three sons (17, 14, 11) and see them working hard. I could still make pretty decent money if I paid for some of my wood and harvested some myself. Definitely have the time and equipment to process dozens of cords in a year; the only question is selling wood! Without really trying it was easy to sell 8 cords in about three months (only started selling in late May).
Any words of advice from you grizzled veterans out there? It's not gonna make me rich but it's not a bad side hustle that I enjoy.
Firewood harvester noticed my ad selling wood and reached out offering to sell me bulk wood in logs that I would then have to cut, split & sell. Pretty much everything I pull out now is dry; stuff I would buy from this guy would need at least some seasoning (mostly harvested last winter).
It's been a fun little side hustle and been great to work with my three sons (17, 14, 11) and see them working hard. I could still make pretty decent money if I paid for some of my wood and harvested some myself. Definitely have the time and equipment to process dozens of cords in a year; the only question is selling wood! Without really trying it was easy to sell 8 cords in about three months (only started selling in late May).
Any words of advice from you grizzled veterans out there? It's not gonna make me rich but it's not a bad side hustle that I enjoy.