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Labored In Vain
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Practical living, biblical truth.
If you've struggled to put meaning into your life and have come up with a futile existence, then you too have Labored In Vain. Take heart, come along and see practical living that showcases working hard but smart, how-to, tools/equipment and the great outdoors all while framed within biblical truth.
If you've struggled to put meaning into your life and have come up with a futile existence, then you too have Labored In Vain. Take heart, come along and see practical living that showcases working hard but smart, how-to, tools/equipment and the great outdoors all while framed within biblical truth.
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* WARNING * Failure Imminent
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Firewood splitting is done for now, but what's around the corner is yet to be seen.
Too Good To Be Firewood
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I take a stroll through my sawlog piles to see what I have.
Assumptions Cost Money $$$!!!
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Making assumptions in business can lead to assuming wrongly about what your customer wants.
Keep Thy Heart With All Diligence
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In a previous video I mentioned 3 ways to never have a repeat firewood customer. Here is the #1 reason which all others come from. Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. - Proverbs 4:23
My TOP 3 WAYS To Lose Customers
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These things will most likely have you losing customers.
Loading Firewood on Delivery Truck
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Loading delivery truck with firewood using skidsteer. Face cord firewood racks are used for accurate measuring and fast loading .
Hydraulic Splitters Need Not Apply!
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Splitting a round with the Super Split, kinetic wood splitter.
FIREWOOD: How To Eat An Elephant!?
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Chipping away at the log pile, a little at a time.
Make Me Some Firewood As Fast As You Can
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More splitting action with the Super Split log splitter.
Perfect Length Firewood, Every Time!
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Bucking up logs into rounds making ready for splitting. I show my handy little tool for consistent length cuts every time.
Sell More Firewood!
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Selling firewood: addressing industry shortcomings (intro).
Firewood: Gotta Have Systems
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Always trying to be better and more efficient especially when it comes to firewood.
Some Like Rain Days
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fantastic
How do you dry your wood
Do u have plans to make wood racks thanks.
Four quarts in a gallon.
wow that's a really nice job!!!!
Nice work, I can only imagine the intricate cuts that followed the meticulous measurements.
Great Job 👍
Ash is veerrry soft easy splitting wood. I wonder how well it’d perform with gum, honey locust, hickory, oak etc.
It does good with Oak, locust, and hickory, big elm can be slow going. I tend to avoid big knotty stuff regardless of the splitter. For my application this thing has the speed and decent power.
Wow, that sure is a lot faster than my 34 ton hydraulic splitter. Wish I knew about these before I bought mine a couple years ago. No hydraulics at all?
No hydraulics, utilizes two large flywheels and a rack and pinion system.
Would like to see how it does splitting live oak 24 inch rounds.
I don't imagine I'd be picking up 24 in White Oak rounds to that height. Every splitter has its pros and cons and a proper application. A splitter with a hydraulic lift would work good for the big stuff like that.
The plus w my existing splitter (when I can get it started!) is that the ram can go into vertical position for the really big and heavy stuff that grows around here..
What's the size of bar ? What did this cost ?
Wow everyone is a wannabe in u tube industry Looks like to me the controls r in the way for when log goes crossways. And that's just one thing I see.
My life is that broken down truck, yet I’m confident that my eternity will not be. That, my young friend, is faith. Tomorrow, something else will go wrong, but my steps before and after remain right.
"young" is but an illusion when no man knows what tomorrow will bring.
I’ll buy the hood. $800 right now. Just has to fit a 1994 F800
Sold, sold, sold 😂
1st to comment. Greetings from Western North Carolina
for operation skip to 9 minutes !
When we add up all of the costs of the fuel, chain saws, chain oil, splitters, repairs and maintenance costs etc. we have to split firewood we are working for Nothing other than to pay for all of our machine and equipment costs. It sure is a lot of hard work outdoors in the summer heat and winter cold to make a few bucks. Even if we produce and sell 100 chords per year at $300 per chord it only adds up to $30 thousand dollars of revenue BEFORE we deduct all of our fuel and machine costs. Could earn more working inside in a heated and air conditioned store like Home Depot 40 hours per week rathe then working hard like this for 60 hours per week making all of this noise which can be upsetting to our neighbors. Many of these guys ae making youtube videos to make some money because they ae not making it in the firewood business,.
I have the wood lot, I have the equipment, I love making firewood, it's some additional income in the winter, but this isn't my primary business... Neither is RUclips😂😂😂
Nice stash of saw logs ya got there . Big saw mills won’t take ‘em but us lil sawmill guys love that stuff .
Yes, just makes sense to mill yourself or even have it milled by someone with a portable mill especially the hardwoods.
i like the size you split your wood, not sure how it dries in that big pile like that though...burning wood that is over 20% moisture is such a waste and causes nothing but more time and trouble
This wood is freshly split and will be moved to my drying bin for seasoning about a year. I get the moisture to about 15% confirmed with a moisture meter.
Can’t hide the Ford or the Locust from cousin Vicky lol
Come and get it (the Ford), it's for sale!
I’m quite clear in my posting which emphasizes the word DUMP. I have had people assume before, at which point I gently remind them of the listing. At my low price, that’s an assumption I certainly can’t afford lol
I call it running them through the ringer. It takes about 2 minutes. It lets them know I'm the boss.
1st to comment. Greetings from Western North Carolina
Thanks for the video! This makes this same idea I’ve been having easier to understand how to go about it
I wish people would stop telling us what they're gonna do, instead just do it.
Ok Home Depot
Do you still have your firewood processor?
I don't, sold it not too long after I made those videos on it.
Wise words and good message. Thanks for this!
Very nice!! You got quick hands. I love my super splitter
Good job fellas!! Good looking firewood God bless y’all!
Yep. I lost a customer last year because he felt my stacking fee made no sense. “You have to get it off the trailer anyway”, he says. Well for me to walk it over 50 feet vs tossing it on the ground cost money. Sometimes you can’t please the unpleaseable.
I had a customer this year who got me to deliver outside my delivery area only to then expect me to stack two face cords in his shed. I did agree for a small fee, now I know to specifically say stacking is not included, wood is dumped off truck only.
@@laboredinvain3252 In my case his wife ordered the whole cord and was told of the stacking fee. It was a communication malfunction between her and the hubby. He told me as I stacked that he would get someone “cheap” next time. He also was set back by the fact that I made more money than he does in my regular job and firewood was a hobby of mine. I guess he figured I should give the stuff away. I only sell a few cords a year, 8 are to regulars and I have no issues selling the rest. It all goes to Christmas money.
You forgot rotten and/or dirty/filthy wood
I agree, these are my top three that I see around here, but yes there are plenty of other shortcomings.
All good points we have a mill as well a make all our own wood racks .
Selling firewood that is muddy, full of debris, loaded with a machine bucket is another good way to lose customers. The other ways you mentioned are pretty standard things.
You said something about pine. I actually like putting some random pine in the mix. It’s a bonus for me and them.
The btu value can be half of some hardwoods. Meaning it could take double the volume/amount of all pine to heat the same home vs. all hardwood. The question is, does the customer want the firewood product to last as long as possible and produce as much BTU value as possible... I would say most do.
Absolutely. True wood burners love some nice dry kindling in the mix.
I don’t see any water near by. Hungry beaver on the loose?!?!?!?
1st to comment from Western North Carolina
Those 3 reasons are also keys to gaining more customers. Bc some avg. Joe is out to make a quick dollar by selling wet wood that they call seasoned or shorting people firewood. Even dead standing oak is wet inside for larger logs. Yes the limbs can be dry and some top wood but the main trunk logs are normally as wet as living oak trees. Fast delivery, dry firewood and being reliable honest and always on time with good communication is all u need to grow a firewood business. Word of mouth is huge for campgrounds and having business cards to handout plus free kindling bunles to regular/ new customers always helps them remember to call u again
Can’t wait to get mine!!!
My only problem with kinetic, and maybe I’m missing something, is once you pull the trigger there is no turning back. Thanks for the video. John
You can stop them instantly by smacking the same engagement lever down. That would be risky business if you couldn't stop it. Maybe I'll point that out in another video.
That thing is quick. Old yellow needs a faster pump and an auto return valve. Watch out now! Lol
@@VicsYard ole yellow actually does have auto return and can split vertical for those big big rounds
@@laboredinvain3252 thats a relief…..now I want one. Lol. John
When my old splitter fails, I’ll buy one like yours 👍🏻
Looks nice .. where did u buy the crossover valve ?? Model # ty
Surplus Center they're online, can also have them send you a printed catalog.
The straighter the wood and less dirty makes a difference I like the round wood 🪵 for the all nighter in my stove . And when buying wood by the pulp cord I go look at it . But nice video 😊
Just a suggestion on your tongue you good make a bracelet for the longer stuff . Like a y bracelet sits over the tongue .
At my age, I have to take one bite at a time even when there’s not snow covering my work lol
Have you ever heard of chomper from Rainier industry? It's a shear, can be auto matic. You feed it and leave it.
Not sure if I've seen those or something like it, but they are incredible.
That’s quick bubby
Just finished splitting some with a maul. Your machine is a beast. What is that.
It's called a Super Splitter, it's a kinetic type splitter, no hydraulics. It utilizes large cast iron flywheels and a rack and pinion system
Just cut the ibc tote top and put them under there to collect the saw dust so it’s easy to pull out- you can build a gram to pull it in and out easily as well. I think most machines struggle to direct the saw dust correctly!
Your SuperSplitter has paid for itself many times over. I STILL would like to have one…but I’m in my mid-60s now and the dream is slipping away.
If the Lord will we shall live and do this or that. - James 4:15
Don't listen to the haters you did a fine job, ever see a snow pusher blade wear out. You and I both know that chain lift is an old design that allows a plow to lift and float connected to a truck, cutting edge is cutting edge.