Making Firewood Bundles. How Much Money Can You Make?

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  • Опубликовано: 4 янв 2025

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  • @jimputnam2044
    @jimputnam2044 8 месяцев назад +7

    My sister and her husband live near Hope BC. The road they live on leads into the provincial park. They have a road side stand for bundled wood. He has to work hard to keep it stocked during the camping season....Makes lots of money off his small wood lot that way.

  • @MsdMakingSawDust
    @MsdMakingSawDust 2 года назад +7

    I think you are onto something
    I like the stand you came up with and best of all you don’t have a lot invested in it. Thanks for sharing. take care

    • @WilsonForestLands
      @WilsonForestLands  2 года назад +2

      Yep it’s always nice to be able to test things when you don’t have to invest much into it. I will be watching your video soon cutting those cedar logs open.

  • @rochrich1223
    @rochrich1223 5 месяцев назад +5

    It's worth doing, but economic calculations are hard. The sales effort and keeping the retail space stocked increases the hours. The stand at the end of the driveway commands rent because you could sell other stuff there. Develop an eye for curvy branches that could be used as rustic hand pulls or hat racks, carved decorations etc and your price per cord could be astronomical.

  • @RickFlenker
    @RickFlenker 7 месяцев назад +5

    I like the vid.That's exactly how I roll at Bennet Spring Campground. Cut, split, and bundle. Great little side hustle for me..

  • @jeanpomerleau8416
    @jeanpomerleau8416 Год назад +4

    Great video, we just started selling bundles last year and did pretty well. I have a few ideas for this year to make it better. I just welded up a hand crank bundler, it already has made bundling a little easier, and like you said not a lot faster, but easier.

    • @WilsonForestLands
      @WilsonForestLands  Год назад +3

      I can imagine that would make it easier, or at least less tiring. there’s definitely money in bundles. Thanks for the comment.

  • @marksparkplug7758
    @marksparkplug7758 2 года назад +10

    Thanks Wilson, I sell 1 cubic ft for $5 in the northeast, I made my own bundler and use 80 gauge cast stretch wrap, 4 wraps per bundle. Take care

    • @WilsonForestLands
      @WilsonForestLands  2 года назад +3

      Thanks for the comment Mark. Sounds like you may have a good thing going there.

  • @inthebackyardwithdel438
    @inthebackyardwithdel438 2 года назад +4

    Hey Wilson , new sub here . Just found your channel . I made a bundler like you have and I mounted it on an old push mower frame so it is easy to move around .

    • @WilsonForestLands
      @WilsonForestLands  2 года назад +2

      That sounds like a clever idea. Welcome to the channel, thanks for subscribing and commenting.

  • @joeyrector934
    @joeyrector934 2 года назад +5

    If there's a way to make money. That's a good way

  • @mrMacGoover
    @mrMacGoover 11 месяцев назад +3

    I've noticed many of the guys doing these bundles usually split their pieces smaller diameter to make bundling easier though this doesn't necessarily give the customer a very long burn time. I guess that would definitely have them running back to the firewood stand to buy more wood though.

    • @amandadavis9726
      @amandadavis9726 7 месяцев назад +1

      You actually get more wood per cubic feet when you split them smaller. It’s because they utilize more of the air gaps within the bundle.

    • @ChampionFirewoodManitoba
      @ChampionFirewoodManitoba 5 месяцев назад

      Some people like smaller, some like bigger. I tend to do a bit of both in the bundles

    • @amandadavis9726
      @amandadavis9726 5 месяцев назад

      @@ChampionFirewoodManitoba agreed.

  • @outdoorsnevada4138
    @outdoorsnevada4138 Год назад +3

    we use to sell 5 cords for $500. Then prices of fuel, chainsaws, etc kept going up. Prices change. But this is nice for people to have when they just want to enjoy the occasional evening camping.

    • @WilsonForestLands
      @WilsonForestLands  Год назад +3

      I remember the days when it was close to $100 a cord. Those of us who have a lot of wood it seems ridiculous to pay that much for a bundle. But for those who want just one evening, it makes sense to pay eight dollars or $10 for a bundle, instead of $300 for a cord they won’t use.

    • @ChampionFirewoodManitoba
      @ChampionFirewoodManitoba 5 месяцев назад +2

      $100 per cord is insane. We have to sell at around $300 just to make a small amount of money where I am.

  • @knottwworking
    @knottwworking 2 года назад +2

    Just found your channel and enjoyed the video. Terry

    • @WilsonForestLands
      @WilsonForestLands  2 года назад

      I am glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching and commenting.

  • @albertstory5114
    @albertstory5114 2 года назад +2

    Very good

  • @allentyler2184
    @allentyler2184 22 дня назад

    12.95 at Canadian tire. This is where you would have a shaker table or belt to align the wood that falls into a basket. At that point though you would probably bundle to weight. Classic industrialization.

  • @southernadirondackoutdoors
    @southernadirondackoutdoors 2 года назад +2

    Good video. Need to factor in the time and other stuff that went into your getting the wood in the position to bundle it, ie felling, bucking, splitting etc. Around here (southern edge of the Adirondacks in NY) the price for a face cord averages about $75 and that is for dry hardwood. I see bundles in roadside stands ranging from 5 to 10 bucks.

    • @WilsonForestLands
      @WilsonForestLands  2 года назад +1

      I figured the cost of getting wood into the position to bundle it is built into the $300 per cord I subtracted that we would get here selling it by the cord. After that the figures are just for the bundling. But yeah people do forget to factor in a lot of things. including depreciation on vehicles, their new tractors, their new excavators etc.

    • @southernadirondackoutdoors
      @southernadirondackoutdoors 2 года назад

      @@WilsonForestLands As they used to say on a game show...Good Answer, Good Answer! 🤣

    • @WilsonForestLands
      @WilsonForestLands  2 года назад +1

      As Elvis used to say, thank you, thank you very much. I always appreciate your comments.

  • @BrentT1964
    @BrentT1964 2 года назад +2

    Thanks for showing us u dah man😎👍

  • @johncpaine
    @johncpaine 6 месяцев назад

    I just found your channel and enjoy watching your videos, comical and informative at the same time. Just watched your video from a year ago about bundling wood. I like your stand you made, would you share the dimensions with me?

  • @MsLori62
    @MsLori62 9 месяцев назад +1

    How are the bundle sales going?

  • @stephenwells9698
    @stephenwells9698 2 года назад +2

    My friend, you are on the road to becoming a millionaire soon.

    • @WilsonForestLands
      @WilsonForestLands  2 года назад +1

      Maybe so but probably not with firewood. That would be a lot of bundles.

  • @clayguinard3651
    @clayguinard3651 2 месяца назад

    How long is the wood

  • @fergusonto-2032
    @fergusonto-2032 4 месяца назад

    Do you have a print or the dimensions on your bundler ?

  • @carldean6795
    @carldean6795 Год назад +1

    how much is the weight per bundle? cost of bundle? and cost of supplies?

    • @WilsonForestLands
      @WilsonForestLands  Год назад +1

      That was a year ago, I don’t think I weighed them. I didn’t run out of the wrap I bought so didn’t figure out the exact cost per bundle. The way I was doing it, it was minimal. $40 worth of wrap produced over $2000 worth of bundles. In that area bundles are selling for 6 to 7 dollars each.

  • @satyrsroam
    @satyrsroam 3 месяца назад

    I would hand made bigger bundles like 9 or 10 pieces maybe 12 or 13. Hopefully 3 hours burning per bundle

  • @camperjack2620
    @camperjack2620 6 месяцев назад

    I made a bundle 12 x 12 x 16, it was way too heavy and it was jammed into my holder. Then when I could pull it out it got loose. I'm little, it need to make smaller bundles. Is .75 cu ft actually 9 x 12 x 16 or is it 9 x 12 x 12?

  • @PaulKavanagh-cz9kp
    @PaulKavanagh-cz9kp 3 месяца назад

    Are you still making videos

  • @Timberbeartrail
    @Timberbeartrail Год назад

    Where are you at

  • @Skooty68
    @Skooty68 2 года назад +1

    Just imagine the time you'd save,and make more per hour if you picked 2 or 3 pieces of wood up at once :o)

    • @WilsonForestLands
      @WilsonForestLands  2 года назад +10

      I will save that for when I am not trying to do a video at the same time. Some people have a hard time walking and chewing gum at the same time. I have a hard time talking and picking up more than one piece at the same time.

    • @a72036279
      @a72036279 2 года назад +1

      @@WilsonForestLands 😂

    • @matthewkennedy2830
      @matthewkennedy2830 5 месяцев назад

      ​@@WilsonForestLands great explanation. I'm going to borrow that one for when people ask me why I can't sing and play guitar at the same time, tho I'm good at both.

  • @thekiltedsawyer
    @thekiltedsawyer 2 года назад +2

    Your good at math 😅, better than me.
    Guessing your at 16" peaces??

    • @WilsonForestLands
      @WilsonForestLands  2 года назад

      Yes, approximately 16 inch. I am not sure if you are getting notified of my replies. I sent a couple replies with a link to the tractor incident. Not sure if you got them.

    • @thekiltedsawyer
      @thekiltedsawyer 2 года назад

      I might have to have my wife help me look, keep you posted 🧡

  • @BacktotheBasics101
    @BacktotheBasics101 3 месяца назад

    👍🏽

  • @franek_izerski
    @franek_izerski 9 месяцев назад

    Seems a shame to have to wrap such a beautiful product into plastic to make a couple of more bucks.

  • @jamessanders4310
    @jamessanders4310 Год назад

    I've never heard of $3 bundles...most all the woodhounds I watch regularly get $5-8/ bundle..long and short...raise your prices!

    • @WilsonForestLands
      @WilsonForestLands  Год назад +1

      I wouldn’t do it for $3. When I made the video I was getting more than twice that.

    • @jamessanders4310
      @jamessanders4310 Год назад

      @@WilsonForestLands : you lost me...why did you say you were getting $3 and use that figure to calculate how much you were making?

    • @WilsonForestLands
      @WilsonForestLands  Год назад +2

      This was over a year ago I don’t remember all the details. What I do remember saying in the video is I don’t want to say how much I am getting because I didn’t want to give my customers wholesale pricing away. But I did allude that it was in the range of the $6 I was doing a lot of the calculations in the video for. I believe I was also giving different examples of how much you would make at for example $3.

    • @jamessanders4310
      @jamessanders4310 Год назад

      @@WilsonForestLands :you need to go back and watch your own video...

    • @WilsonForestLands
      @WilsonForestLands  Год назад +4

      I just watched it. I started out saying “IF”you were getting $3 per bundle that would mean I made a certain amount. I did not say I was getting $3 per bundle. I said “IF” not “I AM”.
      Right after that I said “around here they give considerably more than that”
      Then I said I don’t want to tell the price that I’m getting because I want to keep my customers business private.
      Then I started talking about how much someone would make if they were getting $6 a bundle. And started going on and on about how in this area we are on the high end because firewood is expensive here.
      Nowhere in this video did I say I get $3 per bundle or even say how much I get per bundle.
      What I did do in this video is compare what someone would make if they were getting $3 per bundle versus what they would get if they were making $6 per bundle. These are hypothetical numbers.

  • @McRemmyBaby
    @McRemmyBaby Год назад

    Giant, $8 for a tiny bundle….
    Needless to say i hustle for mee wood!
    Lmao
    BEAR NECCCCITEIES JUNGLE BIH NIHHQQQQAH

  • @lesterchristiansen4658
    @lesterchristiansen4658 Год назад

    There's no way you made 150 in 6 hours...

    • @WilsonForestLands
      @WilsonForestLands  Год назад

      Oops, I read that wrong. I made a whole lot more than that in six hours.

  • @franklawrence1232
    @franklawrence1232 4 месяца назад

    all that plastic 🥲

  • @Timberbeartrail
    @Timberbeartrail Год назад

    You’re not keeping your neighbors business private I mean it’s public people drive by his place and they see it do you know you’re not helping anybody out here

    • @WilsonForestLands
      @WilsonForestLands  Год назад +2

      Not sure what neighbor you are referring to or what you are saying.

  • @jandblawncare8570
    @jandblawncare8570 Год назад

    3 bucks a bundle...why even bother!

    • @WilsonForestLands
      @WilsonForestLands  Год назад

      I wouldn’t bother at only $3. I would need it to be twice that for me to want to do it but I know others do it for 3.