Business is good!

logman81 · July 31, 2016, 10:25:04 AM

Well things are looking up for me. Despite some major repairs to my skidder and my delivery truck i was able to recover quite quickly thanks to my valuable customers who bought my firewood and trusted in my business. Things have been gaining speed pretty quickly as i have already out grown my wood splitter and will soon be getting my first small processor. The demand has been strong and steady for firewood despite last year's warm winter. Ive actually raised my prices and have actually sold more wood this year than last year. I picked up a wholesale buyer who wants 200 cords which helped push me into the processor. So im looking at 275 cords of green wood not including any seasoned wood. I hope others are doing this well. I still have a bunch of oak saw logs that need to be havested, hopefully ill get to that in the next month or two.

Bill Saf · August 01, 2016, 01:26:53 PM

Glad to hear things are looking up for you.

Bill

logman81 · August 01, 2016, 03:55:26 PM

Thanks bill, its been a really long up hill battle but i see a good future ahead of me.

Wallys World · August 01, 2016, 10:00:07 PM

Just wait and see what the processor can do for you! It really speeds things up especially when working by yourself. Hopefully I can get processing this week but I need to replace 6 hoses on my little backhoe boom. Time, what is that? And work a 40 hour a week job from 1 - 9pm.

logman81 · August 02, 2016, 09:19:05 AM

Right you are im looking forward to pumping out alot of firewood and not having a soar body afterwards.

xalexjx · August 02, 2016, 01:32:27 PM

time is my biggest thing too, with a 7-3 job and still doing 30-100 face cord a week from stump to split, so close to puting someone on the processor full time just to keep up with the orders, glad to hear your doing good, i wasnt sure what this year was going to bring but have been as busy as most other years.

logman81 · August 03, 2016, 12:19:28 PM

This is my job so time is money. I have no choice but to produce.

logman81 · August 04, 2016, 06:29:21 AM

Well its official i put the down payment on the processor yesterday and they will be putting it together and delivering it soon.

WmFritz · August 04, 2016, 07:23:54 AM

Loesshillslogging · August 04, 2016, 09:19:51 AM

Curious, how much do you net per cord? I am focused on the numbers this season and not trying to pop your bubble by any means. If you don't want to share that's fine too, margins are thin for me so every penny counts.

logman81 · August 04, 2016, 12:29:50 PM

It varies a little but i wouldn't take the chance if i wasn't making a profit.

Wallys World · August 04, 2016, 06:04:11 PM

logman81 - Good, you will soon be on your way to not having a tired back from blocking wood and splitting. I still can't get over how much the Wallenstein will save in manual labor and it is not even that fancy.

hedgerow · August 04, 2016, 07:00:01 PM

Quote from: Loesshillslogging on August 04, 2016, 09:19:51 AM
Curious, how much do you net per cord? I am focused on the numbers this season and not trying to pop your bubble by any means. If you don't want to share that's fine too, margins are thin for me so every penny counts.
I would question that also. Their area must be a huge differance than were we are. I just don't see a lot of firewood usage around here at all. I burn 10 to 15 cord a year and that is huge in this area. Two years ago I had a big area in my pasture that had a lot of elm and locust trees. I only burn locust and hedge as it takes too much elm to do the same amount of heating I saved a fair amount of the elm logs from the burn piles thinking I could maybe could sell them for a little to help buy some fuel for skid loader hours spend cutting them . No luck I couldn't give them away. No one wants to cut wood and the ones that do have plenty of wood as a lot of land has been cleaned up in this area. Now all the elm is going to the burn piles. I think as long a LP is cheap people around here aren't burning wood. You just don't smell wood burning in towns in the winter like you use to.

logman81 · August 05, 2016, 02:44:36 PM

Yes you are right about that it is a simple machine in design. And yes no more sore back at the end of the day it will truly be a blessing.

timberlinetree · August 07, 2016, 06:18:08 AM

Congratulations! 8)

logman81 · August 07, 2016, 06:35:27 AM

Thanks timberline

logman81 · August 18, 2016, 06:12:40 PM

Got a call from the dealer this morning they are delivering the processor Saturday morning!

Magicman · August 19, 2016, 09:27:37 AM

8) Pictures.

logman81 · August 19, 2016, 11:25:00 AM

Wish i could but it wont let me.

Wallys World · August 19, 2016, 09:11:31 PM

Don't forget to sleep tonight!!!

logman81 · August 20, 2016, 07:18:57 AM

Lol didn't do to much of that.

logman81 · August 20, 2016, 04:39:12 PM

Well the new machine is working out very well for me very happy with it. I makes it easier and way faster then a splitter that is for sure.

Wallys World · August 20, 2016, 09:04:40 PM

That's great! My wife and I cut a truck load this afternoon. It sure does make the work easier. You will be filling your orders fasterwith less wear and tear on your back!