Watch This Before Buying Firewood!!!

My brother was the most honest guy, he would cut and split wood to his costumers specs. Dry it. The wood was as good as it gets for selling. They still complained. After 25 years selling wood, he stopped doing it cold . Dealing with the public got the best of him!

I ended up running out of good dry logs to burn this summer. (have plenty of kindling, just ran out of ready to go big stuff) So had to actually BUY some. I opted to go pick it up, rather than have it delivered as he was local. He had made these nice measured racks for his wood- each held 2 side by side 4'x4' stacks, so both stacks = 1 face cord. (he sells a lot of half face cords to vacationers with lake homes) I saw exactly what I was buying, and we loaded my truck right out of the rack. Got a half face cord of cherry and hickory for a very reasonable price- and it was a fair bit more wood than I'd thought it was. We both ended up happy- him with a wad of bills in his pocket, me with a big pile of cherry and hickory to grill over and drink beer by.

Been selling firewood for 8 years now. I’m glad this guy can go through all the hoops to sell a premium product. Around here there is no money selling firewood. I usually barely break even and then complaints on top of it. Buying loads of logs and processing it you get what you get for wood. The bad stuff gets tossed aside but knots protruding and some hollow logs, No biggie. It’s all wood and it all burns. Knotty maple will split into odd chunks, No biggie as long as it’ll fit in the stove they’ll burn it at night. I personally throw it loose in the truck by hand and it gets dumped at the far side. I tell all my customers to get their wood early because it dries better at their house than mine. They stack a few cord up and the wind blows through all summer as they know it’s dry by winter. I have a few big piles of wood outside at my house. The stuff on top is dry but in the middle of the pile doesn’t get much airflow. It’s not about being dishonest. It’s about offering the best product that is practical and some things just aren’t practical. Like delivering 60 cord of firewood by stacking it all in the back of your truck and then unloading it by hand at the far end and sweeping the bark out with every load.

good video. No stupid music no endless babbling. Straight and to the point. Well done.

Morning Roger. Thanks for sharing - some great tips for folks to watch out for. Have a good one!

There were a few tips I wasn't aware of. I'm glad I saw your video. Thanks for sharing it with us. Well done Sir.

Having cut, burned, and sold firewood for 47 years, I can honestly say that I would buy wood from you in a heartbeat! I have seen first-hand some of the s**t some wood sellers try to pawn off as "seasoned." If you put salt and pepper on it, it's "seasoned" right? Thank you for being so honest and straight forward. May your chains remain sharp all season!

This man knows what his customers want. Well done my man.

I wish I had watched this video before buying firewood. Just about everything you said you wouldn't do my guy did. Much respect to honest people like yourself.

Nice, when someone tells it like it is 👍👏

Great information thanks for a good explanation on how firewood is suppose to be.

Roger great video lots of good info. So now I guess I need to go clean out the bed of my truck. Take care brother.

I buy firewood and this guy knows what he's talking about Wish I could find someone like him were I live.

I sell firewood mostly to campers in the summer, I always make sure the moisture content is under 20%. Usually its 15 or under. I toss all the rotten wood in IBC cages and that becomes my bonfire wood for when my friends come over, my firepit is quite large.

Very good advice. I do my own wood from my trees. Good Luck, Rick

I totally agree with the ant wood. I find if I split it and ants come out, I throw it in a separate pile. I won’t stack it on my 8’ rack(about 3 days worth of firewood during the coldest days.) It’s drys fast due to the bore holes and rotten wood and it still burns well with the more dense firewood. I find my 2500 sq foot Btu drolet stove drys the wood on the rack as well seeing its only 6’ away from the rack. Great video from a fellow New Englander.

Thank you for a most informative video. Lots of great tips. I learned s as great deal. Thank you.

Good information especially if new to using it for heat. 👍🏼👍🏼

Nice video Roger that should really help some folks that are new to buying firewood and maybe help some sellers be accurate in how they sell it. That’s one thing I pride myself in is having a measured amount based on cords or cubic feet.1/3 1/2 full etc

Looks like channel is growing well! I remember you were stuck at that 4.5k range for a long time.