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In this video I split up a cord of GREEN UNSEASONED firewood for a customer from the chunks we split down using the ‪@EastonmadeWoodSplitters‬ MS-324 mini skid steer splitter.
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[@curthenderson4271]

Need an update on the bird nest in your trailer!

[@DudeRanchDIY]

Still there!

[@matthewhamrick1099]

I had one in the engine compartment of my farm tractor this year

[@adirondackwoodsman]

Hey Jake, I like your idea of putting a rope on the IBC tote tops you put under your splitter and conveyor

[@DudeRanchDIY]

Thanks, makes it easier to drag around

[@WilleysFirewood]

We slow down here in Maine until may when people start camping. Our busiest time is through the winter tough for sure. We have had roadside racks for almost 10 years now.

[@WoodysRTBFirewood]

Hey Jake, I only sell bundles and loose stacks. Originally it was only stacks but now I’ve altered my stand because 90% of my sales are bundles. Winter is a bit slow but things are starting to pick up. When the nicer weather arrives I’ll be busy. Cheers Woody !!!

[@DudeRanchDIY]

Nice! I’ve been selling more bundles as well!

[@cwwhite5137]

Happy Birthday, Sarah! God Bless you! Chip

[@DudeRanchDIY]

Thanks Chip!

[@DaveDunehew-e1f]

Great video. TY for sharing. Sarah I hope you have a Happy Birthday when it comes.🎉😊Dave D. From Southern Maine.

[@DudeRanchDIY]

Thanks Dave!

[@carmanforget1073]

happy birthday sara...good job.. like to watch your vids

[@DudeRanchDIY]

Thank you!

[@bobfitch607]

Happy birthday Sarah. The woodyard is looking great Jake 🪵🔥👍

[@FirewoodinFontana]

Firewood sales are fantastic. out of the firewood stand this time of year because all the local campgrounds have opened.

[@DudeRanchDIY]

Nice!

[@BillBailey-sr8gd]

Happy, happy birthday Sarah can’t wait to see you and more videos.😁

[@DudeRanchDIY]

Thank you!

[@scottiversen9234]

Jake I love the drone video of the smoke as it drifts away. Very cool shot of that. Hope Sarah has a good birthday and you folks take care.

[@DudeRanchDIY]

Me too! Glad you liked it as much as I did!

[@OneEyeCustoms]

Happy birthday Young Lady!

[@DudeRanchDIY]

Thank you!

[@JuanSanchez-mk3ro]

Happy birthday Sara! April birthday like my wife…..you’re in good company!

[@DudeRanchDIY]

Happy birthday!

[@billobermeyer660]

Happy Birthday Sarah, enjoy your chocolate cake!! Jake, getting your customers on board with the green wood makes total sense!

[@LoggerJason]

Next weekend it will really pick up for our sales with the opening weekend of fishing here in Wisconsin.

[@davidedwards3734]

Great Video!! Glad your firewood sales are continuing!! Happy Birthday Sara!!! Stay Hydrated and Have a Safe Day

[@toddpacheco4748]

Jake great job and video,happy birthday 🎂 to Sara also another potential year round customer 😮😊❤

[@DudeRanchDIY]

Thank you!!

[@travisdoesfirewood]

One of many debates re firewood sales: same or less money for green firewood. Some argue it take the same amount of effort so same price as seasoned firewood. BUT, no time involved stacking it, especially if you load it directly to be sold= less touching. Thank you for letting us know your stance, keep cuttin'!

[@DudeRanchDIY]

Yep selling green has many advantages for buyer and seller

[@larryhronesz5693]

Happy birthday Sarah, I have a few customers that do want to season it themselves and I can split and load like you, and I still get my same money for green, like you said no stacking or reloading

[@travisdoesfirewood]

My firewood stand has picked back up late this month, including mini stove bundles. Keep cuttin'!

[@debfromthemill6945]

Happy Birthday Sarah. My firewood stand didn't do so great this winter. Hoping it picks up in the spring/ summer. Great video take care.

[@nebraskawoodstr]

Happy birthday Sarah. Nice vid. Take care. Like the rope handles.

[@DudeRanchDIY]

Thanks!

[@Gideon_Judges6]

Spin the board around and then it will be bowed out instead of bowed in. 😂

[@DudeRanchDIY]

lol I don’t think I’d get them back into their slots 😂

[@lyleharkness-rv5vf]

Happy Birthday Sarah 🎂 Nice splitting session with good looking splits 👍 I love beech as firewood even though it can be a pain to split sometimes. Burns nice and hot and leaves only fine white powder for ashes. I agree that green wood sales make sense not only for you but for the customer as well.

[@DudeRanchDIY]

Yes! Thank you!

[@EuroYardService]

Happy Birthday 🥳. Man I love seeing that burn tub smoking 😂

[@yorkfirewood]

I read your smoke signals. Let me make sure I read them right..."Ken, send more Firestarter. "

[@DudeRanchDIY]

lol always!

[@user-JamesLacy]

I like the way you catch the wood chips. I just use a log spliter for my own. I learned real quick to put a tarp down first. it makes cleaning up so much easier.

[@DudeRanchDIY]

Yep anything to help make cleanup easier!

[@Dorchwoods]

I'm on the opposite schedule here in southern Maine. I sell 100% pine / campfire wood, so I put out my roadside stand out in April. I'll do about 40 cords from April through October. Gotta love tourist towns!

[@DudeRanchDIY]

Awesome!

[@Ridgewood460]

Hi, great video. I’ve been selling firewood now for over 30 years and haven’t sold a dry stick yet. Most customers buy a year a head of time. It’s a good system…. Less handling = less cost for customers

[@DudeRanchDIY]

You got your customers trained well!

[@Ridgewood460]

@@DudeRanchDIY no…. It’s just that nobody was to pay the extra cost for dry wood. Around 50% more per cord

[@DudeRanchDIY]

@@Ridgewood460Around here everyone buys last minute as soon as the first snow flies

[@TheHobbyShop1]

Great idea selling the green firewood. I can see how it would benefit you and your customers.

[@DudeRanchDIY]

I think so too!

[@ronaldcamp6757]

Happy birthday young lady!

[@zone4garlicfarm]

There's a 50 site campground on my road and over 100 lakefront vacation rental houses in this town, most with outdoor firepits. My busy season for bundled firewood is Memorial Day to Columbus day with July and August being the busiest months. I don't bother stocking the roadside stand the rest of the year and I don't sell wood by the cord. I buy 20 cords of green wood for $265/cord, let it dry for a year and bundle it. One cord makes $1,350 of bundles.

[@DudeRanchDIY]

Nice!! That’s a good profit margin!

[@BeavertonFamilyFirewood]

Happy birthday, Sarah!

[@richmondshipton7079]

Happy birthday, Sara🎉

[@timknotts4752]

Happy Birthday Sarah!!

[@shotlifffamilyfirewood]

Southern Wisconsin. I sell very little in the winter at the stands. it picks up now for people having campfires in their yards goes through October

[@DudeRanchDIY]

Funny how it’s opposite here!

[@jamesbainton]

Happy Birthday Sarah! I will say that I have seen people discount a face cord by $10-20 and just promote it throughout the year and say it is only available until the end of May. Splitting right into the trailer saves the tote hassle, plus loading of it in the fall (an extra 20-30 mins faffing around) plus, it saves having a massive rush in the fall. All around, it makes sense as long as you are getting fairly close to the same price.

[@DudeRanchDIY]

Yep lots of benefits to selling green. My customers are paying about $50 less per facecord buying the wood green.

[@dennis4lyfe]

Happy birthday Sarah have a great day 🎂🎂🎂

[@bernardlegallic8449]

Happy birthday Sarah 🎂🍰🎂🍰🎂🍰

[@KPVFarmer]

Having green firewood is good to have two seasons in advance for preparedness too. It’s always good to have a buffer for many reasons, even if it’s as simple as whoever handles the wood has an injury one year. Always great to have peace of mind and a cushion. Just Say’n 🇺🇸🦅🇺🇸

[@DudeRanchDIY]

You can never have enough!

[@peterferguson5749]

Happy B day to Sarah ! Good job on dumping the totes, that's the easiest I have seen so far !!

[@DudeRanchDIY]

No need to over complicate it!

[@WestwayFirewood1313]

Our bundle season picks up here in Alaska, in late May and stays steady through Sept. The Summer is our busiest time of the year, during the fishing season when the tourist are here. Winters came be hit or miss for sales here.

[@DudeRanchDIY]

Very cool! Where in Alaska are you? Bucket list destination for sure!

[@WestwayFirewood1313]

We are in Kenai. On the peninsula, north of Homer.

[@robertframe7310]

Hey Jake how are you doing I'm good great video and happy birthday Sara 🎂 🥳

[@DudeRanchDIY]

Thanks Robert!

[@cliffjenkins6419]

Good logic on the green wood. It'll be beaut to burn handled right from time of delivery. Let us know how the eggs got on please. Cheers from HB NZ

[@timothyknechtsberger1758]

Happy Birthday Sarah HAVE A GREAT DAY

[@crickettjd]

Happy Birthday Sarah!!! Great idea; doing the wood this way is a win, win for everyone!!! Why not have the wood drying at your own house, then the wood is already there when you need or want to use it!!!

[@DudeRanchDIY]

Exactly!

[@billerwin3772]

Happy birthday Sara🎉🎉

[@donaldslate4195]

Happy Birthday Sarah

[@whitechurchfarm]

HB Sara..have a great weekend.

[@jonseim4030]

I like the whole set up, from truck and trailer to log splitter shelter! I got to ask though, and I'm sure it's been asked before... How do you like the 6.4? I've heard all sorts of stories about it, but then again I've heard all sorts about the 6.0 and yet I bought one and have a love hate relationship with it😂. Love watching the videos you make and keep up the great work!

[@DudeRanchDIY]

Thank you! I love my 6.4, no issues with it. It’s deleted and tuned and all I do is tow with it.

[@gordonoldfield403]

Bag the scappy chunks up for kindling (fire starter) , it's better to get something for it , than burn it away ???

[@DudeRanchDIY]

I separate out the full length pieces of kindling. I have several totes full

[@outdoorswithlarryrobin]

Hello Jake, Are wood stand has slowed a little also, Stay safe my friend 🪵🇺🇸

[@billyhill101]

Hope you have the best birthday ever Sarah

[@DudeRanchDIY]

Thank you!

[@peteanderson1714]

At our mnt. cabin the vol fire dept would have come running..

[@DudeRanchDIY]

Haha it was actively raining as I was burning!

[@guerrydotson3213]

Happy Birthday Sarah!!!! Eat Cake

[@DudeRanchDIY]

Thanks Guerry!

[@Stihl-Alive044-nc8op]

Awesome job dumping the totes into your trailer, you got that down great, go slow and nothing gets damaged.

[@DudeRanchDIY]

Yep, keep it simple!

[@danshouseofsmokeandoutdoor7119]

I think if burn wood for heat you should have year ahead. Shouldn’t have to sell to much cheaper. Nice work.

[@FrankRoden-wm2lm]

I would look into a chipper grinder and pellet machine , a good way to turn your scrap material into money !!!

[@DudeRanchDIY]

That would be cool but pellet machines are expensive and it would be time consuming!

[@WilleysFirewood]

95 percent of the wood that we sell is and will always be green. It’s much better because you do not have to handle the wood as much. Firewood is a lot of work for little money so the fewer times you touch it the better.

[@DudeRanchDIY]

Agreed!

[@watchthe1369]

Ever tried to turn the scrap into chunk charcoal and sell that?

[@DudeRanchDIY]

I’ve made charcoal before but to turn all my scrap into charcoal would be time consuming.

[@jeanvaljohn3921]

Good to know about the rotater

[@obiorah1]

Selling Green Firewood to a Customer for a full cord plus delivery charges you will make more money then selling firewood in small and large totes Happy Birthday to Sarah,

[@kevinbauder8927]

Instead of replacing your oak board on trailer drop some 2x4 into stake pockets going the length of your trailer below oak board and bolt them together will give extra support.

[@DudeRanchDIY]

I could definitely do this!

[@MW-bz1qe]

Dumb question, but would the wood "scrap " make decent kindling to sell if u let it dry down?

[@DudeRanchDIY]

Not a dumb question, yes it does make good kindling. As I load the burn barrel I separate out the long full length pieces and save them for kindling. I have several totes full.

[@buckinfirewood]

Jake you might want to buy another trailer my friend... That is the Kirtland's warbler eggs .. used to be on the endangered species list.. the fines for deliberately disturbing this nest starts with at 18,000 and goes up from there..

[@DudeRanchDIY]

What eggs? 😯👀

[@buckinfirewood]

@@DudeRanchDIY lol

[@iffykidmn8170]

@@DudeRanchDIY The ones in this video, someone out in Ut got hemmed up with the DNR over some type of mussels in a boat that showed up in one of their YT videos.

[@whitechurchfarm]

How does the solar light on your shed work. Are you happy with it. If so what is the brand I want one for a lean-to shed I keep for my horses. Thx

[@DudeRanchDIY]

It’s a Hyperlite, works well! hi-hyperlite.com/discount/CCUYTHY5

[@dalemarks4332]

How we doing Jake watch your videos all the time but not much on commenting but I do want to wish Sarah a happy birthday

[@DudeRanchDIY]

Thanks Dale!

[@gregchildress4086]

Why did you stop using the rugged made splitter, I'm looking to order 1 for personal use, pros/ cons?

[@DudeRanchDIY]

Because I got the Eastonmade, @ruggedmade makes a great machine at their price point with a lot of features not typically found on splitters of that price.

[@JamesBain-w3t]

I would think the eggs are scrambled from the journey.

[@DudeRanchDIY]

Probably

[@bigbluegpr]

Hey Jake - you can actually touch that bird nest and the mother will NOT abandon it! Most birds (vultures are an exemption, for example) don't have a sense of smell. We biologists tell people the white lie that they shouldn't touch nests, baby animals, etc. because the mom will abandin them in order to keep people from messing with them. Even animals that have a sense of smell (like deer) aren't going to abandon their babies if they smell human scent on them.

[@DudeRanchDIY]

Good to know! It’s not there anymore, not sure what happened

[@2ASF475]

Happy birthday Sarah! Is Dude Ranch coming to the OWB shindig?

[@DudeRanchDIY]

We won’t make it this year!

[@rd6006]

Thanks for Sharing your video! How much wood is in the tote in comparison to a face cord? How much does a tote of wood cost? Have a BLESSED day! 😊🙏🏻❤️📖🙌🏻🕊

[@DudeRanchDIY]

Large totes are 1/3 cord, small are 1/4 cord. I charge over $150/tote

[@rd6006]

​@@DudeRanchDIY Thank you! Great video! Have a BLESSED day! 😘🙏🏻❤️📖🙌🏻🕊

[@jake22-1]

Kind of funny. We have the same name and our wife's have the same name. With somewhat similar channels.

[@DudeRanchDIY]

Small world, great names!

[@pitts3219]

What’s firewood go for a cord delivered in your area?

[@DudeRanchDIY]

I’ve seen it as low as $250 and as high as $600 or more

[@SmallCreekFirewood]

Happy birthday sara

[@LeeCassineri]

Punky firewood isn't green

[@littleslawncareandfirewood]

Great job man keep it up! I like that idea of selling green wood 🪵 to people but I’m also scared about it because if they don’t let it sit long enough and burn it they might not buy from me again. Happy birthday 🎂 to Sara hope she has a great day!

[@DudeRanchDIY]

That’s not your fault, if someone buys green wood too late in the season expecting to burn it right away that’s their fault. All you can do is explain the difference between green and seasoned and provide guidance based on time of year.

[@littleslawncareandfirewood]

@@DudeRanchDIY true say Jake!