FIREWOOD ENTREPRENEUR... ARE YOU ONE?

[@jameschandler2776]

There is no place like the U.S. for starting a business but you have to be willing to work. You nailed it when you said, "find a need and fill it." I have had a job since I was 12. I bought a lawn mower from Western Auto. 1966, $149.99. 90 days same as cash. I cut 10 lawns a week at $3 each. I did those lawns until 1970 when I went in the Air Force. I also had a 20 hr. a week job at a pharmacy. Somewhere along there I got some sleep and went to school. Being in business for yourself is very rewarding but can be scary because you are your own safety net. You are a great success story.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Thanks for the great stories James! Yup...when you are the man you most often are ....the only man...

[@jasonbarnes6717]

Thanks for sharing your story and wisdom. Such an inspiration for the rest of us to do what we enjoy and live a full life working and serving.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Thanks for watching... keep chopping!

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Nice talk today Chris . Sounds like we grew up doin and being taught the same things .

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup, just get to work.....firewood people are a lot like that. NUTS!!!

[@GPOutdoors]

Brings back memories of growing up. Thanks Chris - some great advice and inspiration to start the New Year!

[@InTheWoodyard]

Thanks Gord!!! Keep movin'!

[@edmarchigiani9419]

Thank you Chris for the content. Its always nice to here a persons story. I have canceled cable a couple of years ago because of You Tubers like you giving us the real "Reality TV". Thanks again keep up the good work.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Thanks...yes the old media is dying fast.

[@cutNdryfirewood]

All good tips for being an entrepreneur 👍. I’m looking forward to seeing the 28c conveyor splitter working too 👍

[@InTheWoodyard]

Thanks...soon!

[@MAM-cy3yy]

Growing up in a big city I had a newspaper route, shined shoes, picked recyclables from trash, sold pretzels and ran grocery errands for the older neighbors. I always had a dollar in my pocket. I raised my kids the same way, thank God they are all successful.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Sounds like you had a great upbringing! Good on you to pass it on!

[@dp3797]

That was a great video, the youngsters in this world need to watch this.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Maybe some day they will be ready for it and watch....most adults aren't.

[@Train64693]

Chris you are so right with your attitude. Don’t know if it’s because I’m getting old but think kids are willing to work but are held back by the adults. Everyone wants their children to do better than them,but it really doesn’t matter what they do as long as they enjoy what they’re doing. I started work at 12 years and this was the best education for adulthood. Great video Best Mark

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup, work makes the man!

[@BluCollarBoogie]

Great channel Chris. I had the idea to start selling firewood back in April of 2024. I bought a small yardmax electric splitter and started going to get the wood free from marketplace and splitting it and that has evolved into a gas splitter and a pretty great side hustle selling bundles. I just want to say your channel has taught me so much along the way and it continues to teach me as I learn all the curves along the way. Thank you for laying out the blue print to have an up and running successful side hustle! Keep up the great videos!

[@InTheWoodyard]

Awesome...keep cuttin'!

[@BluCollarBoogie]

@@InTheWoodyard me and my finances inside joke is your famous quote.. “more” 👍

[@InTheWoodyard]

@@BluCollarBoogie THAT is the right number!

[@westvirginia8658]

Same here, no allowance from mom and dad, I cut grass and shoveled snow if I wanted money. I was making around 10 to 15 dollars each. Thanks for the good memories, have a great new year! Mike

[@InTheWoodyard]

Wow...you got paid well...I remember getting .15 and .20 cents some times for a driveway shoveling!!!

[@davidedwards3734]

Great video!!! Ive followed your advise since i started watching your channel. Your Help has given me some more insight to why its important to work and stay productive!! Stay Hydrated and Have a Safe Day

[@InTheWoodyard]

Thanks, just keep movin'!

[@travisarndt2330]

Like you said i sure didnt expect my firewood business to grow into what it has! Happy new year i hope its a great year for firewood!

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup, it did happen! Happy new year!

[@nebraskawoodstr]

Great vid Chris. Your dad was smart. Same things installed in my kids. Take care and happy new year.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Hello Mr. Nebraska!!!...yup work makes the man!

[@annaaron3510]

What a C.V. Chris ! Bless our free capitalism and self entrepreneurship. And established firewood "entertainment" for the millions. Keep it up. JMNSHO

[@InTheWoodyard]

Thanks a bunch for watching!

[@TerrellWillams]

Chris! This is my favorite idea of yours by far!!!

[@InTheWoodyard]

Thanks for watching Terrell!

[@xanluu2813]

Your story line is a tell tell sign of how old your are. I'm around same age and recall doing a lot things you mentioned as a kid myself. Keep videos coming. Love watching. Happy new year!!

[@InTheWoodyard]

Thanks for watching...62

[@5points7019]

TOMORROW! is my husband's LAST DAY of working as a pipeline welder!! 45 years he's worked. I give him about 2 weeks before he gets antsy and starts going on projects and other stuff. He has a list of things he's had little time for, including more wood sitting on the driveway that's waiting for him to be split and stacked in the garage (we live in town)... He thinks I'm gonna work him like a rented mule lols but that mindset was already in him when we met. He's a hard worker... his mom trained him as a kid by making him get up at 5am and pull bind weeds off her fence line in Oklahoma summers..lol he still makes jokes about hearing her footsteps and the screen door swinging open. We plan on raising the bar again this year, growing even more in our small yard garden and selling at the local farmers market as our side hustle, among other things. I made and sold 25 doz homemade peppermint patties this holiday season.. Where there's a will there's a way! Happy new year 🎉

[@InTheWoodyard]

AWESOME...he will do well, I bet he will be working even harder as a retired man!

[@LeBlancfirewood]

Great story my oldest sister always told me do what you love and the money will come

[@VegasEdo]

Another smart fellow, Grant Cardone, has also said "If you can't make money doing what you love, do what makes money until you love it"

[@InTheWoodyard]

Maybe....what if you love to watch TV or do drugs??? Some things in life need to have a purpose that pays.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup...I concur with my friend Grant.

[@StephenTilley-q5i]

Chris, That was one of your best non action vids you have posted for some time. You hit the nail. What a difference 50 years makes. I do remember. Filed vid to special Folder, will be revisiting. Your dad did you right. About time you gave us some meat on t bone. Regards, Spitfireman. Australia.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Thanks for the kind words Stephen...keep cuttin'!

[@jessejones9830]

Hey great inspiring video,reminds me of growing up,but also how I can better my businesses now as a adult

[@InTheWoodyard]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks Jesse!

[@ronaldsamol3779]

I have been self employed for 46 years in lawncare started with my dad 12 years old. I have driven school and tour buses part time. School bus 35 years part time. I recently gave that up. Helped lay carpet wzy back when. Never had a lunchbox job. BTW . I’m cutting lawns where my dad worked 50 years ago. Obviously new owners. I have down sized now a days to just do it on my own. I enjoy my wood burning garage in winter. I did winter in Arizona for 10 years. Sold on a profit and other circumstances, none bad.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Sounds like a good life! Thanks for the story!

[@williamkleinsLost40Lodge]

Awesome video. I have done a lot of the same things as you. In life when you need money you have to get up and do something. Even if it’s wrong do it and find out if you can make it work. Peace

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup, my dad used to say that all the time..."do something even if it is wrong"!

[@pauldixon3089]

Good morning Chris, I did a lot of similar things to you as a kid to earn money, as a family we were pretty poor and cash was tight. As kids we were never in the house unlike today where kids don't seem to step out the front door.!! Everything you achieve in life that's worthwhile has nearly always been done by hard work and it's nothing to be afraid of.👍

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup, work makes the man!

[@megamike4357]

You said a lot in this video. Of everything said, learning you have a masters degree is very impressive. I know how people say a degree isn't that important, but I am certain it has helped you in several ways. I find you to be a classic example of how hard work pays off.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Thanks Mike!

[@TwinCityFirewood]

I Really enjoy hearing about your past. This may be my favorite video that you’ve made! GNI!

[@InTheWoodyard]

Glad you enjoyed it! How's the supply of the small sharp pieces of wood doin'?

[@TwinCityFirewood]

@ 😂😂. Always stocked up and in my pocket!!

[@NathanielShuck]

Hey, I'm thinking about starting a wood business. Is there anything that you think I should know or any tips you have?

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup...this is by far the most important thing...it is all that matters....start tomorrow. And then don't stop.

[@larryvankirk7423]

Nice video Chris. I shared most of your childhood, boyhood occupations and a few others. Pretty much supported myself and buying my own clothes, bikes,cars,musical instruments from a very early age. Later paid for college . All of that makes me appreciate what I have today, but not wired like you as a workaholic. Thanks for being an inspiration to the rest of us. GNI

[@InTheWoodyard]

Thanks Larry, yup, it is a problem...I can't sit around much not doing. Ha!

[@waynetharp]

My Dad was a foreman in a sawmill for almost 40 years. My experience was different in that he built his house in the woods, right next door to the company owners house. I grew up playing with his bosses kids and very early on saw first hand all the advantages and opportunities that ownership brought... First one there and last to leave, every day as self-employed!👍

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup, I always say being self employed is awesome.....you only HAVE to work half days and the other 12 hours you can choose to work more and I NEVER have to ask for a day off...there aren't any available.

[@WhiteZ50Won]

Awesome video. I love that you are so transparent and up front with your successes and failures. Really cool to hear your story as a kid and the progression of your successes into being a man. I could sit around a fire and listen to your stories for hours! Hmm maybe next video idea? Hanging by the fire 🔥. Anyways great stuff and thanks for being such a role model for anyone out there looking to build their own business. Have a good one 👍

[@InTheWoodyard]

Thanks for watching!

[@davdsonoftheeagerbeaver8619]

You can learn alot from someone's work history and ethics.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup...I guess everyone now knows I am NUTS!!! Thanks David!

[@johnhaug5527]

We cut grass, shoveled snow, delivered news papers at age eleven to fourteen. Then I go a "real job", washing tractor trailers with a power washer. I was always working and making money. Both of my parents had two jobs on and off over the years. My children also have a great work ethic.

[@InTheWoodyard]

That is awesome...there are a lot of happy people with calluses!

[@johnsandell4501]

Your history collecting Benjamin's is very impressive. Congratulations 👍👍👍

[@InTheWoodyard]

Thanks John!

[@geoff738]

That’s got to be one of the most interesting vids you posted, and you’ve done many.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Thanks so much for watching! And the kind words!

[@Bill-1005]

Great advice. What's a recommended video editor? You are a blessed man Bill Lowcountry Firewood

[@InTheWoodyard]

Thanks... I just use i-movie on my macbook.

[@rbrown83901]

When i was young (10 -12 years old) i collected empty pop bottles and cut lawn. Then in High school I delivered newspapers for all routes in my part of town before getting my very own route.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup, we all get started doing things that are kinda fun and figure out what we want to spend out time doing for the next 60--80 years!

[@EdgeOfTheNorth]

Wow 🤯 That inspired my face off! Thank you 🙏

[@InTheWoodyard]

Thanks!

[@peterljubicich9451]

Great video. Your expertise on being self employed is helping me fill holes in my own knowledge. Thank you! I hope you do more like this.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Thanks Peter!

[@stevepatrick8606]

Great video Chris. I remember shoveling driveways to earn a few hundred dollars for my H.S. class ring. Grass mowing, painting, landscaping, - anything I wanted to buy, I found a way to make the money for it. On a snow day from school I saw $ signs. Today, the snow filled streets are empty of kids trying to earn buck. Sad. Outstanding advice today!

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup, most kids now are told get a big degree and avoid labor...those jobs (the dirty skilled labor ones) will rule the world soon...everyone needs to eat and needs to flush the toilet in a house with electricity and heat!

[@dethmaul]

I'm so glad youtube makes you a lot of money! I hope you have a big savings and retirement account and are happy and healthy!

[@InTheWoodyard]

I do okay...but more importantly I enjoy every minute.

[@kenbrown2808]

best entrepreneur story I heard. guy would pull discarded mowers out of the garbage dump and rebuild them. then he'd go around the neighborhood asking if people wanted their lawns mowed. if they said they did their own, he'd ask how their mower was doing, because he had rebuilt mowers to sell.

[@InTheWoodyard]

I like that!

[@KevinHarvey-qw5mj]

That's probably the best video you put out telling how you grew up making money to provide for yourself and did it all about the same with me but you want something means more when you earn it you take better care of it you being a salesman of stuff that is why like I tell you can sell ice cubes to Eskimos you got a gift to gab like me dr saying me with PTSD and talking to people is therapy for me i shoveled walks also but some older people couldn't pay so gave them a free ie thanks for posting waiting for next video always interesting my friend i did about same as you bought clothes for school and supplies and what ever else I wanted we had similar experiences growing up but im a million miller holder drove trucks and had a trucking company and sand and gravel company and had a landfill also then worked at tree company for something to do but meant a lot of people who became friends thanks again for posting my friend waiting for next post

[@InTheWoodyard]

Thanks again Kevin!!

[@crazyman3157]

Another great video Chris. 👍🏻👍🏻

[@InTheWoodyard]

Glad you liked it!

[@apollo4535]

Definitely a very informative video.We appreciate your insight on your entrepreneurial ventures.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Thanks!!

[@outdoorsinthe608]

Great talk Chris!👍👍

[@InTheWoodyard]

Thanks for watching Jeremiah!

[@B.E.Greatful]

Would you be willing to make a playlist of all your videos it also helps the KZbin algorithm if viewers let your playlist run through please and thank you

[@InTheWoodyard]

I could do that or just make more videos....I do have some play lists but for me to spend time doing that means giving up answering comments, cutting wood, splitting wood, editing videos, making thumbnails, delivering wood, working in and on my other business, making videos for my other channel, answering emails phone call text messages and a thousand other things I do every day....so maybe some day I will when I stop sleeping for 4-5 hours a night...Haaaa! Good idea though!

[@edsnell4287]

one of your best videos yet!

[@InTheWoodyard]

Thanks Ed!

[@jeffpeters1014]

I worked on a dairy farm, had a paper route and my dad started me in the driveway seal coating business. We had a huge garden that my sister and I took care of. I took care of the chickens. And I would squeeze in rabbit and pheasant hunting in almost every day! Too many other jobs to count along with my primary career. Work is rewarding.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup, a man has got to have a purpose!

[@DanielAtkinsFirewood]

I was there the same way as a teenager. Always looking for something to do, whether it was extra cash or helping my Dad restock the woodshed. 😉👍

[@InTheWoodyard]

Awesome...you still got it Daniel!

[@annmariekowalski7505]

Thank you for sharing, Chris.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Thanks for watching!!!

[@keithleiterman2185]

I guess I'd say I'm in my late '50s. I don't know if that makes me younger. I did find aspects of similarity of my youth and life. All my life I love to bail hay. I was not raised on a farm. I did grow up in the country. Worked on a farm, driving tractor. Later in life taking vacation to go fishing and ending up driving tractor to help get the crops in. Helping out farmer friends working for cheese and butter on barter. I used to work third shift and when I got done I realized that I had everyday off, cuz I worked at night. I had plenty of daylight to cut down trees for firewood, not for money. When people would ask me if I used firewood; I would say in my fire pit. I ended up with wood and gave it away to a friend Ralph that burnt firewood 24/7 At his drafty old farm house - just a guy I knew from church. Ralph introduced me to cutting firewood. Old Ralph would tell me he needed a guy like me." Strong back, weak mind " Now it's been several years later I've reconnected with him I've just been hauling wood. I haven't been doing much cutting just watching for free firewood. Ralph now Older late 70's He's slowing down and I need the exercise. I haven't sought after any monetary gain from this endeavor. I've been called a very unique and interesting person, by many. I think I'm just an extraordinary average guy. I try to take care of widows first, next veterans. I guess I am just rich in a different way. Not that I couldn't use more money. I just been calling it my hobby for years Another endeavor I came up with is junk picking and finding good stuff that people throw away, it might need a little repair. I donate it to a charitable organization. What is interesting is what people throw away and what the organization can make. The only thing I get from it is something to write off on my taxes and it doesn't cover the fuel or the time to do it. I guess my thought process is out of whack, I just save good stuff from going to the landfill. I work Monday - Friday 5-day a week. Chris, I sure do appreciate your videos!

[@InTheWoodyard]

Thanks for the life story and your watching Keith!

[@leeetchells609]

Happy new year Chris, didn't go out new years eve after all. We had torrential rain and town centre flooded out! Don't think any lives lost but thousands evacuated Thier homes. My house was fine luckily. Not a great start to new year 😊

[@InTheWoodyard]

Sounds like you are lucky there! Being alive is a good start to the new year!

[@jasonpinnix1905]

I was Born in 1971 . And like you started early In life . Grew up farming and logging. 1989 HUGO came through I got started into the tree service business. I sale a lot of wood but I am a Hobbyist. That way it’s still Fun . But the $$$$$$ is still there .

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup, even if you love what you do for a living it can become ........work.

[@toddpacheco4748]

Chris,when you started talking about ways you would make money I started thinking about all the different ways that I would make money 👍😮😊❤

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup, most of us are not to dissimilar!

[@Threegreenacresfirewood]

Excellent video Chris, What your opinion on stacking firewood with snow on it or wet wood? Dump trailer is full of oak with snow,and need to get it stack. Thanks Chris

[@InTheWoodyard]

The snow will melt in the spring....stack away.... IF you do not need it now. But try to not have too much snow on the chunks because as it melts the pile MAY shift and tip over????

[@Threegreenacresfirewood]

Thank again Chris, respect your opinion for sure!

[@wickedmessenger1]

This was a great video. I am also an entrepreneur, only I didn't start that way. I was an engineer for 15 years, then I quit when I realized how unhappy it was making me. It has been almost 22 years since I quit working "for the man" and they have been the best years, both in happiness and the money I've made.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup...to me being an employee would be like selling myself and my time and have someone else be in control of both. There is a Slavic based word for that.....

[@LeBlancfirewood]

Learned the same way you did worked for everything I have handed that down to my kids now my son has his own excavation business business

[@InTheWoodyard]

That is awesome!

[@cannibalchainsaw]

I've been thinking about selling some wood, but it's really difficult in my area. You mentioned it in another video a few weeks ago. I'm in a bad location. It's really rural and there aren't any large cities within an hour. Everyone around here has a truck and a chainsaw and there's plenty of wood to cut. Around here it's sold in pickup loads and some of them will sell a pickup load for $40-50. I think I'm going to try to corner the market on having dry wood later in the winter. There seems to be a market for that.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup, rural areas are difficult to sell wood of there are lots of trees and everyone has a truck chainsaw and splitter!

[@cannibalchainsaw]

@InTheWoodyard and around here the economy is so bad people will undercut each other. I wouldn't throw a load on the truck for $40, much less cut it and split it. My labor is too valuable.

[@haroldanderson2781]

Thanks so much for the peek into Mr. Carlsons history.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Thanks Harold...my guess is most that watch here are much the same.

[@coreyriley7160]

G’morning Chris. Sounds like you’ve been moving and grooving from day one ! Most bestest. GoodNightIrene

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup, I guess I am a movegroover! Thanks!

[@Mainelywork]

🤘New Year’s motivation!!!

[@InTheWoodyard]

Thanks!

[@grofffamilyprojects]

You have had good work ethic your whole life!! People with good work ethic are always successful!! The lazy people always comes up with excuses to why they can't do it!! Your videos have always been great krrp up the good work!!

[@InTheWoodyard]

Thanks for the kind words Family man!

[@mn_3gunner819]

As a 51-year-old self-employed business owner who hasn't had a quote unquote job working for somebody else in a very long time I relate to this video all the way. I used to have a bunch of friends who would always tell me "it must be nice." It must be nice to be able to travel out of state 8 or 10 times a year for major shooting events or it must be nice to take your family on a vacation every year or it must be nice to go elk hunting every year. I'll tell you what wasn't nice or what isn't nice is waking up at four o'clock every Saturday and Sunday all year long and going to work. Every Sunday when my buddies were all at the bar drinking beer eating wings and watching Vikings games I was working. Saturday when the walleyes were really biting I probably was working. I have to prioritize my time away from work with the things I truly love which is my family and shooting competitions. I have now been able to surround myself with friends who are financially and in their businesses much more successful than myself and it has done me immense amounts of good as far as wrapping my head around what it takes to be successful as a husband a father and business owner. Those friends of yours who continuously say it must be nice will never actually know how nice it could be if they were willing to put the effort forward. As always great video I love the wood videos you actually inspired me to start my own little side wood hustle with the zero free time I actually have so thanks for that and I love the business ideas you talk about as well. Keep it up and I hope 2025 is your best year ever

[@InTheWoodyard]

You are right, it's a lot of work, but rewarding! Thanks for your kind words!

[@erichk1674]

I did lots and lots of trapping in the late 70’s early 80’s . Mainly Muskrats and Mink . In the summer all we did was bale hay and straw . My dad told me I’m not giving you an allowance and you aren’t sitting around all summer . I remember goose and pheasant hunting for Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner. Boy how times have changed .

[@InTheWoodyard]

Those were the days!

[@larrylefebvre2237]

Great video Chris, the only problem is when I watched it there were 4484 view and only 791 likes. Perhaps remind your viewers to hit the like button more often. GNI

[@InTheWoodyard]

I’ll take it under advisement! I figure if I give my best they will come...I am not much of an asker....I'd rather give.

[@David-j2w7o]

Sounds like me I farm raising beef to sell to the public an work full time at a stone quarry keep up the good work

[@InTheWoodyard]

Thanks David...keep at it!

[@shaneapplegate1975]

I threw my hands up in 08 working for the system. I've been completely on my own ever since and was able to maintain a beach house with my skills. 3 years ago I mixed firewood into the hustle when I purchased another home. It's too old and inefficient to heat any other way. I would work a job if there was some type of a reward or appreciation to it. Unfortunately I just continued to live in my own world where I'm perfect there professionally hustling everyday 😁✌️ When I was a kid we plug in an extension cord into the neighbors with a metal rod on it and stick it in the ground to catch the nightcrawlers to sell to the bait guy.😂

[@InTheWoodyard]

Thanks for the stories Shane!

[@GregPrince-io1cb]

Chris, I and the rest of the Woodhounds enjoy the everyday pick me up, git er dun, morning start!! The short(8-14 minute) with a 2 pot sprinkled in every so often is an outstanding format... GNI!!

[@InTheWoodyard]

Thanks, I just make the videos as long as they need to be.

[@rickharris1870]

Hey Chris, you are a go getter. That comes through in your videos. Very interesting to hear all the ways you've made money.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Thanks, I have a lot more to share some day...maybe me and my brothers will do a chat about it some day!

[@TheArkansasDiamondMiner]

Enjoyed the video!!

[@InTheWoodyard]

Thanks! Glad you liked it!

[@WilleysFirewood]

I've been self employed for a large portion of my life as well. It's always nice to see someone else with another drive to push. Well done and hopefully this inspires someone else to do the same.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup, a lot of us in firewood are very similar!

[@eduardfrazao3506]

Well. done vary good

[@InTheWoodyard]

Thanks Eduard!

[@philipgagnon3114]

Long story short...I did the same as yourself Professor back in the day...50's and early 60's. 15 cents a dozen for nightcrawlers to a guy who sold them for 35 cents a dozen...friend of my dads. Thinking there was a middleman in there. My dad. Found out years later he was getting back 5 cents from him for ever dozen I sold him at 15 cents a dozen. Both making money off me. We were way off from the traffic routes and wasn't thats why I ..we sold to him. Did all your stuff and in the spring helped alot of single elder ladies set up there flower gardens. Paid the best. Rate this video 1 to 10....11! 😊

[@InTheWoodyard]

AWESOME! That's a great story and a good lesson learned, you figured it out and made good money doing it!

[@carl27890]

All these rain days are Gona drive me crazy! I just want to be productive

[@InTheWoodyard]

On rainy days I try to find some repairs to do or fill my mind with some knowledge.

[@B.E.Greatful]

Good Morning Boss God Bless ✝️🇺🇸🙏🏻💪🏻💯

[@InTheWoodyard]

Hello...thanks!

[@thefirewooddoctor]

If I'm to stay in firewood, am doing it the right way. Sold off my Wolfe Ridge and paid cash for a box store splitter. We shall see how the next few months pan out.

[@InTheWoodyard]

You are on the right track! Just do what you can and stay outta debt!

[@jeanpomerleau8416]

Did you ride around on your bikes and collect bottle off the side of the road too? :), we did not do hay or trapping, but Dad had us doing a lot of the other things. in the 1970's and 1980's for us

[@InTheWoodyard]

Nope, no bottles but we did do a lot of other things too to make money!

[@noelstractors-firewood57]

Thanks Chris. Great video. 👍🏻👍🏻👋👋

[@InTheWoodyard]

Thanks for watching!

[@MarkWakeland]

Oh yeah, great motivational video

[@InTheWoodyard]

Thanks!

[@roncaron-l1r]

Hi Chris nice day here nice video like it ( Ty Ron

[@InTheWoodyard]

Thanks Ron!

[@bevboakes8982]

Hi the tax man must love you you’re making him a fortune 😂😂. New subscriber enjoying your channel

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup...that is the rub...most people have no clue as to the amount of taxes employers and I pay in...tens of thousands of dollars every year...just my building taxes on my business has cost me well over $250,000 in the last 20 years! And that is not the biggest tax I pay! Income, sales, social security, employees, equipment.....Thanks for watching!

[@rogerl8488]

How many employees you have i thought it did it alone lol​@@InTheWoodyard

[@robertblacksmith4355]

Great stories Chris we have a similar work history I worked in the Photo industry 📸! "Side Hustles" $$$$!

[@InTheWoodyard]

Thanks Robert!

[@JamesMcnichol-ss2oc]

The bundler would be a great way to give someone a bit of a different type of wood to try. Especially for the fireplace customers. Give them a bundle of maple or cherry with an order of oak. Time could be a problem to bundle the wood though too

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup, that is a good idea for some "FREE" samples! I like it!

[@BGWenterprises]

Did Christmas trees one year. Definitely the biggest embrace the suck thing, I've ever done. As they perfer to do it in a way that keeps the trees wet. So rain gear all day.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup, my dad still has a Christmas tree farm...over 30 years now...I have planted, watered, trimmed, dug, transplanted, cut , loaded, hauled and helped sell thousands of them! I liked all of it...but I am strange that way!

[@JohnFrytag]

Great advice!

[@InTheWoodyard]

Thanks JOHN!

[@MarkWakeland]

I know what u mean, I mowed lawns, shoveled snow, worked in gardens, pumped gas, and baled loads of hay and straw. Work hard and u have money. Even as a minister I had a side hustle of selling produce for about 17 years.

[@InTheWoodyard]

That is awesome! Keep giviner!

[@rs2024-s4u]

It'd be nice to have power jacks on your trailers. Seems that some inventive person would adapt a jack plate to fit and be permanently mounted to your truck and then your trailers could be stored in down position and then lifted with jackplate never needing to raise or lower trailers for hook ups, just back up to trailer raise hydraulic jackplate attach safety chains and wiring harness and drive off. Ray

[@InTheWoodyard]

Great idea! I like it!

[@timrydman-mr5hp]

I did the same thing working. Lawns paper route and hay and farmed my dad's small farm.

[@InTheWoodyard]

AWESOME! Sounds like you are a hard worker!

[@JesseLJohnson]

My parents owned apartments so growing up I got to do painting and whatever else there and dad had a body shop and he was a car dealer so I got to detail all the cars and he let me have the scrap from the shop so I would get a few grand a year in scrap plus all the scrap from the apartments from people leaving junk washers and dryers and bed frames and whatever else behind when they moved out. Had people that paid me to mow and cut their bushes and clean up leaves. My grandpa had a factory and I went to work there too. Wasn't exactly old enough so grandpa would put some extra hours on mom's check for her to give to me. Till I was old enough to legally work there then I got to leave school after lunch to go to work. Grandparents always paid me to detail their cars too. I never really sold wood till the last 5 years or so. All the extra wood I would produce every year better to sell it than let it sit around and rot. Sell a lot of other crap too. I buy stuff at auctions, flip cars, houses. I have all sorts of car parts and tools laying around I don't need so I sell a whole lot of that on marketplace. I have a car dealer license too but haven't been selling to many cars the last few years. Prices got so outrageous that I hate buying them at auction and what I have to sell them for to make anything. Scared of buying these cars and having the prices drop and me getting stuck with a bunch of cars that aren't worth what I paid for them. I sell cars from home though so not like I have to drive to a dealership we haven't had an actual lot since the 90s sell from the house the body shop is at the house too so don't have to leave.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Sounds like you have a great work ethic!!

[@GavinCottrell08]

Hey Chris, I’m getting into firewood, and curious what you charge for a face cord? Thanks!

[@InTheWoodyard]

It depends more on your market where you are..I charge $120 a face cord (1/3 cord) and $360 a full cord. I have seen areas that have a hard time getting $60-70 and others that sell out fast at $200-$250 a face cord.

[@GavinCottrell08]

@ Thank you! 👍

[@Tommy-h4b]

Thank you very much for the video sir

[@InTheWoodyard]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@unclestinky6388]

I think our young people should be taught how to be an entrepreneur rather than being taught how to be an employee. Kids should be taught how to start their own business as the primary option with "finding a good job" only as a fallback. Because the entrepreneurial skills transfer to just about any job one might pursue

[@InTheWoodyard]

I agree 100%!!!!!!!!!!!

[@RobbieTrimm]

great memories.. i hauled hay for 2 years to buy my first car.

[@InTheWoodyard]

That's awesome!

[@briannelson4493]

There’s no better teacher than experience. If you want something in life work for it , don’t just expect handouts. I grew up on a dairy farm ( our family farm ) and you worked

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup, farm kids are almost always good workers and more importantly great folks.

[@justinsbeaver9010]

How can you make more money on KZbin than anything else? Does that include your sponsors? Or that includes the free stuff you get from companies?

[@InTheWoodyard]

There are over 10 ways that I know of to make money on KZbin....here are a few... 1 - addsense - you get paid a portion of the money charged for add that run on your channel and it can be substantial 2 - sponsorship - companies pay you to use and promote their equipment and products 3 - FREE stuff that they give you IF you make a videos about their products 4 - selling merchandise - t-shirts, mugs, hoodies, stickers 5 - selling YOUR products that are mad and used by you on the channel 6 - being paid to appear on other channels and trade shows for companies 7 - teaching others how to do what you do, either in a class or with a course 8 - selling your channel to another youtube creator or channel group 9 - joining another creators stable of channels in similar shows and getting revenue shares. 10 - Adds that you shoot and incorporate into your show with products you like...companies pay you for making adds as part of your show 11 - affiliate sales...you get a percentage of the sales of products you sell for companies or distributors. THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS!!

[@barryrankin587]

You brought back a lot of memories today. In a family of 9 kids, nothing was giving to you except a roof over your head and food on the table. If you wanted something, you had to work for it. We use to hunt night crawlers also and sell them to the local bait shop. I cut grass, delivered news papers, shoveled driveways, worked at a pony keg and a numerous of other jobs. Me and my wife were just talking the other day about how you never see kids coming around to shovel driveways anymore in the last 15 to 20 years.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup, making your own way is a lost skill for most now...to many hand outs from parents and ESPECIALLY the gubmint!

[@toddsoutsideagain]

I have always done a little something on the side! I like a mix of employment/ self employment. Insurance and security comes from my employer and then I let the side self employment act as an extra source! Good talk Chris👍🏻👍🏻GNI

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup, more is the right amount! Keep movin'!

[@mossman7527]

Awesome video 😊

[@InTheWoodyard]

Thanks for the visit!

[@johnchristie1423]

Best advise is the last line you give. Have a good accountant and a lawyer. Having being INC. covers your butts especially in the firewood business

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup, I like to hire professionals...especially for important things like....my dentistry!

[@johnchristie1423]

@@InTheWoodyard there is a dentist in our family..

[@johanhultmark8302]

You are a legend Chris. I have been watching you from the first video stacking stacking😅 Best regards Johan Sweden

[@InTheWoodyard]

Thanks. No just a regular guy like you Johan.