Sawmill Slabs Turned into Kindling and Cash!

[@mikehughes2026]

Good for you Karen- bonus pay! I don’t own a tractor, don’t have a fast splitter like Buster, and only use my chainsaw a small fraction of the time you do, but tablesaw work is my business, counting shop class been using one daily for 40+ yrs. Those slabs laying there should be ripped first, then cut to length. With Karen’s help as the “Tailman” (and a fine one at that!)😂real term, you can blow through those rips and even stack two at a time, and your hand never has to pass by the blade- cause the last foot she pulls it through the blade. With all the strips stacked, could cut a bundles worth to length at once, set aside, she advances the next set and so on. Won’t mention this again, your method works, but is a lot more labor intensive, consider giving this a shot then decide. Faster, safer more efficient= more money and energy to take Karen dancing!!

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Sounds like its worth a try Mike i just figured it would be about the same time that way but im game . Next round of slabs i will try it an see what i think . No slabs for awhile i lost the bearings in the drive wheele of the saw mill today so i gota wait for parts before i can get it up an going again .

[@jonking8831]

Thanks for the tip! I sell firewood and own a sawmill. I always burned all my slabs or gave them away. $3000 a cord makes it worth it. Good rainy day or cold and windy day project. Enjoy all your videos. From a fellow Mainer

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Just being inside on them cold windy or rainy days is now productive for us . We use some of the thick slabs for bundle wood we just have to split em down . Ware bout in the state are ya always good to here from another maina .

[@jonking8831]

Corinth. Halfway between Dover Foxcroft and Bangor

[@mountaintopoutdoors]

We do the same. It’s a great way to make money. Especially in the winter. Your indoors and your warm making money.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Sure is thats the key right there to be able to still make $ on them crappy days an be inside working next to the woodstove .

[@dono9879]

Hello Phil and Karen. That’s a great idea to make and sell kindling out of the scrap wood. You shouldn’t push to many people into making kindling, the last thing you need is competition to drive the prices down and ruin that profit margin. Don’t give up all your secrets. Good luck with making extra cash. Thanks for another good video.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Theres a reason no one makes kindling its alot of work lol but that dont bother me . Im not sure i have any secrets i just like sharing ideas an learning along the way . All of you guys have taught us alot in the last yr an if we can give back or help someone with an idea its just our way of saying thanks . Always love reading your comments DonO an thanks for taking the time to watch us it trully is appreciated .

[@judge058]

Another great video, trash to cash. I love your resourcefulness. A couple of tips for possible consideration. #1, place a wheel barrow at the back side of your table saw to catch the kindling pieces as they drop. No bending over. #2, move your full pallets of kindling over near your wood stove with a fan directed towards it to speed get a head start on the drying. #3, get a heavy canvas or suede apron to wear and keep the saw dust out of the house. Karen will appreciate it. Happy Wife = Happy Life

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

We did have a makeshift table but took it out for the video lol knew we should have left it . We actually have 2 fans blowing on the new splits to help dry it but we had shut them off an moved em out of the way once again for the video lol. I always have sawdust in my pockets but your right i should get an apron for when im running the table saw gota keep the boss happy .

[@judge058]

Sounds like you’ve thought of all my suggestions, great minds think alike.

[@BW35bucket]

Nice job Phil and Karen. You two always amaze me. When it comes to showing hard work in progress in the Utube world. You two rise to the cream of the top. LOL thanks for sharing your operation.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

I enjoy what im doing an thats the key to working 7 days a week . Every now an then i need a change an i will take off an go fishing .

[@leonardberryhill4166]

Phil &Karen Had a thought about kinding comeing off the tablesaw . Make a stand to put a 18 gal. tote or what every for the kinding to fall in so you will not have to ben over and pick them up off the floor .You can move the tote to the pallet and stack . Thanks Leonard

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Well usually i just keep cutting till it wont push off the table saw anymore . Thats why i have the pallet right behind the saw so i can just sit in a chair an stack kindling .

[@JamesSargent-t8j]

Hey Phil and Karen, Jim from Vermont, Phil have you ever thought about making your kindling on your saw mill? You could make a fixture to hold the boards, clamped in the fixture on edge. You could get a bundle of 1”x 3/4”x 12” on every cut. Just a thought after watching this.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

I have thought about that Jim. The clamp fixture is a good idea if i can figure out how to rig something up!

[@Chucky-b7v]

G’day Phil & Karen. That looks like really nice kindling. I’ve been doing a bit for myself and I have 30 x 6.5 kg bags on a pallet just waiting for winter to come along, lol. Huge effort from you both.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks Wayne sounds like you should be all set for winter . Making kindling is time consuming for sure .

[@robertseter4329]

Nice job, Phil and Karen! A wheelbarrow on the drop-off side of the table saw might help you save your back a little. Very good use of scrap wood from tye saw mill. Keep up the good work and keep laughing! 👍😁

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

The other day she helped me for a bit an we riged up a piece of plywood on the back side of the saw kinda like a table an she could grab the pieces an stack em but usually im doing it by myself an i just wait till theres a masive pile an pull up a chair an start stacking .

[@DanielAtkinsFirewood]

So the 1st half of the video is you can do it. The rest was now you all have this. Now GO forth and do it..😉👍

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Yup kinda a how to i guess lol . We usually just start doing something with the camera on an at the end we try an make a video from it . sometimes it works but most of the time it dont lol.

[@budlegallee4993]

FYI I bought a little produce bag tape unit. One roll of the tape does hundreds and hundreds of bags and cost is probably 1/20 cent. Biggest advantage is its fast. Chop saw and table saw works well but I got a used craftsman radial arm saw. Can both crosscut and rip. Thanks for taking the time to make your videos.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

I will look into one of them tape units that might work as well . Thanks

[@McKameyFarms]

I like the idea of the hog rings 👌🏻 if you can get one small enough. The kindling is definitely a good way to fill the days and be productive when the weathers bad. Really good looking stuff 👍🏻 Take care, Brandon

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks Brandon!

[@PetersonFarmsofNashvillePFON]

Great Idea thanks for sharing!

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Always fun to turn scrap wood into cash

[@shotlifffamilyfirewood]

That kindling looks great! Hopefully it sells well for you. I like your idea of offering it to other small roadside stands. Everyone around you will be selling it for you

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thats all part of the plan Brian , we are going to do a video of some other ideas i have that we are trying that i think would also help other people market there bundles an kindling .

[@On_The_Farm]

Hey Phil and Karen, that is a ton of kindling. You can get a lot per cord, but a lot more labor. Doesn't look like back breaking work though. You may be on to something if you have a market. Keep up the good work. We love your video s.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks the kindling has turned into more of a crappy weather thing to do because we can do it inside and it just makes sence to use all the slabs we have . If things go as planed we should be able to sell all the kindling we can produce .

[@CherylGagnon-c3o]

Nice idea for kindling! You are onto something there! Every little bit helps. Congrats on the 90.1 K !! ❤💜

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks Mom we're hoping it's a win sure takes some time though

[@danshouseofsmokeandoutdoor7119]

Hope the that it Takes off you sure have a lot of it now. Have a great weekend.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

We are going to add it to all of our rd side stands and we have a few other people that want it as well

[@jacobteachout8234]

Great idea and video? What size pipe are you using to put the boil bags around?

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

It’s a 6 inch pipe

[@toddpacheco4748]

Keep up the great 👍 work messy Phil and Karen 😮😊❤

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

lol, thanks Todd!

[@donmcgimpsey1706]

Just a few minor suggestions - do what works for you. I would simply put a cardboard box at the edge of the table saw so that the cuts end up right in the box, possibly already aligned for stacking. (You might have come up with that one yourselves.) For closing off the end of the bags, use garden wire - it is that green stuff that looks very much like twist ties. It is wire and you can cut and twist it to your hearts delight. Again, not telling you how to run your operation, you have given many people out there some great ideas, so I hope you are able to get a few tips from the subscribers.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

We had a table of sorts riged up so the pieces just landed on the table the other day but didnt use it in the video . We did try the twist ties that have paper over the wire but we couldnt get it to fit threw the lil holes in the bag . We tryed just twisting it on without going threw the bag an it slit off perdy easy . The zip ties just poke threw the bag mesh an that has worked good but we really want some sort of a staple gun to speed things up .

[@jimbo5056]

Great video guys. If i could throw an idea your way maybe it could save you time.👍 How about turning a log into a 10 x10 by 8,10 or 12 long. Then rip 1 x 10's. Then 90 degree them to get 1 x 1 x 8,10 or 12 ft long furring strips. Let them dry in a pile til you need to cut into 12 inch pieces. You could use the table saw with 4-6 or 7 in a handful to cut them all at the same time 12 inches long. The next bundle cut would push the pieces into a garbage can you can move around at your time and leisure to bag up. No bending and stacking 12 inch pieces except to bag them up. A 10 x 10 x 10 would get you 35 bags at 30 pieces a bag. Handling the short pieces eliminates one entire process. Thanks for sharing and hearing me out.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

We could do that an we do on the saw mill but i use 6 inches an wider boards for making pallets . I do have some logs that are crooked an wouldnt make lumber but if i cut them down to 4 ft logs i could put them on the saw mill an do what your saying . I might just have to try sawing some short logs an see how it goes .

[@johnwinslow4503]

Karen and Phil , finding the niche in the market in your specific area. I place our slivers in one column for patrons to take by donation, pays for the fuel burn for the Falmouth Lion's Firewood operation. I think you guys will do well with the kindling. Door is still missing that Lion's sticker ?😢

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

I will catch up with ya for that sticker we have about 20 others that need to go up as well . We were gona do some stickers in this video but i forgot to bring them .

[@ironmayhew]

You are the best. Great video you to.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks just having fun an sharing ideas

[@AroundTheYard-MN]

What is the diameter and length of pipe you are using as the bagging jig? What about using a staple gun to send one staple through the twisted bag into 1 end grain piece. Maybe look at reversing the order, run the lengths for 3/4” wide first then go back to the chop saw, then straight onto the pallet.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Hay Brent its a 6 in pipe and its cut to 18 in i think We ben thinking about trying a staple gun but was thinking like a office desk stapler but i think i like your idea better an i have a roofing stapler i could try . I did think about reversing the order but i figured it would be about the same time . Thanks Brent for the idea .

[@tedbryer2512]

I take the slab wood and make the most beautiful toys, trim, bird houses and tons of other things with it. I have a friend that has a mill and he loves when I come around and pick this stuff up. I built a cabin years ago and made all the trim from slab wood. Beautiful stuff! Just let your imagination go wild and you won't believe what you can do with this stuff!!!

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

When i trimed the windows at camp i used live edge as trim an because im not good at mudding an taping i used a piece of live edge slab like crown molding around the top of each room really came out neat an its one of a kind .

[@tedbryer2512]

Ill bet it looks great! @@AllenFamilyFirewood

[@BigelowWoodcraft]

You have my thinking. We get a ridiculous amount of slabs off the mill. Maybe this will be a new revenue stream. Great video guys. Thank you

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

We started just using cut offs an scrap lumber an when i was sawing the other day it clicked with me to just make all my slabs 1 in thick so now like you we have an endles supply of wood to make kindling an it works out great on crappy days to be inside . With so many rd side stands every ware an lots of campgrounds in our area i think we can sell all we can make . Just gota figure out a way to get the word out to all of them an i think they will all want to add kindling .

[@cutNdryfirewood]

Can you add a link to purchase these bags. I’m having trouble finding them. Thanks😊

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

www.amazon.com/stores/Hamletoff/page/EEF14A43-6D7D-459E-A9CA-CCEC66038DD9?ref_=ast_bln&store_ref=bl_ast_dp_brandLogo_sto This is the link for the ones we got. If this doesn’t work, search ‘boil bags’ on Amazon

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

www.amazon.com/sspa/click?ie=UTF8&spc=MTozOTU2OTgwNzMxNTYzMDYxOjE3MDkzOTE3MjA6c3BfcGhvbmVfc2VhcmNoX3RoZW1hdGljOjIwMDE2MDAwNzcyOTE5ODo6Mzo6&url=%2FHamletoff-Reusable-Plastic-Mesh-Polypropylene%2Fdp%2FB09CDHLSG4%2Fref%3Dsxin_20_pa_sp_phone_search_thematic%3Fcontent-id%3Damzn1.sym.b7be725b-6ee8-4440-828f-1b1d7e65119d%253Aamzn1.sym.b7be725b-6ee8-4440-828f-1b1d7e65119d%26crid%3D2XYA0HP23QIWQ%26cv_ct_cx%3Dboil%2Bbags%26dib%3DeyJ2IjoiMSJ9.f5orq51z2hgFsVSOAKMcPJ-QYAVzv6LLWxbzuCdgQRoBg8oqBoViLtFRCRTbw0ZHe2wyg9hiSp7m-n6lMtOIlg.MWkJ9YjdysSu91EoM9Avuacd6cKPo0D2BSu_VeXdhWU%26dib_tag%3Dse%26keywords%3Dboil%2Bbags%26pd_rd_i%3DB09CDHLSG4%26pd_rd_r%3D8fce50de-b89f-4182-be10-03f55473d91f%26pd_rd_w%3DNkcev%26pd_rd_wg%3DX8PJa%26pf_rd_p%3Db7be725b-6ee8-4440-828f-1b1d7e65119d%26pf_rd_r%3DRTN7E1QM5YR2RNGCR8BC%26qid%3D1709391720%26sprefix%3Dboil%2Bbags%252Caps%252C90%26sr%3D1-4-364cf978-ce2a-480a-9bb0-bdb96faa0f61-spons%26sp_csd%3Dd2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9waG9uZV9zZWFyY2hfdGhlbWF0aWM%26psc%3D1 Maybe this one!

[@aldredske6197]

Hi Phil and Karen!!😀😀 I was wondering if you could use a office desk stapler for closing the end of the bags. Take care my friends!!😀😀💚💚 Logger Al

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Good idea Al we'll have to try that before we go buying a hog ring gun

[@Mark-Marine]

I enjoy how you harness every aspect of woodworking to generate funds. Doing so recycles what would be waste into greenbacks. Who knew you were so environmentally conscious lol

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Lol, thanks Mark! there's a lot of opportunity with all the waste we produce take care!

[@leonardryan8723]

Phil dry sawdust with wax for fire 🔥 starter is another $ 1 add to the bundle lol. Great video for kids to make a little side money 💴 in the summer. Went I was a kid iiiii iiiii bag sawdust from sawmill for .25 per / bag size off farmer feed bags 100lbs them to dairy farmers for floor inside the farm . I was making a lot as a kid. Back went I was a kid .25 cent I could buy Pepsi ,bag of potatoe chip , chol bar and hand full off candy for quarter ( 25 cents) give away my age lol . 😊

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Well you must be older than me lol i can remember candy bars for 15 cents an sodas wer 27 cents . If the kindling takes off like we hope we might start adding firestarters in each one so people have an option . Thanks Leonard .

[@davidedwards3734]

Nice side hustle!! Do this on days that you can't work in the woodyard!! Stay Hydrated and Have a Safe Day

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Gotta keep moving all the time so it's good to still be productive when the weather is bad Thanks David!

[@mountaintopoutdoors]

Would tractor supply have the hog rings ?

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

They have the kind that puts wire fences back together . We got some ideas from some of the comments an one of them was the ring that seals up the bag like you see at the store on turkeys . just need the time to look it all up an find the right one .

[@noelstractors-firewood57]

Lookin good. Neat bundles. Some saw mills here charge and some don’t for slabs. Have a good weekend. 👋👍🏻

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

All of em around here charge for hardwood slabs but the soft wood slabs they have a hard time finding people to even take them .

[@noelstractors-firewood57]

@@AllenFamilyFirewood 👋👋👍🏻👍🏻

[@cwwhite5137]

Hey, guys. So good to see you two. I always look forward to whatever you put out. Hope you have a Blessed day. Chip

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

We really appreciate that Chip! Thanks for watching and commenting! Have a great day!

[@leonardryan8723]

Phil and Karen, bad new lost my mother this morning at the age of 92 😢. we party 🎉 now for a wk because we Irish ☘️ bring in music 🎼 and friends now for a full wk . 🎉😢😊.

[@susanscherer143]

❤️🙏🏼❤️

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Very sorry to hear that Leonard. Great tradition, party and have fun and remember all the memories...take care friend, thinking of you!

[@LorenWard-y5o]

How about the tie guns for a vegetable garden. It uses a small spool of plastic and a small staple to attach vegetables to a trellis. They are on Amazon cheap.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Well heck now i gota go ck that out tonight . Thanks for the tip .

[@donaldslate4195]

You look into the bag sealing tape?

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Not yet but we’re going to!

[@leonardryan8723]

Look up Phil and Karen to buy slab , be SALE on APRIL 07 - 24 😊

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

LOL thanks Leonard for the plug!

[@toddsoutsideagain]

I use my chop saw to cut our pine splits to 12” I will have to switch to slabs and a table saw when I run out of pine. I do like making kindling on rainy days! We have always offered kindling at our firewood stand for the past 3 plus years to make us different 🤷‍♂️Some people come here just for kindling🤣 Take care P&K👊🏻

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Seeing you guys last yr selling kindling got me to thinking it would do well here as well . Making it at night or on crappy days inside has ben the key for us . Now i just gota figure out how to sell all we can produce .

[@tommyrichmond1293]

Hey I live rite next door to a mill I’m getting oak slabs and cutting them up for firewood some of them are pretty thick it don’t take long and I have third cord cut and split in short order. I wondering about the pine. If it would work for kindling. Down here if we can find it pine we call rich. Lighter burns like gasoline. It loader with heavy Rosen. But maybe I’ll get a few pine boards and try this. It mite be the ticket. Would love to talk to you about this. I’m in east texas

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Shoot us an email an we can swap numbers an talk over the phone

[@NeighborlyHomestead]

Great video and ideas guys! You could make fire starters with all the sawdust! - Tim

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

If the kindling sales really take off we might just do that an add one to each bundle . We have truckloads of sawdust . Our sawmill makes plenty of that after a day of sawing .

[@donaldbyrd9921]

Saw dust and gulf wax made good fire starter in paper cup

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

We ben thinking if the kindling takes off as good as we hope we might add a firestarter to each bundle .

[@FatherOfTheParty]

You know, I bet a post and spring splitter would work a treat for doing that kindling. Set up a stop block and just chop, chop, chop. No electricity, quiet, probably as fast or faster than your table saw, no loss to kerf, maybe safer, etc.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

That would work if all our wood was strait grain but about half of it is not . We tryed splitting it a few different ways but ended up with alot of scrap an un even pieces . The table saw is slower but it cuts down on the scrap an keep all the pieces nice an uniform .

[@jasonpinnix1905]

How does it burn ? Like split wood burns better than boards . Just wonder how it does .

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

To me i think split wood lights faster but being sawed as small as it is it lights just fine . I light the stove with it every morning at the shop . Its just kindling so they will have bigger split pieces to put on once it gets going . Boards are no good for camp fires i agree an for that reason we dont put many slabs in our camp wood bundles .

[@kentcorbett5436]

Well , now all that fine sawdust that your shoveled up there , you will be able to start making fire starters lol

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

I literaly have yards an yards of sawdust when we saw lumber on the mill it produces alot as well .

[@gordonoldfield403]

They have a chicken bag sealer that works of a compressor !!! It puts a metal U ring around & squashes it & cuts the excess , for mass production !!!

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Hmmm your right well im gona have to look that one up as well thats the best thing about youtube lots of good ideas . I would have to think that rig would work great .

[@gordonoldfield403]

@@AllenFamilyFirewood they used one in the abitoir I worked in my first job , 45 years ago !!! 2000 chickens an hour

[@billerwin3772]

Hey Phil and Karen just a quick question, is the pipe 6 inch or 8 inch. If you said I missed it. Great idea. 👍

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Its 6 in pipe

[@jasonpeterson9276]

I got all set up for slab wood back in 2006.. got a friend that i buy between 4,000 to 6,000 6ft diameter bumdles of slab wood. All hard wood. Took and old splitter and made it so its got 9 knives on it .. made a rack to cut em in and run em thru the spliter for bundles..

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Sounds like a good set up for bundle wood you have , id love to see a picture of that splitter . I like homemade set ups . Hard to get hardwood slabs around here unless ya pay for them but the soft wood slabs are free

[@jasonpeterson9276]

@AllenFamilyFirewood when i get done and head back home from padre island ill get your email and send ya pics when i get back. But the pompano are biting so im loading up on fresh fish to bring back.. lol

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

@@jasonpeterson9276 Well sent pics of the fish as well .

[@EwenRoberts-o8o]

Will at least your making money on the side line why tormenting each other at it. Great laughs . Cheers.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Gota have fun an make some money at the same time that’s what keeps us going . We appreciate ya taking the time to comment .

[@jamessanders4310]

8" pizza oven firewood is the coming market. Just look at all the pizza ovens Home Depot displays. A lot of chatter on U-tube about starting making it....might work for you guys. BTW: subs keep growing; what an awesome job!

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks James! It sure does appear to be an up and coming market

[@rodborn1147]

Advertise as Solo Stove firewood and you have an even bigger market. Good luck with the new venture.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

We might do that at some of our roadside stands . Thanks

[@WoodchuckCanuck]

Over here you can buy a 50lb netted bag (bulk onion/potato bag) for $4.00 (US$3). 10 bags for $3.50 (US$2.60) each. When I often say the market pricing is suppressed here, this is an example of why.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Wow thats cheep . Id go broke fast for them prices . Maine is known as vacation land an lots of folks come here to go camping to get away from there state an the big citys . Most if not all want to experiance a campfire an all that goes with it . Even the convenience stores sell bundles usually 5 sticks for 12 bucks an they sell alot . When they see us locals selling 10 sticks for 5 bucks they stock up .

[@WoodysRTBFirewood]

I love the concept just curious how long will that take to dry when it’s stacked that tightly before you’re able to use it as sellable kindling seeing that it’s green wood. Sawdust also known as man glitter. Cheers Woody !!! I

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks Woody. We thought the same thing. Hoping with the air space between the rows once we get it outside it will be fine. I’ve also left a fan blowing on it

[@LeBlancfirewood]

I'm going to try the table saw

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

So far its worked good for us if we know its going to be crapy outside we just bring in the slabs an work em up and i try a an do some every day before i head home . Its slow going but they add up fast doing a lil here an a lil there .

[@neilmeyers5519]

With all the sawdust and chips laying around, are you going to make firestarters?

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

We've thought about doing that, but it might be a little too cumbersome with everything else we're doing. Never say never though! lol

[@williamkleinsLost40Lodge]

A barmaid needed some quarters for her drawer. I told her I have a pocket full how many do you want I asked. She said 3 dollars worth! I reached in my carhart jacket and pulled out a handful and set them on the bar! They were half wood chips from my chainsaw lol. We picked out the quarters and I brushed the sawdust in my hand and stuck it back in my pocket. True story. Peace

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

I know the story well every morning at the local store I try an give them the right change they don’t see the humor in it any more lol kinda like my wife .

[@jameschandler2776]

Just bought 100 boil bags for $9.99 Amazon. How big is your PVC pipe.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

I guess we should have looked on amazon a lil harder Karen just ordered 1000 an pd 13 pr 100

[@GregPrince-io1cb]

Good Morning Hard Workin folks!!!!

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Good morning Greg!!!

[@brentsmith2384]

Take those boots off outside,knock the saw dust off your pants...i hear that every time too😂🍻

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Ya it’s a nightly thing around here lol

[@johndodge679]

Hi guys agree in small doses I go to a local woodsho the strips are kiln dried and I enclode a homemage firestarterand put in my stand but good job guys

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Cant beat kiln dryed we ben thinking about adding a firestarter to each bundle . sounds like you have a good set up going .

[@westwindcharters9146]

I'll be interested to hear how they sell.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

In a upcoming video we are going to share some ideas on how we are marketing the kindling and camp wood bundles an if things work out we should be burryed in work yr round .

[@jameschandler2776]

Around here we can buy slab bundles, which will fill up a pickup with the tailgate down, for $25, they are hardwood. A friend of mine that didn't have time to cut wood for his heat used to burn 5 bundles a year to heat his house.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

there's always a use for those slabs James cheap enough if not free and there's money to be made or money to be saved if you use it for burning

[@jameschandler2776]

We have very little pine in Ohio, but a very wide selection of hard wood. On my 45 acres I have red, white and burr oak, bitternut and shagbark hickory, poplar, beech, walnut, cherry, elm, ash, sassafras, soft maple, box elder, locust, and a few others. My poplars are about 48" across at the base and my hickories are 26"-36" at the base. I get about 45, 18" rounds before the first limb.@@AllenFamilyFirewood

[@edgosnell912]

Good video check out bread ties as an idea to look at for cheap and easy

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Yes that should work as well. I got about 1000 zip ties we gota use up first .

[@VicsYard]

Perfect

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks

[@sidqcampbell6892]

I bet you are glad to see a blue sky...

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Sure is nice Sid! Looks like a warmer week ahead

[@billbrearton275]

Phil put a 5 gallon bucket behind table saw so don't have pick up every pcs off floor

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

The other day we had a piece of plywood rigged up as a makeshift table but took it out for the video

[@kentcorbett5436]

Yes, labs are cheap but appearently. We paid thirty dollars 4x4 by ten foot long bundle If we go and try to buy them from a sawmill

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

No kidding wow i hope they were hardwood slabs . Most everyone charges for them but soft wood slabs ive never heard of being able to sell them but thats around here it could be different in your part of the country .

[@kentcorbett5436]

@@AllenFamilyFirewood no that's soft woods hardwoods are 60 per bundle

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

@@kentcorbett5436 wow strange how it is in different parts of the country .

[@justinsantapole7507]

Dang almost use al the waste now is pressing the saw dust into presto logs. Just kidding that seems like its going to work out

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

We were using alot of the thick slabs for our bundle wood an we probably will keep doing that as well . Now we have a use for the 1 inch slabs to use as kindling .

[@DaveDunehew-e1f]

IBC totes in Gardiner Maine for $50.00 each.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks for the tip Dave! I actually just found a bunch through a buddy for free. He’s even going to deliver them lol. Can’t beat that

[@iffykidmn8170]

Nice video on side hustles, downside being you are already less than your $30hr per hour goal(wholesale)not including gathering raw materials, bagging or distribution. 75 bundles X $3 =$225 divided by 4hr X 2 = $28.12hr thus far. admittedly still better than the payrate of watching You Tube when there is nothing else to do.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Well to be honest it didnt take Karen very long to cut up the pieces an stack them if we had another table saw she could have ben ripping as well . Doing it all by myself wich is usually how i do it in the evenings i had figured i was making almost 40 pr hr . Out of the 4 hrs spent Karen had about 2 hrs of down time waiting around so that kind skewed the numbers on this round .

[@nicholisking9272]

What's y'all's regular bundle process I think I've missed the video on it somewhere along the way lol

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

We have done a few different ones on how we do it we used to wrap em on a twister that i picked up at a yard sale but now we use the wolf ridge bagging station and make our own bags from mesh that we buy .

[@robertdaigle5529]

like you know I have my own sawmill as well but there's a sawmill owned by the Mennonites near me and they sell almost a cord of slabs 12 ft long for $20 your viewers could probably get a decent deal like that and then switch it over to kindling

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

No kidding i didnt think anyone charged for pine slabs but i guess for 20 bucks thats not to bad . Theres a bunch of guys around here that are always trying to get rid of there slabs

[@robertdaigle5529]

@@AllenFamilyFirewood it's a combination of hardwood and softwood whatever they use on their mail that day gets put into bundles 6 ft by 4 ft by 12 ft

[@jonahbauman-t8q]

HEY I'm MAD @ U . I'm gone to tell my mom. You saw wood and I didn't get to see. LOL Have fun

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks jonah no one like a tatle tale lol.

[@leonardryan8723]

Phil more Benjamin into kindling per / cord at $5 , $7.99 up 🆙 to $11.99 bundle. 😊

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

we'll figure out the right price point as we go, hoping it will be profitable

[@donaldslate4195]

Saw dust in lunch bags? Marketable? Firestarter like Mike MORGAN.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

In a lunch bag as a firestarter hmmm . I will have to go look up his video on that ben a while since i ben over to there channel sounds interesting

[@donaldslate4195]

They sell sawdust as fire starters. Like $ 8.00 - $ 12.00 a bag. I think

[@LeBlancfirewood]

I get slab wood for free I have a jig to cut it split it with my supersplit then wrap with my bundler

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Sounds interesting we split all the big slabs for our bundles and use the edgings for making kindling .

[@LeBlancfirewood]

I might try the bagging system have you tried tape instead of zip tie

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

The tape sounds interesting i havant tryed that yet we was thinking we might try a stapler next an just staple the end of the bag .

[@LeBlancfirewood]

@@AllenFamilyFirewood they make a thin tape 0n a dispenser used to use it in produce bread ties might work. Are you going to the Essex junction show

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

@@LeBlancfirewood I think that’s the Vermont show first week or two in may . Yes we will be there probably be hanging out over by the power split booth . Look forward to meeting an talking with ya if you’re going to be there .

[@clubdoraoutdoorsandfirewood]

Hey Mr. Phil. Watching you cut on the table saw, you make me really nervous. Please think about a guard. I am safety driven, not safety nuts. When you start getting tired, and you get to that last cut, well anyway just worried about your hand. Moving on , great way to make some extra cash from a throw away product. Too bad you couldn’t setup a drive with 4-8 blades with 1 inch spacing. It would probably pinch. Just got to keep you thinking. Even 2 blades would really speed you up. Have you thought of ripping the boards in 1 inch strips and then cutting at 12 inch pieces. Just trying to help you speed your process. I Will now stop. You guys take care. Al

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Ow trust me im perdy focused on that blade just like running buster . Something with more blades would be nice an if the kindling takes off like i hope we will probably build something to do that . Mike commented also that we should try ripping then cutting to length as well i just figured it would take the same amount of time but next round of slabs i will give it a try .

[@camperjack2620]

Sometimes when a perfect cut is not needed, , like on a 4 to 60 foot piece, I cut half way down, pick the piece off the blade flip it end for end, and finish the cut from the back end, Your hands never get even remotely close to the blade.. You can also stack two or three at a time on the chop saw if you do that. Stacking too many and you wast time fumbling with pieces. This may not be any faster, but the idea is to keep your fingers further from the saw. I am really intrigued with the mechanisation idea of cutting firewood. I am so glad I stumbled on your channel, and so glad you are a Mainer. @@AllenFamilyFirewood

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

@@camperjack2620 Thanks Jack were glad ta have ya along . Karen an i are always trying new stuff in the woodyard an we always have fun . We will try ripping the boards an using the chop saw to cut to length . Are you from maine as well .

[@camperjack2620]

@@AllenFamilyFirewood I m from RI, from the sticks, not the city. I have an uncle from Fort Fairfield. New England accents sound similar to others, here in Arkansas people often ask, are you from Maine? I did find a little bit of country out here in the land of lakes and rivers. There's lots of firewood and sawmills around. Even though I'm 72 I will get a little something going. I'm not sitting down. If I go down, I'll go down in flames. Never quit! ,😊👍😊