Tree Service Logs: Are They Worth It?

[@user-scooter1965]

Sounds like you have a great partnership with the tree service Sam. Not having to deal with the felling and the brush really streamlines the process to achieve the final goal, sellable firewood. 😀

[@samsdoinstuff]

@@user-scooter1965 Thank you! I'm very happy we're able to have a partnership that's mutually beneficial. I'll do everything i can to keep it that way 🤠👍

[@alobaidibaghdad]

Hi Sam, happy to see u doing well with this firewood

[@samsdoinstuff]

@@alobaidibaghdad Thank you very much 🤠👍

[@mattv9240]

I’d say it’s definitely worth it, especially if the logs are free or nearly free. Thanks for sharing!

[@samsdoinstuff]

I agree. There's definitely some cost involved. Driving back and forth and bringing the tractor is a cost. The time doesn't bother me. Way better than doing a whole tree job 🤠👍

[@mattv9240]

@ That’s a good point. Like you said, no felling or cleanup as well. I lost a bunch of trees in a wind storm last summer. Limbing, bucking, and getting them out of the woods is a lot of hard work and very time consuming. Even with a tractor.

[@DennisComito]

Was wondering Sam, if a pallet would fit in the metal bins so you could stack it at home, use the pallet to move the wood to the trailer and, if the homeowner wants to pay a few dollars more, you could unload an already stacked pile of firewood and could charge more for the stacked wood to help pay for the pallet. Another advantage, to encourage them to buy from you again, could be if you offer the homeowner a lower cost the next time they order firewood and give you back the pallet you used to initially deliver it. Just a thought. Hope you and yours had a great Thanksgiving.

[@samsdoinstuff]

@DennisComito Thank you! I do have a plan in place to deliver the metal totes full of stacked wood at a premium price. I just need an all terrain powered pallet jack to deliver them. The pallet jack costs about $10k. It may seem like a lot but it's far cheaper than anything else that would lift and transport that much weight 🤠👍

[@outdoorsinthe608]

Absolutely worth it, especially if you have a burn pile to put the big nasty ones on!👍👍

[@samsdoinstuff]

It sure is! And my "burn pile" is my dad's supply 🤠👍

[@trek458a]

I posted a comment a couple weeks ago that disappeared. Going to try again. If you have no other use for the bladders, on Ants Pants , he shows how to convert them to store wood etc. Cheap and easy way to have more use of the whole tote.

[@samsdoinstuff]

@trek458a I saw that comment. Thank you for the recommendation. I watched a bunch of his videos. He's got quite a big operation there! Good stuff, thanks! No idea why the comment disappeared. That is weird. Thanks anyway 🤠👍

[@TravisDoesFirewood]

An ongoing debate, for sure. I feel it's worth it but you have to make sure you're clear with the tree service company of what you want and don't want. Keep cuttin' brother!

[@samsdoinstuff]

@@TravisDoesFirewood Thank you! Yes, it needs to stay mutually beneficial 🤠👍

[@kestlovs]

Hey Sam, nice to see you get along. Maybe the company would let you process wood at their place; cut, split and stack into totes. This would save you a lot of rehandling. You would save a lot that way. It might be worth to pay them more, for saving time. Maybe, all things right, you might even avoid the tractor transportation to their place. Just unload full totes at your place.

[@samsdoinstuff]

That's a good idea! We'll see what develops 🤠👍

[@kestlovs]

I have yet another idea! You could load logs using a ramp and a winch. You wouldn't need to use a tractor, and thus you wouldn't need to cut them at ineficient lengths.

[@chriselliott2364]

Seems worth the effort to me! Especially when you don't have to load them!

[@samsdoinstuff]

@@chriselliott2364 Absolutely! The biggest part i didn't mention is making sure it's mutually beneficial. He needs to get rid of it. Hope i can keep him happy 🤠👍

[@jamesallen712]

Sam, you seem to be doing a lot of firewood stuff at the moment. Its still doing stuff.

[@samsdoinstuff]

@jamesallen712 Yes. It's definitely firewood making season. I love working in the cold. Big job coming up soon and I have a huge winter project lined up for the winter. 🤠👍

[@jasone679]

I actually pay for tree service logs, but he delivers them to my house. Problem is inevitably there are some monsters that i don't want to deal with. I much prefer firewood poles, so much nicer to process, but again don't always get prime species and its more expensive per cord than the tree service. I also always have trees on my own property that come down or need taken down, but that is the most labor intensive source.

[@samsdoinstuff]

@@jasone679 Thanks for the comment. I don't have any trees. All farm land. I'm pretty lucky to have found these guys 🤠👍

[@KevinHarvey-qw5mj]

I read it wrong a firewood company wood worth it my friend owns a tree company and supplies his own wood have people split wood up for firewood has place to dump wood chips he has clam loader to haul logs off. Jobs and to load the processor to split firewood he has mixed and hard woods to sell sold over millions of dollars over the years and saved money on dump fees you doing good I see keep it up

[@samsdoinstuff]

Thank you! 🤠👍

[@KevinHarvey-qw5mj]

@samsdoinstuff your welcome be looking for other post but that hit a nerve as they say cause with friends tree company free wood just labor to split glad you found a place to help you out just saying back in the day a twelve pack shows appreciation but I'm 70 don't know how they do it now thanks be watching you put in the time to make money off your labor of making people happy oh just remembered forgot heart meds have to take now have a good day my friend

[@samsdoinstuff]

@KevinHarvey-qw5mj I will have to find out what the owner drinks. A 6 pack would be the least I could do.

[@KevinHarvey-qw5mj]

@@samsdoinstuff just saying don't have to do it but sometimes people appreciate little things say don't have to do that but say appreciate you helping me out just a thank you all it is thanks for getting back to me I'm a old man and just a little thing like that means the world to some people. Then they go out. Of there way next thing they might deliver to your yard don't know but thanks for getting back to me

[@normhowes2975]

Thought of you yesterday when on facebook seen someone giving 2 tote frames away.

[@samsdoinstuff]

Thanks for thinking of me. I sure can use em. I always keep my eyes open for stuff like that 🤠👍

[@Dpaulikas1]

good morning Sam. just a thought or question for you. Does Moritz trailers sponsor or pay you to advertise for them? You are growing your business and brand. Magnetic sign for your truck and graphic wrap fot the trailer, taking Moritz off and put your name on it. love your videos. keep em coming.

[@Dpaulikas1]

find a local sign guy and trade or barter firewood for the grapics.

[@samsdoinstuff]

Thank you! That's certainly something to think about. I'm getting close to 10k subscribers and I know that's when advertisers and sponsors start taking notice. I appreciate the advice 🤠👍

[@mercurymangarage6186]

That’s is 100% worth it. You have a nice partnership. I’m having trouble in my area connecting with a tree service. They’re around but they all want to charge you. Some are quite expensive. How did you connect with the one you have?

[@samsdoinstuff]

@mercurymangarage6186 I agree 100% especially after what you told me. I have a friend of a friend who works for the company. He used to bring me logs but now that he works for this tree service, he introduced me to them. Relationships are important 🤠👍

[@tuberNunya]

Anything shorter than 8 feet isn't a log, it's firewood.

[@samsdoinstuff]

@@tuberNunya It's all firewood to me 🤠👍

[@alvalonline]

Sam's Sellin' Stuff. Not Stuffin'. Stuffin' was on Thanksgiving.

[@samsdoinstuff]

@@alvalonline Haha! That's the spirit! Happy Thanksgiving 🦃 🤠👍

[@richardgreen7811]

Service Logs are great ... but you can't take them on a commercial plane

[@samsdoinstuff]

@@richardgreen7811 Hahahaha! Facts 🤠👍