Look at those subscribers grow 👏🏻 Thanks for showing the specifics from a dollar perspective! Very value-added content 😊

It's good that you can see the big picture, most people do not!

Two completely different products. Like buying tomato seeds, or tomatoes seedlings, or tomato plants, tomatoes, or tomato sauce! It’s all the same, but every step adds a significant value to the end user and a higher investment for the producer! Great video! Those are my favourite kind! Keep up the good work, Jeff

I am in the same situation as you Jason. One must remember to also add to the numbers the amount of money saved since making firewood keeps you busy so you dont have time to spend a lot of money on recreational hardware like boats, bikes, jetskis, golf vacations and so on…that is where the biggest ”income” is😂

Great breakdown of the numbers Jason. I have twisted those numbers for years to make them make sense. My bottom line has been the enjoyment I get working my woodlot. If we can break even financially I'm happy. If our commodity was priced higher, that would help.

Jason, Great video and content. Equipment is a long-term investment where minimal depreciation is offset by the increase in profitablility and the decrease in effort. We have a similar model here where we are playing the long game. Keep up the good work. Cheers. Scott

Great video Jason. As long as you’re not losing money that’s a good thing. The main benefit here is, your outside doing something and getting exercise. That’s the main thing.👍🏻

Good video, interesting to see the breakdown. Just wondering why you don’t use the bulk firewood bags , like log lift, to reduce your time and touches. With a conveyor you would be able to fill the bags without touching the wood and it dries in the bag then dump it in a trailer or truck without touching again. You could shave off a lot of time and labor.

Good Evening Sir, You Have Done An OUTSTANDING Informative Video 👌😇🧐👍Keep Warm and Happy New Year Cheers 😇👌🍻

Interesting topic and like any number crunching, one can make it say whatever you want. In my view, if you are enjoying what Karen and yourself are doing...well there you go...that is worth a fortune in itself. While machinery does tend to lose value over time, well maintained it could last you a life time. Might be unusual but for the past few years, tractor prices have steadily gone up, however I could sell my 3 year old tractor for the price I paid for it. Keep having fun and be safe out there.

Here is my take on this….If you do the logging yourself with small equipment you end up losing revenu vs contracting out to someone with a harvester…the harvester will pay 40-50$ per cord standing wood so the real difference that you must work with for extraction budget is 130-25$ trucking 105-45$ for the value standing timber you are left with 60$ for 2 h man and saw plus 1 hour tractor if we put the numbers for saw at 5$/h and tractor at 35$/h you are left with 20$ for your time of 3 hours…This is why I buy logs even tho I have 100’s of acres, when i buy a load it is the specification I want with the species my firewood customers want. Thanks For another good video Jason

As a seller of any product, I set the price, not the buyer. If the buyer thinks they can tell me what the price is, then they clearly don't need what I'm selling that bad! (And yes, I do understand the forest industry very well...just my independent thinking on the subject). The company you spoke of just idled their big pulp mill in Ontario...given current pulp prices, its tuff to operate a pulp mill on an economically viable basis....this is the second pup mill in Ontario to shutdown over the past 6 months. The company at least in Ontario paid their suppliers the absolute bottom of the barrel prices for wood which makes it difficult for the suppliers to run a profitable business. Anyway, from the business aspect, you really do need to factor in the cost of production beyond your time to account for the real and legitimate cost of your equipment and fuel, etc. Not doing so is a disservice to yourself, despite the positive aspects you mentioned re. your overall financial reality if you will. Event you will have to spend big coin to either repair or replace equipment as it wears out... you could offer some high-grade firewood in smaller quantities at higher prices to try to increase revenues and / or you could consider selling log length firewood to buyers that want to process their own wood. In northwestern Ontario, hardwood (white birch) sells delivered for $200/ cord currently. Not sire if this helps you at all but at least some food for thought.

Interesting.. but how about all the numbers?.. financing, fuel, repairs, maintenance, wear and tear and consumables.. do you deliver for free? Too many missing parts..

Congratulations 🥳

Hello Jason, Practice makes perfect, Your getting good loading logs. You have to have a lot of land for People to understand, we use our equipment for a lot more than Firewood, Stay Safe 🪵👍🏼🇺🇸

It is certainly food for thought. Joe at Ohio Wood Burner (youtube channel) whole business philosophy is value added firewood. He specializes in selling smaller quantities of firewood to his customer base.

Jason, if you and Karen feel that the firewood work is worth your time, that’s all that matters.