WICKED HOT!!

Almost like Kiln-dried!

The videos I’ve seen from china, one where there’s a stand giving out free water and some middle aged woman pulls up on a moped and takes the lot. It’s refreshing to see a positive video

6 bucks for 3 bundles is still a deal of a sale

What a beauty being able to trust your neighbors, I envy this type of community

I finally got a log spiltter this year after splitting by hand for the last 12 years. It is so nice! Only problem now is i run out of wood to split.

Right on! Before long you’ll have a few of those grab-n-go around your area.👍

Cant imagine tips at a roadside market are very common...

I don't use a file either. The dremel is so much quicker!

Glad to hear your kids are healthy. Nice to get to know your background. Thanks for sharing!

Hi Eli, looks like you made yourself a really nice bundler. Great job. Thanks for sending me the Mn. Firewood info. We have had company and I haven’t had a chance to get to a forestry center. So are you giving a free bundle of kindling for purchasing a face cord? Keep selling. You’re doing way better than myself with sales. Keep in touch.

Nice!!! Word is getting out. Cool display rack.👍

Yup got to do that once a week at least!!!

Love my Milwaukee tools!

I have the same leaf blower, its awesome!

Nice blower

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Heck yeah!!!! That's awesome 💪 It was 107° yesterday with heat index and I actually sold wood😂😂

Central Wisconsin. Subcribed not too long ago. Making my way through your videos. And yes packers fan! Have a good one Eli!

Cant people just take it and not pay?

Genius

I like that it not only does it work but it helps your local culture grow. Barely anything could operate on an honor system.

Awesome!👍👍

That’s the best ! I love my tree service guys

Keep up the good work

TOUCHDOWN!!!

It's nice to see the remnants of our former high trust society still existing. People take a bundle and leave the money for it, rather than taking the money and all the bundles and the trailer, too. Used to be a guy down the road from me who grew vegetables in a small half acre lot and sold them with a road side stand - take some and leave the right amount of money for it. One year people stole all the money people had left and all the veggies, too. Multiple times. Happened again the next year, so the guy stopped doing it. Sad times. Keep up the great work and God bless!

Good job dude

Nice score 💪

Nice stuff!👍👍

It'll look wonky but you can paint it black: cheap pool noodles for the edge of the metal roofing. Keep cuttin' Eli!

Hi Eli. I would like to sell bundles too. Putting things together, first do you have a license from the DNR, I am told you have to have a license number. You have to state what the amount your selling, the species your selling too. I am just starting out on bundles. I plan to have at least 25 -30 bundles on hand so you don’t have to quick throw them together. I would love to talk to you about this information and how to get started. Let me know what you think.

Hey Eli, there’s nothing unethical about selling any stick of firewood UNLESS you’re advertising it as something that it is not. My fbm ads that say bundled hardwoods will always be hardwoods. Furthermore, I tailor those hardwoods to the time of year. In the middle of summer I put softer hardwood bundles together like red maple, sycamore, gum, poplar, ash etc. in the dead of winter I’m bundling Higher btus oak, locust, beech, mulberry etc. I also have a “pine bundle” that is the cheapest option. When it comes to truck loads. I just ask the customer what they need or what they’re using it for. If they want the cheapest truck of wood I have I’ll mix oak, pine, cedar, beech, elm , ash etc. never adding too much of any one species. If they want a truckload of nothing but oak, I sell them that (I charge extra for exclusives and people gladly pay it.) When selling firewood your product is everything, if you’re clear about what it is you’re selling and you’re selling good dry wood then the clientele will build itself. My advertisements are clear, but if I was going to use vague terminology like “campfire bundles” which many people do then I’d sprinkle softwoods in that mix if I needed to, trying to keep that to the warmer months. When it comes to heating… generally speaking people who heat with wood aren’t buying bundles. Your average bundle buyer is sitting in front of a fireplace or an outdoor fire pit for ambiance. Instead of having the mindset of “how can I unload this pine for the same price as oak” make your mindset “what can I bundle together that’s gonna give a good fire and gain a repeat customer.

When I was a child we had a dead duck in chimney

Thanks for the video. If you get a chance to make a video on how to take apart the oil pump and file it down that'd be great. Also if you have any info on the new oil fill cap. Thanks

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Nice stand

I like it buddy, keep cuttin'!

My labels say “quality firewood” my logo and my phone number. I usually leave pine and oak out of my bags/bundles I like to mix ash and maple. I like to keep around 20 bags ready to go. I try to split all my wood the same size, on the smaller side. I’m not sure how long it took but I know it felt like forever! Keep a quality product in the stand and when people figure out where your stand is it will take off!! Keep it up Eli👍👍

Eli, thank you for tagging me in this episode. I definitely have answers and ideas to your questions. However I don't want to type out an essay for you, ha! Let's get you on my podcast and dig deeper into your questions. Maybe other channels who commented want to come chat with us too. Let me know if that's of any interest. Keep cuttin' buddy!

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Good morning, Mike answered perfectly and I too follow along the same lines as him with labels, Dnr requires we have a forest product operator license we have to renew annually, for $20, which isn't crazy but they want specific information on it including license number, the quantity of wood that is bundled has to be in cord or fraction there of. I have my email on mine as I don't have a business phone number yet and I really don't need my number flowing around like that. I made mine on Vista print. Using a glossy post card style print. As far as wood that goes into the bundles, it's primarily ash and maple. I will soon have some individual loose stands that I will have exclusively pine/other soft wood in for campfire wood. I too keep the better woods for smoking/BBQ or for my own personal heat when it's really good stuff. I do try and keep the bundles between .75cuft and 1cuft they get heavy fast even with putting handle on mine. I recently started bagging too, alot easier but don't look as nice as the wrapped in my opinion. I try and keep sized around 3x3x16 for bundles, and I cherry pick the nicer square stuff for wrapped , as bags don't mind knotty stuff. I think it took me 2 weeks to get a sale, it was only after my wife made a Facebook post that we started getting some traffic. I sell more in fall, and spring. Sorry fir the long continous run on sentence 😂😂😂tried to write as I was listening. Just have fun with it, it's alot of trial and error and knowing what your clients want and you'll figure that out over time 🤜🤛 happy Sunday

Not a seller but I watch a lot of wood hounds. Have seen everything but locust put in bundles. People want flame and pop for camp fires, so softer woods ie pine, cotton, poplar, w some soft maple, ash, cherry mixed in. I would save locust , oak, hickory, hard maple, etc for heating time. As far as how long will it take for sales, who knows, many variables. Are people passing 6 other stands b4 yours, taking their own,does where they're going sell it,etc?

Lots of good questions. I'll try to remember them all. My labels DO NOT have my phone number on them because we have a website. So my web address is on there. My goal is to be the Amazon of firewood. You don't call Amazon, you just use the website and order, right? It also has our logo and other particulars required by IDNR. All in all pretty minimal label. Melissa Nagy (OWB's recommendation) made them for me. She's great! I don't keep any bundles on the ready only because I didn't have the room. I can now but have not got around to it. I'd like to keep 25-30 bundles ready ideally. I don't put oak, hickory, or cherry in bundles because I sell them separately for smoker customers. Everything else is fair game. My bundles are 0.75 cu ft because of what you mentioned, they become too big, bulky, and heavy if you go too much bigger. I don't know how long it took for our first roadside stand sale. Maybe a couple weeks. I'm in a really rural area. I do have one of those windless flags that draws attention, our website helps a ton. Phil @woodstreefarm built our website if you're interested. He has a nice business model for selling firewood too. I'm no expert. I sell firewood based on what you're doing. Ask questions, observe, learn, trial and error. The people here will help however they can. Best of luck! Keep us updated!

Any chance that'll upend if all the bundles go? W the stack at rear looks like it may be rear heavy

Very nice Eli!👍👍

Good morning Eli Looks GOOD Yes on anything that we put a lock on stuff...it will only keep out the convenience thief !! Wondering if the rear of the trailer may need blocking...thinking maybe if all the bundles are sold and the rest of the compartments still full it might be tipsy !! Maybe the back edge of roof ...you could put a 2×4 ....3 inches longer than the roof with kinda rounded end corners ! Placed on the bottom side with a half inch overhang at bottom...screwed on from the top of the tin !!😊

Good looking stand Eli, hope it turns into your personal roadside ATM !

Good looking stand Eli! Both of my stands are on wheels, it’s nice to move them to mow and stuff.