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Sales still above last year

Discussion in 'The Wood Market' started by EODDiver, Feb 25, 2023.

  1. EODDiver

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    We have bumped into each other a few times when purchasing from the same logger. He must have found my number on my Nashville CL advertisements. In the Fall, we pass each other on the routes coming from or going to Nashville for deliveries.
     
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    Apparently wlamart isn't the only source of "mind blowing" prices in your area........:whistle:
     
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    Bagged my weekly load of logger rescue wood i
    IMG_0913.jpeg n 94 degree heat. Pays for all my fluid for two weeks (diesel, gasoline, IPAs and Tn whisky). Brought home a Rick of white oak afterwards.
     
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    The key to crushing firewood is having a ton of the good stuff that is perfectly seasoned. I am well into 12-16 months ahead.
     
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    Probably not fun counting the BENJAMINS in the heat either...:rofl: :lol::rofl: :lol:
     
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    Come on down south and get a taste of a big oak log and some other smoker wood. 20240711_102012.jpg 20240711_092651.jpg
     
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    LMAO!!
     
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    I'd count Benjamin's anytime, anyplace.
     
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    I took a check for a delivery this week. Put it in my pocket and kept wheelbarrowing and stacking. It was a wet noodle when I removed it later. Fortunately, the ink wasn't affected by the heat and sweat and mobile deposit went without issues.
     
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    I had done that years ago and had to go back to the house and ask for a new check because it wasn’t legible.
     
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    Selling my Smoker Special way above any single firewood type. Cherry, Hickory and White Oak are the three ingredients. Most of the customers aren’t smoking, they just want to enjoy the aroma and burning benefits each provides.
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    Finished cutting cherry and white oak at The Big Guys residence today. Then stopped by at my loggers wood yard and topped off my truck with shorts and knotty stuff. Easily a 1/2 cord of all the good stuff.
     
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    IMG_0925.jpeg A full time dude does all the splitting. Would think that greatly reduces the profit margin.
     
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    Have about 110 cords of inventory at the moment and cherry makes up only five or those. Cherry is the firewood I struggle to keep a seasoned inventory of because it is hard to come by in my area. Once a customer burns some, they want more of it. I have sold eight face cords of it the last two months and am constantly replenishing this rack next to my trailer. Awesome that it drys faster than any other firewood I sell.
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    Some awesome cherry logs we got from a campground expansion 20240713_100223.jpg
    16" rounds bucked, ready for Blue Samson 20240715_203139.jpg
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    Stack of perfectly split cherry drying 20240715_220417.jpg
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    GoatTown farwood, brother...;);)
     
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    T.Jeff Veal. Beautiful cherry splits and stacks! No other kind of wood looks as good IMO. Do you sell your cherry to restaurants or residential smokers?
     
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    Well GoatTown can surely does go to town with that quality! :salute:
     
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