Tough to tell by eying a picture but I bet each rows is 16" x 24 feet long x 4 feet high for an even cord, probably easier to keep track when your loading and selling. Looks like a lot but if he gets $250 cord and has 100 rows of a cord each its only 25k, not a lot of money for all that work. I'd hate to be a firewood dealer, its fun cutting 4-5 cords a year for myself but wouldn't want to make a living doing it.
I certainly would take pics. I'm guessing those are 24 foot long piles ( I do double rows on 3 pallets (12 feet ) for cords) On the ground in a field for 6-9 months probably isn't long enough to do much damage to anything but weeds that are trying to grow. That looks like processor cut and split. Around here they just get a longer conveyor and make the piles higher. There would be others doing the stacking too. Or bus company employees: http://www.southcoasttoday.com/article/20150411/NEWS/150419823/101194/undefined
+1 at my age. Having enough to sell 4 or 5 cord to buy a new saw / have some pocket money. Have thought about getting a log length (8 - 10 cord) load delivered, CSS & see if I make any $$ selling it after a year of seasoning.
On the original post, that is a lot of firewood and it is good to see someone works ahead of time. On the videos that Horkn posted, that looks like some nice fancy machinery, but I split some wood that size or larger today and guarantee I did not have to work as hard as that man and he also spent many thousands of dollars more than I did. In addition, I can split as fast or faster than with the machinery he has and I'm an old man! Not bragging, just pointing out the folly of spending big dollars to do something that can be done for much less and also not even have to work as hard.
That guys does look to be working harder than needed. This is the type of processor I was thinking of.
I suspect your close... I was thinking the same thing, about how much work and expense it would be to find, cut, split stack and deliver a hundred cord each year for roughly 25k. I guess that's why most of us hoard our wood instead of selling it.. Just too much sweat equity involved.
I get your point. However, in my personal experience, I've seen that the people that have the most disposable income, work the least of anyone.
Would it be correct to say the ones with the most disposable income are the most likely to buy a little firewood for the ambience? (Not talking about supplemental heat, guys)
Now that's my dream in a few years I hope. With the Bobcat and processor you are looking at about $75,000.00. That's 275 cord at $275.00 just to break even not counting fuel, repairs, chains, saws, and labor costs. So I will go back to sleep and keep dreaming but wake me up if I get it. New York state lottery has a saying "Hey you never know" but I do know I don't play the lottery. Then again I might win that Publisher's Clearing House thingy, it's getting better as I type.
That too, but I know of at least two rich kooks that buys all the toys he can, whether or not he uses them to their full potential, and efficiency,.....or not. One heats with wood solely and is apparently making a processor similar to the tempest ones I linked. There a tempest for sale here on FHC, that will cost him less than the time and cash he'll use to build his own. Again, back to the more money than brains theory. It's hard to value the worth of a single dollar if you only have plenty of hundred dollar bills in your wallet.
