Yeah, it presents well to potential customers. We only just started in the business so its all new. We've been emptying the crates into the truck. For single customer orders to campgrounds we'll just load the entire crate into the back of the pickup and go with that. I've only had one customer buy a crate for his campground site. We offer the pallet crate for $10 and they get $5 back on a repeat order.
Pictured here we are stacking in the wood to the back of the dump truck. Doing it this way we can get 192 cu ft on board. If we toss it in, we can go with 128 cu ft. I've since learned from DOT that the truck is not allowed to haul 128 cu ft, puts the gross weight over what the truck is made to haul. So we're about the buy a dump trailer as well.
Hey My IS heats my home, where have you been? I've tried and tried to contact you with no success. We missed you! Welcome back.
This is a classic case of "don't ask, don't tell". I can put 128 cu ft. in my 3/4 ton GMC without going over the top of the side racks. Depending on whether it's dry lodgepole or green oak, I'm somewhere between overloaded and WAY OVERLOADED. It may stagger and sway going down the road, but it always gets the load home. The CHP has more important things to worry about.
Doesn't it concern you that if you are really overweight that your vehicle's brakes may not be about to handle it?
It does concern me and I drive accordingly, much to the dismay of the drivers behind me. I pull over frequently.
from the looks and sounds of things you have plenty of your own to cut. What will be your final tally for this season or is it a year round non stop operation?
We only got into firewood sales last fall. We bought 140 log cords from local harvesters in Dec 2018. Still have about 60 cords to split. We've had a few set backs this year, I was hoping to have it all split by now. Its just the wife and I, and we only can go at it part time with other responsibilities we have. Currently looking at trying to automate the process with a firewood processor purchase , to cut the work load to 1/3 of what it currently is with chainsaws and splitter.
