This is how I started out delivering firewood my first year in the firewood business. I made it work but it wasn’t the best.
The "best' is doing what needs done with what ya got. I certainly didn't start out with all the nice toys either. I am blessed to have nice equipment now, but it didn't happen overnight. As JPDavis said, just keep working up. Not easy, but worth it.
I got an old f150 for $200 and a Ford ranger that I gave $200. So around $400. It was a 4x4 4.6 v8 and did great. I used it and a 14x6 tandem axles to deliver full cords.
One man who bought 5 cords from me sold me this 2005 4x4 Dodge Ram with a 6 speed standard transmission and 103xxx miles or so. 4.7 v8. It’s what I use now with rails on it. A lot of the driveways around here that I deliver to me hbe delivwred too are steep and dangerous with a trailer loaded down with wood. So I now sell it by the double face cord load for $200 plus delivery fee if it’s outside of my county. When I started out I was selling a cord for $200. It works out pretty good now. The man I bought the truck from gave me a great deal. He let me go ahead and take it for $1000 cause he said he trusted me. He hardly knew me but I was very thankful he did that. And he let me pay the rest off while using the truck. I ended up paying $2500 altogether and that’s been around 3 years ago or So I believe.
Very well said my friend. You surely sound blessed! I consider myself blessed as well with what I do have. I’m very thankful for it and enjoy selling firewood very much!
Your process has allowed you to get the job done, and make improvements along the way that work best for you, and that's what matters.
You work hard and are resourceful. That will pay dividends. " Do what you can, with what you've got, right now"
No shame in any of that! Back when I first started doing firewood, I used a reciprocating saw up at the community wood pile. People laughed and made fun, but at the end of the day, it got the job done and I was able to get a saw later. Looks like you're better equipped now! Keep moving forward and doing what you can.
Thank you. I agree my friend! You have to work with what you have sometimes. I am very thankful and blessed with how the firewood business has went for me.
I respect that very much. That’s a story of hope and persevering. Some people will refuse to work without having specific equipment but I love the mindset of getting the work done with what you have, setting a goal to reach, and moving towards it. It makes you appreciate things so much more too when you do it that way. It has me anyways. I don’t come from a lot of money on either side of my family so I have learned to appreciate the little things a lot and be very thankful for what I have and earn.
Started with an old pop up camper frame that I built a deck and side walls on. Pulled it with my Yukon. No saw but had a 5ton electric splitter
I'm the exact same way man. Didn't come from money either, so I too appreciate the little things. I also learned very early on, that work ethic can get a person pretty far in this world. Doing what others refuse to do, doesn't make someone any less of a person.
Haha I think we all started with close to nothing. Not many silver spoon babies getting into the wood business on daddy’s dime. They become stock brokers or sumthin. I did get dads MS-250 when he passed and he got grandpas JD-MT when he passed.
