Delivered a half cord to a new customer this afternoon. I spied this stack of fruit wood that turned out to be apple. He cut it down himself last Spring. Since I've now started selling apple wood to smokers and being hard to come by for me, I offered to trade him dry wood for it. He agreed. Guy isn't fussy and just have to figure what I will give him. Same volume of course.
I started last Summer with FBM ads for smoker wood. Several sales and a couple repeats. Nothing gang busters but much more profit than if general cordage or in bundles. Just sold four bundles of apple to a guy a couple weeks ago. $40 sale. Apple Pear Sugar maple Cherry Hickory Mulberry White oak (more for pizza ovens) And I still haven't traded for this yet. A score of nice apple back in the Fall postponed it.
Your post reminds me of my beginnings. $1 dollar permit to cut all the apple I wanted. Acres and acres of orchards bulldozed over. What a ton of work that was. I went gang busters and ended up with 16 cords.
Yeah apple definitely doesn't generate cordage fast that's for sure. I cut in an orchard once back in 2020 IIRC and for the amount of work I didn't get much. Even drove right up to them too.
Oh that smell though. It’s awesome. Apple and cherry are easily my favorite woods to smoke meats with.
Do yall chip or split that smoker wood to size, or left to the individual to cut to size? Apple must me fun to make smaller . .
I cut it to 16" like the rest of my wood and sell by the bundle. If crooked or twisted i cut nuggets and sell by the bag.
Well finally brought some wood to trade. I had dropped a cord for him a month ago and hadn't figured a final resting spot for the apple. I took the biggest chunks. More there yet. Decided to keep smoker wood at my house for ease of selling. Funny coincidence as this was the street I worked on yesterday.
buZZsaw BRAD just so you know. Apple wood in coaling stage is blue and green flames.. The bigger pieces can be advertised for the unique color of flames leaving a “romantic glow”
Got the rest of the apple yesterday. Ill process today. Glad I don't have to process wood like this all the time!
Processed the load the other day and moved today. That's BL in the back of the PU. Apple close to the cab. Wood was cut a year ago so should dry fast.
