With gear paid for, sons off to college, and me getting older, we are done selling firewood. We used to sell 6 cords a year but would now much rather have the 6 cords in our stacks. But the last loads went to our best customer. All ash, split and seasoned and cut to his spec for his stove of 14" long. No regrets.
Hats off to a good man.....and to a lot of hard work! I hate selling any of my wood. I work too hard for it... ..lol
Yeah, I agree... I'm not sure what would hurt more... me, after CSS a cord of firewood... or watching it roll out of the driveway and into someone else's stove... (friends and family not included) Bet it feels great Greg ... now, the wood's all yours...
So Greg Inc. is downsizing....it's a sign of the times . I've thought about selling some a few times but just cannot bring myself to do it.......I enjoy blessing folks with some when needed but that's just not the same.
"I've thought about selling some a few times but just cannot bring myself to do it." ... there's a therapist for that kind of separation anxiety LP...
Good job but me selling from my hoard would be like me selling puppies from my litter................nope, not happening.......................
I am sure your customers are going to miss you! I agree with the others I have a hard enough time keeping up with my own stash that it is to valuable for me to sell.
I sold some of my boxelder and pine I found on CL (already cut to length just had to split it) to make room for more premium wood. Tossing around the idea of selling some primo stuff, but not sure I want to part with it yet. Lots of time and work invested! You will now have time to relax and hopefully enjoy the process a little more!
I sell a little and am now going to increase that by a little to help pay the taxes on the property. Glad you can keep the wood to yourself now Greg. And have a little more time to do something else you enjoy!
I have a real hard time selling all that sweat equity. Even the little bit I might sell or trade gives me remorse. Except, willow, pine, cotton and similar course with these I try real hard to not acquire these species in the first place since they bring very little in the way of compensation on the market around here anyway. The thought of pulling out of stacks loading truck deliver and possible restack at that point, ouch, compensation not withstanding.
I sold a couple cord of some twisted ash a couple seasons back. It was well seasoned and I sold it for a good price but I still kick myself for doing it. I've come to the conclusion there is no money in firewood for me. If I have friends of family that needs wood I just give it to them.
I was in Center County PA over the weekend. Was amazed with the amount of standing dead trees. I almost crashed my 4wheeler looking at the trees.
Between emerald ash borer getting ash trees, and gypsy moths getting oaks, there will be plenty of standing dead for a long time in PA
I just thought of a new avatar name (identifier), "standing dead". That is what I have tried to cut all the time. Just attended a planning commission meeting on Monday night and they approved a 20k sq. ft. warehouse/office building across the street from my business property. They are going to take down about 1.5 acre of woods with some very big hardwood in that woods. I am going to have to get my share. I am sure they will bring in the big equipment to take down and mulch as much as possible. Maybe I should go get my share before that happens. There is some really nice Elm, Oak and Silver maple over there.
When the kids move out it changes one's perspective. Before, we all worked together getting firewood & split by hand. Then it was just me so I built a a hydraulic splitter. Around here young folks run around selling pick-up loads of firewood for $25 - 50 dollars. Not worth my effort however, I always have extra so if there is a family in need, I can donate. I imagine you won't have too much trouble filling up the time with other projects.
