anybody separate speices when splitting and selling

[Marine5068]

I think I will just visit a few of the barbque place and just ask them where they get their wood and see if they will tell me what they pay. Never know until you ask. If they are just paying normal firewood prices, its not worth fooling with.

They probably pay more for their smoker wood than regular cord wood prices.
Have some bundled or bagged and advertise it as premium smoking Hickory and then ask them if they'd like to see it.
Remember, seeing is believing and wanting in our society.

 

[Wood Doctor]

They probably pay more for their smoker wood than regular cord wood prices.
Have some bundled or bagged and advertise it as premium smoking Hickory and then ask them if they'd like to see it. Remember, seeing is believing and wanting in our society.

I also sell BBQ smoker wood in addition to campfire wood for open fires. I usually pack up 16 lb of oak in a recycled shopping bag for meat smokers. I usually cut it to 9" lengths and split it once or twice more than a stove log. I sold out this past weekend, priced at two bags for $5.

There's nothing better than a pork roast smoked with oak in a barrel cooker. Many pros use it and soak the oak overnight in a 5 gallon bucket before they start. Almost any good hardwood will also work--apple, hickory, cherry, etc. I've sold those also whenever I can find them. Last week somebody recommended apricot. I've never tried apricot, but it sounds like it would work and I stumbled onto a bunch.

 

[rancher2]

I don't sell wood but burn 10 to 15 cords a year in a Garn. I kept my hedge firewood stored separate from my locust and ash. Just use the hedge in the cold months. Last winter had a lot of locust so I burned it during the cold months. That hedge keeps forever.

 

[lknchoppers]

Currently, I dont separate anything. I am not even selling firewood. What I cut and split goes in my stove with little attention paid to what type of wood it is. This may change in the near future and if it does, I just want to have enough info to make the most money for my work. While it is fairly easy for me to scrounge enough wood to feed my stove, I dont have the energy to cut mountains of wood to put on the market. I can buy large truck loads of logs fairly easy and reasonable. Those truck loads will all be mixed hardwoods. Its pretty easy to separate types and just process smoker woods in a separate pile.

I have had some luck selling to barbeque people however some don't want to pay much and others are willing to pay a premium. Usually it's not worth the extra time and energy it takes but I still do some. Muddstopper what area of the NC Mountain are you located? Just wondering. I was in Boone last weekend.

 

[leonardo]

when it is convenient i'll stack a third of a cord of 100% oak and sell it for $5 more than a mixed load of lesser hardwood.

 

[Wood Doctor]

when it is convenient i'll stack a third of a cord of 100% oak and sell it for $5 more than a mixed load of lesser hardwood.

I may have to try that. Oak seems to be a magic word that loosens the purse strings. However, I'd go at least $20 a load more for 100% oak because $5 more is peanuts.

The gal that bought a truckload of firewood from me for $120 last week would have easily uncorked $140 for all oak. She's a day trader on the stock market. Next time I'll offer that, but only if I have it.

 

[dwasifar]

I keep the species separate in my stacks as much as is practical. I do have one mixed rack right now, but the rest of my stacks are all oak or all ash at the moment. I do it partly because some species season faster than others, but mostly because it just appeals to my sense of organization.

 

[Blackbruin]

I keep the species separate in my stacks as much as is practical. I do have one mixed rack right now, but the rest of my stacks are all oak or all ash at the moment. I do it partly because some species season faster than others, but mostly because it just appeals to my sense of organization.

Mixed loads $200 cord, all good hardwoods, some ash,oak,sugar,locust,black birch etc...straight oak is $250, for smoking, one place uses 30" green black birch and sassafras ,About two to one, I cut a load for every Thursday by noon when they start smoking, if I take a week off I just bring two loads, if they have enough for their smoking session that week they will call me Friday evening. I provide 1/4 cord a load at $75, so $300 cord. Another place wants all barkless oak, split real small, for cooking pits, smoking. That goes for $350 a cord, I made a 12 way wedge with 3 rings as well, think of as rings on a bullseye, makes short work of that order. Third place uses small split maple for cooking, at $250 cord, and black birch "pie pans" for adding smoke. I charge them $300 a cord.

Lots of repeat customers, I tell all new customers I only cut for orders a year ahead, than they gawk at my price, kinda high...than in January or February they call asking I I have , and last week or two's cut and split ash, dead from borer, goes for $225 a cord, than everybody and their brother who needs wood yesterday will call me. I never understand it....

 

[greendohn]

I very rarely sell any firewood, I don't separate any of it, all mixed hardwoods.
The occasional sycamore wouldn't be loaded up to sell.

 

[muddstopper]

I have had some luck selling to barbeque people however some don't want to pay much and others are willing to pay a premium. Usually it's not worth the extra time and energy it takes but I still do some. Muddstopper what area of the NC Mountain are you located? Just wondering. I was in Boone last weekend.

Not sure of the exact mileage from Boone, guessing 150miles. I live in the farther most western point of NC in the town of Murphy. The New Harrahs Casino opens Sept 28th. Thinking about selling out and moving.

I am thinking about the smoker wood and think I might just process some and stack it separate to see how it sells. If I cant sell it as a seperate product than firewood, I'll just mix it with the regular firewood. Nothing lost but a little extra stacking.

 

[Wood Doctor]

Not sure of the exact mileage from Boone, guessing 150miles. I live in the farther most western point of NC in the town of Murphy. The New Harrahs Casino opens Sept 28th. Thinking about selling out and moving.

I am thinking about the smoker wood and think I might just process some and stack it separate to see how it sells. If I cant sell it as a seperate product than firewood, I'll just mix it with the regular firewood. Nothing lost but a little extra stacking.

I just packed up four more 16-lb bags of smoker wood for the market. All red oak, not quite dry. The good BBQ cooks want it a little green with natural moisture to slow it down. I think I may be way underpriced at two bags for $5. All the pieces are about 9" long and split half the size of a typical firewood log. That's what the market demands here. Seems like it's just right for barrel cookers.

 

[Wood Doctor]

I hate to beat a horse to death, but this smoker wood market has me doing flip flops. A guy asked me last week if I could get any apricot wood. He said it makes really good smoker wood and that he likes the flavor better than oak. Next day, lo and behold, an apricot tree turned up at the drop site. I collected about 1/3 truckload.

I have been warned by a few seasoned veterans that apricot is a bear to split, so the splitter is going to get a work out. The grain is anything but straight, but it's a beautiful orange. I'll let you know how it sells.