Firewood Business

[kinojango]

Do you believe it is possible to make a year round living out of just selling firewood?

[Mozza]

Yes I do

[kinojango]

As a one man band or would it need to be a big set-up?

 

Who would buy in the summer months?

[Michael C]

I dont.

[Dean Lofthouse]

You sell unseasoned loads to people for them to season themselves

 

As to whether its viable, what overheads do you have, how much can you live off

 

 

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[Dave Martin]

Do you believe it is possible to make a year round living out of just selling firewood?

 

...No

[Tom D]

I'm sure its possible, but you would need to do it in a big way, serious processor, serious handling system and serious marketing....

[Steve Bullman]

Anythings possible.

 

However you worked things though, you would always make more money in the winter months. You would have to be extremely disciplined with your finances in the winter months to spread it over the year to make up for the short comings in the quieter months

[dave fox]

its the old saying "its not what you earn ,its what you spend" as above i think you would need to be fairly big in timber to make a good living . i do mine as a side line to my primary work which helps the timber side of it work with help from tractors trailors teleporters ect ect. But to do it efficiently and cost effective ,to stump up the capital to buy , hire those things in the first place i would need to shift a hell of alot more timber than i am , hence why its a side line.

[elfinwood saws]

it,s all down to your out goings and your lifestyle, my morgage is paid off and i have no loans and we live a simple but good life, spend lots of time with my family and our 4 horses, plus we have 220 acres of woodland to harvest our firewood from and we only scratch a living but we have a great quailty of life and would not swap it, to be a wage slave!