The economy is tough and it is up to everyone to find work that they can do if they become victim of a lay off at work, or if their business or service is no longer needed. To operate a firewood supply business is a great opportunity to meet the needs of consumers and make money. Even if you do not have the land to cut the firewood on, you can operate a firewood supply business.
1Finding Your Sources
You will need to find your firewood supply. To do that, go directly to the sources; saw mills and loggers. Search online or in the yellow pages to find all the local mills in your area, and then travel to them to find out the names and numbers of loggers that haul to that mill. You will also want to inquire about scraps of wood that the mill might have that just get thrown away. Make them an offer of $35- $50 per truck load for those ends that get sawed off the wood when they measure the logs. You will need to make arrangements to pick those ends up every day or every other day so you can help them keep the yard clean. Meanwhile, you will be getting the freshly cut wood at a great price. Of course, you will need a place to set all the firewood that you accumulate so you can conduct your business. This will be your designated firewood supply yard, where you will prepare to sell your wood for kindling or small fires. You can find a way to bundle them up with rope or paper sacks that will burn so that all the consumer needs to do once they purchase the wood, is to throw packaged wood into the fire. You can charge per bundle. Pricing your firewood loads is tricky. You need to price it so that you make money but your customers feel that they are getting a deal.
