cut firewood for cash?

[IGBT]

<p>When we go hiking or dirtbiking in the mountains, I am always seeing these guys loading (I mean seriously loading) up their truck with firewood from trees that were downed in the winter storms.&nbsp; We are talking nice wood, fir and cedar...and they get a fullsize truckload about 5 feet high.&nbsp; Then I think about the little packs of 3 or 4 sticks of firewood that sell at the grocery store for $3.99...<br /><br />It is certainly some hard work, and would require a chainsaw and gas for your truck, but maybe???&nbsp; Probably makes far more than I do gold panning....what am I saying...I haven't even found enough gold to pay for my pan...</p>

 

[Spirituallifetime]

I'm not sure what kind of permits you would have to get to cut and sell fire wood,but for sure is a lot of hard work. Most people do it for their own fire wood. Panning for gold is more fun, I need to get out to the streams soon while the sand bars are still exposed. the water is really low this year.

 

[Les H]

Igbt,
having spent most of my life in upstate ny , i can assure you, man, we burn some wood! Most campgrounds make a little off of selling firewood, sometime s $5 an armload ( i can carry a lot!) but often it is boy scouts or other group that is doing it. Only a few times have i seen a loaded truck parked outside a campground selling and ive never stopped to talk to them to see how they make out, so i dunno----
Lastly, we are talkin outdoor campfire wood, right?? ( i appologise in advance if you already know this) If you are cutting for HEATING wood ( fireplace, woodstove or furnace) you need access to vast amounts of HARDWOOD, not fir, pine or hemlock or cedar. You want oaks, maples, and ironwoods. Far moreheating capacity and not as much creosote to build up on chimney and cause a chimney fire." Commercial" firewood is a backbreaking , relativly low pay, time , space and energy consuming endevor.....
Having said that, ive done it quite a bit, ( not including several times emergency volunteer cutting after storms or tornados) but have never panned gold.. Trade ya?!?

 

[Journeyman]

Sounds hauntingly familiar, Les. I'm trying very hard to forget those back breaking years. But people keep reminding me.<br /><br />

 

[IGBT]

<p>Ok, nix that idea <br /><br />Actually just finished watching Bering Sea gold under the ice.&nbsp; Seeing the newbies get 17.5 ounces in a couple of days while appearing completely inept does make one wonder...<br /><br />If I could find a spot I could sluice 1 ounce a week I would be in heaven.</p>

 

[Kisatchieman]

Remember the old saying:&nbsp;&nbsp;" Wood warms you twice, once&nbsp;when&nbsp;you cut it and again when&nbsp;you burn it."<img src="/images/boards/smilies/smile.gif" alt="" align="absMiddle" border="0" />

 

[Journeyman]

you can do that in Chicken, AK. A friend of mine does that there for 6 months and comes to FL for the other 6 months. His wife and him make a good living at it.<br /><br />

 

[sidat202]

A friend and I did it many years ago. We had deals with logging companies for the wood they couldn't harvest. At the end of the day they would pile wood on the landing and we would go cut, split, and load on our trucks.<br />The work didn't seem so hard, but I was younger then. We did it for a few years and did pretty well.

 

[Ricekila]

Sounds hauntingly familiar, Les. I'm trying very hard to forget those back breaking years. But people keep reminding me.<br /><br />

<br /><br />Got wood <img src="/images/boards/smilies/crazy.gif" alt="" align="absMiddle" border="0" /><br /><br />( sorry - couldn't help it <img src="/images/boards/smilies/wave.gif" alt="" align="absMiddle" border="0" />&nbsp<img src="/images/boards/smilies/wink.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle">

 

[yesican]

Those split blocks of wood are up to $8.00/bundle...I&nbsp;couldn't believe it and that was here in Alaska where its nothing&nbsp;but woods!<br />Rae