Tommy the firewood business is a very tough and hard business. If a person has the time and access to the wood and is physically able they can make a descent sideline job. We have a local guy we all call firewood Ray. He does more than firewood such as stump grinding and tree removal. During peak firewood season he has a couple of helpers. I see his truck on the road almost everyday, either hauling wood needing to be split to his place or leaving with a trailer load split to be delivered. Around here this year when money is short everywhere, everyone that has access to a splitter is selling firewood. Some like Ray have been doing it for years others are selling it from the back of a trailer on the side of the road.</p>
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When I was clearing my place I had lots of trees to remove so I would cut and split and stack in racks by the road at the front of my place. I guess that year I sold about 10 cords of wood. I burned a buch more that were bigger than I wanted to mess with. I ended up swaping firewood to Ray for stump grinding for a lot of it. With the hurricane last year and a warm winter people could not give wood away. I ended up burning lots of what I had left over.</p>
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I guess what I am trying to say is that is a ok sideline if you are able, but few get rich at it. It keeps you busy, puts some money in your pocket, clears up some downed trees but is a LOT of work for 1 cord of wood. A (face) cord of split oak in this area goes for about $200 delivered and stacked. About $150 if they come get it. A strong abled man with a splitter could split a cord in a few hours. For me in my limited ability to lift having to work with smaller rounds and by myself would take a couple of days. I used my grandson, nephew and even a nighberhood kid from time to time to help out. Either buy splitting or just stacking depending on their ability. Gave them $20 for a few hours work and I might come close to knocking out a cord.</p>