I can't remember if mine are .75 cubic feet or 1 cubic feet but I stuff them till I can't put another piece of wood in them. I'm the best deal around at 5$ a bag.

I've not very close to campgrounds so that's kind of out of the picture. I am near a main highway though that everyone travels to get to them. I was thinking of putting up a roadside stand near it this summer. The bags work better as I can beat them up more compare to saran wrap.

I'm splitting ash, oak, cottonwood, etc, I have a place where I can cut as much as I want and it's all on the ground already because a tree service drops it there and I know the owner of the land well.

I'm selling in bags so I usually split it smaller since that's how I've seen other guys do it. Nothing meant for major heating.

No bbq restaurants that I know of

All of my wood goes for recreation, most of my stuff is between 2x4 and 2x6 size, I usually put some 2x2 stuff in as a filler since it keeps the bags stacked nicer. All of my wood has been seasoned outside for a year or 2 before I cut it.

Too bad.

you may also check places that rent

back before I bought my splitter I would rent for 40 dollars a day this was a decade ago

we would take turns splitting so that we split 12 hours strait and return it in the morning

a years wood split in a day.

a local saw shop rents for 60 a day so if that would get you well ahead having a pile of rounds ready to split and just go at it split as long as you can on the rental so that our money works for you

then you might even look at buying a used one when you sell that lot of wood.

I much prefer splitting in smaller sessions and not a 12 hour day at once.
I am also splitting more wood now also

I have a splitter in the barn have not used it in 7 years. I can split it faster by hand most of the time. And as short as cutting it for your customers it should split easy. For myself I cut it 20 when I had an indoor wood stove and had to split a lot. Used to only split 15 to 20 loads a year back then but seldom use the wood splitter after I bought it. Was just to slow. And if it's a tough to split piece toss it to the side and use it for a camp fire for yourself and move to the next piece.

The pile in the back of the photo by the Bobcat is over 70' long. The pile in the front is what I'm currently working on its mostly white oak with some red mixed in. Ninety nine percent of the wood in the photo was split with a Fiskars X27, a few big and nasty pieces I used my splitter on.

Alot of places have an honor system for bundles of wood for 5.00.
A cash box and a shelter to keep.the wood dry

Alot a camp sites around to make everyone rich.

Yup ..gas stations ..grocery stores ..your Aunt and Uncles place

Just read your original post to start this thread.

When I was in my 20's we had a pond cleaned out. Not knowing any better I let them spread the mud all around and it killed a bunch of big oak trees.
I cut one down and went to work making firewood for myself with a worn out chainsaw, a 8# sledge and wedges and a "monster maul". That got old real quick so I did some pricing of a powered splitter and a new saw, and some calculating of what the break even point on cords of wood sold was.
Long story short, bought new saw and splitter and sold enough wood the first 2 years to pay for them both.
Still have the splittter and would probably have the saw too except someone stole it.

Look into a used splitter at a minimum if you want to sell at multiple places and be able to keep them stocked.

Selling by the bundle or stack is the way to get the most. I figured up one time what the difference in selling a cord vs selling by the stack and you get more than 2x the money

Also unless you are marketing kindling, split into pieces that you can easily handle with one hand and move on to the next bundle. Don't waste time and energey making splinters

Figure out about how much you can produce and how much each location sells. If you can't keep a supply of wood they might have someone else come along and take over your location.
Sell the excess by your drive or set up on Saturdays at variuos spots and sell out of the truck
Have enough ready to sell to cover 75% of your expected demand for the season before people start thinking about building fires

That is my .02, I.m sure there is a lot of good advise in the previous posts as well

For all you gentlemen who split by hand I have a request. Please come to my place and split dead elm. We’ll see how long ya last.! lol. 27 ton splitter only way to go.

I too have a fiskars maul and it works better than my others. I keep it a little sharper than the others.

Dead elm is a tough one. I sure slit a lot of it but I use wedges and sometimes have to use a saw while the wedges are holding it apart.

Get on FaceBook Market place and advertise wood for sale. Put a sign out front with your number on it. People will be in touch. Keep it up and the splitting gets easier the more you do. If your business gets big you can buy a splitter that splits it and cuts it all automatically. You'll need a skid steer or something similar.

I have two smashed disc in my back already and have some issues with my legs. Splitting wood is great exercise for me and I like it. I cannot lift the rounds like I used to so I cut them off the log and split then right there. This also leaves the mess in the woods. Put straight grained wood. Don't mess with elm. It aint worth it. Pick oak, hickory, walnut, cherry, act. If you can split it when it is very cold it splits even better. I burn all mine so I start at the outsides of the round and leave the centers almost square so they just fit into my furnace door. But that's just me.

Larry. Splitting that way we used to call that “daisying” the block.

I have some Sycamore you can work on too! Please?

Us guys that split by hand avoid that stuff.

X2. Lots of other wood available. I only got so many swings left in me.

Here it’s the Russian olives that grow with a good twist to them even when it splits it has a twist to it. My boiler takes big rounds the stuff I use my splitter on can be up to 4 feet across.

Mauls bounce off and wedges get buried in that big stuff often.

had 3 foot plus in diameter maples with a significant twist and curl to them I even pulled a few pieces out to cut curly scales for knives

I noodle those then the 1/4s are easier to lift if really big still split those before lifting.