What’s Better Firewood Bundles or Bags? Bagging vs Wrapping. 

Always a good day when ya can spend it with ya daughter teaching them the family business

Great job building the road side stand Heath

I have been doing bags people in my area to like it better you have the cost of the bag is a little more than plastic wrap but looks better in my opinion 👍

Great video Rachel Megan and Heath

Rachel and Heath,great video,y’all always do a great job on showing us how y’all handle y’all operations and y’all do a great job on reviews of equipment,it really helps people like us on buying decisions,thanks again have a blessed evening

Great channel, 12” diameter concrete quick form tube cut down to 16” length works great for filling the 1 cubic ft. bags. I also bundle and bag to give the customer a choice.

Your customers should appreciate the efforts you both put into the product. Plus the fact that you both are cuties.

Hey y'all, I'm not a business major but I want to throw in my two cents, it would be interesting to check the weight of both bundles? As far as the wrapping machine goes, if you take off the wheels and mount it to a skid that would take care of trying to counter balance the whole machine. Megan, your Best business teacher's come from your parents and how they are supporting your idea. That is what you call free enterprise. Best of luck!

What a great concept... a whole show of outtakes! I especially liked Heath's little curtsy at the end! What a great closer for all your videos!!!

Great job 👏 Meagan and Rachel! I believe your issue with the bundler is that the gear ratio is all wrong. I think the gear on the bundle side needs to be bigger than the handle side. Because the way it is the more times you turn the handle the tighter the wrap around the bundles get tighter and tighter each round you make. Keep up the great work you all do and have a blessed day!

Great team work again you girls are keeping busy

Might have the drive sprocket reduced by about 25% to reduce the starting effort. Working on a suggestion for making the bagger to horizontal to use the weight of the wood to to help compact the contents. Would reduce shoulder stress as well. Would require an out feed table to receive the filled bag.

That’s great you two are teaching your daughter the bundling/bagging game! Awesome👍👍

Both well sell very well and keep up the work mum & daughter ❤❤❤❤🙂🙂🙂🙂👍👍👍👍

Good teamwork, mother, and daughter! And Heath, your cooking always makes me hungry :) Take care and have a great week @

Outstanding job Ladies.

Great job Ladies keep up the good work love your videos

I'm using blue carton strapping for my bundles now, holds them well

Glad to see Mom and daughter working together!! Hopefully Meagan will make some cash to help her through school!! Stay Hydrated and Have a Safe Day

Great job bundling the wood Rachel and Megan

The family that drinks together bundles wood together! 😂😂😂😂 The fire starter is a great idea. 👍🏻 We’ve had rain here just about every day since just before the 4th…

So when you are using the bundle mechanism take your half inch Milwaukee impact or drill driver and hook it up to spin that instead of the handle bar when I get that big, that’s what I will be doing is building my own like that

It’s hard work to begin a business but it’s the right way to start particularly as a teen. Hard work means you won’t waste your profits.

Cut the bucket on one side opposite the handle & round the bottom two sides of the slit opening so it wont have edges to catch on the bag. This will make it easier and faster to put bag over bucket and will also expand to fill the bag.

Hey guys! Yeah, the bundler needs some work, but at least it makes nice tight bundles. As for the bats, we had a problem with a couple many years ago. Shut the lights off and they land somewhere and you can grab them. We do not dispatch bats, but they can be dangerous because of the potential for rabies.

Sorry to hear about all the rain keeping you from outside activities. I was under the impression there was interior remodeling that could keep a body busy???🤔🤔🤔 Best o luck with the stand and teaching Megan your business model.👍🙂

Great job girls. I think I like the bundling better. Seems to be a little quicker. Just my two cents. Lol. Megan keep up the great work girl. You’re doing great. Just remember. You can do this. Y’all keep up the great work. Bruce in Wv!!!

Great video. Roadside stands aren’t used enough around my parts. Might be something to consider seems fairly cost effective to get started at it. Thanks for the great content guys 👍👍

Not sure if my favourite bit was Megan dropping a "let's go" and striking a cheer pose or the bit of a squeal when the first wrap was begun. Work smarter, not harder. Put the stacking table behind where the tote and bundler are and the cart should be closing the gap between the bundler and the table. When starting to wrap if you wind anticlockwise a little to take tension off the wrap and then start wrapping you'll have inertia in your favour when starting. If you hang a bundle on each side of the bundler then that may do the job of the counterweight. We get bats inside on a semi regular basis. There's a bakery over the road that runs 24/7 and the bats eat the insects that hang around the security lighting. In 30 years of being here we've probably had 20 or more bats make their way inside.

Hey guys. Lots of hard work making bundle wood. Quality time spent, too. I just had a great day fishing with my son Brad. You guys remind me of us hanging out and having a few laughs ❤ Kenny

I found bags and the bucket thing is easier if it’s done lower like on a chair. I also use a larger round bucket screwed to a base as a jig/holder for the bag and bucket. So when you pull the bucket out the bag does not fall over as you put the last few chunks in. Good video keep up the good work.

Great camera job Heath

Great video. Wrap is fast. I bet some like the bags once they get them home for storage of unused firewood. Keep splitting!!

Chris at firewood at the furnace did a good job of explaining the cost differences.

A job well done!

You all got it goin, reality videos at its best, great job.

Great job. Definitely a work out with that wrapper. I noticed the wrapped bundles no fire starters. I know they put labels in wrap with a couple wraps. Can you wrap a couple wraps to hold fire starters. Thanks enjoy channel.

My thinking is that may be the drive sprocket directly off the crank needs to be a little bit smaller in diameter. So that the operator has the mechanical advantage.

hi wood hound in training . i hit share hope i get something to eat , looks great . john

Hey Y’all , the bundler is cool . A couple of bugs to work . Good to see your daughter getting into the business . Mom and daughter time is awesome !! 🪵🇺🇸👍🏻

Very nice initial effort on the bundles and bags ladies and good to see you having a great time together. Sure you have tweaks to do but you are off to a great start. Looking forward to your results of the bag vs bundle comparison. Enjoy the pork loin from the HWM!!

Bucket for sure. Make the most profit you can. The bags are more pleasing for a customer.

120 lb grease barrel works great and very easy to mount in a homemade frame work

Heath ive just done a couple of video's about my kinetic splitter, so if you can put up with bumbling on then take a peak 👍🏽

Hello hard working family.I like the way you bag the wood,but wrapping seems easier.Either way its looking good.I find the price for your bundles very reasonable.You folks have a great and safe week.Cheers from Alberta

You want to start making 12 to 14 in for outside fire pits like out door with the Morgan did.❤

it's a regulated deal here (ash bore etc). If YOU could talk to THEM. They truck, truck, truck, it to grocery stores. I see people doing that on road side with drop boxes. You know 5 bucks a load (makes me laugh). Best wishes. I'd say shrink wrap it!

Nice video guys

Good job Rachel and Meagan. Those bundles are a challenge for sure! We’re still trying to figure out a better way of doing it more efficiently. Awesome mother and daughter experience though ❤ I would be freaking out about the bats! I DO NOT like them at all…especially inside! Lol. Good idea with the fire though Heath! 😂 Also, great idea to add the fire starters in with the bundles!

Try anchoring the bundler down between two totes

Not sure how much the mesh bags add to the cost of a bundle but sure could come in handy for other uses . nice . !

Just compare the cost of bags against wrapping. Wrapping is a lot less expensive. Just a thought for you two.

OMG, move the 4 wheel cart away from the garage door or the door will get dented. Usually, to test moisture content, you split the split open to measure the center of the split, not the outside.

How is the engineering of the bundler machine coming along ? Did your buddy ever get them to the for sale market ? Looks like a great tool to bundle wood. Thanks

Based on what my supermarket manager says. I vote for the very easy to carry 14 lb. Maximum bundles. And ! Also 22 lb. Maximum Bags. Store manager claims that Petite women, elderly and physically compromised people will help themselves to two bundles of the 14 lb. Wood. While Half as many people opt for the 22 pound bags. People shop where the have a choice. * Most important ! One handed size splits * Some of the splits you were carrying, you used both hands. If you can't use one hand it doesn't go in to the bag or the bundle.. Big would is boiler wood that's a whole nother demographic.

Great video. Bundler seems awkward. I’d say it needs a longer handle for turning. Pork sure looks tasty. Just curious. What do you sell the bundles and bags for. Have a great week

Hello Rachel. I still don’t have my splitter yet. I ordered the oak, Siri’s all wood with the Honda motor and electric start and extra six way wedge, wondering if when he gets it done to have the eight way instead of the six way what’s your opinion I’m only going to get one extra wedge July 18 will be nine months waiting

Is it possible to release a little tension on the wrap to make it easier to spin without making the bundles too loose?

Mount a 1/2 drill to turn that sorry wrapper???😊

Country men know if it's dry by the sound it makes when it clunks together. Skip the gauge! I can tell it's dry by the sound it makes. ha.

I think the tension is way too tight. It should turn easier than that

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(HINT) when use,ing that bundle,er put your first layer of wood in your wrapper.then place your plastic wrap over first layer then fill it up then wrap it up it will speed up your process a lot.this goes for any wrap,ing machine.if y'all have any questions please feel free to ask.have a wonderful upcoming week.

You need labels for your bundles

Where do you get the bags?

OK, so now I m confused.....Rachel - are you the Wood Bunny 🐇 or the Bundle Bunny 🐰or the Bag Bunny🐰🐇, or.....??? Hmmmmm.......🤔

That wood for material miss 😊 I am no understand please me let her know 😊

The reason you have bats you don't have a chimney cap to keep animals out so many home owners wonder why. I have removed birds. ,raccoons, snakes and a few other things from chimneys put a cap on to save money and cost of a removal fee and other expenses.

Rachel tell Meagan there a lot more money into strawberries 🍓 for 6 wk work . In big 🇨🇦 is $7 quart. Just put up 🔝 a U pick at old property for grown strawberries 🍓. Remember bbq smoke pork tenderloin you need dessert 🍨 after the meal . 😊 went I was Meagan age or younger I make big money grown strawberries 🍓 and it’s fast money 💵 plus tax free from farming or fishing save on account free . Firewood 🪵 is tax up here 15% on the dollar. 😢😢

I think both the bag and bundle is a bad way to buy wood , like buying washed carrots , makes it over priced .

Put your wrap in the middle of the bundle, and then you wouldn't have to hold it.

Your daughter is as beautiful as you 😊

Who's the girl??

Are you 2 paid by the hour ?....or by the amount of bundled wood you perduce?...how much you charge per bundle ?...so far you wrapped 3 bundles... If a person wants 12 bundles you likely say come back tomorrow?

in my opinion wrapping is way way better then bagging.. The reason is I can see what I am buying and bags are that much harder to get rid of.. I hate to tell you but their is a few people and companies making that same bundle.. Their is even plans for that bundler online... Their is a Amish company that you can buy then online that seem to be built a little stronger then that 1... This bundle you are showing looks like a prototype on how cheap can you make it!!! Sorry

I've always been a glove guy so it pains me to see you handle wood with bare hands. I would have major slivers.

Meagan don’t start out in the hole in equipments, Rachel or mom is right start with a plastic bucket 🪣. Get your money 💴 in the bank first them go the business. 😊

Very good and beautiful girls, Raschel is also a teacher as well as being a wonderful woman, I want to be your friend if you want it thanks kiss kiss from Rome Italy,,💋💋💋💋💋💋💚💚💚💚