Sandy Creek Saw Works

04/04/2026

I tried to buy some of those $250 full cords of seasoned wood thinking I could save a heck of a lot of work, time and sweat. I was really disappointed in the wood quality and volume.

I frequently see people advertising a “pickup load” of firewood for less than $144, and it genuinely makes me question how those prices are being justified. Producing firewood involves a significant amount of hard, physical labor, and it is not the kind of work that can be done sustainably at bargain rates.

Years ago, I also sold firewood at very low prices, but at that time I had little understanding of proper pricing and was not handling all aspects of the work myself. Over time, I have come to better understand the true cost involved — from cutting and splitting to moving, stacking, and delivering. There is a major difference between making a little extra money on the side and operating as a serious business.

For those who believe my prices are too high, I would invite you to spend a full day doing this work firsthand. I believe most people would quickly realize that this level of labor is not something they would be willing to do for minimum wage.

Thank you for taking the time to read, and I appreciate the opportunity to share my perspective..😊🪵🌳🤔 🙏 🏠 🪵..!!

04/04/2026

Firewood splitting is full swing! I redesigned my wood yard and made it easier to dump, split and stack wood. This year I’m doing it 4 different ways.

Stacking wood in verifiable volume from 1/6, 1/3, 1/2, and full cord stacks for people buying in specific amounts of just firewood.

Im also making smaller “clean splits” with no bark for my competition cookers that asked about specific species like Red Oak and Post Oak for cooking with. These will be in 1/3 cord volumes in my IBC tote cages and species specific.

I’m also doing a “bunker” style pile with pallets on the bottom and my totes as the walls for filling up my firewood stand and making my bags of wood, less time handling it this way, I can just toss it in as I split it.

I’m also tossing all the odd ball pieces into the IBC totes. This is limb wood, big knotty pieces, chunks that are too small to stack with the other wood etc. we burned a ton of this stuff here at home this year and it’s perfectly good wood just not as pretty.

02/07/2026

02/07/2026

We had a really good and productive day yesterday. Me and the best helper ever delivered a load of wood first thing in the morning, then we had a lunch date with mom, followed by cutting and hauling some nice wood for next year’s firewood needs. Bryan said the best part was watching the excavator knock down trees.

02/02/2026

So I’ve been seeing a ton of posts of firewood for $200-$250 for a “seasoned” cord of wood or half cord. So I went and bought or in some cases refused to buy the advertised wood.

One place I pulled up to that had pictures of a barn full of wood. Advertised as full cords for $250, barn stored red oak dried for a year. Was two guys with a freshly cut pin oak splitting the wood as I pulled up to the address. He told me by the time we got it loaded up he would be finished splitting it.

Another place I saw selling bulk wood on the side of the road looked to be pretty solid quality so I sung in and asked their price for 1/3 or 1/2 cord. Guy told me 1/2 cord was $250. I said that’s not a bad price where is it I’ll pull over (I had my trailer) and load up. He pointed me to a small rack that looked to be less than a 1/3 of a cord. I asked him where the rest was and he said that’s what we sell as a 1/2 cord.

I’m not trying to bash anyone heaven only knows I’ve had short pieces, doughty wood maybe a few pieces short of the intend volume, and everything in between sometimes when I sell. Just making a public service announcement, make sure your getting what your paying for. You’re alway welcome to come with a tape measure and check the stacks I sell, pull out anything you don’t like and swap it with a better piece.

Check the individual pictures for the price of the wood and the volume. This is just what I actually decided to buy.

01/31/2026

This was from a very cold morning last week. I was only able to capture a few parts of the job. It is not a natural act for me to stop what im doing doing to put a camera in a location to capture what I hope is a shot that looks good and doesn't make me look bad!

Please reach out to us for any tree removal needs, as well as stump grinding or firewood!

01/27/2026

What a cold nasty weekend we’ve had! It’s still pretty chilly outside today so me and the boys moved our work inside. I started pretty early with some chain grinding, then finished a MS461 Ive been working on once it warmed up.

After lunch I went and extracted from the house two of the best helpers around, Bryan has decided to start helping me clean up our next project a Stihl MS661 Buster is checking the pulse on the cat I think. This saw came in not running so we are going to start tearing into it to figure out why!

01/26/2026

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