Firewood and pellets delivered and stacked: you sell the carrying, not the fuel
Most suppliers drop the load at the kerb and drive off. This service brings the fuel in, stacks it in the log store, and carries it to the door for older customers.
The model rests on selling the last stretch between the kerb and the place where the fuel actually needs to sit, not on selling the fuel itself. Customers pay for the carrying, for a neat stack in the log store or cellar, and for proof of what they received. The main decision for a beginner is whether to sell the fuel or simply move somebody else's — each route carries different paperwork and different risk.
Order fuel and what usually arrives is a heap on the drive. Suppliers spell it out in their own terms: kerbside delivery is standard, the driver will not cross gravel, steps, a slope or a kerb, and once the paperwork is signed the load becomes the customer's problem. Drivers are working to a tight slot, so nobody is going to walk a barrow round the back. For anyone who cannot shift a heap themselves, the service ends exactly where it should begin.
💡 Why it works
💪The margin sits in the stacking, not the fuel
Fuel itself is priced online and every customer can compare it, so the margin collapses. Labour nobody else offers has nothing to compare it against. You are selling time and a strong back, not cubic metres.
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