Finding the Right Firewood Supplier to Meet Your Needs

Finding the Right Firewood Supplier to Meet Your Needs

Finding high-quality firewood products from a friendly local supplier who can meet your delivery needs shouldn’t be complicated. In this blog post, we’ll lay out the factors to consider as you sort through the options available to you, hopefully streamlining your decision-making process and leading you to the right choice for your needs. If you’ve had to work harder than you should to find a firewood supplier with the professionalism and quality you’re looking for, we’re here to help!

Kiln-Dried Firewood Product Offerings

First and foremost, you want to avoid damp, unseasoned firewood. Whether it’s for your home’s fireplace or stove or a long-awaited family camping trip, you want wood that’s easy to ignite and burns efficiently, with very little smoke and hot, dry flames. For quality firewood, kiln-dried hardwoods are the gold standard.

When it’s dried in a kiln, hardwood firewood burns hotter, longer, and with less smoke and sparks, making for a cleaner and more efficient fire than seasoned logs or softwoods. Burning efficiency is one of the many benefits of kiln-dried firewood. This type of firewood (due to the temperature and heating time, which we’ll discuss below) doesn’t contain the molds, insects, and diseases you’ll find even in seasoned logs. When seasoned logs are contaminated with mold, disease, or pests, they can infest your entire supply and even your home, wasting your money and causing costly health and safety issues.

If you decide to prioritize kiln-dried hardwoods, look for a supplier that offers a selection of different woods and ask a member of the team to walk you through the pros and cons of each kind to help you make the best purchasing decision. Whether you’re looking for the highest heat output or a fruity-burning aroma, your supplier should have the perfect product.

At ProCut Firewood in Rochester, MN, we sell only kiln-dried hardwood firewood products because we know they’re a better value for our customers than seasoned and softwood logs. Our inventory always includes a broad selection of different types of hardwood firewood, including birch, cherry, hickory, oak, and mixed hardwood bundles, so we can make sure each client gets exactly the wood that meets their needs. Our knowledgeable team will walk you through the defining characteristics of each type and help you select the product that’s right for you.

 

Customer Service

Buying firewood shouldn’t feel like a chore, and it won’t be if you find a reliable company whose team members are ready to answer all your questions and make the process of purchasing firewood quick and painless. Every firewood supplier has its own company culture. When working with larger companies, you risk impersonal service and the experience of being just one of many clients without your individual needs or concerns being heard. Some businesses just aren’t that professional and can leave you with long wait times for responses, orders, and deliveries.

While you can never know for sure until you work with a firewood supplier yourself, reading customer reviews and testimonials is always a good place to start. Reviews from verified customers allow you to get a comprehensive view of the business, from its products to its people.

ProCut Firewood prides itself on its relationship with its customers. We are always available to answer your calls and emails or help you place an order. It’s important to us that you feel confident in your purchase.

At ProCut Firewood, we want to help you every step of the way, from product selection to delivery. Our Minneapolis metro area and St. Paul deliveries are usually delivered within 48 hours. Even if you’re farther out, we’ll always make deliveries work for our customers in Owatonna, Winona, and even further afield. When you order, we’ll let you know the earliest possible delivery time to ensure you’re never without the firewood you need or left worrying about running low.

Our delivery team cares about more than just making their drop. Our drivers do everything they can to arrive on time and will bring the wood anywhere on the ground level of your property. We ensure your wood is deposited in a clean and dry location so it’s ready to burn at its top capacity right away.

Certification

ProCut Firewood feels so strongly that kiln-dried firewood is the superior option that it’s the only type of firewood our company provides for its clients. However, not all kiln-dried firewood is created equal, and plenty of subpar kiln-dried firewood products are on the market. As you look for a firewood company to work with in the Twin Cities Region, make sure to focus only on certified suppliers.

To be a Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) certified firewood supplier, a business must meet the strict firewood treatment standards set forth by the MDA and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). These standards require a company’s kiln to pass a series of inspections and tests designed to show that it successfully heats the firewood to a core temperature of 140˚F for 60 minutes. Firewood that maintains that core temperature for that long reaches the MDA’s and USDA’s specifications for its final moisture content.

MDA certification ensures that the firewood you purchase both burns as your supplier advertises and meets safety standards. Your kiln-dried firewood will be free of all pests, fungi, and diseases. The certification allows you to take your firewood with you for all your camping and other firewood needs. Importantly, certified firewood is not subject to “Do Not Move Firewood” restrictions, so you never need to think twice about transporting your firewood safely and legally.

At ProCut Firewood, we refuse to provide our customers with anything but the best kiln-dried firewood, which is why our company is Minnesota Department of Agriculture Certified. Our certified process involves heating all our firewood in kilns set at 265˚F for 36 hours. Our process ensures that our firewood always has a moisture content of under 20%.

Order Size 

A customer-focused firewood supplier will be able to meet its clients’ smallest and largest firewood needs and will always take your business seriously, regardless of whether you’re buying wood by the cord or a bundle.

At ProCut Firewood, we sell our firewood in four sizes: bundles, mini stacks, half cords, and full cords. We also offer custom sizing if these amounts don’t fit your specific needs. Regardless of the size of your order, we’ll always get it ready for you promptly and efficiently. When you purchase mini stacks, half cords, and full cords, we can generally get your order delivered to you anywhere in the Twin Cities region within three days. If you aren’t sure how much to order, you can contact our team at any time, and we’ll help you figure out the correct order size and schedule to ensure you have the firewood you need year-round.

Frequency of Orders

If you love your firewood product but it never seems to arrive reliably, or a supplier can’t find a delivery schedule that gets the wood to you when you need it, that isn’t a relationship that will work. When choosing a firewood supplier, you need a company that delivers on your schedule, not its own.

At ProCut Firewood, we’ll have your order ready for pickup at our Rochester store or delivery to your home when you need it.

Doing the Job Right

Being a top firewood supplier means more than just providing a decent product to happy customers. Top firewood suppliers do the job right. This means valuing every part of the process. At ProCut Firewood, we attribute our success to making the best possible product and respecting every member of our team. To make the best firewood, we produce kiln-dried firewood using top-quality machinery. We have the utmost appreciation for our workers, from the team running the kilns to our drivers, and we believe that paying every individual what they are worth makes the best product for our customers. Ours might not be the cheapest firewood around, but it’s the best possible quality, expertly sorted, dried, and bundled, delivered by a company that takes seriously its commitment to the well-being of our customers and our staff.

Protecting the Environment

For too long, firewood was procured without any regard for the industry’s environmental impact. Today, we know better. Customers want firewood suppliers whose environmental practices match their own values, which means working with companies who see themselves playing a positive role in our ecosystems over the long term — not just cutting indiscriminately until the trees run out.

At ProCut Firewood, we sustainably source our hardwoods to protect the planet and future firewood supplies. Our company only works with wood suppliers with established track records of responsible harvesting practices. Every harvester we work with plants at least one tree for every tree they cut down.

ProCut Firewood, the best Firewood Supplier is Here to Meet Your Needs

If you’re looking for a top-quality firewood supplier in Rochester, Minneapolis, St. Paul, or anywhere in the Twin Cities region, ProCut Firewood is ready to help. We offer premium kiln-dried firewood and top customer service every time. Call us today at 507-280-7780 to get your questions answered and place your order.