Burger on the web

The Bobcat is a multipurpose machine, though, and the Firewood Pro would only need to be used a few months out of the year in 90% of the landmass of the planet, so the cost of at least the base vehicle would be spread out over much more than just the one purpose. Also, in the linked video the device is making a bundle of firewood every 10 seconds on average. Even if your prices are correct (and at least in the Southeast they're not as every firewood producer is a vertically integrated distributor as well, meaning they're selling to stores and chains directly) that's still $720/hr. The entire operating cost of the machine is less than $20/hr, and even if we assume that the driver is getting paid $20/hr (spoiler alert: he's not) then the machine is making $680 per hour of working time. Given 8 hour days at 100% utilization, the Firewood Pro pays itself off in this scenario on the 45th day. Compare this to the food service industry, where a new commercial kitchen costs upwards of fifty thousand dollars installed, and you're lucky if your restaurant profits more than $5,000 a day on busy days off the backs of a half dozen people, with all the requisite licensing and insurance. tl;dr: Me. I want to get into the timber industry. It's a ridiculously good deal.