Firewood on Hi-way 53

07/06/2024

FIREWOOD ON HI-WAY 53 is out of business...call Bob McKane for service.
403-304-5163

10/03/2023

03/26/2022

This past year we took a step back from 'business as usual' to figure out what life after 60 could look like. Retirement isn't in our future picture, so count on us being around for a while. Our hours and service will look a bit different than in the past, but most of you had a trial run with our new program last year, and but for a few disappointed folks, we've come out okay! This is from our website.

PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING 2022 BUSINESS HOURS

The firewood yard will be OPEN this year on an 'IF OUR MACHINE SAYS WE ARE OPEN, THEN WE ARE OPEN' basis. We have grown weary (and certainly some of our customers must have as well) of the never ending list of folks patiently waiting for wood to come into stock, so we are changing up our MO a bit. If we answer the phone and have wood in stock, and if you can come get it - it's yours!
For a short while we totally quit doing deliveries, but have now decided that we will keep our commercial plate for our truck, and if you are within a 5 minute drive, we will possibly be able to deliver to you. That's it!! Raymond Shores - Meridian Beach - Crestomere, or near areas - We will no longer hold wood, or book future deliveries.
As the summer progresses, you may find that we are open 2 days a week, and closed 5. This will be a bit different from last summer when we were open only 2 days a month in the summer. Our voice mail will certainly ALWAYS have up to date details.

We are presently dealing on bringing in up to 20 loads of tamarack, so we hope to have a good supply of this great wood on hand for fall. Last year, our birch logs were cancelled by the trucker who was to bring them, so the final word on birch is try to find it elsewhere, or we would encourage you to try to fall in love with tamarack, which is our wood of choice for indoor burning when you are used to birch. We had hoped to be able to keep our pricing around 350 per cord for Tamarack, and 295 for dry pine, but with recent diesel price hikes, this may be unrealistic. Pricing is always determined by the final price we have to pay per ton for delivered logs, - and this year, the price of diesel is likely going to have an impact on the final delivered price. We have NO poplar.
Go ahead and give us a call if you want to chat - and leave a message as we may be on the other line. We will always return your call - you are our customer, and you are important to us. (403-783-8804). PLEASE NO MESSAGES on messenger. We rarely see these messages, and you will think we are ignoring you. :)

04/28/2021

PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT
The firewood yard will be open on Saturday - May 22, all day long for pickups of dry PINE firewood. We will remain closed for the balance of May. Our plan is to be open ONE DAY per month to accommodate every long weekend.
Even though there is a firewood shortage in the province, we have secured enough trees to be able to supply winter wood to all of our past and new customers. We just need the time to process it - and I'm thinking that will again be around our usual 800 cords. As a result, we will not be selling over the summer, but will again shut down campfire sales as we had to last year. (Last year our dry firewood logs did not come in until Sept. and as a result we had no campfire wood last year either. ) We will instead be taking orders by message machine on our land line only, and will be filling them in order received as we did last year. (403-783-8804). PLEASE NO MESSAGES on messenger. We rarely see these. If we get birch in, it will NOT be ready to burn prior to Christmas, and will be priced at 500 or higher per cord. We now have a guaranteed price of 350 per cord for Tamarack, and 275 for dry pine. We have NO poplar. If you are one of our Northerly customers, we recommend dealing with Coal Lake firewood products for reputable and fair service. (Sheldon Ganske on Facebook). To learn about sizing and what the difference is between a cord or a pickup truck of wood, check out our website. www.firewoodonhi-way53.com See you on the long weekend if that works for you, or in the fall.
This shutdown will also give us a bit of time to work on our own projects which have been sadly neglected in the name of customer service. We apologize that this will be inconvenient for some, but trust you will understand our position on this.

Firewood on hiway- 53 located on the Northern end of Gull Lake markets & delivers split, cured poplar,birch, pine & tamarac firewoods in Central Alberta. We serve Ponoka, Rimbey, Gull Lake, Winfield, Crestomere, Red Deer, Bashaw & areas.

02/27/2021

PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT
We will be closing down summer firewood sales once spring breakup hits. Wish we had a crystal ball so that we could tell you all when that is. Sorry - don't know. Even though there is a firewood shortage in the province, we have secured enough trees to be able to supply winter wood to all of our past and new customers. We just need the time to process it - and I'm thinking that will again be around our usual 800 cords. As a result, we will not be selling over the summer, but will again shut down campfire sales as we had to last year. (Last year our dry firewood logs did not come in until Sept. and as a result we had no campfire wood last year either. ) We will instead be taking orders by message machine on our land line only, and will be filling them in order received as we did last year. (403-783-8804). PLEASE NO MESSAGES on messenger. We rarely see these. If we get birch in, it will NOT be ready to burn prior to Christmas, and will be priced at 500 or higher per cord. We currently do not know how much our tamarack will be, but are hoping the price can remain the same at 350. Until we get those logs, we cannot verify a price. We have no poplar, and we do have a guaranteed price of 275 per full cord for dry pine.

If you are one of our Northerly customers, we recommend dealing with Coal Lake firewood products for reputable and fair service. (Sheldon Ganske on Facebook). To learn about sizing and what the difference is between a cord or a pickup truck of wood, check out our website. www.firewoodonhi-way53.com See you either before spring breakup, or in fall.

This shutdown will also give us a bit of time to work on our own projects which have been sadly neglected in the name of customer service. We apologize that this will be inconvenient for some, but trust you will understand our position on this.

Firewood on hiway- 53 located on the Northern end of Gull Lake markets & delivers split, cured poplar,birch, pine & tamarac firewoods in Central Alberta. We serve Ponoka, Rimbey, Gull Lake, Winfield, Crestomere, Red Deer, Bashaw & areas.

10/27/2020

While the world does its' thing with Covid, Covid does its' thing with our world. Scotts 88 year old mom is now under quarantine with covid, but we need to reassure any of our customers that the last time we had contact with this dear old lady was on October 5, and she contracted the virus on October 10. We have not been in contact with her since the 5th, even though AHS required her to go for a covid test, and we were to transport her. We got an ambulance to do the transporting rather than widen the exposure circle. She was very sick and needed to see a Dr. so this made logistical sense. She is recovering well, and we have not had contact with any covid positive or exposed people as far as we know. (But then who really knows for sure anymore.) Since we are a very public business, we feel the very least we can do is to put the minds of any and all of our present and future customers to rest.