Diell Enterprises

11/21/2025

10/04/2024

If you're new to the Big Interlake Mechanical family, you definitely need to be introduced to Wayland & Jessica. They opened Big Interlake in 2018 and have strived to run this family owned business with a sense of community.

Anyone that walks through the door at the shop will always be welcomed and provided with both exceptional customer service and also high quality repairs.

The door is always open!

www.biginterake.ca
[email protected]
204-646-2709

12/17/2023

Why are your Delivery Rates so High?

I get this question or complaint so often I thought I would help everyone understand that the freight charge is not only necessary but also pretty reasonable.

The truck and trailer we have for deliveries was purchased just so we can deliver firewood. The costs associated with such a rig are more than an average homeowner would want or need which is why you are asking for delivery in the first place.

The truck which is a one ton truck as it needs to be capable of pulling a Dump trailer with a load sometimes weighing more than 20,000lbs

So here are some of the costs associated with “delivering” wood

Start up cost

Truck $100,000
Trailer $ 40,000

Annual Costs to run this equipment (not including any breakdowns)

Insurance $2300
Tires $6280
Oil $1375

$9955 divided by 12 divided by 20 which is the average loads we deliver per month. Equals $41 per load

PER TRIP COSTS (100KM+ RETURN)

FUEL $110
WAGE $120

$230 divided by 100km is $2.30 a km

So if you are 100km away my cost to deliver that to you is $271. My charge is $150-$175

I charge $1.60 a loaded KM and yes I do often round up or down to the nearest $25. And the minimum is $50

So as you can see we are not making money on the delivery and we are not even covering the cost to run the equipment.

I also, get asked why I don’t add these costs into the price of the wood, you can see from the above figures that they are partially being covered by the price of the wood. However, we are trying to keep burning firewood as cost effective as possible for the homeowner. However, no one can deny that costs have risen alot over the last 3 years.

11/02/2023

09/28/2023

One of the most common questions, comments and criticisms we get since venturing into firewood is about “deforestation”. We are not commercial loggers. We feel we are helping the environment by removing dead and dying trees to encourage new growth and let saplings have a chance of developing happy and healthy. When a landowner asks us to cut dead trees or thin the trees whether for pasture or fence lines or just for aesthetics we use a tree sheer on a skidsteer to minimize ground impact. Below are three pictures of a thinning we are doing the first is what it looks like before. The second is what it looks like after. Branches and invasive brush are pushed up into a pile in the bush if requested or left to rot where they lie to maximize soil nutrients.

08/23/2023

ATTENTION!!!!
It was brought to our attention that someone answering posts on our ad scammed one of our customers. We will never ever ask for etransfers prior to delivery or ask for deposits.

06/26/2023

Poplar Firewood for sale. $225 a cord for cut & split. $140 a cord is 19 ft lengths. Delivery up to 4 cords available for additional charge. Contact for delivery rates. Oak also available $375 for cut and split

04/29/2023