Potential market for waxed dirt

Guys,

Just curious if you think there is a commercial market for waxed dirt.

What would you be willing to pay for a 5 gallon bucket of waxed dirt at a convention, etc.?

Most trap supply dealers are getting $25 for 20 pounds. A 5 gallon bucket should hold 35-40 pounds of dirt?

Water is about 8+ pounds per gallon dirt is heavier, it sinks in water, so five gallons is going to be more than 40 lbs even figuring the 3-4lbs of wax, which is lighter than water. Just a guess I’d say forty five— fifty lbs. waxed sand heavier still.

You would need to start with courser dirt to allow for breakdown in shipment.

Have at it , i did it for 5 years nobody wanted to pay for it .
I charged$ 4.00 a gallon.
And swear i was competing with stolen wax and free buckets.
I did have a few good customers that would buy it by the 30 gallon barrels.
It's all labor , people find that out in a hurry to.
If you do decide to make it and sell it, best of luck to you it just didn't work out for me.

There is 7.48 gals/cubic foot and soil at 110 lbs/cf, a 5 gallon bucket is approx. 74 lbs.

I get 3 20 lb bags in a 5 gal. pail
That is 60 lb in bags un bagged would be more.

So moving off the weight topic, how much of a potential market is there for bulk waxed dirt.?

I think that people that use lots of waxed dirt could not afford to buy it at trapping suppliers prices. Maybe it would sell at a much discounted price at conventions, but transportation would become an issue because of the weight of larger volumes.

Its labor, weight, and space intensive.


All of which are expensive.



You can't charge enough for it to make it worth your time.

I made and sold it in the 1990's. Mark June's Freeze-Proof Dirt.

We sold every bag we ever made but it was a different era and trappers were getting after critters to make $$.
I would sell any unsold bags I had at the end of our manufacturing season to - Ludy Sheda, Chelsea, Iowa.

I sold it in 3-ply paper bags, sewn at each end.
You sell it commercially in plastic bags and mildew we be your #1 enemy.

I bet selling it locally or at shows would be profitable...but shipped ...not

I sell a little bit. Nothing too crazy. A lot of trappers are looking to do all the small things themselves these days it seems. I am pretty new at it though on the selling side. When December and January come around we will see how much need it out there. I currently market it a $1 a pound to start with small orders.