Hey great video! I run an Echo CS-490 and she boogeys! I do the same thing with stumps around my homestead but an additional thing you can do to help it decompose is to bore cut a X in the center of it, do this last cause it will obv dull your chain if you go through the whole stump and catch dirt, but what this will do is allow water/bugs to get into the center and it will help it rot! I did this to a stump on our homestead a few years ago and now you can run a rod into the area where it was and its completely rotted! Just trying to help out a fellow homesteader! Its episode 4 on my channel! Back in the beginning lol
Finally , someone who knows how to properly use a chain grinder. Most of the people i have seen take off so much material every time they sharpen a tooth. Great video.
I had to laugh at the color progression of your clothes from start to finish. I used to cut split n stack a hundred FC every year with the same basic equipment. All my pants would wear out just above the knee from lifting pieces onto the splitter. I would come home from work n Cut wood every night. Im impressed by your safety gear and attention to detail with your tools. A hook will add years to your back for lifting pieces off the ground. Most important advice is to stop as soon as you're tired. Wood is very patient.
Info you... I have a bad back, so moving things around can be quite strenuous. I start up my splitter, and run the wedge to the splitting plate before moving it. I changes the center of balance so that it moves easier. Try it.
Look into a log catcher for your splitter. You'll spend a lot less time bending over to pick up the big chunks that fall to the ground. Best $50 I've spent
i dont mean to be so off topic but does anyone know of a tool to log back into an instagram account..? I was stupid lost the account password. I love any tips you can offer me
@Carter Mason i really appreciate your reply. I found the site thru google and Im waiting for the hacking stuff atm. I see it takes quite some time so I will get back to you later with my results.
Well done! I loved the camera angles and the editing. If you can make the back breaking work of cutting and splitting firewood look entertaining, that is an accomplishment. Unfortunately, most guys your age have never done this and don't care to. I guess they can eat their I-Phones and freeze when to grid goes down.
I've been cutting firewood with my family since I was 4 (helping stack it that is), and have been cutting for a few years for my family and to sell on my own. I also do chainsaw repair, something nobody else in my family does. On top of that, I'm the one that has to do tune ups, because no one else cares to. It's not an age but an individual issue.
"when to grid goes down" The reasons for it "going down" and staying down will probably lead to other 'problems' that will not make us enjoy our food and firewood very much... lol
my back started hurtin watchin you hump them logs over to the splitter splitting when splitter in horizontal position. I Usually split with splitter in vertical position, turn a stump up use as a stool and have a stack where I can just roll a log over and split. That does save the ole back.
Do you ever set up the splitter vertical? The storm gods gave us a 42 inch Red Oak which leaves 18-20 inch blocks that are the better part of 300 pounds. My 68 year old back just can't lift that much.
Wow that was amazing. I’m going to start making RUclips videos of me passed out on couch with empty bottle of Jack Daniels after my wife screamed at me all evening for letting my hound dog piss on the curtains
You better start wearing a back brace or you'll pay a heavy price when you reach retirement age. When splitting vertically, sit on an unsplit round or on a 5 gal bucket. Better on the back.
Your chain will last longer if you debark the base of the stump before you make your stmp cut. Tons of dirt down there. Chains and dirt do not get along.
RUclipsr by the name Andrew Camarata has a sweet Mod for a wood-splitter similar to yours. It's pretty sweet allows the Splitter to split them chunks into 4 sections in one sequence. Will be able to get alot more split in the same amount of time. Good camera angles.
A dull saw and you need someone to teach you how to properly notch and back cut a tree. Throw the electric sharpener away and learn how to do it properly by hand. It will be a lot sharper and your chain will last twice as long.
I really do like your wood shed. I need one like that. Good air and dry all winter too. We heat, cook and make our water hot with wood. So wood is our fuel source. That being said. I have got to say that I like my wood splitter a whole lot better than yours. Min splits on the push and the pull. NO reset. I also have log lifter which is important for us old guys. No need for the back saver. I have picked up logs 3 times larger with no problem with the log lifter. Also Love the old Ford. Growing up in South Carolina I learned on a 3500 to drive at 8. I later regretted knowing how to drive as I spent years out in the field on a tractor. Thanks for the video. Jim in Chile South America.
класно у тебя получается. у меня тоже есть камин. я из Днепра Украина у нас недавно дул сильний ветер и поволяло много деревьев. я навозил бусом, напилил, наколол ручним колуном. почти как ти. заготовка на следующюю зиму. пока.
Shoot I'm actually looking for a few nice medium chunks of oak to hand carve a few plates out of. Any suggestions on where I can get some decent quality oak to carve?
HI, one thing, do yourself a favor, get the little side table, bolts to the beam, I could see the holes are already there. about 50 or 60 bucks, but it saves you a world of work, PS. I think your wood shed is the best I have seen, watched the vid when you built, I may not do it all the same, but you gave me some keen ideas. Thanks
I think that sharpener runs in two directions. It will be better sharpening and better on your stone if you reverse it when sharpening the side of the chain at 2:01
Its basically a depth guide...used to make sure your rakers are not to high....not sure if you know , but if your rakers are too high your cutting teeth won't contact the wood....and the rakers are what cleans out the sawdust...you can purchase a tool that files your cutting teeth and your rakers at the same time...
Young Man, What a Blessed Life you and your Family are sharing Great Video work, You getting much better at it. Love watching it all Regards, Steve and JuneBug living life in Beaumont, Cally (long time viewer, love giving you the "thumbs ups")
Back when I was a kid, if I asked my dad about getting a wood splitter, he would of asked me what's wrong with our ax, slitting mall, and wedges. lol. I must admit that I enjoyed splitting firewood. For some reason some things were easier 45 years ago. Great video.
Keep the front edge of the splitting blade really sharp and the splitter won't have to work hard. It takes a lot more energy to split wood with a dull edge of the blade and your engine will last longer if you keep it sharp. l use to sharpen my blade at least once every four months. Keep track of the sharpness of the blade it's actually critical . Gerald Gibeau Schenectady, New York
One of my plans is to put a electric motor on the log splitter, i like using headphones working or just putting on the radio etc, and run it off a generator if im out splitting in the woods. I often kill myself trying to split very large diameter tree's, especially when you get closer to the stump. Sometimes if i can i try to split it once down the middle and work with the two half's so it's lighter, but does not always work and i have to move the log around like 10 times to try and split it all up. Sometimes with locus and other woods it can be stringy and want to stick together, so i need to use a bar to try and separate a big log after splitting. I want to try and make something for the base of the log spitter that spins around, like a round about/ flat disc for the larger diameter logs just so im not killing myself moving it each time i want to split it.
I wanted to ask you how are your bees doing because here in PA I have not seen one honey bee all summer? The clover every year usually are full of Honey bees but not one? I did see on the TV that right after the Calfornia Earth Quake they showed millions of dead bees just laying dead on the ground. Not Good.
I bring the logs home to cut and split also. I have a plie. They keep longer like that in case I have to save them for next year. Need a hitch on your 3 point.
great video! You had a good oak tree to cut and did a nice job with the wood splitter. wish I had a wood spliter it sure makes things better. I think I'll go get me one I've got a lot of wood to split. Thanks for the video it was a great one!
I have an Echo 590, it's a great saw. I couldn't help but to cringe a little when you were cutting that log up on the ground, I use a timberjack which is basically a cant hook that keeps the log off the ground and in turn keeps your chain out of the dirt.
Two minutes into the cutting...when he finally got there, I saw three things I would never do and I'm not even a faller. Would not stay there with him cutting. Besides not having the splitter closer to the log....or skidding the log up closer the the shed...too much extra work in what he was doing. I agree that he should have a log catcher to help a bit. There is also a way of building out in front of the splitter when he went vertical to keep the logs from pitching forward. All hard learned lessons.
yeah if you do the math, the waste slabs when sawing boards are a whole 36% of each log. Save enough branches and maybe you can hit 50%. Then why not just take two trees make the best of each? To me this only makes sense if you're never going to cut down another oak for lumber ever again.
@@killingoldgrowthsince ok... you do you I guess, my point is Fall Line has a mill, is always generating off-slabs, and already saws wood that could be considered lower quality than water oak (sweetgum), which is why I'm questioning this particular firewood use case.
Next time why not cut down 3 trees, mill them, and just turn the off-slabs into firewood? Same amount of firewood, and it might be a better use of your resources! The math: πr² is the cross sectional area of the log. 2r² is that of the square cant after you cut off the slabs. So k*(πr²-2r²)=πr² where k is how many equal sized trees you need so that all the off-slabs combined become a whole trunk's worth of wood. Solve for k=πr²/(πr²-2r²)=π/(π-2)=2.7519... If you save enough branches, you might be able to get away with taking just two! Just something to think about.
@@jedidiah5131 Matt Cremona uses offcut slabs as firewood. To my understanding, you can easily accumulate enough offcut slabs for firewood if you mill enough hardwood trees, and they aren't any worse for firewood than the rest of the tree. Is there a logical epiphany I am missing, or are you just here to troll without providing proper counterargument?
Hey great video! I run an Echo CS-490 and she boogeys! I do the same thing with stumps around my homestead but an additional thing you can do to help it decompose is to bore cut a X in the center of it, do this last cause it will obv dull your chain if you go through the whole stump and catch dirt, but what this will do is allow water/bugs to get into the center and it will help it rot! I did this to a stump on our homestead a few years ago and now you can run a rod into the area where it was and its completely rotted! Just trying to help out a fellow homesteader! Its episode 4 on my channel! Back in the beginning lol
You smoke it today, great job and getting it done!
I love my chain sharpener. We worked on firewood all day today. Well done my friend.
Dillons Woodworks Thanks, Mike! Firewood processing is very relaxing to me.
Finally , someone who knows how to properly use a chain grinder. Most of the people i have seen take off so much material every time they sharpen a tooth. Great video.
Lost Sockeye Ranch Learned from my dad who sharpened professionally for years. Just a little bump is all it takes.
That is not good on your chain and isn't sharing it at all use a file
I like the wood shed!
I had to laugh at the color progression of your clothes from start to finish. I used to cut split n stack a hundred FC every year with the same basic equipment. All my pants would wear out just above the knee from lifting pieces onto the splitter. I would come home from work n Cut wood every night. Im impressed by your safety gear and attention to detail with your tools. A hook will add years to your back for lifting pieces off the ground. Most important advice is to stop as soon as you're tired. Wood is very patient.
Info you... I have a bad back, so moving things around can be quite strenuous. I start up my splitter, and run the wedge to the splitting plate before moving it. I changes the center of balance so that it moves easier. Try it.
Look into a log catcher for your splitter. You'll spend a lot less time bending over to pick up the big chunks that fall to the ground. Best $50 I've spent
first thing I noticed, and YES, the best 50 bucks spent on this splitter, I have exactly the same one.
Good job, looks like a toasty warm winter ahead !
captgringo That’s the plan!
Another nice relaxing video to sit back and watch keep on making them I’m always looking forward to watching them
i dont mean to be so off topic but does anyone know of a tool to log back into an instagram account..?
I was stupid lost the account password. I love any tips you can offer me
@George Kingsley Instablaster =)
@Carter Mason i really appreciate your reply. I found the site thru google and Im waiting for the hacking stuff atm.
I see it takes quite some time so I will get back to you later with my results.
@Carter Mason It did the trick and I actually got access to my account again. I'm so happy:D
Thank you so much you saved my account!
@George Kingsley happy to help =)
Well done! I loved the camera angles and the editing. If you can make the back breaking work of cutting and splitting firewood look entertaining, that is an accomplishment. Unfortunately, most guys your age have never done this and don't care to. I guess they can eat their I-Phones and freeze when to grid goes down.
Backwoods Gourmet Channel Might be a little cynical, but I fear you’re right! Appreciate the compliment, sir. That pot pie was just right.
I've been cutting firewood with my family since I was 4 (helping stack it that is), and have been cutting for a few years for my family and to sell on my own. I also do chainsaw repair, something nobody else in my family does. On top of that, I'm the one that has to do tune ups, because no one else cares to. It's not an age but an individual issue.
"when to grid goes down"
The reasons for it "going down" and staying down will probably lead to other 'problems' that will not make us enjoy our food and firewood very much... lol
Nicely shot and put together video
I have a chain saw just like that, & Tractor supply splitter works great!!!!
Mike Hornsby It’s been a good reliable machine so far. I got it on sale about 3 years ago. Beats the snot out of an axe!
Excellent video, Mr. S! Tha reminds me, I need to make firewood.
Northwest Sawyer Thank you, sir! Better get on it, y’all have real cold up there.
my back started hurtin watchin you hump them logs over to the splitter splitting when splitter in horizontal position. I Usually split with splitter in vertical position, turn a stump up use as a stool and have a stack where I can just roll a log over and split. That does save the ole back.
We used to sharpen chains this way at our shop in Stow, OH.
Do you ever set up the splitter vertical? The storm gods gave us a 42 inch Red Oak which leaves 18-20 inch blocks that are the better part of 300 pounds. My 68 year old back just can't lift that much.
Wow that was amazing. I’m going to start making RUclips videos of me passed out on couch with empty bottle of Jack Daniels after my wife screamed at me all evening for letting my hound dog piss on the curtains
That must be be one honking big stove you have. LOL Love your production style.
Wood Splitter for the WIN !
Keep up the great work
Your videographers skills keep getting better and better! You make putting up firewood an interesting video. Great job!
Tracey Osterlind Thanks! Appreciate you watching.
You better start wearing a back brace or you'll pay a heavy price when you reach retirement age. When splitting vertically, sit on an unsplit round or on a 5 gal bucket. Better on the back.
Your chain will last longer if you debark the base of the stump before you make your stmp cut. Tons of dirt down there. Chains and dirt do not get along.
RUclipsr by the name Andrew Camarata has a sweet Mod for a wood-splitter similar to yours. It's pretty sweet allows the Splitter to split them chunks into 4 sections in one sequence. Will be able to get alot more split in the same amount of time. Good camera angles.
To SCS SARGE.. My mother always told me, if you don't have anything constructive to say. Keep your mouth closed. He was doing a good job.
A dull saw and you need someone to teach you how to properly notch and back cut a tree. Throw the electric sharpener away and learn how to do it properly by hand. It will be a lot sharper and your chain will last twice as long.
Man, you're so industrious! :)
I really do like your wood shed. I need one like that. Good air and dry all winter too. We heat, cook and make our water hot with wood. So wood is our fuel source. That being said.
I have got to say that I like my wood splitter a whole lot better than yours. Min splits on the push and the pull. NO reset. I also have log lifter which is important for us old guys. No need for the back saver. I have picked up logs 3 times larger with no problem with the log lifter.
Also Love the old Ford. Growing up in South Carolina I learned on a 3500 to drive at 8. I later regretted knowing how to drive as I spent years out in the field on a tractor. Thanks for the video. Jim in Chile South America.
What log splitter do you have?
@@MonkeySpitone I had mine custom made here in Chile and it is the tops. I have a video showing it off on my channel. Take a look
Jim
Another job well done , there's no doubt you turn work into satisfying accomplishments, keep up the great work 👍
Can't beat a Husky. Nicely done though. Check us out for more firewood!
класно у тебя получается. у меня тоже есть камин. я из Днепра Украина у нас недавно дул сильний ветер и поволяло много деревьев. я навозил бусом, напилил, наколол ручним колуном. почти как ти. заготовка на следующюю зиму. пока.
Shoot I'm actually looking for a few nice medium chunks of oak to hand carve a few plates out of. Any suggestions on where I can get some decent quality oak to carve?
HI, one thing, do yourself a favor, get the little side table, bolts to the beam, I could see the holes are already there. about 50 or 60 bucks, but it saves you a world of work, PS. I think your wood shed is the best I have seen, watched the vid when you built, I may not do it all the same, but you gave me some keen ideas. Thanks
Ben Scoles Yep, wise advice there. Appreciate you watching and for the compliment!
About how much wood did you get from that one Tree. ? Thanks.
Loved yr vid. But green wood straight into a shady, tight-packed shed? Never tried that. How long does it take to season? 5 Years?
Is all what you stacked from 1 tree?
I think that sharpener runs in two directions. It will be better sharpening and better on your stone if you reverse it when sharpening the side of the chain at 2:01
I used to love to split wood.
Until your back told you otherwise?
How many full cords if wood does your shed hold?
Iron & Oak Sawmill I think I figured it out to very roughly 4. I need to get a solid measurement.
Really nice video! And I like your wood shed. I'm planning to build one soon for my firewood.
what was the last tool you used to check the chain after you ground it?
Its basically a depth guide...used to make sure your rakers are not to high....not sure if you know , but if your rakers are too high your cutting teeth won't contact the wood....and the rakers are what cleans out the sawdust...you can purchase a tool that files your cutting teeth and your rakers at the same time...
@@jedidiah5131 Thanks for the info!
All that grinding for nothing...
awesome camera work
My favorite time of year when we start cutting wood. I might be crazy but I always loved cutting wood.
Young Man,
What a Blessed Life you and your Family are sharing
Great Video work, You getting much better at it.
Love watching it all
Regards, Steve and JuneBug living life in Beaumont, Cally
(long time viewer, love giving you the "thumbs ups")
I always enjoy your videos I cut firewood myself use to really enjoy until I got the COVID a few months back took a lot out of me
What kind of Porn is this.. So relaxing
I watched each add full just to support you.
Nice wood shed! Get a tray for your splitter, saves the back!
Your back cut was way to high above your knotch and your back cut should always be level not going into your knotch at a angle, stay safe
Clean youre chain and dress the wheel before grinding and take lighte passe youre burning the teeth
Would not need to sharpen chain so often if you didn’t saw the dirt.
Yes. Best to block up the log with some small pieces of wood so it's a couple of inches off the ground, at least.
I have a wood splitter my wife she helps me with splitting wood she runs it while I feed it
A pura hacha y cuña aqui en el sur de Chile
Asi lo he hecho tambien aqui en Pennsylvania pero este abulo ya no lo hace mas!
That's the way we split our wood horizontal it's easier that way
Whenever you saw down a tree, always plant one in exchange.
Before the activists get here and start complaining 😂
You get the comment of the month award.
@@falllineridge I'd like to thank the academy for nominating me for this award 😂
No need to plant a tree....They have a habit of doing that themselves x4 ...you only plant if you want an exact species of tree....
В России посадили бы за спиленное зеленое дерево ))
Back when I was a kid, if I asked my dad about getting a wood splitter, he would of asked me what's wrong with our ax, slitting mall, and wedges. lol. I must admit that I enjoyed splitting firewood. For some reason some things were easier 45 years ago. Great video.
If I were only 50 years younger...……...
hand sharpening is a lost craft...im glad I learned the hard way to do it...and using wedges to drop a tree to its natural lean...lol
Keep the front edge of the splitting blade really sharp and the splitter won't have to work hard. It takes a lot more energy to split wood with a dull edge of the blade and your engine will last longer if you keep it sharp. l use to sharpen my blade at least once every four months. Keep track of the sharpness of the blade it's actually critical
. Gerald Gibeau Schenectady, New York
One of my plans is to put a electric motor on the log splitter, i like using headphones working or just putting on the radio etc, and run it off a generator if im out splitting in the woods. I often kill myself trying to split very large diameter tree's, especially when you get closer to the stump. Sometimes if i can i try to split it once down the middle and work with the two half's so it's lighter, but does not always work and i have to move the log around like 10 times to try and split it all up. Sometimes with locus and other woods it can be stringy and want to stick together, so i need to use a bar to try and separate a big log after splitting. I want to try and make something for the base of the log spitter that spins around, like a round about/ flat disc for the larger diameter logs just so im not killing myself moving it each time i want to split it.
What is a water oak?
I wanted to ask you how are your bees doing because here in PA I have not seen one honey bee all summer? The clover every year usually are full of Honey bees but not one? I did see on the TV that right after the Calfornia Earth Quake they showed millions of dead bees just laying dead on the ground. Not Good.
What is the hardest wood you ever split?
A video that is nice, useful and asking for skill. I also wait for my channel.
Dont you like to use the slabs for fire wood. Instead of burning them use it for firewood
How long do you have to season live felled tree?
✌🇺🇸 That's nice...
I bring the logs home to cut and split also. I have a plie. They keep longer like that in case I have to save them for next year.
Need a hitch on your 3 point.
great video! You had a good oak tree to cut and did a nice job with the wood splitter. wish I had a wood spliter it sure makes things better. I think I'll go get me one I've got a lot of wood to split. Thanks for the video it was a great one!
David Kilbourne You’ll love it! Beats an axe!
Like it work Smarter not harder !
If ya buy one of those caddies for pulling log spittlers make your life alot easier
Why so small pieces ??
You got all the nice toys
Good morning from St John Parish, Louisiana.
Wow! you have a tool for everything. Good Man!
As a prepper and homesteader it feels good to look at a nice stack of wood. Being prepared is a good feeling. 💪
thought you'd be a file man! Good show!1
Jennings Moore I use a file when I’m in the field, but this sharpener keeps proper tooth angle much better than my file!
12:02 I bet about right now you were wishing you had a shorter bar....lol
Do you cut healthy trees for firewood??????
I have an Echo 590, it's a great saw. I couldn't help but to cringe a little when you were cutting that log up on the ground, I use a timberjack which is basically a cant hook that keeps the log off the ground and in turn keeps your chain out of the dirt.
Nothin like dragging it out,
Why did you cut it down? İt looks so lively
Looks like half a cord...not a bad days work. Thanks for sharing this.
I like splitting by hand.
У меня не хватило-бы терпения, так как это очень долго и шумно! ТОпором быстрее и хорошая зарядка для здоровья!
ЛОЗУНГ:Даёшь,каждому дачнику по гидравлическому прессу!
Great job man,but you have mounted the bar in the wrong way😉
I love your video ,keep it up and stay strong ever💪💪👋
It's not "the wrong way", you flip a bar over every time you sharpen the chain to ensure even wear on the bar.
Two minutes into the cutting...when he finally got there, I saw three things I would never do and I'm not even a faller. Would not stay there with him cutting. Besides not having the splitter closer to the log....or skidding the log up closer the the shed...too much extra work in what he was doing. I agree that he should have a log catcher to help a bit. There is also a way of building out in front of the splitter when he went vertical to keep the logs from pitching forward. All hard learned lessons.
Et bien elle coupe pas grand chose ...
Nice video. Good job
i would weld me sa table out front to catch that wood great vid
looks good makes me wanna try and sharpen my chain
What model sharpener is that, I am looking for one.
mikegina9kids It’s a hand me down from my dad’s old lawn mower shop. Oregon brand, don’t know the model.
That is frickin hard work, kudos.
Personally, I would have sawn that tree into lumber and used the waste lumber for fire wood.
yeah if you do the math, the waste slabs when sawing boards are a whole 36% of each log. Save enough branches and maybe you can hit 50%. Then why not just take two trees make the best of each? To me this only makes sense if you're never going to cut down another oak for lumber ever again.
@@oct6897 you would Piss yourself if you saw the 4' old growth Douglas Firs we turn into firewood on Vancouver Island LOL
@@killingoldgrowthsince ok... you do you I guess, my point is Fall Line has a mill, is always generating off-slabs, and already saws wood that could be considered lower quality than water oak (sweetgum), which is why I'm questioning this particular firewood use case.
@@oct6897 hay firewood grows on trees and that was a tree. No?
@@killingoldgrowthsince You are correct. How does that refute my original point?
Next time why not cut down 3 trees, mill them, and just turn the off-slabs into firewood? Same amount of firewood, and it might be a better use of your resources!
The math: πr² is the cross sectional area of the log. 2r² is that of the square cant after you cut off the slabs.
So k*(πr²-2r²)=πr² where k is how many equal sized trees you need so that all the off-slabs combined become a whole trunk's worth of wood. Solve for k=πr²/(πr²-2r²)=π/(π-2)=2.7519...
If you save enough branches, you might be able to get away with taking just two! Just something to think about.
If that was the case, please tell me why no one does that....oh wait a minute I know why!
@@jedidiah5131 enlighten me
@@jedidiah5131 Matt Cremona uses offcut slabs as firewood. To my understanding, you can easily accumulate enough offcut slabs for firewood if you mill enough hardwood trees, and they aren't any worse for firewood than the rest of the tree. Is there a logical epiphany I am missing, or are you just here to troll without providing proper counterargument?
Heavy Duty wood shed nice!
what is that music in the trailer?