a lot faster then my box store splitter with a lawn mower motor to run it. but like the slower method myself .... your getting fast on that big splitter well done my friend.
If you know anyone with chickens they love sawdust. I use my sawdust from my mill for my chickens in the chicken run and they love it . Good for in the coop as bedding too.
For fuel you might also think about a gently used heating oil tank or a 'skid tank'. Something you could move around the yard when low or empty. I don't know about Wisconsin but in my area you can't buy off-road diesel at the gas station, but i can get off-road delivered to my yard for 10-15% less than buying clear diesel on the street. So eventually the cost of a small tank for the processor and the tractor would pay for itself.
Chris, I think you should go to harbor freight. You need wide throat welding vise grip pliers set them over the top frame and pinch the bar. That will be your third hand Kenny from North Carolina
Hey Chris.... wat you need for your sawdust is a miniblower. They are about 40 dollars on amazon. Then you dont need to make holes in your ibc's but connect a tube on your blower and the other side in the top of the ibc. Loo at oak Mountain accot on you tube.
I was thinking of a dust/chip extraction vacuum system like they use in wood shops. Big sawmills just blow it straight into a modified semi-trailer. Am thinking eventually if Chris goes HUGE with processing that a dump trailer with the sides, top, and doors to do the job. Thst would make it super easy to deliver the sawdust from the processor.
It’s amazing how much time all of those little things can take up on a big machine like that! I believe that tree is a Hawthorne, at least that’s what we call them here in CT. Seems like you’re really starting to get the hang of the processor!
Sure do miss new videos featuring a great firewood guy, the saws, and bucking logs in a pile. My log pile bucking hero seems to have gone into retirement. Hope you can find that employee again, sure do miss him.
Good morning Chris, stop in to show my sun ben the wood Processor. Looking forward to see more videos of you running the processor. It looks like your getting good at running it.
This Eastonmade is really a well thought out machine. Can't wait to see some appropriate sized wood delivered to your yard for processing. I think there is a stacking and cleanup video coming soon..
Not sure what the best thing to do with the sawdust is. One idea that hit my mind is that horse farms use it as bedding in horse stalls. There may be someone near by in that world that would love to have it. Keep sawing Chris!
G’morning Chris ! Nice info about the apple trees. Looking like you were born in the operator’s chair ! Awesome work today. Love watching the processing while I’m at work ! GoodNightIrene
I feel like the amount of wood you're splitting now compared to before, makes all the extra prep work worth it. I could be wrong though. Hopefully it all balances out for ya!
Get you 2 or 3 of them pallet dumpsters like they used in a factory where you load it up and then raise it up pull a rope trip release and dump it. Great video like it. Have a great day be safe.
Just a couple of ideas for saw dust. Sell as animal bedding, or perhaps sell it to a place that makes wood pellets for pellet stoves. Greenhouses might be interested in it for compost piles, or maybe even start your own.
Wow from starting out with a splitting maul, splitting countless chords with the best technology from circa 1649, you've come a long ways with your equipment! Hard to beat eastonmade!
Chris that little piece of metal you took from the side of the tote put it under the shute and into the tote bending up and making sides will keep most of the sawdust from falling on the ground.
Saw a couple guys mention the saw speed could be adjusted. Hope to see that explained in a future video :). With the sawdust, I’d also cut the top off the container and bungee a net over the top. Then I would take it to your dumping spot and tip the basket upside down. Then lift the container and the sawdust will come out.
Chris there has to be some horse owners in your area that would love to buy your sawdust. Also lnquire at some local greenhouses they make there own compost and might want to buy your wood waist!
Good morning Chris!!😀😀 You are definitely catching on really quick. We definitely need to speed up the saw feed a little more. The birch bark hangs on a little bit before its cut all the way and the block starts falling sideways and lands crooked in the splitter chamber. Certain types of wood will need to have the saw speed set different. Big dry ash will need to be slowed down. But green birch, maple and oak it can be sped up. It will make a difference on how much you can get processed in the same time. Hopefully you will be able to get more cut with less fuel. I figured the 115 hp would suck up some fuel. Hopefully after the engine gets broken in it will get a little easier on fuel. Did you get your new bars?? Take care buddy!!😀😀TTYL!! Logger Al
Yup, that is what I figured too for the cut speed. Yes, I just got the bars yesterday! So if you want to come over this weekend let me know! Thanks Al!
@@jakebredthauer5100 you really don't understand how equipment works. What do you do for a living??? It's not very cost effective to have a extra person to just run the splitter. You don't have any idea what kind of bark white birch has. It's very tough so the only way to get it to fall straight is to speed up the saw so it finishes the cut before it has a chance to start to fall.
@@jakebredthauer5100 you never answered my questions. What do you do for a living?? Hopefully you are not a engineer. I just ignore most of your ideas because you have never ran anything with a hydraulic chainsaw on it to know how it reacts. I have been running hydraulic saws full time for over 30 years and know how wood reacts as it is being cut with them and how the speed of the saw causes different reactions from the piece of wood. You may hope you have a good idea with things that go on with the processor. But the only thing that could and would have worked is how to raise the seat. Even though there is probably a dozen ways to raise it so it's nothing that hasn't already been thought of. You know all I have to do to sit higher in the seat is to put a pillow on it and that's probably what I will do the next time I operate it. Seeing that it's not mine to change things on. Happy 4th to you too.
@@jakebredthauer5100 I have not made any unjust judgments about you. I have just told you how it is and you don't like it. Your idea of putting expanded steel on the table would only plug up with sawdust and bark. A bolt is about the dumbest idea I have ever heard. I've tried to be nice but I didn't seek you out and start telling you how to do things. You come and comment on my thread. I don't seek you out and comment on your thread. I think you should be quiet and learn instead of flapping your gums about things you know nothing about.
Great video Chris. You may have already thought of this suggestion You may want to find someone to make a removal duct to go from the processor to the IBC tote so you don't have to make a big hole and the sawdust doesn't go on the ground. I know you don't like sorting your wood waste but if you know people who uses wood chips to cook with, you may have a market for your wood scraps if you chip them up. OWB recently had a video about it.
Chris, After watching the whole video, I couldn't help but notice that if you would us the table under the saw it might stop a bunch of those jams you were getting. Best wishes for you and yours.
Four to five cord plus some maintenance in four hours is nothing to complain about. I can think of a lot of woodyards that would gladly take that problem off your hands. You'll need to take the top right off those IBC totes because you'll go insane trying to get the sawdust out of them again like they are. Maybe just cut three sides and use the still attached side as a hinge so you make a flap. Once you get sorted make a stall next to the processor so it can fire the sawdust into that and make it big enough so you load out with the tractor bucket. Who said you can't teach an old dog new tricks but I did see some steam rising from all the thought that was going on.
Chris u where needing someone to buy chips. Look into cow farms they buy them all the time for bedding for cows. Also u can buy a small pellet maker and use them to make pellets
my cousin showed me the candian lumberjack fire starter. you take a 5 gallon bucket, line it with a plastic bag. fill it with saw dust. he would add 1 tablespoon to a quarter cup at most of kerosene. then twist teh bag tight and let it permeate. add a handful of saw dust on your firewood and light it with a match . no boom or flash, safe enough. but is probably worth $20 a bucket. to your city people outside burners. a local does the same thing with corn cobs , collected out of the field
Chris, your load of Birch must have been good luck for me. I only pick up free firewood from tree service posts and I just got back with a load of birch. 1st one ever!
I’m just thinking about that set up. I think what you need is a box wedge for that machine as your customer wants a smaller piece and you don’t want to have to resplit. That is a great machine and I love Andrew but it is so big it is like having a sledgehammer to crack a chestnut
You should look to local farms to get ride of chainsaw chips. Most farms use it for cow bedding. My buddy has processor and farms show up all the time to buy what he has
Video pitch: Would like to see you go through the check list of "stuff" That needs addressing on the processor on a regular basis . I.e. : fluids, mechanical, wood shards, saw dust. All the ancillary work that takes place when you are not filling the wood cradle or in the driver's seat. We already know that it puts out piles of firewood like lightening, comparitivly
Good morning Chris. I was thinking about your sawdust accumulation. You might check with local farmers. They use a lot of sawdust and may trade with you. No not for a cow (LoL). But they do have a constant problem with trees growing into the eges of their fields as well as storm damage. Some fields might be miles around them and lined with good hardwood. Just a thought. Have a great day.
Chris, another great video! I'm looking forward to getting my Eastonmade, probably in the fall according to Andrew. I see a lot if comments on wood size. I get about 98% red and white oak in all of my deliveries. I'm happy with whatever size I get. I noticed that some of the rounds are falling in sideways. I think that can be corrected by leaving the plate/pan, under the rounds as they're cut and then lowered with the catch plate/pan. Whatever it's called...
Now that you've become a more experienced operator I would recommend speeding that bar saw back up again it would help production also any cookie that needs to be split just run it through the splitter cuts down on the mess around the processor and most likely you're sorting through those piles when you stack anyways, at least you won't have to re-split with the ultra
I do exactly that. I just split the cookies and they get tossed aside while stacking. I'm turning them into hardwood charcoal or wood for my bread oven.
@@Millstone_Firewood I would not split small cookies that are burnable in that size just a larger ones that have to be resplit anyways I think that makes sense
@26:30, another thing you can do with those leftover cookies is to cut them down to one inch thickness, coat them with salad bowl oil, and sell them. They can go for $1.00 per inch of diameter. You may be surprised how much people will pay. Arts and crafts people love them. They sell at flea markets. Stores sell them for a good price. I have done this once or twice before. I know you have so much time for new ideas!😉
I heard you can sell sawdust to pellet mills if there are any near you. Also I think there may be a market for newly built warehouses and buildings that have a wood chip/ sawdust boiler. I’ve seen a RUclips video or two where such places do this. Small market, but it’ll grow and you’ll have a good product there.
Chris, isn't Wisconsin farm country? You may be able to find someone who wants the sawdust for animal bedding. Maybe you'll get lucky and find a taker who will bring a wagon or covered trailer or some large vessel they will remove when full. I think the totes will end up being high maintenance for you and you'll want a better solution. The evolutions continue eh? Too bad you dont have elevation in your yard to park something large under the chute. Swap it out once a month or so. Maybe slope is a consideration for a future wood yard?
The cat lady that lives two blocks west of your woodyard is the neighborhood cat lady. she normally buys 3 bags of shavings weekly for her 6 hamsters. I bet she could use your sawdust
Hey chris just another idea i came up, put a ibc tote where your chunks fall out then store that way and you can move them with tractor easily and maybe sell them in the totes
Chris - If you have horse farms in your area they might be interested in the sawdust for bedding in the horse stalls. If you had a few totes full and ready to go they might be willing to come pick them up and take them off your hands. Just a thought…
Morning Chris, must have known your old buddy “Billy” as a small boy, Big hitter that Llama, your really getting good at pushing buttons and pulling Levers, might have to start calling you the Wizard. Take care
those birch cookies would make really good swedish torches if you half split them then wired them. maybe wire them first loosely then tighten after splitting? might be a new product opportunity there for you.
When I rent the processor I back up a trailer with high sides an fill it. My neighbor has horses an she gets the trailer full an uses it for bedding for the horses
We just burn it in our wood chip boiler. Works great even if it's from green wood (not perfectly efficient but it still keeps everything warm). And we get a lot, probably somewhere in the range from 350 to 400 IBC toates per year. Maybe you can find someone like that.
On the sawdust, I like the totes but how do you empty them? Even with forks to move them around, pouring all that sawdust out of the small hole would be difficult I would think. What I've been doing is just letting it go on the ground. Then I pick it up with the tractor bucket. Since I have to shovel out under the machine anyway, it's not too much extra work. I have been making mulch piles with mine. It makes really great garden mulch. Just put it in piles and dump some 10-10-10 fertilizer on it. Water it once in a while and turn the pile over in the summer only. Not the winter. Not sure if I have a market for it. Still getting started there. At the very least I can use it in my own garden beds and around the trees in the orchard. You could also build a box from pallets to move it. Let it go into the box. Attach the box to the forks with a rope or small chain. Then you can you the tractor to move it and dump it. That's probably what I'll do when I get sick of shoveling.
Get a clamp on style of a mirror and place it on the side outside of the conveyor belt when you are sitting down. So you can just look at the mirror and see if trailer is loaded or any other problems arise. Question for the Christmas trees: Would you make more money of firewood for the same space as Christmas trees in that size of space. If it’s possible to make MORE MONEY as the Christmas tree area in firewood then I’d do the firewood storage area.
Chris the fuel in the EASTONMADE is go to drive your wood price up . Up here in Canada it’s $10 or more a gallon .US gallon be $9.52 per/ gallon here Tks to MR. TRUDEAU.Mix sand dust with use cooking and burn it.
Think chickens for the sawdust otherwise you can use it as fuel in an outdoor boiler, don’t need a box or anything just a metal shovel to insert the sawdust into the firebox. Also check any local horse barns as they might use it.
Looking forward to your 3 man show. By now I'm sure you've done the "birch math" and know what it cost you to produce that split wood, including all the moving, maintenance, fuel cost, etc. Hope that is working for you. GNI
@@Smiling_mike Stihl running a couple of 044s and 026s that I bought back around the mid 90s and Stihl running good, thought it time I try out some of the new fangled saws in a different flavor. I am keeping the Stihls for backup saws if needed. lol One thing I find crazy is people are selling used 044s for $500-700 which is more than I paid for new close to 30yrs ago.
that plunger that pushes wood through the wedge sure is powerful. I have contacted Andrew to see if he can make me something that will push my mother in law away from dining table when through eating. Wish me luck. For scale, how much fuel are you burning w processor to process a trailer full?
That is a good one! HAAAAA! About $10-12 per load as far as I can figure, as I get better at operating and better wood it will come down if fuel prices don't double again!!!!!
Hi Chris! Love your vids. I dont have any experience with firewood but I enjoy watching your videos. I’m just wondering why don’t you just create a pit and burn the sawdust while you’re working on the processor? I wouldn’t think it’ll take too long to burn that stuff. Stay safe and keep up the great work. Good night, Irene!
@@InTheWoodyard Chris burning your sawdust and scraps would be a big waist. Buy yourself a used chipper from some village or town that sells them at auctions. Another thing burning of your waist you take a chance of catching your wood stacks on fire if a heavy wind would come up while you are burning and you could loose your whole supply of wood in your wood yard! Not worth talking that chance!
Was watching today's episode and realized that if there was a mirror on the bracket by the splitter, you wouldn't have to be bending over every time to see if the log fell down correctly.
To make it much easier on your back, ya might wanna consider getting a transfer pump from Harbor Freight. I think that I paid like 10 bucks about a year ago. Much easier than hoisting and pouring a 5 gal gas can.
@@InTheWoodyard They have 16 of the battery powered ones here by me in West Allis, do ya want me to snag a couple of em for ya ? As they say 2 is 1 and 1 is none, best to have a back up anyway. They're $ 11.99 a piece, and I can ship em to ya. Let me know how many ya want, maybe get one for Ken & one for Tony ?
Just an observation in processing your firewood on the MB22 processor with fuel and oil consumption. Your consumption of fuel per full cord would be reduce greatly, if your logs where longer and at least 3 times the diameter. The birch logs look to be very dry, must be winter cut logs. 🪵😎
What do people think of birch as firewood in your region/state? Great stuff, or 'we take if it's all you got', or something between ?) Here in Scandinavia, and also the Baltics, birch is the number 1 selling firewood, there is much of it growning here naturally
If you were to process logs on site for other people, what would the cost be per hour to do cutsom processing? Now imagine pulling into the truckstop to fuel up the processor and the looks on people's faces seeing such a massive machine.
Uncle John passed away today. I'm so lonesome I could cry.
Awesome weather send it South will ya! Nice work with the processor 👍🏻👍🏻GNI
Thanks, No you can have all that hot steamy sticky crap down there, I like it cool and dry!
a lot faster then my box store splitter with a lawn mower motor to run it. but like the slower method myself .... your getting fast on that big splitter well done my friend.
Thanks 👍
Nice feature having the option to dump rejects out😊
Yup, it is nice!
The lawn mowing behind the processor looks especially good this time.
Thanks!
If you know anyone with chickens they love sawdust. I use my sawdust from my mill for my chickens in the chicken run and they love it . Good for in the coop as bedding too.
Yup, I already had some one with chickens take 6 bags of it!
Very enjoyable watching you work.
Thank you very much!
For fuel you might also think about a gently used heating oil tank or a 'skid tank'. Something you could move around the yard when low or empty. I don't know about Wisconsin but in my area you can't buy off-road diesel at the gas station, but i can get off-road delivered to my yard for 10-15% less than buying clear diesel on the street. So eventually the cost of a small tank for the processor and the tractor would pay for itself.
Yup, that is in my plans!
Chris, I think you should go to harbor freight. You need wide throat welding vise grip pliers set them over the top frame and pinch the bar. That will be your third hand Kenny from North Carolina
Yup, good idea Kenny!
You’re definitely getting better at running your processor
Yup, it is getting easier!
Hey Chris.... wat you need for your sawdust is a miniblower. They are about 40 dollars on amazon. Then you dont need to make holes in your ibc's but connect a tube on your blower and the other side in the top of the ibc. Loo at oak Mountain accot on you tube.
Maybe, but I still need a hole to empty it out .
@@InTheWoodyard you can saw off the top and use a sail . Or you can use the same blower to empty it out. Greetings from Holland.
I was thinking of a dust/chip extraction vacuum system like they use in wood shops. Big sawmills just blow it straight into a modified semi-trailer. Am thinking eventually if Chris goes HUGE with processing that a dump trailer with the sides, top, and doors to do the job. Thst would make it super easy to deliver the sawdust from the processor.
A simple chute extension to funnel dust into the ibc
It’s amazing how much time all of those little things can take up on a big machine like that! I believe that tree is a Hawthorne, at least that’s what we call them here in CT. Seems like you’re really starting to get the hang of the processor!
Yup, a hawthorn and thornapple...same tree.
Looks like your really getting the hang of that processor now! It ate that birch right up!! Stay safe
Yup, every time gets easier!
Sure do miss new videos featuring a great firewood guy, the saws, and bucking logs in a pile. My log pile bucking hero seems to have gone into retirement. Hope you can find that employee again, sure do miss him.
HAHAHAH.. I was thinking the same thing yesterday..
Do not worry, I have a bunch of videos coming soon cutting tree service wood!!!
More to come, stay tuned!
You guys are so needy
Good morning Chris, stop in to show my sun ben the wood Processor. Looking forward to see more videos of you running the processor. It looks like your getting good at running it.
Stop in again maybe I can put him to work on the levers!!
Mix the sawdust with transmission fluid, makes great floor sweep
Yup!
This Eastonmade is really a well thought out machine. Can't wait to see some appropriate sized wood delivered to your yard for processing. I think there is a stacking and cleanup video coming soon..
You and me both!
@@InTheWoodyard Here in maine we call that small wood ( pecker poles!)
Not sure what the best thing to do with the sawdust is. One idea that hit my mind is that horse farms use it as bedding in horse stalls. There may be someone near by in that world that would love to have it. Keep sawing Chris!
Yes and chicken people.
Hey, Chris, we use shavings for our horses. It's like gold! As long as you don't have Walnut in it, it's toxic to horses.
We used sawdust a year ago for flower bed instead of mulch and it actually worked pretty good
Yup, it is mulch!
G’morning Chris ! Nice info about the apple trees. Looking like you were born in the operator’s chair ! Awesome work today. Love watching the processing while I’m at work !
GoodNightIrene
Next time you come you will be the lever man!
I feel like the amount of wood you're splitting now compared to before, makes all the extra prep work worth it. I could be wrong though. Hopefully it all balances out for ya!
Yes, it is! thanks!
Get you 2 or 3 of them pallet dumpsters like they used in a factory where you load it up and then raise it up pull a rope trip release and dump it. Great video like it. Have a great day be safe.
Not a bad idea!
Just a couple of ideas for saw dust. Sell as animal bedding, or perhaps sell it to a place that makes wood pellets for pellet stoves. Greenhouses might be interested in it for compost piles, or maybe even start your own.
Yup, tose are good ideas!
Walnut sawdust will get animals sick.
Hey Chris, leave the IBC ‘flap’ attached at the top then set the flap on top of the sawdust chute, should help reduce ‘overspray’ 😎
Yes, I am going to cut bigger openings on the totes too.
Could actually create a flap on all four sides which would take up some of the gap created by the fender being in the way.
Great lesson, thanks
Thanks for watching!
Chris a lot of happy fire places $$$ keep on cutting
You got that right!
A good day's work!!
Thanks Judy!!!
Wow from starting out with a splitting maul, splitting countless chords with the best technology from circa 1649, you've come a long ways with your equipment! Hard to beat eastonmade!
Yes, that is true!
I can tell by watching you run the processor it would greatly improve your production with larger diameter logs
Yes it sure would!
Chris that little piece of metal you took from the side of the tote put it under the shute and into the tote bending up and making sides will keep most of the sawdust from falling on the ground.
Yup, I will make a chute eventually!
tip of the day, tip your gallon jug to the side. it pours better
You are correct!!!
Saw a couple guys mention the saw speed could be adjusted. Hope to see that explained in a future video :). With the sawdust, I’d also cut the top off the container and bungee a net over the top. Then I would take it to your dumping spot and tip the basket upside down. Then lift the container and the sawdust will come out.
Yup, I am thinking of something like that too!
Chris there has to be some horse owners in your area that would love to buy your sawdust. Also lnquire at some local greenhouses they make there own compost and might want to buy your wood waist!
The processor speeds up your work. You get better each time you run it. Have a Safe Day
Yup, it sure does and it is getting easier!
SAWDUST is excellent for compost toilet cover/soak.
Yup, I am going to try for animal bedding!
Good morning Chris!!😀😀
You are definitely catching on really quick. We definitely need to speed up the saw feed a little more. The birch bark hangs on a little bit before its cut all the way and the block starts falling sideways and lands crooked in the splitter chamber. Certain types of wood will need to have the saw speed set different. Big dry ash will need to be slowed down. But green birch, maple and oak it can be sped up. It will make a difference on how much you can get processed in the same time.
Hopefully you will be able to get more cut with less fuel.
I figured the 115 hp would suck up some fuel. Hopefully after the engine gets broken in it will get a little easier on fuel.
Did you get your new bars??
Take care buddy!!😀😀TTYL!!
Logger Al
Yup, that is what I figured too for the cut speed. Yes, I just got the bars yesterday! So if you want to come over this weekend let me know! Thanks Al!
@@jakebredthauer5100 you really don't understand how equipment works. What do you do for a living???
It's not very cost effective to have a extra person to just run the splitter. You don't have any idea what kind of bark white birch has. It's very tough so the only way to get it to fall straight is to speed up the saw so it finishes the cut before it has a chance to start to fall.
@@jakebredthauer5100 you never answered my questions. What do you do for a living??
Hopefully you are not a engineer.
I just ignore most of your ideas because you have never ran anything with a hydraulic chainsaw on it to know how it reacts. I have been running hydraulic saws full time for over 30 years and know how wood reacts as it is being cut with them and how the speed of the saw causes different reactions from the piece of wood.
You may hope you have a good idea with things that go on with the processor. But the only thing that could and would have worked is how to raise the seat. Even though there is probably a dozen ways to raise it so it's nothing that hasn't already been thought of. You know all I have to do to sit higher in the seat is to put a pillow on it and that's probably what I will do the next time I operate it. Seeing that it's not mine to change things on.
Happy 4th to you too.
@@jakebredthauer5100 by being to afraid to tell me what you do for a living makes me think you probably live in your mom's basement!! LOL!!
@@jakebredthauer5100 I have not made any unjust judgments about you. I have just told you how it is and you don't like it.
Your idea of putting expanded steel on the table would only plug up with sawdust and bark. A bolt is about the dumbest idea I have ever heard.
I've tried to be nice but I didn't seek you out and start telling you how to do things. You come and comment on my thread. I don't seek you out and comment on your thread.
I think you should be quiet and learn instead of flapping your gums about things you know nothing about.
Great video Chris.
You may have already thought of this suggestion
You may want to find someone to make a removal duct to go from the processor to the IBC tote so you don't have to make a big hole and the sawdust doesn't go on the ground.
I know you don't like sorting your wood waste but if you know people who uses wood chips to cook with, you may have a market for your wood scraps if you chip them up.
OWB recently had a video about it.
Yup, good ideas!
Chris, After watching the whole video, I couldn't help but notice that if you would us the table under the saw it might stop a bunch of those jams you were getting. Best wishes for you and yours.
Yup, I do use it most of the time for the end pieces.
Four to five cord plus some maintenance in four hours is nothing to complain about.
I can think of a lot of woodyards that would gladly take that problem off your hands.
You'll need to take the top right off those IBC totes because you'll go insane trying to get the sawdust out of them again like they are. Maybe just cut three sides and use the still attached side as a hinge so you make a flap.
Once you get sorted make a stall next to the processor so it can fire the sawdust into that and make it big enough so you load out with the tractor bucket.
Who said you can't teach an old dog new tricks but I did see some steam rising from all the thought that was going on.
Thanks for the ideas TBone!
Nice job, looks like your gettin the hang of it
I am! Thanks.
I'm not totally sure, but I think those are called Hawthorn Trees.
Yup, so do call them that here they are called thornapple trees, great firewood!
Chris u where needing someone to buy chips. Look into cow farms they buy them all the time for bedding for cows. Also u can buy a small pellet maker and use them to make pellets
Yup, live stock bedding for sure, I already traded some for labor!
my cousin showed me the candian lumberjack fire starter. you take a 5 gallon bucket, line it with a plastic bag. fill it with saw dust. he would add 1 tablespoon to a quarter cup at most of kerosene. then twist teh bag tight and let it permeate. add a handful of saw dust on your firewood and light it with a match . no boom or flash, safe enough. but is probably worth $20 a bucket. to your city people outside burners. a local does the same thing with corn cobs , collected out of the field
Nice! Thanks
Chris, your load of Birch must have been good luck for me. I only pick up free firewood from tree service posts and I just got back with a load of birch. 1st one ever!
Birch for everyone!!
I’m just thinking about that set up. I think what you need is a box wedge for that machine as your customer wants a smaller piece and you don’t want to have to resplit. That is a great machine and I love Andrew but it is so big it is like having a sledgehammer to crack a chestnut
Great idea, but I believe that it is patented by some one else in the processor business.
You should look to local farms to get ride of chainsaw chips. Most farms use it for cow bedding. My buddy has processor and farms show up all the time to buy what he has
Yup, I will figure it out!
Video pitch:
Would like to see you go through the check list of "stuff"
That needs addressing on the processor on a regular basis
.
I.e. : fluids, mechanical, wood shards, saw dust.
All the ancillary work that takes place when you are not filling the wood cradle or in the driver's seat.
We already know that it puts out piles of firewood like lightening, comparitivly
Yup, you will see it all soon!
Hey Chris I have a solution for your sawdust. You can get a pellet machine and make wood pellets for pellet stoves and make even more profit!
Maybe if I had time I might!
Good morning Chris.
I was thinking about your sawdust accumulation. You might check with local farmers. They use a lot of sawdust and may trade with you. No not for a cow (LoL). But they do have a constant problem with trees growing into the eges of their fields as well as storm damage. Some fields might be miles around them and lined with good hardwood. Just a thought. Have a great day.
Thanks for the tip!
I stumbled across Pinosa brand wood processors recently Chris... Sweet Lord they're rockets.. take a look.
Thanks, I will do that!
Chris, another great video! I'm looking forward to getting my Eastonmade, probably in the fall according to Andrew. I see a lot if comments on wood size. I get about 98% red and white oak in all of my deliveries. I'm happy with whatever size I get. I noticed that some of the rounds are falling in sideways. I think that can be corrected by leaving the plate/pan, under the rounds as they're cut and then lowered with the catch plate/pan. Whatever it's called...
Yup, you are correct!
Logistics! Scaling for growth ie, "growing pains" becomes more apparent with higher output. It's a good problem to have.
Yup, that is correct!
Now that you've become a more experienced operator I would recommend speeding that bar saw back up again it would help production also any cookie that needs to be split just run it through the splitter cuts down on the mess around the processor and most likely you're sorting through those piles when you stack anyways, at least you won't have to re-split with the ultra
Maybe so.
I do exactly that. I just split the cookies and they get tossed aside while stacking. I'm turning them into hardwood charcoal or wood for my bread oven.
@@Millstone_Firewood I would not split small cookies that are burnable in that size just a larger ones that have to be resplit anyways I think that makes sense
@@kennethrobinson5151
Anyone that sees his cookie sales once a year that's interested in them, probably uses boilers anyway lol
@@dethmaul I know I have seen every episode that he has put out but Chris does not like to leave anything too big... He makes a bunch of matchsticks
Check with farms they can use the Wood savings For bidding.
Yup, that is the plan!
Will be waiting
Thanks!
Hey Chris!!!! Have you thought about giving all that “saw dust”/ shavings to a horse owner for the horse stalls. Just a thought.
Yup, or maybe even selling it!
@26:30, another thing you can do with those leftover cookies is to cut them down to one inch thickness, coat them with salad bowl oil, and sell them. They can go for $1.00 per inch of diameter. You may be surprised how much people will pay. Arts and crafts people love them. They sell at flea markets. Stores sell them for a good price. I have done this once or twice before. I know you have so much time for new ideas!😉
Yup, time is the most valuable thing besides my health I have and everyone wants me to use 200% of it every day.
Thanks Chris 😊
Thanks for watching!
I heard you can sell sawdust to pellet mills if there are any near you. Also I think there may be a market for newly built warehouses and buildings that have a wood chip/ sawdust boiler. I’ve seen a RUclips video or two where such places do this. Small market, but it’ll grow and you’ll have a good product there.
Thanks for the tips Matt!
Chris, isn't Wisconsin farm country? You may be able to find someone who wants the sawdust for animal bedding. Maybe you'll get lucky and find a taker who will bring a wagon or covered trailer or some large vessel they will remove when full. I think the totes will end up being high maintenance for you and you'll want a better solution. The evolutions continue eh? Too bad you dont have elevation in your yard to park something large under the chute. Swap it out once a month or so. Maybe slope is a consideration for a future wood yard?
Yup, there is a lot of new stuff happening and I need to work it all out! Thanks!
Lots of pieces for sure.. Now get stacking, and somewhere drink some water or Mtn Dew..😁👍
That's the plan! Mmmmmmmm mountaindew!
Thanks for another great video! Have you thought about local AG groups on fb? Small scale farms love it for animal bedding. Best of luck
That's a great idea!
The cat lady that lives two blocks west of your woodyard is the neighborhood cat lady. she normally buys 3 bags of shavings weekly for her 6 hamsters. I bet she could use your sawdust
Yup, animal bedding is the way!
Hey chris just another idea i came up, put a ibc tote where your chunks fall out then store that way and you can move them with tractor easily and maybe sell them in the totes
That was my plan, but I would need a lot more totes!
Chris - If you have horse farms in your area they might be interested in the sawdust for bedding in the horse stalls. If you had a few totes full and ready to go they might be willing to come pick them up and take them off your hands. Just a thought…
Yup, I just had a guy pick up 2 full totes yesterday!
Morning Chris, must have known your old buddy “Billy” as a small boy, Big hitter that Llama, your really getting good at pushing buttons and pulling Levers, might have to start calling you the Wizard. Take care
Ha! It is getting easier!
Sawdust would work good in my chicken coup. Will trade work for sawdust and i have tines if you need to borrow them too.
Deal!!!!
those birch cookies would make really good swedish torches if you half split them then wired them. maybe wire them first loosely then tighten after splitting? might be a new product opportunity there for you.
Yup, good idea! Or boiler wood!
nice see u got some death wheels
Yup, cookies are tricky to walk on!
When I rent the processor I back up a trailer with high sides an fill it. My neighbor has horses an she gets the trailer full an uses it for bedding for the horses
Yup, I know a person who has a few horses that might want it! Thanks!
Chris, Horse stables in my area prefer sawdust to straw for bedding.
Yup, I might be able to get rid of it that way!
We just burn it in our wood chip boiler. Works great even if it's from green wood (not perfectly efficient but it still keeps everything warm). And we get a lot, probably somewhere in the range from 350 to 400 IBC toates per year. Maybe you can find someone like that.
Nice, thanks!
On the sawdust, I like the totes but how do you empty them? Even with forks to move them around, pouring all that sawdust out of the small hole would be difficult I would think. What I've been doing is just letting it go on the ground. Then I pick it up with the tractor bucket. Since I have to shovel out under the machine anyway, it's not too much extra work. I have been making mulch piles with mine. It makes really great garden mulch. Just put it in piles and dump some 10-10-10 fertilizer on it. Water it once in a while and turn the pile over in the summer only. Not the winter. Not sure if I have a market for it. Still getting started there. At the very least I can use it in my own garden beds and around the trees in the orchard. You could also build a box from pallets to move it. Let it go into the box. Attach the box to the forks with a rope or small chain. Then you can you the tractor to move it and dump it. That's probably what I'll do when I get sick of shoveling.
All good ideas for sure, gotta think on it yet but animal bedding is on top now!
Get a clamp on style of a mirror and place it on the side outside of the conveyor belt when you are sitting down.
So you can just look at the mirror and see if trailer is loaded or any other problems arise.
Question for the Christmas trees: Would you make more money of firewood for the same space as Christmas trees in that size of space.
If it’s possible to make MORE MONEY as the Christmas tree area in firewood then I’d do the firewood storage area.
Actually I make MUCH more on firewood and faster, that is why the trees must go!!!
Chris the fuel in the EASTONMADE is go to drive your wood price up . Up here in Canada it’s $10 or more a gallon .US gallon be $9.52 per/ gallon here Tks to MR. TRUDEAU.Mix sand dust with use cooking and burn it.
Yup, fuel prices are going to keep going up!
Think chickens for the sawdust otherwise you can use it as fuel in an outdoor boiler, don’t need a box or anything just a metal shovel to insert the sawdust into the firebox. Also check any local horse barns as they might use it.
Yup, that has been done already! Thanks!
Looking forward to your 3 man show. By now I'm sure you've done the "birch math" and know what it cost you to produce that split wood, including all the moving, maintenance, fuel cost, etc. Hope that is working for you. GNI
Yup, it costs me about $10-12 a trailer full for diesel fuel.
@@InTheWoodyard don't forget your time...GNI
See ya tomorrow Chris with Mike and Tony😀🇦🇺
Thanks!
Good morning! Bought another chainsaw MS-462 to go with my 576XP!
Good choice! You will like it!
@@InTheWoodyard Just picked up a 572XP to go with last months 592XP and I have been running Stihls for the last 30 odd years. lol
@@iffykidmn8170 my 1st Stihl on the way-
my 576 XP is going strong after 9 years if hard usage, and great maintenance!
@@Smiling_mike Stihl running a couple of 044s and 026s that I bought back around the mid 90s and Stihl running good, thought it time I try out some of the new fangled saws in a different flavor. I am keeping the Stihls for backup saws if needed. lol One thing I find crazy is people are selling used 044s for $500-700 which is more than I paid for new close to 30yrs ago.
The processor speeds up your cutting and splitting. Now you have to speed up the log loading and the stacking.
You got that right!
Maybe check with people that have animals? Horse stalls etc. people like to use shavings for bedding seems like that would work too just a thought lol
Yup, good thought! Thanks!
that plunger that pushes wood through the wedge sure is powerful. I have contacted Andrew to see if he can make me something that will push my mother in law away from dining table when through eating. Wish me luck. For scale, how much fuel are you burning w processor to process a trailer full?
That is a good one! HAAAAA! About $10-12 per load as far as I can figure, as I get better at operating and better wood it will come down if fuel prices don't double again!!!!!
Hi Chris! Love your vids. I dont have any experience with firewood but I enjoy watching your videos. I’m just wondering why don’t you just create a pit and burn the sawdust while you’re working on the processor? I wouldn’t think it’ll take too long to burn that stuff. Stay safe and keep up the great work. Good night, Irene!
Good question! I might do that!
@@InTheWoodyard Chris burning your sawdust and scraps would be a big waist. Buy yourself a used chipper from some village or town that sells them at auctions. Another thing burning of your waist you take a chance of catching your wood stacks on fire if a heavy wind would come up while you are burning and you could loose your whole supply of wood in your wood yard! Not worth talking that chance!
Was watching today's episode and realized that if there was a mirror on the bracket by the splitter, you wouldn't have to be bending over every time to see if the log fell down correctly.
Yup, that is a possibility.
If you can find red die fuel its cheaper and you can use it in your processer since its a non road vehicle
Yup, I did find some!
Was that a rare Mrs Chris sighting earlier when you were loading the truck?
I do not know, maybe so.
3:43 are they also called Hawthorn? Looks like a Hawthorn tree
Some people do yes, great firewood!
Hey chris great video once again 👍
What if you put your sawdust around your pine trees you have. It help keep weeds/grass down less to mow 😉
Great idea!!!
To make it much easier on your back, ya might wanna consider getting a transfer pump from Harbor Freight.
I think that I paid like 10 bucks about a year ago.
Much easier than hoisting and pouring a 5 gal gas can.
I went there to get one twice now and both times they where out of them! I now have to look elsewhere.
@@InTheWoodyard They have 16 of the battery powered ones here by me in West Allis, do ya want me to snag a couple of em for ya ?
As they say 2 is 1 and 1 is none, best to have a back up anyway.
They're $ 11.99 a piece, and I can ship em to ya.
Let me know how many ya want, maybe get one for Ken & one for Tony ?
@@InTheWoodyard You can also oder them online from West Allis store & have em shipped directly to you.
Atl least you got options.
Just an observation in processing your firewood on the MB22 processor with fuel and oil consumption. Your consumption of fuel per full cord would be reduce greatly, if your logs where longer and at least 3 times the diameter. The birch logs look to be very dry, must be winter cut logs. 🪵😎
Yup, bigger wood would be better, no it was fresh cut.
Sell or trade the saw dust with a farmer. A lot of dairy farms use saw dust for their cows bedding
Yup, that is the plan, animal bedding!! Thanks!
Those were American crabapple trees.
Thornapple
One of those diesel cans costs 46 bucks here in Canada
That is nuts, you should move!
Saw Dust - perfect for BSF farms. Check to see if u have any maggot farms near ya!
Help would be nice!
I winder if a mechanic shop, or the airport would take the sawdust to absorb spills?
A shop might, I doubt the airport would.
Isn't that over filled on the oil ? Oil expands as it gets hot wouldn't that cause it to over flow ? Or is that the chain oil ?
Great videos
Yup, bar oil.
Chris...when are you going to be pulling the Eastonmade up to your brothers and split some big stuff?
I have a Crew Cab Long Box 1 ton that would pull that with ease . HINT...
I will let you know! Thanks for the offer!!!
That’s all of birch you processed, on the 22mb, would get a new chain for the processor,
No, the chain is fine, it does not need sharpening as much as a chain saw chain.
Chris, when your log on the feeder gets past the logs on the live deck role another on, saves a few seconds, just sayin
Yup, I will do that as I get better at all 57 other thing I need to do while running the machine.
What do people think of birch as firewood in your region/state? Great stuff, or 'we take if it's all you got', or something between ?) Here in Scandinavia, and also the Baltics, birch is the number 1 selling firewood, there is much of it growning here naturally
It is average wood, the young city people think it is pretty.
If you were to process logs on site for other people, what would the cost be per hour to do cutsom processing? Now imagine pulling into the truckstop to fuel up the processor and the looks on people's faces seeing such a massive machine.
I know a guy that does that, I think he charges $200-250 an hour.