You said it, “priceless!” Owning your own property and living free is of greater value than money alone. I can’t tell you how much I appreciate your common sense and brilliant advice. Thanks!
I must say...your wood stacks are damn beautiful! I have some stack envy. And forget saw logs...to me firewood is always more valuable. The more wood I burn the less heating oil I use. That's worth a lot.
An "old timer" near me always said that, for proper drying, that wood should be stacked with openings big enough for a squirrel to get through... but not the cat chasing him.
Doug Moore: Your story was amusing, and I enjoyed it. But I would like to offer this idea, based on Gilligan's theme song: NO PHONE, NO LIGHTS, NOT A SINGLE LUXURY. When I go out in the woods I want only the sounds of nature, and only the sights of nature. I just want to remind people that they don't need music or anything electronic, if they really want to enjoy the outdoors. Or even work in the outdoors. I leave my phone in the truck. When I get back to the truck I can check for messages. And even that is giving in somewhat. I let my Mrs know that I am unavailable. Otherwise, my soul gets no benefit from being out there!
You guys can just calm down with the mighty hunter bs. I sit from sun up to sun down hunt harder than probably 90% of hunters if I wanna play on my phone for a few minutes at noon when most guys go home for lunch I’m sorry it hurts your soul lol get a life
MrSisterfister100 got a 17in wide 8 point with my bow nothing with a gun passed on a few. I usually don’t shoot bucks unless it’s 8 point and as wide as the ears at least
Good video. Yes, very tough to come out on saw logs.The wind blew a Gum tree over. I cut it into logs. I called a few saw mills. Most Saw mills do not want Gum. I did find one though, they said to give me an idea of price, someone had just set off a 11 inch in diameter by 8 feet Gum log and they paid the person $6.48. I thanked them for the info, and cut the Gum Tree up into firewood. I would rather sold it but risk taking out the transmission in my truck. The truck does not get good mileage like a car so that cost would be there too. I think you have to have proper equipment and lots and lots of trees to come out on selling logs
I think people should just watch your videos to....and learn....and leave you to do with your trees what you like and they can do the same. You are obviously a smart man...I think you’ve got it figured out. I see more people trolling with their wealth of useless ‘knowledge’ and not watching to learn....they should just start their own channel! Great video by the way and NOW, I’ve got to watch your stacking video cause MAN, that’s perty!!😉
Disagreement can be one of the most productive communications. John Hattie collected and analyzed investigations into what works best to improve learning from over 80 million students. One of the largest improvements was from what he termed dis-confirmation feedback, which involves not confirming the learner's views of themselves and how they are going but dis-confirming it. When a learner is wrong in what or how they are doing something, this type of feedback, if considered and eventually acted upon, takes the learner from wrong to right which is a huge improvement. Dialogue, i.e. two way conversation, also advances learning considerably according to his analysis of educational investigations. When people honestly share their feelings and thoughts it is not possible for them to think and feel other than they do ... except by way of dialogue and going through a learning process to change their thinking because they start to see things differently ... because open and honest talking and listening happened. I never learned all that much from all those people that agreed with me ... but they did reinforce the narrowness of my mental radius. But all those who disagreed with me, they taught me so much by challenging me to review my facts, thinking and conclusions. Accepting and learning to love others disagreement can be a powerful step increasing one's own knowledge. Cheers.
Thanks for your insight. Drying time must be a consideration for the saw log against fire wood. Taking about a year per inch thickness that fire wood will be ready for next year. Yet that saw log will take 3 or 4 years to dry. Good explanation of what you do. Thanks.
in my best Walter Cronkrite voice, ..''and thats the way it is''... Value is the importance we place on anything, and nothing is worth more than anyone is willing to pay for it. more people are willing to pay for some thing that makes them comfortable, than those willing to pay for some thing ''pretty'', Your values are representaive of your priorites, and being warm, and satisfied in your work are as you said, or near that, priceless. just subscribed to Your channel
Agreed. I appreciate videos like that, that are ever so more concise. We all want to watch as much content as we can, and overlapping he speech with the video is very useful.
A friend of mine (40+ yrs ago) would get wood every year, leaving three stages of wood. The first is new wood from the forest (last load left in truck bed). The second was split wood stacked for drying. The third was dried wood being used that winter.
The internet gives everyone a voice, unfortunately even the LUNATICS. Thank you Mike for entertaining and educating me and so many others. You and your family keep up the great work!
Thank you for sharing that, it's nice to have some sort of ballpark for those of us who have no experience nor know anyone with experience in that area.
Discovered your channel about a week ago . I’m watching all your videos in order love your content. My wife and I are saving right now. We hope to have our little piece of the earth in West Virginia in 2 or 3 years. Raised in Georgia moved to Washington state 2 months ago for something different.
Mike, I agree with you. It's hard to put a value on the chainsaw therapy I receive by running my saw. My wife says my Husqvarna is my favorite gardening tool and I certainly agree. If I'm getting the saw out when she's leaving she gets nervous as to what will be missing when she comes home. I love cutting, splitting and stacking firewood.
Same here. It is more relaxing to me than almost anything else. And a pile of wood is so beautiful! (Though in this case a pile of quarter sawn oak would have fetched far more than the firewood ever will).
LOL- I was way off but really enjoyed it anyway- it was fun. Really like your channel Mike. Congratulations on 100 and look forward to seeing more. Cheers from Canada!
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that was nice wood. in Europe oaks are not that abbundant and is very pricey since it is so durable. i have a small (3 metters or about 10 feet) old bridge made of oak that is use to cross a ditch by car. i have no ideea when it was made but it was in wet conditions, grass grew on it at some point. it looks mostly unaffected. oak is so strong and durable. you are an doctor in wood stacking. that is beautiful :)
This is part of good forestry, to measure diameters, and all the good numerical talk, right down to the top diameter used. Your stack is so nice and neat. One guy wrote in, implying that he could do better. Not so. Just for interest I will tell you that the State of California's forestry agency allows a 15% leeway in the solidity of a measured stack. Other states probably figure something similar. Mark Twain once wrote about a stack so loose you could throw a dog through it. LOL! I would like to offer this, that in measuring diameter, you measure twice: the greatest dimension and the lesser. Average the two for a universally acceptable finding. Good video. Thanks, Michael Dougfir.
I've been cutting and burning wood since 1981. I've attempted to sell cut logs off my property (to mills) many times, and never been offered more money that what those logs were worth as heat for my home. If I had a small mill, it would have been a different story.
People do not realize that the woods owner makes pennies compared to the lumber yard. Yes they have overhead with cutting the trees, hauling them to the mill and then selling them. But in the long run, the mill makes the most money. I worked as a forester in the Catskills for some time. An average hemlock tree was paying $11. By the time it got to the retail boards, it was worth, $300. Make what is the best for your situation, you are being a good steward of the land.
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Congratulations Mike on your 100th video! Great work!! I really enjoy your videos. You are doing great with your subscriber count too, averaging out at over 100 subscribers per video. You will soon have more viewers than CNN! :D I just purchased over 120 acres of mostly hardwood forest in Canada, just north of Toronto. I will be taking early retirement next summer and I can't wait to take possession of my land. Keep up the great work!
Wow. .... I have been way off in my thinking. Thanks for this video. It still is going gnaw at me be a bit to block up a nice saw log but it makes a whole more sense to put it into firewood. I just came back into the house from cutting a few trees. A couple of beauties will go tomorrow. Thanks again.
Mike your and all of the respondents was spot on. Just because you have an opinion doesn't mean you should express it... Especially when it's that blatantly crazy.
Congrats on the 10k You have a great channel! I was too shy on the firewood pile by .64 of a cord. Don't forget to seal the ends of the saw log. I've used Anchorseal which is a little spendy but great product. Also used Kool Seal elastomeric roof coating for RV, trailers etc. Less expensive but seems to do well. Avail at WalMart
Just to add to yesterday’s comment, this quote is from Butler Sherborne, an estates management company, their prices are a bit conservative. “Hardwood Oak - Saw log prices are also at unprecedented levels, with beam oak achieving £7 - £8.50 per hft (hoppus foot) at roadside, and quality planking oak reaching £10.50 per hft Wonder what shipping would cost for your saw log!
Oak Wilt has completely killed the red oak lumber market here. But, a full cord of seasoned red oak firewood, split and delivered, goes for $300 all day long. Crazy...
Hey Mike, awesome video! That’s a decent amount of $ for that tree. Wonder what your entire woods would be worth 🤔. Really enjoy all your videos. I’ve been making and selling firewood in Wisconsin for over 20 years, you are spot on with how you think & do your work! I too take pride in making nice neat looking stacks! 👍🏻
People who say things like that need their head examined they have know idea how things work I wrote kind of a long comment but it must have been to long anyway you make awesome content keep it up and if they don't like it they don't have to watch
Mike this was a gem of a video from back a while ago. I got a lot out of it, from your way of thinking to where the value is with and without a sawmill. One question I keep having on your firewood experience: when you split a truly green log, does that cause some smoke problems for your customers? Is there enough surface area on a chunk of firewood that it drys quickly enough to not smoke too much when burned right away?
Great videos Mike. Love your channel Love how you yanks still use cords and cubic feet. I have to keep pulling out the converter and converting to cubic metres
I just cut a big white oak tree down last week in my backyard. A friend suggested a saw mill but I need the fire wood not boards. Figured I wood stack it, but wanted to watch a couple videos 1st for pointers just in case I was missing something. Nice video but I am definitely not one to measure the logs as suggested In your other video. great job on your video.
In most cases the clear oak lumber would be worth far more than the firewood. If a tree like this video gave you a cord of wood, you could sell the lumber and buy 3 cords. So what makes more sense?
A lot of nice straight knot free grain in that tree. I bet you could have made a lot more in rough sawn boards rather than fire wood. Of course I have no idea what it costs to put together a basic saw mill that can handle that tree. I've seen some attachments for the chainsaw, but I don't know if they do a good job.
Hey Mike: Just to clue you in - That one section of log that you chopped into firewood, if milled into 5/4 oak, would have been worth somewhere between $ 450 and $ 500, depending on the skill of the guy with the wood mizer. Just a thought.....
Yeah I about cried watching him hack that into firewood! Would have looked great on my lt15. He compares what the mill pays for a log but forgets that surely someone in his area has a band mill and does custom sawing. He would do better having it sawn and then drying and selling the lumber. Probably easily $3/bf for rough sawn oak. Cut the small and crooked stuff for firewood and turn clear logs into lumber.
Wow Mike that's amazing iam from Michigan in the northern part of the thumb we have mostly Ash here and our wood sells around 45 to 55 dollars a face cord.
If I wanted to I think you could sell as much wood as you wanted to around here, I just don't want to turn it into a job. I already have one of those lol
Iam surprised at the price of wood by you. Around me we do not have that much woodland and what is around the farmers buy it and knock it all down into big piles and burn it then turn the land into farm fields. Looks like around you is all woods.
I just cut thin slices of troublesome pieces of wood and make a junk pile. They dry fast and split and break up real easy. Stack in stove like a stack of half dollars or like a bunch of chunks
That’s a great video and story. I realize I’m slow to the table on this but I got started on this series today. Been subscribed for a while. Now that you’ve got a mill different story. But like you said the big story is having this opportunity right on your backyard where you can enjoy it and earn some $$$ at the same time.
Back in the mid eighties gas work went to hell in Michigan.i went to work running a log skidder. We took 2 double trailer loads a day to the saw mill and 2 double trailer loads of fire wood and and 2-5 dump truck loads of cut and split wood per day. We made a lot more on firewood then we did on logs.
Wow! $100 per rick? Around here that much goes for $50 to $60, delivered and stacked. $150-$160 per cord is what most people pay. Glad you get that much for such a small amount of firewood. It's a lot of work and deserves a decent price!
Nice stack of firewood,..should make for a couple weeks or more of warmth in your wood stove in winter. Felled many a tree like that with my Dad in my younger days.
Mike, Man was I off not even close but thanks for the education. Watching you drop that tree gave me the guts to drop a 50' + red pine that had died this year and was too close to the house to let sit all winter in west Michigan Thanks for the info Dave
I was closer with my original $490 than the revised $400. There was one guy though commented $452 or so and I said I thought that was a really good guess so by proxy....and I know I could have gotten rid of $17 of air in that stack! : ) I hadn't even considered stacking technique...doh!
Good video. Maybe not mentioned in your vid or comments is that log looks to be a red oak. Most of the lumberyard oak is White oak, which is the furniture grade oak. Red oak is mostly used as flooring, not worth that much in a log, depending on defects. But always good firewood.
Hi Mike! I have a few pairs of headphones like yours, called Worktunes! Love them and they keep my ears warm in Minnesota winters! Do you listen to music? Sports talk? News/politics?! Keep up the great content. Thanks.
You know the actual measurements of a cord of wood..... I have cut wood for over 50 years and always humorous to see ads for firewood on Craigslist.... veneer logs are the money logs.... thanks for your video
You should take a look at those plastic sliding contraptions people are using now. It sort of acts like a sled for the tree. Less work for your equipment and less ground damage. Just a thought.
Well guess it was a lot less then I thought. Oh well it was a great example good job. Well got to hit the road truck is calling my name. See you on the flip side
'it's your property you can do what you want' tell that to the Belgium goverment... one day i am going to own a property on this planet where i can do what i want.
Jan: A lot if you Europeans got a lot of help getting rid of National Socialism, but you kept Socialism. You are not completely free yet. And certainly not wise. FREE men love and support a good government. When Russia regained her freedom, they came to the USA and asked about Democracy, and how to implement it. They have not done very well with it, but at least they came and asked. They knew there was something better! Perhaps Belgium should do something similar. Don't let pride and political stupidity hold you back.
You said it, “priceless!” Owning your own property and living free is of greater value than money alone. I can’t tell you how much I appreciate your common sense and brilliant advice. Thanks!
I must say...your wood stacks are damn beautiful! I have some stack envy. And forget saw logs...to me firewood is always more valuable. The more wood I burn the less heating oil I use. That's worth a lot.
Check out my vids if you want to see precision wood stacking!
An "old timer" near me always said that, for proper drying, that wood should be stacked with openings big enough for a squirrel to get through... but not the cat chasing him.
Sitting in the woods deer hunting and get an alert for new video. Got the phone resting on my 270 with just enough volume. Thumbs up
Lol, Thats awesome. Good Luck, I will be out tomorrow for 1st day of gun season with my 12 year old daughter
Doug Moore:
Your story was amusing, and I enjoyed it.
But I would like to offer this idea, based on Gilligan's theme song: NO PHONE, NO LIGHTS, NOT A SINGLE LUXURY. When I go out in the woods I want only the sounds of nature, and only the sights of nature. I just want to remind people that they don't need music or anything electronic, if they really want to enjoy the outdoors. Or even work in the outdoors.
I leave my phone in the truck. When I get back to the truck I can check for messages. And even that is giving in somewhat. I let my Mrs know that I am unavailable. Otherwise, my soul gets no benefit from being out there!
You guys can just calm down with the mighty hunter bs. I sit from sun up to sun down hunt harder than probably 90% of hunters if I wanna play on my phone for a few minutes at noon when most guys go home for lunch I’m sorry it hurts your soul lol get a life
MrSisterfister100 I’m not stalking deer I’m sitting up against an oak tree still hunting
MrSisterfister100 got a 17in wide 8 point with my bow nothing with a gun passed on a few. I usually don’t shoot bucks unless it’s 8 point and as wide as the ears at least
Finally...the big reveal ! Thanks for the series...it does what you intended, make the viewers think.
Very interesting and fun to follow along. Thanks for sharing!
Good video. Yes, very tough to come out on saw logs.The wind blew a Gum tree over. I cut it into logs. I called a few saw mills. Most Saw mills do not want Gum. I did find one though, they said to give me an idea of price, someone had just set off a 11 inch in diameter by 8 feet Gum log and they paid the person $6.48. I thanked them for the info, and cut the Gum Tree up into firewood. I would rather sold it but risk taking out the transmission in my truck. The truck does not get good mileage like a car so that cost would be there too. I think you have to have proper equipment and lots and lots of trees to come out on selling logs
I think people should just watch your videos to....and learn....and leave you to do with your trees what you like and they can do the same. You are obviously a smart man...I think you’ve got it figured out. I see more people trolling with their wealth of useless ‘knowledge’ and not watching to learn....they should just start their own channel! Great video by the way and NOW, I’ve got to watch your stacking video cause MAN, that’s perty!!😉
Disagreement can be one of the most productive communications.
John Hattie collected and analyzed investigations into what works best to improve learning from over 80 million students. One of the largest improvements was from what he termed dis-confirmation feedback, which involves not confirming the learner's views of themselves and how they are going but dis-confirming it. When a learner is wrong in what or how they are doing something, this type of feedback, if considered and eventually acted upon, takes the learner from wrong to right which is a huge improvement.
Dialogue, i.e. two way conversation, also advances learning considerably according to his analysis of educational investigations.
When people honestly share their feelings and thoughts it is not possible for them to think and feel other than they do ... except by way of dialogue and going through a learning process to change their thinking because they start to see things differently ... because open and honest talking and listening happened.
I never learned all that much from all those people that agreed with me ... but they did reinforce the narrowness of my mental radius. But all those who disagreed with me, they taught me so much by challenging me to review my facts, thinking and conclusions.
Accepting and learning to love others disagreement can be a powerful step increasing one's own knowledge.
Cheers.
Thanks for your insight. Drying time must be a consideration for the saw log against fire wood. Taking about a year per inch thickness that fire wood will be ready for next year. Yet that saw log will take 3 or 4 years to dry. Good explanation of what you do. Thanks.
in my best Walter Cronkrite voice, ..''and thats the way it is''... Value is the importance we place on anything, and nothing is worth more than anyone is willing to pay for it. more people are willing to pay for some thing that makes them comfortable, than those willing to pay for some thing ''pretty'', Your values are representaive of your priorites, and being warm, and satisfied in your work are as you said, or near that, priceless. just subscribed to Your channel
suggestion: instead of music, do your talk (that you do mid to the end) during the video instead of music.
use your talk as the background sound.
Agreed. I appreciate videos like that, that are ever so more concise. We all want to watch as much content as we can, and overlapping he speech with the video is very useful.
I disagree. The music adds so much to the videos.
I love how you calculate the cost to cents.
A friend of mine (40+ yrs ago) would get wood every year, leaving three stages of wood. The first is new wood from the forest (last load left in truck bed). The second was split wood stacked for drying. The third was dried wood being used that winter.
The internet gives everyone a voice, unfortunately even the LUNATICS. Thank you Mike for entertaining and educating me and so many others. You and your family keep up the great work!
Thank you for sharing that, it's nice to have some sort of ballpark for those of us who have no experience nor know anyone with experience in that area.
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$100 a rank? Wow. Thats what a cord costs here.
Pricless is spot on.
Great idea for a video, and well executed. Can’t wait to see more like these.
Discovered your channel about a week ago . I’m watching all your videos in order love your content. My wife and I are saving right now. We hope to have our little piece of the earth in West Virginia in 2 or 3 years. Raised in Georgia moved to Washington state 2 months ago for something different.
Mike, I agree with you. It's hard to put a value on the chainsaw therapy I receive by running my saw. My wife says my Husqvarna is my favorite gardening tool and I certainly agree. If I'm getting the saw out when she's leaving she gets nervous as to what will be missing when she comes home. I love cutting, splitting and stacking firewood.
Same here. It is more relaxing to me than almost anything else. And a pile of wood is so beautiful! (Though in this case a pile of quarter sawn oak would have fetched far more than the firewood ever will).
LOL- I was way off but really enjoyed it anyway- it was fun. Really like your channel Mike. Congratulations on 100 and look forward to seeing more. Cheers from Canada!
Thank you!
Congratulations Mike on your 100th video and 11K subscribers. Keep up the great work on this channel. I wish you all the best.
Thanks Gary
Love the vids, you are very fortunate to have such good machinery, well done with that one too!
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Congratulations on the hundredth video Mike. I've thoroughly enjoyed each and every one of them.
that was nice wood. in Europe oaks are not that abbundant and is very pricey since it is so durable.
i have a small (3 metters or about 10 feet) old bridge made of oak that is use to cross a ditch by car. i have no ideea when it was made but it was in wet conditions, grass grew on it at some point. it looks mostly unaffected. oak is so strong and durable.
you are an doctor in wood stacking. that is beautiful :)
Congratulations on your 100th video, Mike job well done,
Rob here South central Pennsylvania,
Thanks Robert
Glad you are enjoying making the videos, because we enjoy watching them (and learning from you)!!!!!
Thank you Carla
This is part of good forestry, to measure diameters, and all the good numerical talk, right down to the top diameter used.
Your stack is so nice and neat. One guy wrote in, implying that he could do better. Not so. Just for interest I will tell you that the State of California's forestry agency allows a 15% leeway in the solidity of a measured stack. Other states probably figure something similar.
Mark Twain once wrote about a stack so loose you could throw a dog through it. LOL!
I would like to offer this, that in measuring diameter, you measure twice: the greatest dimension and the lesser. Average the two for a universally acceptable finding.
Good video.
Thanks,
Michael Dougfir.
Thanks
I've been cutting and burning wood since 1981. I've attempted to sell cut logs off my property (to mills) many times, and never been offered more money that what those logs were worth as heat for my home. If I had a small mill, it would have been a different story.
People do not realize that the woods owner makes pennies compared to the lumber yard. Yes they have overhead with cutting the trees, hauling them to the mill and then selling them. But in the long run, the mill makes the most money. I worked as a forester in the Catskills for some time. An average hemlock tree was paying $11. By the time it got to the retail boards, it was worth, $300. Make what is the best for your situation, you are being a good steward of the land.
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I subscribed to your channel and I love your videos please keep making more.
Bruce Willis is that you?
I keep hearing that lol
Nice series Mike, you could also add the energy saved by burning that wood. Wood here in upstate N.Y. only goes for $60 a face cord delivered.
Looks like a great saw log.
I'm envious. I don't have tree's like this on my property.
That is about the best looking stack of firewood i've ever seen!
GREAT WORK AS WELL AS INFORMATION ON LUMBER FOOTAGE THANKS I LEARNED A LOT.
I’m sure you have a cool wood burning stove. Do a video about it.
Mike, congratulations on the growth of your You Tube videos. I always look for them and enjoy them.
David B. Beasley, Thanks David
interesting video, clearly and pedagogically made. It was fun watching it
Congratulations Mike on your 100th video! Great work!! I really enjoy your videos. You are doing great with your subscriber count too, averaging out at over 100 subscribers per video. You will soon have more viewers than CNN! :D
I just purchased over 120 acres of mostly hardwood forest in Canada, just north of Toronto. I will be taking early retirement next summer and I can't wait to take possession of my land.
Keep up the great work!
That sounds Great! You will be busy
Wow. .... I have been way off in my thinking. Thanks for this video. It still is going gnaw at me be a bit to block up a nice saw log but it makes a whole more sense to put it into firewood. I just came back into the house from cutting a few trees. A couple of beauties will go tomorrow. Thanks again.
Yea I know what you mean, Although it all comes down to prices in your area and what you really need, firewood or lumber
Mike your and all of the respondents was spot on. Just because you have an opinion doesn't mean you should express it... Especially when it's that blatantly crazy.
That was a beautiful tree. We always end up using the twisted shit for firewood.
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Congrats on the 10k
You have a great channel!
I was too shy on the firewood pile by .64 of a cord.
Don't forget to seal the ends of the saw log. I've used Anchorseal which is a little spendy but great product. Also used Kool Seal elastomeric roof coating for RV, trailers etc. Less expensive but seems to do well. Avail at WalMart
Just to add to yesterday’s comment, this quote is from Butler Sherborne, an estates management company, their prices are a bit conservative. “Hardwood
Oak - Saw log prices are also at unprecedented levels, with beam oak achieving £7 - £8.50 per hft (hoppus foot) at roadside, and quality planking oak reaching £10.50 per hft
Wonder what shipping would cost for your saw log!
Oak Wilt has completely killed the red oak lumber market here. But, a full cord of seasoned red oak firewood, split and delivered, goes for $300 all day long. Crazy...
tree feller face cord? Where I'm at its $50 tops for a face cord
Hey Mike, awesome video!
That’s a decent amount of $ for that tree. Wonder what your entire woods would be worth 🤔.
Really enjoy all your videos. I’ve been making and selling firewood in Wisconsin for over 20 years, you are spot on with how you think & do your work!
I too take pride in making nice neat looking stacks! 👍🏻
People who say things like that need their head examined they have know idea how things work I wrote kind of a long comment but it must have been to long anyway you make awesome content keep it up and if they don't like it they don't have to watch
Mike this was a gem of a video from back a while ago. I got a lot out of it, from your way of thinking to where the value is with and without a sawmill.
One question I keep having on your firewood experience: when you split a truly green log, does that cause some smoke problems for your customers? Is there enough surface area on a chunk of firewood that it drys quickly enough to not smoke too much when burned right away?
Great videos Mike. Love your channel
Love how you yanks still use cords and cubic feet. I have to keep pulling out the converter and converting to cubic metres
I just cut a big white oak tree down last week in my backyard. A friend suggested a saw mill but I need the fire wood not boards. Figured I wood stack it, but wanted to watch a couple videos 1st for pointers just in case I was missing something. Nice video but I am definitely not one to measure the logs as suggested In your other video. great job on your video.
In most cases the clear oak lumber would be worth far more than the firewood. If a tree like this video gave you a cord of wood, you could sell the lumber and buy 3 cords. So what makes more sense?
A lot of nice straight knot free grain in that tree. I bet you could have made a lot more in rough sawn boards rather than fire wood. Of course I have no idea what it costs to put together a basic saw mill that can handle that tree. I've seen some attachments for the chainsaw, but I don't know if they do a good job.
Watching from 🇬🇧 great work keep up the hard work 👍
Happy 100th!!! Probably you should go turn that 12 footer into firewood unless you have a specific project for it!
Thanks.
Hey Mike: Just to clue you in - That one section of log that you chopped into firewood, if milled into 5/4 oak, would have been worth somewhere between $ 450 and $ 500, depending on the skill of the guy with the wood mizer. Just a thought.....
Yeah I about cried watching him hack that into firewood! Would have looked great on my lt15. He compares what the mill pays for a log but forgets that surely someone in his area has a band mill and does custom sawing. He would do better having it sawn and then drying and selling the lumber. Probably easily $3/bf for rough sawn oak. Cut the small and crooked stuff for firewood and turn clear logs into lumber.
Great vid series! Thinking about timbering some of my family’s land and using the not so good logs as firewood!
Wow Mike that's amazing iam from Michigan in the northern part of the thumb we have mostly Ash here and our wood sells around 45 to 55 dollars a face cord.
If I wanted to I think you could sell as much wood as you wanted to around here, I just don't want to turn it into a job. I already have one of those lol
Iam surprised at the price of wood by you. Around me we do not have that much woodland and what is around the farmers buy it and knock it all down into big piles and burn it then turn the land into farm fields. Looks like around you is all woods.
Great job. Perfect. Bonjour de France 🇫🇷
I just cut thin slices of troublesome pieces of wood and make a junk pile. They dry fast and split and break up real easy. Stack in stove like a stack of half dollars or like a bunch of chunks
That’s a great video and story. I realize I’m slow to the table on this but I got started on this series today. Been subscribed for a while. Now that you’ve got a mill different story. But like you said the big story is having this opportunity right on your backyard where you can enjoy it and earn some $$$ at the same time.
Back in the mid eighties gas work went to hell in Michigan.i went to work running a log skidder. We took 2 double trailer loads a day to the saw mill and 2 double trailer loads of fire wood and and 2-5 dump truck loads of cut and split wood per day. We made a lot more on firewood then we did on logs.
Cool, nice job. That was entertaining, thank you.
Thanks for Watching
Wow, Mike nice job on that beautiful wall of wood.
Wow! $100 per rick? Around here that much goes for $50 to $60, delivered and stacked. $150-$160 per cord is what most people pay. Glad you get that much for such a small amount of firewood. It's a lot of work and deserves a decent price!
Nice stack of firewood,..should make for a couple weeks or more of warmth in your wood stove in winter. Felled many a tree like that with my Dad in my younger days.
thank you for sharing your findings.
Well done series. I enjoy your channel and share your love of similar hobbies here in MA.
Thanks Roy
Mike, Man was I off not even close but thanks for the education. Watching you drop that tree gave me the guts to drop a 50' + red pine that had died this year and was too close to the house to let sit all winter in west Michigan Thanks for the info Dave
Good deal, Thanks for watching Dave
Great information!! 👊
I was closer with my original $490 than the revised $400. There was one guy though commented $452 or so and I said I thought that was a really good guess so by proxy....and I know I could have gotten rid of $17 of air in that stack! : ) I hadn't even considered stacking technique...doh!
Lol you were close,
Good video.
Maybe not mentioned in your vid or comments is that log looks to be a red oak.
Most of the lumberyard oak is White oak, which is the furniture grade oak.
Red oak is mostly used as flooring, not worth that much in a log, depending on defects.
But always good firewood.
Great video Mike, always enjoy your videos and look forward to the next. From central Wisconsin.
Thanks Karl
Wow. $100 is expensive compared to where i live. A face cord goes for about $60. Mixed hard woods.
great videos....thumbs up
Love this whole series on what this tree is worth..... but real slow start on this one.....
informative series Mike, well done
Hi Mike! I have a few pairs of headphones like yours, called Worktunes! Love them and they keep my ears warm in Minnesota winters! Do you listen to music? Sports talk? News/politics?! Keep up the great content. Thanks.
You know the actual measurements of a cord of wood..... I have cut wood for over 50 years and always humorous to see ads for firewood on Craigslist.... veneer logs are the money logs.... thanks for your video
Wow Mike you really broke those calculations down for all of us to understand. Love the videos
Appreciate it
Congrats on the 100th video Mike! I was off on my estimate... we will just leave it at that! Lol. Fun exercise tho. Chisholm MN here.
Thanks Jeff
Great video!! Thanks Mike.
First time watching.
Enjoyed it thoroughly.
Great speaking skills.
Thanks Rick!
You should take a look at those plastic sliding contraptions people are using now. It sort of acts like a sled for the tree. Less work for your equipment and less ground damage. Just a thought.
I love it, Mike! High finance in the back woods.
Love your land, very nice.
Thanks for sharing!
Congrats on #100!
Thanks Doug
man you guys get a pretty good price for firewood around there, at least on the sellers side
Haven't finished it yet but great series absolutely loved it!
Great Video. Thank you.
Quite different from where I live, but we don't have much, if any Oak.
want me to send you some acorns and a couple of squirrels to plant them???????
Well guess it was a lot less then I thought. Oh well it was a great example good job. Well got to hit the road truck is calling my name. See you on the flip side
Quality of life and enough money to get by. Liked and subbed.
Awesome, cool fun facts .. 👍🏼
Nice...
Though I could picture some deer coming through and jumping over your stacks and knocking a bunch over....ahhh!!
Didn't have a sawmill then, but you do now. Cheers.
'it's your property you can do what you want' tell that to the Belgium goverment... one day i am going to own a property on this planet where i can do what i want.
I wouldn't fit in there I'm afraid
me neither.... i love your video's
Jan: A lot if you Europeans got a lot of help getting rid of National Socialism, but you kept Socialism. You are not completely free yet. And certainly not wise.
FREE men love and support a good government.
When Russia regained her freedom, they came to the USA and asked about Democracy, and how to implement it. They have not done very well with it, but at least they came and asked. They knew there was something better! Perhaps Belgium should do something similar. Don't let pride and political stupidity hold you back.
Where is it that you can own property and do what you want, this is getting rare in the U.S.A.
Jan that is the world over now , america included , one person says something and you can't do anything anymore