Homesteaders GOLD?! | Woodland Mills 6 inch Chipper
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It surprises me on how many diy channels on RUclips that have equipment and don't have a set of pallet forks . They have more uses than unloading trucks.
"WARNING", When those wood chips decompose, they make dirt. When it rains, dirt makes mud, when that freezes, that makes one of the slickest roads you've ever slid off of. Voice of experience. Been there, done that.
No flack for taking down trees. You need to manage your forest. By taking down trees you make more nourishing light for your other trees, reduce your fire danger and create sunlight for potential solar energy production. Congrats on the chipper! You should have a contest to name it!
Every time I see a wood chipper it reminds me of that movie”Fargo.” Lol. 😂. Keep up the great work.
You can use the chips to make fire starters. Find a supplier for beeswax. Dip the chips and let them drip drain. Bag them up and sell. You’ll earn a lot of money! Good luck!
you should feed the big ends in first that way the limbs wont catch the sides.
Even though it's expensive, you can use wood chips for a fall garden as well as goat bedding too. I'm happy you guys got it. The land will be VERY NICE too! Thin your forest to prevent fires too! Awesome
Hi Guys: Just a thought from the old guy. Here north of 49 from now until February after the day job work hours of day light are gone. I would mount a LED work light just under the top bar of the ROP; to still get in 2-3 hours of yard work before supper. Mounted there will also give you a mobile work light for the sawmill and other areas around the property. Also a large rear light for backing up moving snow etc.
the old guy (82) Bert.
That is a great attachment for your place. It all helps manage the forest, your land, and the environment. I don’t like it when people who comment that a cutting down tree is a bad thing.
Katie and Greg, you will never regret going bigger and getting the best one on the market. It will last you for many years, is more efficient and is much faster than the smaller ones. If you went on the cheap you would of needed to replace it several times because they wear out quicker. In the end this was the best decision. Love your videos and always looking forward to the next one.
Just a suggestion, we had to put Loctite on the bolts holding the side pieces on the intake of the chipper. The vibration would shake them loose after a period of time. Oh and have your discharge chute blow it out further discharging like you are will lead to it clogging up more.
Good call. Prob best to do most all of them. Unless some need to be removed for something.
@@scottfletcher1956 Blue Loctite 242 allows for easy undoing in the future while Red Loctite is more designed for almost permanent assembly.
Lock nuts with nylon inserts works better.
You will enjoy and profit from many uses of the woodchips: bedding for the animals - very important , adding to soil for gardening - better moisture retention and natural nutrients to the soil, pathways through the yard to various buildings or plots for garden and domestic animals, etc. And you bought the right size machine - one capable oh handing all sizes that you would want to clean and chop up. Congratulations!
hi there just got a chipper myself . was looking at one of those but got a bigger but used one . looks good john
All I could think of during the entire time was the movie Fargo. hehe
Hope you build a shed with concret floor for all toys ,tractor ,car ,tools ect,ect take care guys and thank you for your fantastic videos Robert
❤❤Put your wood chips on the Garden.
Very nice chipper. Makes sense to get one that runs off the PTO. I believe you mentioned this before when you bought the tractor. This way you wouldn't have another small engine to maintain. From what you showed, it appeared to not handle the processed wood very well at the end of a board shooting out larger chunks. Whereas with the trees it appeared to shred them all the way down.
Hello Katie and Robert. Well Robert, it looks like you might need what you were wanting, a quad and a dump trailer. Perhaps when you get to putting something around the house, maybe some 2a or 2b limestone. If you had a rock border around the house, maybe some pea gravel. You will get to those projects and make good thoughtful choices. I expect a lot of limbs will be gone by the time you make your next video. Have good days!
I had one of the cheaper ones. Big mistake. Continually jammed up in the chute. The knives dulled quickly. Finally gave up. Sold it and bought one just like yours. Have no regrets and love it
Far out guys!!!Still ROCKIN IT as usual!!! Just a little something I learned after I put chips on my driveway was never plow your driveway in the winter UNTIL the chips are FROZEN IN!!!!!!!!!!! Otherwise you will have a kickass mess to clean up in the spring which takes away time for more important extra work that comes along with spring cleaning around the homestead. My driveway was 3/4 of a km. Keep up the great work and another good video!! Be thinking of you guys at sundown 😎😸👣🐾🤙
Ps. I sold my property and bought a 70year old boat and now I am off grid on a 50fter and I can totally relate to absolutely most of the time
Nice!!! And then they put it together, even better...lol I'm sure you'll put it to good use around the homestead, I mean, who couldn't use one. Love ya'll ❤️
You have to keep the rpm’s up some when running the chipper and that will help keep the machine from clogging
Congratulations to you both
I am sure it will be a good asset for bedding for animals, compost toilet, gardening and driveways.
That wood chipper is a beast!! Glad you were able to get one. Good call on the upsize!!
Ah, a puppy litter box! Might make the road slippery!😂
I did that once. Then it rained, the chips held the moisture on the dirt road and it was days before it dried enough to scope the mud and chips off to let it dry out. I found that my creek had not only sand but also gravel up to about an inch and a half. So now I just get it when the creek is dry and I stock pile it for when it is needed. Later
Plus cleaning up the brush and deadfall is fireproofing your property and the forest around you...pine straw ground is free chicken and goat bedding
Nice looking wood chipper Greg and Katie
always better for the environment and you get something in return ,don't forget oil and grease on time
Hey guys nice chipper...heads up when you feed The chipper you are supposed to put the tree in with the branches pointing backwards not forward towards the chipper...I saw Gregg doing that and don't know why but yeah just in case he didn't know but I do find that hard to believe
You put the trees in with the branch's facing out not in words lol wow
Hi Katie & Greg & fur babies! Is the chipper new? Aww great. I am happy for you guys. LUMNAH Acres is a utuber I follow. He did a recent comparison on renting a chipper vs his own chipper about the same quality. He put radiant heat in his floors and his water and home with outside boiler that runs on wood. He is on solar too. Great man and wife team. I think you guys might like to see what he does. Al put his wood chips on sides of his road recently too!🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻Blessings
yes, we watch their videos too. it is a new chipper. We look for used but over the years only over priced ones of this size have come up for sale, so we had to go with the new one
GREETINGS FROM THE UK, LOL , I'M WATCHING BOTH CHANNELS!👍🇿🇦🇬🇧
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@@ThisOffGridLife Cool!
Al put his chips on the side of his road because he decided to chip on his road. He did say he plans to collect them
A good forestry plan includes clearing underbrush and that includes small trees. You are being a good steward in my book! And what a beast of a tool!
(Don't let me get canceled, lol, but some states burn annually because they don't allow folks to be good stewards...)
You can turn wood chips into mulch, use your tree branches and have your chickens work it. Watch the holler homesteaP
Smart move with that Wood Chipper !!
I think that's a great idea to reduce the dust on your roads. I imagine if you just use the chipper as a part of your routine tree harvesting, it won't add very much time to the process, and your roads will improve as a side effect. Big win! Given how much you do with tree harvesting every year, I think it was the right call to "go big". The smaller chippers are WAY slower with the same sized stuff. This will greatly improve your productive time. :-)
Nice! Woodchipper with bonus mild steel lol. I recognize that see what we can put into the woodchipper first time energy lol
Hey Guy's, just a thought, put a tarp down to catch the chips, drag the trap up and down ur road to put it on.
chipper is a great idea, try feeding base of brach first instead of top of branch first.
What an AWESOME blessing!!!! There's so many uses for wood chips on a homestead. Having a the BEST chipper you can afford in the only way to go, you'll never say I wish we went smaller. It sure puts out some nice size chips...
Turning all the tree litter that laying on the ground into usable wood chips is a great form of fire prevention. Having a large wood chipper is a fun way of cleaning up your land.
20 some years ago we broke down and bought a smaller wood chipper at that time it was all we could afford. BUT there's been many time we wished we would of waited a little longer and saved up a few hundred dollars and bought a bigger one. This smaller one takes so long to push a limb through it. It said it could chip upto a 4 inch log, THEY LIED the biggest is a 2 inch limb pushed slowly through it. Needless to say we still end up cutting up the bigger limbs on our chop saw to use as fire starting wood and we also use it in the wood burning cook stove. We use that stove in out outside kitchen for canning mostly.
Just be sure when you use wood chips around your garden NEVER USE Black Walnut chips. I don't remember why not to but it's not good for your garden....
I'm so happy for you kids. Much love and prayers, may y'all be blessed in Jesus named... BBE
Just think of all that lovely compost
I swear you guys and your new toys very nice! I think that was a very good purchase for you guys. God bless and stay safe. Tony
Good bedding for the animals. After they soil the bedding it becomes good compost for the garden. Get rid of dangerous incendiary sources to bedding then compost.
Greg you're absolutely right, about the chipper and any other tool that you need to buy. My wife is always asking me, why do I always have to buy the expensive one; tool or otherwise. The answer is that I don't want to have to buy it six times. Buying a cheap piece of junk because it's less expensive, is a fools move. So you rock Greg! Don't let Kattie push you around because she's cute, and thinks she the one in charge.
When you need to take something heavy out of the truck bed consider removing the crating and any parts/hardware that aren’t attached to reduce the weight as much as possible (easily 100lbs). Stack some cribbing right behind the truck about a foot lower that the tailgate so if the sudden load tips the tractor it won’t have far to fall. Also use something for a counter weight (the backhoe would’ve been perfect). That was a pretty sketchy move sliding it off the tailgate like that, lucky it turned out ok.
I've had my wc68 for two years now .... I've never clogged it in the shoot like that.... I've had some jams in the intake .... love it overall ....
Well that's the first time I've seen wood chip put down on roadways. I think most of-gridders lay stone and gravel which is much better for winter usage. I'm inclined to think that when the wood chip gets wet and starts the rotting process, it might get a bit slippery.
you are right it will compost and make the drive softer
Katie, How are you liking being home full time? I know your doing the u tube and working outside alot I know that has to be big help to Greg. You guys seem mire relaxed. Can't wait for you to move I. The house permanently. Have a great day. Congratulations on the wood chipper
That chipper will be nice good way to get rid of slabs and clean up brush.
You made a good choice in buying the heavy duty / brand name chipper, just my opinion. Thanks for your good videos.
They are expensive.
I use branch wood in my wood stove all the time. So I love the 4" ones that don't fit in my chipper. Problem with the wood chips on the driving areas is after a while, they can make the ground so soft that your vehicles sink in to the axels. This can happen after prolonged rains and after the spring thaw.
Hearing protection would be a good idea.
Higher RPMs are better. :)
A good 5 prong fork is useful for easily moving the chips. Enjoy!
Great video Greg and Katie
Have Fun with your new toy!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️
God bless you and your wife
Superb acquisition. Stripping out the dead trees especially and also creating some fire breaks in the woods will be a safety measure - and chipping all those bits of spare, useless, rotting wood and offcuts will really make a huge difference to your roads, paths and surrounding area. Good tool. Maybe you also could get forks for the tractor at some stage?? When you win a lottery perhaps! Thanks again guys for an informative and interesting vid.
Rock don't burn and keepd down dust with good winter traction.
good source of nutrients for your garden and bedding for the animal pens.
I’m loving the new wide angle lens Katie!! And yay for wood chippers Greg!! Love you guys!! ❤
Nice purchase,& assembly Katie,& Greg. I’m sure you’ll get a lot of use of that chipper, for years to come. Stay safe, healthy, happy, productive,& blessed.💯❤️👍🏾😀🙋🏽♀️✝️🙏🏾🇺🇸
1st chance you get, weld 2 chain hooks on the top corners of your bucket, you will find it will help with all kinds of lifting! I have them on my 1715 Ford and I will tell you for a tractor smaller then yours with the chains I can lift a lot or put much larger things in the bucket that would normally fall out, making the bucket like it had pallet forks for the price of 2 chain hooks
Looks addicting lol
Keep pluggn at it guys i ll keep watchn 👍🏻
You will figure it out. Super idea for your property. You do not need to apologize for managing your property the way you know you should. Thank you for your channel.
Good that you got a good sized chipper as you would regret using a smaller one with the amount of branches etc. you have on your property.
I can see it now. Wood chip walkways all over he property. Tip... Put a wheel barrow or wheeled cart at the chute
Melt and add Crisco to wood shaving bag them up they make great fire starter! It’s going to be a long winter Well At Least We Got The Cowboy Hot Tub! Pretty eyes
I think faster RPM's on tractor may help feed and coat internal feed shoot with mineral oil to keep sappy wood chips and dust from sticking to the inner parts and shoots
That's exactly what happened. My rpms were too slow
@@ThisOffGridLife there should be mark on the tach that shows engine rpm required for 540 rpm pto speed.
Best advice when running a chipper, is to wear ear protection and safty glasses. Just caring about you guys , don't wanna see a video stating someone got hurt . Congrats on the new chipper . What you going to name it? Lol Chippy the Chipper? 😂 😂 .. take care you two and I'm loving your videos!
Had a 12 inch eager beaver when I had a tree service. High RPMs are a must. The angle of your shoot is too tight and will cause shoot clog. Lift the shoot up some and don't put anything in over 5 inches. 6 inch will cause more frequent shoot clogs. Alway put the butt of the limb in first, the travel of the limb and shoot sides will cripple any banches on the limb going in. It's nice not to have to pull it out and cut them. Chipped a lot of wood in my life. Hope this helps?
Nice mulch. Very useful. Score!! Thanks for sharing
Niiiice. So jealous of you guys up there in bc. Such an amazingly beautiful city. I’m from just down south in Washington. I think a lot of people just don’t know how many ducking trees surround BC. It’s a forest. Like literally everywhere. And they also probably don’t know how bad the fires get. Def protect ur investment and def thin the land. Your gonna need a massive amount of firewood anyway. Start chopping. Dunno if your into it but wood chips are also really good spawn material, I.e. mushroom food. You can use (some species are better than others) deadfall to grow an outdoor mushroom forest. Even if you don’t eat mushrooms it’s super cool to see and it’s amazing for the soils. Do keep in mind the chips will also attract the little guys to your house out there.
I believe wood chips will break up the dirt when it gets wet and make a mess that your vehicles will get stuck in good luck.& you guys are doing a great job. what an inspiration
The chipper is a great investment as you will use the chipper to grind up many trees and junk lumber to make your property more fire safe and have chip by-products that will come in handy for many uses.
That machine is a beast
For a home model, it's pretty badass
Looks like a super-smart decision...that chipper made quick work of all that junk wood left around; put it to good use to mitigate the dust. Fun to watch it "do its thing".
It will get solid use with the remaining trees around the property too, as you said...so I say it was a wise investment! Maybe you can take it to other properties in the area and chip other's wood for profit, as well!
What a great toy, I mean tool!!!!!!!
There are pallet forks that slip onto the bucket. The wood chipper is a great tool to reduce the fire fuel load around the property .
Great addition to your tools!!! you could filter the smaller for bedding, larger for the road!
How are you guys how you guys doing yeah everything been okay you guys should be able to move into your house there's some of that stuff out of the bus you know that way you can save some money at least you got plenty of materials but you know that way you can move the bus off the property or sell the bus you know but it's up to you guys you guys got plenty of stuff to use but it's up to you guys all right have a great day guys bye
I've never heard of woodchips for road cover, but in my State they used to build plank roads to move commerce to the river, back in the pioneer days, so makes sense. It will also get rid of the same trees that can't get enough sunlight that also serve as fuel for forest fires, the less brush the safer you'll be in case of a nearby forest fire. I enjoy your show and watch all the episode as you air them, thanks.
Nice. I think you'll find it not only helps with the dust. But the mud? Also.
You have a new toy !!!🤣🤣👍💪💪
Agreed with you that you only cut down what need to be cut to safeguard your property.
That will help out on your road and putting by the house will bring critters.
I agree with Greg, Go Big or Go Home! 😂
Way I see it, it's a lot easier for Greg to go build a roof on somebody's house and then buy that wood chipper than it is for him to try and make that wood chipper himself. The beauty of society is the distribution of labor through specialization. Still sucks paying money for stuff though. 😜
Also... Six inch rounds are my favorite firewood... 😎
I will tell you what they do in Poland from such wood chips. They are used to make pellets. You can earn good money on it. Pellets are a material for smoking in stoves. For my idea I reserve 2% of profits. Hi Hi Hi. Regards from Poland.
Nice purchase, congratulations!
Oh Katie... it was so close! He almost traded you for the wood chipper and that would of been so bad/lol. Na, he loves you more than a peanut butter and jelly sandwich so your good to go. I like having good chip an used to take my paper sacks from the store, those big brown paper bags, fill them with damp wood chip, then put them on a hot bed of coals in the stove and shut it down for the night, and the next morning those chips were in a form looking like a mass of hot coals but a slight tap and they fell to the coals and immediately finished burning really hot. I would put some small rounds right with that bag of chips and got so much good heat, stuff that would of normally went to a pit to burn or be compost was now a great heat source.... I would store several bags outside for the stove because it held a fire for a good long while and I stopped having to use so much wood through that same stove that you have now... well mine was a blaze king but so close that its like horseshoes or dynomite.. both count if close right???. I hope that this gift you two gifted yourselves is just what you needed to get those pesky limbs a way from the woodshed or the mill as it will work for a lot of the wain trim. Love the both of you and wish you best of everything .... everytime!!!!!!
Congrats guys you are now bonified Beavers lol.
I have the same chipper. Have a blast!!
Yae, you have a huge chipper to go with your wood mill. Now you can put all of it to good use, if you have to bring them down anyway.
Awesome new toy y'all
it really is!
@@ThisOffGridLife I think it's Katie's. You're adorable Katie. Maybe you'll let Greg borrow it every now and then. Lol
Wishing you guys the best in everything you do!!
Very good for the garden also
What a great help to have the chipper!! 🎉
yeah !! Wednesday video !!
We have that chipper and it does jam a lot. Mostly when we chip a lot of small stringy branches. So avoid stringy branches like tops of trees like holy. We use it to chip our sawmill scraps and fallen branches mainly.
bear in mind that wood chips are a great insulator and that may keep ice longer on that road but that being said just putting down more will probably give traction
Awesome addition to your off grid life.