What a fun day, Evan. I thoroughly enjoy cutting and processing firewood. I loved taking care of livestock too growing up. Looked like a perfect day to me. The firewood shed is coming around.
We have a the same battery that you have for your chain saw, we have for our lawn mower. We really like it. It has all the power that is needed to run the mower with out any problem. We also have an edge trimmer that uses that battery also. Loke your video. I am from Idaho and here about all we have to use for fire wood is different types of Pine. Not to many hard woods at all.
To keep from taking up a lot of space, you can double stack those totes as what I do. I’ll make sure the firewood is level and just set another one on top.😊😊
Great Job on the splitting deck, next you need a bucking table to load your logs on to to cut. Cut the plastic totes up to slide under the table….Stay farmer strong!!!
Hi Evan - I have a 16" EGO chainsaw, lots of power with a 56v 5.0ah battery for its small size. If you have a wheel barrow maybe use it to load firewood off your splitter table and save trips carrying wood by hand to your wood tote boxes and you can use the wheel barrow to haul big wood to the splitter. That splitter table sure works nice !
Great video Evan. I think I would go with a burn barrel as opposed to a pit at the wood shed. Main reason being, I could move the barrel depending on the direction of the wind.
Finally warmer weather in central/eastern MS! 76 degrees today after 3 weeks of a mixture of Elmo’s down to 14 degrees and under 30!! I am not looking forward to our next Electrical bill nor the gas bill! All that said, we missed the terrible storms and no frozen water pipes and no lost power, so, I am very grateful for that! Thank you God/Jesus!!!! Love to Rebecca, glad for all your video. Thank you.
Get yourself a old tractor or combine rim for burning the the debris, they work really well,,,great video,always look forward to seeing your next video
On your log splitter the engine is just little out of mixture sitting . The " H " high screw can be turned in or out just a very small adjustment at a time . But first blow off around the air cleaner before checking to see if that needs a new one before trying to adjusting . The motor will stop searching or some people call it lurching for a smooth running .
I wonder how well spray on bed liner would hold up on your log splitting table. She gets you a nice chainsaw and all she asks in return is for you to build her some bookshelves lol. Great video..keep it up!!
I have watched 100s of woodyard shows and all the manufacturers and various trade shows, your splitting deck is the best concoction ever. That and the big holding deck built by The Hard Working Man/Woman . Pair that deck with your splitting deck will be a real winner. Thanks for the boost.
Nice to see the warmer temperatures and the snow melting, I sure was getting sick of it. I know what you mean about staying busy, I don't enjoy just sitting around, unless I'm watching your channel. 😁 Have a good evening!
Cleaned up the firewood area pretty good. Won't be long and you'll be able to start the new shed for the firewood area. Stay safe and keep up the great videos and the work and fun you all have around there. Fred.
Thank you for the update. Great job with the log splitter. Wonder if there is a way that you can use one of the tote tanks to catch all the "junk" under the splitter.
Good video Rebecca and Evan. Blessings to you for your needs and goals in the name of Jesus ☝ 🙏 🙌 💪. Be safe, healthy, strong and successful each day as you grow your farm. Thanks for sharing how you accomplish your goals. See you next video.
We here in Ireland had a rough week ,with 183km/hr winds ,no power,water phones,internet etc etc through out the country,never before seen in Ireland,but tg almost back too normal ,but alot of damage done through out the country.🇮🇪☘️💨💨💨💨💨😤😤
great video even hope the new saw works out for you the only thing i have aginst them is the cost of a new battery ,i have three saws that are gas ones so thank you aging for sharing with us
I wonder if one of the bulls brought them onto the homestead... Holy smokes I never expected to see that from an electric chainsaw. From my experience, battery tools like chainsaws and brush cutters look like toys compared to gas ones but man that ones making me rethink that.
@simplegreen6596 I suppose. My only experience with battery tools of this type are brush cutters and they have all been disappointing, failing to do more than grass effectively.
Wood bees are the ones that come out early to pollinate all your fruit trees.Put the wood aside so that in the spring they can hatch and pollinate your orchards.
I’m sure it’s on a comment here somewhere but I’ll add stage your totes at the end of the splitter or on the side you stand on so not having to carry splits so far but awesome table and videos
You have said before you were going to make the wood shed bigger. Are you going to pour more concrete to make the pad longer or wider? Can you make it big enough to store some equipment out of the weather and weeds😀? Do you think you can reuse any of the current posts, beams and joists?
And if it was me, I turned that blog splitter out towards the road and you bust everything up and let it pile up on that table and back your wagon or your side-by-side right up to the thing and just you don’t have to walk just throw it in there save you a lot of steps and lotta workGood job thank you.
Do people still use diatomaceous earth for pests? I'm unsure what your exact bug species happens to be but just a thought for spreading some around the barn perimeters if it mainly happens in the freezing time of year when the stock huddle up inside your structures. It shouldn't conflict with anything chemical you might already be using on the animals as far as I know.
@Country View Acres (Formerly Smalltown442) Hey Evan, you have an electrical background, You ever thought about converting that noisy damn splitter to electric motor driven?
Couldn't you get the small tractor and the bucket under there to push it all in a pile; save some shoveling! I'm always looking for the easy way! Table working out great! Good video Evan, there's something about watching a guy work!
One thought for you - I know you said you didn't want the IBC totes on the deck, but maybe if there was a "closet" for them to slide into, or even a 3-face plywood box cover to hide them?
He really does touch each piece of firewood more times than he ought to😄. I'd be throwing it straight off the splitting table and into the bin. Prolly be thinking of a way to put in a basement or an outdoor stove also. Glad his fireplace is good enough to heat his entire home, there's just no way I'd be lugging wood off the porch and into the house all the time.
Love my ego chainsaw. I love your splitting deck.
What a fun day, Evan. I thoroughly enjoy cutting and processing firewood. I loved taking care of livestock too growing up.
Looked like a perfect day to me. The firewood shed is coming around.
Great Video
Your wood shed cleaned up nicely.
Glad it's getting warmer for you .
Can't wait for the next video !
I have ego everything. Chain saw bush trimmer line trimmer blower.great tools also lawn mower
We have a the same battery that you have for your chain saw, we have for our lawn mower. We really like it. It has all the power that is needed to run the mower with out any problem. We also have an edge trimmer that uses that battery also. Loke your video. I am from Idaho and here about all we have to use for fire wood is different types of Pine. Not to many hard woods at all.
Ego is a pretty awesome battery operated tool, I don’t own the chainsaw but I do a push mower, blower & weedwacker/edger combo.
To keep from taking up a lot of space, you can double stack those totes as what I do. I’ll make sure the firewood is level and just set another one on top.😊😊
Looks amazing! Thanks for sharing! Love the saw!
Great job! Your efforts are paying off in constant improvements. It's nice to see. Happy for you. :)
You could place a plastic comtainer under your splitter and use chips as kinling
Great Job on the splitting deck, next you need a bucking table to load your logs on to to cut. Cut the plastic totes up to slide under the table….Stay farmer strong!!!
Evan, Your love for working and building your homestead comes across wonderfully
We used to use the bark and scrap pieces as kindling. If it's dry it will burn and start a bigger fire.
Absolutely - or mulch for the trees.
Use a hand sprayer to treat the hard to get to cattle. Worked for us.
Hi Evan - I have a 16" EGO chainsaw, lots of power with a 56v 5.0ah battery for its small size. If you have a wheel barrow maybe use it to load firewood off your splitter table and save trips carrying wood by hand to your wood tote boxes and you can use the wheel barrow to haul big wood to the splitter. That splitter table sure works nice !
You did a great job with the wood splitter modification. Really nice engineering. Will make this job so much easier.
You need a sawbuck
Great video Evan. I think I would go with a burn barrel as opposed to a pit at the wood shed. Main reason being, I could move the barrel depending on the direction of the wind.
I have no idea why but there is something so satisfying watch you cut wood and fill those bins 😂 love it.
Finally warmer weather in central/eastern MS! 76 degrees today after 3 weeks of a mixture of Elmo’s down to 14 degrees and under 30!! I am not looking forward to our next Electrical bill nor the gas bill! All that said, we missed the terrible storms and no frozen water pipes and no lost power, so, I am very grateful for that! Thank you God/Jesus!!!! Love to Rebecca, glad for all your video. Thank you.
Been using the ego chain saw and ego weed eater for years and they the best thing I’ve ever bought! Five stars!
Firewood shed is looking good. Enjoy the warm days. I love it that the days are getting longer. Love watching ❤.
Loving that splitter deck.
Here in Canada its cold Evan , like the video .
Your new electric chain saw is fantastic! 😃
Evan enjoyed your video. The new chain saw seemed to work great. Thank you.
Get yourself a old tractor or combine rim for burning the the debris, they work really well,,,great video,always look forward to seeing your next video
we had a nice break from the cold, here in Central Mississippi we had 72. Sure was nice
On your log splitter the engine is just little out of mixture sitting .
The " H " high screw can be turned in or out just a very small adjustment at a time .
But first blow off around the air cleaner before checking to see if that needs a new one before trying to adjusting .
The motor will stop searching or some people call it lurching for a smooth running .
always good to do preventive measures to keep animals healthy... wood shed looks great..cant wait to see you build a new one
Evan you should feel so proud for getting the firewood area cleaned out
Great job!!!!!
You are my most watch video homestead
I wonder how well spray on bed liner would hold up on your log splitting table. She gets you a nice chainsaw and all she asks in return is for you to build her some bookshelves lol. Great video..keep it up!!
I have watched 100s of woodyard shows and all the manufacturers and various trade shows, your splitting deck is the best concoction ever. That and the big holding deck built by The Hard Working Man/Woman . Pair that deck with your splitting deck will be a real winner. Thanks for the boost.
Nice compliment - It works really well
Thanks for posting Evan
That brings to mind the question of how much wood would a wood bee be if a wood bee could be wood
Ego is wonderful!!! ❤️🪵🪵🪵
You need to put up a back rub where those cattle have to go through everyday! Soak it down with diesal/burnt motor oil mixture!
Nice to see the warmer temperatures and the snow melting, I sure was getting sick of it. I know what you mean about staying busy, I don't enjoy just sitting around, unless I'm watching your channel. 😁 Have a good evening!
We are just getting started with snow around here. I spent the morning pushing the banks back to make room for more.
Cleaned up the firewood area pretty good. Won't be long and you'll be able to start the new shed for the firewood area. Stay safe and keep up the great videos and the work and fun you all have around there. Fred.
That work surface/table is working a treat for you. Great project to help with the wood splitting.
The wood shed has cleaned up well. Well done. ❤️🙏
He's probably the one that brought it in
She did a good job with the chain saw. The splitter table works great. Good vidio.
The wood splitting debris would be good for the compost pile. ❤❤❤
I would cut the top off one of the plastic totes that goes inside the metal IBC totes to put the kindling in.
Good idea
Thank you for the update. Great job with the log splitter. Wonder if there is a way that you can use one of the tote tanks to catch all the "junk" under the splitter.
It’s gonna be mud season here in Southern Indiana until the next freeze. We enjoy your channel.
Good video Rebecca and Evan. Blessings to you for your needs and goals in the name of Jesus ☝ 🙏 🙌 💪. Be safe, healthy, strong and successful each day as you grow your farm. Thanks for sharing how you accomplish your goals. See you next video.
Great episode, reminds me of how driven I used to be when I was younger!
The garage, the woodshed... You're a changed man! I wonder what your New Years resolution was?
Thanks Evan enjoyed the video looking forward to the next one
We had hip deep snow drifts here yesterday
We here in Ireland had a rough week ,with 183km/hr winds ,no power,water phones,internet etc etc through out the country,never before seen in Ireland,but tg almost back too normal ,but alot of damage done through out the country.🇮🇪☘️💨💨💨💨💨😤😤
Felt bad for you and the north and Scotland - here in the south of england we rather amazingly missed it. Glad to hear things are returning to normal.
Would you not find it easier to just placed the tote on the porch meaning it would save you time to then remove the wood and then stack it agaib?
Great to see you smile for an entire video. I am so happy for you.
great video even hope the new saw works out for you the only thing i have aginst them is the cost of a new battery ,i have three saws that are gas ones so thank you aging for sharing with us
Thank you
Love the splitting deck, works great. Another great video!👍🏻
Good to see a new video, like to see how you are all getting on.keep safe.
I wonder if one of the bulls brought them onto the homestead...
Holy smokes I never expected to see that from an electric chainsaw. From my experience, battery tools like chainsaws and brush cutters look like toys compared to gas ones but man that ones making me rethink that.
dont compare a brand new battery chainsaw. let it go through a hundred battery cycles. they're still not worth it. (yet)
@simplegreen6596 I suppose. My only experience with battery tools of this type are brush cutters and they have all been disappointing, failing to do more than grass effectively.
Instead of burning my splitting trash, I've started using it to mulch trees. It's chunky but works a treat and adds to my soil.
Great job looking great keep up the great work love your videos thank you more more
Put a box under the splitter table to catch all the junk. That will be good to start fires with.
Wood bees are the ones that come out early to pollinate all your fruit trees.Put the wood aside so that in the spring they can hatch and pollinate your orchards.
29:23 Whitefront geese! (specklebelly) Good to hear them.
Good video.
I’m sure it’s on a comment here somewhere but I’ll add stage your totes at the end of the splitter or on the side you stand on so not having to carry splits so far but awesome table and videos
Oh man, i just wanna see one video where you split all that firewood before you fix the shed, it would be so appealing to my OCD! 😅
You are doing great work well done
Make biochar from the wood chips for the the garden .
Great weather!
Have you seen the Grizzly Sawmill? It runs on 110v 14a which means you could solar power it. (ad for it ran in this video)
Great video
Thank you
My wife bought me a chainsaw for Christmas too! My first one.
O, the vitamin bucket makes great potato and garden pots
Looking great Evan
Use the wood on the bottom of the pile as what u use in the garage/ workshop. It will burn and give off heat.
I have a EGO self-propelled mower and blower. A year later they are still strong
AWESOME AS ALWAYS 😊
You have said before you were going to make the wood shed bigger. Are you going to pour more concrete to make the pad longer or wider? Can you make it big enough to store some equipment out of the weather and weeds😀? Do you think you can reuse any of the current posts, beams and joists?
Save the protein tubs, they are good to plant in.
Cool thanks 😊
Evan, you might want to think about having a folding table for loading and after cuts.
You seem to have a lot of cinderblocks. Could you build a burn pit of sorts? It would prevent wind from blowing the fire where you don't want it.
And if it was me, I turned that blog splitter out towards the road and you bust everything up and let it pile up on that table and back your wagon or your side-by-side right up to the thing and just you don’t have to walk just throw it in there save you a lot of steps and lotta workGood job thank you.
Do people still use diatomaceous earth for pests? I'm unsure what your exact bug species happens to be but just a thought for spreading some around the barn perimeters if it mainly happens in the freezing time of year when the stock huddle up inside your structures. It shouldn't conflict with anything chemical you might already be using on the animals as far as I know.
something else for the wood shed...cut the tops of the plastic totes to make a cover for the metal wood bins
@Country View Acres (Formerly Smalltown442)
Hey Evan, you have an electrical background, You ever thought about converting that noisy damn splitter to electric motor driven?
Get your small tractor bucket and scoop up the trash and then dump it. The wood chips can make good kindling as well. Waste not, want not.
Table works great. Nice idea. Now Rebecca's bookcase
Couldn't you get the small tractor and the bucket under there to push it all in a pile; save some shoveling! I'm always looking for the easy way! Table working out great! Good video Evan, there's something about watching a guy work!
Hi good evening Evan from Indiana
One thought for you - I know you said you didn't want the IBC totes on the deck, but maybe if there was a "closet" for them to slide into, or even a 3-face plywood box cover to hide them?
I was going to say the same thing. Once the wood is in the tote don't take it out until you burn it
He really does touch each piece of firewood more times than he ought to😄. I'd be throwing it straight off the splitting table and into the bin. Prolly be thinking of a way to put in a basement or an outdoor stove also. Glad his fireplace is good enough to heat his entire home, there's just no way I'd be lugging wood off the porch and into the house all the time.
You should build yourself a wood stanchion for cutting logs. that way the logs won't move around on you, and would be much safer.
Now you need to make some log bucks to hold the logs as you cut
Maine's high today was 12 degrees,
You need to make a ''saw buck'' for bucking your logs so they're not buckin' rolling around on you.
Yes, that’s a great idea. We used to have one for bucking slabs. 👍😆😂
Are you thinking of a mill log table for the new wood shed to allow you to cut up logs?
Becareful Evan, that firewood cutting could lead to a whole business. LOL. Just ask Chris from in the woodyard. .