Rebekah Runs Log splitter for first time. We're turning Hickory Logs into some premium firewood.

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  • Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024

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  • @stevehawkins8066
    @stevehawkins8066 2 года назад +36

    Rebecca is so funny, quick learner and a hard worker. I know she can't always be in every video, but watching the chemistry you two have together is so entertaining and enjoyable to watch. I liked her comment about cutting wood.

    • @rodfair5698
      @rodfair5698 2 года назад +2

      Rebecca is definitely a keeper. She baits her own hooks as well.

    • @davidcrew6439
      @davidcrew6439 2 года назад +1

      You SURE GOT SOME GOOD HELP EVAN!

    • @edbenedicto
      @edbenedicto 2 года назад

      She likes to work I think.

  • @martyreiber8945
    @martyreiber8945 2 года назад +16

    Evan you and Rebekah make one hell of a team. Rebekah not afraid of getting her hands dirty. She helps with the chores and gardening She is a keeper I enjoy your videos very much until the next video 😎

  • @martykennedy3962
    @martykennedy3962 2 года назад +12

    I’m a fan of teamwork, and you two are a real team. I enjoy watching your videos, keep up the good work!

  • @jacktomberlin7976
    @jacktomberlin7976 2 года назад +8

    Thank goodness there wasn’t any 🐭 in those logs, lol. No, she looked like she was handling the splitter just fine!👍

  • @olddawgdreaming5715
    @olddawgdreaming5715 2 года назад +7

    Great job Rebecca and Evan, working together make for more fun around there. Stay safe and keep up the great videos. Fred.

  • @barbaracranfield6703
    @barbaracranfield6703 2 года назад +2

    Are those the same dogs that got in a fight with the coyotoes??? They look very happy today thank god!!

  • @panda18770
    @panda18770 2 года назад +7

    The dogs were so funny. Soaking up the rays. Great video!!!

  • @ronharrison1776
    @ronharrison1776 2 года назад +6

    I'm pretty sure that you know that Rebecca is a KEEPER . It is fun watching the two of you do things around the farm.

  • @homelandrelics
    @homelandrelics 2 года назад +8

    There's something so satisfying about watching firewood being split. Love the vertical function on that splitter. Looks like the pups make some good supervisors. Great video!

  • @jennychase7584
    @jennychase7584 2 года назад +6

    Sending kindness from Ashbourne UK. Good to see how well you work together, makes the tasks more enjoyable it seems. Take care and thanks for letting us go on life’s journey with you xx

  • @roberto.peterson9917
    @roberto.peterson9917 2 года назад +2

    It is good that she atleast know how just in case you are available for whatever reason

  • @wileycoyotesr8623
    @wileycoyotesr8623 2 года назад +1

    Hey, remember the wood you reluctantly saved from the barn? LOG BUCKIING STAND. Would a strong clamp pull the bent arm back into place, maybe with some torch heat? I always avoid hitting something with a sledge hammer as they shake the entire device. The carb could fall off next week. ha

  • @gacdrums6685
    @gacdrums6685 2 года назад +3

    Your wife is so beautiful…..

  • @stevengunter2843
    @stevengunter2843 Год назад +2

    She works hard i know she cares about the farm!!

  • @OpunktSchmidt1301
    @OpunktSchmidt1301 2 года назад +1

    I guess Rebekah preferes an electric starter on the log-splitter... 😉
    Thanks a lot for the video! 😊👍🏿

  • @tommygarcia6671
    @tommygarcia6671 2 года назад +4

    I think Rebekah did a great job .she a sweetheart.God Bless and take care yourself.

  • @jamesmorrison1884
    @jamesmorrison1884 2 года назад +1

    Hello cut shorter pieces easier to handle. I have a splitfire wood spliter best on the market. When your putting on spliter pick the wood up from the middle just a suggestion. Have a great evening.

  • @joannak4640
    @joannak4640 2 года назад +4

    Hey Rebekah, nice job 👍 It's really great to see you in the videos. As they say, Evan, work smarter...not harder. Just as you guys did with turning it vertical. Have a great weekend

  • @kingkong7617
    @kingkong7617 2 года назад +1

    Evan, you and Rebecca make a good team on the log splitter and the two of you made a big pile of firewood. One of those logs was curved and that would not have been a good saw log and both would make better firewood. Rebecca has a good sense of humor and takes everything in stride.

  • @Bex-rg8pj
    @Bex-rg8pj 2 года назад +4

    Lolol……of course you’re his favorite, Rebekah!

  • @mikestansberry8656
    @mikestansberry8656 2 года назад +1

    It pains me watching this hickory being made into firewood. Hickory in my opinion is the prettiest wood there is. I understand though. Great video with the two of you working together.

  • @roberto.peterson9917
    @roberto.peterson9917 2 года назад +1

    Custom sawmill could a niche that need filling ??? At least explore the possibility

  • @dustoff1472
    @dustoff1472 2 года назад +1

    Nice team work. Enjoying the channel. Tks for sharing.

  • @walterchapman2884
    @walterchapman2884 2 года назад +3

    Great idea teaching Rebecca , you never know if you might be sick or unable to split them yourself. I have plenty of faith in a woman's abilities!

  • @cajun8161
    @cajun8161 2 года назад +2

    Hickory is a great wood to smoke sausage, ham, and bacon with. Granted that Hickory is dry but mixed in with some green hardwood it would produce a good flavor for meat.

  • @billbundenthal9667
    @billbundenthal9667 2 года назад +3

    Hi Evan, in watching you and Rebecca today splitting wood in your latest video I wanted to suggest to you to take a foot long piece of PVC pipe and slip it over the existing handle on the log splitter that’s making it extremely easy to operate the handle back-and-forth. 1 inch pipe will work perfect and the leverage makes it so much easier when you’re splitting for long periods of time just a suggestion

  • @jimmypatterson3360
    @jimmypatterson3360 2 года назад +1

    My dad had a log splitter that was the same design as yours. He bent the ears on his the same way. Get them bent back to original the best you can and we welded a piece of steel across the top to “bridge” the 2 sides together it will add a ton of strength

  • @DDL2728
    @DDL2728 2 года назад +1

    Rebekah, when I help my hubby do all these "heavy" chores, he says he's keeping me young! I say when people see me in my casket from all this hard work, they're going to say, boy, she was young 😖🤣🤣🤣 Our son says, daddy, she's a girl!! You go, Girl 💪

  • @daleh645
    @daleh645 2 года назад +1

    Happy dogs!
    Is repair the woodshed roof on your honey-do-list? 🤠

  • @leol1682
    @leol1682 2 года назад +2

    Like the video Evan ,Rebecca .

  • @Sword-Shield
    @Sword-Shield 2 года назад +1

    That hickory is some good🥩 BBQ 🍗🍖wood
    👍✌💯

  • @jobygochoco2731
    @jobygochoco2731 2 года назад +2

    Told you you were a lucky guy Evan...Rebekah will be doing so much more soon as she is a fast learner....smart move putting the log splitter on vertical....my back would have given out with even the smaller rounds...

  • @w.a.stewart3191
    @w.a.stewart3191 2 года назад +1

    They dogs got tired out just watching you guys work. Good video

  • @margaretbedwell3211
    @margaretbedwell3211 2 года назад +3

    Nice to see you two working together on projects. What a time saver and back & shoulder saver those log splitters are. Worth every penny I imagine. Thanks for sharing this tag team effort. Well done. Have a Blessed day.

  • @davidedwards3734
    @davidedwards3734 2 года назад +4

    Great working together. Have a Safe Day

  • @thomastoula8321
    @thomastoula8321 2 года назад +1

    The five slows pulls will prime the engine with fuel

  • @rong-man1502
    @rong-man1502 2 года назад +2

    My buddy and his wife were doing tag team splitting like you and Rebecca were at the first part of your video. He picked up the wood and put it on the splitter and she ran the splitter, until they had a small snafu - she didn’t smash his finger, she cut it off. Wasn’t too long after that they went their separate ways. So, the question became, was that an accident or did she intentionally cut this finger off?

    • @loisgunstone8444
      @loisgunstone8444 2 года назад

      It sounds like it may have been her ring finger. 😂

  • @aleister4778
    @aleister4778 2 года назад +1

    evan your wife is is a wife you can count on

  • @bernardjones6162
    @bernardjones6162 2 года назад +1

    Love the Dog's on the Beach!

  • @stevepellew8021
    @stevepellew8021 Год назад

    It is hard work for any first timer, after better organized, cut them into cheese block, much better in handling and lifting on a 25 ton splitter...
    You can get up to trailer load from a base stump 60 inch, good burning wood after 90 days summer drying...
    I liked your app it reminds me of what I went through starting out my firewood business 😅.
    It's hard work 💪.
    ❤from New Zealand 🇳🇿supporters...
    P.s great job guy's 👏

  • @baldbear5609
    @baldbear5609 2 года назад

    Howdy Rebekah and Evan, Rebekah is the woodcutters best little friend. I made something similar that I call my "bucking stick" using a computer hard drive magnet, a piece of fiberglass driveway marker that I found and a fender washer. Something to take care of the beetles, bugs and such in the logs.... a couple of mice. I'm jesting Have A Day! ;~)

  • @dougstewart6288
    @dougstewart6288 2 года назад

    BUGS!!! Who would have thought. 😊 I really enjoy your videos. Please keep doing them. I started watching last hay season.

  • @deannamarie4149
    @deannamarie4149 2 года назад

    #heyguyswelcomeback
    Splitting wood brings back memories of coming home on the school bus and finding a semi unloading 40 feet of 8 foot logs...
    Doesn't sound bad right?
    Um.. our lake lot was 62 wide by 106 deep... The house started 28 foot from the road... My Dad had zero idea what a truck load of wood looked like... It was an absolute riot!!! We had no place to park the 3 cars we owned because the driveway was full of logs...

  • @Bex-rg8pj
    @Bex-rg8pj 2 года назад +3

    Oh my…. The dogs relaxing 😎

  • @Tonetwisters
    @Tonetwisters 2 года назад

    At least they weren't MICE!! :-) Miss Rebekah is an ACE and a doll! That last log would have made a gorgeous electric guitar neck! Thanks for another great homestead video ...

  • @terrycastor8299
    @terrycastor8299 2 года назад

    Rebecca is definitely a keeper. Fun, hard working and pretty to boot! What more could a fellow ask for? Yep, you definitely need a smoker. We bought ourselves an Oklahoma Joe's for Christmas. It can be a grill or a smoker. Love it so far.

  • @barbaracranfield6703
    @barbaracranfield6703 2 года назад

    So happy you have this all on camera!!!!! YIKES! I think the two of you need to slow down .......I realize it isn't going this fast but keep that right arm back Rebekah!!! And dad stay close by when she is running the machine instead of back there with the tractor!! Glad when this is over with !!

  • @gerryspang5917
    @gerryspang5917 2 года назад +1

    As always Rebecca’s up to the challenge. Teamwork, that’s what it’s all about. You guys compliment each other. Cheers

  • @TheRuralProject
    @TheRuralProject 2 года назад

    Greetings from Australia. I’ve got the 50t version of your splitter. Great machine. Mine was difficult to move around by hand so I just put some big wheels on it, it’s made a huge difference. Chris - the rural project

  • @ronsmith1364
    @ronsmith1364 2 года назад

    Some charts have hickory as the densest hardwood(& best heat/weight) Along with its aromatic properties. For smoking you could take those splits down to kindling to just give you enough for 'smoke' over charcoal. Spring is on its way.

  • @davidgambler1591
    @davidgambler1591 2 года назад

    Instead of picking up those heavy rounds of the ground, Keep the rounds tight together and pickup 4 or 5 of them with the tractor, park tractor next to splitter, open grappler. No more bending over. Work smarter, use your tools, and most importantly, be safe. Love the videos, nice job Rebekah.

  • @hoov1998
    @hoov1998 Год назад

    I hope you guys understand how much God has blessed you to have all the things you have including knowledge and ability. You guys remind me of a younger version of Just a Few Acres. Like your Show!

  • @tireddad6541
    @tireddad6541 2 года назад

    Please consider making your own smoker. You will be happier with it and it will be better quality. And, great content for RUclips.

  • @obiorah1
    @obiorah1 2 года назад

    You have a nice splitter, would you consider Looking at Wolf Ridge or Easton Made Splitter that have a single 4 6 8 way wedges for the rounds of hickory your splitting,

  • @bohhica1
    @bohhica1 2 года назад

    My opinion again, grab a couple of containers like Outdoors with the Morgan’s, fill it put on the porch, the other in the shed next to fire box, great job and videos, stay safe and healthy y’all!👍👍👍

  • @bobkelly2447
    @bobkelly2447 Год назад

    I think you should make your own saw mill.... I did and found it wasn't that hard !
    I first bought 5 saw mill blades and then built a bandsaw sawmill to fit the blades....
    yes it took a few months to scrounge the material .... but you have a ranch (like I did at the time) and I used an old trailer as the base.... I first used an 8hp B&S because that is what I had
    on hand later switched to a 12hp and it cut faster ! there are hundreds of videos on how to build one from scratch and it would make a great winter project.... you can do it for a very cheap price and then cut your own lumber ! I found I really Loved the 3"x6" beams I made
    they were super strong and I used them as ridge beams on sheds.... and the shed cost nothing to build but nails ! ....the only things I had to buy were bearings for the blade guides some nuts and bolts , I had a single axle trailer I used the spindles and tires from for the wheels, the blade never came off once !
    it cut pine at a slow walking pace and oak at about half that..... good lumber for free is the way to go buddy !!!!

  • @eveeastteam8458
    @eveeastteam8458 2 года назад

    Rebecca, you’re amazing! I wouldn’t have hands left if I ran the splitter! 🤭
    You two are so cute together.

  • @terrypomatto907
    @terrypomatto907 2 года назад

    Rebekah, Hickory wood is among the hardest wood to split. We did it with wedges and a splitting maul. Our son when he was growing up got his exercise splitting the Hickory that we burned. It looks like a safe operation to me. Keep up the videos, it makes me homesick for my younger days when we lived in the country about three miles Northeast of Prairietown, Illinois.

  • @JERRY-xb6vy
    @JERRY-xb6vy 2 года назад

    Hello Evan if that's the way you spell your name sorry if I'm wrong. My name is Jerry I've been watching your channel for awhile now both you and your wife I see work very hard to keep and improve what you have built,but there's one thing that upsets me a little when I see you working on for one your tractor. In the very cold weather when starting a heavy piece of equipment do you believe in starting fluid? and when you're struggling with frozen bolts and nuts do you believe in spray oil, come on make your life a little easier. God bless.

  • @ShadyOakFarms
    @ShadyOakFarms 2 года назад +1

    You maybe in a little bit of trouble Evan ha ha ha. Teamwork makes the dream work. Great video as always 👍🏼🇺🇸

  • @stevendarden5026
    @stevendarden5026 2 года назад

    My Honda took Maybe three pulls even when cold start fist time using it for 4 years then I got smart heated with propane! PS My 72 yr old wife could it easy!

  • @GeekboyNC
    @GeekboyNC 2 года назад

    Our Corgis sleep the same way as Sydney. It's called cockroaching.

  • @timandkimwardell1378
    @timandkimwardell1378 Год назад

    You guys are so awesome. You, like me Evan, have a hard working wife. We are both blessed. Thanks for the videos. I am encouraged by everyone of them. Nice to know that I am not the only one who makes mistakes on the homestead. :)

  • @pure46
    @pure46 2 года назад

    I have a Stihl 390 and it was made in the USA and I live in Europe you live USA and yours was made in Germany:)

  • @graftedbranch4480
    @graftedbranch4480 2 года назад

    Love to see couples working together... Happily 👍♥️ also we have a home built log splitter and we included a cherry picker log lift with it. It's the ticket for those big logs. Hydraulic cylinder with log tongs and away you go

  • @Farm_fab
    @Farm_fab 2 года назад

    Evan, my small engine mechanic apologizes to his customers that he can't do better then to get their equipment to start on the first pull. I rent space on an Amish farm, and no electricity is available, so I use a generator I bought at the scrap yard. I took a gamble on it, and it powers most of my smaller tools. It's been good at starting on the first or second pull right along. My big generator isn't so easy. I need to clean the carb again and then I can run my welder. It's a Honda clone, so it's easy to work on.
    Yours should start a bit easier, but I'm not sure why it doesn't. Hopefully it will hold up well for you.

  • @ninawill8053
    @ninawill8053 2 года назад +1

    With Rebekah as your number one helper and supervision of dogs you got yourself a winning team Evan!

  • @deannaoverstreet4146
    @deannaoverstreet4146 2 года назад +1

    Wow, great job!

  • @bobbybaldeagle702
    @bobbybaldeagle702 2 года назад

    My wife is 62 and it shocks me when I see the size of logs she puts up on the log splitter. But last fall she went out and bought us a bigger splitter that you can stand the splitter vertical so you can split the big rounds upright. No more having to pick them up on the splitter... She bought a big Champion 30 ton splitter....
    I'm not aloud to do any part of log cutting or splitting. They will let me sit on my walker and push the leaver to work the splitter if I'm having a good day. It really SUCKS being disabled.

  • @brianjohnston9822
    @brianjohnston9822 2 года назад +1

    The biggest problem I find when splitting wood like hickory is the tendency of the wood to be springy when have split. You have to watch your fingers when trying to open them up.

  • @jerrybudnik8698
    @jerrybudnik8698 2 года назад +1

    Evan, after you cut your rounds, switch your grapple to the bucket. Then load your rounds in your bucket and use your bucket to lift the rounds to the splitter.

  • @ThatBritishHomestead
    @ThatBritishHomestead 2 года назад

    Looks like spring has sprung there! Funny was watch so many videos from the USA and everyone seems to have different weather!

  • @kermitmyers4572
    @kermitmyers4572 2 года назад

    You folks ought to consider doing all your rounds with the log splitter on end like you did with the last few bigger rounds,that would save your backs I always grimace whenI see you folks lifting those rounds.Take care of your backs that is the only one you get .

  • @andrewl7467
    @andrewl7467 2 года назад

    On the log splitter take off the air cleaner and
    Pour in a tiny bit of (1/2 a bottle cap) in the carburetor. Put filter back on. 1-2 pulls it will pop. Not too much it will flood and or backfire.

  • @donfenton9082
    @donfenton9082 2 года назад

    I’ve cut and burned wood for heat pretty much all my life and have found that hickory rots pretty soon after dying or logging.

  • @stevemartinez6757
    @stevemartinez6757 2 года назад

    I have a log splitter very similar to yours. Once I taught my wife how to operate it she keeps me busy cutting up more rounds for her to split and stack. Most of our wood is Oak and Hickory.

  • @chaunceypullman3380
    @chaunceypullman3380 2 года назад

    I love seeing you 2 work together. She is your better half and keeps you going. That smoker project is one that you 2 should take on. Can't wait to see the next Beefy Boys on the range. Great job.

  • @michaelchamberlain4618
    @michaelchamberlain4618 2 года назад

    I have a friend who pulled all his muscles off his bones trying to move oak logs that where 4.5' across.

  • @ShadowMoonFarms
    @ShadowMoonFarms 2 года назад +1

    I started watching your videos when you were building the house. I've never left and enjoy all of them, even when you are fixing the tractor. It's always a joy when Rebekah joins you as well. Thanks for sharing your homestead and parts of your life with us.

  • @jeanielipskey1272
    @jeanielipskey1272 2 года назад

    Rebecca, you did a great job splitting the wood. I have helped my husband split wood too.

  • @bullseye1263
    @bullseye1263 2 года назад

    Evan just an idea now that you have a grapple for your tractor in my area of mid Ohio you can rent a firewood Proccessor for $300 for a weekend what if you pre staged 25 logs or so and rented a processor you could easily load them and process them all in a day just a thought love the vids!

  • @augustreil
    @augustreil 2 года назад +1

    Just curious as why you don't always use the log splitter in the vertical position, just sit on a milk crate and roll the logs over, then chuck the pieces into the pile ? Scout has to be one of the most beautiful dogs ever and his sister is a riot the way she sleeps ! Thumbs up.

  • @HoneyBadgerFarm
    @HoneyBadgerFarm 2 года назад

    my wife has an electromagnetic field and she breaks everything she touches…..

  • @markhudspeth8503
    @markhudspeth8503 2 года назад

    Make a walk in Smoker Cold/Hot ? Next winter project? Looks great.

  • @sroberts605
    @sroberts605 2 года назад

    Lovely to see you two, good work! The dogs were funny - do you think it was the heady aromas coming from the freshly cut wood shavings?

  • @fricknjeep
    @fricknjeep 2 года назад

    them some hard working dogs . nice video john

  • @danbrookshire5628
    @danbrookshire5628 2 года назад +1

    Teamwork!

  • @shaniaa9287
    @shaniaa9287 2 года назад

    That's some nice fire wood Evan. Do you keep several saws or several chains ready? It all seems such hard work

  • @robforbes2602
    @robforbes2602 2 года назад +1

    Hello Evan and Rebekah. What I like is that Rebekah is not scared to get her hands dirty and to work very hard. It is nice to see you both work very well together. Love watching all your videos. You both keep up the good work and stay safe and heathy.

  • @stuartsplace100
    @stuartsplace100 2 года назад

    i s your log splitter from Tractor Supply,looks like the one i have and that is where i bought mine

  • @davep5972
    @davep5972 2 года назад +1

    Well done guys great job. And take my hat off to Rebekah great job usual awesome! Team work

  • @timlewis9873
    @timlewis9873 3 месяца назад

    Never apologize for working, Their are people sitting on their ass watching you.

  • @HoneyHollowHomestead
    @HoneyHollowHomestead 2 года назад +1

    I'm having a hard time getting someone to cut some trees down for me. I've asked for some quotes and I never get any. I have about 4 trees on my dam that need to be cut down, plus a few others. I'm older than the 2 of you. I don't dare try to do it myself, I'd kill myself for sure.

    • @jamesmorrison1884
      @jamesmorrison1884 2 года назад

      I could do them for you but I expect I'm to far away.

    • @HoneyHollowHomestead
      @HoneyHollowHomestead 2 года назад

      @@jamesmorrison1884 Thank you, I think you are too far as well. I'm in south east Kentucky.

    • @jamesmorrison1884
      @jamesmorrison1884 2 года назад

      @@HoneyHollowHomestead Hi I'm in Ontario maybe if the boarder opens up we would be glad to do it

    • @HoneyHollowHomestead
      @HoneyHollowHomestead 2 года назад

      @@jamesmorrison1884 I deeply appreciate your willingness to help an old woman. It's very heart warming. With as crazy as this world has been getting, I won't hold you to it. Take good care of your family in these troubling times.

  • @waddeym
    @waddeym 2 года назад

    the best firewood I ever had was shagbark hickory. It splits good and burns long and hot but it is heavy

  • @srsatlaf4730
    @srsatlaf4730 7 месяцев назад

    You should make some kind of wire basket or box on each side of the splitter to catch them before they fall all the way to the ground. That will cut down on a lot of bending down to pick them up.

  • @barrytipton1179
    @barrytipton1179 2 года назад

    Careful standing in front of logs they can sort of rocket out of there nearly damaged my car . It doesn’t look dangerous it is hope it doesn’t get you especially the logs with nots in

  • @johnbichell8023
    @johnbichell8023 2 года назад +1

    I like your content and I enjoy it more when your wife is participating.

  • @csnanny1882
    @csnanny1882 2 года назад

    When Rebecca helps cut wood you can really go fast. Get a lot more done. You have had all kind of trees there on the farm.I love the cedar trees.

  • @barrytipton1179
    @barrytipton1179 2 года назад

    I had a cheep ish electric log splitter would do maximum of about 20inch length some of the logs were to heavy to pic up alone due to diameter it managed most I put in I told my farmer mate who does logs on a massive scale is is still going strong ten years on

  • @jakeschisler7525
    @jakeschisler7525 2 года назад +1

    On the log splitter, could you straighten out the bent piece and weld a big thick bar across the top of those 2 pieces