WOLFE RIDGE 17VS - FIREWOOD SPLITTER MAKES ME HOT!
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- Опубликовано: 16 ноя 2024
- If you need a splitter to get it done easy and fast this is the machine for you! Awesome production is coming your way IF you have one! Call Bob Nelson at Wolfe ridge now if you want to make more money !
Single wedge (vertical/horizontal) splitters are the way to go, at least for me. I rarely use the 4-way on the Ultra as I like to be able to control the size/shape of the pieces, there’s too much scrap/kindling with the multi-wedges for my liking
When you sell kindling, the scrap is welcome!
@@JoesFirewoodVideos agreed. Single wedge is my go-to method. There is very minimal waste. Theres a lot of crushed/pressed wood debris when using multi wedge splitters.
They do work great!
Yup, more knives more trash!
Single wedge for me! That VS takes a bit to get use to but when ya do it makes beautiful wood and you can go thru it fast! Nice work Sir Chris👍🏻👍🏻GNI
You are correct Sir!
Growing up we always called those mafia blocks. The vertical splitter would be a great addition to any wood yard.
Yes and yes!
A good machine, Chris. Watching both the Axis and the VS, you couldn't go wrong with either one.
Yup!
Definitely a learning curve to use your foot rather than your hand. Looks like a great machine. Keep up the good work and stay cool. 😎 ✌🏻
Yes, very different! Thanks, will do!
Man, watching you split this green, stringy white oak makes me glad I buy mine already split! lol. That's a chore to split by hand...
Running out of places to put new wood is a good problem to have! Just bought my last load of wood for the year, and seriously underestimated the capacity of my new truck- same length bed, but it's a lot deeper and we stacked it in there, lol. Had to get creative, and rearrange stuff to fit all of it in places it would STAY dry. But: it's money in the bank! And no scrambling to find dry wood in the middle of winter/early spring.
Just like you, it was in the mid 80s and humid. (because of course it was- I was doing hard labor) Was splitting much of it out of the truck, and was soaked. My hat gave up on trying to keep the sweat out of my eyes. Multiple union breaks were taken, and a couple of liters of water disappeared all sudden like, lol.
Yup, working in the heat is tough!
Goals, verticals are the way to go. That splitter didn’t even hesitate on those nasty knots! Nice work Chris, and nice work wolf ridge!
Yup, it works great!
Well maybe not all knots! Lol
A good machine Chris love it ( Ty Ron
Yup, she works!
I've seen the Axis and now the Wolfridge splitters run and I like that kind of splitter. You can use them for any size log and they really handle the knotty pieces, too. Keep on splitting! GNI!!!!🤔👍❤️📹😃
Right on! Thanks!
The verticals will really give ya a work out . Most people don’t realize that with a faster cycle time you go twice as fast trying to keep up with it and ya need twice as many breaks . I like the speed of the 17 vs it’s gona let you keep splitting longer between breaks . I have a few hrs on a vertical and I know at the end of the day I can split just as much wood with a 17 vs as I could with an axis . It’s not about the cycle time it’s about how long a guy can keep up with the machine .
Yup. the weak link in my production is always....ME!
Andrew was in the UK today at the APF show.... Great to see Eastonmade getting into the UK!!!!
So cool!
It was my first time at the APF show ... Out of all the exhibitors my top 2 were Eastonmade and Arpal branch loggers...
Andrew said they are going to look at rear mounted tractor splitters as they had alot of enquiries about them. I hope to one day be the proud owner of an Eastonmade but having a government to support sure makes that difficult 🤬😂
Oh & Chris.....
I told Andrew I seen the Eastonmade working before with Chris on In The Woodyard !!!
Hi from the forest in Sweden, love the channel, been following for years, great journey...
Thanks!!!
Great splitting video!! The vertical let's you stand up and split! Stay Hydrated and Have a Safe Day
Thanks!
That's a nice mini-monster. Good call, for not over extending yourself. When it's hot, it's hot for everybody. GNI
Yup, ht heat is bad for you if you over do it!
Good job Chris Get ready just hit -1c 30 degrees this morning up here in Calgary Canada for the first time this year
Awesome!
Morning Chris! All your buddies were like, "We'll help you set up, but then when it hits 80, you're on your own crazyman!"😂 I feel ya, I've been clearing fence line of good firewood for a couple weeks and its been sunny and 85 every day. Filling up three big bins of my own. Close to 25 full cords. Going to email you some pics you requested of your viewers.👍
Morning! Thanks!
hi there did you see our big splitter on how we handle big ones to the splitter john
Yes, I sure have...nice!
G’morning Chris. I love the vertical smallerizers, reminds of running a press brake for 8 years. Maybe I can run that one in person…. Sweet bins.
GoodNightIrene
Yup...I like it!
Nice setup, very efficient👏🏻👍🇺🇸
Thanks 👍
Watching the verticals run the one thing I don't care for is how much they want to kick the wood out. Seems like it would be a real wrestling match with it. If they designed something to keep the bottom of the log in place like most horizontals already have then I think they would really be awesome.
Yup, just some grip tape is all you need.
Nice job Chris. Funny watching Adam do the shoo kitty shuffle. Nice machine but lacking air conditioning. GNI
Thanks 👍
I like the mudguards and undercarriage on this machine,it looks like it's made to tow on the highway. Is it sprung ? I have a vertical splitter and usually just have it hooked to my pickup and keep it close to the edge of the block pile that way.
It does tow well. 70mph on highway with no problems.
Yes, leaf springs!
Does it feel physically easier to work the vertical splitter?
Not really, just different.
That slow return would drive me insane.
4 seconds is slow???
@@InTheWoodyard no he means that the slow return without hitting the lever with your knee every time would drive him nut snd so do i 😅. Isnt it supposed to be automatic ?
What’s the cycle time on this splitter when you remember to take ur foot completely off the peddle ?
like 4.5 seconds??? Check out their web site.
Chris you were having fun with the WolfRidge I could tell, too bad it wasn’t cloudy and breezy. Keep on splitting
Yup! Thanks!
I'm curious as to why you didn't save a couple steps by moving the rounds and split straight into the white oak bin ??
But hey nice machine and wood.
Moving the rounds is extra work and I did not have a bin ready yet.
How does the vertical compare to the Horizontal for you Professor?
Different but both work great!
Just some things to make life a bit easier 😎
Yup!
Good morning all!
Hello!
Great vid as always Chris. I don't own any splitters. But from the reviews I've seen with you (alone or with Tony or the one from Bert), it seems the EastonMade Axis is a better machine. The big PITA I see is the slow return from the VS if you don't get off the petal fast enough and the pressure needed to push the petal. BUT, either machine would be better than a splitting with a maul. :)
Thanks, yup both great machines!
Nice to see you wearing gloves. Have seen many videos with guys splitting without them
Thanks 👍
Gotta love it then you are worn out and the equipment couldn't care less and keep on going. My fualt is is trying to keep up with the equipment. If I do, I can barely move the next day.
Yup, hot heat can get ya!
Nice splitter for sure! 👍TCT
Are you going to switchover to the Wolfe Ridge vertical splitter? Well, us WR owners can try to convert you!
LoL. Since I already have a WR. I would say I am cheap and not converting to EM.😂
Yup!
They are all nice machines!
No respiting, more control on sizing but perhaps a little slower
Maybe so!
I like to grab and load rounds with a pickaroon. I really like their 17rs and I think the auto cycle would be far more useful than a log lift
Both would be nice!
Good morning. Thought I saw one of your old videos where you used a canopy/ awning at your old woodyard. You should have used that.
Yup, I had one and the wind destroyed it.
the concrete blocks - Woodyard pill boxes
Yup!
Nice splitter. With the lift. Split the knotty oak easily. 😊
Yup!
Wolf Ridge didn't gift you a processor. Where's the loyalty, lol.
I like all good stuff!
@@InTheWoodyard no need to settle for the good stuff...stick with the great (orange and blue) stuff! LOL
Watch the heat!
Yup!
Is the 22 MB problematic in some way for your size Woodyard
Why aren't you running it 12 days out of every month ?
Or are you and you just are not featuring it in your vids?
I have a lot of other stuff to do and I will use it again when I need to.
Some knotty and stringy wood for sure.
Yup!
You should have taken the time to UNDUE Bert's adjustments to the foot pedal & eliminate the 'slow return' of the wedge.
Okay
Need a portable sunshade to have at splitter.
Yup, I had one... the wind took it!
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Thanks!!!
I rather the Ultra. 👍🏻
Both are nice!
That cycle time seems much slower than my 17VS-C
Maybe so?
Well, mine has a different engine and engine controller so that could account for it.
Man it's hard to watch an amateur splitter at work. Splitting pieces off to the right and then having to go around the stuff yet to be split is just making extra work for yourself. It does look like you worked out the better way of doing it after about 5 minutes or so so that was good to see.
When it gets to being thong soaking hot it's time to put on your big boy pants Chris.
Yup, vertical splitting is different for sure!
Looks to me like you were bent at the waist a bit, if so raise the spliter just a bit, so your standing up straiter
It was fine for me.
Chris, that is some nasty knarly hard splittin wood!! Should burn long and hot once it's dry!!
Yup!
Good Morning Woodhounds!(-:
Morning!
My wife thinks you are hot, but she thinks Kenny and Tony are hotter! 😅
Ken says your standards are pretty low!
😀
Sorry bud but the cycle time is like watching paint dry
4 seconds is slow?
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Thanks!!
Cutting/Chopping/Stacking is hard work that's why u have so many customers Chris !
Yup!
Bob Nelson was prolly 💩'ing 🧱's at 3:18 min. LOL
Haaa!