Usually that is my answer, but he said it was very large diameter and I don’t like to have too much oak as it takes longer to dry and turn over inventory.
If I'm selling firewood, considering the fact that this wood being delivered will be split and stacked to dry all summer, this is the perfect time to get the oak processed as opposed to getting it late summer and be forced to let it set all winter and the next summer before being able to get the moisture level where it needs to be. Just my $.02.
That was a great idea. This way you get alot done with the short amount of time you and Chris have. And it gives you more time to do other things in the wood yard to do. Take Care you too
I like how you keep a very neat and orderly yard. I know how fast things can get out of hand with a woodyard. I saw a few nice saw logs in that maple pile. I bet it's beautiful inside! Great channel!
I always thought it was a waste of time stacking logs in those cages.just chuck them in loose and if the customer doesn’t like it they can lump it as we say in England, they invariably just get tipped out anyway. Ps i just want to add that I have subscribed solely on the basis that you tip the logs in loose😊. Now my take on the system is that 1) you get a little rest moving the totes, 2)the machine gets a little rest. Pity the totes were not a bit bigger.
When I was firewooding full time and someone offered me a truckload of hardwood for free I would be gratefully turning somersaults and jumping for joy! Wow you must be inventory rich! Love your videos Cheers from HB NZ
I have no shortage of wood, I don’t need monster oak. Spring is around the corner and I need to save room for all the logs I will be bringing back from my own jobs.
Build yourself some fork extensions and grab two at once! That will cut the moving time almost in half essentially, instead of four separate trips you do two, and with four bins under the conveyor youll do those two trips less often! Big win if its not too heavy for the tractor
It’s just a lot of hard work ! Trial and changes here and there are what keeps it fun. But now lots of clean up and other parts of the process go on and on. Enjoying- exercise and a little spending $$ 👍👌🇺🇸💪
Looks great Jake! I just cleaned up mine and had to take a lot of stuff to the transfer station. This is a side gig for me and I couldn’t keep up and stuff rotted….sitting there since 2018 🤣. I get a clean slate and will put down some millings or mixed crushed stuff so I don’t have to deal with the mud and the skid doesn’t get stuck!
Wood yard is looking good!! Just split a cord of cherry last week, wonderful wood to split! I’ve been drinking Coors Banquet for years! It’s even better on tap if you can find it! I refer to it as my around the house work lubrication. Catch you on the next one!!
4 totes at a time looks great, but it's all up to you. Whichever makes you the happiest I would go with, you's two make a great team. It's a shame you had to turn away that load of oak but only you know how much storage you can do safely in the woodyard. Awesome looking firewood coming out of the box wedge..
I’m guessing doing 4 totes at a time or one at a time in the end are probably a bit close in time. I think what’s best depends on each persons process or situation. To me, the real time savings is not the actual production or moving the logs it’s the other things we do. If doing 4 at a time, in theory Chris can keep using the tractor to grab logs and keep bucking so maybe next time you don’t have to do all that bucking ahead of time bc Chris can do it. Or maybe while splitting into the 4 totes Chris can be stacking the logs if Jim drops another load. Or maybe you are solo and you have a ton of rounds so just split after work and then move totes first thing in the AM before work. Again, just all depends on one's process. Thats my 2 cents, thx for sharing!
You should be proud man look where you started compared to where you are. Im still using the double felling dogs and a buddy uses them as well. Congrats on the success bud !
Hey Jake, you guys got to keep in mind what you were saying earlier in the video too. When you guys get home at 3:30 4 o’clock and you have an hour give or take before the sun goes down this might be the most efficient way you could do it, otherwise you might get two totes done before the sun goes down instead of four. Considering a lot of the time you’re chasing cameras.
I know you hate to turn down wood, but take it from a small operation i got myself into a jam saying yes too many times!! I like the four totes!! Stay Hydrated and Have a Safe Day
Seems like Chris is always "picking up what you're putting down" Jake!! Just kiddin'!! 😁 I think it's always good to be trying out new techniques as you are figuring out what is really optimized for the setup. As you mentioned, it's a "hobby" that you make some money doing, so keep trying until you know for sure what doesn't work.
Gents, I think the math will all work out to be pretty equal whether you do one tote or 4 totes at a time with 2 people and enough rounds to feed the splitter. 15 minutes per tote is one hour for 4… either way you’re still going to take about the same time moving the totes. The wild card is processing the rounds to keep the splitter fed, along with the size and quality of the species of wood. Oak takes longer to process than Maple and 10 inch rounds versus 20 inch rounds will probably change the overall time as well. Just thinking out loud. Good video guys. Cheers.
That was pretty awesome!!! It's a shame there isn't some way you could put the totes on some kind of a conveyor system and push or roll the full totes out and the empty ones in maybe that's something you could think on!!!
I would think that as you prep for your splitting session, whether you do 1 or 4 totes at once, have 8-10 empty totes behind where you place them. As one of you is moving the full ones, the other can be placing an empty and start splitting again. I think that would save a bunch of time over the course of the day.
We have to play around with the 4 totes at once thing a bit more but they all seem to kind of fill at about the same rate which means having to move them all at about the same time.
Great video (as always) guys..... So, if you ratchet strapped 4 empty totes together, could you lift, move and place them with the kubota...??? Keep up the great work and content 👍
Until recently Brad had a nice clean wood yard too, but yes it makes wanting to spend time with this hobby easier when it’s organized. Did you guys ever find out why the international couldn’t lift the small load of dirt?
That really wasn’t so small a load of dirt, it was about 5 yards of wet topsoil. Each yard of topsoil weighs about 2,000 lbs plus the weight of the can. If it was on the truck it would’ve dumped it but picking it up from the ground was too much.
I find the box wedge is great for determining what is truly punky. If the wood doesn't crumble being pushed through a box wedge then as far as I'm concerned it's not punky.
My favorite wood, nice straight cherry! My least favorite Wood, curly twisted, knotty cherry!! 😜Need to make just a couple more tote gates! Was that the seven way box wedge, or the pizza? Whichever it was perfect. RTB Firewood. 👍🏻👍🏻
Is that second roll off truck a 40 yard dumpster? Thats like 4 cords-ish? Id have said heck yes to oak logs. 😂😂😂 bring it on! But hey, when u got a mountain already u can be picky, And ive had some bad experience with "bigger oak". They be bringing 48" log(s) rounds Great vid And 4 totes in 1 hr is good, get em moved out, let machine rest, and u guy s catch a break, and go back at it again. Yall would get 20 to 24 toted done in a good day? Maybe u can line up 6 and flip that blue chute up or down? Idk man im old 😂 Im still in ruggedmade mode. 1/2 cord per hr or so, good times with a good buddy/coworker tho. Plus wood amount goes to 3/4 to 1 cord per hr with a good co worker.
Yep 40 yard, we got that entire load split yesterday and it filled 12 totes in about 4 hours so yep about 4 cords. The oak was very big, not worth all the extra hassle.
@DudeRanchDIY hell yeah 12 totes in 4 hrs, so 24 a day is attainable, even 28 if yall push it to the limit and have a mountain of rounds ready to go, or a 3rd guy hanging out keeping fuel tanks full and odd jobs. Nice man. Hey also your older videos with the ruggedmade dude concerning the 6 way wedge aere great, i got one on the way, i got a 120 cord splitting job lined up here and that wedge is gonna be sweet
It would almost make sense to store all your empty totes near the end of the conveyor. As one guy is running the tractor and moving the full tote, the other guy is throwing lids on and dragging empty totes over to get staged. Just a thought…
U could always fill the 4 pause the conveyer move the full totes quick reset start splitting have the 2nd person put the totes away that way u only loose 10 or 15 minutes
4 totes of wood to move at one time. I would guess it would save about 15 minutes. The only real way to know for certain is run 8 totes each way. Starting with placing the first tote and taking care of the last tote. I would lay money on the 4 tote method by a minimum of a half hour.
@@DudeRanchDIY so it's 45min for 4m3s (baskets) from log to staging area and 2 people so about 22.5min /m3s not bad with such a split. good job . great movies you make .
Unsolicited advice is move the full totes to their home, replace with 4 new totes and continue splitting. Then go over and cover and label the bins so someone can be splitting during that time.
Guess I wasn't the only one to tell you about this 4 totes under elevator but believe 1 the 1st anyway think of this like I get home hr before dark tractor in shed have no reason to get out pile wood there just split for hr n call it a night. Day or two later come out 4 totes full now can start tractor move them n fresh one's in n move logs to cutting area
As for time moving the pallets doing 1 or 4 don't you think it is a wash . When moving the 4 one guy can move them while the other can keep cutting or putting the tops on the other three.But i do think the 4 tote method is the way to go
if you dump out one tote and stack it can you honestly tell what the stack measure in cubic feet?..in other words what fraction of a cord does a tote hold of loose unstacked firewood?
Yes, I do that in this video, A 330 gallon tote loose filled off the conveyor stacks out to just over 1/3 cord. th-cam.com/video/0U7zFmb8M1U/w-d-xo.htmlsi=3nN_XgggnsQUwJar
I think moving 4 totes will be a wash compared to moving 1 at a time if and yes you still touch it by hand but it’s one less time I feel it’s a advantage to do 4
Get with the program buy yourself a multitech or any other processor. The company has a processor you can buy it'll make your life easier and faster to make cords of wood that's my opinion and you can make 8 chords a day
Hello I am new to your channel was wondering ware I would go to get the totes IBC ones I am from the northern states and burn firewood 🪵 I don’t sell any wood .
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I always thought that the proper wood hound answer to free delivered loads of firewood poles is "Thank you, may I have another?"
Usually that is my answer, but he said it was very large diameter and I don’t like to have too much oak as it takes longer to dry and turn over inventory.
If I'm selling firewood, considering the fact that this wood being delivered will be split and stacked to dry all summer, this is the perfect time to get the oak processed as opposed to getting it late summer and be forced to let it set all winter and the next summer before being able to get the moisture level where it needs to be. Just my $.02.
Very nice well maintained wood yard. The very best equipment.
Thank you!
Nice job guys, great job with the 4 totes!
Thanks!
That was a great idea. This way you get alot done with the short amount of time you and Chris have. And it gives you more time to do other things in the wood yard to do. Take Care you too
Exactly! I’m liking the 4 totes at a time!
I like how you keep a very neat and orderly yard. I know how fast things can get out of hand with a woodyard. I saw a few nice saw logs in that maple pile. I bet it's beautiful inside! Great channel!
Thanks for watching, I try to keep things organized!
Organization makes it that much more fun to work out there!
For sure!! Gotta get you out here!
Another great vid and looked like you’re onto a winner with the 4 totes👍
Yeah the 4 works very well
Hey Jake and Chris! Seems like you found a winner with the 4 totes at end of conveyor! I'd keep doing that!!
Yep it’s been working well so far
I always thought it was a waste of time stacking logs in those cages.just chuck them in loose and if the customer doesn’t like it they can lump it as we say in England, they invariably just get tipped out anyway. Ps i just want to add that I have subscribed solely on the basis that you tip the logs in loose😊. Now my take on the system is that 1) you get a little rest moving the totes, 2)the machine gets a little rest. Pity the totes were not a bit bigger.
4 Totes of cherry Firewood well done to both of you thats Production at the highest Quality,
Thanks!
You sure do have a sweet setup! I always enjoy watching you progress and grow. Keep up the good work!
Thank you! Appreciate you watching!
I might have to steal that 4 bin method from you...it worked very well!
It does work extremely well!
When I was firewooding full time and someone offered me a truckload of hardwood for free I would be gratefully turning somersaults and jumping for joy! Wow you must be inventory rich! Love your videos Cheers from HB NZ
I have no shortage of wood, I don’t need monster oak. Spring is around the corner and I need to save room for all the logs I will be bringing back from my own jobs.
Feel proud buddy, I like it! Keep cuttin' buddy!!!
Thanks! Will do!
You guys rock! Chip
Thanks for watching Chip!
Build yourself some fork extensions and grab two at once! That will cut the moving time almost in half essentially, instead of four separate trips you do two, and with four bins under the conveyor youll do those two trips less often! Big win if its not too heavy for the tractor
Haha that would be wild!
It’s just a lot of hard work ! Trial and changes here and there are what keeps it fun. But now lots of clean up and other parts of the process go on and on. Enjoying- exercise and a little spending $$ 👍👌🇺🇸💪
Yep gotta always be trying something new!
Nice job fellas
Looks great Jake! I just cleaned up mine and had to take a lot of stuff to the transfer station. This is a side gig for me and I couldn’t keep up and stuff rotted….sitting there since 2018 🤣. I get a clean slate and will put down some millings or mixed crushed stuff so I don’t have to deal with the mud and the skid doesn’t get stuck!
Haha yep it’s easy to let it all get away from you!
Great video Dudes.
Remember this, it's good to take a break from splitting from time to time to rehydrate.
Absolutely, always have my water jug with me
Keep working with the four totes for awhile. The more times you run it you'll get a better feel if it's more efficient. Great video. Mike🔥🪵🇺🇸
It’s been working great!
Wood yard is looking good!! Just split a cord of cherry last week, wonderful wood to split! I’ve been drinking Coors Banquet for years! It’s even better on tap if you can find it! I refer to it as my around the house work lubrication. Catch you on the next one!!
Haha I like that 🍻
Nice, you guys are always on the move making nice videos.👍
Thank you
You all did good. Have a great day be safe
Thank you!
4 totes at a time looks great, but it's all up to you. Whichever makes you the happiest I would go with, you's two make a great team. It's a shame you had to turn away that load of oak but only you know how much storage you can do safely in the woodyard. Awesome looking firewood coming out of the box wedge..
Thanks, I have plenty of logs at the moment so I can be picky.
You guys did a great job
Thank you!
I’m guessing doing 4 totes at a time or one at a time in the end are probably a bit close in time. I think what’s best depends on each persons process or situation. To me, the real time savings is not the actual production or moving the logs it’s the other things we do. If doing 4 at a time, in theory Chris can keep using the tractor to grab logs and keep bucking so maybe next time you don’t have to do all that bucking ahead of time bc Chris can do it. Or maybe while splitting into the 4 totes Chris can be stacking the logs if Jim drops another load. Or maybe you are solo and you have a ton of rounds so just split after work and then move totes first thing in the AM before work. Again, just all depends on one's process. Thats my 2 cents, thx for sharing!
It’s definitely increased our production when working together and by myseld
You should be proud man look where you started compared to where you are. Im still using the double felling dogs and a buddy uses them as well. Congrats on the success bud !
Thanks! I’ve come a long way!
@@DudeRanchDIY 😉
Hey Jake, you guys got to keep in mind what you were saying earlier in the video too. When you guys get home at 3:30 4 o’clock and you have an hour give or take before the sun goes down this might be the most efficient way you could do it, otherwise you might get two totes done before the sun goes down instead of four. Considering a lot of the time you’re chasing cameras.
I agree! 4 totes at a time is the way to go. Chris and I split 12 totes yesterday in about 4 hours no filming just working
I know you hate to turn down wood, but take it from a small operation i got myself into a jam saying yes too many times!! I like the four totes!! Stay Hydrated and Have a Safe Day
Yep, I can be picky if I want!
Seems like Chris is always "picking up what you're putting down" Jake!! Just kiddin'!! 😁 I think it's always good to be trying out new techniques as you are figuring out what is really optimized for the setup. As you mentioned, it's a "hobby" that you make some money doing, so keep trying until you know for sure what doesn't work.
Yes this seems to really help make things go fast
Hey Jake how are you doing I'm good just wanted to say great video and doing 4 tots is a time saver
Thanks Robert!
Gents, I think the math will all work out to be pretty equal whether you do one tote or 4 totes at a time with 2 people and enough rounds to feed the splitter. 15 minutes per tote is one hour for 4… either way you’re still going to take about the same time moving the totes. The wild card is processing the rounds to keep the splitter fed, along with the size and quality of the species of wood. Oak takes longer to process than Maple and 10 inch rounds versus 20 inch rounds will probably change the overall time as well. Just thinking out loud. Good video guys. Cheers.
The 4 totes at a time has proven to be faster and more productive for us so far, yesterday we were able to fill 12 totes in 4 hours without filming.
Coors should send you Banquet in IBC totes.
That would be just fine with me!
That was pretty awesome!!! It's a shame there isn't some way you could put the totes on some kind of a conveyor system and push or roll the full totes out and the empty ones in maybe that's something you could think on!!!
That would be nice!
I saw the four totes bins and thought your trying the suggest I posed. Still have a ways to go yet but it's a start.
The 4 at a time works very well
Yes indeed your yard is very neat not a muddy mess like some good job 👍 you guys make a good team. Beer sponsor would help fuel your hard work 😉
Thanks! 🍻
I would think that as you prep for your splitting session, whether you do 1 or 4 totes at once, have 8-10 empty totes behind where you place them. As one of you is moving the full ones, the other can be placing an empty and start splitting again. I think that would save a bunch of time over the course of the day.
We have to play around with the 4 totes at once thing a bit more but they all seem to kind of fill at about the same rate which means having to move them all at about the same time.
Great video (as always) guys..... So, if you ratchet strapped 4 empty totes together, could you lift, move and place them with the kubota...??? Keep up the great work and content 👍
Haha that would make things easy
Until recently Brad had a nice clean wood yard too, but yes it makes wanting to spend time with this hobby easier when it’s organized. Did you guys ever find out why the international couldn’t lift the small load of dirt?
That really wasn’t so small a load of dirt, it was about 5 yards of wet topsoil. Each yard of topsoil weighs about 2,000 lbs plus the weight of the can. If it was on the truck it would’ve dumped it but picking it up from the ground was too much.
You guys might be on to something 👍
Definitely get into the flow. More productive 😊
Exactly!
Very interesting, hope this works out.
It seems to be so far
Way to go!
Thanks!
I find the box wedge is great for determining what is truly punky. If the wood doesn't crumble being pushed through a box wedge then as far as I'm concerned it's not punky.
Very true!
Yard is looking good 👍 Sucks that you had to turn down logs, butyou know your capabilities better than anyone else
Thanks, it’s nice being able to be picky if I want to, I have plenty of wood to keep me going!
Nice video, like to see new opportunities 👍🇧🇻 work out great 👍
Thanks for watching! Worked well!
My favorite wood, nice straight cherry! My least favorite Wood, curly twisted, knotty cherry!! 😜Need to make just a couple more tote gates! Was that the seven way box wedge, or the pizza? Whichever it was perfect. RTB Firewood. 👍🏻👍🏻
Pizza wedge!
I think jake that when you are moving totes, the other cutes more wood as you will need alot more wood on demand this way, thumbs up from me
Yep we go through the wood quick!
Is that second roll off truck a 40 yard dumpster?
Thats like 4 cords-ish?
Id have said heck yes to oak logs. 😂😂😂 bring it on! But hey, when u got a mountain already u can be picky,
And ive had some bad experience with "bigger oak". They be bringing 48" log(s) rounds
Great vid
And 4 totes in 1 hr is good, get em moved out, let machine rest, and u guy s catch a break, and go back at it again. Yall would get 20 to 24 toted done in a good day?
Maybe u can line up 6 and flip that blue chute up or down? Idk man im old 😂
Im still in ruggedmade mode.
1/2 cord per hr or so, good times with a good buddy/coworker tho. Plus wood amount goes to 3/4 to 1 cord per hr with a good co worker.
Yep 40 yard, we got that entire load split yesterday and it filled 12 totes in about 4 hours so yep about 4 cords. The oak was very big, not worth all the extra hassle.
@DudeRanchDIY hell yeah 12 totes in 4 hrs, so 24 a day is attainable, even 28 if yall push it to the limit and have a mountain of rounds ready to go, or a 3rd guy hanging out keeping fuel tanks full and odd jobs.
Nice man. Hey also your older videos with the ruggedmade dude concerning the 6 way wedge aere great, i got one on the way, i got a 120 cord splitting job lined up here and that wedge is gonna be sweet
Never enough wood get it all you can
Four totes are a better option than one tote at less fooling around now that gives you more time either in the house or drinking cold 🥶 brew 😮😊❤
It’s been working well!
It would almost make sense to store all your empty totes near the end of the conveyor. As one guy is running the tractor and moving the full tote, the other guy is throwing lids on and dragging empty totes over to get staged. Just a thought…
I’d like to get to that point but I don’t have enough room to store all of them over there. We usually bring over a few extra to stage in that area.
You might have to close opening up, when you move totes it might spill out. But good job
Yep usually it’s not too bad few pieces here and there
U could always fill the 4 pause the conveyer move the full totes quick reset start splitting have the 2nd person put the totes away that way u only loose 10 or 15 minutes
Yep that’s what we’re doing!
Put 4 totes in when the front 2 are full move them out and replace them
rotate the totes forty five degrees to fill better/evenly.
Would make it pretty hard to get them out once full
thats a much better way than filling the skip wagon less handling
Yep working well!
4 totes of wood to move at one time. I would guess it would save about 15 minutes. The only real way to know for certain is run 8 totes each way. Starting with placing the first tote and taking care of the last tote. I would lay money on the 4 tote method by a minimum of a half hour.
Yep it’s definitely faster, yesterday I was able to move the 4 totes in about 12 minutes and get back to splitting
smooth, but you must include all the time from the stack .cutting .splitting .moving the box to changing the box . then you are close to the truth
Yep it all adds up
@@DudeRanchDIY so it's 45min for 4m3s (baskets) from log to staging area and 2 people so about 22.5min /m3s not bad with such a split. good job . great movies you make .
Does the LA525 handle the totes pretty good
Very well
It makes sense to me
Worked really well!
Unsolicited advice is move the full totes to their home, replace with 4 new totes and continue splitting. Then go over and cover and label the bins so someone can be splitting during that time.
Yep basically what we’ve been doing
Guess I wasn't the only one to tell you about this 4 totes under elevator but believe 1 the 1st anyway think of this like I get home hr before dark tractor in shed have no reason to get out pile wood there just split for hr n call it a night. Day or two later come out 4 totes full now can start tractor move them n fresh one's in n move logs to cutting area
Yep it’s been working well!
As for time moving the pallets doing 1 or 4 don't you think it is a wash . When moving the 4 one guy can move them while the other can keep cutting or putting the tops on the other three.But i do think the 4 tote method is the way to go
I’ve found moving 4 totes at the same time is faster than moving 4 individually
Hey, what are your thoughts on maasdam's?
Not sure what that is
if you dump out one tote and stack it can you honestly tell what the stack measure in cubic feet?..in other words what fraction of a cord does a tote hold of loose unstacked firewood?
Yes, I do that in this video, A 330 gallon tote loose filled off the conveyor stacks out to just over 1/3 cord.
th-cam.com/video/0U7zFmb8M1U/w-d-xo.htmlsi=3nN_XgggnsQUwJar
How many hours have you got on your kubota?
Around 775
I think moving 4 totes will be a wash compared to moving 1 at a time if and yes you still touch it by hand but it’s one less time I feel it’s a advantage to do 4
Yeah I’ve found so far that moving 4 at once ends up being faster than 4 individually
Get with the program buy yourself a multitech or any other processor. The company has a processor you can buy it'll make your life easier and faster to make cords of wood that's my opinion and you can make 8 chords a day
It seems like it is a good idea, how much does a tote hold ?
1/3 cord
Thanks 👍
I haven’t touched alcohol since I was 25 almost 40 years
Good for you! 👍🏼
34 years here
Single tote less down time... look you had to pick up wood....
Why don’t you just use some cordage and a truckers hitch for the tops?
I like the bungees, I don’t have to cut 150 pieces of rope
Not nice picking on Rachel. She may drop a round on your foot at sea event. Ha ha
lol that’s why I wear steel toe boots
You do have a nice wood yard but I can't believe you would turn away a load of oak! You could always stock pile it and let it dry for next season
The oak was very large diameter, not worth the hassle
Hello I am new to your channel was wondering ware I would go to get the totes IBC ones I am from the northern states and burn firewood 🪵 I don’t sell any wood .
I get my totes mostly from facilities that grind and produce mulch
Nice job fellas
Thank you!