Perfect Firewood - Working with Ken -
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ก.ค. 2021
- Stopping by Ken's woodyard to make some PERFECT firewood with him and his Husqvarna 395 & John Deere 3025. Come along as we cut wood on a B-E-A-U-tiyful Wisconsin summer morning.
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Everything is just perfect in this video ! The weather , the green tractor , the orange saws , the wood , and the most important , the people ! Just perfect .👍
Thank you very much Bruce, we had fun, just like always!
Ken we need to utilize both ends of that tractor. You need a 3 point pallet setup to stack on also. Twice as much in one trip…although Leroy might be out of a seat.
I really enjoy your chanel. Just found ut recently 🙂 i cut wood for myself to provide my house. Best Regards from Norway
Awesome! Thank you!
Really enjoyed this visit with all you guys working and bringing up some interesting conversation..
Glad you enjoyed it Dalton!
Ken certainly does have a pretty good production system going in his woodyard. Those reject railroad ties are certainly the ticket for good firewood.
Yes, it is awesome stuff!
I burned reject guard rail post one winter . Was about 75 bucks per cord stacked with no airspace between the posts
If Ken expects to get more of these great rejected railroad tie loads he should have a weld shop make him a six way wedge. All he would need would be two horizontal wedges that would slide over his existing vertical wedge. He would cut his splitting time by 60%. One split rather than three.
Good idea ED!
That's in the works
Thought the same thing. One pass and he's done.
Amen brother
I like the ugly wood far better, had enough of mill waste years ago
Arms, hands, muscles, eyes and guts. Cowboy hats. Easy work sometimes but mabe not later, just being American with a few good people to be around. And possibly not going nuts is the way of life to feel good. Yea men.
Thanks for watching! Yee Haaaa!
Nice! Ken sure has gotten the hookup on wood deals! You gotta know people😁 A man could get spoiled splitting that stuff. 👍🏻👍🏻GNI
Yes it is awesome wood!
I'm humbled at the amount of firewood and how beautifully stacked and organized it is. I just do a little for my wife and me, maybe a few cords. Now I want to go make my stacking look good like your stacks! LOL, that means I'll be touching my wood again...
Yup, firewood is a lot of work!
My back is hurting just watching this!! And no gloves! Fun video! GNI. ❤️
Hello my favorite uncle from Jersey!
You’re brother is a survivor makes do with what he has and thinking of different ways . It’s different just being 75 miles away how it changes . Good video 😊
Thanks!
Years ago I used to turn down slab wood and rejected logs from mills in the area.. this year over 1600 cords processed thru 2 saw mills so far.. once ya get into the bundled wood it's a decent money maker.. sometimes we just need to rethink what's in front of us.. 😁
Good point Jason!
Very good video.
Every woodyard tractor needs a bucket backstop like that,
And a Leroy seat too.
Fine job
Thanks Jean!
Get wood where you can.-so smart..love these blocks…great helper--Music is fine also…love your channel!!
Thanks!
Now that is a slick setup for making firewood. Ken sure has a mind for efficiency.
Yes , he has a good set up!
Wow, Stack and restack, couldn't even think of handling it that many times.
Yup, it is a lot of touching!
Lots of cookies, and *PERFECT* stackable wood. Man, you sure have a LOT of videos!
Thanks 👍, yup every day for almost 2 years now.
Chris, that was some beautiful fire wood and so easy to split and stack.
Yes it is!
Moved in a new place last year and it came with a lot of them
Nice!
Dude, you fitna bust 40k subs. 👍
Yup, some day. 100k is the target!
Chris, 0700hrs. here in the mid-Hudson valley area of New York State. It's the last day of July and it's 51 degrees, my kind of weather!
Keep "cutting" and keep the videos coming!
Those rail ties looks like really good wood. Thos would probably be perfect for home stacking.
Yup, great wood!
You know those are hardworking guys when they don't wear gloves. I would have splinters in no time. Love watching your videos from Alaska. Take care.
Thanks John, where in Alaska are you? I have been up there a couple times moose hunting.
I never wear gloves. Unless its cold. I have a better feel for whatever I am doing without them. Don't really ever seem to get splinters. My family owns a factory though and for years I worked there still do every now and then when I am in town if they need help and we work with tubing round or box. So I had hours and hours cutting it and deburring it on bench grinders without gloves. Makes yours hands like leather. Every now and then would have a tube take off in your hands spinning and its always covered in little chips of steel from cutting and its all coated in oil since its steel. Didn't have the issues with the copper so much. Would like like a raccoon at the end of the day if you were deburring but we usually gave that to the new guys or temps lol. Your whole face would be black besides where the goggles were covering your eyes. Have had metal still get in my eyes before though that is no fun. Between that and the mandrel benders and everything else running all day. My uncle actually had a couple fingers ripped off by one of the benders not paying attention
Kenny's got some great wood sir, And he does have the Big Green monster
Yup!
G’morning Chris. Wow, awesome looking firewood ! Great system. GoodNightIrene
Good morning! Yes it is some great stuff!
What an amazing day it was working with Ken! Pretty sweet to have alot of land to work with the wood and season it! 👍
You got that right! Thanks for watching!
Great video Chris! Despite your reservations, I still think ‘stack as you go’ has its advantages!
Yes, it does keep thing neater at all times for sure!
Hey Chris, your brother Ken is also a Very Hard Worker, maybe he will start his own channel, give you some competition. 😂 Ken said this is the Best Job he's ever had.
Not likely, yes he is very hard worker!
Love the ingenuity & hard work!! Great set up. Build the tools to work for you. Reuse wood others don't want to save your money. All around great!! Keep it up!
Right on! Thanks for watching Jesse!
Awesome wood yard. Kenny and his ballast buddy, Leroy, are a dynamic wood splitting duo.
Ballast buddy! Ha! That is a good one Man!
@@InTheWoodyard Kenny knows a guy… probably about as massive an understatement as you guys have wood. You guys are friendly, fun, hard workers, and willing to help others. I’m sure you get ample returns on knowing a guy for the special materials you need.
@@canvasman2307 Yes, Kenny knows a lot of guys!
@@InTheWoodyard Does Kenny know the Bearded Butchers? That’d make for a tasty collaboration video🥩🪵🔥
Hello,
Very nice video I am coming to you from Connecticut age 81 years old male thanks for the video!!
Hello, thanks for watching!!!!
Nice northern Wisconsin engineering on that counter weight on the back of that compact tractor.
Ya, he made it himself!
Great video Chris! A lot wisdom in that yard. Ole Ken is a real hustler and walking wood professor lol Them big arms show how long he's been in the game. Big brothers are awesome. Keep up the good work!
@@InTheWoodyard my bad Chris. I thought I heard he was the older in one of your past videos. Older brothers are still awesome right lol
Actually I am 10 months older!
Great video Chris. I love the way you and your brother get along. Those chunks left over would be great for your dad's stove. He could handle them just fine.
Great idea!
Awesome video Chris, love to see Kenny's woodyard.
Thanks there is more to come!
Silver maple often splits into beautiful squared pieces like that, even using an axe!
yes it does.
That's some really nice wood your brother is showing us!!!!!
Yes it is about as good as you can get.
Chris, thatbis quite the set up with Ken's Sorting table, his John Deere tractor, and bucket set up. Those tie cutoffs are a dandy! It helps to know people or especially like Ken had a working relationship with his old boss! Those sure make nice pieces and stack nicely! That mesh is awesome! I will have to look into seeeing about finding that mesh! Great work Chris showing us Ken and Leroy's splitting and stacking along touring his wood yard!
Thanks so much Craig!
All you guys are a blast to watch.. Thanks for posting Chris.. See you sometime tomorrow..
Thanks!
Your brothers friend works harder than guys half his age. I love the tie wood , it would be great bundle wood.
Yes, Leroy is the man!
That was a great video. Ken was talking some pretty big numbers there but he obviously knows what is what. Interesting to see the difference in your yards in light of the different types of customers you are selling to. Thanks Chris.
Glad you enjoyed it Tom, yes we have totally different customer types.
Good morning from Piqua Ohio
Yes it is Stanley!
That block wood is going to heat like an blast furnace 🔥🔥🔥🔥 if I was local I'd buy all he was selling...
Yes, that is going to be great firewood!
Always interesting and informative content. Thank you.
Thanks for watching!
👍 Good to see Leroy again!!! Kenny too, and of course you Chris!
Thanks Tony!
I love the big blocks as I load the stove solid when out
Come home and it's a hot 🔥 coal bed
PS My stove is double door massive maw and depth to double stack three wide
Gotta love the designers
Sounds great!
Kenny and Leroy are a couple of wood making machines! And you did good filming them work 🤣🤣🤣
Thanks for watching!
This is a really great video. Thank you!
Thanks Michael!
Wow Wee!!! Look at that bundle grade wood!!! Wow what a deal he has... ahh the potential money to be made..
Yes, it is some awesome stuff, he just got another huge pile of it yesterday, for free! I am jealous!
@@InTheWoodyard me too
Nice setup! And no chucking! Lol🚜🪵👍🏼🇺🇸
Yes he has a good system!
Great seeing you on again Kenny. You should look into a larger GMP hydraulic pump for your wood splitter that's a beefy splitter
I think he mentioned that to me a while ago, it is a good idea.
@@InTheWoodyard it's a spitter worthy of a bigger pump to increase the speed
Dryer felts. They are on non-paved driveways all over these parts. They’re hard to come by now since we’re down to one paper mill from four back in the day.
Kenny…running out of room…lol. Doesn’t care what his t-shirt says but his ratchet strap matches his tractor. 👍🏻 (I, on the other hand, am fussy about my shirt loyalty/interest statement)
Chris, a smooth operator walking and filming. 😉
Cheers boys. 🇨🇦
Thanks a bunch for watching and the kind words!
LOVE THOSE BLOCKS
Ya, those are too nice to cut!
WOW that is very nice wood. That wood be great for a road side stand, Don't show this to back 40 🤣
That wood is so much nicer than the stringy crap we have on our farm in N. Kansas. Octogenarian Aunt still heats with wood in the homestead rock house. The family fills the woodshed every year. Simple little splitter and a few chainsaws cut and split 14" chunks (that's what fits the stove) on a long weekend. To have beautiful wood like that would make things go 3x faster.
Yup, that is some beautiful stuff! That is cool that yu all help out your aunt!
@@InTheWoodyard I'll invite you to the next cutting session. Mark Labor Day off as "busy". 😁
Fascinating to watch the team work and that reject tie wood is awesome. Connections sure help and as Ken said, you sure have to beat the competition to the pile. Easy to see why that stuff is popular. Now I'm checking to find tie mills around this part of the world. 👍 GNI
Go for it David!
Great work and love the channel
Thanks!
Next time you happen to be at Ken's
I'd like to see a 6 minute walk around of the tractor,
What he added made or he improved upon .
Love that bucket back stop.
Another good presentation
Thanks for the idea! I do hve some old videos showing everything already if you go back to my older videos on the channel you can see them.
@@InTheWoodyard will go take a look
That mesh is called a "wire" in the paper industry.
Yup, my brother is a supervisor in a paper mill, 30+ years, If I called it that no one would understand.
I love that staging table he has, but the speed on yours is a big advantage. Looks like you need to bring the eastonmade up and have the ultimate splitter showdown!
For his set up it works great and the price was right on it, a buddy GAVE it to him.
@@InTheWoodyard they wouldn’t have had to twist my arm! That’s a nice splitter.
@@panderson5828 Yes it is.
Good morning Cris love those black wish I could get some around here
I wish I could get some too!
this is really fun to watch. You have a good cutting system!
Thank you!
Absolutely beautiful beautiful wood all round here.
Even the worse "ugly ugly" wood at 38:40 is still way better than some of the best firewood that we can buy here for where I live in Tasmania. LOL.
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Thanks, you folks must have some real nasty crap if our ugly is pretty to you , HA! Thanks for watching!
Can never find any nice quality wood of so many varieties like you have there.
All cut, split, stacked, covered and dry.
Just awesome indeed.
And even deliveries in small quantities like just one face cord would not be possible here.
The minimum delivery would usually be at least 2 "rough" full cords or more.
Ken, If I had pipes like that, I would wear a short sleeve shirt in January.
Ha! He just might start too!!!!
Gun show big time!
Chris its bad enough your brothers tractor is green but it’s small too.
HA!
That stuff looks like it came off a box wedge!
Yes it does!
Cool vid. Thx!
Thanks James!
I like Ken's high dollar counterweight. 30 gal drum, a little steel and concrete.
Yup, less than $50!
look at them young bucks splitting while the old guy holds the camera🤘 haha jk great vid guys sweet hookup on the rail road ties🔥 nice counterweight on the tractor too!
Thanks so much for watching!
Wow not that makes some nice firewood very clean no bark beautiful 🤩
Yes it does!
Ken is the man!! 👍 see how much you can get done if you're wasting half your daylight trying to make cutesy youtube videos😂😂 (only joking)
Then what would you watch?? Haaaa!
Nice little set up there but I'm guessing you did some walking that day Chris bet you managed to get your steps in. Thanks for sharing 👍
@@InTheWoodyard I bet its nice to be able to pick up different ideas or your own yard too
With all those pillars of wood stacked up, I thought Ken was going to go Mr. Miyagi on them and use his hands? WST
HA! He just might give them a chop with his hands!
Your bro has quite the setup. You just needed schieb & Dan helping!!!! Lol
Yes!!!!
💥 Almost certain you’d make more money marketing those as giant Jinga games. Just a thought.
*Keep on tractoring!*
Nice wood!
Thanks!
I have five brothers! We're all in our 60s and 70s! We still have a good time every time we get together! I have two sisters. Don't ever give Carol Chardonnay wine. outcomes her tea towels. My brothers and I were all standing together sister Carol come up and said I want to show you something. Pulled her top up! She didn't have no time on. Last family reunion
Sounds like a fun family!
Been 70 degrees here last days in Raleigh ,
That is too warm!
We all need a helper like Leroy
Yes, Leroy is the man!
What most of you people don't know is he was in a bad accident in February and has only been walking for a couple months
Why does firewood interest me and so many other people. I’m light weight obsessed with different species and how they burn, split, season etc. I like splitting it stacking it and of course burning it. Why…? Why is this such a strange obsession. Good channel and seems like a good dude. If i lived in his area i would totally buy from him. I live in Cleveland Ohio and its hard to get proper seasoned and clean hardwood. Everyone likes to sell cords which are really 2/3 of maybe a little more than that, so frustrating
Thanks for watching Mr. Escobar! I do deliver....... for a price!
0548 hrs: I'm mission ready!
Wow albeit that's possibly the nicest woodyard in N. America! How about a round of applause 👏 for Ken! He must be close to the U.P. border way he mentioned working in the paper mill Great video as always GNI 👍👍
40 miles to the up
@@kennethcarlson8713 God's country up there either side of the border! Nice place ya have & take care
Good idea! He does have a good set up!
Yes it is!
Perfect firewood! -Brad
Thanks for watching again!
Good evening
Thanks ED!
good morning
Hello Tim!
Dryer felt from the paper mill.
yup
Kenny, you're shirt must be inside/out...I can't read the Iowa Hawkeyes logo! lol
Ha! He wouldn't know or care if it was!
have to say that 372 is a sexy saw.. iv got a brand new one! other than that i luv my 562xp
Yup...60-70cc saws...awesome!
@@InTheWoodyard iv had and got most of the Stihl but just got a few huskys I'm sure fond of the 562 it's a good all around saw.. the 500i is the most responsive with fuel injection
Split it a little smaller and bundle it. Barkless bundles would bring a premium
Chris, you can haul four face cords, that's a bunch of premium bundles...just a thought
My shit looks nothing like theirs when I split 🤣
Ha! Just keep cuttin'!
Jeeeze do the math on the stack in the bucket . Put a steel band ratchet in there and chinche it down clip it and then off load direct to pile
Then one day
Put with lift the banded stack into truck or trailer
Ken sells his wood in bulk, like 8-12 full cords at a time to one person. When people come and take "their" rows and haul it themselves, his system works great for him.
@@InTheWoodyard
Ahhh gotcha
It was in the bucket so perfect so I did see easy time save off load potential
Take an old bucket seat from a junk car and mount it on the three point hitch to make for a more comfortable ride for the old man. I’m sure he will appreciate it. Ideally with the seatbelt attached to the bucket seat
Food for thought
That is a good idea! Thanks!
The nylon roll is a good-ass idea. I wonder if old billboard tarps would let water run through them through tiny holes. Or, you could put it on a nice smooth ground that's levelled off to run water downhill. Or maybe a bed of rocks with a water trough going away from it.
Maybe.
if those piles don't make ya horney nothing won't . a sin to burn that wood they just split it's so pretty
@@garylaszewski7380 i watch all of back forty videos and a bunch of other guys as well
Ya, that is nice stuff!
Now here in Ohio at the end of summer we have to put rocks in our hillbilly friends shoes! To get them used to wearing shoes again.
Good morning Chris!!😀😀
It's always great when you go by Kenny's place. Those two guys really work well together!!
That's god's country where Kenny lives. I just love that part of the state. I would love to take a ride up with you sometime.
How much inventory does Kenny figure he has right now? TTYL!!
Logger Al
Yup, if you like lots of woods and not a lot of people it is a great place to be.
If it was me I would make diffrent splitter wedges for your splitter so it would only take one pass.
Okay!
Instead of the concrete weight on the back, why not attach a CountyLine Carry All and haul twice as much wood on each trip. Grandpa could still sit on the wood when in transport.. Another dandy video!
Those two are like a fine oiled machine and that wood is perfect👍
You got that right! Thanks Kirk!