One Year's Worth of Firewood in Three Days
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ต.ค. 2019
- Cut Split Stack Repeat.
We relentlessly rush to get our supply of firewood ready for a long, cold Alaskan winter.
Our Amazon affiliate link if you wish to support our channel: amzn.to/2Xi9CvE
Music by Epidemic Sound:
Luftmensch - We Know How To Be a Mess
Our Paypay if you wish to donate to us directly: www.paypal.me/SimpleLivingAla...
You can subscribe to our channel here if you enjoy our videos!
/ simplelivingalaska
Simple Living Alaska Blog: www.simplelivingalaska.com
Follow us on Facebook: / simplelivingalaska
Contact us by Email: simplelivingalaska@gmail.com
Send us Mail:
Simple Living Alaska
PO Box 506
Willow, AK 99688
![ตรงที่เดิม - ฝน พรสุดา [ต้นฉบับ :เบส ขวางหวัน]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/c5YnbGEztI8/mqdefault.jpg)
In France we say wood will heat you three time: when you cut it, when you stack it, when you burn it!!!
Haha I like that one
You missed the fourth - when you split it. And the 5th - when you walk out to the wood pile a couple hundred times to bring it into the house.
@@johnbreitmeier3268 hahahaha yeah missed the splitting. I stack it inside my basement. All 16 cords.
@@johnbreitmeier3268 so true, they always forget the sectioning, splitting etc
4 times, you missed out splitting it 👍
Boy I'm 66 now and remember when I had that kind of energy. Wish I still had it. I know a lot of people give u advice but they are just trying to help so listen just in case they have something good to say.
What a blessed man to have such a wife
Splitting wood with the log splitter is my favorite! We live in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and I just told my husband the other day that it's pretty sad when you're jealous of someone else's woodpile! Haha!
We've lived off grid here in Trapper Creek Alaska for 16 years now. We finally went solar 3 years ago. We have very little income because there is just no work where we live. I'm 60 and have SSI which helps some. We ordered cheap solar panels from harbor freight and now I can watch local channels on my 12 volt TV. Plus, I have a tablet now a dear friend let's my get internet through her with her friends and family plan. She also got me on the direct TV from her plan. But for 13 years I had very little entertainment except for my everyday life with my goats and chickens, and gardening. I have osteoporosis and rheumatoid arthritis and can't do much anymore. But I'm still going to do my best to keep my farm going. Bless your hearts kiddos!!! Your in my prayers everyday. Your firewood will dry faster if you stack it point up.
Hi, I'm in Houston with goats and chicken and kids. ;) a couple things that have really helped my arthritis in my hands has been taking vitamin C (I take 10k/day but everyone's tolerance is different) and a 1/4 tsp of borax in juice every day. I know you didn't ask for advice but I know how hard it can be when your joints hurt and how much this has helped me and I can't resist mentioning it. Hope I don't offend. :)
@@sararussell6182 Not offend!! Bless your heart honey. Thank you!💋 I'll start off at a lower dose then add a little to see how it helps.🌻❤
Do you need a helper. I’d come visit and help out.
@@nonyobussiness3440 I'll think about that. I don't email much but send me your number in email. I'll look for it. fefi121061@gmail.com
Katherine,
Get an Accupressure Mat.
20 bucks on eBay or Amazon.
You can get Futzuki pads for your feet.
Both will help so much!!!
Knock out all carbs.
That alone will change your life.
Sleep Grounded.
The Earth is a totally free, completely infinite,
Amazingly Protective source of free healing, pain killing, negative electrical energy.
I can't believe I just watched someone cut and stack firewood...lol
As I sit here in my cozy living room, not worrying about the heat, I am so impressed on how hard you two worked to get your wood for the year. Wowzers. Who needs a gym membership when you work like that. New subscriber.
Love the work ethic and positivity that you both have in your videos, and how you both work together!
Came home from work. Wife had the wood stove goin... Just can't beat that warm wood heat!
You have a good wife.
I can’t believe how much y’all have accomplished since your move. It’s inspiring. Splitting and stacking firewood is my favorite farm chore. It always means Fall is here. 🍁
Strange, here it's more of a winter-spring chore. It gets 1 1/2 years stacked then?
Eric and Ariel you are a fabulous team. You work so well with each other. You are both kind, patient and giving to each other. That gift that you both have received will make your love grow with each and every day. Eric you are strong and forthright and I am so very glad you are wisely prepared in your daily adventures to defend Ariel and yourself from bears. Ariel you are truly very beautiful inside and out. It is true.
Your great passion and enthusiasm for your daily goals is truly palpable. Never stop. Be good to each other every day.
Blessings to you from Martha's Vineyard.
That’s twice what I cut. What a lot of work but so worth it. You just payed all of winters heating bill with three days work. Awesome.. What a great feeling it is just to know your ready too. Have a fantastic night you two..!!
As someone who uses chainsaws every day I highly recommend learning to use it without bending over. Otherwise you will destroy your back like I have. Better to have sore knees then a bulging disk.
Amen!
2nd Amen
I used to heat with wood but hand split. I see a LOT of back saving possible. Everytime the wood hits the ground it is wasted resource... back, time, etc. Once you cut from log length and it goes to waist high... dump truck it doesnt have to hit the ground till pallet stacked. I learned the hard way also.
Bend over daddy
So true you only have one back but you have two knees
Y'all are just so industrious. Good job!
White Out Conditions Tip: Tie a brightly color heavy string or small rope from the door to the wood pile. In the event you are experiencing white out conditions and need to get wood you can do so safely by having a rope to hang onto to ensure you are staying on the correct path to the pile and back inside.
Nothing gives you a feeling of security and contentment like a full Winter's wood supply ready.
2 of the most industrious individuals on youtube.
I'm sitting here watching this from Washington State with my wood stove going behind me. Nothing more satisfying than getting the cord wood ready for winter and having that radiant heat at your back. Love watching you two; you are a wonderful team and your videos are really special.
I love wood. We miss our wood stove. Mornings with our young children, the door open and we’re sitting around it. Mom and I with our coffee and the girls still in their Pocahontas pyjamas. Now the girls are adults out contributing to society and the Pretty Lady and I are slowly going off grid. Cheers!
So satisfying to have a big stack of wood processed.
Fine work y'all. 99% of America doesn't comprehend this kind of work. Thanks for sharing.
Good god. I’m so inspired by your work, not only the wood cutting/stacking, but how you make watching it a pleasure!
Made me smile to watch the puppies play so happily. With all y’all do, you’re looking a might lean.
You guys r sum tough cookies, smart and driven. Love,love,love this channel 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Take some of your split wood and take a piece of roap and staple or screw it into the wood; then use this for ballast to keep the tarp from blowing away!
You know life has hit rock bottom when you're watching someone chop firewood... but even you guys make this worthwhile! (Nothing like watching someone else work after a days work)
I mean...when you say it like that LMAO
It's very nice to see someone making something, rather than ritoing, for free stuff.
I’m somewhat envious that you work with mostly small logs, just buck and split. In my area (SE PA) I have hardwood diameter from8” up to 30” plus, slow work with 16” bar. But my neighbor has a hydraulic wedge on a Bobcat that turns 30” logs into 8” pieces that are easily cut, ready for some final splitting with a hydraulic splitter about the same size as yours. Glad to see you rotate the wood after the first split so you get 4 pieces in 2 passes. We only do about 2 cords a season, about one days work. We are lucky to have an under cover storage area ( greenhouse plastic over steel hoops) so we fill cardboard Gaylord bins( about 1/4 cord each) that I move with a small tractor with pallet forks. We love wood heat!
I need to take a holiday after watching all that hard work ....Great job !!
Beautiful. Wish I were young again. A 56 yr old 5'2" woman living alone has a rather rough time living the homestead life. I've never run a chainsaw, and firewood seems heavier every year.
There are 40v chainsaws now that are great for small jobs. They are nice and light. Still dangerous but easier to use. I wouldn't use it to take a tree down (when the battery dies it could be while felling, not safe), but great for cutting rounds.
My wife is 5'0" and can't start a gas chainsaw but does well with a 40v Walmart electric chainsaw. We got it on clearance for $50.
@@briananderson247 Now, that sounds doable!
You 2 amaze me! What a wonderful partnership you have.
You two are such an amazing team together. You get so much accomplished in such a short time. I just found your videos and I have been binge watching them.
Love watching that log splitter 🌲
I wish I had a quarter of your energy. Stay safe.
Nice to see someone who maintains their saw. I was in the California Conservation Corps at the Calaveras Fire center and even though we had a crew Swamper we were required to know how to maintain and sharpen all of out tools. Cutting Manzanita with a brush hook was fun. then we would stack and burn in the rain.
That's some back-breaking work. Well done you two! It must feel good to have a year's worth of wood done and dusted.
Wow enough wood. Wish I had a steady supply like that. Hard workers at it again.
How great of a feeling is it to be all prepared and ready to go for the winter. Great video.
Impressive! Goal oriented! Great teamwork!
WOW Eric and Ariel, you both must be knackered at the end of each day. You both work extremely hard but it shows in what you are achieving. So proud of you both. Hugs, Michelle
Amazing you could split and stack this much wood in such a short time.
hi people make work look easy love watching your videos an reading all the comments think most enjoy you sharing your life with us . bless ya
Nicely done. I like to pick all the stringy splintered wood off the ground and use as kindling.
Looks like a great stock for winter. Renting the wood splitter was a big help. Love your channel and always look forward to a new post.
It’s great to have a helper coming behind you,throughing on the logs.Keep up the good work.👍❤️
Yardworks has a 7 Hp electric splitter that is quiet, love it. Small, compact and easy to more around, $350 Cdn 5 years ago. Splits large logs with ease. Had some issues with it after it got caught in the rain but is working fine again. Good job getting that firewood done!
I am so impressed. All that done in 3 days, Wow. Great job.
Mind boggling that the two of you can cut and stack a years worth of fire wood in3 days!!! Was really glad to see that you have a log splitter vs.using an axe!! Great job!
I've cut some wood in my days. You guys moved a lot of wood in three days like a champ! I know you muscles were sore for days... Fit farmer would be proud. Lol
I just love Bandit and his happy derpy dance ❤️ Y’all are exceptional folks and I am so grateful to have found you.
Great job on being prepared for winter
Enjoy your videos. It must be be super satisfying to have that job done!
You guys building a woodshed would be entertaining to watch. Good job on working together on that fire wood
An appropriate foreshadow.
I love cutting wood. Don't ask why but last round splitting I picked them up and never tilted the splitter down to make it easy. I got done and thought, " oh yah, could have". " should have".
Hello there. Try using a wheel borrow to carry the wood to your stack. Put it in the wheel borrow when you take it off the splitter one less time you have to touch it
Wow! That is impressive... you work well together!
Nice job! That is so much work! I never got to use a log splitter growing up, but I remember those days! You made it look easy :D
Bless you for stacking that wood, it was killing my OCD in me lol ...... y"all work your butts off!
'
3 cords of firewood for a winter in Alaska. That doesn't sound like much firewood for the winter temperatures in Alaska. What an amount of work that was done in those 3 days.
I burn 3 cords in ga a winter
Such hard working people, this self reliance is awesome!
You two are so industrious. Good job. : )
You two did an amazing job, the smell of all that wood would be awesome! 👍
I always find those splitters painfully slow to watch, but with two people on it, I can see them being a huge help.
I’d want one with a faster cycle and a 6 way wedge. Otherwise I can split almost as fast by hand and it bothers my back less than lifting the rounds.
Bruce A They don't come much faster for safety, and because it's hydraulics, but yeah, it's frustratingly slow.
One thing that would speed it up immensely or at least make it faster would be to split right off the box, and either set up next to where your stacking, or re-pile back onto the box. Then you don't have to break your back, stacking and bending over like 3 or 4 times for one job.
I hate bending over to pick stuff up endlessly too.
I agree woodsplitters are inherently dangerous, so faster is not better for everyone, and rental units are slower due to liability. However hydraulics CAN be made faster. You can nearly double the speed with a simple flow divider. You can also increase the speed by increasing flow- with larger piping and valves.
Bruce A So I meant you aren't going to get the speed of pneumatics. Larger pipes and valves won't help much. It's more to do with the speed of the pump.
Not sure what you mean by a flow divider making it faster.
Anyway, yeah, we're on the same page speed wise.
So if it takes 10 seconds to cycle, you could do it in 5 seconds. Thus an hours work in half an hour.
www.hydraulicspneumatics.com/cylinders-amp-actuators/use-flow-divider-double-cylinder-speed
Nice job! Wanted to give some tips on sharpening, sit on top of the saw and use both hands to apply back pressure while making the stroke with the file, and most important twist the file as you stroke. Clockwise with your righthand and counterclockwise with the left. pay attention to the angle and the edge of the tooth. Try and give each tooth the same number of strokes and add a stoke on your week hand. Also make sure you have the right size file for your chain. On a side note id recommend flipping the ram on the splitter to the vertical position for the larger logs so you don't have to pick them up off the ground. Thats what we do. Love your videos and wish we could grow vegetables as good as you.
My back is killing me just watching you do all that work!
Thank you for sharing that with us!
Haha brings way A LOT of memories when I lived up near the Canadian border. Aaaahhh nothing like gettin' the wood in for winter. Thanks for the memory recall!
Pine is soft wood and causes high levels of creosote be sure to clean your chimney every few months to prevent chimney fires.. you could probably get away with once a season if you used hardwoods like oak and maple for burning.. also invest in a electic wood spliter there cheap and stand up to spliting even that much wood ..we live in northern Ontario Canada and use one every spring to split 9 busch cord we have it set on a stand and its quik spitting hard woods like oak and maple balsam etc we bring it inside easy to move around to do our kindling works great ..i got ours used for $100 and does the same job as a 20 ton gas and its a 5 ton splitter ..store indoors .. also i dont cover my wood till just before snow flies i find the constant sun rain wind dry it alot faster than covering it with a tarp
That's hard work. Good thing you are such good team.
OMG I do not envy you guys with all that work you did in such a very short amount of time. I hope you two aren't to sore for long.
That's a lot of wood and work. Stay warm you two. Excellent video and nice saws. I have a Husky. Cleaning the chimney today. Thanks
great team work
You two are hard workers
Wow that's an impressive stack! I am sure you will reap the rewards in the cooler Alaskan temps...
Loved this vlog. Fr. the philippines.worth watching. No dull moments.
A couple of picaroons will go a mile in assisting with loading and carrying those logs. I didnt use one for years and when I did, my back sent me a thank you card every season......it seems silly, but try it, you will love them. I can stack and carry logs all day now and not have any issues.
I give you a lot of credit for putting your life out on the net like this. There is always going to be someone who thinks you are not doing it correctly. I've caught myself a couple times almost inserting my life into yours - hopefully I've caught them all in time. That was a hard couple days work and you two work so well together - at least from my side of the lens. But I think if you would just . . . kidding! Still hoping for the root cellar tour!! As always, thanks for the glimpse of Alaska living - CJ
There’s usually better ways to do things, but overall having lived this life for awhile, I gotta say for being young they are really smart and talented, and have their sh-t together. They work hard and obviously share the same dream, which is awesome (and rare)!
hard work, BTDT. you two are doing very well !!! love your posts.
I love to see a so solid couple working together in the wild
Amazing is all I can say
Great work y'all.
Amazing - I love your music in all your videos!! Bo watching over you in amazement as well ty for sharing your journey.
Wow that is an insane amount of wood, and a lot of work. I bet somebody needs a nap 😴. LOL great job guys, and I am like you I would just put some glue on the glove and let it go. I love to see recycling or as they call it nowadays up-cycling I think.
I really love y'all's videos.
Thanks so much for making them and sharing them,
Jimmy
You guys should make cutting boards out of the larger trees and sell them. They would make really nice floor plant stands too. I'll keep my eyes open for that. I'll buy 4 of em 🙂
You two are hard workers. Nothing like going at it hard and getting the job done. And now all you have to do is wait for the cold weather.
Safety trousers are a most, they could save your life, I don’t give advise normally but I’ve worked in A&E and the bloke I nursed was lucky to keep his leg, boy it was a mess.😢😢😢
Wow! Good job! That’s some hard work and you guys kept at it!
This brings back so many memories from when I was younger. Listening to the chainsaw I could almost smell the wood. My Dad had a wood splitter that hooked up to the tractor. I really remember stacking the wood…long process
If practical,mount a bench vise somewhere sturdy. Solid work bench or heavy table,etc. Works great for clamping the saw in when sharpening.💪
Wow like your work ethic, I used to do that In BC I went through 8 cords a year, had a big log house I built. now I am in the Caribbean no fire wood no heater. But I do miss getting fire wood.
I need firewood for seven years for room and board and it's really nice to watch you guys do it 8 lb Maul sharp
Wow! So much work! You guys are awesome. Preparing for winter over here in Minnesota, but not off grid, and it's still a lot of work!
The Garage in a Box is great...! They hold up really well,....ummm,...errr..despite my 4 wheeler parking skills.
You guys work well together accomplish so much !
That is a whole lot of log splitting, and I am not a stranger to that. Ya'll did one heck of a job.
Great job! Firewood season is hard work.
You all really put in the muscle, sort of makes the rest of us puny----ha ha! really liked the music! Have a great day!
I was wondering why my chickens were up so late until I realized they were your chickens.
That was so funny.😄
You guys did amazingly!
I spit and she stacks. One person can easily and safely run the splitter!😊 videos are great! Thanks!
I love watching these videos during my lunch break in Auckland, New Zealand. It is my escape from city life. You guys are doing a fantastic job.
George Ackerman thank you 😁
Impressive! Well done!
Teamwork... I like it!