That is probably the BEST video you've ever done. Not necessarily the content. But, for the message! I have a few friends that I will tell them, "I honor calling you friend!" There is no doubt your friends feel the exact same way about you!
Love it Adam. My dad, who claims to be a Catholic, will always use tid for tat. But that's not how it works, especially within the firewewood community. We help our own. Good for you buddy. Keep cuttin'!
Great words of wisdom at the end. America used to know this and practice it all the time. I 67 now, but when I was a kid my dad and neighbor did this all the time. Now most people don’t even know their neighbor’s name.
I feel like we live in an area that is still hanging on by a thread of how things used to be done. But you are correct. Most places don’t practice this anymore
Assembling my OS18 saw mill has come to a temporary halt. F150 is in the shop for a transmission and that's where all my ratchet straps are for lifting the engine/carriage unit. You know where to click for the update. I blame Adam for getting me into this saw mill stuff, just kidding.
I'm to independent to ask for help. If I need help I hire someone to help me. I don't have friends either, I have acquaintances. I found that out 24 years ago when I quit drinking.
I know you are using the brush hog mower on back of the tractor as a counterbalance weight. Afford some real counterbalance trator weights. It will give you a goodly bit more maneuvering room needed in your log yard.
Great job and words to live by. see you still have and are using the vevor diesel tank. How's it holding up and how do you like it? I've seen a few people with them and I've been continually looking at them. Finally have forks for my avant and want the bigger tank. How's it holding up outside in the elements?
It's all very noble what your friend is trying to provide with the firewood, but I would NEVER do this at my business, way too much liability with young guys running chain saws and wood splitters... It's a shame but it's the world we live in.... This could turn into a nasty lawsuit that drags for years in the courts if God forbid there were a serious injury!!
The shop folks will likely need a loader of some type to handle the poles. Possibly the shop has a forklift w/ exterior tires that will suffice. It it not entirely free of mechanical input. Several chainsaws, fuel, blades, splitter, safety gear PPP, some hand tools like wedges, log Cant (roller), hydration fluids, axe, paint to mark rounds length, measuring tape, wrench for saw & so forth. Another consideration, if the workers are off the clock, & one is injured, workmans comp ins will deny any claim. The owner may be personally liable to legal action as well as his business. It is a sad litigious world WE have created. Very nice thought, but a bad idea. With young inexperienced folks, firewood processing may be dangerous, some knowledgeable supervision is advised, thus increasing liability. YMMV,
from the bible ---- All things, therefore, that you want men to do to you, you also must do to them This, in fact, is what the Law and the Prophets mean Great job, Adam !!!!! another Bible verse (sharing your abundance, with others, when you can...) Cast your bread on the waters, for after many days you will find it again. 2 Give a share to seven or even to eight, for you do not know what disaster will occur on the earth.
I befriended a younger couple on marketplace last year that was giving away a neatly stacked pile of 60 10ft long 18"-22" diameter hardwood logs from a clearing project. Without any tractor or help, i have slowly cut and split that pile and i am not done after 3 months. But that one pile will nearly pay for 1/2 of my new eastonmade 12-22. Plus we have a great friendship as well. Thanks for the video.
We need a lot more of that in our communities. The younger generations would benefit so much from lessons like you just shared. Thanks for being a great example Adam 🤠👍
If more people had the attitude of either one of you gentleman we would be much better off. Curious to see how many takers and how he will monitor project so no freeloaders take advantage of what he’s doing. And thank you👍
This is a great way business between friends should be done no money just help each other. My only concern is when the younger ones get to cutting that the racks of wood doesn’t fall if they don’t happen to have the experience to know what to look for if it’s going to fall but I do like the neatness of the piles
The people with the best friendships are those with better than average judge of character abilities. I am judge of character challenged . Nice job on would though vid to make the least but interesting.
Adam, you made a daunting task look easy. Also, the words at the end of your video show that you are wise beyond your years. Anyway, stay safe healthy and cool. Bill H from Cranberry Township
Adam, great video and message as always. I have a question, how did you get your large and heavy equipment there? Were you close enough to tram them? Did he provide transport or did you have to hire someone? As you consider doing jobs like this as an extra source of income for non-friends I was wondering how you solved the transport problem.
Ya, I was guessing that when you were saying that you wanted to try out the tractor with the grapple vs. the mini ex, that you were going to be disappointed. I've got a tractor that's a little larger than yours, but it's got the same style grapple as you do (mine is a Frost Bite), and I just know from experience that when the logs are all laying crisscross and hodgepodge, it's a real pain in the butt to grapple them. Question for you though, who is flying your drone for you when you're working in the mini? Also, LOVE the relationship that you and Doug have.
Great video Adam. I agree with you and Doug, it is how I live my life and pass it along both with my words as well as my actions. Live by your actions as they will be more valuable than your words. You and Doug are examples of just that. 👍🏻👍🏻
Good sorting and stacking 👍 I think it's great that your friend is providing an opportunity for his employees to make some extra cash that isn't necessarily job related. They will appreciate it if they have ambition and will remember him forever. The difference between a good employer and a great boss. Glad you got to repay a favor with a favor, your friend is right money ends friendships (and relatives). Good video 😊
Hope some of the workers if not take the opportunity. Had neighbors who's driveway culvert washed out. Hadn't spoken much since newer purchase but while talking to him, he mentioned they couldn't find anyone selling red dirt. I asked if he meant the red clay soil we have there. He did. He was shocked when I told him to just go take a couple scoops the need out of the hillside. Was I sure, how much for it, etc. Had to tell him I'd offer it to any neighbor or friend needing it. Even his dad had him ask again after they'd fixed their drive how much. Things are just different now.
I've never dealt with big bunks of wood like that. While watching you stack all those piles with your excavator my only thought is, "How is an 18 year old kid going to safely get those logs down with a chainsaw and hand tools?"
Ive noticed an interesting addition to what he said: asking for favors builds your relationships. Be contientious about how big of an ask youre going for. But if someone says "let me know if you ever need anything" needing something in the next month or so will make you best friends. Just have to make sure that you turn up when they need something too.
I've found that at times its easier and faster to move it twice rather than trying to track individual buckets to each pile. Swing it put it down make a pile. Move to the other side and swimg that pile to its bunk. Tracking takes time and beats up the tracks. Much faster to swind and drop 2 times or 3 times in most cases.
Great intentions but these logs will be very difficult for young inexperienced guys to cut up without investing in some equipment. Also I assume they won’t be selling to your customers…
Nice, but back to the pond, your answer may be in making the pond bigger by digging, which by the way, you can do,but dig away from the damn and deeper, maybe toward the beach.
Great video and wonderful philosophy at the end. I would be very interested in any follow-up videos on whether the young guys took up this opportunity and how it went for them.
the Lord gave us all different gifts, we all need to remember the instant we charge for or expect something in return for those gifts he can take it away just as fast
good advice mate i have tried to do the same ie no $ with mates some get it but most dont funnily enough some mates dont get shit done for free anymore and some of them are paying who knows who because we dont speak
I like Doug’s comment…”Money will ruin friendships, so just leave it out”. 👍
That is probably the BEST video you've ever done. Not necessarily the content. But, for the message!
I have a few friends that I will tell them, "I honor calling you friend!" There is no doubt your friends feel the exact same way about you!
Love it Adam. My dad, who claims to be a Catholic, will always use tid for tat. But that's not how it works, especially within the firewewood community. We help our own. Good for you buddy. Keep cuttin'!
Your a gentleman Adam, very valuable words for thought. Hope to see more videos with both you and Doug. A great duo, kinda like Batman & Robin 😊
Love your attitude about work and helping others. You reap what you sow, and the seeds your sowing are done through love and kindness.
Friends helping friends - never a bad thing. Stay safe.
Words,so very true,🙏🏻🙏🏻👏👏☘️🇮🇪
Adam is the hope of our future - we need more of him everywhere. Doug is cool too.
That’s Neighbor Doug to you.
Well I don’t know about all that but I appreciate the thought
Truer words have never been spoken! That firewood looks nice after you re-stacked it!
Good tip on thinking for 5 minutes and then just starting, I often succumb to paralysis by analysis.
ABSOLUTELY A GREAT wrap up to this video! Tim in northern TN
Awesome life lessons in this video, especially those you shared at the end 👍👍
Glad you like them!
Great job turning that horror show into nice stacks. Totally agree on the help/favor part.
Good neighbor good community.
Well said Sir.
Great video and advice Adam! You are a light in the world pal.
I appreciate that!
Great words of wisdom at the end. America used to know this and practice it all the time. I 67 now, but when I was a kid my dad and neighbor did this all the time. Now most people don’t even know their neighbor’s name.
I feel like we live in an area that is still hanging on by a thread of how things used to be done. But you are correct. Most places don’t practice this anymore
Very true, we all need more fellow genuine people in this work like you and who you surround yourself with Adam. Did you get a new truck?
Love the quotes!!
Thanks Bill
Assembling my OS18 saw mill has come to a temporary halt. F150 is in the shop for a transmission and that's where all my ratchet straps are for lifting the engine/carriage unit.
You know where to click for the update.
I blame Adam for getting me into this saw mill stuff, just kidding.
That sounds like a project
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Thank you
Nice job, it’s actually fun to help friends!
I love the way you think!
I figured you’d be jumping off the tractor for the excavator again. Nice work
I'm to independent to ask for help. If I need help I hire someone to help me. I don't have friends either, I have acquaintances. I found that out 24 years ago when I quit drinking.
Would be curious how the planner cutters were removed and ultimately fixed by your tool and die buddy.?
I have a rule...I will do anything for anyone that asks me for help, but I will never ask someone to help me. It is just how I am.
I know you are using the brush hog mower on back of the tractor as a counterbalance weight. Afford some real counterbalance trator weights. It will give you a goodly bit more maneuvering room needed in your log yard.
I want to see a follow up video to see how this works out.
👍👍
Great job and words to live by. see you still have and are using the vevor diesel tank. How's it holding up and how do you like it? I've seen a few people with them and I've been continually looking at them. Finally have forks for my avant and want the bigger tank. How's it holding up outside in the elements?
It’s holding up great. No issues and I love the thing
agree
❤😊
Maybe a good video of one of the employees that jumps on the chance to k extra money. Let us know .
It's all very noble what your friend is trying to provide with the firewood, but I would NEVER do this at my business, way too much liability with young guys running chain saws and wood splitters... It's a shame but it's the world we live in.... This could turn into a nasty lawsuit that drags for years in the courts if God forbid there were a serious injury!!
I’m sure he has thought about it.
The shop folks will likely need a loader of some type to handle the poles. Possibly the shop has a forklift w/ exterior tires that will suffice. It it not entirely free of mechanical input. Several chainsaws, fuel, blades, splitter, safety gear PPP, some hand tools like wedges, log Cant (roller), hydration fluids, axe, paint to mark rounds length, measuring tape, wrench for saw & so forth.
Another consideration, if the workers are off the clock, & one is injured, workmans comp ins will deny any claim.
The owner may be personally liable to legal action as well as his business. It is a sad litigious world WE have created.
Very nice thought, but a bad idea. With young inexperienced folks, firewood processing may be dangerous, some knowledgeable supervision is advised, thus increasing liability. YMMV,
from the bible ---- All things, therefore, that you want men to do to you, you also must do to them This, in fact, is what the Law and the Prophets mean
Great job, Adam !!!!! another Bible verse (sharing your abundance, with others, when you can...) Cast your bread on the waters, for after many days you will find it again. 2 Give a share to seven or even to eight, for you do not know what disaster will occur on the earth.
That’s a lot of sweat equity!!!😂 loved the ending, thanks!
Neibor Doug in the house 🤪
You guys are truly lucky to have a great friendship like yours. I enjoy learning from both of you. Thanks
The Government can't tax favors that friends do for each other.
Gotta love it
I couldn't agree more with that quote. Good words to live by. Reminds me of the golden rule. Treat everyone the way you wanted to be treated.
Not keeping score, especially in close friendships and in marriage, is the best advice
Wise move Adam. There are times when ‘analysis paralysis’ just delays the inevitable. 👍
What a mess. Good job getting it cleaned up. You should have asked Doug to do that for you and then tell your buddy that you did it.
If I had thought about it for 10 minutes instead of just 5 I might have thought of that. Damnit
Don’t keep score. That’s the key. Just do to others as you would have them do to you. Love and kindness never gets old.
I befriended a younger couple on marketplace last year that was giving away a neatly stacked pile of 60 10ft long 18"-22" diameter hardwood logs from a clearing project. Without any tractor or help, i have slowly cut and split that pile and i am not done after 3 months. But that one pile will nearly pay for 1/2 of my new eastonmade 12-22. Plus we have a great friendship as well. Thanks for the video.
All good thought's, thanks for trying to make this place a better place
You bet
Yup,,,,,,,,u did one hell of a job,,,,,bet u were a good chess player…..Cebu ,Ph.
We need a lot more of that in our communities. The younger generations would benefit so much from lessons like you just shared. Thanks for being a great example Adam 🤠👍
I totally agree!
If more people had the attitude of either one of you gentleman we would be much better off. Curious to see how many takers and how he will monitor project so no freeloaders take advantage of what he’s doing. And thank you👍
Nice job Adam. It is always nice to help oit a friend. It gives you a good feeling at the end of the job.
Enjoyed this video. I like your philosophy, this country needs more people thinking/acting that way.
Well said!
This is a great way business between friends should be done no money just help each other. My only concern is when the younger ones get to cutting that the racks of wood doesn’t fall if they don’t happen to have the experience to know what to look for if it’s going to fall but I do like the neatness of the piles
The people with the best friendships are those with better than average judge of character abilities.
I am judge of character challenged .
Nice job on would though vid to make the least but interesting.
I like your logic - Yes, money will ruin friendships!
Adam, you made a daunting task look easy. Also, the words at the end of your video show that you are wise beyond your years. Anyway, stay safe healthy and cool. Bill H from Cranberry Township
Thank you Bill
Sundays are for picking stones and getting hammered
More hands make less work good job
Friends always help friends, nothing expected.
You’re getting really good at operating that excavator!
Adam, great video and message as always. I have a question, how did you get your large and heavy equipment there? Were you close enough to tram them? Did he provide transport or did you have to hire someone? As you consider doing jobs like this as an extra source of income for non-friends I was wondering how you solved the transport problem.
He’s just down the street. I tracked down
thats facts i agree with that statement,
SOMEONE OR SOMEBODIES COULD MAKE A BOATLOAD OF MONEY
This was a good video. I especially liked your words of wisdom at the end.
Amen!❤😊
Ya, I was guessing that when you were saying that you wanted to try out the tractor with the grapple vs. the mini ex, that you were going to be disappointed. I've got a tractor that's a little larger than yours, but it's got the same style grapple as you do (mine is a Frost Bite), and I just know from experience that when the logs are all laying crisscross and hodgepodge, it's a real pain in the butt to grapple them.
Question for you though, who is flying your drone for you when you're working in the mini?
Also, LOVE the relationship that you and Doug have.
Great comments
Great video Adam. I agree with you and Doug, it is how I live my life and pass it along both with my words as well as my actions. Live by your actions as they will be more valuable than your words. You and Doug are examples of just that. 👍🏻👍🏻
Good sorting and stacking 👍 I think it's great that your friend is providing an opportunity for his employees to make some extra cash that isn't necessarily job related. They will appreciate it if they have ambition and will remember him forever. The difference between a good employer and a great boss. Glad you got to repay a favor with a favor, your friend is right money ends friendships (and relatives). Good video 😊
Hope some of the workers if not take the opportunity. Had neighbors who's driveway culvert washed out. Hadn't spoken much since newer purchase but while talking to him, he mentioned they couldn't find anyone selling red dirt. I asked if he meant the red clay soil we have there. He did. He was shocked when I told him to just go take a couple scoops the need out of the hillside. Was I sure, how much for it, etc. Had to tell him I'd offer it to any neighbor or friend needing it. Even his dad had him ask again after they'd fixed their drive how much. Things are just different now.
Awesomeness
I've never dealt with big bunks of wood like that. While watching you stack all those piles with your excavator my only thought is, "How is an 18 year old kid going to safely get those logs down with a chainsaw and hand tools?"
I don’t want to sound like Safety Sam but that looks a but precarious without equipment to unstack, etc. BUT…great opportunity.
Ive noticed an interesting addition to what he said: asking for favors builds your relationships. Be contientious about how big of an ask youre going for. But if someone says "let me know if you ever need anything" needing something in the next month or so will make you best friends. Just have to make sure that you turn up when they need something too.
I've found that at times its easier and faster to move it twice rather than trying to track individual buckets to each pile. Swing it put it down make a pile. Move to the other side and swimg that pile to its bunk. Tracking takes time and beats up the tracks. Much faster to swind and drop 2 times or 3 times in most cases.
Great intentions but these logs will be very difficult for young inexperienced guys to cut up without investing in some equipment. Also I assume they won’t be selling to your customers…
Nice, but back to the pond, your answer may be in making the pond bigger by digging, which by the way, you can do,but dig away from the damn and deeper, maybe toward the beach.
Just started watching your channel more I am sure proud of the way you do business and even prouder of how you handle friendships
Beautiful video and gesture 🧬🦾⚡️☀️🔱
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Great video and wonderful philosophy at the end. I would be very interested in any follow-up videos on whether the young guys took up this opportunity and how it went for them.
Great job and example
Thank you!
the Lord gave us all different gifts, we all need to remember the instant we charge for or expect something in return for those gifts he can take it away just as fast
I would be surprised if the youngsters take on the opportunity. Seems as though most have no work ethic.
I tried that, My guys were just to LAZY!!
good advice mate i have tried to do the same ie no $ with mates some get it but most dont funnily enough some mates dont get shit done for free anymore and some of them are paying who knows who because we dont speak
Be neighborly. Especially if you live in the country. It goes a long way. I’ll tell ya that for free.
Nice job, Adam. Mutually beneficial.
Great job and message, hello from Nova Scotia Canada
Thanks for the wisdom you demonstrated in this video.
Adam you’re a good man
&
It hard to beat great friends
Have a day😊
Amen to that wisdom. KIndness goes along way.
Thanks for the great quotes to add to my quote list.
Hope you come back to see how the youngsters do?
Good shit!!!
👏👏👏👏👍🇺🇸🇸🇰
Great job Adam nice👍
Already thought you were a good guy.
Awesome video and lessons.
Looks great Adam!
Wise words in closing