Buckin when I hear you say things like "it only takes 2 hours to process a cord of firewood, don't tell me that it doesn't" and "I'm not the guy to talk to about a sore back" and "it's tough to be broke these days" those things are exactly what a man needs to hear in this world. There's too many loud voices in this world that tell us the exact opposite of those words of wisdom. Thank you for sharing those nuggets with us, they help so many of us
i didnt know that. I actually thought you were gonna scorn me for being to manly or something , for real.. well thats good maybe ill kick it into high gear . ... call it ''Buck up''.. love ya 😀
Author G. Michael made the statement “Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men, and weak men create hard times.” Times are getting hard because men are getting soft. Your spreading peace and love through strength and real stories of perseverance. “Real Men” are hard to come by now days and leading by example is the only thing that will fix it. There is a lot of joy in your eyes when you talk about Hogan making his way in the world. I can strive and hope to maintain the posture as a Real Man so that when my son is grown in another decade and change he will also carry his self. With the same posture. I appreciate your wisdom as well as the hard truths so does my son who is only 5. Peace be with you and your family brother.
@@nalamb4495 reading your comment i just felt that it was so cute when you said your son was only 5 right now. You lucky dog, never had kids, i missed being a father, a great responsibility...👍
Love hearing the firewood stories! You helped me make the jump from corporate America to become a woodsman last year. Never been happier! Keep up the firewood knowledge and stories! I continue to learn!
Nothing better, especially today..than hard work and results. 40 years of forestry for me next year and still love it. You inspire me to enjoy it more.
Buckin I have to say you are looking great! It’s very apparent you are feeling good and are lighter on your feet. This is the best shape I’ve seen you in since I started watching years ago! Happy for you brother💪
O buy the way thank you for being you,your attitude has got me working on my kindness for three year and so far has been working out for me in many ways.
Billy Ray every time I see you running that old low boy truck you put a smile on my face . That old girl is a hauling runner. Keep her working. Great segment on the Gripo. God Loves you BBRS.
Friendly tip, find yourself an can of Fluid Film. Its such a great lubricant and rust preventative, you'll throw all of your WateredDown-40 away. Thanks again for all of your great lessons and advice buddy!
its a water displacer thus the WD developed to prevent rockets from corroding not an absorbent. It is not a lubricant it will wash out oil and grease @@christianworthinton8000
Your one of the few guys on youtube where i will just listen to you talk. Very interesting when you share your life experiences as part of the videos. I bought a hydraulic splitter to go behind a tractor and talk about SLOW!!
Bucking I hit bottom a few years ago at a lean mean 268 pounds. 6’3 bsh I blew a knee out and quickly found out how fast depression sets in when you realize you cannot sustain previous lifestyle….it was a rough winter. Now I have moved on and found my groove without the physical input but damn I’m really needing to get moving again. For many years my activity was bucking and splitting wood by hand in the winter. My buddy and I would get together at least twice a week and mow through between 3 and 8 cord each week. I need to shed near 100 pounds now….not getting any younger. I have plans to get started on this project soon…..wish me luck. Head and body need this….
There is a living in firewood like never before. Thank you for always sharing knowledge Buck. Not just about the work but also on how to be a good man. As a young man trying to survive in this world today, we appreciate your tips and words of encouragement. Lookin like a beast again man keep it up.
you know where to keep your finger.. just like stuffing a meat grinder with your fist and not your fingers ... im sure there are folks that can type on the keyboards with out watching there fingers . slower ram means more gas and even more gas because it takes twice x 3 times longer the goal is to touch the wood less amount and the least amount of time possible or you aren't making money otherwise ... Dave
I picked up a kinetic splitter just like this a few years ago. The machines are absolute animals. Just like you said though, you need to learn what it likes and doesn't. As far as people commenting on not being able to split hardwood. I use mine on 20-24" green ash, locus, some oak with no issues. All in how you do it. Many folks need to learn with the firewood game is the least amount of times you touch the wood the better. Buck, split, load, dump, repeat. Stay safe buckin. The axe you made me several years ago is still workin great. I love that watco stain. Beautiful. Anywho thanks for the entertainment and knowledge.
When people see something that is perhaps faster or more efficient than what they do they take offence and try to fing things wrong with it 😂 if ya know ya know , thx pal
When w purchased my “Countyline splitter”, I was also looking at a “Dr power equipment kenetic splitter also. And had a chance to run one as well, what I found out was it requires “straight grained almost perfectly clean wood vs 30 ton hydraulic splitter. So my real issue was what I had more access to, and what I looked at was local harvest availability, oak, locust, maple, cherry, and such so that is what pushed me towards the hydraulic unit. Great seeing you bring out the Grippo! It needs to be exercised every once in a while!
I have the DR kinetic splitter and you'd be surprised what it will split if you split away from the crotches of the gnarly wood. I split and burn pecan, northen and southern oak, arkansas oak, post oak, hickory, black locust, honey locust, ash, Osage Orange, Persimmon, and Hackberry. You just have to watch your wood so you don't split into the crotch, split away from the crotch.
You dont look ill billy ,you look hard worked like big green in the background ,some setting you on your little bit of dirt with the trucks and your home that you have worked hard for .godbless.
BBR!! thats a cool machine!! Ive never used one, but i could see it being extremely handy for reprocessing larger pieces if need be rather than a hydraulic splitter!! You hit the nail on the head!! Perfect for the right circumstances!! Ive been selling and spkitting wood for 22 years here in Indiana, and i love it!! It is My happy place for sure!! Love dealing with the people, and building relationships!! Love from my family to yours❤ great video!
hi there good story from the old days . i remember 50 years ago when i built my first splitter , cutting and splitting . .my old splitter 5 second cycle time , and still the fastest on Y/T . Hope to see you at the Paul Bunyon show . another SAW to sign , best to all john
Hey Mr buck just want to say thank you for your videos 📹 your inspiring to me keeping new generations alive 😊 thank you and respect from pennsylvania love watching you rock brother 😊
Buckin, love your vids. I burn 7 cords a year and my Grippo splitter has been 100% reliable for the last 7 years. Keep up the great work. All the best, friend.
LOL guys like you and I have ENDLESS ENERGY !!!!!!! you remind me of myself GREAT WORK ETHIC NOT AFRAID TO BREAK A SWEAT YES HARD WORK IS THE ONE OF THE ANSWERS TO HAPPINESS AND A REWARDING LIFE GREAT VIDEO. TAKE CARE
Im in Australia and I bought a 40 tone hydraulic splitter, works great on aussie hard woods no matter how knotted the blocks are, only wish I got the lifter as aussie hardwood blocks are very heavy.
I purchased a kinetic woodsplitter (DR Power) two years ago to add to my tree service business because of the video you made with your old man and your Grippo. I thought you mentioned that you and two buds used to cut, split and deliver 7 cords per day. Our time record is 2.5 cords of green alder, split and tight stacked (yes I know) in the truck in 45 minutes with 4 guys hustling. More commonly we take twice that long to process the same volume but that one time a customer wanted large chunks. Much love from Port Clements! 🇨🇦
Good stuff Buckin! "Money grows on trees and it aint gonna pick itself". Lookin good too. I get the same comments. Are ya sick? I'm 58 and down 35 pounds over the last year. Amazing what a fella can feel like when he aint carrying that extra weight. Message received as always and thank you!
You nailed it ,with no BS, the right machine for the job ,that is a production unit, don't forget the game changing Honda OVH ,starts easy, quiet ,and it sips fuel, I have a P.A. 5ton electric which after 5 years has met it's match , freshly felled knotty spruce, My backup is a 17 ton hydraulic. For most people just needing to meet there own firewood needs the electric ones from P.A. and Cambodia Rubber work really good up here in Northern B.C. I made a mount that fits in my receiver hitch that the splitter mounts to, as the truck gets lighter the splitter stays flush with the t/gate. The wood goes from t/gate to splitter to wheelbarrow to wood shed. Love your content.
Don't get wd40 confused with actual grease Wd40 is part degreaser. It does add some lubricity but not much. It also attracts dirt and other things while something like silicone spray will add lubrication but keeps stuff from sticking to it.
That splitter boogies. I’ve been splitting all summer in 102deg(39c) for next year’s Christmas money. All the while I’m splitting I feel great about sweating my butt off so the grandsons and my kids can have awesome gifts. This years cords are about all sold so its gonna be a Merry one. As always, Be Kind. 😊
Billy you look great and don’t let anyone tell you different. Keep up your journey to getting better and stronger then ever and you look great with the weight loss and getting into shape.
I can somewhat relate to the back injury. I was caught between the inside of a dump truck bed and a backhoe bucket in early 95. I'm almost 57 years old and I still split my firewood the old fashioned way with an axe or maul. I ain't sure how much longer I'll be able to do it but I have an idea for an easier wood splitter for me! Much love and respect from Alabama
Great video Buckin love the firewood talk. I need 10 cords here right quick Alberta winters come at any time from here on in (Sept). Lots of projects on the go but thanks for giving me the motivation to get at it. Love making firewood but your video just gets me more excited to get at it. Take care 🪵
Hey just got a kenetic splitter it is a game changer!!! Did one facecord in 12 mins!! I can understand why I can't find a used kenetic splitter!!! Everyone gets one keeps it!! Keep on trucking buckin!!
Back in Calgary in the 80s we made cash by dead standing we took logs out with a 67 Ford 5'ton with no brakes to speak of, we would split and load 3 1'cord trailers up , then drive the burbs and peddle, hard work indeed but people learned fast in the bars my bros and I ,where not to be messed with , yer good on that splitter Billy. respect bro
I went the same way buckin kinetic log splitters are awsome!! Use the pulp hook with the sucker it makes the kinetic even better and safer and you can controll your size of splits with it.makes splitting way faster.bucken 3:19 that pulp hook rocks!
Mr buckin the man the myth the legend this man here is a very inspiring man love ur channel glad to be apart of it thanks for all ur tips an experience u share ur awesome
I'm watching this in an airco room from a tropical island ... it's strangely satisfying to see somebody doing a job that simply doesn't exist in my world
Man, that’s a straight grain eatin’ machine!! Almost seems like you need it around 4-6" higher to straighten your back out and you could work her all day without a hitch. Great video as always Buckin’! Glad to hear you’re health journey is going how you’d like. I can relate as I had two torn Achilles surgeries in consecutive years. Been about two years since and I’m ready to run! Love this channel and community you’ve allowed to thrive.
I like your way of thinking. It seems like all of these you tube channels about firewood do is show off their $10,000 wood splitters, along with a $50,000 skid steer, I’m like you, I don’t have a million bucks lying around, I do everything manually. I’ve considered a kinetic wood splitter but I’m not sure if it would work in the knobby rough hardwood I cut. Great channel.
Good evening from alabama Buckin my friend. I know thats some more log splitter. But l believe your almost that fast. I have 2 lg oaks to cut up next door to me. An l cant waite till its a little cooler to get started.
I had a kinetic splitter but broke the wheel in a few months as the wood was way too knotty, I went to a hydraulic splitter as for me slower but like a tank is better I only split for our own use too Great video
All of the various designs have their pluses and minuses. My brother has built a couple now, built from scratch using parts he gathered from scrapyards. He has the first one he built as a proof of concept rented out to a company, they only use it a few times a month but are quite happy with a monthly charge, and it has to be somewhere, better it is taking up room in their yard. The second, larger one, he built to solve the problem of the initial splitting large, green rounds of trunk, which you have to initially split down because you can't lift them up to the ram. It has a lifting arm with rollers on it, you can roll a section of trunk onto the lowered arm, stand on the foot lever, and the arm lifts it up level to the splitting table, and you just push it lightly and the rollers carry it into position between the ram and splitter. I have used it and it easily lifted up pieces of trunk twice too heavy for me to lift. Then you hold a toggle that stands up next to the foot lever , the toggle acts as a safety* (You have to be clear of the mechanism to be holding the toggle) AND a switch to change the foot lever from operating the lifting arm to operating the ram. The splitting wedge is on top of a flat surface, so even a large round splits into two parts but they stay on the flat, when you release the toggle the ram retracts. *Any machine you make now has to have a couple of safety aspects in its design, because that way, even if someone harms themself accidentally, you can defend yourself from OSHA by saying "Well, I put a lot of thought into safety, I built it with this, this and this DELIBERATELY with safety in mind" an under the legislation you can't be prosecuted because you DID try to make it safe..
Buckin I have one very similar us built it’s called super split same operation as yours only difference is out has what they call a live deck so when you have a large piece of wood u can slide it off to side and break it down to the size you want
Those are amazing machines. Where we live in southern Appalachia they don't seem to work very well on our hickory, red and white oaks. I would buy one of those machines in a heart beat if we burned other woods than what we have here. Thanks for sharing your video with us.
My dad put together a PTO driven hydraulic splitter with some guys he worked with (he worked for a trenching company for most of his life) and that thing would split anything, but it wasn't nearly as fast as that equipment you have there. It still really beat trying to split some of this gnarly oak we have here with an axe or maul, despite being heavy as hell and requiring a PTO. We ended up giving it away to a family friend who was in the market for a splitter. Now if I have to split stuff I just do it with an axe, because I hardly ever have to split. If I had a particularly big job to take care of I will probably look into if I could rent something like this Gripo. Thanks for the video!
Hey Billy I’m a huge fan of yours and everything you stand for. I left my Job which I hated to start up my own landscape business which is doing really well! I never would of made the jump without watching your video of your own journey. So thank you! I would love to get your opinion on what’s going on with the climate and do you see a future with falling trees? With everything going on do you see a future for that side of the business? again much love and respect to you and everyone else here! keep it up buckin 👍
Glad to hear you are OK, and just getting in good shape, I was a bit worried. That splitter is the Cat’s Meow for stove wood. Got to be on top of your game though. Nice to hear the old firewood stories, and see the pictures. Deliver and dump was definitely the best deal for the folks on the island. Got to be flexible. Hope your axe venture is going well. Take care and thanks for sharing and communicating.
I have the same machine. Mine has a table on top of the Ibeam that the you put the log on. Makes it so you don’t have to balance the logs and can operate the button much easier. You can easily weld one on yours
That splitter is an animal I would love one of them of the Easton made in my arsenal. The kenetic splitter is so fast I've never seen a splitter so quick. 👍🏴
It’s just as fast as a ported chainsaw and potentially more dangerous. It’s easy to get respect for a saw but it’s easy to not get respect for a splitter. I can see fingers or hands or even arms becoming separated from the correct location on the body. I’ll take something just a LITTLE BIT SLOWER because of my personal safety, but I REALLY like my saws! It’s weird I know 😊
@@ToddAdams1234from someone who has had an accident with a splitter and had to have 50% of the tendens rebuilt in my finger safety is my number 1 priority with things especially now. I think for what it is your not gonna throw massive rounds on it it's gonna be halfs but more likely quarters for someone who goes through about the equivalent over here to arround 10 cords a year production needs to be high volume but a get your point
@@michaelwillson6847 I’m glad that you’re now doing OK and still breathing and I’m glad that you see my point.! I’m STILL going to be careful when I’m around unfamiliar equipment and I’m STILL going to be careful and NOT be over confident in my ability to use what I’m familiar with OR the potential destructive possibility (especially what it COULD) to me. I’m quite fond of my appendages and would rather they stay intact and working and then they stay right where they currently are.
My grandfather was clearing woods and ran into a widow maker and was hospitalized for concussion. Picked up branches for him when he was downing trees.
What an eye opener, I mainly split blocks up with a hydraulic splitter running off a tractor and I thought I was pretty quick with it but this is FAST! I'll have to look into getting myself one of these bad boys.
Back in the mid 80's I went to the Paul Bunyan festival at Hocking technical Institute in central Ohio. Honda had a prototype Log Splitter there where the engine sits in the middle of the I-beam and the cylinder split logs in either direction with the wedge welded onto each end of the I-beam. It literally cuts splitting time in half. Why it never made it into production I’ll never know, but was greatly disappointed as I never saw it again. The Split Fire is a similar but different version.
I produce at a lot of firewood and I rarely even touch a bit of firewood. Yes I rely on machinary but it’s very efficient! My whole process is on my channel Although I do sometimes miss the simple times with just an axe and a Powersaw Love the videos buckin keep them coming from the uk 👍🏼
Morning Billy how are you? I have a hydraulic splitter just for own wood use it once a year , our hardwood seems to be a lot tougher than your hardwood. I have often wondered if those rack and pinion splitters wood do it ,sometimes the splitter real creak splitting our gum ironbark
You could use big tables next to that firewood house, so you would drop from the truck to the table to the machine to it’s final place. Always from up to down, instead of up and down up and down. I usually have them at same level with my truck’s tail gate to swipe heavy things in and out
19:48 Hi. Instead of having to reach back to engage the ram why can't you rig up a pulley system with either a cord above the ram just above the height of the log to be split or a foot pedal. It would save time and prevent you twisting so much.
I use PB blaster for the roller bearings. I find it sticks better and lubricates longer. Doesn't evaporate or push grease out as much as WD40. "Water Displacement, formula # 40". Totally not a criticism to BB or anyone, just what works for me.
We've got some nasty wood here on the east coast....some of it will stall a 20-ton splitter. But I do believe that you'd be better served with a hydro machine with a 6 or 8-way blade on it from what I'm seeing in this video. Instead of constantly holding and flipping the round many times, you'd just set it on the bed once and send it through the blade once and be done.
Thats a nice splitter for softwood. its fast, wish i had one for some i have been cutting and splitting.i have been cutting on a fire there is a lot of fir
That's great for dinky, straight-grained wood. Without a log-lift that wouldn't begin to handle the the 33" diameter x 24" long logs of elm, spruce, poplar, etc that I have to split. My vertical splitter, with lift, and a 3' x 4' table gets it done.
I like how you have a wider axle under it for towing. The one downfall of my supersplit is the factory wheels are small and the axle is narrow making it top heavy. One of these days I’m gonna bring it down to my shop and do like what you have there.
@@BuckinBillyRaySmith I agree 100%, I’ve owned mine for over 10 years now and put a ton of wood through it. My father bought one of the original ones in the first year of production, 1979 I think, it’s still going. The beauty is without hydraulics there is very little to go wrong. Only thing I’ve ever changed is the return spring
That thing's awesome, waaay faster than my hydraulic splitter, but I'm glad mine isn't that fast as I'm a slow old dude and yours would take my fingers off when I wasn't looking!
Billy, You are at another level your, periferal vision and timing is penultimately instinctive and powerful,you just cannot buy these genes, Stay strong
BBR, truth is easy because you don’t have to remember what you lied about. You LIVE the truth, not the lie. A person might live in a lie but the truth is SOOO much easier. It’s just like living an honest life! 🥰
Buckin when I hear you say things like "it only takes 2 hours to process a cord of firewood, don't tell me that it doesn't" and "I'm not the guy to talk to about a sore back" and "it's tough to be broke these days" those things are exactly what a man needs to hear in this world. There's too many loud voices in this world that tell us the exact opposite of those words of wisdom. Thank you for sharing those nuggets with us, they help so many of us
i didnt know that. I actually thought you were gonna scorn me for being to manly or something , for real.. well thats good maybe ill kick it into high gear . ... call it ''Buck up''.. love ya 😀
Author G. Michael made the statement “Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men, and weak men create hard times.” Times are getting hard because men are getting soft. Your spreading peace and love through strength and real stories of perseverance. “Real Men” are hard to come by now days and leading by example is the only thing that will fix it. There is a lot of joy in your eyes when you talk about Hogan making his way in the world. I can strive and hope to maintain the posture as a Real Man so that when my son is grown in another decade and change he will also carry his self. With the same posture. I appreciate your wisdom as well as the hard truths so does my son who is only 5. Peace be with you and your family brother.
@@nalamb4495thank you friend. For real..
@@nalamb4495 reading your comment i just felt that it was so cute when you said your son was only 5 right now.
You lucky dog, never had kids, i missed being a father, a great responsibility...👍
Love the Gripo. I have the old slow hydraulic splitter 🤣
“There’s a living in hard work.” - Truer words have never been spoken. Sending much love from our Alaskan homestead.
Love hearing the firewood stories! You helped me make the jump from corporate America to become a woodsman last year. Never been happier!
Keep up the firewood knowledge and stories! I continue to learn!
That is awesome!
Nothing better, especially today..than hard work and results. 40 years of forestry for me next year and still love it. You inspire me to enjoy it more.
Youve got a Nice little Setup. Imagine adding a foot pedal control to that splitter....!!
"Don't undercut people, overcut them!" Love your message, Buckin'! Way to be, brother!
Buckin I have to say you are looking great! It’s very apparent you are feeling good and are lighter on your feet. This is the best shape I’ve seen you in since I started watching years ago! Happy for you brother💪
gettin there friend,, thx
I'm sure it's good for the back, too 😊
Just watchin you work makes my back hurt...but I love it. I need to sit back an recooperate...
O buy the way thank you for being you,your attitude has got me working on my kindness for three year and so far has been working out for me in many ways.
Billy Ray every time I see you running that old low boy truck you put a smile on my face . That old girl is a hauling runner. Keep her working. Great segment on the Gripo. God Loves you BBRS.
shes makin a come back . just like me brother
Friendly tip, find yourself an can of Fluid Film. Its such a great lubricant and rust preventative, you'll throw all of your WateredDown-40 away. Thanks again for all of your great lessons and advice buddy!
WD40 isn't really a lubricant. It is a water absorbent. I like Creep lubricants.
Fluid film is the best 👌
@@americanminer1965 💯
its a water displacer thus the WD developed to prevent rockets from corroding not an absorbent. It is not a lubricant it will wash out oil and grease @@christianworthinton8000
i really enjoy watching you cut. i learn lot. thanks for being there.
Your one of the few guys on youtube where i will just listen to you talk. Very interesting when you share your life experiences as part of the videos. I bought a hydraulic splitter to go behind a tractor and talk about SLOW!!
Bucking I hit bottom a few years ago at a lean mean 268 pounds. 6’3 bsh I blew a knee out and quickly found out how fast depression sets in when you realize you cannot sustain previous lifestyle….it was a rough winter. Now I have moved on and found my groove without the physical input but damn I’m really needing to get moving again. For many years my activity was bucking and splitting wood by hand in the winter. My buddy and I would get together at least twice a week and mow through between 3 and 8 cord each week. I need to shed near 100 pounds now….not getting any younger. I have plans to get started on this project soon…..wish me luck. Head and body need this….
you will change when it hurts enough, thanks for sharin' with us brother
There is a living in firewood like never before. Thank you for always sharing knowledge Buck. Not just about the work but also on how to be a good man. As a young man trying to survive in this world today, we appreciate your tips and words of encouragement. Lookin like a beast again man keep it up.
Watching that splitter bob and weave a bit reminds me of my 72 Dart on back roads in Maine. Pretty cool
It’s great. I prefer the slower hydraulic piston driven splitter as it gives me time to see where my hands/fingers are. God Bless
you know where to keep your finger.. just like stuffing a meat grinder with your fist and not your fingers ...
im sure there are folks that can type on the keyboards with out watching there fingers .
slower ram means more gas and even more gas because it takes twice x 3 times longer
the goal is to touch the wood less amount and the least amount of time possible or you aren't making money otherwise ...
Dave
I just Enjoy watching the Ray Man Work!!!! Order and Technique, Awesome Buckin!
Thanks so much
@@BuckinBillyRaySmith Thank You!!!!
I picked up a kinetic splitter just like this a few years ago. The machines are absolute animals. Just like you said though, you need to learn what it likes and doesn't. As far as people commenting on not being able to split hardwood. I use mine on 20-24" green ash, locus, some oak with no issues. All in how you do it. Many folks need to learn with the firewood game is the least amount of times you touch the wood the better. Buck, split, load, dump, repeat. Stay safe buckin. The axe you made me several years ago is still workin great. I love that watco stain. Beautiful. Anywho thanks for the entertainment and knowledge.
When people see something that is perhaps faster or more efficient than what they do they take offence and try to fing things wrong with it 😂 if ya know ya know , thx pal
When w purchased my “Countyline splitter”, I was also looking at a “Dr power equipment kenetic splitter also. And had a chance to run one as well, what I found out was it requires “straight grained almost perfectly clean wood vs 30 ton hydraulic splitter. So my real issue was what I had more access to, and what I looked at was local harvest availability, oak, locust, maple, cherry, and such so that is what pushed me towards the hydraulic unit.
Great seeing you bring out the Grippo! It needs to be exercised every once in a while!
I have the DR kinetic splitter and you'd be surprised what it will split if you split away from the crotches of the gnarly wood. I split and burn pecan, northen and southern oak, arkansas oak, post oak, hickory, black locust, honey locust, ash, Osage Orange, Persimmon, and Hackberry. You just have to watch your wood so you don't split into the crotch, split away from the crotch.
I always wondered that.
You dont look ill billy ,you look hard worked like big green in the background ,some setting you on your little bit of dirt with the trucks and your home that you have worked hard for .godbless.
Keep on keeping on man...... the world needs quality men like you
The real machine working there is YOU. Awesome work my friend.
Climbin back in the saddle is always 10 Buck God Bless you!
Much love Buckin❤️ I’m glad you’re feeling good!
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Love that background keyboard jam !
Keep smiling
Ol Scotty -Kansas City
Thanks for this. It’s nice to see you getting help splitting the wood . We all need a reminder it’s there to help you .
BBR!! thats a cool machine!! Ive never used one, but i could see it being extremely handy for reprocessing larger pieces if need be rather than a hydraulic splitter!! You hit the nail on the head!! Perfect for the right circumstances!! Ive been selling and spkitting wood for 22 years here in Indiana, and i love it!! It is My happy place for sure!! Love dealing with the people, and building relationships!! Love from my family to yours❤ great video!
hi there good story from the old days . i remember 50 years ago when i built my first splitter , cutting and splitting . .my old splitter 5 second cycle time , and still the fastest on Y/T . Hope to see you at the Paul Bunyon show . another SAW to sign , best to all john
Hey Mr buck just want to say thank you for your videos 📹 your inspiring to me keeping new generations alive 😊 thank you and respect from pennsylvania love watching you rock brother 😊
Buckin, love your vids. I burn 7 cords a year and my Grippo splitter has been 100% reliable for the last 7 years. Keep up the great work. All the best, friend.
what ya splittin
LOL guys like you and I have ENDLESS ENERGY !!!!!!! you remind me of myself GREAT WORK ETHIC NOT AFRAID TO BREAK A SWEAT YES HARD WORK IS THE ONE OF THE ANSWERS TO HAPPINESS AND A REWARDING LIFE GREAT VIDEO. TAKE CARE
Im in Australia and I bought a 40 tone hydraulic splitter, works great on aussie hard woods no matter how knotted the blocks are, only wish I got the lifter as aussie hardwood blocks are very heavy.
you ll be ok harry , most aussie s i know make do , glad yer here
I purchased a kinetic woodsplitter (DR Power) two years ago to add to my tree service business because of the video you made with your old man and your Grippo. I thought you mentioned that you and two buds used to cut, split and deliver 7 cords per day. Our time record is 2.5 cords of green alder, split and tight stacked (yes I know) in the truck in 45 minutes with 4 guys hustling. More commonly we take twice that long to process the same volume but that one time a customer wanted large chunks. Much love from Port Clements! 🇨🇦
Good stuff Buckin! "Money grows on trees and it aint gonna pick itself". Lookin good too. I get the same comments. Are ya sick? I'm 58 and down 35 pounds over the last year. Amazing what a fella can feel like when he aint carrying that extra weight. Message received as always and thank you!
Buckin another top show your a inspiration to all hard work pays off
You nailed it ,with no BS, the right machine for the job ,that is a production unit, don't forget the game changing Honda OVH ,starts easy, quiet ,and it sips fuel, I have a P.A. 5ton electric which after 5 years has met it's match , freshly felled knotty spruce, My backup is a 17 ton hydraulic. For most people just needing to meet there own firewood needs the electric ones from P.A. and Cambodia Rubber work really good up here in Northern B.C. I made a mount that fits in my receiver hitch that the splitter mounts to, as the truck gets lighter the splitter stays flush with the t/gate. The wood goes from t/gate to splitter to wheelbarrow to wood shed. Love your content.
I have a first generation dr power RapidFire with a steel table. these are a huge time saver. Glad to hear your back didnt get soar.
Wow that is quick for me Buckin I have never used a splitter only an axe I'm old school like that thank you again for the kindness!!!
Don't get wd40 confused with actual grease Wd40 is part degreaser. It does add some lubricity but not much. It also attracts dirt and other things while something like silicone spray will add lubrication but keeps stuff from sticking to it.
amen !!!
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100% true, WD stands for water displacing and it's more of a solvent than a lubricant. Much better options out there.
That splitter boogies. I’ve been splitting all summer in 102deg(39c) for next year’s Christmas money. All the while I’m splitting I feel great about sweating my butt off so the grandsons and my kids can have awesome gifts. This years cords are about all sold so its gonna be a Merry one. As always, Be Kind. 😊
That Lil GRIPO Sure Has The Kahonies For This, B.R. Great Job Buddy ! Prayers For All Here ! ATB T God Bless
Billy you look great and don’t let anyone tell you different. Keep up your journey to getting better and stronger then ever and you look great with the weight loss and getting into shape.
Mr Buckn I welded a 8 inch swiveln caster wheel on my splitn machine now I just roll it around. Makes it way easier on me back. 🤩
Great comment when you said ‘that machine waits for you, not you waiting for the machine’. Classic.
Love the crew cab Ford in the background, I had a 75 just like it back in the mid 90's - wish I never sold it !!
I can somewhat relate to the back injury. I was caught between the inside of a dump truck bed and a backhoe bucket in early 95. I'm almost 57 years old and I still split my firewood the old fashioned way with an axe or maul. I ain't sure how much longer I'll be able to do it but I have an idea for an easier wood splitter for me! Much love and respect from Alabama
Great video Buckin love the firewood talk. I need 10 cords here right quick Alberta winters come at any time from here on in (Sept). Lots of projects on the go but thanks for giving me the motivation to get at it. Love making firewood but your video just gets me more excited to get at it. Take care 🪵
Hey just got a kenetic splitter it is a game changer!!! Did one facecord in 12 mins!! I can understand why I can't find a used kenetic splitter!!! Everyone gets one keeps it!! Keep on trucking buckin!!
Buckin! “There’s a living in hard work” … “There’s a living in firewood like never before “ …. These things are motivating to me!
Back in Calgary in the 80s we made cash by dead standing we took logs out with a 67 Ford 5'ton with no brakes to speak of, we would split and load 3 1'cord trailers up , then drive the burbs and peddle, hard work indeed but people learned fast in the bars my bros and I ,where not to be messed with , yer good on that splitter Billy. respect bro
I thought you got one of those Easton upright splitters. I saw you using one of those and just had to make my own and I absolutely love it.
Buckin you do really nice job stacking the firewood
Buckin, glad you've finally climbed that hill!
I went the same way buckin kinetic log splitters are awsome!! Use the pulp hook with the sucker it makes the kinetic even better and safer and you can controll your size of splits with it.makes splitting way faster.bucken 3:19 that pulp hook rocks!
Mr buckin the man the myth the legend this man here is a very inspiring man love ur channel glad to be apart of it thanks for all ur tips an experience u share ur awesome
I'm watching this in an airco room from a tropical island ... it's strangely satisfying to see somebody doing a job that simply doesn't exist in my world
"Think like an Egyptian " love it Buckin, that's how I work.
Your looking healthy and pumped up from Shawnigan Lake! A+++ A1
That is the fastest woodsplitter I've ever seen. Thanks for the video and inspiration.
I've got the same one and I love it. Run it up on a pair of car ramps to save your back though. you'll be able to run it all day.
Man, that’s a straight grain eatin’ machine!! Almost seems like you need it around 4-6" higher to straighten your back out and you could work her all day without a hitch. Great video as always Buckin’! Glad to hear you’re health journey is going how you’d like. I can relate as I had two torn Achilles surgeries in consecutive years. Been about two years since and I’m ready to run! Love this channel and community you’ve allowed to thrive.
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I like your way of thinking.
It seems like all of these you tube channels about firewood do is show off their $10,000 wood splitters, along with a $50,000 skid steer, I’m like you, I don’t have a million bucks lying around, I do everything manually.
I’ve considered a kinetic wood splitter but I’m not sure if it would work in the knobby rough hardwood I cut.
Great channel.
I’ve never seen a splitter like that before that thing is wild. Have a great day buckin!
Good evening from alabama Buckin my friend. I know thats some more log splitter. But l believe your almost that fast. I have 2 lg oaks to cut up next door to me. An l cant waite till its a little cooler to get started.
As much as I love axes I can’t get enough of watching that machine in action.
I’ve had a super split! It is really amazing how fast you can split wood. Just be careful.
Last time I split wood fast, I wound up in the ER with a dangling pinky finger. I take my time now.
I had a kinetic splitter but broke the wheel in a few months as the wood was way too knotty, I went to a hydraulic splitter as for me slower but like a tank is better
I only split for our own use too
Great video
All of the various designs have their pluses and minuses. My brother has built a couple now, built from scratch using parts he gathered from scrapyards. He has the first one he built as a proof of concept rented out to a company, they only use it a few times a month but are quite happy with a monthly charge, and it has to be somewhere, better it is taking up room in their yard.
The second, larger one, he built to solve the problem of the initial splitting large, green rounds of trunk, which you have to initially split down because you can't lift them up to the ram. It has a lifting arm with rollers on it, you can roll a section of trunk onto the lowered arm, stand on the foot lever, and the arm lifts it up level to the splitting table, and you just push it lightly and the rollers carry it into position between the ram and splitter.
I have used it and it easily lifted up pieces of trunk twice too heavy for me to lift. Then you hold a toggle that stands up next to the foot lever , the toggle acts as a safety* (You have to be clear of the mechanism to be holding the toggle) AND a switch to change the foot lever from operating the lifting arm to operating the ram. The splitting wedge is on top of a flat surface, so even a large round splits into two parts but they stay on the flat, when you release the toggle the ram retracts.
*Any machine you make now has to have a couple of safety aspects in its design, because that way, even if someone harms themself accidentally, you can defend yourself from OSHA by saying "Well, I put a lot of thought into safety, I built it with this, this and this DELIBERATELY with safety in mind" an under the legislation you can't be prosecuted because you DID try to make it safe..
Buckin I have one very similar us built it’s called super split same operation as yours only difference is out has what they call a live deck so when you have a large piece of wood u can slide it off to side and break it down to the size you want
Those are amazing machines. Where we live in southern Appalachia they don't seem to work very well on our hickory, red and white oaks. I would buy one of those machines in a heart beat if we burned other woods than what we have here. Thanks for sharing your video with us.
Thanks for sharing I was wondering how this machine would do on hard wood like the oak in nm and cedar .
My dad put together a PTO driven hydraulic splitter with some guys he worked with (he worked for a trenching company for most of his life) and that thing would split anything, but it wasn't nearly as fast as that equipment you have there. It still really beat trying to split some of this gnarly oak we have here with an axe or maul, despite being heavy as hell and requiring a PTO. We ended up giving it away to a family friend who was in the market for a splitter.
Now if I have to split stuff I just do it with an axe, because I hardly ever have to split. If I had a particularly big job to take care of I will probably look into if I could rent something like this Gripo. Thanks for the video!
Hey Billy I’m a huge fan of yours and everything you stand for. I left my
Job which I hated to start up my own landscape business which is doing really well! I never would of made the jump without watching your video of your own journey. So thank you! I would love to get your opinion on what’s going on with the climate and do you see a future with falling trees? With everything going on do you see a future for that side of the business? again much love and respect to you and everyone else here! keep it up buckin 👍
Glad to hear you are OK, and just getting in good shape, I was a bit worried. That splitter is the Cat’s Meow for stove wood. Got to be on top of your game though. Nice to hear the old firewood stories, and see the pictures. Deliver and dump was definitely the best deal for the folks on the island. Got to be flexible. Hope your axe venture is going well. Take care and thanks for sharing and communicating.
It’s amazing what one man can accomplish with hard work and a few good tools! Love you all! ❤️✊
Possibly the greatest quote of the year
“Though to be broke these days”
Anyone who is willing to work hard these days can be very profitable!
I have the same machine. Mine has a table on top of the Ibeam that the you put the log on. Makes it so you don’t have to balance the logs and can operate the button much easier. You can easily weld one on yours
Love this type of content! I'm a firewood guy. That is a pretty slick machine!
Thanks 👍
here in illinois i have oak, hickory, walnut, and the best firewood, black locust. i wonder how that splitter would work on hardwood?
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That splitter is an animal I would love one of them of the Easton made in my arsenal. The kenetic splitter is so fast I've never seen a splitter so quick. 👍🏴
It’s just as fast as a ported chainsaw and potentially more dangerous. It’s easy to get respect for a saw but it’s easy to not get respect for a splitter. I can see fingers or hands or even arms becoming separated from the correct location on the body. I’ll take something just a LITTLE BIT SLOWER because of my personal safety, but I REALLY like my saws! It’s weird I know 😊
@@ToddAdams1234from someone who has had an accident with a splitter and had to have 50% of the tendens rebuilt in my finger safety is my number 1 priority with things especially now. I think for what it is your not gonna throw massive rounds on it it's gonna be halfs but more likely quarters for someone who goes through about the equivalent over here to arround 10 cords a year production needs to be high volume but a get your point
@@michaelwillson6847 I’m glad that you’re now doing OK and still breathing and I’m glad that you see my point.! I’m STILL going to be careful when I’m around unfamiliar equipment and I’m STILL going to be careful and NOT be over confident in my ability to use what I’m familiar with OR the potential destructive possibility (especially what it COULD) to me. I’m quite fond of my appendages and would rather they stay intact and working and then they stay right where they currently are.
My grandfather was clearing woods and ran into a widow maker and was hospitalized for concussion. Picked up branches for him when he was downing trees.
What an eye opener, I mainly split blocks up with a hydraulic splitter running off a tractor and I thought I was pretty quick with it but this is FAST! I'll have to look into getting myself one of these bad boys.
I'm just admiring the straight grain of that wood.
Back in the mid 80's I went to the Paul Bunyan festival at Hocking technical Institute in central Ohio. Honda had a prototype Log Splitter there where the engine sits in the middle of the I-beam and the cylinder split logs in either direction with the wedge welded onto each end of the I-beam. It literally cuts splitting time in half. Why it never made it into production I’ll never know, but was greatly disappointed as I never saw it again. The Split Fire is a similar but different version.
Happy Thanksgiving buckin hope all is well on your side of the continent
I produce at a lot of firewood and I rarely even touch a bit of firewood. Yes I rely on machinary but it’s very efficient!
My whole process is on my channel
Although I do sometimes miss the simple times with just an axe and a Powersaw
Love the videos buckin keep them coming from the uk 👍🏼
I watch your channel all the time
Morning Billy how are you? I have a hydraulic splitter just for own wood use it once a year , our hardwood seems to be a lot tougher than your hardwood. I have often wondered if those rack and pinion splitters wood do it ,sometimes the splitter real creak splitting our gum ironbark
You could use big tables next to that firewood house, so you would drop from the truck to the table to the machine to it’s final place. Always from up to down, instead of up and down up and down. I usually have them at same level with my truck’s tail gate to swipe heavy things in and out
That thing looks nice and light to pull around.
19:48 Hi.
Instead of having to reach back to engage the ram why can't you rig up a pulley system with either a cord above the ram just above the height of the log to be split or a foot pedal.
It would save time and prevent you twisting so much.
I use PB blaster for the roller bearings. I find it sticks better and lubricates longer. Doesn't evaporate or push grease out as much as WD40. "Water Displacement, formula # 40". Totally not a criticism to BB or anyone, just what works for me.
My city boy sissy hands get splinters in them every time I watch you work!😁
We've got some nasty wood here on the east coast....some of it will stall a 20-ton splitter. But I do believe that you'd be better served with a hydro machine with a 6 or 8-way blade on it from what I'm seeing in this video. Instead of constantly holding and flipping the round many times, you'd just set it on the bed once and send it through the blade once and be done.
Thats a nice splitter for softwood. its fast, wish i had one for some i have been cutting and splitting.i have been cutting on a fire there is a lot of fir
That's great for dinky, straight-grained wood. Without a log-lift that wouldn't begin to handle the the 33" diameter x 24" long logs of elm, spruce, poplar, etc that I have to split. My vertical splitter, with lift, and a 3' x 4' table gets it done.
I like how you have a wider axle under it for towing. The one downfall of my supersplit is the factory wheels are small and the axle is narrow making it top heavy. One of these days I’m gonna bring it down to my shop and do like what you have there.
they are interesting .. but i swear buy this thing in the right wood ,, good ta see ya
@@BuckinBillyRaySmith I agree 100%, I’ve owned mine for over 10 years now and put a ton of wood through it. My father bought one of the original ones in the first year of production, 1979 I think, it’s still going. The beauty is without hydraulics there is very little to go wrong. Only thing I’ve ever changed is the return spring
That thing's awesome, waaay faster than my hydraulic splitter, but I'm glad mine isn't that fast as I'm a slow old dude and yours would take my fingers off when I wasn't looking!
Billy, You are at another level your, periferal vision and timing is penultimately instinctive and powerful,you just cannot buy these genes, Stay strong
BBR, truth is easy because you don’t have to remember what you lied about. You LIVE the truth, not the lie. A person might live in a lie but the truth is SOOO much easier. It’s just like living an honest life! 🥰