When you have a farm to operate you always have something to do. That new fence line should be nice. We used to own a 30 acre farm where we raised beef and pork, kind of like what you are doing. Now I am retired and instead of doing the work I get to watch you do it and I get to trip down memory lane. Thank you Evan for taking the time to share this with us.
Every time the TYM Tractor comes to the rescue and grapples the brush, limbs, and firewood logs make it clear how valuable this tractor has become. Seems like a farmer can't do all the chores without it and has become a really good investment for a farm
Evan, I like watching your channel very much. I appreciate you adjusting the volume (like when you are chain sawing) to a reasonable level. I do not have to keep adjusting my volume on my streaming device especially when using headphones. Thank you!
Brush pile burning day means..... WEINER ROAST!😋 You're correct, Evan, Hedge burns hot as does Honey Locust. Mulberry may. It wouldn't surprise me since it tends to be stringy and a challenge to split sometimes. Great beginning to a major undertaking. Building fence is work all on it's own, but clearing an existing fence row to rebuild a fence adds a whole other level or two of effort. Charge!🚜
Great job directing that tree to fall where you wanted. Patience in cutting it, and attention to detail. We also have a large fence line to clean this year. It’s always more work than it sounds like. Lol
Evan, You need to give a demonstration on the ease of attaching equipment to the TYM tractor. You gave the best presentation on it that I have ever seen. I hate to see you lose that tractor.
I remember cleaning out a fence roe when I was a teenager with some neighbors and over half of the old posts were black locust trees. The posts had been in the ground for decades, some had started to grow again, and some didn't. The ones that were not growing were not rotted at all and they all dulled the chainsaw very quickly. I was told that they lasted forever and were extremely hard to cut, let alone split for posts. Good luck in the New Year with your projects, I look forward to watching you guys on all your videos. They remind me of some of the things we did when I was a kid.
Hello Evan we have been watching your videos for years … those hedge or old fence posts are highly wanted by taxidermists, just an FYI. You may want to offer them to someone local
Use prescribed burns along the fence row. It will expose all the hidden wires and posts and it will also clear out the small brush and leaf litter. Placing the brush on top of the stump they grew from and burn the stumps down.
Idk why but I got the “Lumberjack” song from the old Monty Python show stuck in my head? 🤣🤣 I hope you,Rebekah and family have happy and healthy new year. God bless 🙏🏼🇺🇸
Kinda surprised you dont save some of the smaller limbs that went into that brush pile for your firepit. Heck, some of them looked thick enough to use as actual firewood! Still really looking forward to the firewood shed rebuild, probably my most highly anticipated project for a while now. XD You keep doing what you do well!
was thinking that myself. Just did a tree job on a fallen norway maple. The tree was half dead, so all the dead limbs went into the truck. I now have plenty of kindling for awhile, lol. The green limbs I cut down to maybe 1.5". Anything big enough to crack in half, so it can dry in a reasonable length of time. This is a hard maple, and its for my grill, so it's worth the effort to me. As an extra bonus, my neighbor had a big bunch of dead soft maple branches come down in the storm. Some as big as 3". ALL of it got broken up for kindling and campfire wood. Free is free, and silver maple sticks make great kindling. She's 93, so we help her out with stuff like that.
Hey 11:27, didn't think I'd need my safety glasses for this one! Love watching you constantly maintain and improve your homestead. Also looks like a beautiful winter day.
how to eat an elephant, one bite at a time! i cleared miles of fence line ,i used a SE 300 bobcat,fell the trees and removed the logs ,push the brush in piles in the field ,burn it in the field ,kill those stumps or you be cutting them off again, fence posts hang a chain off the loader and just swirl the chain around the post 3 times hang on to end of the chain have the wife raise the loader ,it quick fast and easy,did you hear me cheering when you took the log to the fire wood shed,thankyou TYM,great tractor!!!
I love watching your videos.Some times I watch one video two or three times.Evan you are as smooth as butter.Good luck with this project.Take care and have a blessed day.🚜👍👏❤️🙏
It's great when things work out like you attempt to do them. I have those from time to time, always makes you feel good when that happens. Congrats on the fence clearing, my son and I will have some of that to do in the spring. Good one, thanks, have a nice Sunday and great week.
Since the fence line project is so large, it seems like this might be a good time to consider a tree shear attachment for the TYM. There will still be plenty of work that has to be done by hand, but it might help you meet your deadline and still be useful for maintaining field edges in the future.
Looks great! Just curious if you considered sending the limbs through the chipper for chicken/turkey "flooring" while theyre in the barn? Not that you need to, but itd stretch the hay or make more available to sell?
You know what would be neat after you get everything cleaned up is to plant some nice trees maybe maple or oak trees to line the whole driveway. Just a thought. Dave in TX
In the morning of a cold day, take the bush hog and clear around the fence row and the corn field (assuming you own it). If that wood burns so hot, I would use it as kindling. As always have a great week and be safe.
Happy New Year Folks!! Hopefully this years projects go just as well as this one. Thank you you for sharing your world with the rest of us. I really do enjoy listening and watching your video which are very information into homesteading life. From a Mancunian living in North Dakota. 😊
Hi Evan. Really enjoy your videos. With all the brush you will have and wit your livestock, looks like you would have a chipper and lots of wood chips for bedding.
A lot of old farmers used to treat fence posts, precut and cut log, with a 50/50 mix of old motor oil and diesel to get them to not rot away... also makes them burn well. Old tyranny oil also works well to start a brush pile burn completely. Put it on about 30 minutes before to let it soak in.
Evan, i would recommend researching the bore cut method for cutting down trees. It is a effective and safe way for dropping difficult trees. Great video, thanks.
it is great having access to the field. I love the channel because 30 years ago we bought a 120 acre farm and have gone through a lot of the same projects. It is amazing what a brush hog will do backing up over all the saplings along the hedgerow will do. Another learning experience. when I first started that, I broke shear pins. someone said that means you aren't running the brushhog at a high enough RPM. So we started running it faster and problem solved.
Clipping saplings only creates more saplings. Best off....... treat and kill them.......dead ! That can be done any time of the year with Pathfinder II A great herbicide for almost any woody plant ! Can treat them any time of year. Best.... Spring and Fall time...when theres no bugs..and you can wear a jacket !
@@DanKlein_1 Welcome........can buy a "wide mouth" ( easy to pour into ) quart hand pump sprayer at any lawn and garden store.... it dont take much Pathfinder to kill brush.......dampen trees only...... much cheaper then a back hoe. Cost......around 20.00 dollars a quart. Power companies use it for easement areas under power lines. Ive been using it for over 15 years. I never bother to take the trees or brush out. Just kill it and leave it alone. Also works great on Multi-flora rose.
Hey Evan, This is just a thought. Here goes this area that you are clearing how about putting your chicken tractors? Long and skinny roll them down the driveway. Love watching and envy you and Rebecca. 🐥
When using your grapple approach your pile with the teeth close to the ground while open, then drive forward while rotating your grapple down to where you close the grapple and get a bigger load
When you have a farm to operate you always have something to do. That new fence line should be nice. We used to own a 30 acre farm where we raised beef and pork, kind of like what you are doing. Now I am retired and instead of doing the work I get to watch you do it and I get to trip down memory lane. Thank you Evan for taking the time to share this with us.
I love hard work I could sit around and watch other people do it all day long
Every time the TYM Tractor comes to the rescue and grapples the brush, limbs, and firewood logs make it clear how valuable this tractor has become. Seems like a farmer can't do all the chores without it and has become a really good investment for a farm
Evan, I like watching your channel very much. I appreciate you adjusting the volume (like when you are chain sawing) to a reasonable level. I do not have to keep adjusting my volume on my streaming device especially when using headphones. Thank you!
I'm glad you noticed. I go through and adjust the volume of each clip, just for that reason. I want a pleasant viewing experience.
Two thumbs up!
Greetings from Australia...those grapples are worth their weight in gold, hey! Thanks for your efforts in putting these vids together...
Brush pile burning day means..... WEINER ROAST!😋 You're correct, Evan, Hedge burns hot as does Honey Locust. Mulberry may. It wouldn't surprise me since it tends to be stringy and a challenge to split sometimes. Great beginning to a major undertaking. Building fence is work all on it's own, but clearing an existing fence row to rebuild a fence adds a whole other level or two of effort. Charge!🚜
I love the fact that you take safety so seriously.
Great job directing that tree to fall where you wanted. Patience in cutting it, and attention to detail. We also have a large fence line to clean this year. It’s always more work than it sounds like. Lol
Evan, You need to give a demonstration on the ease of attaching equipment to the TYM tractor. You gave the best presentation on it that I have ever seen. I hate to see you lose that tractor.
As long as my contract is completed. (In April) I will have the opportunity to keep the tractor.
@@CountryViewAcres yay! It makes me want to sell my kubota and get a TYM! Lol! But i love my Kubota
Evan is a teacher at heart!
Best presentation on utube!
Much anticipated fence clearing project. Evan, you are like the energizer bunny, you just don’t quit. Be safe, really enjoy your videos
Absolutely! 👍
I remember cleaning out a fence roe when I was a teenager with some neighbors and over half of the old posts were black locust trees. The posts had been in the ground for decades, some had started to grow again, and some didn't. The ones that were not growing were not rotted at all and they all dulled the chainsaw very quickly. I was told that they lasted forever and were extremely hard to cut, let alone split for posts. Good luck in the New Year with your projects, I look forward to watching you guys on all your videos. They remind me of some of the things we did when I was a kid.
Things went well because all subs were cheering for you!!
That Grapple saves you a lot of work! Your place is looking great!
You are giving my a little motivation to get to my over grown fence rows. I have about 3500 feet to clear!👮🏻♂️👍Chip
Such a great feeling whenever a new Evan video drops!!
All the best this year Rebecca and Evan. Thanks so much for the entertainment.
Clearing land always looks good. Glad all went well. You deserve such days. Hoping 2023 is full of such days.
Love the name! It's Super Genius 🤣
Slow and steady wins the race. Good job.
Hello Evan we have been watching your videos for years … those hedge or old fence posts are highly wanted by taxidermists, just an FYI. You may want to offer them to someone local
Love when things come together without problems, another great video Evan
Use prescribed burns along the fence row. It will expose all the hidden wires and posts and it will also clear out the small brush and leaf litter. Placing the brush on top of the stump they grew from and burn the stumps down.
Hes using a chemical to kill the stumps. Theres a video somewhere on it.
Things didn't just go smooth. You are getting more experienced and proficient and it's a joy to watch! Good job!
I’ve been waiting all week for this to show up in my feed, thanks for sharing
That old Osage hedge post makes some awesome game calls, especially duck and turkey calls ....
Morning Evan I enjoy watching you work on your fence line cause your a very cool guy .
This is where a heavy duty wood chipper would be so useful.
He has the right sized chipper for this as he uses the logs for firewood. Personally, I think he’s okay, unless he’s going to burn the brush. My $.02
Agree. I. Surprised he didn’t chip them in place.
He already has a good heavy duty wood chipper
Tree felling is seldom exact, no injuries or property damage is job well done.
It seems like in our part of the country the more yellow to gold the wood gets, the hotter it burns 🔥 👍🚜. Great video as always buddy!
Yes sir, hedge apple and locust burn HOT!! And burn to nothing.
Evan what great down to earth videos no nonsense just good everyday living with no frills really enjoy what you put out thanks. Uk.
That little red tractor sure is handy to get your jobs done faster.😁😁😁
Already looking good. Can’t wait to see it finished.
Looking good looking good nice job Evan.
Idk why but I got the “Lumberjack” song from the old Monty Python show stuck in my head? 🤣🤣
I hope you,Rebekah and family have happy and healthy new year.
God bless 🙏🏼🇺🇸
Kinda surprised you dont save some of the smaller limbs that went into that brush pile for your firepit. Heck, some of them looked thick enough to use as actual firewood!
Still really looking forward to the firewood shed rebuild, probably my most highly anticipated project for a while now. XD
You keep doing what you do well!
When you have acres and acres of trees...... the small wood really dont add up. Theres always plenty of that. The key.......get the job done !
was thinking that myself. Just did a tree job on a fallen norway maple. The tree was half dead, so all the dead limbs went into the truck. I now have plenty of kindling for awhile, lol. The green limbs I cut down to maybe 1.5". Anything big enough to crack in half, so it can dry in a reasonable length of time. This is a hard maple, and its for my grill, so it's worth the effort to me.
As an extra bonus, my neighbor had a big bunch of dead soft maple branches come down in the storm. Some as big as 3". ALL of it got broken up for kindling and campfire wood. Free is free, and silver maple sticks make great kindling. She's 93, so we help her out with stuff like that.
Yes use as much as you can, busting the twigs up for kindling is faster than splitting chunks too.
Always a great feeling when things go as planned without any surprises. Doesn’t seem to happen as often as we’d want.
Nice vid Evan
Hey 11:27, didn't think I'd need my safety glasses for this one! Love watching you constantly maintain and improve your homestead. Also looks like a beautiful winter day.
Good job,I love to watch you cut down trees. ❤
how to eat an elephant, one bite at a time! i cleared miles of fence line ,i used a SE 300 bobcat,fell the trees and removed the logs ,push the brush in piles in the field ,burn it in the field ,kill those stumps or you be cutting them off again, fence posts hang a chain off the loader and just swirl the chain around the post 3 times hang on to end of the chain have the wife raise the loader ,it quick fast and easy,did you hear me cheering when you took the log to the fire wood shed,thankyou TYM,great tractor!!!
I love watching your videos.Some times I watch one video two or three times.Evan you are as smooth as butter.Good luck with this project.Take care and have a blessed day.🚜👍👏❤️🙏
That tractor really earns it keep
Well sir,,that grable sure saves you lot work, awesome piece equipment
Good morning Evan! Great job clearing the fence line!
Thx
Good to see you getting started on your 2023 goals
I love that tractor, it seems like the perfect size for a farm. Saving my money. Enjoying the channel. Tks for sharing.
Looks Awesome!! This was your Warm Up!! Have an Awesome Week!! 🌹😊❤
Good Morning 🌄! I truly enjoy watching your videos and the progress you are making. Very informative.
Glad another video came out. Enjoyed it!
You did another Great Job!
That Grapple is a beast
Evan you need to get you a Stihl saw with a 18 to 20 in bar .that a nice size for pruning !
It's great when things work out like you attempt to do them. I have those from time to time, always makes you feel good when that happens. Congrats on the fence clearing, my son and I will have some of that to do in the spring. Good one, thanks, have a nice Sunday and great week.
Great job keep up the good work love your videos thank you
Smooth Operator!
Since the fence line project is so large, it seems like this might be a good time to consider a tree shear attachment for the TYM. There will still be plenty of work that has to be done by hand, but it might help you meet your deadline and still be useful for maintaining field edges in the future.
Could you get a sponsor ? ?
I believe that crafters use those old weathered fence posts to make beautiful items.
Good Job, but you need a bush Hog, cleans up and save you a lot of work
Yes the Bush hog will get used.
Good job
Looks great! Just curious if you considered sending the limbs through the chipper for chicken/turkey "flooring" while theyre in the barn? Not that you need to, but itd stretch the hay or make more available to sell?
Mulberry is excellent firewood! It's near the very top of the pyramid for BTU's
You know what would be neat after you get everything cleaned up is to plant some nice trees maybe maple or oak trees to line the whole driveway. Just a thought. Dave in TX
In the morning of a cold day, take the bush hog and clear around the fence row and the corn field (assuming you own it). If that wood burns so hot, I would use it as kindling. As always have a great week and be safe.
I own the corn field. And rent it to a farmer. I only plan to rent it one more year. Then it will be planted as pasture.
a woodchipper would be needed, too 👌👌👌💪💪💪💓💓💓
I learned a lot today sbout wood. Thank you!
Good job well done
Happy New Year Folks!! Hopefully this years projects go just as well as this one. Thank you you for sharing your world with the rest of us. I really do enjoy listening and watching your video which are very information into homesteading life. From a Mancunian living in North Dakota. 😊
Always good when things go the way you plan. Good video.
small sticks are great starting a fire in a stove
Evan, the grapple on the tractor sure is a time saver.
Hi Evan. Really enjoy your videos. With all the brush you will have and wit your livestock, looks like you would have a chipper and lots of wood chips for bedding.
Great job with the trees
We have some posts on the farm my great grandpa put in in the 60s that are still rock hard. Most of them you can't even drive a staple into
Great video and I hope you all are doing well mate and hope you had a great New Year again cheers to you all
About time something went well. Congratulations and hopefully the next time will be just as good.
A lot of old farmers used to treat fence posts, precut and cut log, with a 50/50 mix of old motor oil and diesel to get them to not rot away... also makes them burn well. Old tyranny oil also works well to start a brush pile burn completely. Put it on about 30 minutes before to let it soak in.
Evan, i would recommend researching the bore cut method for cutting down trees. It is a effective and safe way for dropping difficult trees. Great video, thanks.
👍👍👍👍👍👌It’s going to look great lots of work!!!
Morning another great video no shortage of fire wood will look really good when the new fence goes up 👍
wow you make work look fun great job take care
Thanks for saying what the first tree was, the sawdust looked almost green to me
Great job❤
Hedge trees are your best firewood and then locusts I cut them for over thirty years best wood for heat
Suggestion put down several poles or dunage to set future firewood logs on to keep off ground and make safer cutting
Thanks for sharing
Wood shed area looks like a great place for cutting and splitting fire wood
Good job Evan can’t wait to see the finished project
it is great having access to the field. I love the channel because 30 years ago we bought a 120 acre farm and have gone through a lot of the same projects. It is amazing what a brush hog will do backing up over all the saplings along the hedgerow will do. Another learning experience. when I first started that, I broke shear pins. someone said that means you aren't running the brushhog at a high enough RPM. So we started running it faster and problem solved.
Clipping saplings only creates more saplings. Best off....... treat and kill them.......dead ! That can be done any time of the year with Pathfinder II A great herbicide for almost any woody plant ! Can treat them any time of year. Best.... Spring and Fall time...when theres no bugs..and you can wear a jacket !
@@jimmyjohnson7041 good info. Thanks! 👍
@@DanKlein_1 Welcome........can buy a "wide mouth" ( easy to pour into ) quart hand pump sprayer at any lawn and garden store.... it dont take much Pathfinder to kill brush.......dampen trees only...... much cheaper then a back hoe. Cost......around 20.00 dollars a quart.
Power companies use it for easement areas under power lines. Ive been using it for over 15 years. I never bother to take the trees or brush out. Just kill it and leave it alone. Also works great on Multi-flora rose.
Even only use one stick of hedge apple at a time it will melt your stove 💯
Cool video
Enjoy your work while you have good health. /What was the green liquid you applied to the stumps?
Tordon RTU, it is stump killer. Keeps them from growing back.
Hey Evan, This is just a thought. Here goes this area that you are clearing how about putting your chicken tractors? Long and skinny roll them down the driveway. Love watching and envy you and Rebecca. 🐥
Careful burning that only use a piece with other woods I warped a brick lined stove and stock up on chains it destroys them thanks for the vid brother
Nice video
A friend of mine always said a hedge (bodoc) post will wear out several post holes. They never rot. But they can be really crooked!
When using your grapple approach your pile with the teeth close to the ground while open, then drive forward while rotating your grapple down to where you close the grapple and get a bigger load
rent a small dozer and push the fence rows down into brush piles. You can cut the larger trees for firewood
Great job Evan, looking good around there. Stay safe and keep up the great videos and having fun. Fred.
Locust post can’t beat it for heat
Time to rent a ASV skidsteer and a forestry head. You will have all the scrub brush done in an afternoon. Hope you don’t run into to much wire.