I never thought my life would come to the point where every morning, I spend 30 minutes or so watching a dude process firewood, and yet, here we are. The Lord works in mysterious ways.
It is great, especially if you start at the beginning and watch all the way through and how things have changed, and grown. Been a great journey that still has a long ways to go! Have a great day!
It's time to slowly wake with coffee and my dog . I feel a little guilty on the cold or rainy days as the dog stays close and snores and I fall back asleep
I feel your statement. Been doing it for several years now. I fortunately live close enough to the woodyard, when I drive to my mom's house, I rubberneck as I drive past the farm to see what Chris is up too.
Chris,where you be without the awesome help of Junior . Dad Bert must be so proud of him. He knows how to help not like some much older.Hats off to him and his parents.
Sometimes when I'm splitting,I get a really gnarly bit of wood,gives me great satisfaction to work around it and nibble away at it. Breaks the monotony, other times I start the Husky 350 and rip it into usable sizes. Great video again Chris love the different woods depicted. Cheers from HBNZ
G’morning Chris ! Love the old school Woodyard techniques displayed today. You are on my left screen,, cycle counting on my right sceeen. GoodNightIrene
I’m very thankful for my Tractor Supply CountyLine 25ton log splitter because it got me started but I’m more excited for the Eatonmade Ultra that I’m ordering for next season. I’ve seen and heard nothing but amazing results from that machine fur a startup splitter.
You have really gotten your moneys worth out of that splitter. It just seems to keep on working. I like the size of that wood deck. Nice to have someone feeding you the wood, makes it go a lot faster
Nice video Chris & Gavin. Yesterday I started restocking wood for next year. Big old 48” diameter Ash tree that carpenter ants killed and tree service cut down. I’ve just been working on the. 10-20” stuff. Bark is still real tight but that stuff is dry and hardest ash I ever cut. Grabby across grain and had the saw chattering on the one piece I noodled. Split kind of stringy for ash. GNI
have Bert look into putting a damper on that handle, so it doesn't vibrate when it kick out on the return. I'm thinking a small air cylinder with a flow control on one side, attached from the handle back to the mounting plate.
@@InTheWoodyard well yeah, and the handle has broke a few times. It would extend the life of the spool valve another few thousand cords too… Bert seems like a guy that likes to make stuff, and make stuff better. Might be an idea for his channel
Good morning! Yes, that elm . . . when splitting by hand you get to thinking you're pretty good. You hit your spots, things pop apart and then you come upon a piece of elm. Or, as my Dad used to say, "That damn Elm". It doesn't so much as split as tear and splitting it by hand is a job. The only time I've ever had it split even marginally is when it's -20 degrees. It does mill up pretty nice for what it's worth.
That Gavin is a working machine Chris. Elm maybe hard to split but it burns nice . Cut lumber from rock elm and it last a long long time. Keep on cutting
I split alot of elm wood here in Washington state and the only thing i found hard to split was russian olive wood that stuff is a nightmare. Great job chris.
That Ultra continues to impress me given its simplicity and performance. The Satan wood should be twice the price. Harder to split and has the kindling and wood all-in-one.
There is a lot of play in the piston during its stroke, are there any shims to adjust to take that play out? That much play will only wear out the seals faster. GNI
"Elm wood burns like churchyard mould, E'en the very flames are cold But ash green or ash brown Is fit for a queen with golden crown" (part of a poem by Celia Congreve)
hey Chris, do you ever get any Sycamore to process? I recently saw Shieb working up some huge rounds and just wondered if you get any in your woodyard.
Hi Chris, I am thinking of getting a pair of Haix logger boots(red, LOL). What are your thoughts on these boots and how long did they take to break in. I remember you said they are pretty stiff. Thanks!
So is the general consensus that the monster bucket grapple on the skid steer is much much better than Wrastling and wrangling the elevator too and fro, hither and yon about the wood yard ?
question, I was splitting green maple yesterday and found it to be the most difficult wood, the rounds were 20 ish inches and were giving the splitter a run for its money, its also super knotty and twisty, it was a trunch of the tree, is that usual or am i unlucky
@@InTheWoodyard Was wondering...Usually dense, stringy wood does. The Hickory we have in my area is very hard to split because it's dense and stringy and buddy, it puts out the BTU'S! Hope you've got that processor fixed! Take care buddy!!
Chris you have talked so much about saving time not stacking wood, though you split your wood twice. Eastern Made must have a splitter that can do it ounce. What’s your thought on this?
With all the multiple wedge designs already available IMHO the biggest factor is keeping log diameter consistent with a maybe 4" variance, trying to run logs that vary from 5-20" through the same wedge good luck.
Yes I agree not about the fancy wood splitters and all the big machinery cuz if you have to split the s*** twice it ain't worth having I have a 20 year old craftsman wood splitter and I have a small tractor and a dump truck and I still make very good money and good profit and don't have big payments
Sometimes I smell it to figure out or confirm it is what kind I though it was. BUT sometimes I put my lips against a fresh split to see if it is dry or wet inside.
Nasty crap elm makes very good firewood. You can get a lot of good heat from elm. Real good heat. That big square piece you made good pieces out of that.
You can definitely hear the difference between elm and the other ones. I split more than a full cord of red oak this week with an axe 🪓 I don't miss the days of red elm with the sledge and wedges, have a great weekend everyone.
I never thought my life would come to the point where every morning, I spend 30 minutes or so watching a dude process firewood, and yet, here we are. The Lord works in mysterious ways.
It is great, especially if you start at the beginning and watch all the way through and how things have changed, and grown. Been a great journey that still has a long ways to go! Have a great day!
It's time to slowly wake with coffee and my dog
. I feel a little guilty on the cold or rainy days as the dog stays close and snores and I fall back asleep
It’s my nightcap here in Australia. Watch Chris then off to bed lol
I know right lol.. I'm same way and I was lost yesterday not being able to for first time in forever with the phone shut down situation.
I feel your statement. Been doing it for several years now. I fortunately live close enough to the woodyard, when I drive to my mom's house, I rubberneck as I drive past the farm to see what Chris is up too.
Chris,where you be without the awesome help of Junior . Dad Bert must be so proud of him. He knows how to help not like some much older.Hats off to him and his parents.
Yup, he likes to help!
Nice to have help.
Sure is!
The ULTRA did it again. Made little pieces of wood fast! 👍🏻👍🏻GNI
Yes indeed!
Sometimes when I'm splitting,I get a really gnarly bit of wood,gives me great satisfaction to work around it and nibble away at it. Breaks the monotony, other times I start the Husky 350 and rip it into usable sizes. Great video again Chris love the different woods depicted. Cheers from HBNZ
Great point! The odd ones are challenging!
Loved the video Chris, Loved the fact you identified the different species, helps me identify the wood that I cut and split.
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!
G’morning Chris ! Love the old school Woodyard techniques displayed today. You are on my left screen,, cycle counting on my right sceeen.
GoodNightIrene
Morning! Thanks. The new saw is cutting great, I used it 3 times now.
That’s great to hear ! Love mine
Awesome vid Chris!! Love the ultra vids! Heck I love all your videos lol! We’ll see you soon! Andrew from NB :)
Glad you like them!!
I’m very thankful for my Tractor Supply CountyLine 25ton log splitter because it got me started but I’m more excited for the Eatonmade Ultra that I’m ordering for next season. I’ve seen and heard nothing but amazing results from that machine fur a startup splitter.
Order asap I had to wait 11 months for mine lol and once you order it you start planning on having it already yet your waiting(worth the wait)
Call and order asap. Eastonmade just put out a video the other day saying they have openings to get certain machines built pretty quickly.
Yup, you will love it!
yup!
yup!
You have really gotten your moneys worth out of that splitter. It just seems to keep on working. I like the size of that wood deck. Nice to have someone feeding you the wood, makes it go a lot faster
Yup, Thanks 👍
Nice video Chris & Gavin. Yesterday I started restocking wood for next year. Big old 48” diameter Ash tree that carpenter ants killed and tree service cut down. I’ve just been working on the. 10-20” stuff. Bark is still real tight but that stuff is dry and hardest ash I ever cut. Grabby across grain and had the saw chattering on the one piece I noodled. Split kind of stringy for ash. GNI
Sounds like some great dry stuff!! Keep cuttin'!
Great splitting. Ultra worked great as always. Sure makes things faster when you have the young fella helping. 👋👋👍🏻👍🏻
Yes it does!
have Bert look into putting a damper on that handle, so it doesn't vibrate when it kick out on the return. I'm thinking a small air cylinder with a flow control on one side, attached from the handle back to the mounting plate.
It has split thousands of cords with out it and it will do thousands more.
@@InTheWoodyard well yeah, and the handle has broke a few times. It would extend the life of the spool valve another few thousand cords too… Bert seems like a guy that likes to make stuff, and make stuff better. Might be an idea for his channel
Good morning! Yes, that elm . . . when splitting by hand you get to thinking you're pretty good. You hit your spots, things pop apart and then you come upon a piece of elm. Or, as my Dad used to say, "That damn Elm". It doesn't so much as split as tear and splitting it by hand is a job. The only time I've ever had it split even marginally is when it's -20 degrees. It does mill up pretty nice for what it's worth.
Yup, but it does burn nice!
Chris another great 👍 job and video 😮😊❤
Glad you enjoyed it!
I picked up an Elm tree a week ago, and so fsr it's popping apart nicely.😉👍
Very nice! Our elm must be different it never splits ....nicely! It is like splitting cable!
Wow the edge of the wedge has been nicked up,
Yup, thousands of cords will do that!
Great video Chris and Gavin nice work ( ty Ron
Thanks 👍
That Gavin is a working machine Chris. Elm maybe hard to split but it burns nice . Cut lumber from rock elm and it last a long long time. Keep on cutting
yup!
I split alot of elm wood here in Washington state and the only thing i found hard to split was russian olive wood that stuff is a nightmare. Great job chris.
Yup, Russian Olive is tough wood too!! I cut some in Wyoming years ago.
That Ultra continues to impress me given its simplicity and performance. The Satan wood should be twice the price. Harder to split and has the kindling and wood all-in-one.
Yup, you are correct!
Good way to end the day, in the woodyard with Gavin and an Ultra!
Yup!
I have been burning some Elm the last week or 10 days in the stove...It is actually kinda satisfying throwing back into the 🔥 of heck it came from!🤠
Ha! It probably likes to go back home!!!
🤘I love watching that machine pump out wood.
Me too!
A great little splitter for resplitting.Perhaps thats what it was designed for?
Yup, she does that!
I live in Massachusetts and the elm is our state tree but thankfully I haven’t come across any yet
Two words to remember...nasty crap!
Good morning Chris!!😀😀
Morning Al!
Good Friday morning Chris.
Morning Bobby!
Very good job.
Thank you!
Good morning 🙏
Hello!
Is box elder in the poplar family?
No maple.
👍 good video. I see your cat inventory is doing well 🤣
Yes, thanks!
Great way to avoid the slippery mud.
yup!
Elm! I had some much of that and didn’t realize what it was. Stuff is horrible to split!
Yup,l like splitting cable!
There is a lot of play in the piston during its stroke, are there any shims to adjust to take that play out? That much play will only wear out the seals faster. GNI
Maybe. It has had millions of strokes!
"Elm wood burns like churchyard mould,
E'en the very flames are cold
But ash green or ash brown
Is fit for a queen with golden crown" (part of a poem by Celia Congreve)
Yup, all wood burns... that is all that matters.
Did you get the bent cylinder repaired? The two bent pins?
Yup, all fixed now, you will see it soon.
hey Chris, do you ever get any Sycamore to process? I recently saw Shieb working up some huge rounds and just wondered if you get any in your woodyard.
Nope, not here, I did cut some in Indiana last year. Nasty crap!
Hi Chris, I am thinking of getting a pair of Haix logger boots(red, LOL). What are your thoughts on these boots and how long did they take to break in. I remember you said they are pretty stiff. Thanks!
Go for it! They are awesome...EVERONE who has them loves them for cutting. But yes they do take time to break in.
Good morning all!
Hello!
So is the general consensus that the monster bucket grapple on the skid steer is
much much better than
Wrastling and wrangling the elevator too and fro, hither and yon about the wood yard ?
No, i would not say better but it does give us options for working when it is muddy out in the bin area.
I google the ELM 🌴 it's famous for its heritage too😊
Yup, Satan wood!
Nice splitting!! Thanks for showing the different species of wood!! Stay Hydrated and Have a Safe Day
Thanks for watching!
looks like the ultra wedge need to be hit with the grinder.
Maybe so!
I noticed you put oil on the splinter where the pusher runs. What kind of oil was it?
Used motor oil.
Hi Chris, great video. One question, would it have been worth the time to install the 4 way wedge to do these re-splits?
Maybe. The single wedge works great on nasty crotchy knotty wood. The 4 way is great on smaller pretty wood.
Eastonmade is looking to hire engineers. Is Bert available? Not sure if he wants to deal with those Canadian winters.
They are farther south than us.
@InTheWoodyard actually Perth, ON os just a tick north in latitude from where I live. So maybe Bert woild be able to handle their winters.
question, I was splitting green maple yesterday and found it to be the most difficult wood, the rounds were 20 ish inches and were giving the splitter a run for its money, its also super knotty and twisty, it was a trunch of the tree, is that usual or am i unlucky
My guess is that it was NOT maple but something else. Maple splits easy.
I'm sure you do but, sharpen the wedge. The ugly wood splits great. I get a lot of crotchety wood. Nite and day difference.🍻🇺🇸
Yup, It has been a while.
Good morning Chris hope you’re feeling better today. How many hours do you think you have on your ultra now? Honda keeps on ticking.
Yup, I am way better now I am at about 11.3791% now. Back the I was at about 7.136%!!
Looked like a nice evening in the wood yard
Yup, they all are nice!
Good job on that big nasty one! I think I might have tossed that one on my burn pile 👍👍
Yup, some times it get turned into a Bert wood donation!
Chris, how does that Elm burn?
Real good, above average wood.
@@InTheWoodyard Was wondering...Usually dense, stringy wood does. The Hickory we have in my area is very hard to split because it's dense and stringy and buddy, it puts out the BTU'S! Hope you've got that processor fixed! Take care buddy!!
Nice splitting 👍🇧🇻
Thanks 👍
Wedge cam?
Yup!
Would it help if Satan is a little dryer? I have a bunch of elm to cut down, and only have a 13 ton spliter ?
NOOOOOOO dry wood always splits much harder. Fresh cut and very frozen is the easiest to split!
1 bite at a time Chris!! Steady as she goes!
yup!
Chris you have talked so much about saving time not stacking wood, though you split your wood twice. Eastern Made must have a splitter that can do it ounce. What’s your thought on this?
If you're buying, I'll take a 37d also!
They do have a new wadge that we might get some time to do that.
Ha!
What is the wood you are calling "Satan"?
Elm
Does anyone call boxelder Manitoba maple down there ?
No, but I have heard you all call it that! Cool name!
Making big piles into bigger piles. And fast.
Yup!
👍👍👍
Thanks!!!
When you say satanwood I'm thinking you mean elm. Can that be used to make boards?
Yes and yes!
My ex wife loved elm during the winter. I told her she needed half a dozen pieces of elm, some junk mail , and match. And poof she was warm .
Yup, it does burn!
Andrew-- although we really like the Ultra, we need to find a way to get rid of Chris having to re-split.
It would be nice but if we only ran the machinery we all would get lazy so it's good to do the resplits
With all the multiple wedge designs already available IMHO the biggest factor is keeping log diameter consistent with a maybe 4" variance, trying to run logs that vary from 5-20" through the same wedge good luck.
yup!
yup, 10-14" wood all the time would be great! But is comes in all sizes!
If all wood was perfect like telephone poles ...that would be nice!
Do You remember when Chris used to cut up a truck load of Logs with a Chainsaw. I Do.
You will see some of that soon, we have a new saw here!
Yes I agree not about the fancy wood splitters and all the big machinery cuz if you have to split the s*** twice it ain't worth having I have a 20 year old craftsman wood splitter and I have a small tractor and a dump truck and I still make very good money and good profit and don't have big payments
Yup, lots of big payments kill most businesses.
Good Morning.
Mission Accomplished
Elm = Lucifer.
Hi Gavin
Yup, it is some nasty crap!
Today is a splitting day in my yard too
Same here, with a side order of 1 face cord delivery.
Nice!
Here too!
Sound better how you felling Chris, hot tea and honey
I am 100% better now I am running at about 11.73951% now ...up from 5.97341%!!!!!
Who else was lost dazed and confused yesterday not being able to watch with the great 2024 tower conspiracy. Lol i was lost not being able to watch
My phone did not work for a few hours.
@@InTheWoodyard yeah a lot of folks all over the country was.
Hey. Chris
Wow the man the myth the legend is here once again! Hello there Ralphy baby!
The cats where hoping for a feed, I know off camera😊
Yup, they are always there.
after watching Scheib split sycamore-i am not sure what is worse than elm
Yup, that is some nasty crap too, we do not have it here.
why were you smelling a piece of wood 2 days ago?
Sometimes I smell it to figure out or confirm it is what kind I though it was. BUT sometimes I put my lips against a fresh split to see if it is dry or wet inside.
Very nice wood and all
Try splitting some of that elm by hand. Not fun. Helps when frozen doh...
Yup, as a kid we split tons of elm with wedges and a maul.
morning
Hello!
🎉
Thanks!
You have satan elm, in north Georgia we have Sweet Gum which acts the same way. Almost impossible to split by hand without a wedge and sledge.
Yup, nasty crap! But it does burn!
Lots of splitting going on
Yup, it sure is!
Hello everyone
Hello Stanly!
@@InTheWoodyard hello Chris I haven't had time to say much lately. How's Tony and our favorite chainsaw girl I love her
Nasty crap elm makes very good firewood. You can get a lot of good heat from elm. Real good heat.
That big square piece you made good pieces out of that.
Yup, it does burn!
Good morning wood splitters 😊
Morning!
Some fun wood your splitting lol
Yup, some is some ain't!
@@InTheWoodyard yup I was being sarcastic
Should have split it all in time lapse. It’s much faster
Ha, not for me!
Good Morning Woodhounds!(-:
Hello!
Your on screen comments are going to make the coffee come out the nose again.
That is good for you, it cleans out the sinuses!
🪵👍
Hello!
You can definitely hear the difference between elm and the other ones. I split more than a full cord of red oak this week with an axe 🪓 I don't miss the days of red elm with the sledge and wedges, have a great weekend everyone.
Yup, elm does not like to split!
👍🏻👏🪵🪓
Thanks!