How to measure Firewood cuts Fast & Easy -
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- Out in the yard with the most versatile tool known to mankind.... ZIP TIES. Using zip ties to measure firewood cuts while actively cutting is one of the quickest ways to get the job done.
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I cut my first cord with a stick and marker. The following day I added those zipties, saves so much time.
Just one of the hundred tricks I've learned watching your channel.
Cheers
Thanks a bunch, I am glad it worked for you!
Cut a slit in the middle of the zip tie bag instead of cutting the top off. You grab them by the middle and fold them and pull them out, and you can stick them back in too. And you can throw the bag around and they can't fall out of the bag.
Yes, the next time I buy some I will do that, I have a bunch to use up first!
Thanks for this great idea! Tim
@@CliffsideStables
No probs! I got it from AvE. Very smart guy.
Brilliant.
If you have a bunch of loose ones, you can bundle them together and wrap a smaller zip tie to band them up together. When the bundle gets smaller you tie the zip each time. No bag needed
Chris said "I'm a nice guy."
Agreed.
Everyone here is a nice person, if someone is not I make them disappear! HA!
Have been using the Magnet/PVC style. After losing #1 in a couple days and #2 two weeks later at $15.00 per,
(Yes, I did paint both Flo-Orange) I tried your suggestion. For $10 I have one on each of three saws (Total time 15 minutes and $3) and seven extra ties in case I need more. Thank you for sharing your ideas. I cut about 20-25 cord of 20" wood a season. This will save a considerable amount of time , money and frustration. Thanks again. Gary, Northern NY
Thanks for watching Gary!
Using the firewood not selling it have been eye balling it for 40 years
okay.
One of the best tips of all time. Chunking the stick and spray can.
Thanks Chris.
Glad to help, In have tried everything ad this is the easiest for me too!
This was one of the best tips I’ve seen on the Tube. I’ve been doing this since I started watching your channel and tell all my wood cutting guys. I love it! You should have patented it!
Glad to help!
I know money makes it all better and Chris you show what time and hard work can buy. Little things like the cut guide saves time to cut more in a days time and save some money. Have a great day be safe
Very true! Thanks Arthur!
How am I just not seeing this. Freaking brilliant!!!
It works ..thanks for watching!
Chris’ pink tipped zip tie firewood measuring guides are one of his many simple and effective tips I’ve tried and adopted. Thanks 👍
Cool, thanks for letting me know! You are now Mr. Pink2!
@@InTheWoodyard How well does this work if cutting amongst a flock of PINK Flamingoes?
I have done the Mingo Marker, Tape and chock, The guess ...I now use your whiskers method.
Give it a go if you don't like it no biggie, zip ties are pennies!
Marking the guide bar. That is how I currently measure the rounds to cut. The zip ties look like the answer. Going to the store. Thanks.
Awesome..thanks!
I started doing this after seeing it on your videos. It's by far the best and quickest way. Thanks Chris
Thanks other Chris!
I can see how the ziptie method would be super useful for those of us who only have one saw and we use it for limbing as well. The ties would not be much of a hinderance compared to a rigid attachment. Excellent Idea!
Yup, they work great!
I just got my first chainsaw to clean up after a storm. Your zip tie firewood measure is cheap, easy to install, very fast in use, not able to be laid aside and misplaced/lost and safe. Thanks for the brilliant idea!
Nice work! Now get cuttin'!
@@InTheWoodyard I did. It was awesome!
Thanks for sharing this. This is now how I measure my wood when cutting. I just started a TH-cam channel called Firewood on the Hill and have already had comments about the zips ties. They asked if I got that from you and I was like yes. I look forward to learning more from you.
Very cool! Thanks!
My power had is 18" long so I've always used that method, but it's a wasted motion for each round. Can't believe I haven't seen or thought of this before. I'm going out to the shop to tie a couple on right now! Great idea, thanks!
Go for it! And happy cuttin'!
I didn't know my chainsaw needed wiskers until this moment... Thank you for the valuable information 🤘🪵
Happy to help!
Just found this video what an ingenious idea and so simple just put some on my saw for my rounds for my road side stand 👍👍👍 thanks so much didn’t want to spend a lot of money for something to Measure the wood
Thanks for watching! Yup, it works great!
This man has no time to waste. Cuts right on the stack like an OG.
Ha! Thanks, I am an OG!
Reminds me of those curb feelers on the Cadillacs in the 70's!
Ha curb feelers…that’s a blast from the past. Back when cars were tanks, gas cans were simple, chainsaws were heavy, and no one bought water in a bottle.
Yup!
EXACTLY!
It’s interesting seeing different ways people measure their rounds for firewood. I’m blessed to have a career in residential construction and can eye ball 16 about 9/10 times.
Yup, I use it as a guide most of the time!
I'm so glad you told me to come back to this video. I'm definitely gonna give it a shot today, hopefully. Thanks Chris!
Awesome, go for it!
I know it's Sunday but I thought we're going to see you tackling cutting them piles have a good day
you will very soon, I have a video every day and I have a lot of stuff to get done and the log piles are on the list!
The pink tape is for hope his wife will see it and get busy with the saw. ❤️
No, it is because it is very easy to see against the brown/grey/black/green in the woods/ wood yard.
I was about to go out and buy a measuring tape but instead I'll go to the basement and pull out 3 zip ties. Great idea and thanks for sharing.
You will like it a lot!!
One of the cheapest solutions and one of the most efficient. Great idea
Glad you like it!
Morning! We are cuttin today and I have seen you do this before but have never put the ties on my saw yet. We made a magnetic marker for the bar but it’s constantly falling off. I’m going to apply the zip ties today!! Thanks for sharing! GNI
You will like it!
Thanks for showing this trick. I added it to my saw and it works perfectly! Easy, cheap, and it works.
Glad it helped! Now get cuttin'!
Enjoying your channel Chris! 🇺🇸👍🇺🇸
Awesome, thank you!
Brilliant! Simply brilliant. The gimmick people do not want us to see this penny hack. Brilliant. Thank you.
Yup, it works great!!! Thanks!
Just discovered your Zip Ties Measuring Tip and outfitted my chainsaw with them! Outstanding Tip!! Thanks!!!
Fantastic!
@@InTheWoodyard Now I need to fashion a similar method to work with my 10" Pole Chainsaw....
This is amazing way of doing it, finally someone thinking outside the box.
Thanks, I was not born in a box so I avoid them!! Haaa!
I love it👍👍 thanks for the Helpful tip. I'm calling it Chris's whisker gauge. I'm definitely trying this idea 💡
You will like it!
Been copying this over the last week after seeing your vids, works great.
That is good to here!
Great measuring tip, thanks as usual! -Brad
Thanks for watching Brad!
I have zip ties on 3 of my saws and I love this method! I didn't realize that you taped them to the handle so I'll give it a try. Thanks for all the great tips!
I am glad it worked for you!
Thanks Chris, good video. I followed your lead, the ties work really well.
Great, I am glad you like them!
I used to with chalk,measure-mark... takes time. The zip ties looks good.
Yup, it is fast and easy!
Nice. Love the idea of the strain relief sleeve.
It's on my to do list to add some ties to my saw for when I start cutting for next winter. I think I will probably angle mine forward a bit so that they aren't as far from the cutting part of the saw. Even if they are in front of the dogs a bit it won't matter as they will happily bend back a bit.
That's a great idea Alan, that might work well!
The very first time I seen you do this I said man that’s genus, so I tried it out months ago but I used bright orange color. And man it works wonders so thank you Chris. 😎
Glad I could help!
Love the vids. Thank you. You mention how it adds up. Cut that time in half now by using the Prosizer. Serious game changer. I have one on each side. You go so fast.
I have them to and I have used them, they are nice.
Great video Chris I have done it your way since I first saw you doing it that way I think it's the best way. Goodnight Irene
Cool, thanks for watching and trying my idea!
Good morning Chris!!😀😀
That has been a really good system that has worked well for you!!😀😀
When I cut lengths at home. I take the skidder and grab a bucket full of logs and lay them out and even them up on one end. Then I use the power head witch is also 16 inches long and then I buck all the logs In one cut.
When you stop over I'll show you my setup. I usually lay out 3 or 4 buckets full at a time before I cut them. Then after I get them bucked
If I'm careful I can grab the wood and stack it without ever touching it by hand at all. But you have to be really smooth with the skidder or you can knock the pile over really easy.
Take care my friend!!😀😀
Logger Al
That is because you are a highly skilled professional Al!
The show in the UP was not as good as the ones in the past, next year it will be great, it will be here and you will be there! HA!
GREAT IDEA, Was thinking about the lazer but now i'm not sure lol. So simple and cheap. Thank you for sharing!!!
Yup, it works great!
I used your zip tie idea and you're right it is so much faster thank you
Yup, it works great!
Great tip brother, will definitely try it, thanks.
Thanks for watching, get cuttin'!
Some of my favorite things in nature are natureally pink 😳
Like flowers and......
Excellent idea ! Keep up the awesome posts
Thanks for watching Den!
Good morning Chris. Great idea ! I’m the use my 18” bar for a 16-ish” cut kinda guy. That’ll change once I get my bigger saw ! GoodNightIrene
As long as it works for you that is all that matters!
What a super genius idea. You sir, are my hero.
Glad to help!
Thanks , always nice to share ideas .
Thanks for watching!
Thanks I have been using the pvc magnet method but this is a great improvement
That works too!
Went back to watch, now on my 575xp! Thanks! -Brad
Great, now you are a cutting machine!
i put orange duct tape on my zip ties just to match my Husky ! NICE TIP!!
Perfect!
That sounds like a great idea I'll be doing that tomorrow. thanks!
Good luck, it is easy!
Imma try this for sure! Thanks!
Hope you like it! It works great for me!
ROFL!
I've used pick spray paint on my tools of many years.
It was because of my son. He was the "absent minded professor". He has a brilliant mind and loved building things and helping me around the farm... however, he would just leave things wherever he had been.
Pink on the tools helped me A LOT in tool recovery!
Plus, I'm secure in my manhood. Pink is hot! lol
Ha!! I like it!
Love this idea! My saw is getting this for Christmas! 😮. Thanks for sharing @maintenancewithmike.
Awesome!
I'm set in my ways but I am going to try this. The only thing is it would seem to force you to move from left to right, not a terrible thing. Nice video. Firewood Hoarder's Club sent me.
Thanks for watching Bob, there is another 560 firewood videos on the channel waiting for you to watch! Thanks Chris
From North Idaho, love the ziptie feeler gauge! Will be installing on my chainsaw tomorrow! Thanks for the tip!
Thanks for watching Ken!
Awesome! Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
It works pretty good, been doing it that way for a few years.
That is good to here Greg!
Morning Chris, your zip tie gauge is very effective. Have you ever wondered how many blocks you have cut ?, at least from the truckloads you’ve bought. Guessing maybe 250- 300 logs per load? Good rainy day project, in your “free time”you can ponder it. Lot of dumb “challenges on the tube” like the freaking egg, like watching paint dry, be curious to see cutters eye ball lengths, put them on end and see how consistent they are. Maybe you could start a “challenge “
That is a good idea Mike. I cut about 600 face cords a year so number of blocks, more that 3! HA!
Last video you said it was nice to stack out of the tractor bucket, less bending. Ohio Wood Burner bought a second trailer to load the splits into as they come off the machine. He can stack out of the trailer with the second trailer available for deliveries. His thought is that he's to old to pick it off the floor to stack.
I have been thinking of doing the same thing!
@@jakebredthauer5100 Exactly.
@@jakebredthauer5100 We will see!
i never woulda thaught of this. so simple its geniuse! love it! will save a lot of fliping of the saw for me.
Yup, easy peasy!
Good job Chris
Thanks Billy!
You are my hero! Great idea!
Thanks! Nope, just a guy with a chain saw, but I hope it woks good for you...get cuttin'!
Great idea. Thank you.
Glad you liked it! Thanks for watching!
I have tryed this sososo many times and it does work very well
Thanks!
Ingenious in its simplicity
Thanks Dan, give it a try!
Great video, I also have tried lots of other methods. Really like the 3 therapy with pink tape. You also use a 24 bar on your saws. Have a Safe Day
Thanks David, that is good to hear!
GREAT IDEA!!!!! Sure beats the measure and mark (That's what I've been doing; So primitive!!!!) Time saving as well. Thanks for getting me out of the "Cave"!! Thanks.
Glad it was helpful! Welcome to the new millennium.
I love this idea!
Thanks, give it a try, it works great!
Hi. It's Darin. Thanks for the tip. I'll use it. Great vid!
Thanks Mr. Flicker!
Genius!!!! Love it!! THANK YOU!!
You are so welcome!
Just tarped my wood here in Oregon. We have had this summer, .04 inches of rain since June 21 in Salem. We had as high temp at 117 degrees. 40 days 90+ temp.The oak I cut from the February ice storms is 24% on the moisture meter. Douglas fir at 17%. Rain coming next weekend. Still warm 70's and 80's. Unusual to have oak about ready in less than a year. But this has been a hot, very dry summer for us with low humidity. I like the zip tie measure method. I usually use a 16" broom handle, tape measure, or hand saw or chalk to make a mark.
Yup, heat and dry conditions are great for drying firewood! Give the zip ties a try, they work great and it is fast! Thanks for watching Steve!
Great idea,love it.
Glad you like it!
Great idea, thank you 🙏
You’re welcome Wayne, it works great!
Thanks for sharing this
My pleasure, thank you for watching Roger!
I just added this to my chainsaw and found it to work very well. Saved a ton of time over marking then cutting.
yup!
Good fast tip. Cheap pretty cool way to do the gages with zip ties
Glad you liked it! It does work great!
Would call the last step wrapping together a "strain relief " That's what the term is for electrical cords. Excellent idea; simple,cheap, you process enough logs that you know what's good
Thanks! I did not know it had a name! Cool!
Very helpful, thanks!
Glad it was helpful!
What an awesome idea!! However, just to protect my reputation, I’m going to send the wife to the store to pick up some pink tape.
Ha!!!! You can do it, the pink does not rub off on you!!!
Simple
Inexpensive
Fast
Smart
Great idea
Thanks
Thanks for watching Jay!
Excellent tips to ease our task 👌
Thanks for watching!!
Chris. You are the only guy I know with "curb feelers" on a chainsaw.
There are a lot of us now!! HA!
Great tip on the ties, I may try it on my little MS180, I like the mingo on the main log it give me a break to rest before a start to cut
Take care
Give it a try, you might like it!
Hi Chris. I’ve used the bar method to measure for many years. With my 16” or 18” bar, it’s very easy to do. I actually made a video about it. I can keep within 1/4 or 1/2 inch of 16 consistently using the method. And it’s become muscle memory at this point. Cut/measure/cut. -Chad #purplecollarlife
Yes, I did that for years, this is faster, give it a try!
you are awesome and this is a great tip!
Thanks Brent, it works great!
Thanks for sharing Chris. By the way I really like Dremel. My son has a 12 volt sharpener but the trouble with that is you have to have 12 volt battery handy. Have a great rest of the day!!
Thanks for watching again JOHN!
Very cool! Thank you
Glad you liked it!
Morning Chris. With all the cuts you have made over the years, you should have a gauge built into your brain, where 16” is. Have a good and safe day👍
Not when customers loads are at stake! Accurate accurate accurate.
Yes I can, but it helps stay more consistent!
Very few people care as long as you don't get under 14" or over 18", 15-17" is where I try to stay as much as possible.
Good tip! Need to use the extreme weather cable ties.
How is Mr. Mushroom doing today?
I'm alive, that's what counts.
Great tip. I seen a device that attaches to the handle that uses a red dot laser. I would think it would be hard to see especially in sunny conditions. I myself carry a small pocket tape measure and a short piece of a yellow lumber crayon and go down the log or piece of wood and mark my cuts. On another note I recently purchased a Oregon 72EXJ chain to try out and so far I really like it. I always ran Stihl chain. I also purchased a Husqvarna X Cut and I'm running it now and like it as well.
There are a lot of ways to measure as long as you are happy with your method, that is great!
Thank you that’s a great idea
You are welcome!
Oh my, since when did wood chuck, start wearing chaps,and a shield.
Your still my knowledge put, thanks for sharing and as always be safe my northern friend
Thanks for watching Scott!
I like it now I'm going to have to try it.
Go for it it is simple and it works!
Nice informative video.
Thanks for watching!