Cordwood Challenge 2021: New Mini Challenge & Axe Giveaway Winner!
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- čas přidán 11. 09. 2024
- This is my introduction as the new host of the cordwood challenge. Mostly I just want to emphasize that I am not an expert, to stay safe out there, and have fun!
Intro Music: “Get Tough” by Track Tribe via CZcams Music Library.
Thanks for taking up the considerable challenge of actually running it and not just doing it. I hope to be more involved this year and we'll see going forward. For now, I'm getting into the swing with my 10 minutes a day minimum. If anyone has access to the wood and does that, the wood will just add up fast without even thinking about it. Also catching up on your and other YT friend's axe content and FB cordwood challenge posts. My head has been so far from cordwood challnge that I almost never remember to post videos in the group. But I'm weird and I'm usually either doing something or I'm not. My original challenge was in cords, but I decided in public year two that ricks made more sense, since the challenge is about chopping time. It seems to hold some weight (with me included) tto be able to say "cord". I don't even measure length anymore. I just eye ball it if that and have one stove that takes long and one that takes short. Stay safe everybody! I'll send people your way and try to do an ACWC shout out vid this month.
Stephen, I can’t thank you enough for starting this challenge. It’s gotten me out in the woods more often than I would be otherwise. And I’m just starting to get efficient at using an axe. Still a long way to go and a lot to learn. Thanks for watching some of my old videos too. I know they’re not great. I’m sure I’ll get a camera sometime and stop using my phone, but I’m just using what I have at the moment. Love to know what you think about my safety videos. I’m just trying to share the things I do that seem to keep me safe.
As the new ambassador of the axe you did well with the emphasis on safety and a demonstration of expectations. I also like the fact you honoured the previous ambassadors and introduced yourself and told us of your occupation and interests. My attraction to the axe is that of a skill that for those who frequent woodlands is very necessary. The axe will free a stuck chainsaw, drive a wedge while felling with a chainsaw, aid in the process of dressing game. My great-grandfather and step-great-grandfather were timber cruisers and loggers before the chainsaw. My great-grandfather died in the woods while working of natural causes. What better place to meet one's Maker than in the woods. Our attraction can also be akin to the skill of primitive fire, friction, flint and steel etc. Not required but very nice to possess and practice. I would also add your choice of words was very commendable....
Thanks a lot, really. It means a lot when people take the time to comment instead of just consume and move on, especially in such a small community. Anyway, you’re reasons are my reasons too. But at the end of the day it is fun exercise to me. That said, i think there’s something intangible about axe use and bushcraft type stuff that connects us to our forefathers. Hope to see you with a Rick or more at the end of the year. Good luck and stay safe!
@@KevinsDisobedience Mr. Kevin, re-watching this and got the pronunciation of your last name, I was asking about in one of my own productions. I am reviewing the qualifications for the challenges. Fall is heavy in the air. I worked up a big sweat and actually got cold last eve. Again, excellent production....
Great video! I've always gravitated towards sharp objects and axes. Glad to have found the axe community recently!🤘
Glad to hear it, and welcome to the channel and the community. Do you follow the Cordwood FB page? Check it out if not.
This challenge saved my life in a really hard time.. i look forward to this year! I think about axes and trees every waking moment lol. When i wake up and go to bed, i am thinking about axes. Thanks for hosting this challenge bro. Good luck Nd stay safe!
That’s inspiring to here. I kind of feel like the woods save my life every weekend. Work can be all-consuming, along with all the stresses of life, but one full day in the woods chopping trees can be really rehabilitating. Thanks
@@KevinsDisobedience amen brother! I look forward to seeing more content from you! I'm a subscriber from Bonney Lake WA! Cheers
@@cosmicbilly g'day mate, it's funny sometimes we just need one thing to pull us through the hard shit..fishing did it for me in my late teens. Good on ya. Know what u mean about the axe fetish, all day every day...it crazy. Best of luck
Wow 👏👏👏 brilliant video Kev. Couldn’t have thought of a better candidate to pass the torch. Happy to have you.
Thanks man. It was a surprise to me. Ben must have been thinking about handing it over for a little while, but I had no idea he had me in mind. He asked of course if I’d be interested, and I am willing to help anyway I can, but I just wanted everyone to stay safe and have fun.
Good luck to everyone in the challenge this year, and to you for overseeing it, Kevin.
Thanks for the well-wishes. I just want to see the community grow, and get through this year without any injuries.
I agree with your "take it easy" advice. I spent the first half of my working life in manual labor. If you are straining, you are doing it inefficiently and dangerously, and you are risking your tools as well as your own safety.
Thanks for your video!
Construction work is definitely not good on your body. But you don’t have time to do it perfectly, it just needs doing and somebody needs to do it. Good to hear you got out of it.
Great video kevin, you will be perfect for running it
Thanks Ben, but don’t go anywhere. We still need you. Laurence O’Toole will hold down Timber Sports for awhile longer, promise.
love the one tree challendge, we used to offer a woodcutting camp between christmas and old/new year for scouts 12 to 17.
were we teach them how to use axes and saws safe. and the older ones (14 an above) need to fell and clean a tree to show everything they learned on the third day. only 4 to 5" trees but still a chellendge for them time wise and all.
to bad the big C stops is again.
still it is doable and you will learn a lot, pasing yourself is one of them.
I wish they would teach a man ship in the Scouts again. The One Tree Challenge would be great for kids over 14. But alas your not allowed to do anything dangerous these days. Thanks for watching. Hope you’ll join our little community here.
Great Intro video! I think I am going to get in on this challenge this year. I have a little experience with axes, but 90 percent or better of that is splitting rounds. Just joined th group as well. I look forward to learning and improving this year. Cheers!
We’d be glad to have you! Even if you just get started. Don’t have to commit to a whole rick or cord. Try the one tree challenge first. And you’re actually ahead of the game if you’ve used an axe splitting before. But chopping is a very different kind of axe use. Check out my Safety Sally series. It’s aimed at someone just like you who wants to get into the challenge, but hasn’t really swung an axe for much else besides splitting. See you in the chat...
Its cool to see a fellow painter into axes. I mainly do cabinet refinishing in lacquer with my airless these days.
Sorry, just seeing this now. Yeah we have tried new water-based formulas for cabinets, but have gone back to HVLP and lacquer as well. You just can’t beat the durability and fast dry time. I’ve done some in high gloss slow drying oils, just to achieve that hard glass like finish the customers were looking for, but it takes forever and you basically have to have a dust free environment because one fruit fly in the paint can ruin your day lol.
One of the best guys to watch, no bs👍
Thanks for watching. Seriously it means a lot.
Great vid, good luck to everyone choppin this year! Like the one tree challenge addition. Good job Kevin! Also, is there any other Aussies participating this year?
Thanks, I hope to bring more casual users into the community this year. I don’t know? Is that where you’re from?
@@KevinsDisobedience yeah NSW North coast
Love the HB atran for bucking and splitting! The larger angle makes it a pain for felling though, I find.
Sorry never got notified of your comment. Yeah I pretty much agree. I really only like it for bucking; it does split though. Thanks for commenting.
Yay thanks for the shoutout. It’s woodlandbushcraftuk. Looking forward to this year’s cordwood challenge
Of course, hope the vid gets some traction and people go over and check your stuff out. Sorry I butchered the channel name. But I’ll pin this to the top. Anyone reading this, if you like what I do, go check out Simon’s channel.
Why am I doing the challenge? Well because like you I’m strangely attracted to axes. And there’s no good reason to own an axe or two unless you get out and use them!!
And like most, it’s great exercise and great fun!
Great video Kevin!
Doesn’t seem like it’s worth owning them without using them, but plenty do. I guess that’s cool too, but better to use them, I think.
Lol i am a professional painter with 10 years of experience and i like the axes just like you Kevin , house painter is a beautiful job 🙂
Hey, a fellow painter! I love it, mate. Best decision of my life was to brave it on my own. It’s got it’s headaches, definitely, but I don’t think I could ever work for anyone ever again. I definitely wouldn’t want to go back to commercial-industrial work. We do a bit of commercial painting, but mostly just houses. You?
@@KevinsDisobedience Hi kev , me i paint commercial , residential , interior and exterior paint , roofs , deck , im good with the gun and the paintbrush and roll when we paint exterior of the house we work a lot with big ladder . I have done a lot of job in 10 years , i work for me and for a boss . Peace
That's awesome brother 😁👍. I'm a painter as well and just love the bush. Awesome video!!!
Hey, shoutout to painters everywhere. I don’t think people appreciate how much time goes into becoming a grade A painter, espadrilles expectations keep going up, and homeowner’s want automotive quality inside their homes. A good time to be a high quality decorator!
@@KevinsDisobedience I agree. I've been painting for nineteen years and the majority of home owners have no idea how much work goes into painting the house and staining the staircase in just a handful of days. Hats off brother 👍 Painters rule 😁
Glad to hear that you are taking up the mantle on this challenge, yet it pains me to say that I was far too busy last year to participate, barely cut a rick. Hopefully this year, but still unsure. Most of my hobbies have taken to the back burner in the last 6 months. I pine for going into the woods to live, to forage and to chop. I leave every morning a life in the woods to drive into the suburbs and make a living. It gets harder and more difficult each day. I really like the 'one tree challenge' idea. Overall, great to see some good content from you and glad to hear you're heading this up. It's in good hands!
Thanks brother. I know what you mean about work taking over. I didn’t cut much this past year either, what, with work and building a new house. But this year should be a little less busy, I hope. Regardless see if you can do the one tree challenge.
@@KevinsDisobedience Stupid paycheck... stupid bills... always getting in the way of having fun. In all seriousness, I intend to try again this year. Last year was unusually busy in my line of work (custom granite fabrication) despite the pandemic. In 2019 ACWC I chopped a little over a full cord (which had more than couple single trees) - and did the big log challenge, so I know without a doubt that I can do it again. Just need the afforded time. Anyway, keep up the quality content (and production), I think you appear very comfortable and cogent in front of the camera.
I know what you mean. I sometimes wonder if I wouldn’t have tried homesteading if I didn’t marry early. I know it wouldn’t be fun most of the time, a lot like work really, but there’s something to say about working for your own sustenance and security than for a paycheck. Although starting my own business really helped me. It switched my mentality from having to get up and do my job, to I have some work to get done. That said, it takes up most of my free time. I take one day a week to get to the woods. Granite is a great business to be in at the moment, as everyone has money it seems and is spending it on their homes. Thanks for the compliments. I do my best with what I have. I’m just shooting and editing on my fine atm, but maybe I’ll upgrade this year.
Looking forward to this years challenges. I completed the full cordwood last year and was just shy of the big log challenge as the diameter came in at 45cm. So I'll definitely need to tackle that one again. I think you were a great choice to host as you put out a lot of great axe content, and I've enjoyed watching your channel grow this past year. Keep up the good work.
Thanks Joey, I didn’t realize you did a full cord. Congrats man! I only did it the first year, and it’s a little disappointing because I can’t stack it all in one place. I’d love to see all the axe cut wood stacked neatly in one place. Maybe I’ll tractor it to one location, but it would still mean a lot of hand carrying to get it out of the woods, so probably not...
I hope it was a full cord !! It was 3 ricks but the dimensions came in at 4X4X8 which I assumed was the full cord
Yep, three ricks is a cord. What lengths did you cut them at...i guess around 16” if it come out to 4’?
Ya I'd say 16 inches was the average
That’s a proper cord. Looking forward to getting to know you guys a little better this year. Happy chopping.
Great vid as usual 👍 Looking forward to it! I just built an extension to the wood store to hold a cord separate to the saw cut stuff. Did a bit today but we'll probably burn it, out of last year's wood and no gas boiler ATM!?!
I'll be rehanging a HB hatchet head too, couldn't get on with the husqvarna handle, totally agree with skillcults review!
Now that what I’m talking bout. Wouldn’t it be cool to have enough axe cut wood to burn for one winter. Every time you tossed a stick in the stove you’d remember the tree and the cut. Curious, is it the curves that you don’t like on the hatchet? I don’t really use them-only own one-but mostly straight seems logical.
@@KevinsDisobedience yup, feels unnatural wherever you hold it. Much prefer the $10 hardware store hatchet I have with an almost straight handle. I'm going to try it on a 24" handle and cut it down to where feels best. I have the hultafors version of the HB husky felling axe too, I quite like it 🙂 much thinner bit on that one.
Looks like the challenge is in good hands👍👍
I appreciate you saying so. Sorry you didn’t win the giveaway, but thank you for watching and commenting on my vids.
Cordwood Challenge 2024!
Axe choppin fun!
Can't wait to meet the challenge👍
Glad to have you aboard. Hope you decide to sub to the channel and stick around for everything we get up to over here. But regardless be sure and join the Cordwood Challenge FB group if you haven’t already. Thanks
I am interested in this cordwood challenge! Is there an official sign up? And when completed how do we send you our videos/entrees.
Thank you for you content you are putting out there. Awesome videos!
Hey sorry I’m late responding. I was away in the woods for two nights. There is an official Cordwood FB page.
👍👍👍 молодец 🤝
Looks like you will hit 500 subs pretty soon! Seems like only yesterday you started this channel!
Soon I hope. Believe it or not it’s been 7 months,
I think. Time goes fast, doesn’t it. Keep liking and sharing and we’ll keep growing, and the content will keep coming. I love this community.
The slow mo walk away is a classic! Hmmm.... could I find the time for this challenge?
Yes please! At least do the one tree challenge and get others to do it as well. It’s a lot of fun and only one day out in the woods, but will you learn a lot on one tree. I do every time.
Also, I swear to you, I stole that sort of slomo use from you. In one of your vids you’re walking out of your shop and the vid cuts to slomo, and it’s set to music perfectly. And I was like, wait, you can do that-and make it work? So credit where credit is due.
@@KevinsDisobedience I'm a sucker for it!!! Haha!
Doooo it Killinger!
When does the cord wood challenge start for 2022...and are there any rule or challange changes?...or maybe a vidoe to watch on the cord wood challange 2022?
Always begins at the beginning of each year and ends Dec 31. Happy chopping!
Here’s the wrap up video for last year. At the end there’s a little bit about this year, but same rules. czcams.com/video/ugA7JSrUKxI/video.html
The rules are the same as stated here czcams.com/video/YNYnfyK5HO4/video.html
I would simply rather maintain my axe, then my chainsaw, also I don’t cut cords at a time so yeah
No snow? Great vid! Thanks!
Unfortunately no, it all melted, as it does in PA. It was cold in the morning though, 28F.
Great video. How many hours did it take to process that tree?
Without the camera work not long at all, conservatively I’d say two hours, but the camera will definitely slow you down.
I just cut 1/4 cord with a machete yesterday
What! I hope you have video? Post it over on the Cordwood page. How’s the hands?
At around 16:30 my shoulder started to ache and I wasn’t even swinging the axe
Lol. It was definitely carrying all the wood that tired me out. Sorry you didn’t win the axe.
Why do it? It's outside exercise, it's fun in (small) increments, it's a connection to the past, and you find out what you are capable of.
Makes perfect sense to me. And I was pulling for you, man. You’ve been around a long time. Thanks for the support.
@@KevinsDisobedience You are welcome, Kevin. I enjoy your content.
@@jeffreyrubish347 well said
Carrying wood a quarter-mile in one hand? There are few things worse for your back than an unbalanced load. You need a cart. It will save your spine. Your sixty-year-old self will thank me.
Definitely wish I had one. Thanks.
Excellent! Thank you Kevin... looking forward to using it. Let me know if you just need my address, or email...etc.
Another great video.
Did you email me? I didn’t see it. Can you send me your address via DM on Facebook?
Yes sir... I sent it to you Sunday night. I just resent it via Gmail with Husbandokelly in the subject line. I will try Facebook as well.
Congrats!
Did you get the hatchet yet? If not it should be there real soon. I’ll send you the tracking number if it doesn’t come this week. Let us know what you decide to do with it. Thanks
@@KevinsDisobedience No sir. It has not arrived. I was going to ask for tracking on it. Can you tell me what carrier and service please? Thank you!
Congrats to HusbandoKelly (sp?)!
Yes I believe that is correct.
Did I say your last name correctly?
@@KevinsDisobedience Yes, you did! It's always a 50/50 shot 😄
Thank you Kevin! Excellent, that is quite a surprise and will look forward to using it. Another great video. Let me know how we should get together.
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