That brings out early teens memories. In the mid 70's, I helped my Dad splitting ash and elm with wedges and sledge hammers. Mind you, we did it when the weather was in the low minuses. Eventually, everything cracked after a few swings but, those logs fought us until they were, in "distinct' pieces. I don't miss those miserable times, with the "old mentor" but, I miss him. I raise my cup of coffee and offer a toast, to hard working Men.
When I'm off the mark a little splitting with an axe, in my head I can hear, "you got to hit it in the same place!" Angry but true words of wisdom from my dad, gone 5 years now.
Morning coffee watching Chris. That cat sure buggered off when you started the splitter. We have had a stray here for over a month. Located its owner so trapped it monday and took it home ..... 10km away. Cat has been a great distraction since pooch passed away Christmas Day
All right Chris..... I'm ready for ya tday.... Brandy, Bourban, Shine, Tequila, Vodka.... What music will get the toe tappin to add a splash in my coffee.... Good Morning Woodhounds!
Good morning Chris, be careful of those lines, flying off the wedge, I have an axis, and I was splitting some rock Maple couple months ago, and it exploded off the wedge from my axis Spliter end it hit the end of my thumb and I tore the tendon and just recently had it surgically repaired. So the end of the story is try to read your wood while splitting it can get you end of story.
Morning coffee “In the wood yard”. Just a little envious. Too much snow for me to do any firewood. Thanks for sharing. Happy February from Northern Ontario!
Great firewood for my boiler!!! I have a big ass allwood splitter with a 20 horse honda, 30gpm pump, 6” x 30” cylinder to make some big boiler wood out of that nasty stuff.
Rainin cats n dogs down here in south central Ohio....45°F we saw the sun yesterday.... 2nd time since Christmas!! yea!!! Bundle up and stay safe up north the weather Guessers are saying cold, wind n snow next few weeks north of Interstate 70
The worst part of that type of wood is it stacks like a$$$$$. It makes the best stackers look incompetent. Nothing worse than a messy stack and I know I have some and wife and kids make random comments about them. My one daughter told me there is not enough lipstick for that one. Lol.
Was thinking about cycle-time the other day. With auto-cycle, my splitter is 6.5sec. Plenty quick for me. It allows me to work at a pace that I can handle all day. To me that's more important that having the fastest splitter out there. I settle into a groove and can rest maybe a second or half-second each cycle when the rounds are close.
Hey Chris, just wanted to say how much I admire your work ethic. Until I was injured I had the same ethic. You remind me so much of me and my dad. Your videos are my favorite. Take care and be safe.
Good production day both the processing and the video. The tree species i.d.ing and the time lapse of the trailer filling up are favorites. Am marking March 8th on my calendar to see what this snowzilla storm did to Bertlandia . It's mother nature's turn to do the dumping If ! You can believe the weather people. Thanks for sharing today's exploits.
@@BertsCustomCuts Easily understandable , There's been some pretty darn good wood yarding weather lately, (For February anyway) And it's probably pretty tough to stay inside at the computer when it's pretty darn tolerable out. Thanks for taking the time Bert.
Good morning Chris!!😀😀 The single wedge really slices nice since you sharpened it!!👍👍 Hope you are ready for the snow. Take care my friend!!😀😀💚 Logger Al
Midwest, how are you weathering the storm. We are right on the line for sleet. Winds 30 mph. Everything is coated with ice and then sleet. North of us by 20 miles is snow. South of us by 20 miles is rain, freezing on contact. South of us has power outages. Wisconsin Electric is getting help from crews from Kentucky.
Morning Chris. I like the single way wedge for those rounds you are splitting. A lot less waste and control of the size of pieces. It’s mesmerizing watches you at normal speed, with a good cup of coffee. Have a great and safe day🪵👍
Nice to see you put oil on the splitter but please don't put it on the Piston cuz the next Pistons wet wood oil it brings in dust under the seal and that's what will cause your that will cause your piston to leak your break to seal in the benefit back into the seal small Rubber seal dirt gets up under that it rips it always keep the Piston dry it gets lubricated when it's back-and-forth no problem never never put oil on a piston
You were going through a lot of wood with that single wedge...I don't know if it was just me but some of those splits sound like someone eating a piece of celery! Nice job Chris.
those chunks are a lot of what i got out of my yard maple. makes it fun to split. thats a nice table on that splitter... i only have a couple of cradles that help hold the round on. (Troy Built/Craftsman) but with the tractor bucket to help lift, i can use it as a table too, i normally throw them all back into the bucket and then take it to the pile. i might have to try and find some sheet metal and angle iron and fabricate one? it was fun watching you wrestle with the ugly fugly. when you get those, its almost like a geometry or physics puzzle......where do i put the wedge....lol. thanks for sharing this one because i was beginning to think all you guys ever got was pretty wood.....it all burns. looking forward to you building the bin.
Hey I’m not sure if this video was in response to the questions I had on that log splitter but I gotta say that was an excellent demonstration an answer pretty much all of my questions.
Great video, that was some nasty wood. Here in West Virginia I have a lot of elm on my property that I cut and split and it is by far my least favorite wood to split. Locust, cherry are a welcome relief from elm splitting. I saw that piece jump at the first of the video and plan on showing it to my 16 year old son, he helps me split a lot and has recently started wanting to run the splitter so we had a lot of talks about safety and paying attention to each piece you split and what to watch for. Maybe you could do a segment in an upcoming video about the steps you take when splitting and what to watch out for so that the new to wood splitting people can benefit from it. Thanks for Great videos.
See if you can find some used temporary construction fence panels or chain link fence panels to make the walls of your bin out of. If you can find some at a decent price it would be well worth it. Dave
Remember when a guy split all that ugly large "crotchy" wood with an axe????!!! (back in my younger days, way to much work then even, impossible now) Thank God for powerful fast wood splitting machines!!!!!
Hi Chris, that single wedge and your expertise at reading the grain did a great job of turning those ugly crotches into sellable wood. I saw that you throw some of the big pieces on the ground after initially splitting a huge round. Have you considered buying/building a small table, the same height as the splitter, to expand your working surface? Would help reducing the amount of bending over, plus reduce the congestion when splitting those big boys.
Hi Chris. I have been watching your videos for over a year now. It has been very interesting to see how your business has changed recently after moving to the farm. Having access to all the additional equipment at the farm really appears to have improved your efficiency. What piece of new equipment do you think has had the most impact on your operations? I bet it is the conveyor.
I ran the 4-way wedge on my Wolfe ridge splitter and it made minimal waste when splitting hickory. But for nasty knotted stuff, I'll go to the single wedge. Nice part is, takes seconds to go from 4-way to single wedge.
@@thefirewooddoctor so basically, if the wood to split becomes the factor of producing. If the 4 way produces more, that's why the single producing less. Basic production, less means more
So why do you wait 8 months for a great splitter. Cause it is worth it. To produce more, might mean your are cutting corners. It's only your name It's your life
@dwaynedee529 many Eastonmade models are 12mo or more. Once their latest factory expansion is done, those times should come down. I had to wait 5mo for my Wolfe Ridge.
you weren't kidding when you said nasty. btw. if you ever get the urge to give that splitter away just send it to nova scotia canada ..just kidding don't block me lol....thumbs up !!
Nice job Chris. Really hard to "read the grain" when it is that twisted up. Thought at times the Ultra was going to pass a kidney stone. Bad weather setting in here today, headed for you I think. GNI
Good morning Chris and friends nice round of splitting are you ready for the next round of snow here in western Wi their predicting 18 inches yeha I’d rather see sunshine ☀️. Keep on cutting
Do you separate the different kinds of wood when you stack it or are you just combining it all? Only asking because I binge watch all your videos and a lot of your customers request certain type of wood
Ya got me again, ol' son. The camera angle, it looked like you were scratching or patting your ash right in the way as it was being cracked on that tall, high speed wedge! Mashed off fingers will really slow production!! That's exciting news about your Big Bin! They have one in London that's world famous!! Lots of tourists. Never bin (haha) there because I have my own firewood pile! Be prepared for thousands of firewood lovin' tourists!! And maybe a half dozen cat lovers!! Give them a paid tour, butt don't show them your cracked ash, you'll run them off for sure!! Keep the old firewood chucker motto in mind: "Charlie, Yankee, Alpha"! That's NATO for chuckers all over the world. It means Cover Your Ash! Especially if it's huge, or cracked, or rotten and stinky! I try to do a good turn EVERY day, so today, you're IT!! Lucky you, huh?! GNI
@@InTheWoodyard Hey! Not my fault! My Mom had a vocabulary of 20 or 30 thousand words! It was just like osmosis!! I've got like at least 2 or 3 thousnd words!! Eat your heart out!! She didn't like Superman or Peanuts comics, but I did!! I've always believed that a picture is worth several words!! And you're sorta the lucky beneficiary!! Happy chuckin'!
I know the pile thing can work. But there certain things I’m just not a fan of. Lol. It’s like electric snowblowers vs 10 wheeler snowplow. One is not cool and one is. But they both work no arguing that! Lol. Can’t wait for the “yup” response lol
Chris I keep hearing that tree service wood and yard wood is often crotchy and difficult. Why is that the case as opposed to non tree service or yard wood?
Very straight , somewhat uniform diameter logs are harvested from managed Forrest's. They bring them on great big trucks. After being limbed. Tree service wood is taken from yards, wind rows and parks, Where they get little to no attention for 20 years or forty years or longer. 16 different species grow 8 different ways.
Love it when somebody quotes from "The Great American Novel"!! "It was the best of wood. It was the worst of wood." - "A Tale of Two Villages". Can't remem the author's last name, but his first name was Kenny. He supposedly lives in N. Wisconsin, of all places!! I heard he agonized over writing the book, took off work for almost 2 DAYS to write it!! He's most likely just a big layabout!! But he does have a way with words!! Esp the German word for workin', gefahrt. I think that's one of Chris' favorite words too! Seems he's always fahrtin' in his vids!! He's always sayin' how he likes to be outside. May be a good reason. Like, he's not allowed to fahrt or gefahrten inside!!
Some Aussie Turpentine would be good to see. (I was cutting some and it broke the tips off a new CTC blade on my skilsaw! I was cutting it to half length so I could split it (by an axe/splitter) as the grain is plaited like a McDonalds girls hair.
that is pretty impressive, some of them are tough splitting and it handles them easily. i cut a lot of bigger wood but it would be easy to make a table the height of the splitter and set the big rounds on with my skid steer. i might have to take tony up on his offer to show me his splitter and if i asked real nice maybe i could see yours also and spend some time doing the best job i ever had.
Morning Chris , probably been asked before , how long does a full tank last cheers , keep up the good work, I split about two face cords yesterday using my axe hence today I’m having a rest day of sorts , I stacked it today on pallets.
Since you mentioned the Easton Made Axis. In all the many dozens of Axis splitter vids that I've watched, I've never seen a three way, four way or five way splitting head on an Axis ram. Makes me wonder if any of your viewers have seen anything other than a single blade ?
I don't like big, flat, shingle looking pieces. They seem to smother the fire in my wood stove . I try to stand them up sideways but I would prefer they were cut in half. Since I split most of my own wood, I don't get many. I have a friend that helps sometimes and I call him the shingle maker. I love ash, most of ours in Ohio is so far gone, it is no longer worth cutting into firewood. Last year I burned a lot of ash and may get a little this year. Mostly going to have hickory. 29 trees went down in a spring icestorm, uprooted.
That brings out early teens memories. In the mid 70's, I helped my Dad splitting ash and elm with wedges and sledge hammers. Mind you, we did it when the weather was in the low minuses. Eventually, everything cracked after a few swings but, those logs fought us until they were, in "distinct' pieces. I don't miss those miserable times, with the "old mentor" but, I miss him. I raise my cup of coffee and offer a toast, to hard working Men.
Amen brother. No splitter, no processor. Just a guy and his kids with a splitting mall and a bunch of wedges.
@@twobeards6714 🍻
@@nathanchambers1006 🪓🪵🪵🪵
When I'm off the mark a little splitting with an axe, in my head I can hear, "you got to hit it in the same place!" Angry but true words of wisdom from my dad, gone 5 years now.
I helped my dad growing up with firewood. I wished I had help more.. however, I did learn a lot (still do) on mechanical stuff.. Good times indeed 🍺😁👍
I'm late! Must be the snow... lol 😂
Morning coffee watching Chris. That cat sure buggered off when you started the splitter. We have had a stray here for over a month. Located its owner so trapped it monday and took it home ..... 10km away.
Cat has been a great distraction since pooch passed away Christmas Day
Yup, pets are cool.
All right Chris..... I'm ready for ya tday.... Brandy, Bourban, Shine, Tequila, Vodka....
What music will get the toe tappin to add a splash in my coffee.... Good Morning Woodhounds!
Good morning Chris, be careful of those lines, flying off the wedge, I have an axis, and I was splitting some rock Maple couple months ago, and it exploded off the wedge from my axis Spliter end it hit the end of my thumb and I tore the tendon and just recently had it surgically repaired. So the end of the story is try to read your wood while splitting it can get you end of story.
Yup, something has to give!
Good morning everyone! Please be careful when you're out there today. Some crappy weather is on its way.
Good morning 😊
Ken you have that right.. here in the Pacific NW where I am we are getting snow in the low lands..
Wow!! That's the easiest I've seen the wedge come out in a long time!! Stay Hydrated and Have a Safe Day
Maybe he gave the wedge a shot of tequila to loosen it up?
Morning coffee “In the wood yard”. Just a little envious. Too much snow for me to do any firewood. Thanks for sharing.
Happy February from Northern Ontario!
Yup, we got snow now too!
Mind, that nasty wood is quite dense and, thus, will burn that much longer!
Yup, exactly!
Great firewood for my boiler!!! I have a big ass allwood splitter with a 20 horse honda, 30gpm pump, 6” x 30” cylinder to make some big boiler wood out of that nasty stuff.
Rainin cats n dogs down here in south central Ohio....45°F we saw the sun yesterday.... 2nd time since Christmas!! yea!!! Bundle up and stay safe up north the weather Guessers are saying cold, wind n snow next few weeks north of Interstate 70
The worst part of that type of wood is it stacks like a$$$$$. It makes the best stackers look incompetent. Nothing worse than a messy stack and I know I have some and wife and kids make random comments about them. My one daughter told me there is not enough lipstick for that one. Lol.
Tell them, it all burns and they can thank you when they are warm.
Morning Chris check bolts on push plate sound like something loose buddy . 😊
Will do
Was thinking about cycle-time the other day. With auto-cycle, my splitter is 6.5sec. Plenty quick for me. It allows me to work at a pace that I can handle all day. To me that's more important that having the fastest splitter out there. I settle into a groove and can rest maybe a second or half-second each cycle when the rounds are close.
Yup, that is good!
Hey Chris, just wanted to say how much I admire your work ethic. Until I was injured I had the same ethic. You remind me so much of me and my dad. Your videos are my favorite. Take care and be safe.
Thanks Ron!
Good production day both the processing and the video.
The tree species i.d.ing and the time lapse of the trailer filling up are favorites.
Am marking March 8th on my calendar to see what this snowzilla storm did to Bertlandia .
It's mother nature's turn to do the dumping
If !
You can believe the weather people.
Thanks for sharing today's exploits.
Im thinking hes closer to 3 weeks ahead on videos now. As of right now we have about 3in and its supposed to get heavy and windy around 3 o'clock
@@BertsCustomCuts
Easily understandable ,
There's been some pretty darn good wood yarding weather lately,
(For February anyway)
And it's probably pretty tough to stay inside at the computer when it's pretty darn tolerable out.
Thanks for taking the time Bert.
I am out about 3 weeks now.
Good morning Chris!!😀😀
The single wedge really slices nice since you sharpened it!!👍👍
Hope you are ready for the snow.
Take care my friend!!😀😀💚
Logger Al
At least the kids are off school today and tomorrow so dont have to clean out as much snow untill storm is done.
Yup, it does work well.....no snow please.
Midwest, how are you weathering the storm. We are right on the line for sleet. Winds 30 mph. Everything is coated with ice and then sleet.
North of us by 20 miles is snow. South of us by 20 miles is rain, freezing on contact. South of us has power outages. Wisconsin Electric is getting help from crews from Kentucky.
Down here in the far southwest suburbs of Chitcago we’ve had rain all day with a thunderstorm midday.
@Captain Slow Do not have to shovel rain. Hope your Temps do not drop.
Yup, weather will happen. It always does.
Nice to get through some of that nasty stuff and keeps Bert’s boiler going, great job as always,.!!
Thanks 👍
Morning Chris. I like the single way wedge for those rounds you are splitting. A lot less waste and control of the size of pieces. It’s mesmerizing watches you at normal speed, with a good cup of coffee. Have a great and safe day🪵👍
Thanks 👍
Excellent video Chris beautiful sunset ❤😊
Glad you enjoyed it!
Nice to see you put oil on the splitter but please don't put it on the Piston cuz the next Pistons wet wood oil it brings in dust under the seal and that's what will cause your that will cause your piston to leak your break to seal in the benefit back into the seal small Rubber seal dirt gets up under that it rips it always keep the Piston dry it gets lubricated when it's back-and-forth no problem never never put oil on a piston
That's right!! Because it's already there!
ok
Great stuff Chris Ash sure is a little stringie Thanks for sharing 👍
Yup, some ash is stringy and some is straight.
I agree with uglies for the boiler. Mine will burn anything I can get in it. and keeps me warm all winter and makes my hot water. Well Dun!
thanks!
You are the man, that multi wedge looks heavy and you pulled it out like a champ.
It is not to bad actually the camera is deceiving.
You were going through a lot of wood with that single wedge...I don't know if it was just me but some of those splits sound like someone eating a piece of celery! Nice job Chris.
yup!
those chunks are a lot of what i got out of my yard maple. makes it fun to split. thats a nice table on that splitter... i only have a couple of cradles that help hold the round on. (Troy Built/Craftsman) but with the tractor bucket to help lift, i can use it as a table too, i normally throw them all back into the bucket and then take it to the pile. i might have to try and find some sheet metal and angle iron and fabricate one? it was fun watching you wrestle with the ugly fugly. when you get those, its almost like a geometry or physics puzzle......where do i put the wedge....lol. thanks for sharing this one because i was beginning to think all you guys ever got was pretty wood.....it all burns. looking forward to you building the bin.
Yup, firewood splitting is a puzzle and so is stacking.
Hey Chris! Really enjoyed this video! Fun times! Really enjoyed all the different camera angles! Love the channel! Andrew from NB :)
Glad you enjoyed it!
Bert is Burning Bert's Best wood in Bert's Best wood Burning Boiler. 😉
yup
I love the speed of the ULTRA even with the single wedge! Nice work Sir Chris of Woodsconsin! 👍🏻👍🏻 GNI
Glad you like it! I agree it works great!
Chris is now acclimated to awkward Ash available and astounding for Berts big boiler. (a monster is created)
nothing seems to stop that bad boy splitter ,nice vid
I have hit some crotches that stopped it.
I’m more interested in putting hair back on my head instead of my chest, back and ass. Oh my Father Time hasn’t been kind. Lol
Cheer Mark from Niagara
Same here!!!! But it is better to get old than not!
Hey I’m not sure if this video was in response to the questions I had on that log splitter but I gotta say that was an excellent demonstration an answer pretty much all of my questions.
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Love the single wedge. Nice job chasing the grain.
Good luck on your bin construction project.
Thanks AM!! The cats are getting fat!!!
Great video, that was some nasty wood. Here in West Virginia I have a lot of elm on my property that I cut and split and it is by far my least favorite wood to split. Locust, cherry are a welcome relief from elm splitting. I saw that piece jump at the first of the video and plan on showing it to my 16 year old son, he helps me split a lot and has recently started wanting to run the splitter so we had a lot of talks about safety and paying attention to each piece you split and what to watch for. Maybe you could do a segment in an upcoming video about the steps you take when splitting and what to watch out for so that the new to wood splitting people can benefit from it. Thanks for Great videos.
Probably a lot of morel mushrooms there too but I don’t know if they grow there
yup! good idea!
@@garykampmann8070 yep we call it hillbilly Easter egg hunt 😆
See if you can find some used temporary construction fence panels or chain link fence panels to make the walls of your bin out of. If you can find some at a decent price it would be well worth it. Dave
That is a good idea!!
Awesome idea with the big bin I've been wanting to try it myself
You should!
Super, super, perfektan, fantastican video zapis Mister Chris👌
Thanks!
Many use white noise for sleep (babbling stream, thunderstorm, etc.) . This video at 45 min can serve same purpose. I just proved to myself it works.
Take another nap with another video of mine, thanks!
Remember when a guy split all that ugly large "crotchy" wood with an axe????!!! (back in my younger days, way to much work then even, impossible now) Thank God for powerful fast wood splitting machines!!!!!
Yup, I was one of them!
Weather has picked up here last few days +15 middle England Wolverhampton 👍
Hi Chris, that single wedge and your expertise at reading the grain did a great job of turning those ugly crotches into sellable wood.
I saw that you throw some of the big pieces on the ground after initially splitting a huge round.
Have you considered buying/building a small table, the same height as the splitter, to expand your working surface?
Would help reducing the amount of bending over, plus reduce the congestion when splitting those big boys.
Yup, I have!
Getting hit with the snow hard in The Titletown
the weather guesser is claiming its the biggest storm we have had in four years looks like schools are all closed .
Hi Chris. I have been watching your videos for over a year now. It has been very interesting to see how your business has changed recently after moving to the farm. Having access to all the additional equipment at the farm really appears to have improved your efficiency. What piece of new equipment do you think has had the most impact on your operations? I bet it is the conveyor.
Based on viewers comments.......
Cats !
@Jean Valjohn : Is that because the cat ladies have now entered the yard..🤣👍
The best things by far....Bert and Adam.
Ha!
Yup, long time viewers now have their wives watching too!
I believe in the single wedge, less waste. Just my opinion
I ran the 4-way wedge on my Wolfe ridge splitter and it made minimal waste when splitting hickory. But for nasty knotted stuff, I'll go to the single wedge. Nice part is, takes seconds to go from 4-way to single wedge.
@@thefirewooddoctor so basically, if the wood to split becomes the factor of producing. If the 4 way produces more, that's why the single producing less. Basic production, less means more
@@dwaynedee529 it mostly depends on the wood type you are working with. Knotty wood or nice clean wood. I've stuck knotty 20in oak on my 4-way wedge.
So why do you wait 8 months for a great splitter. Cause it is worth it. To produce more, might mean your are cutting corners. It's only your name It's your life
@dwaynedee529 many Eastonmade models are 12mo or more. Once their latest factory expansion is done, those times should come down. I had to wait 5mo for my Wolfe Ridge.
Nice job Chris, nasty or not I burn all of it! As long I don’t have to buy oil!
Yup, it all burns!
Like mine the single wedge is a little slower but makes the knots look better
Yup, it does that!
G’morning Chris. Nice work on the crotches. Thanks for taking one for the team. Dems some bigguns.
Carnage has been completed.
GoodNightIrene
I like me my carnage!
🤘Nasty! But no waste is good!
Yup!
I started doing the same throw split stuff into pallet bins and loading it when needed.
Yup.
you weren't kidding when you said nasty. btw. if you ever get the urge to give that splitter away just send it to nova scotia canada ..just kidding don't block me lol....thumbs up !!
I am thinking of giving it away... some day. But you would have to be one of my kids, so.....
Nice job Chris. Really hard to "read the grain" when it is that twisted up. Thought at times the Ultra was going to pass a kidney stone. Bad weather setting in here today, headed for you I think. GNI
Yup, it just works.
There's a place in Liverpool, England, called 'Knotty Ash'. Nothing is new....
Is that near Penny Lane?
Yup, Ash is knotty!
ha!
Good morning Chris and friends nice round of splitting are you ready for the next round of snow here in western Wi their predicting 18 inches yeha I’d rather see sunshine ☀️. Keep on cutting
Yup, weather is happening as always, some better than others.
What model eastonmade is that one? The ultra??
Subscribed 👍 love these type of videos! Keep um coming
Yes it is! Thanks...I have over 1200 videos on my channel and a new one every morning just for you, see you at 5:30 am tomorrow!
Good day, easier to throw into a wood bin but looks better stacked, and easier to load later… stay safe.
Yup, I am going to do some bins soon too.
Do you separate the different kinds of wood when you stack it or are you just combining it all? Only asking because I binge watch all your videos and a lot of your customers request certain type of wood
Oak, hickory, locust, cherry and pine are separate.
Ya got me again, ol' son. The camera angle, it looked like you were scratching or patting your ash right in the way as it was being cracked on that tall, high speed wedge! Mashed off fingers will really slow production!! That's exciting news about your Big Bin! They have one in London that's world famous!! Lots of tourists. Never bin (haha) there because I have my own firewood pile! Be prepared for thousands of firewood lovin' tourists!! And maybe a half dozen cat lovers!! Give them a paid tour, butt don't show them your cracked ash, you'll run them off for sure!! Keep the old firewood chucker motto in mind: "Charlie, Yankee, Alpha"! That's NATO for chuckers all over the world. It means Cover Your Ash! Especially if it's huge, or cracked, or rotten and stinky! I try to do a good turn EVERY day, so today, you're IT!! Lucky you, huh?! GNI
Thanks for the constant barrage of excellent wordsmithery.
@@InTheWoodyard Hey! Not my fault! My Mom had a vocabulary of 20 or 30 thousand words! It was just like osmosis!! I've got like at least 2 or 3 thousnd words!! Eat your heart out!! She didn't like Superman or Peanuts comics, but I did!! I've always believed that a picture is worth several words!! And you're sorta the lucky beneficiary!! Happy chuckin'!
Mmmm..... watching nasty wood being split on the single wedge Ultra. Jam . Re-watching a fav.
Thanks!!
Fugly hung in there but eventually had to give up the ghost! Fugly was always destined to end up in Bert’s boiler! Goodbye Fugly!❤😮😅😊
Yup, some wood can be made unfuggly but other wood gets fugglier.
Ahhhhhh little bit of bourbon will do(-;
I know the pile thing can work. But there certain things I’m just not a fan of. Lol. It’s like electric snowblowers vs 10 wheeler snowplow. One is not cool and one is. But they both work no arguing that! Lol. Can’t wait for the “yup” response lol
Thank you so much my good man Stan....yup!
I'd just like to make a short comment, nice work👍
Thanks so much Mr. Sawyer!
Chris - At what point in the full video did that piece pop out and come right at you ? I must have missed it, while also reading comments. Thnx…
I do not remember, that was 3 weeks ago. Sorry.
first the satan elm now nasty ash LOL My splitter is down again. Snow is falling hard and the wind is howling
GNI
There is some elm mixed into the whole pile. Some of the stringy stuff was elm.
Yup, the storm is here!
@@InTheWoodyard minus 3 here this mornin clear skies so far. GNI
Nice video.
thanks!
Nice job, making ugly wood look good💪💪
Thanks!
Free firewood is good that's all I've ever paid 0$!
Do you reckon sub zero frosty conditions help dry wood by squeezing the sap out of it? Some have told me its as good as hot dry days.
No, but the humidity is dryer in the winter and it is windy and sunny and the freeze and thaw cycle we have all winter does dry wood.
Who can even imagine watching 45 minutes of wood splitting??? (but I did) It is somewhat fascinating actually.😁😁😁😁
I can.
Chris I keep hearing that tree service wood and yard wood is often crotchy and difficult. Why is that the case as opposed to non tree service or yard wood?
Very straight , somewhat uniform diameter logs are harvested from managed Forrest's.
They bring them on great big trucks.
After being limbed.
Tree service wood is taken from yards, wind rows and parks,
Where they get little to no attention for 20 years or forty years or longer.
16 different species grow 8 different ways.
Yard trees have a lot of branches normally because they have no competition and grow out as opposed to forests with lots of trees that grow up and up.
Yup!
@@InTheWoodyard Thank you! Makes sense
Hey Chris love watching you split wood. I've noticed your cuts are alot bigger than before. Is that your style now 💜
Some of the wood is ash and it will dry fast and it will be sold next fall/winter so I am making some wood a little bigger.
Splitter definitely gets the job done..😁👍
Yes it does!
When you put oil on the splitter parts at start up is it spent oil from when you change oil in a machine or vehicle?
Yup, Mobile 1 used car oil.
Tim Rydman. How many shots did you take from that ash and maple popping open? I’ve been hit by those popping open. Very fun to watch.
not sure, but it does happen!
Tree service wood can be the best and the worst at the same time.
A blessing and a small challenge.
But the price makes up for a little bit of exercise
Love it when somebody quotes from "The Great American Novel"!! "It was the best of wood. It was the worst of wood." - "A Tale of Two Villages". Can't remem the author's last name, but his first name was Kenny. He supposedly lives in N. Wisconsin, of all places!! I heard he agonized over writing the book, took off work for almost 2 DAYS to write it!! He's most likely just a big layabout!! But he does have a way with words!! Esp the German word for workin', gefahrt. I think that's one of Chris' favorite words too! Seems he's always fahrtin' in his vids!! He's always sayin' how he likes to be outside. May be a good reason. Like, he's not allowed to fahrt or gefahrten inside!!
@heymaker phd you put chris and kenny together they both fart just as much. See who can stink who out first
Yup. 90% good.
yup!!!!!!
Some Aussie Turpentine would be good to see. (I was cutting some and it broke the tips off a new CTC blade on my skilsaw! I was cutting it to half length so I could split it (by an axe/splitter) as the grain is plaited like a McDonalds girls hair.
ha!
Whatever happened to “Get Outside, Get Cuttin!” ?
I have a lot of sayings and that I used to use and that is one that I should start to use more. Thanks!
@@InTheWoodyard I definitely like that one
that is pretty impressive, some of them are tough splitting and it handles them easily. i cut a lot of bigger wood but it would be easy to make a table the height of the splitter and set the big rounds on with my skid steer. i might have to take tony up on his offer to show me his splitter and if i asked real nice maybe i could see yours also and spend some time doing the best job i ever had.
Mabey Tony would bring it over and have them both running together for side by side comparison.
Good idea!
Maybe so.
Morning Chris , probably been asked before , how long does a full tank last cheers , keep up the good work, I split about two face cords yesterday using my axe hence today I’m having a rest day of sorts , I stacked it today on pallets.
3 hours 13 minutes and 17.13957 seconds + -
@@InTheWoodyard cheers Chris , that’s impressive, get plenty of splitting done in that time. Have a good day.
Experience is the key to successful splitting nasty wood $$
Yup reading the grain helps...some times.
Wait....what?? 🤣
No wood cats? We need our daily dose of them too. Lol. Great video Chris!
4:45 when he started the splitter that was plenty of the woodcats IMHO.🤪🤐
They are there most days.
Yup, most people love them and a few do not.
@@InTheWoodyard Vocal group, just thought I would share the opposing view. to each their own.👍
Since you mentioned the Easton Made Axis.
In all the many dozens of Axis splitter vids that I've watched,
I've never seen a three way, four way or five way splitting head on an Axis ram.
Makes me wonder if any of your viewers have seen anything other than a single blade ?
In an Axis, nop. Is single Blade as only option. Other brands offer an four way.
I think most use a single but a 4 way might be possible.
I'd think about using tractor to load chunks into trailer then splitting out of trailer and using elevator to fill your bin
Yup, that would work too.
I don't like big, flat, shingle looking pieces. They seem to smother the fire in my wood stove . I try to stand them up sideways but I would prefer they were cut in half. Since I split most of my own wood, I don't get many. I have a friend that helps sometimes and I call him the shingle maker. I love ash, most of ours in Ohio is so far gone, it is no longer worth cutting into firewood. Last year I burned a lot of ash and may get a little this year. Mostly going to have hickory. 29 trees went down in a spring icestorm, uprooted.
Yup, shingles, they dry nice and stack up good in a boiler for a long burn.
Have a great nite !
Thanks Bruce!
GNI!👍👍
Thanks!
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thanks!
If that table was a little bigger ✌️✌️👍
Maybe so!
Do you ever use a chainsaw bar dressing tool?
not much, I mostly just cut until a new bar is needed, but yes I have fixed them.
Just curious, why do you split your wood into such small pieces ? Is that what your clients prefer or is it your personal preference ?
His customers prefer it that way.
It's entertainment fire wood
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For watching ,feeling and hearing.
Not boiler wood for only b.t.u's
Customers...fireplace people make up 90% of my customers...not boiler people.
yup
Hello Chris. Do you know how many tons of pressure splitter has please? I want to buy something like this in Europe. Thank you, keep splittin 🙂
I believe the Ultra has the same tonnage as the axis. The axis is 14ton.
14 I think, but that is actual, most box store splitters might say 35 tons! But it is actually 20.
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Thanks Mr. Threethumbs!
Bert wood . Soon to be burnt wood .
YuP!!!
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Thanks!
Don't need any more hair, already look like and old bear. Alot of snaple ,crack and pop on this load. 😁
You got that right!
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As many videos I have seen of yours, I should look like Tom Selleck. I don’t 😢
Say Tom, do the girls like the mustache?
Not 1 after all the pusher on the hydraulic ram seems loose is the an adjustment for this wear and tear?
Would you own the most used Easton made axis?
wear and tear.