You NEVER Know what's going to Happen in the Woods
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- Starting the Perfect Fire in the WoodStove, Stacking Brush with the Kubota SVL97-2 and Virnig Grapple, Then getting the Excavator ready for the next days job. #smallbusiness #sidehustle
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You didn’t need a D10 dozer. You did it the best way and the cheapest. Bigger is not always better. And you done it in a way it was fun. I have been operating heavy equipment for 28 years. That’s the way I would have done it. Great show.
Way less scaring to land to fix and to clean up you still need skid steer
I've cleared for 50 years with D5s to D8s with brush rakes and with excavators up to 40 ton
Best machine we ever bought was our Cat 299C with a Cat grapple
Your deer, they just know when to be on guard. When man is being quiet, danger! When man is busy, no worries. I don't know how many videos I've watched where man and deer have bonded and became close friends. One day, after the Kingdom of Heaven is established on earth, animals will no longer eat meat and will no longer fear man. How awesome that will be to walk up to a lion and start petting it, giving it a belly scratch! I see videos of saved squirrels living in a person's house until it's old enough to live on its own. Animals have a great sense to know danger. When a bond is made w a human, I just melt. Yesterday, I was out and about, short sleeve t-shirt. No jacket. I see snow at Mike's and that just makes me love my North Carolina foothills even more. Thanks for sharing Mike, you always have such good stuff going on. I'll be watching for the happening next door. 👍🚜❤️🙏🇺🇸🇺🇸
When I used to heat with my woodstove I would spread the coals, and then load it up tight and open the vent/breather just the width of a razor blade and wake up in the morning to a really warm place and a fresh bed of coals to once again stack it tight, and then I was good until that night when I would do it again. Stacked tight and a razor blade width for venting is a 12 hour routine. Of course I unfortunately was not heating a 2800+ sq ft pole barn. Either way, wood stoves are great.
I like what Henry David Thoreau said when he wrote Waldens pong. He said that firewood warms you up when you are sawing/creating it, and warms you again when you burn it, or something like that. :-) Love this channel.
Your video Title is so True! I’ve had some crazy things happen while I was in the woods deer hunting over the years. Had a squirrel climb on top of my head one time! So I was as still as a church mouse to make sure he didn’t bite my head or forehead. That Joker was Doing like a cat when it’s clawing with its paws and claws in a blanket. That joker was pawing at my hair trying to figure out what that dark brown soft stuff was 😂🤣 i finally raised my right hand up out in front of my face and he jumped back onto the oak tree I was leaned against up in my big wooden tree stand. He started barking at me like a mad squirrel 😂, i finally leaned forward and turned my head and looked at him and said Boo and he took off up the tree higher and got up there and cussed me out barking for 10 more minutes. 😂 But that’s just one of the Craziest things that happened to me in the woods. Oh yeah once i was in the woods cutting up some firewood up with my chainsaw & ya ever get that feeling something is watching ya? I looked up and 10-12 deer was within 40 yards just starring at me. I guess they was curious and I cut the saw off and they took off running. That’s crazy they stood And watched me until I cut the saw off ! 😂🤣🤣
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I was surprised you didn't start the fire out there at the clearing, so I am looking forward to seeing THAT.
I'm guessing Mike was thinking he wouldn't be around tomorrow to tend it. It'll keep until the next day or 3.
Too muddy, Mike hates mud. 🤣
Make a soundtrack of the skid loader. Play it back when you are walking to the mini cabin during deer season. Just a suggestion. Love your videos.
Yes you are probably correct or diesel farm tractor sound track. They would not be frightened.
Introduction. When the D10 was introduced in 1977, it was the most powerful track-type tractor ever built at 700 horsepower (520 kW) . The Cat D10 could be ordered with up to a 19-foot (5.8 m) U-blade, and weighed in at 180,000 lb (82,000 kg). Later versions weighed in at 190,000 lb (86,000 kg).
When did Komatsu' introduce the D575? I think it was larger but not as dependable.
The way you are now building your roads is exactly how we are doing it on our farm. Takeuchi TL 240 Skidsteer and TB 260 Trackhoe. Definitely big enough equipment to get the job done effectively.
Good Saturday morning Mike and OWTM community... Beautiful morning for a hot cup of coffee and a fire starting tutorial from the man himself! Have a terrific weekend. Steve in Calgary
Hi Mike just a suggestion I was told always r-r those quick connect fittings in pairs. I did equipment work for over 40 years and I did it that way and I never had a problem. You’re doing great as I see it in your project.
Top Of The Morning To Mike And Melissa And The Rest Of The Morgan's!! Thank You For The Video!! Never A Dull Moment At The Morgan's
Keep Smiling On!!
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Glad it’s warmer there… it’s 4 degrees here in Elgin Ontario… a bit chilly and headed out to cut up some firewood….😁😁👍
Suggestion. Rake the coals forward to the front of the burn box. Then load wood parallel to the coals. You will get a longer burn
Totally agree with you on what you were saying at the first part of the video. Don't need a sledgehammer to crack a pecan unless you crack it against the handle with your hand. What equipment you have is plenty big enough to do what you have in mind. Stay safe!
Most people don't understand or care about the therapeutic value of improving "your" property as you see fit.
Keep up the good work
Good morning, looks like good fire wood in your brush pile. Cutting with no splitting.
I don’t think he sells un split wood
@@randywilson6869,but they could for camp fires.
most who burn wood for heat would use most of those trees he burns.. In Mike's case it's just scrap. Got to remember You Tube is his job... and at the number of views he gets per vlog, getting another video of him doing a burn pile, is more cost effective then cutting up what he considers to be scrap.
@@petergrant9259, yep, it's all about the views! Mike is a genius when it comes to views. Good on him! 👏
I think he's above that now. Not like 5 years ago.
I was beginning to think this video should have been named “ways Mike Morgan makes fire”. But then you added more! Great video as always. A little serious, a little humor and just fun
Mike, I was so impressed with the skid loader in building the road that I am having all I can do to resist buying one myself!
- You’re a very meticulous with almost all your chores but fire building (stove) is at another level.
- With the use of your highly efficient stove as a building heat source any thoughts on the in floor heat system you have?
Back in my Boy Scouting days (early 1960's), we called that fire building technique a "council fire" which was used for building the bigger fires, with bigger logs, for the whole troop. Smaller fires a single patrol was usually started with a "tepee fire" which allowed for using small twigs and branches as starter material. Funny how you remember things from more than 60 years ago
You do it the way you're doing it Mike ~ Much better way to do it! Looks Great ~ What a beautiful morning.
You made my day today.There is nothing better then a good fire in the woods Ed from Michigan
Hello Outdoors With The Morgans. This is my first comment I believe. I’ve been enjoying your videos since the RK equipment was being used. Thank you!!!
Mike.... You have elevated building a fire to an art form! And yes, I have my own system very similar to yours but a bit more rustic. Nothing like simple satisfactions!👌
Moving your white pine is not just a question of economics. It's a good idea to process or use any cut wood as close to its source as possible. Oak wilt, emerald ash borer, pine sawflies, and lots of fungal pests will gladly hitch a ride on any load. Think elm trees and chestnuts. Here in Northern Wisconsin most of us practice a 10 to 15 mile firewood rule. Timber cut on my 460-acre forest gets hauled further, but that's controlled by the location of the mills, and the wood is usually down and out in a matter of days. Love your work even if your fleet has completely outgrown any possibility of applying to my situation. Now you're offering me more machinery porn than practical information, but that's not all bad at all.
The deer enjoy watching the machinery working as much as I do.
Hi Mike. The " deer" knows everything. Oh. That human is on his machine. It's safe. They " know" your hunting. Whether in the woods & hunting cabin. What happens in the woods. Stays in the woods. 😆😆😆😁😁😁 Hopefully. You're have quite a bonfire. I noticed the deer up next to your pile of stumps near your house. They could be chewing on the tree's roots. One of your fellow U Tubers. The deers chews up any type of birch trees. They strip the bark & chew on the wood. He's a work horse owner/ logger. ( It's been over 5 yrs ago. I've not seen him since. ???) Great news on neighbor's oak trees & white pine logs. Mark Galicic & Ed Horvath had beautiful red oak & white pine lumber. Have good Saturday Mike. Say Hi to Melissa, Eva, & Hunter. 😍🙂😉👍❤️💜🙏🌳🌲🪵
I couldn’t agree more about the deer. They do the same to me in my backyard all the time. Just south of you in PA.
Good Morning Morgan Family🌞- Have a Wonderful and Blessed Day 🤠
GOOOOOOOD SATURDAY
MAAAAAAAAWNIN TO ALL MY FELLOW OWTM’s FAN/FOLLOWERS!!!…Mike any chance the place you got the fitting that failed will refund that purchase? Thanks for the deer footage. That should be your new deer blind 😂😂.
Catch y’all on the next one
Have a day
HELLOOOO Hunter 😁
Hi Jack
Good morning Jack.
@@waynebarnett7467 hope you have a great weekend Wayne
Mike thanks for sharing from inside the skid steer. I always wondered how much visibility there is sitting in there. I always used tractor or a loader and have not used a skid steer before.
Good Day Mike, Great Video , I totally agree with you doing these clearing and clean up jobs with your own skid steer loader and excavator. Your grapple bucket is so handy picking up stumps and brush and creating your future burn pile. . Especially when you're working on your own land and your own work schedule.
Good Morning Mike! I know you're plenty busy as it is but have you ever considered making small batches of maple syrup off your property?? Such a fun hobby! Great way to spend more time in the woods and burn up a bunch of firewood cooking that sap! Its become a great tradition with my family and kids on our property and it brings everyone together. Thanks for the great content! watching now with my boys 3 and 5 years old. Its so funny because we watch you work and then go out and do just about the same things with the same equipment!
were up in Northeast Pennsylvania btw, same kinda terrain and forest for the most part.
Dozers are brute force, you are doing it with finesse. As you said, you pulled out the good saw logs and the firewood AND you own the equipment AND have the time to do it AND enjoy doing it. I say it is a win all the way.
That’s exactly how I start my fires! Good morning Mike and family ☕️🦌
Good morning from Laurens,SC ,the only State in the Union that has not had any snow this year! Hawaii had snow on a Mt. top and Florida had snow in the panhandle! Tell the Huntman Hello! Thanks for your video,I know it is a lot of hard work and I really appreciate what you do!!!
It's going good the way you're doing it you working for yourself and there's no hurry to get it done
Good morning Mike, you have everything you need to build your road and doing a fantastic job 👏❤
Love how the deer feel so comfortable around the machines.
You need to get a gun rack for the skid loader when you are working during hunting season! As the Boy Scouts use to say, "Be Prepared"!
The O rings in the quick couplers are replaceable. Your leaky fittings aren't junk just yet. Doing fence and field edge clearing here on our property in Tennessee. Enjoy your videos, they're an early morning prep for going out and doing the same here. The deer are the same here, really inquisitive while your on the machines.
Looking good around there and things are going your way. Glad you hit another great deal with your neighbor and that you help folks around there too. Waiting to watch the burn and more of the work around there too. Stay safe and keep up the good work and videos and the fun you all have around there. Fred.
key board warriors know schyitt Mike! ... good god shows how far people think!... yes it would cost $10 grand for sure!...THANKS 4 VIDEO!
I would keep an eye on your hoses to your grapple. If they are on the short side when you tilt your grabble it will pull and put pressure on the quick couplers which might be why you had to replace 2. I’ve done that multiple times on a svl95 with a sweeper attachment and a grapple bucket. Just a thought have a great day!
I really like the way you're doing the road, if I were doing it I wouldn't use a dozer, you have a lot more options with the equipment you have, picking up moving things out of the way is the way to go, in my opinion.
I agree Mike, dozer would also make a huge mess and you would be spending just as much time cleaning up afterwards. You have the perfect combination, and you don't charge for your own labor which is also a massive saving. I have really enjoyed watching the road take shape to be honest.
Love the pictures of the white tails, also the way you did the road cost you only your time, your fuel and wear and tear on the equipment. However you use them fairly similar around your properties and the benefit of that is something that costs them only whatever your family does. You have no one to blame if it has a problem, however you get all the attaboys because you did it all yourself!! And a Dang great job watching you complete the task!!
You don’t need a bulldozer. I’ve talked to different excavators and the skid steer has replaced the bulldozer for a lot of their smaller jobs. You used the right machine.
That chunky y walnut piece need’s sliced it’ll sell for a lot more than the firewood you’ll get, id buy it if i had some moldy money. Blessings
remember burn bans start in PA either next week or the week after, so check the county as to the dates.
Ohhhh, don't I know it about poking holes in your tractor while using a brush grapple . . . I was clearing trees on my property and cleaning up with my new brush grapple attached to my MX5400. At some point while trying to put some brush on top of a large slash pile, I drove into the stack with the grapple up high and got skewered by a branch in the pile. It poked a hole in my front grill, luckily not through the battery or radiator. Of course that night I researched grill guards and am now deciding which one to purchase. Another tractor operating lesson learned.
Good Saturday morning Morgan family! Snow is almost all gone here in SE PA. Hope you have a wonderful weekend!
Trying to snow just a bit here now
Could be tolerance stacking between fittings. Just a hair to tight and things will start to bind and stick. I used to machine hydraulic pumps and motors for large companies like John Deere. A piston that was +. 0003 over would seize up the entire pump.
ya that works pretty good for lighting your stove i have always used junk mail and kindling to light mine
Hey Mike. Have you looked at your property on Google aerial view lately? They recently released satellite imagery from last summer and it clearly shows your new pavilion in the wood yard and it even shows your meadow in the woods.
Hello !😊
Spring has sprung in NE Texas. Daffodils are blooming. Going up to 77° F today.
Deer instinctively know when they are at risk of being killed. Man taught them that lesson thru the years. I love deer, especially live ones. No desire to kill one.
Morning my friend.... cold this morning, but sunny .... have a good weekend....
Good morning!
I like the way you do the road. Looks nice. We had a fire road put in behind us on Public land by the Dept. of lands and forest. They used a dozer, just big piles of mud with logs and rocks pusher up on both sides. Looks like crap and i think some of the piles of wood are fire hazards to get things going.
Good morning from Arizona. It’s going to be mid 80s this weekend. It’s OK to be a little jealous. I’m a little envious of Mike and his weather right now too. Just don’t come to Arizona mid June through mid September. I love this video Mike great job I love that you give us a little hint of what the future is going to be. What a life you have. I hope all of your family as well.
Its looking great Mike!! Going to be a nice fire by looks and those deer are smart, they know they are safe outside of hunting season. All my best to you and your family!! God Bless!😊
A lot of good firewood in that pile???
Hi Mike! I watched you do a comparison of between the Wolf Ridge and Rex splitters. Both machines seem quality built and reliable, but I have been very impressed with the Rex. I have a wood burner in the basement ducted into the return on our heat pump with a generator to power the fan. It works very well for emergency heat. I buy a cord every 3-4 years and most of it we use on camping trips. If I used, and sold wood, on the scale you do I think the Rex and the skid steer would be the better way to go.
There were at least 5 deer. 10:30 you can see one on the extreme left, and I think I saw another one down the hill on the left.
Wow haven’t dropped there rack that’s wild but we get that up here some years this winter has been so easy to
Mike.....think you should use a measuring tape for starting a wood fire....lol Sounds like you should start hunting deer in the "skid loader!"
It's nice to see you MANAGING your property! You are demonstrating what should be done with the national forests in keeping the landscape and wildlife in a complimentary manner. Kudos to you for the video's and proper management techniques you are doing!!
Mike it may have been a bad fitting but think by changing both its a piece of mind kind of thing. I love my new mini
I can see why the skid steer is such an invaluable tool. What ever happened to the portable saw mill?
The bucks up here in NW PA have just started dropping. I'm running over 50 Spypoints and a few Spartans on a few different properties. It's cool to watch what is going on in the woods. I'm headed out later to continue a clearing project of my own. I am about a quarter acre into a 1.5 acre food plot clearing.
Good morning Mike looks like everything is coming together Hope you are having a great weekend Tell Melissa and The family hello God bless
Thanks for the video Mike. Since the deer seem to not mind they equipment running maybe you should mount your rifle on the excavator boom, steal a helmet from an Apache helicopter jockey so where you look is where you shoot. That way you could be cozy in the cab, a little music and a transport vehicle that allows for field dressing with out a lot fuss. 😊
Have been Golden deprived for weeks. Would love to see the Goldens play in the snow.
Using the equipment you have keeps it cost effective, with minimal damage to the surroundings. I'm envisioning a nice rip roaring brush pile and the REX600 is going to be busy soon. Have a blessed day Mike and family :) I hope Hunter is doing well :)
When I was a kid we would cut firewood and deer associate the chainsaw and tractor with fresh browse. Checklist: Kubota Sthil and Browning 👍
Hey Mike, time to put a gun rack in the skidsteer for next deer season !!!
hi there good show .always lots to do and the ground being sticky slows everyone down a bit . best to all john
Hey Mike, ever thought about making a new deer hide/mini-cabin, that's bright orange, moves on tracks, and is engine-noisy? ;-)
OMG!!! this video started and i was like he needs to show us exaclty how he stacks his wood, then what!!!!!! thats what you did wow you always answer my questions just in time lol love your videos!!!!!!!! ya im the wife hubby got me hooked
Good day Mike Morgan.... great time of year to be those brush piles...and also the road rocks!!!
Can you use the skid loader as a hunting blind ?
Good morning to you all . My wood stove never looks that clean, but maybe two times a year. It's more like once and not that clean. My bad. Way to go. I'm serious. I just don't run that tight of a ship. Impressive.
Good morning Morgan's! God Bless America! God Bless Wood soves Firewood and Black Coffee with bacon and eggs! Yahoo Happy Sunday
When you enjoy what you are doing Y’all don’t have to be in a hurry 😊❤
Mike I was going to say O ring problem, but you saw it... the forged 90 is what I sold to Kubota in the Georgia plants before retiring..
You should trying hunting out of the skid steer next yr. You can get some work done stay warm and hunt all at the same time. You also take care of your hunter orange with the skid steer.
In my younger years in High School and College, I worked summers on my Grandpa's dairy farm. Lots of mowing alfalfa hay, etc. I once had a doe come out and start following me around the field... she was hanging back about 100 feet behind the tractor/mower conditioner, but she followed me all the way around the field 3-4 times. I wouldn't have believed it if I did't see it myself. I've also had coyotes do the same thing... that wasn't really too uncommon, they learned they could get some easy mice and little critters by following behind the mower. But that doe following me around the field was one of the craziest things I've seen with deer.
Mike is think there were 5 deer there. But it’s amazing what they deal with when they are hungry
That will be a big bonfire! Grab some marshmallows!
Red oak is my favourite wood. Firewood, lumber, flooring, trim, doors, furniture. It’s very versatile and a beautiful wood. Hope you get some nice logs from the neighbour.
Hey Mike, the reason your houses are leaking is because they’re too short from the attachment to the loader arms quick disconnect outlet. When loader arms are raised, completely up and attachment is tilted all the way forward you will be able to see if your hoses are too tight, creating a bind that creates a leak.
DOZORS ARE GREAT when you need a DOZOR, but he didn't. Worked perfectly with how you did it. 👍
Enjoy your videos, watching from PNW. Some of the music you play with your videos is pretty good, have you ever heard of The Petersons, your kind of music.
Happy Saturday that's bummer about the quick connect hopefully you got the problem solved🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Hey Mike,
Thanks for sharing. Great video.
Take care, all the best, and God bless.
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Another cold day in western Pa but looks promising starting next, the deer are same where I live
Good morning Mike those fittings probable made in Chiner. They aren't cheap. Your Morgan family from west central Missouri have a good one.
I think you should put the brush & stumps on the stone trailer when empty.
The company can shred the items.
Also you are not polluting the air.
As always you say no time, but you have time to stay there and feed the fire
How about saving Mother Earth air
Stop thinking of yourself money .Think of what is right, not is for yourself.
Another question is the wood stove, does it have an ash box?
You are a great person, I enjoy watching your show 🎉
I'm surprised you haven't hooked up a 12v pump for that fuel tank. It's not that expensive....Greetings from Texas..... John B.
Good Saturday morning to all.... sunny and cold here....
Pete 🇨🇦
Morning Pete
Hi Pete!:
Good morning Pete 😸
Morning Mike, nice 🔥
Good morning Brothers!
Looks like a lot of good wood in that pile my father wouldn’t let a stick of it past him for our stove when we were kids
Good Morning 🌅 Love your videos for many years, Sometimes it is good to do things In pairs, have a day .
The guy that said you needed a D10 isn’t an operating engineer and doesn’t know squat about any of this kind of work. Foreman and operating engineer for more than 35 years. Ty you’re absolutely right in your explanation. Really enjoy your channel. Ty have another great day
White stuff on the ground in the teens and nothing like combating it with a great fire menu for a great looking fire.🔥 Toasty.