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Just catching up on videos . Robert’s good people and ain’t afraid of working . That new splitter sure is fast Russ . I like how ya tested it with just the single knife .

8 to 10 inch rpunds and use the 9 way and shove em thru as fast as ya can.. 1 time of touching them will speed up the time alot.

Another great video Russ. You’ve mentioned few times that you sell green firewood. Of sure if there’s a market for that where I live in MA, as I’ve only sold seasoned, but having a small yard myself, the option of selling it green is enticing. Curious if you know whether your customers are burning green firewood or sitting on it and seasoning it. Keep up the great work!

I’m good with anything under 25% When I bring inside to my cart it will dry a little more. I burn my stove hot as the sun. lol

What is the point of the top plate on the main wedge?

I think I would build removable wings on both sides of the table. When splitting the wood it would just push it out across table and onto conveyor. My two cents table fills up and wood falls on ground kevin is busy doing other things. Love this green beast. Willy is too busy loading wood and pulling splitter handle. You put three guys on this and wow you can blow out some wood. Great video

Got to keep a eye for flying wood with that machine 🤕

Russ Russ Russ you killing me , spray that road salt off the splitter. I want to see the real green mean machine. Keep it up great video

So I hit the wrong button and lost your information so I’ll start over. Looking for a price on a Birch machine with the same paint configuration as HWM ‘s red white blue

In lieu of sounding like my grandpa… I remember back in my day when batteries were 79.99. lol batteries are outrageous

Your wood stand wouldn't be selling as fast if it wasn't dry

Go downhill and use the dump truck as a giant log lift. One on each side would be better. Point the nose of the dump truck down hill and tip it up to help with the hight. Hope this helps.😊

If i was doing the challenge i would position both of your trucks and your skid loader full of wood around the spitter so it would be no more than 1 or two steps from the splitter. Less steps and no bending over equals less exhaustion which should make your time faster. Rounds no bigger 12-14 inches and the easiest splitting would you have. No knots if possible. No switching. K train supplying wood and Russ running the splitter. 8 minutes or less no problem. This title is yours to take. Go get it boys !!!!!

If you want some help for this challenge I'm down as well 💪 All Wood will take the win! 🤘

If you want some help for this challenge I'm down as well 💪 All Wood will take the win! 🤘

Russ, this challenge, does it have room for a third man. Ie a feeder/cleaner for the outfeed at the start of the conveyor? Seems to me you and the hardworking man didnt use a conveyor therefore no bottle neck. For a full cord race, one loading like Kevin today and another loading the log lift and cleaning the" spills" away. You'll get sub 9seconds for sure. Cheers from HB NZ

I believe you have tested and went over in your head multiple times the best way to have the best time. Id do a 2 minute switch, that way the loading guy is always fresh. Make sure ya have a good path during the switch. Keep a steady pace but don't over do it, over doing it brings on mistakes. It's great to see Big Rich in the yard working foe a pay cheque.

Trying to split flatout means much higher chance of injury and that also means time away from be able to work at all, really do not see the point in doing this at all.

Gotta love those tundras, my 2015 I’ve only had to do, oil change, tires, wipers, and a battery. Rough it’s always on the coldest day when they quit

Somehow you need to get your splitter and conveyor coordinated

Appropriately sized box end wrench placed over one of the battery terminals makes for a somewhat usefull lifting device for removing a battery that does not have handles.

I see the biggest obstacle is clearing the wood from the end of the splitter. Nice to see Richie out I the woodyard with you guys.

85% of wood on the ground 😢😢😢

Russ & Kevin...You would have chopped at least 30-45 seconds off your time if Heath didn't have to move his truck three times! The 8:36 is going to be tough. My suggestion would be to get a cord of logs all less than 16" diameter and use the six-way so there is no resplitting to get "firewood size" chunks!

Remove negative cable first and install last 😊

Howdy Russ, Looks like it would help if Y'all could come up with a way for the left side of the splitter to clear easier, you got quite a bit of a pile there. Really enjoy your channel best of luck. 🇺🇸🇺🇲🇺🇸🇺🇲 ✝️ God Bless

Drop the front end down on splitter and put blocks under splitter wheels instead of turning everything around

the output table is a fail, more wood in the ground than in the conveyer/truck.

KNL had fairly uniform wood diameter, making sure they did not have to adjust the splitter height. And they had the wood stacked very efficiently to minimize steps and lifting to ensure the splitter could work optimally. Compared to your attempt with Heath, they really profited from having the conveyor so they did not have to move the splitter like you two had to do. Their sp[litter did bog down with tougher wood. What you would have to do is to mount some guiding panels from the conveyor basket to thee side of the splitter so the splits would fall onto the conveyor by themselves as that seems to be one of your bigger holdups. orienting downhill would definitely help with that too. I thought the idea of using the bed of the pickup was a solid one, but the capacity was limited, so maybe stack two facecord on the side of the lift for optimal accesibility and use one facecord on the restack table side in the pickup bed as a backup. It is all about limiting the small inefficiencies.

So, John over at Schott Services channel had the brilliant idea of using a 2 wheeler cart as a tripod and using the twisty style mount to attach the camera and it works amazing. He stopped buying tripods years ago

I know your boy wants to help, but he would have been more help if he had showed up and kept the opposite side from Kevin cleared out so that you did not have to do it every time! This and my previous comment are all I could see wrong, but it is hard just from a camera view to tell what the slope is....I agree that getting everything set up so it is all downhill so that the wood that is splitting actually pushes the wood onto the conveyor is key to being really fast! Thanks for the opportunity to give some input! From a 75 year old hobbyist woodhound! LOL

Russ that thing is wicked fast.Keeps you on your toes.You and Kevin keep up the hard work

one thing I noticed early on...in this video, there is too much gap between the end of the splitter table and the intake for the conveyor unit. Some wood that Kevin was trying to push from the table to the conveyor was getting hung up and falling off, and Kevin was having to take extra time to pick up that wood and to pull out the sticks that were hanging up! Go back and look to see what I am talking about. If the table were 2" closer to the conveyor then there would have been no problem! The other thing is that Kevin is working his back too hard, and not using the lift table to get you loads, but lifting each one individually. I do not know which way is faster, but I believe in working smarter, not harder! LOL Otherwise I enjoyed this video!

I would give some pointers, but I dont want to give my secrets away.

Russ, it’s awesome you work with your son. You will do him a big favor if you make him work for his money. It will teach him a strong work ethic. As Joe @ OWB would say, Have a great day.👍 Dave from Maine.

I think you're on the right track, Russ. Push the wood downhill will help. The bars on the conveyor kinda hold things up a bit too. You guys are faster working from the same side. If you trade places back and forth like Mike and Genin, working from the same side will be a benefit as well. 👍💪

Yep.

Well Russ, Kevin, and Big Richard a job Well Done. I do APOLOGIZE for being such a Self centered Idiot. I guess being a Senior at 72yrs and having Limited Resources I was not thinking Correctly. Anyways I have a Fiskers Axe, 5ton Electric Splitter, and 2 Chainsaws I am very Lucky. I know I said I did not have any Friends but I do. I may not be able to do to Much but what I do is Quality Work like you Do Buddy. I like your Saying of a little goes a Long Way, and help someone where you can. How True. Anyways I am Definitely a Woodhound. I will be around, and Stay Safe with that Awesome Splitter. Ron

What is Gramp's take on the new splitter?

Russ, I think your splitter would be much faster if you hauled it to a car wash & took the salt off it. 😊😊 They use a lot of brime out there & I would hose it off sooner than later. I think how they beat you was, they didn’t re split much & maybe none at all. 8 -37 seconds is really impressive but I think you got the splitter to handle the job. Do a little practice, stage your wood close by & give it all you & Kevin got, but most of all watch your fingers. ❤ your videos & how you always give Kevin some recognition. PS: If you wash it cover up the throttle knob or it will probably freeze up all winter long after that.👍🇺🇸 Dave from Maine.

Hey Russ, you got any customers that request 19" to 20" firewood?? That would be 1 less split per 8ft log...

You need a third man to get the most out of that machine

Russ, you have one"FAST"and impressive machine (Kevin and the Musclewood). Question, I noticed since the splitter came home, that the middle knob that holds the turnaround wedges is missing, is this on purpose or lost? Stay safe and warm.

HI THERE WELL DONE . YOUR A SMART PERSON AND KNOW ALL YOUR OPERATION BETTER THAN ANYONE TO MAKE THE RIGHT CHANGES , WHAT I DO KNOW IF YOU OR ANYONE SPLITTING WOOD TAKE YOUR HAND OFF THE HANDLE YOUR LOOSING TIME , BEST TO ALL JOHN

An attached conveyor may help speed up y'alls time. Kevin will be slinging some rounds!! Stay Hydrated and Have a Safe Day

Your conveyor needs extended wings to handle the volume of wood, coming off of the sorting table. So much wood and slash is falling on the ground. Maybe the sorting table needs to be shorter?? I also noticed that the wood coming off the wedge tends to ‘flare out’ drastically and not proceed straight onto the sorting table.

Sure wish I could work on stuff in cold w out gloves

I heard Genin may have puked after running the cord challenge lol. That sucks about the mic. The re split table is awesome and it looks like your conveyor is struggling a bit to keep up with the new speed machine.

Chouldn't the splitter and conveyer be closer together to avoid split wood from falling in between? That way Kevin wouldn't have be unnecessarily handling wood.

If you were to remove that whole exit tray (the black sheet metal with the slots cut into it), maybe you jack up the back end to at least level and scooch the elevator under the wedge to catch everything for you. Only for racing purposes, of course. You could also fabricate an exit tray that funnels *down* into the elevator, instead of up, but that's a little harder.