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Thanks for watching. Its a great little hack, I wish I'd done it sooner. The boot cuffs are sock protectors, stops big grass seeds and wood chips from the chainsaw getting stuck in the socks or working into the boot, they are brilliant.

Hi, thanks for the positive feedback. A hole digging spade ( long and thin) will be best. Taking small pieces at a time. I’ve cut mine down flush with the floor using the grass cutter on lowest setting. A lazy way to do it and the grass is starting to grow through it….. but would be best to remove the roots.

Hi, thanks for watching and merry Xmas. The excavator is great, mines had a lot of use, the pins are loose and it’s worn, but it’s real powerful for its size. If you are using it for firewood I’m impressed with what it will lift, bigger would be more powerful ie a 5ton or an 8ton, but as they get bigger they have less manoeuvrability and cause more damage to the ground. The only issue I’ve had is an intermittent issues with the starter motor caused by worn wiring and /or faulty relay. I could have paid to rewire but I’ve just added a bypass switch that I use if the key doesn’t start it. I also had a leaky heater coil that would have been a bitch to replace so I just bypassed it to stop the leaks. Best of luck with it. 2600 hours is low hours so it should be great and ready to do lots more work.

This is the 8lbs. I’d like to try the 6lb, I think I’d split better with the 6lb, less weight but I’d be able to move it faster and be more accurate. The 8lbs is a real lump.

@@TheRuralProject thank you, I also have the 8lb and find it quite heavy.

Ouch - gotta hurt. It was leaking again a few weeks ago in heavy rain. Bloody thing. I’ll be pouring litres of sealant on it next time I get chance. 😁😁 Thanks for watching and merry Xmas to you and your family.

Merry Christmas to you and yours as well Chris. Make sure that it's the sealing of the dektite around the flue and not a water buildup up the roof and it getting through a join in the iron.

I think it might be a water build up and then capillary action between the overlapping tin sheets. ( been researching it) But I’m still a problem for another day. 😁

No crocs in Victoria, you need to be much further north to encounter them. Thanks for watching.

Hey Gringo. Thanks for watching. Merry Christmas to you and yours too. Hotting up in Australia but we are back in the uk right now for a family Xmas, brrrhhh, not used to this cold, but great to be with extended family. Have a great one.

@@TheRuralProject I'm right there with ya brother, it's cold here too. It's kinda funny how buisy it got all of a sudden. we're booked all the way till after new year. So me and my sweetie are here, just the two of us till then. We'll probably plan another run to AZ. sometime in Jan. or Feb. to give Uncle Sam His due. At the same time I'm gonna be bringin' home my splitter. I got a Full Bour 35 ton W/A log lift and A 4 and 6 way. And It even has a Hydrolic lift for the wedges... OK,It's not a wolff ridge, but It's close enough. Tell every one Feliz Navidad, from all of us here in Creel Chihuahua , Mexico... 🌲🌳❄🪵🔥

@ Feliz Navidad to you too. Look forward to hearing about the splitter once you get it.

I gave it my best shot …. Sometimes things don’t go your way. 😁😁

@ 😂😂😂 good effort bro

Hey, thanks for watching. Agree it could have been much worse. We still had a great time. Full video if you want to watch it. Thanks for watching.

Hi, yes I agree, when I split lots of firewood I split round the edges, split down the middle was just for the video. Thanks for watching.

Learnt by a similar lesson ? I’ll be doing the same in future. Thanks for watching I hoped you enjoyed it.

@@cameronhamer9432 ah but when the camera is rolling and the director yells “action” I gotta put on a show. Jokes aside, they were a lump and I’d normally split with an axe or noodle them in half, it’s easier and faster that way. Thanks for watching from Canada eh!

@ well don’t strain yourself too much , I pull a muscle in my back and it’s a couple of weeks before I’m back at it . 👍🇨🇦

@@petersuares6705 ha ha, bit of an extreme way to save fuel, but ….. true. ……. I’m all about saving the environment 😁

Hi, thanks for the positive vibe. It’s a great set up. Works really well. Best part is that if you have lots of space you can make it as long as you like and then when it’s empty it takes 5 minutes to move the timber and blocks.

@@thaimuayshoo1171 thanks for watching and positive feedback. Yep, bloody tough wood. When I get tougher wood than this I get the Fiskars maul out.

@@brentonclarke hi, it was a great adventure, but the thrill police always charge like a wounded bull. I got quoted $1800 for the gearbox rebuild, the dog gear had shattered and taken some bevel gear teeth too, so I bought the parts $460 and repaired it myself. 9 weeks for some of the parts from Japan. Anyway, it’s back up and running.

Loaded high, proof that money does grow on trees eh.

Hey Marty. That was a busy time. We ended up selling out of wood in June. The double split bags are still selling now, a few bags a week brings a few $$ in

Hi, thanks for the positive comment. It’s typical, when I damaged it I was going slow with hardly any throttle. The damage was a smashed dog clutch that then damaged bevel gear teeth. Knowing what I know now it was never going to be a bush fix, even if I had tools with me. Ah well, a good adventure anyway.

@TheRuralProject yeah there was no fixing it on the water

Yeah. Beautiful eh. Love it. And when they come into roost at night wow, put the ear plugs in.

Jeez I see it too. Baby log, baby face. I can assure you, no babies were hurt during the production of this video. 😂

@ call in the priest

few blisters and achy muscles, but all part of the adventure. Thanks for watching.

Hi, these are sold in all local hardware stores here in Australia. You can check Fiskars website for local suppliers or buy via eBay. Good luck finding one, you won’t be disappointed

Hey gringo The Murray has some huge Murray cod, yellow bellies and plenty of other fish. The carp are just my fallback fish when I’m getting nothing else……. Always catch a carp on sweetcorn, bread or worms. A trolling motor is in the list of toys to get. It would make a massive difference. Thanks for watching and positive comments.

@@gringopines3476 - love a Rob & Levi video myself. Decent blokes that have over the years been kind helping me out with advise re: prospecting & gear.

@@Party-Marty just watched a rob parsons video, pretty cool stuff makes it look easy. Getting paid to be outside doing stuff you enjoy ....... hold on, I do that with firewood. Happy days.

Gringo, if you like rob parson have a look at UCzgN7WwmHRHmpWr55HKqrDQ @followingabrokencompass some great varied content, surfing, fishing, diving, gold prospecting

@@TheRuralProject - following a broken compass - another favourite 👌

Ha ha, always a bright side if you look for it.

Blue rock dam looks good, I just had a google. Great memories, once it got dark it wasn’t all smiles, lots of “paddle harder” “keep it straight”, we were beat and over paddling, but it’s all part of the fun. I got quoted $1800 for the gearbox rebuild, the dog gear had shattered and taken some bevel gear teeth too, so I bought the parts $460 and repaired it myself. 9 weeks for some of the parts from Japan. Anyway, it’s back up and running.

@@TheRuralProject - well done. Yes, $1800 is a lot when you look at what’s in a gearbox… I managed to find a spare engine same as mine at a garage sale for $50 👌

@@Party-Marty and when I asked him how much for that motor and pointed to a 2nd hand one ( very similar ) and he said $2200 I only paid $7000 for the boat, trailer and motor. Go figure. $50 is a bargain, gotta keep your eyes open for those steals.

@@TheRuralProject 3.7m here $1500 all up. Been an awesome boat. My engine is only 15hp & early 1990’s I think. Skoots along good for what it is. Spare is 15hp early 1980’s. Mostly identical. It runs but has some tiller control problems.

Ha ha. Look forward to them. Treasured fish in the uk mate, my family cannot believe we kill them here. They grow to about 60lbs, 27kg. Running a carp fishery is big business in the uk and Europe

Keep paddling, keep paddling. I expected the return trip was going to be slow because you were out of go go juice. I wasn't expecting you to break your boat.

I’ve never tried a gassed system. The welder I have can accept a gas bottle supply but I weld so infrequently I’ve never bothered setting it up. Makes a good excuse for poor welding too ….. blame the equipment. 😁

Always get it done eventually. -10 brrr, heading to 32deg C on Saturday….. summers coming !!

Hey Gringo, short and sweet video. Making firewood is only part of the process, there some serious clean up after each bucking session. Cooling off there, warming up here, bloody snakes are out. Dog had one in his mouth last week, lucky not bitten and then I was checking for holes in the snake fencing and came face to face with another one. Worst part of summer. They are particularly bad this year. Looka after yourself

👍, thanks for watching, strong and a little stupid because I don't know when to stop

ha ha, love it, and the gum looks so innocent to those that don't know.

Hi, thanks for watching. the x27 is a great axe, but for iron bark or red gum I’d get a Fiskars maul. Bit more weight behind the swing.

I’ve been trying the axe swing, not too bad with the axe, but a bit hit n miss with the maul. My accuracy gets even worse swinging the maul. More practice needed …..👍

Hey mate, I guess stacking a tower allows better airflow but more likely to tip over and not that space efficient. Lots of people not stacking anymore. I never found success with that approach but will try again in the future and try and ensure better airflow to the pile.

ooohhh, very good, I have to stop and oil the bar tip, but the extra oiler is the better way. Sounds like you are ready for a busy weekend.

thanks for the positive feedback, really appreciated. So you should have it nailed once you have modified it, skip tooth and milling cutting angles. Perfect. I think you really need the slip tooth with the bigger bars, eases the load on the saw. best of luck

Like a snake lair, just call me Dr Doolittle, at 1 with the animals. 😁

Hey mate, in my opinion they are not for knotty twisted stuff, they are for speed only, they will split a knotty log, but it takes a few shots and you can tell its straining. I throw the twisted stuff to the side and use the hydraulic splitter on that.

mate that made me laugh so much, have you heard of capstick comes home ? ua-cam.com/video/PmSA0W3mkn4/v-deo.html your commentary about how tough life was when you were younger reminded me of the comedy scene. I think they have a picture of you in the bath too. Enjoy the comedy and remember, your life was never as tough as those who worked in the Yorkshire mines in the 60's and 70's Anyway, 6 months later and I still have no running water, the bucket trick has been my only option, but I have to get running water for summer.

That video was funny. The Yorkshire mines sound almost as hard as work as cutting firewood in Balranald and then Oxley. In Balranald the F.I.L. and I originally stayed in a tent onsite. We did eventually move into a cabin at the caravan park and that was 5 star in comparison. When we started cutting in Oxley we were in a caravan, the washing up was similar to in that video except it was a bucket out in the sticks with the nearest building maybe 10km away. No photos of our living quarters from back then. A little bit of video got recorded on ua-cam.com/video/HZguPy_s-yY/v-deo.html . . The video starts off when I was wording on building the 2 saws in Eaglehawk around 1992 , the initial cutting in Balranald in 1993 and through until sometime probably in 1994 at Oxley (NSW). Ahhh to be young again.

Hey Gringo, minus 2 ….. that’s fresh, any snow in the ground yet ? The shed house is coming along nicely. Beds are sorted. A swag on an industrial shelf is just perfect. We have the barrel stove for the chilly nights and that works a treat. So I’m guessing the new pet is a dog, a wild beast of a thing.

@@TheRuralProject No snow, when it snows, it does'nt snow much... Yeah she a lil monster. A regular Tazmanian Devil... The wind is whippin' here now, good day to be in doors...🔥🌬

Experience and technique / skill are very important, keep enjoying your firewood production.

Yup, all mine.

Hi Alan, seems to be the year for them. I’m seeing them too regular, my neighbour where I live had a tiger snake in the backyard last week. 3 young kids playing in the garden too. Very lucky.

So true, but the challenge was to split down the middle. Thanks for watching

Grande lavoro❤.​@@TheRuralProject

Hi Daniel. Luckily the fix is not too bad. Video coming soon.

Winter coming for you and summer coming for me. Luckily it’s not as expensive a fix as I first feared, the fix is coming up in a future video. I’d forgotten how slow hydraulic splitters were until I had to go back to using it. Thanks for watching.

2 deg and 7 deg - 🥶 Warming up nicely here. Great time of the year. Days getting longer but not too hot yet. The ole faithful splitter …… it’s done some work and still going strong. Poco por poco, so true.

Hi Sam, no glass door, just the door removed from the hinge. Things didn’t go very well, check out the full build, that bright paint burned off even though it’s high temperature paint. Thanks for watching.

I've been trying the 360 swing, but not totally convinced its better but I'm going to keep trying, its a heck of a lot more physical I know that for sure.