Do NOT buy a LOG SPLITTER until you watch this!
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- Опубліковано 2 січ 2019
- Doug and Stacy live in a log cabin on a 11 acre homestead. They heat and cook with wood and LOVE their country. We buy MADE IN AMERICA when we can and this video is about LOG SPLITTERS and how 1 AMERICAN company is fighting back!
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You guys say buy american quality made and dont buy chinese but all of the engine are kawasaki and Honda engines. Those aren't american!
@@HectorGonzalez-vr5lr I say buy the best and sometimes that ain't "American " but it is made IN AMERICA 👍 See how that works .... many a engine I have had and Kawasaki and Honda are the best hands down
Beautifully executed video about what is wrong in America... Nice video... The end of your reminds me of the first Kenworth I bought because my dad bragged how they was all made in America and they still is he would say to me sometimes he pointed to the Walnut dash in his truck. The truck I found was almost identical to his and man it was cheap... Well it was all big kinda shiny the price was dirt cheap and yet the motor was a power house boy did it have some real throttle to it the salesman said so asked if I was ready to sign the note on it yet. It was only after signing the title in my name I got it home went to back in beside my dads dirty old truck all big and proud I straddle clean blocked the drive way only to find out it had no reverse.... Back in those days they wanted almost 7K to fix that Allison gear box. After the neighbors 3 horses hitched up pulled it along side the barn in our working spot the old man really laughed at me called me a few derogatory names for being such a dunce he asked me again how cheap the price of the truck was that couldn't back up and make no money he said to me. Then he said tools over there in the barn it ain't sitting here forever kid we got other stuff that needs to be worked on he said to me... And the 3 months it did sit there was like forever to me and so was the endless list of parts of gaskets and money but compared today it still was expensive although there were not that many parts to that old Detroit made Allison gear box It had... The day I got it running I was cleaning out the sleeper on that old 79 Areodyne... She sits in her spot today all shiny once more thanks to me and PPG paints.. Well a mouse ran out of the truck down my girlfriends arm and she screamed like a woman my dad heard it. I had no idea there was food in the storage cabinets in the sleeper... My old man told me about multi tasking is what ya money
Thanks for the info, Doug. You're right, it's good to buy US when you can. We can go even further as well saying buy as locally as you can as well and help the economy as close to where you are as possible.🙏
Longest intro in UA-cam history......
Definitely a bit excessive
Then more filler of splitting wood.....only to have it become a factory tour video.
Paid infomercial
Love it.
At 46 seconds I paused the video and marked dislike, out of morbid curiosity how much more intro was there?
Fantastic information about the wood splitter company. I had no idea. I'm all for keeping it at home. When it's time I will purchase the big boy.Not bad prices. I needed this information. Thanks so much!! Be gone off grid soon. Homestead Homey here. You guys rock!
2 minutes into the video... This is about log splitting, right?
I am so proud of you guys. When I look around and see all that you have done to your homestead I am amazed. All the while, working with kids, taking care of your animals and working with Baker Creek and great videos! Thanks for this info.
Those swishers are good splitters! My parents bought one probably close to 20 years ago and still use it every year
I have a Swisher Splitter. One of the great points about it is being able to disengage the hydraulic pump when starting especially when cold. There is no pulling cold oil through the pump. It is easier cranking and after your engine has run a short time push the lever and engage the hydraulic pump. This feature and being made in the U.S.A. are two of the reasons I went with Swisher. Thanks for the videos.
Thanks Doug & Stacy, I'm very happy to see this video. More people should buy USA made items.
Love when you go to the companies. Made in America means so much. Truly wonderful to see people taking pride in the products they produce. Thank you for taking us along.
Great info there! Thank you for your effort in promoting True Made In The USA!
I had one of those swisher mowers in the mid 60s. Great machine. you could turn on a dime and have 9 cents change,
Thank you for letting us know this information.
Doug , I've known about the Swisher equipment for years.
They are only 50 miles from me over in Warrensburg.
My Dad had a 3 wheel mower.
I use a Swisher log splitter.
Thanks for the insight I'll be purchasing a Swisher log splitter, as I've been searching for a new one.
Keep up the good work Doug, those logs are stacking. YOU CAN DO IT!
Blessings to you Doug and Stacey.
Stay safe and be well.
We believe that the destiny of America is not as a low rent service sector economy, hobbled with foreign debt, and unable to manufacture its own goods. For too long we've conflated a cheap price with a good value, which over time has led to broader negative consequences for our industries, communities, and American workers. That's why we're committed to making ALL of our products with an unwavering dedication to quality, value, and service right here in the United States.
As a US Veteran and American family owned business, we're proud to partner with a great company like Swisher Inc. who shares our values, to produce our LogOX forestry tools in the Heartland and play our small part in America's manufacturing comeback. We really appreciate Doug and Stacy bringing attention to this important issue for our country, and would like to encourage everyone to buy American made products whenever possible.
Awesome. Good for you Doug! I buy American as much as possible, even if it cost little more.
Yes... buy at home... buy local. :) Happy New Year from our cabin in the Canadian wilderness to yours.
I have a 27 ton Swisher log splitter, it’s great. I have never seen any wood it would not split. I’ve split four foot diameter, one hundred year old oak. It took two men with six foot pry bars to move the logs. Goes from horizontal to vertical very easy. It has a lever to disconnect the pump from the engine to enable easy starting in cold weather. Kevin.
You have to pay good money for good quality, my age now insists on buying stuff that will outlive me.
Nothing about the log splitter, but I do pay attention to the surroundings. It's apparent that you take good care of your animals. Thank you
James Scott Looking through the comments to find which splitter you use.
Even from here in the UK, we agree that you should Make America Great Again. The Chinese (and their cohorts) should not be taking over the manufacturing and control of other countries - neither yours nor mine. So - good to hear of a good locally made tool that is so useful. :-)
I also liked your point about reducing wear on the body now to live longer later!
Jean Paul heck ya! 💪🏻🇺🇸
MAGA!!! Always try to buy Made in America Products Or in your case, Made in the UK...no matter what all the brainless idiots say! Whats so bad about wanting your own country to be the best?
China is an enemy but mostly a scapegoat. The real enemy are these assholes! hangthebankers.com/the-federal-reserve-cartel-the-eight-families/
I just bought a swisher thanks to things video
@@hdrjunkie your MAGA hat was made in CHINA
This video reminds me of a show I used to watch called “How’s it Made” great video of this company. Well done Doug ⚒🔨⛏🙂
Do NOT buy a LOG SPLITTER until you watch this!
0:01This is a dog
0:15 a garden during the winter
0:30 A turkey and 3 guinea's
1:00 Here's some chickens
1:50 horses and the dog again
Your making good progress on your wood stockpile. Great job supporting USA made products
Good morning from Iowa! Last night I had the thoughts to get myself a log splitter, woke up this morning and started searching. And I come across a video from Doug and Stacy about the subject! How lovely! Hope you guys have a great weekend! 🙂
I biught the Swisher 4 way for my home built briggs and stratton chain driven, torque converter splitter.
The quality is there!
Bet you like that 4 way 🤠👍
Doug, Thanks for the info and tour. My grandfather in Sedalia, MO introduced me to Swisher mowers. I have used a Swisher splitter since 2010. I am in NW Arkansas now using the same Swisher splitter. When it gives up, Lord willing, I will buy another quality, Missouri-made Swisher splitter. Many thanks for buying and promoting local products and companies!
Awesome! Looking into Swisher! Thank you for the info!
I noticed that the splitting wedge on your log splitter is on the ram instead of at the end so the wood falls on the ground as soon as it splits. The wood staying up on the splitter let's you decide to split it again or toss it into the pile without needing to pick it up again.
Of course the extension table helps with keeping it up where you can get it helps too.
Okay! This is a split decision.... :)
Happy New Year... Peace Happiness Health...
Great video Doug & Stacy. Hope you'll have a great year. God bless you'll.
I have a swisher 26 ton. I'm thinking middle to late 90,s. Greatest log splitter ever. This was the best video I've watched in a long time. Thank you for sharing this video and stay warm my friend 👍🇺🇸
Thank you for the heads up. I will check them out now
I have never seen a swisher in my area. Looks like a great one.
They deliver direct to your door 🤠👍
@@littlewhitedory1 I bought mine through The Home Depot and Swisher delivered direct to my door.
This so awesome. Thank you for sharing the importance doing your research...to keep Americans employed
Thank you. Great info. Hope your doing well.
We use my grandpas old splitter, and thankfully its a good one. BODY SAVER! I used to take the maw when he needed wood, but man that splitter was a great purchase for him (and my back!).
That was an AWESOME video! I had no idea zero turns had been around so long!
Whenever we can afford it we always but USA and local:) Great reminder guys!
Thank you sir. I didn't know that info. I like all things Made in America. I will check out their website. And book mark it. For future purchases.
Could not agree more ! been saying the same thing for years now. Wood pile is looking better each and every video !
Good stuff to know. Swisher it is. That's awesome that you checked into it. Not only is it made in America, but your hometown. Not in the market for getting one...lol..but if I was, that would be my go too. Thanks for helping with our home work.
WAY TO GO!!! Thank you so much for the video and for representing the hard-working men and women in AMERICA! I work in a steel factory that was affected by the cheap Chinese imports and the companies here in the US that thought they'd save a buck or two by buying and reselling imitation junk steel. My hats off to all who support the BUY AMERICAN CREED. I will be purchasing from this company most definitely! GOD BLESS AMERICA!!
Great info, Doug! I'm sharing this on Facebook.
Very true, the best splitter ever, built and engineered by someone that know what they are doing.
2:00 actually starts using the splitter. Great video about buying American and things to think about! Just a long intro.
Thanks for the heads up. Knowledge is power.
When purchasing a air compressor I went with puma they are competitive and made in Tennessee! I had mine 8 years now!
Happy to hear there is one company that still makes a great log splitter and riding mower. And in Missouri of all places
I live in MO. Will have to check them out in Warrensburg. Thanks!
This is great. Thanks for promoting american made products!! I get tired of big box stores selling out.
Burrrrrr 🥶, it’s a balmy 6 degrees centigrade here in Southern Ireland. Happy new year. Thoroughly enjoy watching your videos, 👍🤩🐢
You work that thing a lot faster than i can work one. I still split the old way just because of time restraints, i can split with an axe much faster. Maybe in a few years when my back starts to go more ill break down and get one. Great video!
Thanks for sharing. I will definitely be getting a swisher!!
That machine is a beast ! Its awesome ! You are doing good on them cords ! Holly Cow ! How awesome is that mower !!! I love factory work ! I worked for 3 years hand soldering, hot air soldering, and operating a Machine Solderer. LOVE that work. Making Circuit boards and mother boards. One of the plant managers hooked me up with two complete solder set ups because they knew how much i love to solder ! :) If i get to a place i need one, im going to go with a Swisher, that machine is just awesome. ITs fun to watch also. Thank you for sharing the products and the factory where they make it.
Thanks for the tour. Cool mower!
Thanks so much for this info! As always an amazing video!!!
I live where these products are made! My dad used a Ride King lawn mower for years to mow our grass with. It was crank start. I was sooo scared of it because it was LOUD! Lol. My son has a Swisher log splitter and it does work like a charm! Thanks for not only showcasing a Made in America product, but a Made in Missouri product. My husband’s family has known the Swisher family for years. Their store is located on 13 Hwy.
I own both a Swisher splitter and a LogOx. They are both great products! I also live in Missouri, about 50 miles from Warrensburg, where they are made. I was wondering why Swisher was no longer at the local farm supply store. Now I know. Thanks for the info and for supporting a good USA based company!
Hello Doug. I watched and listened to you, give us information about the 15 minute zones by Katie Hopkins. Thank you. Your site is so informative. I will be sharing this information with others. I appreciate you and Stacy. Stay Safe
Thanks for the video Doug! When I had a company that did machining and fabrication, I did my absolute best to source my materials and tooling from America. I realized that for my Neighbors to have a chance, I had to be the first step. I couldn't compete by hiring Americans when my competition was happily hiring immigrants of dubious status.
Michael Ries Construction Company shut down the day that I had to admit that "yo hablo espanol". Sure I speak Spanish but not at work...EVER.
One of the siding guys thought I could not speak Spanish. The things he was saying... had to choose. Kick his ass or leave so I left. Tools everything. No more fighting with the drywallers in mexican...Uh uh. I'm done.
We are working on it.... have some wood to cut, have some wood coming in from purchase and still waiting on the chimney sweep and our wood stove... but it's coming. When it's set up we will be truly blessed to have your information of what we should be doing and how to do it!
It’s funny, I should be outside splitting wood but I’m sitting by the fire watching you split wood😁
We have a swisher zero turn mower 66” cut. It’s built like a tank and made in the USA. It’s one of the best decisions we’ve made. Also when ordering parts they ship fast!
I work in a factory in ks. That makes pliers and wrenches, so found this very interesting.
I have found that supporting local nurseries cost more but I almost always get better plants and ferilizers. I may get a few less plants but it's a good trade.
Thanks Doug I really like this wood splitter
Wood burning in Ct.
Our winters been rainy n some time cold n colder today's 30 degrees clear n no snow on the ground yet.
Happy new year to you all hang in there, springs comin.
Nice video, especially the bit at the swisher factory. I've had the small 12 ton verticals only model for about 10 yrs now. It perfect for the average home owner who doesn't have room to store a larger machine. It's a shame that they don't make it anymore and it's likely that the reason is as you said that they can't be competitive in the market. The primary reason I chose the brand was that it's made in the USA. I alway prefer to buy American made products, tool especially but sadly it's become harder and harder to do.
I wish I had seen your video before purchasing my log splitter, that runs off the three point on the Massey. Been using it for eighteen years now with no problems, but the automatic return function of your Swisher's handle/switch would be an upgrade.
I am going to google Swisher, and if I am ever in the market for a zero-turn mower, will give them strong consideration.
Thanks for posting, and I agree 100% that paying a little more for a local product is well worth it, something that needs to come back in vogue here in America.
Just cut it short my stove was 10 inches height so I cut logs 5 to 7 inches burned vertically no splitting needed .
Toss in the tractor bucket made a pile less than 100 feet from stove used wheelbarrow to bring the wood in this skips the stacking so once dry just cover with Polly and toss some on top to keep the wind and snow from blowing off the Polly tarp .
Need to make one as I did 'totally home made log splitter' No fires so never used it, but it works great 😊👍
I absolutely agree to buy local in whatever country you are in, supporting your own industry instead of foreigners. That turkey is just too cute and I wonder if you will ever be able to slaughter him ;-)
Your video just tipped me over the fence. I will buy a Swisher splitter in a few weeks. Thank-you for this video.
Use the swisher website and code OFFGRID at checkout and if you would follow up with this comment when you get it! 👍
Copy that sir👍👍👍 Came across this in search of a log splitter. Preferably a 35t+ Thank you!
Thanks for sharing Doug. (And for those that gripe about videos like this being just another ad to buy products, some of us who are in the market for these items like videos like these. We want to support companies like these.)
And the video just let you in on a dirty little trick killing small shops in America and keeping our steel industry idol 🤠👍
Another awesome video guys!! I am thinking about getting a log spliter, but it's going to be one of those foot powered ones.
I worked in The auto industry for 30 years and that's what we have been saying for years buy American, yes it cost more but it save jobs. I'm glad to see people starting to come on board that buying thing cheaper from other country is just hurting our country. It's time we change that. Cheaper is not better it mean you have to buy it 2 or 3 more times in your life. it sad but true!!!🍒🍒🍒🍒
Heavens Gates Cherry Farm
Asian countries make the best cars today with American at or near the bottom of the pack for value. If they want us to buy American made cars, they need to stay competitive.
I’m not talking about more money for the same quality of car. I’m talking about the same money for quality and long lasting.
@@KingArtexerxes I was working in a plant where we were told back in the 70s that there were 2 Asian company's coming and we had to train them on how to make good Quality part so they could learn the trade. These 2 company's Are one and two in the Auto industry today, Why Because American workers trained them an then years later there jobs were lost to that same 2 company's. what I'm trying to say is our government sold us out along with the Auto Industry because of cheap labor. But what you don't understand is that's not true for today maybe back in the 70s but not today, you have the internet the facts are out there find them and read them, its all about the greed of are American company's and are government. One more thing Ford, G.M. Chrysler back in the 50s took care of there workers till greed took over, final words!!!!🍒🍒
@@HeavensGatesCherryFarm That sounds great! But Kia and Toyota are mainly made tn the USA and ford is mainly built in Mexico. GM and Chrysler is made in Canada for now! FCA is what Chrysler is going by. American companies are not made in the U.S. anymore
@@HeavensGatesCherryFarm lol.japanese just have a better attitude, discipline and are far more smarter than Americans.
@chief tp Americans build toyota kia honda and volkswagon parts I was there 4 hours ago! Detroit area send them down to south carolina and kentucky!!!!!! They also build and assemble parts with parts(cheap junk) that are made from China or Mexico so yeah your right junk.
Hi Doug it's Billy with F&M Homesteading here in SE Kansas. We have been heating our homestead house for 3 years with a woodstove. We are fortunate enough to have an Omish sawmill located about 18 miles away. We get bundles of Flat Wood from the mill. The bundles are the size of a big bale of hay. They are 4ft long various diameters. After cutting them to the length we need we get around a rick of wood. The cost for a bundle of this wood is $5. Yep I'll say it again $5 we bought 6 bundles last August and heated our homestead house all winter from October until late March for under $30. So far no log splitter is needed, I'm 58 and enjoy time hand splitting the pcs that need to be split. I agree buy local, buy American Made. Love your channel.
Awesome video. We currently use propane since my husband works at a oil company
As the saying goes “Poor quality is remembered long after low prices are forgotten”
Quality and craftsmanship costs money.
Swisher's are a great product and if you watch you can find them at end of season sales from different companies. Although my splitter sits, I prefer splitting by hand for the exercise and it's faster than hydraulics. So buy a good American made splitting maul as well.
Did not know that. Been busting wood by hand since I was a kid,but like you the years are creepin up on me. We're in the process of having a new chimney installed for a pioneer bakers choice cookstove so its gonna be more of a full time thing now and I've been looking at splitters. I'll give swisher a look.
As of this comment, the only model of log splitter shown for sale on the Swisher website that isn't made from "global components" is an electric one.
Hey Doug, those logs that have the holes in them make Great Bird Houses. You need an Eastonmade Log Splitter for all the logs you go through, Call Andrew he will hook you up.
Awesome video thank you for sharing. You save money when you spend more money in the begging and get a quality product made in North America VS over seas. Better quality means less maintenance and a longer life.
Great company, great message!! Thanks
Hello from frosty and wet Vancouver Island B C Canada
I live in Kentucky actually Liberty Kentucky and t a t e r makes their own wood splitters Gates panels and Bush Hogs and all made in America
Wow, great info. God bless!
great tour! and great information
I paid $13k for my splitter, made in Wisconsin. It's a super beast with a 7.5 second cycle time. All kinds of wedge configurations but I mostly use the 4× box wedge. Produces four 4"×4" pieces in one pass.
I actually had one of their log splitters and I run that thing for over eight years before I finally got rid of it never failed me once never gave me any problems wish I still had it
Honestly it's a beast lol still running I leave it outside 24/7 have to jump it but it goes and goes
You aren't kidding. I tried to look up Swisher log splitters and I got every other kind of splitter but the swisher. I had to refine the search to eliminate the sponsored products before I could even look at one Swisher. Not terribly expensive so I don't understand why you wouldn't buy a made in America one.
I like log splitters that drive the plate into the wedge. That way it self clears the wood.
Thank you Sir Doug for sharing your video..Made in America🇺🇸Happy NewYr..Cheers🍷🇺🇸👍
watching the birds is very relaxing
Park the loader at the splitter and toss the wood in it, don't move it 2 or 3 extra times. Or load picking bins to move with forks.