Years ago I had a stored wood at my homestead for personal use and to sell. I noticed wood missing every now and then so I took some split wood in eth garage and bored 1 inch holes about 6'' deep in them and put about 2-3 tablespoons of black powder in each piece of wood. Followed by a plug. Soon one evening I seen fire trucks outside my neighbor's house. He stole some wood and blew the door off his wood stove. Never lost another piece of wood after that.
A good answer to wood thieves is to make the wood stack closest to the entry a stack of Willow and Elm, this worked in England when I was a kid when we still had Elm , we still have plenty of big willow. Why does this work ? well, you try burning that crap ! leave it three years and you might get a vicious smoulder !
Allegedly, one time, I had 2 bicycles stolen from my fenced in yard in just one summer. So, according to police reports, it was alleged that i had hooked a battery charger to a bike that happened to sit within a puddle of water. It was also alleged that i may have had the connections attached to the bike and to a metal coat hanger, that was stuck into the ground. ... the sound of the crackhead, as he grabbed hold of the bike, caught my attention. Police alleged i may have done so on purpose.... the Judge dismissed all charges, prior to trial, with a huge smile on his face as he excused me from Court. 20 years later, I still have my bike!
@@arnoldromppai5395 oddly I've seen videos where they use just one of those cheap bug zappers the tennis racquet style using a couple AA BATTERIES & IT ZAPS THE rats dead, ,it looked that way,maybe altered somewhat
I used 4 old snowmobile tracks with hundreds of 3 to 4in corse threaded bolts.....I also ran long 40,000 pound cables through the tracks anchored to trees a distance away and natural brush as camo. The tracks are flexible/pliable and got sucked up in the fender wells and ripped out break lines and hoses. They were very ambitious showing up with 2 large f-450's pulling very nice dump trailers. The Sheriff almost pissed himself at the sight of the carnage. The 6 men caught were shamed by the community as I had strongly requested "VERY PUBLIC COMMUNITY SERVICE" to be performed between the hours of 8am-6pm-mon-fri.......IT WAS PRICELESS!!!!!!
AWESOME, morning coffee and Chris In The Woodyard, look forward to it every morning, thank you Chris ! That Eastonmade Ultra is one heck of a splitter, so reliable.
Did the same thing on back of farm . For about 50 years people had been going over private sand pit off road . Parking, partying, or other stuff you do at night in wooded areas. We never cared . Then someone with big tires started 4 wheeling across planted fields. I was working 2nd shift 10 hr 7 days a week going on 6 week got home bout 2:30 last time i looked at clock it was 3 at 3:15 headlights and off road light bar shining in my bedroom they took off when i turned outside light on and was standing ther with gun. Next day put boards out at back of farm. Boards got tore up. Month later a buddy who lived 3 miles away said he seen a truck go by riding on 4 flats. Couple months later a guy who lived about 15 miles away told me he seen the same truck on 4 rims go by. Never got woke up again
Awesome story. We have several neighbors who are weekenders. I see lots of nozy folks driving around scoping out people's properties. Often an obstacle in the road is enough to stop the lazy thieves. Deer cams can linked to your phone for quick notification now. Amazing how hardworking you are. Keep it up Chris.
@@InTheWoodyard funny you should mention that. Was reading a short story set in Northern Vermont about lazy thieves during the great depression. This guy noticed he was losing dry wood right out of his shed every few days. He could even see unexplained tracks in the snow, across his yard. Then he bored a one inch hole four inches deep and hid a shotgun shell in the hole by capping it flush with a wooden plug. This piece of wood was left on top of the pile every night. Eventually it was stolen. It was the last stick to be stolen. LoL
My father was a blacksmith and built firewood splitters in his shop and always had foot or hip controls for the ram. That stopped the repetitive arm actions on the ram activation and freed both arms to feed and empty the deck safely.Al
GREAT story👏👍happened to me once, unfortunately for the thief I caught him red handed 👊👊👊👊👊a nice tune up & he NEVER returned. Thieves are among the worst.
I wish it could do all that wood cutting and splitting again I am jealous lol,, I had cancer and the chemo and radiation destroyed my back I still do some but no more than I have to to get by ,, I sure enjoy your channel,, keep up the great work y’all make my days a little better!! Stay healthy and enjoy what you are doing 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Nice vid. That's a lot of wood and work that I can appreciate. We only have 20 cords now that will run us over two years, maybe 3. My wife and I work together cutting, hauling and splitting. We don't sell any, but we do give some to needed old folks now and then. We have been doing it since 1976.
Sounds great! Helping people out is a real nice thing! Way to go. I started helping my dad cut split and haul wood when I was 8 in 1970 and I still enjoy it!!!
Chris I want to thank you for letting myself and others have a look into your business. I fine it interesting to see how you run your business and your market. Plus the information that you and others out to alot people that might be getting in firewood or are looking to expand their markets once a again. Thank you!!
I love what you did. I do the same thing with hunters but I use old feild drags. Just put them upside down on the feild driveway in the spring and let the grass grow.
That was satisfying. I like seeing the splitting process, but also like seeing the original pile dwindle quickly. : ) My neighbor across the road had a run in with someone down the road a ways. The woman (supposedly who thought she owned the road because her family "adopted" the road for keeping it picked up) decided to stop at his place because she didn't like how he kept his yard (cows, horses, chickens, etc, and junk in the yard). She walked onto his property and was peering through the windows of the house. My other neighbor told him about it. He later did the same thing you did, but I don't think she ever came back. The planks are still there, though, just in case.
@@InTheWoodyard - Yup. My neighbor, who's lived here for many years, said that because those homes up the road (at end, near the river) are newer and higher priced, they think the rest of us need to leave.
I liked the way you did this video...talking while you split!!! wheeee that was one big pile of wood. One of my brothers was a work - a - holic too.!!!
You deserve everything you’ve earned! Your a fricking stud you work so hard it’s really impressive! That’s a lot of dedication u put in and it truly shows!
We had a neighbor who kept driving through the front corner of our yard.He would park his car on the road between his house and ours, facing east. In the mornings he would do a U turn and drive through our yard to get back on the road going west. My husband got tired of it and fix a piece of mrat with spikes in it, painted it green and placed in the tire ruts the car had made. The next time the guy drove through our yard, he had 4 flat tires. After this he never drove through our yard again.
Nice payback to the firewood thieves. I used to work those hours but since I hit 60 my body said enough. Now I just manage my plumbing business sometimes from home and going mechanical in my woodyard.
Nice idea to deal with the rotten thief ! It’s impressive how much work you put down. You always comment or acknowledge all the comments. Keep up the good work Chris
Morning Chris. Love the Theft Story. It would have even A Bummer, if the guy got out of the truck and impaled himself of one of those boards with the spikes. Can you imagine how he would explain that to his family. Great video👍
I really am impressed with the Frostbite...and your skills. Lol A woman vaccuumed her entire home and it was spotless. She heard her husband drive up and was antisipating a huge compliment. The husband walked in the door looked around and said "Honey that is a damn good vaccuum cleaner"
My best friend from my childhood's dad shared a story about having firewood stolen. His dad was a child during the great depression and his grandfather noticed someone stole some of his firewood. His grandfather bored a hole in a few pieces of firewood, filled them with black powder, and plugged the holes. A few nights later, the neighbor a few houses down the street had their house burn down.
There’s an old South Louisiana story about a wood thief. Old man noticed that his split firewood was disappearing. He drilled a large hole in a piece, packed it with gunpowder. His neighbor’s hearth blew up, destroying the chimney.
Haha that’s a great story. I’m gone to work for 12 to 21 days at a time. So far I’ve been lucky that no one has come to steel anything but when the times come I have a buddy with an excavator and he’s gonna install me some metal post and I’m gonna put up a couple chains from them.
Only a fool would steal wood. The tires cost him more than the wood and can you imagine how the rims looked after trying to get away without being caught? Can you imagine the amount of work to get a jack under the side of the vehicle that had both tires flattened? You did a good job. During war, they make sharpened triangular tubes into a three legged pyramid and drop them from planes and they work very well, as the air goes out very quickly through the hollow tubes.
🍺🍺🍺 nice Wooooooo!!!!!!! Glad you taught the thieves a lesson they won’t forget ha ha. Great story bud nice 3 way maul split. Take care brother Woooooooo!!!!🍺🍺🍺
Great story. Glad you got the guys back. It's sad people do that shit. You also seem like the kind of guy who would be willing to give a struggling family a cord or a truckload of wood if they were to just humbly ask you for some. Or at least have them come earn it by helping you split for a day.
A bit of history, Elm was used for hose stable flooring planks, because of it stringy durable nature. Something my father used to say, he grew up back in the time of work horses.
Nice log splitter. Good story about a thief. Buddy lived on a corner and kids would run into the mailbox. He wanted to cement in steel pole then wrap in wood - officer told him if the kids crashed and died - it was on his head. So he put spike strips in front of the mailbox - out of the street but on the curb.
I saw a thief on camera steeling would when I had a 10 bush cord ReadyRack shelf out in the open, never caught up with him but he only less than a trunk full
Good morning Chris!!😀😀 I just love what you did to take care of the wood thief. LOL!! That person definitely got what they deserved. That's a old trick that normally teaches those people a good lesson!! Keep up the great work buddy!!😀😀 TTYL!!😀😀
I really enjoyed the chat while you were splitting the wood! I would be interested in watching a video of the cutting and how you receive your inventory of wood to be processed. Thanks 🙏 and have a great day 👍 !
Thanks Kevin, I do have a bunch of videos like you want, just go to my channel and look through the titles. Or better yet start at the beginning and watch them all!!!!!
I've been out shoveling and plowing all day, got my wood piles cleaned out so hopefully I can get some wood split. Supposed to keep snowing till 7PM tomorrow. Saying 12-24 inches of accumulation. Awesome video! Liked the voice over
Great video Chris. Awesome way to get some retribution on the crook. I also agree with many, I liked the voice over chat while you were splitting. I knew you worked a lot and enjoy it, you a natural with the camera. 👍🏻 I am catching up from yesterday, busy day working on firewood. 😎
Chris.. Nice theft story and a voice over too is nice from time to time.. You also have a good group on your channel as I like reading other comments from asking you questions to ones that care about your well being. 😁👍
@@InTheWoodyard : hey Chris you are being mentioned a few times today in the comments on outdoors with the Morgan's.. Way to go.. Keep doing what you are doing..😁👍
my neighbor from Oregon had bought a fire kill contract and had collected quite a bit of "black wood" from it when some one stole a load at night - not realizing it was carbonized in the fire-- they must have been surprised when they saw what a mess that was to harvest
I believe you got the spikes in the board from your Dad. I remember him using that technique by his old sheep barn. But I forget if he was protecting wood or the sheep! Great video Chris.
When I was 16 I worked for a tree surgeon splitting wood. I worked alone and he was pretty happy with my work, till he brought in a load of elm. We went our separate ways soon after that. Still not sure if I quit or he fired me.
Reminds me of a problem I had with a cat. I had a convertable and the cat liked the well where the top went when it was down. I took a piece of cardboard and pushed roofing nails through it and placed it in the well. Never had another problem with the cat.
Good morning Chris, I was always going to try and put a small tire where your jacket is. Something you could interchangeable. Just a thought, thank you for sharing
Splitting ELM: Let round get wet, wet, wet. Let it freeze solid; then split. You're fracturing the ice and the wood fiber goes along for the ride. About the only way to tackle them with a maul.
Chris, i am out in the country. I dont have any neighbors to the south of me. 1/4 mile is the highway. A person came in and help themselves to firewood and sandstone. Since then the sandstone is stored in the shed. The wood is now stacked neatly and nothing has been stolen! Like your split video. Have you ever thought about the easy pour with adding the vent? Thought of you when i caught 5 mice yesterday except i do not have the trappers hat.
Chris, i cant ad a picture, look up EZ-Pour on amazon. The have a different spout with a screen and they give you a vent to be installed. Real.easy and saves time
I liked the story. Years ago I had someone parking along the road at the far end of the property. I guess they were taking inventory on some old farm equipment I had out there. They parked there enough to mash the grass pretty good. That ended after there were some 2x6s with no. 60 pole barn nails laying there.
@@InTheWoodyard No,major road with lots of traffic and room to get wheels 2 feet off the pavement, AND on a hill. Not where I'd have done MY "parking".
We had some punks with a jacked up pickup truck that kept running over our mail box. We reported it to the police. They blew it off. Said it was private property and they could do nothing about it. So I welded up an 8 inch schedule 80 steel pipe and filled it with concrete. I suck that 3 feet in the ground. Anchored with concrete. The next time they hit our mailbox, they left the front bumper a d part of their radiator with the undamaged post. Still had to replace the mail box again. But I did it with a grin.
When you run into stringy wood, take your axe that you should ALWAYS keep nearby, and chop those strings away! You may hit the wedge every now and again, - don't worry about it. I've had the same axe for over 30 yrs! Keep it sharp and handy, it'll last forever! I've had to replace the handle 3 or 4 times, and the head twice, but other than that, totally maintenance free!! A great axe!! Like it came from Krypton! Surprised I have to tell you these things!! - Btb, when throwing and stacking in a pile, 14' is as high as a man can go. Well, a short guy. I've seen guys 5'11" or more chuck firewood up past 15'!! And my wife! She can chuck wood over 20' high!! Thing is, you never know which direction she's trying to start a new pile! Couple times she started a pile on top of my head!! I gave her some pointers on chuckin' wood, she got mad, won't help me at all now! All I'm sayin' is: don't let HER take care of your hardhat!! Esp. when she seems to want to help so bad! - She IS a lot better supervisor than me, though. She's had a lot more practice!! She'd give you hell for running the Ultra at hyper speed! The reason: If you burn it up, you'll have to buy a new one. And that would cost more than maybe 4 of her economy Parisian firewoodin' outfits!! - Don't blame Tony. Sometimes, I have the urge to help you out, on my own!! GNI.
Good job. Enjoyed the story and the telling the story while you split. I tend to skip through to the bits where you talk in the hope I can learn something--which I always do.
I burned elm for a number of years. I built a machine with a Volkswagen engine and transaxle driving a single stage 36 gpm pump and a hydro-electric hoist. I still have the machine but at 88 years old, I had to give up burning wood.
Yes Philip, my parents still burn wood at 78&82 years old but me and my brothers do all the cutting splitting stacking and moving of the wood for them now. We are glad to help, and they love the wood heat, nothing like it as you know!
I know what you mean about the aching arms, Chris. Tendonitis, carpal tunnel and the whole nine yards...lol But like you said, No pain, No gain. Push on Brother!
Looks like you are losing Hyd. oil. Is your cylinder leaking a little. I liked the story about the person stealing your wood. You are a hard worker. I like those Eastonmade Log Splitters. Watch you don't pull your back out moving the splitter.
Great story on getting the bandit. I am glad you had a good cop you reported it to. In Canada you'd get in big trouble for setting any kind of booby trap.
I am willing to bet that if someone came up to me or anyone on here and explained they were broke and needed wood we would share but no they sneak around and steal it.
@@InTheWoodyard - With all due respect however, time for mechanical help with your volume of firewood sales. Your body needs to take it a bit easier, none of us are getting any younger unfortunately.
My coworker told me that someone was stealing his firewood so he split a log hollowed out the center, placed a couple of M-80s inside and glued it back together! He found out who was stealing his firewood, it was the neighbor that had a bunch of fire trucks in front of his house. Problem solved!
Years ago I had a stored wood at my homestead for personal use and to sell. I noticed wood missing every now and then so I took some split wood in eth garage and bored 1 inch holes about 6'' deep in them and put about 2-3 tablespoons of black powder in each piece of wood. Followed by a plug. Soon one evening I seen fire trucks outside my neighbor's house. He stole some wood and blew the door off his wood stove. Never lost another piece of wood after that.
Phil! That is a good one!!! Did you ever confront him about it?
@@InTheWoodyard After that I never lost another piece of wood again.
Oh man that is awesome! My luck I would forget which piece is spiked an burn my place down.
@@RatDogDaddy Me to!
A good answer to wood thieves is to make the wood stack closest to the entry a stack of Willow and Elm, this worked in England when I was a kid when we still had Elm , we still have plenty of big willow. Why does this work ? well, you try burning that crap ! leave it three years and you might get a vicious smoulder !
Well done to you for sorting the thieves out. Sounds like you give them something to think about.
Yup!
Allegedly, one time, I had 2 bicycles stolen from my fenced in yard in just one summer. So, according to police reports, it was alleged that i had hooked a battery charger to a bike that happened to sit within a puddle of water. It was also alleged that i may have had the connections attached to the bike and to a metal coat hanger, that was stuck into the ground. ... the sound of the crackhead, as he grabbed hold of the bike, caught my attention. Police alleged i may have done so on purpose.... the Judge dismissed all charges, prior to trial, with a huge smile on his face as he excused me from Court. 20 years later, I still have my bike!
Allegedly, some one learned who not to mess with!!! Ha! I love it! Way to go Joe!
a battery charger not going to do a thing,, not even 20 batterys.. . but many may bit
Do you still have the battery charger?
Would have been better if you hooked it all up to 110 volts. Light up the thieving bastards' life.
@@arnoldromppai5395 oddly I've seen videos where they use just one of those cheap bug zappers the tennis racquet style using a couple AA BATTERIES & IT ZAPS THE rats dead, ,it looked that way,maybe altered somewhat
I used 4 old snowmobile tracks with hundreds of 3 to 4in corse threaded bolts.....I also ran long 40,000 pound cables through the tracks anchored to trees a distance away and natural brush as camo. The tracks are flexible/pliable and got sucked up in the fender wells and ripped out break lines and hoses. They were very ambitious showing up with 2 large f-450's pulling very nice dump trailers. The Sheriff almost pissed himself at the sight of the carnage. The 6 men caught were shamed by the community as I had strongly requested "VERY PUBLIC COMMUNITY SERVICE" to be performed between the hours of 8am-6pm-mon-fri.......IT WAS PRICELESS!!!!!!
THAT IS AWESOME!!!! I like it!!!Haaaaaa!
Excellent video, like it when no noise and you talking about your experience with things
Glad you enjoyed it!
Big fan I'm 70 years old and still heat with wood, waiting for my next log load
Great job on the property defense with the spike boards.
Thanks!
AWESOME, morning coffee and Chris In The Woodyard, look forward to it every morning, thank you Chris !
That Eastonmade Ultra is one heck of a splitter, so reliable.
Morning Denis! Glad to have you along for the ride!
Did the same thing on back of farm .
For about 50 years people had been going over private sand pit off road . Parking, partying, or other stuff you do at night in wooded areas. We never cared . Then someone with big tires started 4 wheeling across planted fields. I was working 2nd shift 10 hr 7 days a week going on 6 week got home bout 2:30 last time i looked at clock it was 3 at 3:15 headlights and off road light bar shining in my bedroom they took off when i turned outside light on and was standing ther with gun.
Next day put boards out at back of farm.
Boards got tore up.
Month later a buddy who lived 3 miles away said he seen a truck go by riding on 4 flats.
Couple months later a guy who lived about 15 miles away told me he seen the same truck on 4 rims go by.
Never got woke up again
That is a great story! I like personal justice!!!!!! Thanks Charles!
Thanks for that story, it brought back memories of my Dad. We didn't catch the thieves but not from lack of efforts !
Glad you enjoyed it!
Awesome story. We have several neighbors who are weekenders. I see lots of nozy folks driving around scoping out people's properties. Often an obstacle in the road is enough to stop the lazy thieves.
Deer cams can linked to your phone for quick notification now. Amazing how hardworking you are. Keep it up Chris.
Thanks Mike, Ya a few small things can slow them down, especially small pieces of fast flying lead!! Ha! Thanks for watching!!
@@InTheWoodyard funny you should mention that. Was reading a short story set in Northern Vermont about lazy thieves during the great depression. This guy noticed he was losing dry wood right out of his shed every few days. He could even see unexplained tracks in the snow, across his yard. Then he bored a one inch hole four inches deep and hid a shotgun shell in the hole by capping it flush with a wooden plug. This piece of wood was left on top of the pile every night. Eventually it was stolen. It was the last stick to be stolen. LoL
@@harveyroad6 YA! I heard that one before!
My father was a blacksmith and built firewood splitters in his shop and always had foot or hip controls for the ram. That stopped the repetitive arm actions on the ram activation and freed both arms to feed and empty the deck safely.Al
Thanks Al, yes, we have talked about rigging it so it could be foot controlled! Thanks for watching!
Nice story about the thief, satisfying outcome
Yes it was! Thanks for watching Pete!
GREAT story👏👍happened to me once, unfortunately for the thief I caught him red handed 👊👊👊👊👊a nice tune up & he NEVER returned. Thieves are among the worst.
Yup!!!!!
I wish it could do all that wood cutting and splitting again I am jealous lol,, I had cancer and the chemo and radiation destroyed my back I still do some but no more than I have to to get by ,, I sure enjoy your channel,, keep up the great work y’all make my days a little better!! Stay healthy and enjoy what you are doing 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks Kurk, just keep cuttin'!
You've got more work ethic than 3 'normal' people. I salute you sir !
Thanks Ed, I'm not normal.
Nice vid. That's a lot of wood and work that I can appreciate.
We only have 20 cords now that will run us over two years, maybe 3.
My wife and I work together cutting, hauling and splitting. We don't sell any, but we do give some to needed old folks now and then.
We have been doing it since 1976.
Sounds great! Helping people out is a real nice thing! Way to go. I started helping my dad cut split and haul wood when I was 8 in 1970 and I still enjoy it!!!
@@InTheWoodyard At age 67 I still split some with a maul just to stay in shape.
@@ClintsHobbiesDIY Yup, swinging an ax or a maul is good for ya, as long as you don't over do it!
Chris I want to thank you for letting myself and others have a look into your business. I fine it interesting to see how you run your business and your market. Plus the information that you and others out to alot people that might be getting in firewood or are looking to expand their markets once a again. Thank you!!
I appreciate that Bill, I am learning a lot from the people who watch and comment too!
Nice format, makes it more inviting and personal.
Glad you like it Kenny! Almost every one else did too!
I love what you did. I do the same thing with hunters but I use old feild drags. Just put them upside down on the feild driveway in the spring and let the grass grow.
There you go!
That was satisfying. I like seeing the splitting process, but also like seeing the original pile dwindle quickly. : ) My neighbor across the road had a run in with someone down the road a ways. The woman (supposedly who thought she owned the road because her family "adopted" the road for keeping it picked up) decided to stop at his place because she didn't like how he kept his yard (cows, horses, chickens, etc, and junk in the yard). She walked onto his property and was peering through the windows of the house. My other neighbor told him about it. He later did the same thing you did, but I don't think she ever came back. The planks are still there, though, just in case.
Ya, some people think they are in charge of others stuff too! Thanks for watching!
@@InTheWoodyard - Yup. My neighbor, who's lived here for many years, said that because those homes up the road (at end, near the river) are newer and higher priced, they think the rest of us need to leave.
@@annwithaplan9766 HA! That is funny!
Good for you Chris God Bless you and your family
Thanks so much!
I love they came back the next day and you were able to teach them a lesson.
Ya, it felt real good!
Great to hear your story about taking care of the theft problem. Neat to hear about how you balance both jobs.
Thanks Richard, a lot of others said so too!
I liked the way you did this video...talking while you split!!! wheeee that was one big pile of wood. One of my brothers was a work - a - holic too.!!!
Thanks Mary, ya I like to work a little too much!
Nice story - never a dull moment in the Woodyard
Nope, every day is a good day in the wood yard!
You deserve everything you’ve earned! Your a fricking stud you work so hard it’s really impressive! That’s a lot of dedication u put in and it truly shows!
Thanks Zack, I like to work!
We had a neighbor who kept driving through the front corner of our yard.He would park his car on the road between his house and ours, facing east. In the mornings he would do a U turn and drive through our yard to get back on the road going west. My husband got tired of it and fix a piece of mrat with spikes in it, painted it green and placed in the tire ruts the car had made. The next time the guy drove through our yard, he had 4 flat tires. After this he never drove through our yard again.
YES! That is how you fix a problem!!
Nice payback to the firewood thieves. I used to work those hours but since I hit 60 my body said enough. Now I just manage my plumbing business sometimes from home and going mechanical in my woodyard.
Ya, I'm working on more mechanical too!
Nice idea to deal with the rotten thief ! It’s impressive how much work you put down. You always comment or acknowledge all the comments. Keep up the good work Chris
I appreciate that Corey, it is getting harder every day soon I will have to be selective!
Morning Chris. Love the Theft Story. It would have even A Bummer, if the guy got out of the truck and impaled himself of one of those boards with the spikes. Can you imagine how he would explain that to his family. Great video👍
Well said Al, I did not see any blood!
I really am impressed with the Frostbite...and your skills. Lol
A woman vaccuumed her entire home and it was spotless. She heard her husband drive up and was antisipating a huge compliment. The husband walked in the door looked around and said "Honey that is a damn good vaccuum cleaner"
Haaaa! Good one!
My best friend from my childhood's dad shared a story about having firewood stolen. His dad was a child during the great depression and his grandfather noticed someone stole some of his firewood. His grandfather bored a hole in a few pieces of firewood, filled them with black powder, and plugged the holes. A few nights later, the neighbor a few houses down the street had their house burn down.
That is a little over the top, but I bet no more wood walked away!
I've heard that story before somewhere
Thanks again Chris for the great information and entertainment! God bless!
You are welcome! See you here tomorrow!
There’s an old South Louisiana story about a wood thief. Old man noticed that his split firewood was disappearing. He drilled a large hole in a piece, packed it with gunpowder. His neighbor’s hearth blew up, destroying the chimney.
Yup, I have heard that one from about 20 other people from about 18 different states.
My back hurts just watching you.
The more I work the better I feel! Thanks for watching Brian!
As a burner, I never have enough!
At 60, nothing better than cutting , splitting, and stacking for exercise.
You got that right! I love to work outside!!
Haha that’s a great story. I’m gone to work for 12 to 21 days at a time. So far I’ve been lucky that no one has come to steel anything but when the times come I have a buddy with an excavator and he’s gonna install me some metal post and I’m gonna put up a couple chains from them.
Ya, you gotta protect the assets! Just putting up signs will help a lot!
UA-cam recommend your#48 video to me today, glad they did.
Enjoying 👍
Thank for watching Gary! I recommend starting on #1 and working your way to #200+ !!!
Only a fool would steal wood. The tires cost him more than the wood and can you imagine how the rims looked after trying to get away without being caught? Can you imagine the amount of work to get a jack under the side of the vehicle that had both tires flattened? You did a good job. During war, they make sharpened triangular tubes into a three legged pyramid and drop them from planes and they work very well, as the air goes out very quickly through the hollow tubes.
Ya, I just hope he /she learned a lesson! Thanks for watching Woodsie!
🍺🍺🍺 nice Wooooooo!!!!!!! Glad you taught the thieves a lesson they won’t forget ha ha. Great story bud nice 3 way maul split. Take care brother Woooooooo!!!!🍺🍺🍺
Thanks my brother!!! Wooooooooo!!! right back atchya!
Great story. Glad you got the guys back. It's sad people do that shit. You also seem like the kind of guy who would be willing to give a struggling family a cord or a truckload of wood if they were to just humbly ask you for some. Or at least have them come earn it by helping you split for a day.
Yes I would.
Well deserved Wooooo... for getting the round pile done in overtime Chris. Pretty impressive Wooooo... Scheib will be proud.😆 GNI
Thanks Todd, Ya Schieb said it was good too. By the way your son needs a Bugatti. It's for a good cause!
@@InTheWoodyard why does he need a Bugatti? You can’t haul wood in that🤣
@@InTheWoodyard are you trying to tell me to work harder
@@toddsoutsideagain yes!
@@toddsoutsideagain Why not, one stick at a time?
A bit of history, Elm was used for hose stable flooring planks, because of it stringy durable nature. Something my father used to say, he grew up back in the time of work horses.
Ya, that elm is some tough stuff for sure! Thanks for the info and for watching Donald!
That was a interesting story about the wood theif.Iknow how you felt I trapped a coal theft I sat in the bin and watched him break in one time
Thanks for watching Don!
Nice log splitter. Good story about a thief. Buddy lived on a corner and kids would run into the mailbox. He wanted to cement in steel pole then wrap in wood - officer told him if the kids crashed and died - it was on his head. So he put spike strips in front of the mailbox - out of the street but on the curb.
Ya, that is my fear a non target species getting hurt!
You're not out of space, youre living my dream! The boards got flung and broke because he was was gunning it in his wanton haste
Yup!!! I believe he/she was a little shook up!!! HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I saw a thief on camera steeling would when I had a 10 bush cord ReadyRack shelf out in the open, never caught up with him but he only less than a trunk full
@@OntarioFirewoodResource That is too bad that you couldn't inflict some pain!!
Put his wood in the splitter!
@@OntarioFirewoodResource HA!
I liked the voice over and music while you split. Normal spend or fast time, you split a lot of wood quickly. Great job!!!!
Glad you liked it Karen! A few others said the same, I will do more!
The voice over is far superior to listening to a splitter run.
Great work.
Glad you enjoyed it Tom, most people did too, you'll see/hear more of that soon!
Thanks for the background story, enjoy the channel, keep up the good work!!
Thanks Dave, will do!
Good morning Chris!!😀😀
I just love what you did to take care of the wood thief. LOL!!
That person definitely got what they deserved.
That's a old trick that normally teaches those people a good lesson!!
Keep up the great work buddy!!😀😀
TTYL!!😀😀
Thanks Al! Ya, I have to tell my friends about that stuff so I don't impale some ones foot!!!!
I really enjoyed the chat while you were splitting the wood! I would be interested in watching a video of the cutting and how you receive your inventory of wood to be processed. Thanks 🙏 and have a great day 👍 !
Thanks Kevin, I do have a bunch of videos like you want, just go to my channel and look through the titles. Or better yet start at the beginning and watch them all!!!!!
That intro had me cracking up!
Glad you liked it!
Good story Chris. Shame the cops didn’t catch him changing his tires!😆
I - would have like to have been the one to catch them!!!!!!!!!!
Enjoyed the story time with Chris. Thanks for sharing bud. Take care
Thanks! How is the wood supply doing?
Enjoyed the voice over while splitting. Another great video. !!!
Glad you enjoyed it Neil, a bunch of others did too! Gotta do more now!!
Cheers you seem like a workaholic and fast too 👍👍👍
Ya, I have a work addiction, I'd rather work than sit around for sure! Tanks for watching!
You have inspired me to start selling firewood. This channel is pure gold💯😁.
Go for it! You can do anything if you put in the work and effort. Good luck in your adventure! Thanks for watching Jure!
I've been out shoveling and plowing all day, got my wood piles cleaned out so hopefully I can get some wood split. Supposed to keep snowing till 7PM tomorrow. Saying 12-24 inches of accumulation. Awesome video! Liked the voice over
Good luck with all of that crappy snow! I'm glad all we got was 2-3"!
I enjoyed the story telling while working, hope you have more 😀
YES! You and a lot of others seamed to like it, so I will do more!
Great video Chris. Awesome way to get some retribution on the crook. I also agree with many, I liked the voice over chat while you were splitting. I knew you worked a lot and enjoy it, you a natural with the camera. 👍🏻 I am catching up from yesterday, busy day working on firewood. 😎
Glad you enjoyed it Mr. Crazy! I will be doing it more in the future!
Chris.. Nice theft story and a voice over too is nice from time to time.. You also have a good group on your channel as I like reading other comments from asking you questions to ones that care about your well being. 😁👍
Thanks Daniel, firewood people are the best kind of folks!! No doubt!
@@InTheWoodyard : I would think so.. Plus we have got to be the most relaxed as well
@@InTheWoodyard : hey Chris you are being mentioned a few times today in the comments on outdoors with the Morgan's.. Way to go.. Keep doing what you are doing..😁👍
@@DanielAtkinsFirewood Thanks!
We appreciate all you do
Thanks Jeff!!!
my neighbor from Oregon had bought a fire kill contract and had collected quite a bit of "black wood" from it when some one stole a load at night - not realizing it was carbonized in the fire-- they must have been surprised when they saw what a mess that was to harvest
Ya, I bet it was real messy wood, did he use machinery to harvest it?
@@InTheWoodyard Much like me, dave was a chainsaw and coveralls guy
I believe you got the spikes in the board from your Dad. I remember him using that technique by his old sheep barn. But I forget if he was protecting wood or the sheep! Great video Chris.
Ha! Yes he had a gas thief!
It’s very relaxing to watch you work brother👍
Thanks Kirk!
Good format addition and good story!
Thanks LIiam, a bunch of others said the same!!
When I was 16 I worked for a tree surgeon splitting wood. I worked alone and he was pretty happy with my work, till he brought in a load of elm. We went our separate ways soon after that. Still not sure if I quit or he fired me.
HA! Either way you came out ahead on the deal!!!!
If you think elm is bad, try some hackberry 🤪
@@blockededited8280 I have had some smaller hackberry and it was not to bad, my dad has had some bigger stuff that was a bit tough though!
Reminds me of a problem I had with a cat. I had a convertable and the cat liked the well where the top went when it was down. I took a piece of cardboard and pushed roofing nails through it and placed it in the well. Never had another problem with the cat.
Yup! Ya gotta protect your stuff!
The maul, best tool for splitting with a tyre on the chopping log , really fast for the average firewood.
Yup, for a short time, it does work well.
Awesome story Chris. I hope the persons learned their lesson. Just think if you had a farm yard light out there. You would never get sleep.
Thanks Mike, ya, a light would be going off like a dance floor strobe light!
Good morning Chris, I was always going to try and put a small tire where your jacket is. Something you could interchangeable. Just a thought, thank you for sharing
Great tip! Thanks Steven!
Splitting ELM: Let round get wet, wet, wet. Let it freeze solid; then split. You're fracturing the ice and the wood fiber goes along for the ride. About the only way to tackle them with a maul.
Yup, elm is Satan wood!
I find myself wrapping up after dark most nights. Yay for headlamps!
YES! Me too! Sometimes when I plan for it I will run a cord out back and hook up a work light!
@@InTheWoodyard the camera makes distances indiscernible. How far is it from the building to the woodpile? 100 ft?
Chris, i am out in the country. I dont have any neighbors to the south of me. 1/4 mile is the highway. A person came in and help themselves to firewood and sandstone. Since then the sandstone is stored in the shed. The wood is now stacked neatly and nothing has been stolen! Like your split video. Have you ever thought about the easy pour with adding the vent? Thought of you when i caught 5 mice yesterday except i do not have the trappers hat.
Thanks Craig, I am not sure what you mean about easy pore and a vent?!?
I will take a picture and show you. They are a life saver
Chris, i cant ad a picture, look up EZ-Pour on amazon. The have a different spout with a screen and they give you a vent to be installed. Real.easy and saves time
Glad you got the SOB thief! Hope you secure the splitter so that cannot be stolen. Like your videos & please be safe! :)
Me too! Thank you, I will Barry!
I liked the story. Years ago I had someone parking along the road at the far end of the property. I guess they were taking inventory on some old farm equipment I had out there. They parked there enough to mash the grass pretty good. That ended after there were some 2x6s with no. 60 pole barn nails laying there.
They were probably kids "parking"! Nails in tires sends a very strong message!!!!
@@InTheWoodyard No,major road with lots of traffic and room to get wheels 2 feet off the pavement, AND on a hill. Not where I'd have done MY "parking".
@@57fitter Ya you are probably right ... scoping you out!
Good format. Amazing work ethic too.
Much appreciated Dan, I will be doing more like that in the future!
We had some punks with a jacked up pickup truck that kept running over our mail box. We reported it to the police. They blew it off. Said it was private property and they could do nothing about it. So I welded up an 8 inch schedule 80 steel pipe and filled it with concrete. I suck that 3 feet in the ground. Anchored with concrete. The next time they hit our mailbox, they left the front bumper a d part of their radiator with the undamaged post. Still had to replace the mail box again. But I did it with a grin.
Good for you! I like it!
Mr wood chuck, mr splitter or is it master stacker...lol..
Chris hope the weather and body hold out for you..
Keep chucking my friend
Thanks Scott! I like to work and will till I can't !!
Hey Chris.....I'm in for more stories too.....huntin' stories would work too!!
Deal! I plan on doing a hunting story video soon! Thanks Mitch!
I also enjoyed this format!
Awesome, thank you! I am going to do more of it!
Well done on the spike strips.
Thanks, ya, they did the job!
Woodyard trapper
Good Stuff right there.
Thanks Mr. North!
When you run into stringy wood, take your axe that you should ALWAYS keep nearby, and chop those strings away! You may hit the wedge every now and again, - don't worry about it. I've had the same axe for over 30 yrs! Keep it sharp and handy, it'll last forever! I've had to replace the handle 3 or 4 times, and the head twice, but other than that, totally maintenance free!! A great axe!! Like it came from Krypton! Surprised I have to tell you these things!! - Btb, when throwing and stacking in a pile, 14' is as high as a man can go. Well, a short guy. I've seen guys 5'11" or more chuck firewood up past 15'!! And my wife! She can chuck wood over 20' high!! Thing is, you never know which direction she's trying to start a new pile! Couple times she started a pile on top of my head!! I gave her some pointers on chuckin' wood, she got mad, won't help me at all now! All I'm sayin' is: don't let HER take care of your hardhat!! Esp. when she seems to want to help so bad! - She IS a lot better supervisor than me, though. She's had a lot more practice!! She'd give you hell for running the Ultra at hyper speed! The reason: If you burn it up, you'll have to buy a new one. And that would cost more than maybe 4 of her economy Parisian firewoodin' outfits!! - Don't blame Tony. Sometimes, I have the urge to help you out, on my own!! GNI.
Yup, a small hatchet would be handy, I have used one in the past.
Good job. Enjoyed the story and the telling the story while you split. I tend to skip through to the bits where you talk in the hope I can learn something--which I always do.
Glad you enjoyed Tom!
You should consider installing an LED light pole on your splitter to extend your splitting time to fit your schedule.
I have lights for night splitting already, I used them last winter a lot! Thanks for watching Kit!!!
Good morning Chris all this wood is making me tired .Time for bed .Goodnight Irene
Good morning 906, what does the 906 mean?
@@InTheWoodyard 906 is the area code for the UP of Michigan
Haha love the story! Payback yessssss!
Ya, retribution is fun!!!
Great work ethic!
Glad you like it!
I burned elm for a number of years. I built a machine with a Volkswagen engine and transaxle driving a single stage 36 gpm pump and a hydro-electric hoist. I still have the machine but at 88 years old, I had to give up burning wood.
Yes Philip, my parents still burn wood at 78&82 years old but me and my brothers do all the cutting splitting stacking and moving of the wood for them now. We are glad to help, and they love the wood heat, nothing like it as you know!
I know what you mean about the aching arms, Chris. Tendonitis, carpal tunnel and the whole nine yards...lol But like you said, No pain, No gain. Push on Brother!
Yup, Arnold told me that back when we where working out together back in the day! He was trying to get pumped up! It worked for him, me, not so much.
I'm glad you got that theif. I hope the half cord was worth losing all the tires.
See you tomorrow
Ya, it was a good feeling getting the #*_#+$%^er!
Looks like you are losing Hyd. oil. Is your cylinder leaking a little. I liked the story about the person stealing your wood. You are a hard worker. I like those Eastonmade Log Splitters. Watch you don't pull your back out moving the splitter.
No, I am not loosing hydro fluid, I lubricate the rail and push plate with waste oil and it looks messy but it works great!!
Great story on getting the bandit. I am glad you had a good cop you reported it to. In Canada you'd get in big trouble for setting any kind of booby trap.
It was not a booby trap, some construction boards just happened to fall there! HA!
In the words of Scheib...thats awesome. You needed a beer car to throw though lol
Thanks Chris, I'm not much of a beer drinker, how about a whisky bottle?
@@InTheWoodyard that works too
I am willing to bet that if someone came up to me or anyone on here and explained they were broke and needed wood we would share but no they sneak around and steal it.
Exactly, I have given wood away to good causes in the past, boy scouts and a old client from my other business.
The hardest working firewood man on UA-cam
Thanks Steve, can I trade that in for the smartest!?!? HA!
@@InTheWoodyard - With all due respect however, time for mechanical help with your volume of firewood sales. Your body needs to take it a bit easier, none of us are getting any younger unfortunately.
My coworker told me that someone was stealing his firewood so he split a log hollowed out the center, placed a couple of M-80s inside and glued it back together! He found out who was stealing his firewood, it was the neighbor that had a bunch of fire trucks in front of his house. Problem solved!
Yup, I have heard that one from about a dozen other guys too. One guy said it was dynamite.
@@InTheWoodyard 😳
Your in good shape for 100 years old!!!!
Not according to my kids!!! Thanks Joe!
My grandad said splitting Wood warms you twice once when you split it and then when you burn it,stay safe
I agree, it warms you cutting, hauling, splitting, stacking, burning and carrying out the ashes too!! So...6 times or so!