Well, we now know that Tony doesn’t have all the toys and Chris doesn’t have the biggest firewood dumps or best organized wood yard…Frank does. Great video.
@@InTheWoodyard Chris the scale and apparent efficiency of Frank’s firewood operation were mind boggling, but at the same time we each run our own race… and you my friend are an endurance runner that few can rival. If Tony, Kenny, and yourself had 70 employees you could boggle our minds with mountains of firewood too.
Imagine the startup capital they had from logging already! Snap your fingers and have all the processors you need to keep your already-there workforce busy. Plus getting the crazy chicago market. Plus replacing crappy-firewood guy. Mind-boggling mix of factors!
It is an absolute amazing company to work for as well. I have only been working for them for just over 8 months and I am still in aw every day I go into work. I run skidder out in the woods and I can assure you that we move tons of wood every day.
Amazing! Sometimes we come across things that just make us feel small. Yep, that place is one of them. Another great American story! Thanks for discovering it for us Chris. 😎 CYN & GNI
Now you know what all us little guys do when we watch your channel and see your woodyard!! That was an impressive operation! Thanks for sharing Chris. 👍🏻👍🏻GNI
Here in Maine, we used to heat with sawdust. It's pretty amazing to see some of the older furnaces that were used for sawdust; I remember my Grandparents bringing in sawdust that I would shovel for them. A trailer load was $200, then it became hard to get good dry sawdust and farmers were using it as well. ( this was the 60's & 70's) I have several generations of family that were loggers, and have never seen anything like this.... thanks for sharing!!
Wow! That place is something else! Thanks for taking us on the tour. Makes you wonder how much firewood one could really sell. Hi Tony! And why are there thumbs down? This is a firewood channel with firewood videos posted everyday taking a tour of a firewood facility that is amazing.
Thanks! The thumbs down are probably city dwelling psychologically challenged basement dwelling mommies 40 year old pimple backed tree huggers that have never been in the woods other than seeing a picture of one.
Thanks for the reminder that there is allways someone bigger than us, & you know what.. I am perfectly fine with that because I don't want to deal with everyone and not everyone wants to deal with me..
Mr. Frank, if you watch this, thank you for your service. Awesome vid Chris. Thank you (and Yournewbestfriend Tony). It's very interesting to see larger operations and how they handle things.
First from one veteran to another thank you Frank for your service. And Chris when I seen Mt. Woodmore I could just you getting you saw fired up and cutting your way to the top!!!! Lol That is one big operation.
Good morning Chris!!😀😀 I've been past that place several times but never stopped. I can't believe how big of a operation they have there. Looks like they are heating all of Chicago. Thanks for stopping in there for us and checking them out. Take care my friend!! TTYL!! Logger Al
Hi Chris - it's Big Rodders in Ireland. It's safe to say that there's nothing near like this operation anywhere on the island of Ireland. It's certainly puts the rest of us in our place. I now know how a fly feels when he looks up at an elephant!
What an incredible operation! Nice job covering it to give us and idea just how massive it was. Particularly liked your interview with the owner. Love to see a hard working American family build a successful business. You can tell that Eugene could do any job there and probably has at one time.
We were grinning from ear to ear just watching your excitement! Love it when you get together. They may have bigger machinery but there’s nothing weenie about the work you put in in your wood yard!
That was an amazing video, never saw anything like that before, a full mountain range of firewood and logs! Thanks for sharing that. Appreciate you having variety like that in your firewood business videos.
WOOOOW!!!! I'm speechless. I never would have thought firewood could stack so high. If he's not the biggest company, I don't think I could handle seeing anything bigger. That was amazing. I know you enjoyed making this video as much as I we loved watching it. Thank you Chris and Tony.
Wow Chris, this was amazing to see. It may make your operation seem small, but it's certainly not by my standards. This video was very entertaining and inspiring. Thanks Chris!
wow that was amazing the size incredible one of these lorry's full and you and the machine would be stacking all year. great clip, your clips are better than main stream tv. Thank you for showing that yard amazing, Irene tell Chris when you see him wow amazing.
OH MY GOSH!!!! That was very cool to see all the huge stacks of logs and cones of split wood,. That's a firewood operation for sure..lol. I could just walk around there all day just looking and smelling the wood scent....WHOOOOOO!!!! GET YA SOME OF THAT!! Very nice video and a big hello to ya Tony
@@InTheWoodyard My dad was a Nam vet, unfortunately he passed before he could be welcomed home. So I make it my mission to welcome them home when I meet one.
@@georgehilbish1564 I am so sorry to hear that George. I always thank vets I meet for my freedom. I thank your dad for giving everything, may God bless him!
Nothing like that here in Australia,but I don’t think it would be far off ,some people selling massive amounts in to the southern states,from Queensland .
This was another great video. It goes to show us that we are only as small as we want to be. I loved your comment about we want to be in the woods and be left alone. I have an executive job with a lot of pressure and when I pull the trigger on that Husqvarna it all goes away. Good stuff Chris!
Chris, Maybe your best video ever (Beaver trapping was close). To the owner and all the other Nam vets on the channel / THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE and welcome home. Something they might not have heard back in the day.
@@InTheWoodyard Do you have any plans to see the rest of the story / operation some time? Might make another awesome video. Like you have extra time on your hands, ha.
Too bad I can give only one thumbs up. This video gets a wood hound more excited than if They were getting snuggled by the ENTIRE Vikings cheerleading squad. One of the most exciting videos you have produced. Others that enjoy most is when you are out collecting wood out in the woods and loading your trailer.
I've been past that woodyard several times while heading up to the U.P. If I remember right they are the largest in the state! That is an amazing place to walk around!! Stay safe my friend!!
Good morning from Ohio. Oh my gosh, when you two fellas go on an adventure! You guys go on an adventure! Great video never seen so much firewood in one spot!
I think I heard him say he started logging in fall of '96. I started before him. I'm a Nam vet. So how come I only have one firewood cone? Ha! Mr. Frank, thank you for your service and good citizenship. I am 'gobsmacked', and amazed. I saw pictures of a yard in upstate New York that had 20 acres of 5ft cones. I thot that had to be the Ultimate. Revised thot. I was hoping you'd check out the machinery a little closer, esp. the skidder and processor. There's one thing I didn't see that surprised me: a debarker and acres of bark mulch. I guess he wanted to keep the operation small, in the family. Mulching would mean 72, or more employees! Gotta say it: best video to date. And Tony too! Love to see Kenny in that woodyard.
@@InTheWoodyard he is one I'd keep in contact with.. when ya got excess wood I'd bet he would be happy to help ya get a contact for the broker he most likely sells too.. I'm guessing the broker bundles the wood and than sells it.. that's how I do in the twin cities.. 😁
The biggest firewood yard I have seen. Absolutely unbelievable. I will be dreaming about it just by watching the video. I just want to go salvage their "junk" logs.
Cool seeing this. Was just on there website hoping to find pricing on a truckload of logs bc i live 5 miles from this base. Can confirm these guys log everywhere. This video was posted on there website and had to check it out.
There’s always a fine line between “hobby” and “business”. That operation is allllll business baby.
You got that right!
Well, we now know that Tony doesn’t have all the toys and Chris doesn’t have the biggest firewood dumps or best organized wood yard…Frank does. Great video.
You got that right!
@@InTheWoodyard Chris the scale and apparent efficiency of Frank’s firewood operation were mind boggling, but at the same time we each run our own race… and you my friend are an endurance runner that few can rival. If Tony, Kenny, and yourself had 70 employees you could boggle our minds with mountains of firewood too.
@@canvasman2307 Yes, it was awesome!
The entire video I was all smiles, grinnin and droolin. Thanks Chris and Tony.
Yes, like 5 year olds on Christmas morning!
For a company that's only been in the firewood game for 7 years, they certainly live by the mantra of "go big or go home".
Yes, it sure is an amazing place and story!
Imagine the startup capital they had from logging already! Snap your fingers and have all the processors you need to keep your already-there workforce busy. Plus getting the crazy chicago market. Plus replacing crappy-firewood guy. Mind-boggling mix of factors!
@@dethmaul Yes, a good move for sure!
You can tell he is an incredible man. Props to him for his service for our country and what an empire this man has built
Yup, that was a cool dude! I will go back again sometime!
It is an absolute amazing company to work for as well. I have only been working for them for just over 8 months and I am still in aw every day I go into work. I run skidder out in the woods and I can assure you that we move tons of wood every day.
That is just great Jay, Eugene seems like a really great man!
And that's "just" the firewood location. Wow! The logistics of keeping that place running makes my brain sizzle.
Yes, they log all over the place to get the wood too!
Yes, they are on their game.
@@boat6868 YUP!
Great interview at the end. A real American story. Really puts everything in perspective
Yes, Mr. Frank is quite the man for sure!
Amazing! Sometimes we come across things that just make us feel small. Yep, that place is one of them. Another great American story!
Thanks for discovering it for us Chris. 😎 CYN & GNI
Yes, it sure was an amazing thing to see1 Thanks for watching David!
Now you know what all us little guys do when we watch your channel and see your woodyard!! That was an impressive operation! Thanks for sharing Chris. 👍🏻👍🏻GNI
That was like seeing the Grand Canyon!
Here in Maine, we used to heat with sawdust. It's pretty amazing to see some of the older furnaces that were used for sawdust; I remember my Grandparents bringing in sawdust that I would shovel for them. A trailer load was $200, then it became hard to get good dry sawdust and farmers were using it as well. ( this was the 60's & 70's) I have several generations of family that were loggers, and have never seen anything like this.... thanks for sharing!!
Thanks for watching!
Wow! That place is something else! Thanks for taking us on the tour. Makes you wonder how much firewood one could really sell. Hi Tony! And why are there thumbs down? This is a firewood channel with firewood videos posted everyday taking a tour of a firewood facility that is amazing.
Thanks! The thumbs down are probably city dwelling psychologically challenged basement dwelling mommies 40 year old pimple backed tree huggers that have never been in the woods other than seeing a picture of one.
The scale of that operation was incredible!! That yard was so organized and clean, I am totally in awe!!! WOW!!
Yes, it was awesome to see in person, like the grand canyon!
That place is just out of this world 👍👍👌
Yup, like Mars!
Thanks for the reminder that there is allways someone bigger than us, & you know what.. I am perfectly fine with that because I don't want to deal with everyone and not everyone wants to deal with me..
Daniel, that is very true for me too! You must be a smart feller!
Mr. Frank, if you watch this, thank you for your service.
Awesome vid Chris. Thank you (and Yournewbestfriend Tony).
It's very interesting to see larger operations and how they handle things.
Yes, Mr. Frank is quite the guy! Thanks for watching!
What a Great Video!!!! Humble Veteran on his success!!! Y'all find wood heaven. Have a Safe Day
Thanks David, yes it was a sight to see!
First from one veteran to another thank you Frank for your service. And Chris when I seen Mt. Woodmore I could just you getting you saw fired up and cutting your way to the top!!!! Lol That is one big operation.
Yes it was something to see for sure! Mr. Frank is an awesome guy!
Good morning Chris!!😀😀
I've been past that place several times but never stopped. I can't believe how big of a operation they have there. Looks like they are heating all of Chicago.
Thanks for stopping in there for us and checking them out.
Take care my friend!! TTYL!!
Logger Al
If you get up there you should stop in, it is an awesome sight to see in person! Later Al!
That was really nice of him to spend some time with you.
Yes, he is a great guy!
Tony and Chris got the Golden Ticket to the WILLY WONKA Land of firewood. AWESOME!!!
HA! Yes it was a real gobstopper!
That is crazy awesome.
Yes, it was absolutely amazing!
Hi Chris - it's Big Rodders in Ireland. It's safe to say that there's nothing near like this operation anywhere on the island of Ireland. It's certainly puts the rest of us in our place. I now know how a fly feels when he looks up at an elephant!
I was thinking maybe like a grain of sand at the base of mount Everest!
WOW!!! That was something to remember👍
Yes it was !
OMG This makes an old Canadian Smile
It makes me get big eyes and a wide open mouth!!!!!!
Awesome Woodward, thanks for the tour! Welcome Home Frank!
Thanks George! Mr. Franks is an awesome guy!
My smile muscles are sore from smiling through that whole episode. Wow, is that a big operation!
Yes it sure is, and it is bigger in person!
What an incredible operation! Nice job covering it to give us and idea just how massive it was. Particularly liked your interview with the owner. Love to see a hard working American family build a successful business. You can tell that Eugene could do any job there and probably has at one time.
Thank you very much! Yes, Eugene, is quit the man for sure!
We were grinning from ear to ear just watching your excitement! Love it when you get together. They may have bigger machinery but there’s nothing weenie about the work you put in in your wood yard!
Thanks Jean, it was a sight to see for sure!
That was an amazing video, never saw anything like that before, a full mountain range of firewood and logs! Thanks for sharing that. Appreciate you having variety like that in your firewood business videos.
Glad you enjoyed it, It was even better in person, like the grand canyon.
I've never seen a firewood operation this big. Thanks for the great video guys!
Use either! Thanks for watching Rich!
WOOOOW!!!! I'm speechless. I never would have thought firewood could stack so high. If he's not the biggest company, I don't think I could handle seeing anything bigger. That was amazing. I know you enjoyed making this video as much as I we loved watching it. Thank you Chris and Tony.
Thanks so much for the kind words, it was awesome to see in person!
Lol… I’m just laughing at you guys seeing you look at everything there..I can literally hear your brain working over time ..Have Fun boys 😂🤣😂
It was like seeing the grand canyon!
Thanks for showing this. Amazing.
You are welcome, yes it was awesome!
Your excitement came pouring through your video - thanks for sharing this families dream - absolutely amazing
Glad you enjoyed it! It was like seeing the grand canyon!
Wow Chris, this was amazing to see. It may make your operation seem small, but it's certainly not by my standards. This video was very entertaining and inspiring. Thanks Chris!
Glad you enjoyed it Mike!
wow that was amazing the size incredible one of these lorry's full and you and the machine would be stacking all year. great clip, your clips are better than main stream tv. Thank you for showing that yard amazing, Irene tell Chris when you see him wow amazing.
Thanks for the kind words, Mr. Frank is an awesome guy!
OH MY GOSH!!!! That was very cool to see all the huge stacks of logs and cones of split wood,.
That's a firewood operation for sure..lol. I could just walk around there all day just looking and smelling the wood scent....WHOOOOOO!!!! GET YA SOME OF THAT!! Very nice video and a big hello to ya Tony
Glad you enjoyed it Dave, we sure did, I will go back some time!
Wow!!! So that’s what being the King of Firewood looks like. Incredible!!
Ya, I was awestruck for sure!
That is unreal! I wish I had an opportunity to walk a facility like that near me.
Yes it sure was!
Wow! Wow! Wow! Simply amazing. Thanks for sharing. 😀
Thanks for watching Roger!
Chris if you only had a drone. It would have been nice to see that yard from a drone shot. I would of loved to have those end cuts! Awesome video!
That is a great idea Dennis, next time!
If you look up firewood depot they had a drone fly over 4 years ago
Veteran, entrepreneur, fisherman and firewood processor. Frank is The Man!
Yes, he sure is!
I am 71 and a nam vet, got about an acre of wood....wow is all I can say.
Welcome Home Brother!
I have never met a nam vet that I did not like, all great men!
@@InTheWoodyard My dad was a Nam vet, unfortunately he passed before he could be welcomed home. So I make it my mission to welcome them home when I meet one.
@@georgehilbish1564 I am so sorry to hear that George. I always thank vets I meet for my freedom. I thank your dad for giving everything, may God bless him!
One of your best videos you have done.
Thanks Kari, I'll go there again to visit in the future!
Wow! I bet that was something else to behold. For those of us who love firewood, this was insane! Cool to see first thing this morning. 🌲 🔥 🪵
Yes, it was like seeing the grand canyon!
Wow!! Thats place is really impressive! Makes all our cones look like a spit in thr bucket!!
Yes, it was something to see for sure!
Very good video, one of your best ever!
Thanks Joe, it was awesome to see in person!
Awesome! Thanks Chris!
Thanks you for watching Fred!
Wow .thanks for your service Frank.what big buisness , well thought out set up.
You bet it is!
Nothing like that here in Australia,but I don’t think it would be far off ,some people selling massive amounts in to the southern states,from Queensland .
That is fantastic!
Like the grand canyon!
What an awesome find! Just WOW
Thanks Timbo!
Unreal! Great video for all us firewood fanatics.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching!
Definitely wood heaven!!! WOW. Awesome.
You got that right! And, Mr. Frank is an awesome guy!
Chris an outstanding video never seen that much wood cut up in one place. Glade you stopped in.
Thanks Ray, so am I !
Just speechless. Thanks for stopping in and thanks to Frank. I don't even dream that big.
Yes, it was a sight to see!
This was another great video. It goes to show us that we are only as small as we want to be. I loved your comment about we want to be in the woods and be left alone. I have an executive job with a lot of pressure and when I pull the trigger on that Husqvarna it all goes away. Good stuff Chris!
So true! You must be a smart guy, you do what you have to do and then do what you want to do!
Awesome, just awesome.
Yes it sure was!
You Guys are on it. The place is unbelievable.
It sure was, thanks for watching Richard!
One of your top videos Chris - good to see Tony in the mix and a great interview with the owner Frank. That is some woodyard.......
Thanks for watching, it was something special!
This is amazing!
Yes it sure is! Thanks for watching David!
Awesome episode! Mind boggling!
Thanks, yes it was an awesome sight to see!
Holy smokes. That is amazing. What business!
Yup, it sure was!
Chris, Maybe your best video ever (Beaver trapping was close). To the owner and all the other Nam vets on the channel / THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE and welcome home. Something they might not have heard back in the day.
Thanks Larry, Mr. Frank is an awesome man!
@@InTheWoodyard Do you have any plans to see the rest of the story / operation some time? Might make another awesome video. Like you have extra time on your hands, ha.
@@larryvankirk7423 Yes, I will go back!
Too bad I can give only one thumbs up. This video gets a wood hound more excited than if They were getting snuggled by the ENTIRE Vikings cheerleading squad. One of the most exciting videos you have produced. Others that enjoy most is when you are out collecting wood out in the woods and loading your trailer.
Thanks for watching, I am going to watch this video over and over just to stay motivated!
You two looked like a couple of kids on Xmas eve wait for the goodies!
Great video.
That is just how it felt!
I've been past that woodyard several times while heading up to the U.P. If I remember right they are the largest in the state! That is an amazing place to walk around!! Stay safe my friend!!
Yes they are! I t is absolutely amazing to see!
That was awesome !
It was like seeing the grand canyon!
Great to see Tony back, a return of the banter. ‘You look such a little boy, in front of that log stack. Yeah just like your wife says’!
Tony didn't get much of a chance. He should have his own microphone.
HAAAAA! Yes and you guys get the G rated version!
Next time I will have one for him too, he still will loose, I do the editing! HA!
Awesome video as usual
Appreciate that Robert!
wow, this is so cool. Best video ever!!!
Yes it was something special!
Just the video we all were waiting for ♥️🪓🪵♥️🪓♥️🪵🪓🪓♥️
Thanks for watching I will go back again some time!
That is bigger then any firewood yard I ever seen but that is what I think of when some one says they do alot of firewood.
Yes and Yes!
Thanks that was awesome!
Yup!
Good morning from Ohio. Oh my gosh, when you two fellas go on an adventure! You guys go on an adventure! Great video never seen so much firewood in one spot!
Yup, that was awesome to see.
G’afternoon Chris. WOW. I don’t even have words. GoodNightIrene
WOW is enough!
I think I heard him say he started logging in fall of '96. I started before him. I'm a Nam vet. So how come I only have one firewood cone? Ha! Mr. Frank, thank you for your service and good citizenship. I am 'gobsmacked', and amazed. I saw pictures of a yard in upstate New York that had 20 acres of 5ft cones. I thot that had to be the Ultimate. Revised thot.
I was hoping you'd check out the machinery a little closer, esp. the skidder and processor.
There's one thing I didn't see that surprised me: a debarker and acres of bark mulch. I guess he wanted to keep the operation small, in the family. Mulching would mean 72, or more employees!
Gotta say it: best video to date. And Tony too! Love to see Kenny in that woodyard.
Thanks for watching, it was like seeing the grand canyon in person!
Great episodes fellas 👍
Thanks!
I got a "Woody" just watching. That's an impressive woodyard.
Yup, that was really something to see in person!
Chris see there is a market for all your wood waste. Just need to advertise. Wow what a firewood operations they have. Have a great day be safe.
Yup, and time to do it and handle it.
That was awesome 👍👍
Yes it was, thank Jim!
EXCELLENT !!!
YES!
Neat video.. nice to see he had time to talk and to let ya walk thru his operation..
Glad you enjoyed it, Mr.Frank is quite the guy!
@@InTheWoodyard he is one I'd keep in contact with.. when ya got excess wood I'd bet he would be happy to help ya get a contact for the broker he most likely sells too.. I'm guessing the broker bundles the wood and than sells it.. that's how I do in the twin cities.. 😁
@@jasonpeterson9276 Yes I will!
I’m glad to see Frank a Viet Nam veteran MADE IT BIG IN FIREWOOD !
Yes, he is quite a guy for sure!
Hello awesome video he has a lot of fire wood.
Hello Jeff, you got that right!
Chris and Tony that's a bad combination 2 guys with wood and 2 guys having wet dreams together drooling over wood 😅😅🤣🤣🤣🤣
HA! Ya, that was about it!
Wow amazing 👍👍
Thank you so much for watching Jeremiah, it was unreal to see it in person!
incredible
Yes they are!
Awesome video. They should charge admission!👍
Yes, guided tours!
so cool, speechless.
Yes it sure was, like seeing the grand canyon!
With big companies like that around, makes one wonder how the little guy can compete.
It sure is an impressive place!
The biggest firewood yard I have seen. Absolutely unbelievable. I will be dreaming about it just by watching the video. I just want to go salvage their "junk" logs.
Ya, they have an awesome place!
Awesome
Yes it sure is, thanks!
Thanks for showing awsome video
Thanks for watching Chris!
@@InTheWoodyard wow just finished video gggggreat I used to drive for a logger his sticker said hug them while you can
@@LeBlancfirewood HA! I love that!
Hard to believe, God Bless!!!
Yes it was a sight to behold!
Wow is all I can say!!
That is enough!
OMG!!! I have never seen that much firewood and poles in one spot being from Missouri!
Me either! It was awesome!
Cool seeing this. Was just on there website hoping to find pricing on a truckload of logs bc i live 5 miles from this base. Can confirm these guys log everywhere. This video was posted on there website and had to check it out.
Thanks for watching!
That's alot of wood in one spot, that will be you in a few years! Have a great trip an stay safe. Thanks for the video!
HA! I don't think that I want to get that big! Thanks Bryan!
HA! Never find enough pallets to stack all that firewood.
@@heymakerphd1982 I would try!
@@InTheWoodyard My teachers, my Mother, and then my wife always said that I was trying,... very trying.
Not you, of course.
So very impressive. I think you found a new log supplier!!
He certainly could do it!