#26 Cutting Firewood : Selling Firewood for Chainsaw Money
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- Опубліковано 3 жов 2024
- #firewood #cuttingfirewood #woodboiler
My wife and I cut some nice wood today at the neighbors house. I have a customer that wants a load of firewood this week and I'm going to put the money towards paying for the better chainsaw that I got.
Equipment list :
One middle aged man wearing a stihl cap
One stihl 461 chainsaw
One old 1998 chevy hunting truck
Always fun to watch another wood hound work!!
I bought a tractor with firewood money, always nice to have a firewood fund for new toys. Thumbs up
I live in south central Nebraska, so very simular to your country except our weather extremes aren’t as severe as yours. I can easily relate to your videos. I greatly appreciate your clean language and your apparent family values. I also like seeing a man who speaks honorably of his wife! God didn’t make anything better then a great wife! Stay blest and safe.
Thank you sir. I wish you lived closer. I could use a good firewood cutting partner. I used to have one about fifteen years ago. Have fond memories of cutting trees with my buddy
Nice show brother. Nice
Miss you
I noticed that you almost pinched your saw a couple of times, may I suggest that you keep a falling wedge in your pocket. You can prevent pinching the saw or get your saw out if you happen to pinch it. PS move your truck closer to the wood you made me tired just watching walk so much LOL .
Haha. Thanks man. Just bought a couple falling wedges today. I'll try em
Ben, As others are saying, chaps, helmet with face screen, learn about kickback, steel toeed boots, learn about pinching - compression and tension, learn about branches from other parts of the tree falling, etc. - "Terry Hale" videos cover most of this. "Outdoors with the Morgans" had a demo of how effective chaps are. Safety is number 1- It took me along time to get it. I love your videos. I was from North Iowa (about 15 miles east of Okaboji/Spirit Lake). I am now in the Chicago suburbs, and I burn 24/7 in my in the home wood burning stove.
Yes sir. I just ordered some chaps off of amazon. I'm trying
Nice vid,try and remember to put the chain brake on between cuts,great habit to get into👍🏼,cheers from the UK
It’s nice to know my husband isn’t the only one addicted to wood. 😊We both enjoy your videos. Keep up the good work!
Thanks maam. It is quite addictive. But I tell my wife its healthy exercise. Haha
@@survivingcountrylife7069 my wife says she ain't gotta worry about me having affairs. Were ever we drive I am constantly saying well that wood is going to waste lol
@@Stihl4life lol I'm always looking for dead trees too
Man I love your videos love cutting fire wood keep them coming
Thanks man
That standing dead elm makes some good fire wood...especially the small to mid size limb wood. Nice and dense and burns great without splitting. Lots of people stay away from elm cuz of difficulty to split, but that's a nice score there and easy access - a big plus! 👍😀
It was really hard splitting stuff being so dry
I know a guys secret for splitting elm, it involves a sharp axe, a heavy maul, 6 wedges, 20 foot log chain, a 3/4 ton truck and 6 new four letter words.
You should consider chaps my friend, just saying. It's cool that your wife done some filming for you that was nice to have the different angles. When loading i would have backed up closer, lol but i am getting old and lazy. Thanks for the video, i'm sure your neighbors will love that wood.
I agree. It wasn't until I watched the time lapse loading part of the video that I realized I was carrying them so far. Haha
Oh man. Hard hat and chaps. I've seen stuff fly 50 feet in the air when that tree hits the ground. Luck was on your side.
Good show man. Stay lucky.
I love cutting.
Thank ya sir
Another good viedo my friend you have a excellent producer . Great film work. Bless you guy's
Thank you sir. I'll tell me wife you said so. Shell be pleased
That pipeline gatebox in the background belongs to Magellan Pipeline. I worked for them 30 years and retired two years ago. Kinda cool to see the black and red stripes on the marker post!!!
Good video enjoy watching them its a good day of work i enjoy cutting wood to get heat twice cutting and burning it
Keep up the good work I enjoy getting to watch someone cutting wood when I can't darn mud and rain
Good weather here for now. Ground slowly starting to dry up
@@survivingcountrylife7069 good deal sounded like you had a little bit of help today's video
My wife came along and helps me and makes the video she is good company
@@survivingcountrylife7069 and that definitely makes it more enjoyable when you have good company
@@williamwhite9275 my wife ends up being my best friend. She's pretty fine good company 😁
Good old kick back! Been there, done that! Keep making that sawdust!
Ima sure gona keep on trying. Thanks man
Hi Ben, it's always a pleasure watching your videos, keep up the good work.
Thanks man
nice job there.
Thanks man
Another great video!!!
Nice solid grip on the saw. That kickback when u were about to borecut while falling the tree kinda scared me since ur wife was right there. I guess theres allways more safe to give the saw a good angle before trying to bore. But all is good, nice done thats a good load u got there. How do u split it tho, thats half the fun
Get those chaps ordered
Denny Rager The chaps would have protected his shin somewhat when the piece kicked back.
I came home from the army in 1975 in the middle of the 'energy crisis' when everyone was burning wood. I had an old Homelite XL-12, bought a rusted out 1960 1/2 ton pickup, built a wood flat bed on the back and got in the firewood business. $25/load (about 1/2 cord). Cut off the forest service timber sales, cleaning up behind loggers. After a few weeks, I bought a new 041 Farm Boss and probably cut thousands of loads with that saw over the years.
I like your story. Stihl makes a heck of a saw if a guy takes care of it !!!
Hay Momma,Don't cut any wood caus daddy's commin home with a full load. Ben,Older Wood cutters never die. They just smell like they did.Like this stuff.Ken
Haha. Thanks man. Love the comment !!!
Great job. Loving the new saw and the content of your videos.
Thank you sir
Love ya man but why didn't you back the truck up to the wood......??
Another entertaining video. Great editing!
That will be some good burning wood. 👍🏻
I'm super excited cause I just talked to a big tree service guy today and he said I may be able to bring my trailer to the city this summer and get some rounds from him for free this summer
I respectfully suggest that you consider wearing a dust mask & hard hat. The difference is noticeable when wearing the mask. Two small limbs upside my noggin convinced me to wear a hard hat when cutting trees. Could have been a serious injury if they were larger.
Good wholesome firewooding video ! Man, I’ve taken some hits to the shin just like that, it sucks ! Keep up the good work
This one did suck. Haha
Did good job , if I were you I would of had the bobcat and a rope done it in one shot , but you did fine and no one got hurt the key factor
Thanks man
Back the truck closer to the wood. Less walking involved
Haha, you know my wife says I have selected hearing as well . Great job on falling and the clean up too.
My goal this year is a new MS 391 saw..
Get a 461. You wont regret it
@@survivingcountrylife7069 especially a Jason Egan ported one he makes them 💪
@@Stihl4life that would definately be awesome. I follow him on facebook and like looking at his saws and what people post
@@survivingcountrylife7069 I'm going for a MS 661c-m. That's still a sick saw though and nice job bucking up the tree!
@@shauncatlett6066 a 661 would be awesome !!!
Standing dead Elms are my favorite kind of tree but not for firewood...;)
Loved it! I have a very similar dead elm on my farm that I will be taking down soon. Good work!
Thanks man. It's pretty good firewood I feel like
Good video
Thanks larry
Nice job!
your chainsaw is fine, I have seen your log splitter and thats what you need to upgrade lol, doing a great job bud
I totally agree. I got one coming.
Oh my gosh are you ok
You should really wear a hard hat ear protection
Ben, somethings missing🤔🤔...oh that’s right! Where’s the mini?!😆
Haha. Keeping the overhead low. Sometimes simple is nice. Just me and an old chevy
@@survivingcountrylife7069 : nothing wrong with keeping life simple.
@@DanielAtkinsFirewood if I can lift em without straining my guts I like my old pickup. Haha
8:41 No it wasn't, it was the tree's fault, it was the one that decided to assault you!
Haha
Move the ute closer to the woodpile dude, saves you a lot of walking and hard work
Oh yes that did really hurt, I know from experience. Some people say stupid should hurt and it really does. I wish I could send you a picture of my shins, they have both taken a lot of hard knocks and my worst was when a round limb about 2 inches started through the splitter and suddenly exploded. The half on my side of the wedge flew and hit my left shin fracturing my leg half way between my ankle and my knee. I even saw what might happen and had moved out of the way, but it somehow tracked me down. I went to Dick,s sporting goods and bought a pair of shin guards. They sell a pair of socks without a foot in them, and you put them on over your socks and slide a shin guard down in between your socks and the other sock that doesn,t have the foot on it. The shin guard really works. They have all sizes, mine are about 7 or 8 inches long. Work really stop a lot of scrapes and knocks worth a lot more than they cost, about 12 dollars.
Nice chainsaw I have a 271 farm boss but it’s nothing like yours
I've got an old 290 farm boss. It's a wonderful saw
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Hey bro ... next time try backing your truck closer to the wood . Just trying to help . Thanks. Craig
Very good advise. Thanks man
Sorry I apologize but I get scared with chainsaws a lot that's why I have to lower it down sorry
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Chaps coulda cushioned th blow to your shin a little if ya had some on !
So would have some well placed football pads. But I wasn't wearing those either. Haha. I know your right what your saying thou
Good find how much are you getting for a load I got two truck loads of ash this weekend ready to burn and sell keep it going
I got 135 for that load this afternoon. Some people have said that's good but I know that's not good compared to other people. I think it's about the going rate around where I live. How much do you guys get for a long box pickup load ?
I get $65 a load cut and split here in indiana
Central Pennsylvania gets you about $250-300 per full measured cord. Split and seasoned a year
@@GeoffPSU I'm thinking my long box pickup is 4 x 8 x 2.25 full or maybe half a cord. So maybe I'm not doing too bad
I get 100 bucks for an 8 foot bed stacked/ $80 tossed in. SW Wisconsin
What size bar is that 20 or 24 or so?
It is a 25 inch I think. Stihl 461
You need cutting chaps
You are right sir. I got some huskys I'm wearing in more current videos. I like em
He has no protection
Cant cut wood without takin some skin off your shin bone.
Left a knot. That's for sure
I have done that as well..
Glad I'm not the only one who's shins take a beating. Usually a round falls and bounces off one of them. I even thought about getting shin guards. I need some chaps too.
This guy is dangerous