Cutting, Collecting, Hauling & Splitting Firewood

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  • Опубліковано 26 вер 2024
  • Cutting down dead and dry trees in the forest and turning them into firewood by splitting in the hydraulic woodsplitter. #firewood #chainsaw #stihl #winter #splitting #hydraulic #DIY #homemade #DonnDIY #eestiyoutuber
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  • @VitorMadeira
    @VitorMadeira 5 років тому +5

    It is one of the best wonders in this life: Watching and learning how to do new tasks with skilled people. Thank you.

  • @toddferington5980
    @toddferington5980 3 роки тому +1

    Just a suggestion, you need to cut slightly above the notch at a slight downward angle this prevents the tree from twisting. It will hinge, alot more predictable when it falls. Just a safety tip. Great channel.

  • @elektro212
    @elektro212 6 років тому +1

    Working on my firewood pile right now. Something about the whole process that keeps you coming back for more!! Must be the nice warm stove at the end of a hard day!!

    • @DonnDIY
      @DonnDIY  6 років тому

      It definitely is!

  • @johnharrison1429
    @johnharrison1429 6 років тому +1

    Your trailer holds a LOT of wood. I like it.

  • @chargermopar
    @chargermopar 6 років тому +1

    What an interesting way to cut wood. Personally I never need firewood but cut dead trees to get them out and avoid beetle infestations. My method of choice is to use a skid steer and trailer. I used the wood to run my truck, and had a homemade wood splitter for the Bobcat.

  • @WesHamstra
    @WesHamstra 6 років тому +1

    Nice. I enjoy this kind of work! I can watch it all day!

  • @dstevenpaisley
    @dstevenpaisley 6 років тому +1

    Great choice in saws . We burn mostly all hard wood here as we have a very mixed forest.My wood lot contains only small soft wood I burn about 4 cords of ash and maple between my house and shop .Another cord at my camp .love Collecting wood as long as I am not rushed ! Then it turns in to a job

    • @DonnDIY
      @DonnDIY  6 років тому

      We usually collect alder since it's the fastest growing tree around here. I'm a little behind on collecting firewood and those dead spruces are coming down anyways so I thought I'd take down some before they rot away. I do feel the same about being not rushed.

  • @VintageTexas59
    @VintageTexas59 6 років тому +4

    Nice set-up, I really like the trailer build.
    Smart man !

  • @sobelgar9289
    @sobelgar9289 5 місяців тому

    Love that trailer man! I need something exactly like that. Did you design & build it or buy it? Can you please share info on that? 🙏

  • @ДмитрийШишкин-д1д
    @ДмитрийШишкин-д1д 4 роки тому +4

    У нас в России всё по старинке на тысячу лет позади

  • @nickfree46
    @nickfree46 6 років тому

    Good Video , Well equipped and organised, the winch and trailer is superb.

  • @chrisfryer3118
    @chrisfryer3118 6 років тому +1

    nice trailer for the atv, and log splitter.

  • @kdegraa
    @kdegraa 5 років тому +6

    Excellent trailer. The log splitter needs a platform so split wood doesn’t fall on the ground.
    Good work.

  • @SeloUrala
    @SeloUrala 2 місяці тому

    Добрый вечер. Что за деревья, без гнили в середине. Отличная сушина.

  • @samrichards8251
    @samrichards8251 3 роки тому

    Great set up 👍🏻

  • @prancstaman
    @prancstaman 6 років тому +1

    Pretty good at sharpening that chain on the saw. Mine never cuts that good.

    • @johncraftenworth7847
      @johncraftenworth7847 6 років тому +1

      Mine cuts far better and faster. That chain was NOT sharp, and his non-stable floppy freehand sharpening technique was truly cringe worthy.

  • @techedfireman4981
    @techedfireman4981 6 років тому +23

    That second tree almost worthy of slabbing up into lumber. But totally understand you need to stay warm this winter!

    • @DonnDIY
      @DonnDIY  6 років тому +12

      I was almost in tears while cutting it up actually. :D It's a waste from the carpenter point of view. But I do enjoy a warm house during the winter.

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      @matthewengelbrecht9302 6 років тому

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    • @nadegerossi6422
      @nadegerossi6422 6 років тому

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    • @helenasa4125
      @helenasa4125 6 років тому

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    • @helenasa4125
      @helenasa4125 6 років тому

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  • @rncrallypics
    @rncrallypics 4 роки тому

    Nice Tree collection

  • @carsonburke9094
    @carsonburke9094 6 років тому +3

    You need about a 48 inch bar on a huskie 560 rancher

  • @michaelcoker3197
    @michaelcoker3197 6 років тому +1

    Well done, sir! All around.

  • @douglasthompson2740
    @douglasthompson2740 6 років тому

    I am very impressed with the 'stakes' on your trailer. A very clever and versatile design for sure. Looks like a heavy duty winch also. Did you upgrade the alternator on your four wheeler to handle it for extended periods? Take care. Doug

  • @gidieupp
    @gidieupp 5 років тому +1

    good looking firewood where can i get that log splitter? who makes it?

  • @ТатьянаЛарионова-ф7г

    А зачем такие высокие пни оставляете?

  • @michaelball7440
    @michaelball7440 6 років тому +2

    Maybe next revision has the boom able to extend out and swivel left and right to pick up heavier logs... Cheers and great videos! Thank you.

    • @DonnDIY
      @DonnDIY  6 років тому +3

      The boom extends and also swivels already, but I have to do it manually. Thanks for watching!

    • @magdalenape2609
      @magdalenape2609 6 років тому

      +Donn DIY y

  • @meandnature6452
    @meandnature6452 4 роки тому

    A nice way to use up the dead trees

    • @DonnDIY
      @DonnDIY  4 роки тому +1

      Even better would've been to mill the logs but I didn't have the samill built yet. Now that I have the mill I use these dead spruce trees for lumber only.

    • @meandnature6452
      @meandnature6452 4 роки тому

      ​@@DonnDIY True thats alot better! Only use the rotten parts for firewood

    • @DonnDIY
      @DonnDIY  4 роки тому

      Exactly. I cringed myself when chopping and splitting up these logs for firewood. There was quite a lot of good potential lumber there.

    • @meandnature6452
      @meandnature6452 4 роки тому

      @@DonnDIY Yeah i feel you! I am in that stage atm when i have to cut up nice lumber for firewood. But i have saved the best logs till the day i have my own mill

  • @benlohning9567
    @benlohning9567 6 років тому +5

    the trailer looks really cool!

  • @catfishstalkeroutdoorswith530
    @catfishstalkeroutdoorswith530 5 років тому

    Nice set up!

  • @PND_LODKI
    @PND_LODKI 5 років тому +6

    У нас бы за такие пни руки отрубили бы. Буржуи , даже колун в руки не берут

    • @doktorwitold9741
      @doktorwitold9741 3 роки тому

      чисте дерево пустили на дрова--дурні--а був добрий буд матеріал--ідіоти

  • @mxrider2strokebraaap54
    @mxrider2strokebraaap54 6 років тому

    Great video! The trailer you made works like a champ:D

  • @christvlsn
    @christvlsn 4 роки тому

    Love the video! Did you build that trailer? Also love the honda. I have a 2008 honda rincon 680 with a gear reduction, lift kit and some 27" tires. Cant wait to get a snow plow and a nice trailer like yours.

  • @pat7099
    @pat7099 5 років тому

    You burn spruce? I'm afraid to ask how many cords you burn through in a season. And the creosote...

    • @DonnDIY
      @DonnDIY  5 років тому

      Yup, but not only. We burn mainly Alder, Spruce is something we burn when it starts to get rotten while standing and has to be taken down. I didn't have a sawmill at the time I made this video. Otherwise I would've turned it into lumber.

  • @mariofrascarella1268
    @mariofrascarella1268 4 роки тому

    Hi, Awesome set up. What kind of trees are those that you are chopping up?

    • @DonnDIY
      @DonnDIY  4 роки тому

      Dried up spruce.

  • @kornami8678
    @kornami8678 Рік тому

    Are the mushrooms edible on that tree at 2:10?

  • @Flowing23
    @Flowing23 6 років тому +4

    What kind of log splitter is that?
    Did you make it, or is it something you bought. Electric?
    Thanks

    • @DonnDIY
      @DonnDIY  6 років тому +1

      My father bought it. It is electric and quite common here in Estonia.

    • @magdalenape2609
      @magdalenape2609 6 років тому

      +Donn DIY 0

  • @davidedavide8021
    @davidedavide8021 3 роки тому

    Con un trattore 🚜 non faresti più in fretta?

  • @mikebryan544
    @mikebryan544 6 років тому

    I often think of making a stand for the splitter but with a surrounding deck. Raise the splitter to a good standing height then the deck would stop split timber falling down on to the floor yo save lifting again.

    • @DonnDIY
      @DonnDIY  6 років тому

      Yup, I've thought about the same thing. But... I'm planning on building firewood processor eventually so this plan for the wood splitter has gone on the shelf.

    • @mikebryan544
      @mikebryan544 6 років тому

      Donn DIY look forward to it!

  • @vaioskaliakoudas6388
    @vaioskaliakoudas6388 6 років тому +1

    A clip from a youtuber's secret life who lives in the woods!

  • @killiangrasmenil7110
    @killiangrasmenil7110 6 років тому

    It's very good

  • @konrad9290
    @konrad9290 5 років тому

    The winch is really nice. Is it selfmade? Where I can buy the winch?

  • @gregbrooks9546
    @gregbrooks9546 6 років тому

    Where did you buy that trailer and winch. What is the name and model number.

    • @DonnDIY
      @DonnDIY  6 років тому

      The trailer is bought from a Finnish IKH tool store but it has been severely rebuilt (don't know the model number). Now it has a proper homemade crane, homemade outriggers, stronger backbone made from S355 steel, a stand and homemade dump box. It is powered by a WinchMax 3000 lbs remote controlled winch and it works wonders.

  • @gantulgaulziibayar270
    @gantulgaulziibayar270 5 років тому

    woow very good

  • @ravenfeather7087
    @ravenfeather7087 5 років тому +1

    Nice rig. But it would be easier and more efficient if you would unload the rounds from the trailer directly onto the splitter. You wouldn't have to lift them. Unless you like lifting those heavy rounds. But of course this way you get to play with your trailer and that's fun.
    I load (by hand or winch if it's big rounds of oak) about that same quantity of rounds onto the back of an old beat up pickup truck or ratty old trailer, roll them off directly onto a platform attached to the splitter, split them, and throw the split wood onto a pile or stack it right off the splitter.
    That's just me though. I'd much rather have your cute rig. I'm probably just jealous. Well, not really, for the money you have tied up in that fancy gear I could buy at least five years worth of cut split and delivered dry oak. Cute rig though.
    Ain't the internet great?!

    • @DonnDIY
      @DonnDIY  5 років тому

      The purpose for dipping the rounds on the ground was that my father started to split'em while I was going to get another load from the forest. It saved us time. By the time I was back he had already split something like half of them. We rolled the rounds on the splitter when they were too heavy. Didn't have to lift them all. And what happens after five years when you have to buy firewood again? You pay again. I use this trailer not only for hauling firewood, I use it for many other things. So if you think it's cute, fancy and expensive you can always reconsider. I built the crane and the dump box myself saving money.

  • @PutJizniMetallista
    @PutJizniMetallista 6 років тому

    Good 👍

  • @johnnyenglish5059
    @johnnyenglish5059 4 роки тому +3

    Good job, why such a tall stump?

  • @kevinmitchell3279
    @kevinmitchell3279 3 роки тому

    I watched right up to the 4 foot high stump and the ridiculous wedge .

  • @dieseldaddy4205
    @dieseldaddy4205 6 років тому

    That stringy wood is what we in NY refer to as PIS ELM

  • @jasminfeher9235
    @jasminfeher9235 6 років тому

    Why Dont You Put Straps Point On The Trailer And You Can Strap The Wood

    • @DonnDIY
      @DonnDIY  6 років тому

      I usually don't use straps. I reckon the straps would be necessary when driving on public roads but here in the middle of nowhere nobody cares. :D But thanks for the suggestion!

  • @Valirok
    @Valirok 4 роки тому

    Пни допиливаешь или такие оставляешь?

  • @scnomad3626
    @scnomad3626 5 років тому

    Looks like softwood? We burn only hardwood here. Nice trailer set up!

    • @MrThenry1988
      @MrThenry1988 5 років тому

      Pine. That splitter would not like my wood. Did good on the pine.

  • @alittleofthisandalittleofthat
    @alittleofthisandalittleofthat 3 роки тому

    Those trees would have made nice boards.

  • @ryy597
    @ryy597 6 років тому +2

    the little foreman that could, i bet it can haul more than my 750kingquad

    • @DonnDIY
      @DonnDIY  6 років тому

      It has some serious torque, that's true. There are no regrets whatsoever buying this thing now almost 4 years ago. Oil & filter have been changed religiously so let's hope it'll last for years to come.

    • @ryy597
      @ryy597 6 років тому

      Donn DIY i may end up buying one myself. yours is a 450 foreman right?

    • @DonnDIY
      @DonnDIY  6 років тому +1

      It's 2002 TRX500FA.

    • @davec.3198
      @davec.3198 3 роки тому

      I use my grizzly 700 to drag the entire log back to the house and buck it there. Less lifting.
      Now that I have a tractor as well, the atv doesn't get much work use.

  • @olebethge2261
    @olebethge2261 6 років тому

    nice video! :)

  • @ronaldchurch6356
    @ronaldchurch6356 4 роки тому

    Modify that boom, so you can lift those heavy chunks of wood, better on the back.

  • @offroadoutlaws1998
    @offroadoutlaws1998 3 роки тому

    👍

  • @tomkelly8827
    @tomkelly8827 5 років тому

    Yeah I would have cut that into lumber for sure. Plenty of slabs to burn after cutting lumber. I also would have split my wood with an ax. If you tip up every piece on end and make a long line of them then you can split a lot of wood really fast. That splitter is way way too slow for my taste! I only borrow a splitter from a neighbour for a day when I have a pile of elm and big branch crotches to split. Otherwise most wood can be split far far more quickly and easily with an ax.
    I do like your 4 wheeler with a winch and a dump though, that is really sweet!

  • @mikkei3532
    @mikkei3532 6 років тому

    Crap spruce, Hey Donn buy a good axle - for example Cellfast C2500 (polish made) - i've purchase one a month ago - And I am very happy of that - splitiing wood is now a 50% easier and faster - lot faster than your hydraulic press - really . Cheers

  • @Papa-Karlo59
    @Papa-Karlo59 5 років тому

    Молодец, мужчина, я так же делаю, только вожу на мотоблоке, выхлоп калосальный

  • @gregfeneis609
    @gregfeneis609 6 років тому

    Dead standing: Money in the bank. Already dried and seasoned, just cut and split.

    • @DonnDIY
      @DonnDIY  6 років тому

      Lazy man firewood. :D

  • @rnilazarev2553
    @rnilazarev2553 3 роки тому +1

    👍👍👍🤝

  • @JuanLeonardoObregon
    @JuanLeonardoObregon 5 років тому

    Very nice trailer. But even more beautiful would be to make furniture with all those logs such as: bed table chair all those who make the carpenter and earn money

  • @TheVelomobileChannel
    @TheVelomobileChannel 6 років тому +18

    Next project: More powerful splitting machine?

    • @detsoni97
      @detsoni97 6 років тому

      Kerkesit eka 😂

    • @dieseldaddy4205
      @dieseldaddy4205 6 років тому +1

      No doubt,,,it's a HARBOR FREIGHT 7 ton splitter. Good,,Reliable machine if you have nothing but time to waste. I own the DR kinetic flywheel 20 ton splitter with a Predator 212cc gas engine and I LOVE it!!

    • @christhorndike4614
      @christhorndike4614 5 років тому

      Saukki - The Velomobile Channel how about a good ol trusty mail and sledge? I love em more than splinters. Although when I used to be splitting wood that we would use a machine to pick up and put on my grandpas ole wood splitter. Couldn’t beat the setup and I’d love to work that splitter again

  • @eliask6180
    @eliask6180 6 років тому

    Hey Donn,
    excellent work!
    What do you think about building a faster and more powerful log splitter?

    • @DonnDIY
      @DonnDIY  6 років тому

      I would really like to build a firewood processor that takes 3 m logs and turns'em into chopped and split firewood.

    • @eliask6180
      @eliask6180 6 років тому

      Very awesome idea!

  • @АндрейГлянь-в9ь
    @АндрейГлянь-в9ь 5 років тому +2

    Прикольно прицеп просто крутяк

  • @Rehan-xs2ej
    @Rehan-xs2ej 5 років тому

    Do the tree you cut grows again ?

  • @rama111
    @rama111 6 років тому

    why are you cutting so high above the ground. my ranger would hunt me out of the woods if I had such big stumps

    • @DonnDIY
      @DonnDIY  6 років тому

      Trees are rotten from the bottom. Stumps are cut down afterward.

  • @PND_LODKI
    @PND_LODKI 5 років тому +4

    А прицепчик хороший

    • @AndrejGavriluk
      @AndrejGavriluk 5 років тому

      У нас такие можно делать на продажу. Я думаю народ будет брать для минитракторов.

  • @tomaputilaionutaurel642
    @tomaputilaionutaurel642 3 роки тому

    Mișto atv

  • @rama111
    @rama111 5 років тому +1

    You need a table for the splitter

    • @АндрейРаботин-ж5й
      @АндрейРаботин-ж5й 3 роки тому

      Мы живем в самой прекрасной стране на свете, а все остальные страны нам завидуют

  • @АлександрАнтипов-э9ь
    @АлександрАнтипов-э9ь 6 років тому +4

    Такие деревья и на дрова?

    • @Papa-Karlo59
      @Papa-Karlo59 5 років тому +1

      Это ж сухостой, конечно на дрова, куда ж еще

  • @LibertyGarden
    @LibertyGarden 5 років тому

    What kind of ATV is that one? Thanks.

    • @DonnDIY
      @DonnDIY  5 років тому +1

      2002 Honda TRX500FA Foreman Rubicon

  • @sipposbft
    @sipposbft 5 років тому

    do you think the dual axle on a trailer that short is a bit over engineered? nice job tho

  • @dillongates4520
    @dillongates4520 6 років тому

    Whats the bar and chain size

  • @kestutisk9397
    @kestutisk9397 5 років тому

    Nice video and your atv

  • @MrTefe
    @MrTefe 6 років тому

    nice machine

  • @keywest0213
    @keywest0213 5 років тому

    I am interested in and subscribed to your videos!
    I am making firewood and also made a chain saw attachment.
    As for the question, why are you removing the spike from the chain saw?
    We are looking forward to wonderful videos from now on.

  • @christhorndike4614
    @christhorndike4614 5 років тому

    What quad is that?

  • @codyritter683
    @codyritter683 5 років тому

    Would you make a hydraulic splitter

    • @DonnDIY
      @DonnDIY  5 років тому

      I have a firewood processor in my to-do list / projects list. No worries! 😉

  • @cjlures8618
    @cjlures8618 3 роки тому

    DIY a bigger saw

  • @oisinhayes8761
    @oisinhayes8761 6 років тому

    Hi donn any ideas on making a table saw with a large circular saw blade for cutting firewood

    • @purask
      @purask 6 років тому +1

      it all depends of your needs, whats regular log diameter you are cutting and how much firewood you cut, if you are doing it at home and have to cut like 5 m3 of wood per year then it is easyer to buy an electrical chainsaw and make a sawhorse to place a log to. If you are cutting small diameter wood and pallets, then get yourself a skilsaw buy a piece of osb and build yourself a small tablesaw, youtube has lots of videos about this.

    • @oisinhayes8761
      @oisinhayes8761 6 років тому

      purask I want to make 1 to cut 6-10" timber in 6' lengths quicker than using my chainsaws

    • @AndrewBrowner
      @AndrewBrowner 6 років тому +1

      check out cecil clarcks home stead channel, he has a couple of these saws that are run off a tractor pulley, and have a pivoting table that moves the log through the blade, you could make one any size youneed just need a big enough blade, a couple pillow block bears and shaft plus the pivoting steel table, and run it off of any engine or electric motor you deem suitable

    • @oisinhayes8761
      @oisinhayes8761 6 років тому

      Andrew Browner I'm subbed to his channel thanks

  • @scotttucek8913
    @scotttucek8913 5 років тому

    All that noise... I truly believe too much is not good. At least it carries the weight... unfortunately it's top-heavy like most trailers he never be able to carry that load on Hillside

    • @DonnDIY
      @DonnDIY  5 років тому

      I am able to us it on hill sides too. Up to a point of course. ;)

  • @owemeister167
    @owemeister167 5 років тому

    What is that for atv ?

  • @peterh4446
    @peterh4446 5 років тому

    Tow the splitter into the woods too?

    • @russtownsend2898
      @russtownsend2898 4 роки тому

      He would need a looooooong extension cord,it's electric.

  • @poorfatman5317
    @poorfatman5317 6 років тому

    how come you don't cut up the little wood

    • @DonnDIY
      @DonnDIY  6 років тому

      Little wood?

  • @jeffersonmoctezuma3733
    @jeffersonmoctezuma3733 5 років тому

    Did you made the trailer

    • @DonnDIY
      @DonnDIY  5 років тому

      Nope, I upgraded it with a homemade crane frame with outriggers, remotely controlled 12 v ATV winch and a dump box.

  • @jacobjackson1337
    @jacobjackson1337 6 років тому

    Why not use a maul or splitting axe it'll be faster and easy with that wood

    • @DonnDIY
      @DonnDIY  6 років тому

      Nope, we've tried, it's too knotty.

  • @rukis222
    @rukis222 5 років тому

    9/10

  • @АлександрШунько-б9ю
    @АлександрШунько-б9ю 5 років тому +2

    Золотой материал брусья доски жаль на дрова пошел ...

    • @РоманЕ-п6д
      @РоманЕ-п6д 5 років тому

      Полностью согласен, дрова такие отведены?

  • @СергейЛ-е9е
    @СергейЛ-е9е 6 років тому +2

    пеньки то и поменьше можно оставлять

  • @reinerzimmermann9223
    @reinerzimmermann9223 4 роки тому

    This logs are to good for firewood, it would be nice lumber

  • @kacperscisowski4586
    @kacperscisowski4586 6 років тому

    Mogłes to pociąś w metruwki i załadowac buło by lepiej ale tez był fajny dobra roboya

  • @mrsimon181
    @mrsimon181 5 років тому +2

    Lol viasat how you like that internet service

  • @mikearmstrong7830
    @mikearmstrong7830 6 років тому

    To hell with unloading. I want the button that will load it that fast.

  • @brianphilbrook5262
    @brianphilbrook5262 6 років тому

    Did you make that trailer?

    • @DonnDIY
      @DonnDIY  6 років тому +1

      I made the crane assembly and the dump box. I wanted to build the whole trailer but eventually bought the timber trailer underneath due to parts costing more separately.

  • @hogman2524
    @hogman2524 6 років тому

    What kind of splitter is that??

    • @DonnDIY
      @DonnDIY  6 років тому

      Electric hydraulic.

    • @hogman2524
      @hogman2524 6 років тому

      I could see that, is it homemade or what is the brand name/ model??

  • @rolfnilsen6385
    @rolfnilsen6385 6 років тому

    Axe! ;-)

  • @tleone911
    @tleone911 6 років тому

    No Narration?

  • @almiracalakovic4075
    @almiracalakovic4075 5 років тому

    Kolko prikolica para

  • @mrf1407
    @mrf1407 6 років тому

    Co to za quad??

  • @riko4090
    @riko4090 5 років тому

    лесник поймает ..........получишь. 😁😁

  • @13timofey78
    @13timofey78 6 років тому +11

    Зачем такие высокие пни оставляет(((

    • @_Us.A
      @_Us.A 5 років тому

      Спина болит наклоняться ниже))

    • @_Us.A
      @_Us.A 5 років тому +1

      Эстонские традиции)

    • @lunapik3794
      @lunapik3794 4 роки тому

      Domy nr. 112