Never a dull moment on Wilsons Forest Lands... You really ought to patent that "Turbo-mode"; think of all people you'll help get their chores done and make you some coin on the rights. Love the scenes of Jane Doe and her clan foraging through the freshly opened areas. Enjoying the content and a big thumbs up from your Neighbour to the North in Linn County.
I remember when I was just about four maybe five. And saw on TV a man sawing up wood with a chainsaw. And I commented look at all the sparks coming off of the that log. After a few moments of adult laughing I was politely corrected. Watching you cut up that firewood kind of brought back those fun memories 😁
The efficient ways to do firewood depends on how much firewood there is to get in one location and the form of the trees. For a bunch of pole sized trees all in one area your work layout is excellent. My J1Q just one question is, "How do you decide where the sawlogs end and the firewood begins? and is your tree growth and markets similar to the NE where even the best tree has a bit of firewood from the top? Do your markets always price lumber higher than firewood? OK Technically more than one question but one interrelated topic.
How I decide where saw logs end and firewood begins can depend on several factors. How straight the log is, defect, whether or not I have been selling any lumber recently, how easy it’s going to be to get the logs out from where they are, how much dirt is on them, my general mood at any given time. But averaging around the 7 inch diameter range. Occasionally down to six if it is freakishly straight and knot free
Always workin’ your tail off out there Mr. Wilson. Sitting on my couch watching you work and getting big ideas for ya. Maybe try putting the logs on your tractor forks, raising them above your trailer, stand in the trailer with your saw so the rounds fall in the trailer. Also maybe, mount a 12v remote operated winch on the front of your tractor to pull the logs onto the forks. Winch cable could hold logs together against the forks while they’re being cut. Tucker’d myself out thinkin’ so hard… nap time!
Interesting ideas. Maybe having a winch on the front of the tractor could pull in and hold down a bundle of logs to cut all at once over the trailer. I wonder how obnoxious having all that sawdust mixed in with it in the trailer would be.
@@WilsonForestLands well you could get a battery leaf blower and blow the sawdust out of the trailer after you’re done. That’s probably a dump trailer though huh. 🤔 Too much thinkin’! Nap time again Zzzzz
@@WilsonForestLands my dad has chain hooks on his bucket, and lifts the logs to convenient cutting height. then tosses the rounds into the bucket and raises them to convenient splitting height. then tosses the split pieces back in the bucket to take to the greenhouse turned woodshed. he also has his splitter on a three point on a second tractor. I don't have a tractor, AND the logs are down in a creek bottom, that I have to hand winch them out of with a comealong.
I had two trailers. The logs went on 6” sleepers that were crossways every couple feet on the 20’ flatbed trailer. They got cut into firewood ON the trailer. Splitter and dump trailer got moved into proximity, with the splitter between the trailers. At 2’ off the ground, the flatbed was a good height that I just easily grabbed the pieces (pickaroon is a great reaching tool!), split them, and tossed the splits into the dump trailer for the trip to the shed or a customer. Easy to sweep off the flatbed afterwards.
I see you've taken to the 90 degree turn in this video. Have your changed, or is this just a teaser for your other protagonists? In any case, love the channel and these videos. Nice to have a virtual workout with you in the wonderful forests of the Pacific Northwest. Thanks Michael for taking u8s on your journey!!!
Thanks for the comment. The last two sawmill videos talk about switching to 90°. Especially the one I think two sawmill videos ago. it may be in the title. I am starting to like the 90.
Congratulations on hitting 30 thousand subs,love your videos. I hope you boys are going to take advantage of having Jack on your round table. Rick and Tim haven't announced a topic, it should be Woodmizer related I would think lol. Have you decided on a sharpening method yet for your bands?
Thanks Craig. I haven’t done anything to sharpen my bands yet. I haven’t been doing a lot of milling lately. A few people told me about a place up in Eugene that sharpens them a couple hours to the north. I go there once a month or so, I might try them.
Exactly how I buck up my rounds in the woods after dragging them to the roads. Its nice leaving all the saw dust in the woods and not dragging the logs all the way out. I'm looking forward to your new tool for the poison oak/ivy. Speaking of that what other noxious weeds are you dealing with down there? Oh and have you noticed an increased activity of yellowjackets or ticks this year? My western WA woods have it really bad this year!
The only real noxious weeds I have to deal with here are Himalayan blackberries and medusa headgrass. not a huge problem here yet but the blackberries are a big problem over at the coast property. I haven’t noticed any yellowjackets yet this year. Just the wasps that will be shown in my next sawmill video. Last year there were a moderate amount of yellowjackets. The year before there were hardly any yellowjackets. I haven’t seen any ticks here this year either. But I don’t usually have many ticks here.
HOW MUCH WOOD WOULD A WOODCHUCK CHUCK?? I am glad you told us you are loading the trailer, I was confused as to why you were throwing the rounds around...
I would have thought you would have had more firewood size wood, what do you do with the tops of trees you process for lumber, that is the bits too small to turn into lumber?
The tops from a lot of the recent trees I’ve been taking I have been burning because they are full of the bugs that killed the trees. Otherwise I’ve been letting my neighbor come up and cut the tops into firewood for himself. I have more firewood material around here than I know what to do with.
Mr. Wilson do you ever you a crosscut saw (misery whip) and axe for working in wildfire season or when a gas-powered saw could potentially put out a spark on dry debris, foliage or slash?
Lots of practice. It may have something to do with starting at the age of 14. My dad would get on me to keep them reasonably uniform in length. He was respectable about it but if they were over 16 inches, he would make me trim them down, which I did not enjoy doing.
@@WilsonForestLands I think it starts with hiring a camera operator and a chainsaw man. Then you just stand in frame while they work, sometimes pointing, or acting like you’ll help lift something. More forestry videos please!
How much wood in there? As the guy that would help us bring firewood with his tractor says, no matter the amount: "there's at least enough to fry an egg".
My tractor doesn’t have a bucket. It would be good to have some kind of grapple or something that would load it without getting a bunch of dirt and sawdust with it.
@WilsonForestLands that's right. I've seen enough of your videos to know that. I really enjoy your channel. You answer all the forestry questions that no one else will and your dry humor is hilarious. Thank you for existing. ✌️
I just wanted to let you know I just subscribed, and I have a think I will be watching a lot. Thanks for the great content.
Never a dull moment on Wilsons Forest Lands...
You really ought to patent that "Turbo-mode"; think of all people you'll help get their chores done and make you some coin on the rights.
Love the scenes of Jane Doe and her clan foraging through the freshly opened areas.
Enjoying the content and a big thumbs up from your Neighbour to the North in Linn County.
If I could patent turbo mode on a battery powered solar charged saw, now we’re talking.
@@WilsonForestLands Thousand Thumbs-up!
11:39...your humor is dry and sarcastic (which I like) but that whole sequence really did make me laugh out loud
I remember when I was just about four maybe five. And saw on TV a man sawing up wood with a chainsaw. And I commented look at all the sparks coming off of the that log.
After a few moments of adult laughing I was politely corrected.
Watching you cut up that firewood kind of brought back those fun memories 😁
Kids are funny. Now I’m probably going to think about sparks flying when I’m cutting wood. 😁
Great dry humor.
The efficient ways to do firewood depends on how much firewood there is to get in one location and the form of the trees. For a bunch of pole sized trees all in one area your work layout is excellent.
My J1Q just one question is, "How do you decide where the sawlogs end and the firewood begins? and is your tree growth and markets similar to the NE where even the best tree has a bit of firewood from the top? Do your markets always price lumber higher than firewood? OK Technically more than one question but one interrelated topic.
How I decide where saw logs end and firewood begins can depend on several factors. How straight the log is, defect, whether or not I have been selling any lumber recently, how easy it’s going to be to get the logs out from where they are, how much dirt is on them, my general mood at any given time. But averaging around the 7 inch diameter range. Occasionally down to six if it is freakishly straight and knot free
Always workin’ your tail off out there Mr. Wilson. Sitting on my couch watching you work and getting big ideas for ya. Maybe try putting the logs on your tractor forks, raising them above your trailer, stand in the trailer with your saw so the rounds fall in the trailer. Also maybe, mount a 12v remote operated winch on the front of your tractor to pull the logs onto the forks. Winch cable could hold logs together against the forks while they’re being cut. Tucker’d myself out thinkin’ so hard… nap time!
Interesting ideas. Maybe having a winch on the front of the tractor could pull in and hold down a bundle of logs to cut all at once over the trailer. I wonder how obnoxious having all that sawdust mixed in with it in the trailer would be.
@@WilsonForestLands well you could get a battery leaf blower and blow the sawdust out of the trailer after you’re done. That’s probably a dump trailer though huh. 🤔 Too much thinkin’! Nap time again Zzzzz
@@WilsonForestLands my dad has chain hooks on his bucket, and lifts the logs to convenient cutting height. then tosses the rounds into the bucket and raises them to convenient splitting height. then tosses the split pieces back in the bucket to take to the greenhouse turned woodshed. he also has his splitter on a three point on a second tractor. I don't have a tractor, AND the logs are down in a creek bottom, that I have to hand winch them out of with a comealong.
I had two trailers. The logs went on 6” sleepers that were crossways every couple feet on the 20’ flatbed trailer. They got cut into firewood ON the trailer. Splitter and dump trailer got moved into proximity, with the splitter between the trailers. At 2’ off the ground, the flatbed was a good height that I just easily grabbed the pieces (pickaroon is a great reaching tool!), split them, and tossed the splits into the dump trailer for the trip to the shed or a customer. Easy to sweep off the flatbed afterwards.
More wood is always Gooder!
I love fluffy wood. It doesn't hurt so much when it rolls into your shin. Ha.
Wood is wealth!!
Deer are interesting for sure… I’ve had them browse the top of maple trees while I was limbing/bucking at the butt.
Planning ahead for the winter is a great idea!
Thanks for posting the video. I’ve never seen how those skidding winches worked before
The 462 is a great saw.
Good morning to 'ya ☕
great work, that might be the most “seasoned” splitter I’ve seen on any firewood youtube video.
You might be right, it may be the most season splitter on UA-cam. I helped my grandpa build it when I was a kid. It’s been around a while.
Good video Michael. A word about your pulley.........................OIL.
Dave
thanks Dave. If you mean the squawk from the winch, that comes from the drum brake.
@@WilsonForestLands An oily brake shoe doesn't squeak. It also doesn't work well; but it's quiet.
I see you've taken to the 90 degree turn in this video. Have your changed, or is this just a teaser for your other protagonists? In any case, love the channel and these videos. Nice to have a virtual workout with you in the wonderful forests of the Pacific Northwest. Thanks Michael for taking u8s on your journey!!!
Thanks for the comment. The last two sawmill videos talk about switching to 90°. Especially the one I think two sawmill videos ago. it may be in the title. I am starting to like the 90.
Not bad on the amount of firewood per tank of fuel 😉👍
It would interesting to see how much wood others get per tank of fuel.
if you hired a woodchuck to chuck the rounds into the trailer, you could answer two questions at once.
Congratulations on hitting 30 thousand subs,love your videos.
I hope you boys are going to take advantage of having Jack on your round table.
Rick and Tim haven't announced a topic, it should be Woodmizer related I would think lol.
Have you decided on a sharpening method yet for your bands?
Thanks Craig. I haven’t done anything to sharpen my bands yet. I haven’t been doing a lot of milling lately. A few people told me about a place up in Eugene that sharpens them a couple hours to the north. I go there once a month or so, I might try them.
Exactly how I buck up my rounds in the woods after dragging them to the roads. Its nice leaving all the saw dust in the woods and not dragging the logs all the way out.
I'm looking forward to your new tool for the poison oak/ivy. Speaking of that what other noxious weeds are you dealing with down there?
Oh and have you noticed an increased activity of yellowjackets or ticks this year? My western WA woods have it really bad this year!
The only real noxious weeds I have to deal with here are Himalayan blackberries and medusa headgrass. not a huge problem here yet but the blackberries are a big problem over at the coast property.
I haven’t noticed any yellowjackets yet this year. Just the wasps that will be shown in my next sawmill video. Last year there were a moderate amount of yellowjackets. The year before there were hardly any yellowjackets. I haven’t seen any ticks here this year either. But I don’t usually have many ticks here.
Is it not a more efficient to haul full size logs to the splitter rather than bucking them before loading?
Wow the energy, what's the secret man, what fuel you running on
HOW MUCH WOOD WOULD A WOODCHUCK CHUCK?? I am glad you told us you are loading the trailer, I was confused as to why you were throwing the rounds around...
😂
I wonder how close in length those pieces are. I guess within a 1/2 inch.
You're so efficient. You do the work about about 2-3 guys every time I see you. What do you eat for breakfast? haha
I eat my Wheaties of course. Actually more like 6 eggs with some kind of vegetables mixed in.
4 to 5 cords
Taking the PITH out of YT makes me laugh, I love the info and the jokes.
I would have thought you would have had more firewood size wood, what do you do with the tops of trees you process for lumber, that is the bits too small to turn into lumber?
The tops from a lot of the recent trees I’ve been taking I have been burning because they are full of the bugs that killed the trees. Otherwise I’ve been letting my neighbor come up and cut the tops into firewood for himself. I have more firewood material around here than I know what to do with.
Mr. Wilson do you ever you a crosscut saw (misery whip) and axe for working in wildfire season or when a gas-powered saw could potentially put out a spark on dry debris, foliage or slash?
I keep after him about trying battery-electric saws, (could even remain loyal to Stihl) for fire-season work, but noooo...
Some habits die hard.😁
@@lpeterman100% agree an electric saw is perfect for bucking in these situations.
I have an even better strategy during fire season. I leave the area and go to the coast where it’s cool and damp during fire season.
@@WilsonForestLands Well, true; but, SOME of us don't have Coastal properties to go to...
Oil that travelling block mate ,
New tool for poison oak, color me interested
How do you cut those rounds at such a uniform length without a guide.🤔👍
Lots of practice. It may have something to do with starting at the age of 14. My dad would get on me to keep them reasonably uniform in length. He was respectable about it but if they were over 16 inches, he would make me trim them down, which I did not enjoy doing.
Some day I'll be able to throw firewood that fast...
It takes practice grasshopper.
Sure like that bar/chain length. Be a heck of a lot easier on my old back. Are you using skip tooth, semi skip tooth or what? 👍🍺
Yes the 32 inch bar works well for me. I use skip tooth square ground chain.
Could you cut them a little shorter they won't fit in my fire
I thought I was the only one with a special splitting shirt.
Mine might be caused from eating too much.
Mine is because splitting softwood gets pitch all over it.
Tell’em you don’t need a grapple. Be a Man 😂😂👍🏻💪🏻
Firewood like a boss means you should just be standing around while the firewood magically gets cut
does it, though
I’m still working on that strategy. As soon as I figure it out I’ll make a video about it. 😁
@@WilsonForestLands I think it starts with hiring a camera operator and a chainsaw man. Then you just stand in frame while they work, sometimes pointing, or acting like you’ll help lift something. More forestry videos please!
Evidently he is his own Boss, if I were his Boss I could make a video about how to firewood like a boss…. from an air conditioned f250🤣
@@WilsonForestLandssimple, hire some woodcutters you cheapskate🤣😂
Do yo have any doe, deer? Ya two bucks!
Much is that load of firewood worth💰
How much wood in there? As the guy that would help us bring firewood with his tractor says, no matter the amount: "there's at least enough to fry an egg".
Yep at least enough to fry an egg. 😂
How much wood would a wilson chuck if a wilson would chuck wood?
😂 I think about 3/4 of a cord.
4 square meters is my guess
I’m guessing the new tool is a/some goat(s)
...or less stubby forks 😁
Maybe after I build a sawmill shed. 😁
yeah, you forgot
Figured you would've gotten the majority of it loaded with your tractor bucket
My tractor doesn’t have a bucket. It would be good to have some kind of grapple or something that would load it without getting a bunch of dirt and sawdust with it.
@WilsonForestLands that's right. I've seen enough of your videos to know that.
I really enjoy your channel. You answer all the forestry questions that no one else will and your dry humor is hilarious.
Thank you for existing. ✌️
How come you’re not even sweating at all???