How to split & stack firewood at the same time
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- Опубліковано 24 січ 2017
- Now that I made the executive decision to start stacking (as opposed to piling) all green firewood I wanted to make a video to show my employees how to get'er done with having to throw on the ground then stacking. This should save some time and time is money.
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Watching your old videos is sometimes fun!
Yeah this one is 5.5 years old
@@JoesFirewoodVideos this was me second or third watching it, lol...... one of the best ones!
Something about watching firewood videos is so relaxing for my brain lol. I love watching and making firewood videos! Subscribed!!
Hi Joe - good video and I like the idea of stacking straight off the splitter. Here is an idea for you, and a couple of those rounds may have been a little too big for this. But I've had success doing this on white oak and hickory up to 9 or 10" in diameter. I split it one time right down the middle, then hit reverse on the splitter. As soon as the wedge clears the round, I slightly lift and rotate the round 90 degrees. The wedge is still within about 3 or 4 inches of the round, so I grab the handle and push it back through. It makes for a really short cycle time and I get my 4 pieces of firewood with 2 splits instead of your 3 splits. I also don't have to reach down and pick up the other half. Even if the wedge is not tall enough to get all the way up into the top half, my experience is that as long as it gets about 1/2 way into that upper 1/2, it will split it. The smartest thing might be to get a slip on 4 way attachment.....then you get 4 pieces with one split
Full play 420th like. Watching a old but good one today. Great job splitting and stacking. Good little splitter. The ultra has been a game changer.
This was my 3rd viral video.
Hay Joe you should weld small tables to the side of your splitter you won't believe how much more user friendly it is
You are doing a lot of things right here, especially about not having to move the wood any more than absolutely necessary. I would suggest that if you have a helper available you have one of them loading the splitter and stacking the split wood; it will be much easier on your back and you can concentrate on just doing the splitting. Also, I would argue to orient your stacks of wood to point into the prevailing wind, that will minimize the amount of rain hitting the ends of the stacked wood. The wood dries from the ends. If possible, arrange the covers so that they overlap the ends of the wood to provide more rain protection; three pieces of cheap 2 by 4 lumber would do that nicely. Your use of free pallets to stack the wood on is the way to go; a common mistake people make is to put the solit wood directly on the ground; it will soon rot And it attracts bugs.
Joe if you had a foot petal to operate the machine you would have 2 hands free. It makes a big difference.
I built a shelf for my splitter, it is attached to the bottom of the beam. I used 2 inch angle iron, 2 pieces under the beam then 2 pieces that are welded to them vertically and the shelf is welded to the 2 sticking up. It is bolted to the beam with 2, 1/2 bolts so it can be removed if I want to use the splitter in the vertical position. When I am splitting the larger pieces, I split them in half and let the far piece roll onto the shelf and after I am done with the other piece the one on the shelf can be easily pulled back onto the splitter. It saves a bunch of work having to pick up wood a second time.
Just buy one. They run about $40 at L&M Fleet supply and you bolt it on. It's held 20 inch wet Oak rounds 18 inches across with no problem.
Nice stack!
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Thanks Joe, I understand keep up the good work I can see you are a worker, John Scotland.
Joe you need a beer.or2
You work to heard
Great 'executive decision' there . The Board of Directors are voting on a stock-split and need to know if maple is as easily divisible as cherry wood. The market is suggesting that it would be in shareholders interests to buck the trend !
thanks Joe.
Doing that amount of wood, can I suggest adding a cradle and a 4 way wedge. I’m sure would save a lot if time.
⭐⭐ GREAT IDEA! THANKS! ⭐⭐
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An outfeed table or tray on both sides would catch the split pieces coming off the wedge and keep them at waist level for either stacking or splitting again. The wet wood wouldn't have to be held against the machine with your body (ie keeps the clothes cleaner and dryer), and avoids having to contact moving pieces.
That's definitely the way to do it if only one guy is working everything. I try to squeeze the trailer or truck bed in close also so I don't even have to pick up the rounds off the ground.
How do you like your Huskey splitter ? Im thinking of the 25. ton Yard Max . But i see alot of huskeys out there
Joe, what are you using to cover your stacks on top? i haven't been covering my stacks, i just chopped 2 red-oaks over the summer that fell across the property. Didn't put them on to something to keep them off the ground either :/ should i re do it?
Drive around an industrial area or behind a big-box home improvement store, and you will likely see big stacks of empty pallets that they are happy to get rid of. Also check on Craigslist for free pallets. If possible, get pallets the exact same size. ### choose the site for your wood Stacks carefully. If you can find a spot between two evergreen trees that are pointed into the prevailing wind, so much the better, because they will provide some built-in shelter from rain and snow. ### Lay down a 2 in bed of 5/8 crushed rock with fines in the area of the firewood stacks, especially where you will be loading firewood later to take him to the house. ### Place ordinary concrete blocks at all four corners, and in the middle of two pallets joined together with a 1x4 splice alongside two of them - one on each side, to make an 8-foot-long stack that has a minimum four-foot span supporting the load at each end. ### Put another pallet at each end, vertical, and nail them to the two horizontal pallets. Run 2 ea 2x4's on edge across the top, with some slope so rain will drain off. Then nail about 4 pieces of 1x4 across those to form support for a roof of galvanized, corrugated steel roofing available at far supply store or big-box home improvement store. ###Try to estimate your winter firewood usage, so you can minimize your time and effort by building more than one rack at a time. I have been building racks like this for many years; they are inexpensive, last a very long time, and do the job well.
Where do you find all the wood to split?
I had forgotten how mind numbingly slow store bought splitters are..
Damn you planning to build a house with all that fire wood?
If time is money, sell that beast and get yourself a kinetic log splitter. They are much faster.
And they are only good for wood which is very "straightforward"....
Right on!!
Good video!! The views are adding up!! What’s your highest views? 19,000 my highest.
Shorts don't count... LOL. My highest is 303K views on non firewood video.
@@JoesFirewoodVideos was it a cat video?😻
I like your videos I have almost the same set up as you but I don't sell nearly the amount of wood that you do
Hey Joe, not that it matters, but I feel like what you're splitting there is pretty clear. Would a splitting maul not be much faster? I know, antiquated perhaps, and more physical labor, but you said time is money. I'm all for a hydraulic splitter when it comes to any tough wood, but if it's clear and I have a maul handy, I feel like it's much faster, and much more gratifying at the end of the day. Heck, swing the maul till you'r tired then take a break and run the splitter. : )
Ha! Fair enough. I'm still young and dumb enough to like a maul.
200 full cord? 4x4x8
hi!
what kind of wood do you cut? white acacia?
okey this is very nice video.. I live in Hungary and I like to cut such good quality trees. I am glad that you have such an opinion or contact with this type of work. much success for the others.
where can you get a huskee log splitter
You can buy them at Tractor Supply.
word of advice, don't stack against a tree, the wind moves the tree and your pile will tip.
u need a log table
An all in all good approach. However the basic machine does alot of "cutting air".
be careful with that log splitter and don't get hurt
bonjour mon dos
All good but if you're trying to put stuff in your woodshed, this is not going to work unless you have a helper. Just saying.
Why does the machine sound like it's working harder reversing the wedge than it does splitting the wood?
That, and the fact that hydraulics do work harder in "reverse" than "forward". There's less back-pressure...
Your employees? You mean your wife and kids?
Awh poor employees always complaning about having to work for their money 😂
TO SLOW TO MAKE IT PAY GOOD FOR HOME USE JOE.
CaptainJoe9 Can't afford not too!
We used to make $1,000 a day with these cheap little 22-ton homeowner splitters...it's in the way that you use it...
hand split it and get a work out....
This is painful to watch Joe. About 5 years ago I invested in a super splitter. UA-cam it and beware of impersonators.
Figuratively speaking, I was referring to the machines speed.
you look like u lost some weight Joe.
Slow and green wood that doesn’t split very well
PILE BARK UP..
PILE WITH THE BARK SHOWING UP. THE SPLIT PART DOWN. SHEDS RAIN WATER THAT WAY