Another good video. I’m hung up on Eastonmade since your last video. Big purchase, but man that box wedge with the auto split!!! It’s on my list.

You bought chaps! Yeah! Thanks buddy!

Hey Adam, I usually don't take time to comment on youtube but I wanted to let you know that I really enjoy the structure and content of your videos. I have about a year and a half-ish before I'm out of the Army and back in Maine to begin homesteading, and your series of videos have hit the nail on the head for how the firewood process goes from start to finish and products that work well for you. Thanks

just a thought here but but your tractor bucket under your off ramp for your split firewood and then you can move a bucket full of split firewood at one time

@Hometown Acres I see wheels on that splitter. If you leave it hooked up for towing, as you split the wood and your pile grows just move it up a few feet every so often. That way as the wood comes off the splitter it is close to were your stacking it already. No need to move it with the bucket. That is an extra step you can cut out. Cheers

Log in the air trick! Lift one end of log with the tractor bucket, then put a round with a v notch under it about 4-6 feet from the end you’re lifting. Lower the log onto the round with the notch then press down on the end with the bucket. Pops a 40 foot tree up to waist height. Off the ground, off the mud and now you can cut at waist height. It is a beautiful thing being able to cut ergonomically.

I would put a pallet on those forks and park the tractor right in front of the output of splitter, piss on all that bending and walking!

Brilliant video man, your killing it at the moment, keep up the good work

That splitter is amazing! Great setup for processing firewood.

nice setup man. having machinery helps alot in time you'll find what works for you every1 has their own ways cheers brother

I watch a lot of log splitting videos, and I am always surprised about how few people, including you, take steps to reduce the number of times they have to touch and lift the wood. For example, why cut the logs into stove size lengths in the woods? Being 6' or 8' sections to your splitter and cut them there. Why let the logs fall from the splitter to the ground? Build an outfeed table that feeds the split wood directly into the bucket for your tractor, or build/buy a tray or conveyor that feeds the wood to your pile. Then think about how you can minimize the touching and lifting to deliver the wood to your customers after it has seasoned. Can you use free pallets to rig up portable corn crib style bins, that you could just dump the split wood into, let it season, and then empty those bins into your vehicle (or load them and empty them directly onto the ground by the customer's wood pile) With the set up you have, your biggest time suck is in touching the wood and moving it. Each step you take and each time you touch and/or lift wood costs you time and hurts your productivity. Take steps to minimize that and the labor it takes you to get the firewood from "woods to wallet" will be much less.

Pretty slick operation. 👍💯👍💯

Great video Adam, your set up is working great for you. That splitter by Easton is looking good around there and working out for you. Really like the way the controls work on it, less time consuming when you are working by yourself too. Thanks for sharing with us, keep up the good work and videos!

Great looking operation Adam. Thanks for sharing

Looks like a good setup. You can’t beat a side by side. I use mine daily for a large variety of jobs. Thanks for sharing!

Great video 👍 Now that's a great log splitting set up. Thanks for sharing.

that's one hell of a splitter lots of coin tied up there, go with a 372 if you up grade your saw i have a 562 it works good but if you making a business out of it your going to want a 372 . I normally take the splitter back int he bush and split there keeps all the bark and junk out of the yard.

Hi. Just took a look at this vid today... If you put the tractor bucket at the end of the log splitter and split directly into your bucket you could save a ton of time and energy or move your log splitter over to your pile and avoid all that extra walking saving some time and upping production a bit..

Awesome firewood operation man!

Excellent demonstration of thoughtful working. Your consideration for saving the lost motion in this process is interesting. It's an area I'm really working to improve on too. I especially appreciate that you change your approach to extracting the tree because of the ground conditions. I'm extracting from a piece if woodland without vehicle access, surrounded by a drystane dyke so everything has to be reduced in size to carry out and heave over the wall to the trailer. I could hardly be less efficient.

That's a nice looking splitter. The only commercially one I have seen w/ an auto cycle valve. I made one w/ a auto cycle....I don't think you see many commercial ones b/c of liability! Nice vid.

Should have moved your log splitter over by your wood stack

Really enjoyable firewood. Consistent. Looks like a smooth operation

Another good production brother, keep up the hard work. You told me Sunday the weather wasn’t cooperating to get outside and do anything. If it was worse/wetter than this I definitely agree.

That splitter if beast. Thanks

Adam, great content. I see you have just about every tool for cutting wood except a carry all. Speaking from personal experience they are the best “tool” for hauling out chunk wood. I’m sure you have seen the numerous videos of tubers building them. Lots of great ideas out there. Anyway, just though I throw that out there. Keep up the great work.

Looking good, nice operation

I like that splitter.

I have a suggestion... do this in my back yard ! Great video.

I have pallet forks that clamp onto the bucket of my tractor and put plywood on the forks. I catch it right off the processor. A dump trailer will be my next purchase

We used to split a lot of wood, but it became difficult to find trees or logs. How do you like that splitter? I saw the Wolf Ridge splitters, but thought the price was a little high. We use a Split-fire, and have been happy with it. Nice video!

A suggestion that may work well for you, it has for me at least. When removing logs from woods or trails a lift pole for your tractor and a pair of skidding tongs works great in tight spaces. That is if you wanted to move the log closer to your splitter without bucking it up first. Really enjoying your channel!

Enjoy the channel, great job, can you talk about safety equipment used

Adam nice work. All that is missing from your arsenal is a skidding winch for your tractor. I want that splitter for Christmas, its a fantastic machine.

Awesome I order the 12-22 as well with a box wedge. Pick it up in May. Cant wait to bust some logs with it.

Great setup. Curious that you don't wear gloves. I never used to but have taken to them in recent years.

Nice setup, great splitter. You might like a Logrite Hookaroon for moving those rounds from the ground to the side by side. Swing the hook into the end, drag along the ground and swing it up into the bed. Eliminates the dead lift from the ground and I find it works great, especially that dead ash.

I would move the log spliter infront of the pallet. then split the wood. it will save time not walking back and forth with 2 pieces to stack them. Great machine.

I am definitely sold on this splitter. I look forward to owning one.

If you watch closely on the time lapse, you can the see polaris raise up with each round you pick up. Since you already have a 455 (56cc) I would jump to a 70cc saw. A 70cc saw has a pretty good increase in performance over a 60cc saw. I prefer a 70cc saw or bigger for firewood.

I just picked up a Hudson 35M winch it's what you need to feed that splitter. The mud will freeze and you will be amazed at how easy it is to drag lots of wood to the splitter. I have split just like that with a utv, my suggestion is park the splitter to push split rounds all but on your stack and park the utv on the log lifter side. You can load at least 500 lbs at a time on the lift so your only moving rounds 3 or 4 times to empty the utv and it's all but perfect height to feed the lift. You just have to keep moving the splitter ahead of the stacked wood. A 2" ball in one of your forks would make quick work of that. There's always 100 ways to do anything, what makes sense to you is the way to do it.

Split at the source- then have drone fly each piece and stack for you-thank you very much😬 All kidding aside, I use different situations like- attaching a hitch on the back of my dump trailer for my splitter ( split - toss in trailer) As you point out, having different equipment to carry out the mission is imperative (mud-snow) Currently, I’m building a dual vertical splitter out of a custom built(40 year old splitter)and a new one with a conveyor( off a roof shingle delivery truck -200$) between the two (DO NOT TELL POWERSPLIT INTERNATIONAL)

I cut my logs at 64" in the woods then carry them to my splitter and buck them at 16" to fit in my wood stove, looks like you have a nice splitter

Hi Adam . I've watched all your videos and the ones where you put the wood in the basement thru the door way is ok but I figure I'd give you a idea . You could put a short pipe in a angel from outside to your basement and put a cap on the pipe . Probably need about a 10 inch pipe . Like your videos !

Ever think of doing piles instead of stacks? A generous 6 yard dump load should give your customers solid cords everytime. Maybe season it for 2 years to maintain quality. Stack pros: solid cords no more no less; faster season; less room for critters to nest in your pile Stack cons: need for pallets, time to pick up every single piece and stack it, possibly touch every piece twice depending how you load it for delivery. Pile pros: fast, fast, fast, fast. Pile cons: need to sell generous cords to make sure you sell a full cord Everytime, longer season time, critters, bottom of pile is in contact with the ground. I surely missed a few things, but a 6 yard dump and piles would probably increase you $ per hour.... nobody is breaking the bank selling honest firewood, need to be efficient.

Great effort young man. Wear gloves and continue to work safe.

Another great video. Are you keeping that splitter or do you have to take it back?

Love love love the splitter! I might want a bit bigger tractor with a higher lift capacity to lift pallets for customers and larger logs and a firewood bucket, maybe a skidding winch depending on your property. How much property do you have and how much is timber to sustain what you do now? Would you still cut firewood if you had to buy the logs.

Eastonmade are topnotch! Working on the moms don't know money for one of those!

Just a question. Do you have a spare bar and chain for your saw in case you get it pinched and can't get it loose. Years of experience cutting wood with my Dad and I bought one for him. Just take the bar off, put the spare one on, then cut your log up and relieve the pressure on the trapped bar.

Good saw if I may suggest it’s not all about the power pack it’s about the chain and the bar. I can’t teach through a comment however learning to sharpen your chain properly you don’t need jigs etc. hand free hand filing. Check out Bucking Billy Ray on YT he’s a Canadian tree faller, like the loggers in the Pac West he is the only person I’ve seen that shows you how to properly, and simply, sharpen your chain. You’ll learn a lot about saws and cutting you’ll see your cuts improve and how well your saw glides through wood. Seeing young people getting back to living right and out of the masses of society is refreshing Good Luck.

That machine make short order of splitting that wood, do you have a outside boiler or just a fireplace?

Sir, could you please do a video in reference to your wooden racks and how you built them for your side by side. New sub thank you for your videos. Much respect

I like your operation. I am curious why you did not put your splitter closer to where you were stacking your wood?

How much did it cost to buy all that equipment? Have you made the money back to cover your investment? I would love to do this, but don’t have the capital to get started just yet

The wood I used to split I can't get my arms around. I had to split them by hand. Red oak, white oak, black lotus and Elm tree. My question is how big around log will it split?

Hi Adam Do you include the price of the container in your calculation when determining the price for each bundle? Do you get the empty containers back from your clients when the new order is delivered?

Maybe a mini trailer you can load firewood in directly off the splitter to the location towed by the tractor?

Even better than a side by side is getting a older 4 cyl 4x4 Toyota Tacoma then you got bigger cargo area and it will go just about anywhere the side by side will and you got heater and ac. That's all I used to hunt with for years never needed a 4wheeler etc because it would go down all the trails had go heat and ac wasn't scared if it got scratched and I could drive from home straight to the stand. But you could always keep it off road and don't worry about a tag and insurance

a 572 would be a great addition to your tools but i think the price is getting close to a 390 and in the bigger logs you have a 390 will take a lot of time off your cutting. i own a 562 which i really like but i bought a 462 stihl which is 72 cc and the same weight as a 562 i have run 14 gallons of gas through it this winter and really like it.but once i get into the really big wood i use my 390 husqvarna although the stihl is a good cutting saw there is no comparison in bigger wood, no replacement for displacement. i am jealous of your splitter i split everything by hand yet but would love to own that model with the box wedge.

Do you think that not covering your wood and allowing it to get rained on has an effect on the dryness or quality of the wood?

May I suggest a Log Ox, the Outdoors with the Morgan's have one, so I did too. Haven't looked back. Extremely handy for moving wood

Does it make sense to stack them?

Splitting 1 cord in 20 minutes = 3 cords per hour. How many logs/rounds do you think you would need to run for a 6 hour shift?

I'm a firewood guy too, but I'm also a wood Turner. That ambrosia maple that you split into firewood is highly prized by wood turners. Worth 10 times what firewood is. I only saw that one disc laying on the ground just under the end of the splitter. If you're not sure what it looks like, let me know. I can show a sample.

That Elm choose a convenient place and time to fall.

I’ve found the weight of the chainsaw makes a much bigger difference than the speed. Keep that in mind when shopping - in my view buying a big heavy saw can be a mistake if it’s for firewood

How many cords is your goal to sell annually? Considered buying log truck loads? Id think your dead trees gotta be getting lean if you plan to grow each year.

with that new big splitter i have a feeling your not gonna be stacking cord faces much longer thats your limiting factor in how much you can do now. my friends and my old boss used to stack face cords. now my friend who processes over 100 cords a season and sells it all built a open pole barn and tarps the bottom of the barn so water doesnt splash onto the wood or come in with wind. everything else is open from like 3-4’ off the ground to the roof. hes got a stacker conveyor after his splitter. boss builts pallet floor and then stacks a face cord back wall and two side walls then fills the rest inside with firewood and stacks 8’ or so tall in the center but only burns what he splits

You need to get a stihl

I have 26 acres, and have considered adding firewood as a side cash-business. Almost 90% of the acreage is wooded. Is that enough to attempt, or a short-lived venture while waiting for new growth to replace what you've harvested? I already have the tractor and UTV, just waffling on the idea of the splitter and process in general.

I don't have any doubts that splitter can do a cord in 20 minutes. Only problem is feeding it enough wood.

A conveyor would be a good investment

Apparently I cant post a pic in here but the way ur loading that machine. Buy the EV springs from polaris then do a 2.5" lift in the front. The machine will sit level and helps with ur plow weight as well. You've seen my videos!

Hi, Nice operation. I've split six chords of wood every year for nearly fifty years. ANYTHING, you could do to keep the stresses off your lower back, hookeroon, log lift, Log Ox, etc. will figure in big-time as you get older. Ask me how I know. ;-)) Good luck and God bless. Shalom, gw

Very nice gear you have there. Where is your property located. I just subbed

You need a conveyor my friend ...

So roughly around $50,000 in equipment?

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Dumb question Why not fill your bucket from the splitter then swing the bucket to the wood pile ? I'm thinking of starting this type of life.

did you buythe splitter?

Friend of mine built a splitter. Put a 25 TON Piston on Her. It would "CUT" 24'' logs CROSS-GRAIN . Hahahahaha What a Monster.

Great video, check into LogOx to help with handling wood. I have a straight to the point video on our page about the LogOx Hauler.

Why don't you move the splitter right to the log wall ? 6 paces to the stack, 6 paces back x 100, that's 20 miles !

I forgot Sycamore tree too

You're working way harder than you need to. Move the splitter to be in line with your stack. Then unload your side by side on the other side of the splitter and use the auto feed. Then have a couple of kids. They're cheep labor.

Is that Ash?

Info on the music please!?

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Marathon jacket? I retired from them. You need a hookaroon

I would quit sawing those logs on the ground. Get them up to your landing in as long a length as is possible and then use the tractor to lift the log up and drop your rounds right there. Saves chains and your back.

Wow differences in location I guess you keep saying fire wood I could only sell stuff that big as boiler fuel most people around my parts wouldn't touch it unless it was 4×3 max I would literally have to re split your whole pile

I see alot of wasted movements in your operation. I think you could improve efficiency with some work flow planning to make your operation smoother and easier. For example you waste a ton of time stacking the logs after splitting. Why not pile up with the bucket or get a conveyor? Also, get your self a dump truck or a dump trailer to make deliveries and load with the loader and not stack by hand. Also, why not drag the tree out from the woods in as large of pieces as possible and buck up, next to splitter, that way you only have to move the logs once by hand onto the splitter deck? I guarantee you phils firewood could help you with work flow. They have an operation to learn from!

Wood is free people stop being lazy wood is free.

I got a eastonmade log splitter and it broke two hours while using it

So you dont have a real job them?

There's no way that splitter is blue and orange. It's dark green and yellow. Who do you think you're trying to fool? Pfffttt....