Hauling, Cutting & Splitting Firewood & Log Splitter MOD

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Жыл бұрын

Felling dead spruce trees and hauling timber with homemade 4x4 timber trailer (with Forstman hydraulic crane), pulling the trailer with my homemade 4x4 UTV (utility vehicle) and splitting the firewood with my homemade log splitter. The felling was filmed in the beginning of November thus the absence of snow in the first part of the video. I'm also modifying the slide on the wood splitter by adding taller sidewalls so the already split firewood doesn't spill over the edges as much as it did before. It is working almost as well as I want but there are some upgrades that are definitely needed. But all of that next year. Stay tuned for future videos and thank you all for watching. Have a merry Christmas and a happy new year!
UTV build:
• 4x4 Off-Road UTV Build
Timber Trailer Build:
• 4x4 PTO Driven Timber ...
My log splitter build series: • Log Splitter Build
My other videos: kzfaq.infovideos
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Welding equipment borrowed from Spetselektroodi AS, Estonia:
Fronius TransSteel 2700 welder
Optrel Crystal 2.0 Welding Helmet
Hypertherm Powermax 45 XP plasma cutter

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@DonnDIY Жыл бұрын

More fabrication videos on kzfaq.infovideos

@rjung_ch Жыл бұрын

Just love how you tackle problems and bring forth good solutions. Happy holiday seasons to you and your family, also a great 2023!

@willboudreau1187 Жыл бұрын

The weakest link in the chain of operations necessary to process firewood is when you are using the chainsaw because that is such a low-powered machine compared to the log processing trailer and your four-wheel drive vehicle. Anytime you are on that chainsaw you are wasting time so ideally you should invent a machine that can chop your logs to length much faster than a chainsaw. A portable lumber mill Maybe?

@brainsironically Жыл бұрын

If you're getting a new motor/pump for this machine, maybe you could use the existing motor/pump to operate a little conveyor belt up that ramp? :)

@vasiabikeru Жыл бұрын

Hey Donn. What happened to your wood processing station that had a conveior belt system as well?

@junit483 Жыл бұрын

Best guess is it wasn't capable of handling larger diameter trees.

@mrl3guy Жыл бұрын

I was just about to ask the same question. I thought that he did one a year or so back.

@calvingreene90 Жыл бұрын

I thought it was built for someone else.

@youngperformance1370 Жыл бұрын

I was just going to ask the same thing. That one looked like it worked great.

@blacksheep9734 Жыл бұрын

I saw in comments to a previous video that he had sold it, but this set up he has now is a lot better, those electric splitters arnt very powerful

@-Mike-69 Жыл бұрын

I cut wood for several years, and I must say that is some serious kit you have made. You should be very proud of what you have accomplished. Well done. Merry Christmas to you and your family. And merry Christmas to everyone else in YT land. Cheers !!

@realnutteruk1 Жыл бұрын

Great to see your machines performing in the real world.... And glad to see you don't obsessively clean surface rust off before welding... MIG welding through light rust is fine!

@dreastman Жыл бұрын

You’ve certainly gotten quite skilled since the last video at operating the log boom and finding center of gravity on the logs. Love the videos! Please keep the coming!!!!

@adrianking8911 Жыл бұрын

I thought that you made a log processing machine that incorporated a chainsaw and log splitter, what’s happened to it , why aren’t you using it ?

@temyraverdana6421 Жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot and my best wishes to you and your family. See you next 2023 for more fantastic projects

@120Livi Жыл бұрын

Considering how spindly the arm looks it lifted those logs no problem! Really impressed at this whole project!

@blackbuttecruizr Жыл бұрын

Awesome! Need a chain or something to move the processed wood up the slide. Moves about a foot every time you cycle the ram.

@NavinBetamax Жыл бұрын

Yes....a used treadmill.......!!!

@runsolo7418 Жыл бұрын

Exactly, powered by the ram itself.

@runsolo7418 Жыл бұрын

@@NavinBetamax Adding another motor is just making the system more complex and it would need to be waterproofed. How about a ratchet and pawl system where every time the hydraulic piston pushes the wood it also pushes a chain conveyer up the ramp?

@NavinBetamax Жыл бұрын

@@runsolo7418 To non-complicate would be to make the chopped wood platform Horizontal and the collection bin would have to be placed lower for this setup.

@runsolo7418 Жыл бұрын

@@NavinBetamax longer, lower ramp might be better. I don't see how to lower the height of the bins?

@mlsargent51 Жыл бұрын

A minute and a half in, and already thumbs up and loving it! All that work coming together! Great Job, and Merry Christmas!

@mikebell9166 Жыл бұрын

I really like the splitter! It's working really well now. I'm not sure it needs a conveyor, not for the 2 meters or so that the wood travels, but higher sidewalls seem likely. All in all, this is a really effective combination, with the UTV/trailer/loader and splitter all working decently well.

@damienandrei727 Жыл бұрын

L expression " avoir de la suite dans les idées 💡", a été inventé pour toi ! Je suis admiratif.

@TheDerpate90 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for another year of great projects! Merry Christmas to you and your family and a happy new year. Greetings from Germany

@henriquepradines7084 Жыл бұрын

The same to you. happy christman and new year.

@be007 Жыл бұрын

merry christmas and a happy new year to every one ! thanks donny for the vids ! till next year, cheers ben.

@LouAdzima Жыл бұрын

Another great machine to add to your inventory! Good work Donn.

@Caranthir84 Жыл бұрын

Nice as always. Happy new year for you! Coming to Estonia next week, so nice to see your country again.

@olddawgdreaming5715 Жыл бұрын

Great job Donn, it's looking good, needs an escalator instead of higher walls !! Good to see The Momma and Little Man out enjoying the winter weather. Stay safe and Merry Christmas you all and your families. Fred.

@briandolbec37 Жыл бұрын

It is possible to power a small sort of escalator by the main hydraulic ram doing the splitting. A small spring loaded flap that pops up to grab the wood, folds flat when newly split wood passes over it, when the ram retracts pull the flap up via cable pushing the wood up, comes back down during the next split... Anyway, that is the basic idea...

@NavinBetamax Жыл бұрын

Use a treadmill belt system ( convoyer belt system) . You will not be restricted by gravity jamming the chopped wood and also could go higher too.

@carlthor91 Жыл бұрын

Donn, your exit chute is too steep of an angle, it needs to be longer with a lower angle, that will lower the force required to push the wood into the tote frame. Best wishes for the Holidays and the New Year, from Northern Canada.

@yodasbff3395 Жыл бұрын

Nice to see the fruits of your labor paying off. Merry Christmas and a happy new year to you and your family 👍.

@jimsvideos7201 Жыл бұрын

Nice to see all the work paying off! Happy holidays!

@jafafarinha22 Жыл бұрын

Como sempre, um projeto perfeito.Feliz Natal, e um prospero Ano Novo, para você e família

@mariomarchigiano528 Жыл бұрын

Great job and great projects.

@19Dennis53 Жыл бұрын

Awesome! You rock! I could only wish I was as talented as you!

@JMassengill Жыл бұрын

That’s an impressive piece of kit. Very nice

@johnvro967 Жыл бұрын

Hi Donn, Great job, awesome splitter. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and yours. Looking forward to more great projects in 2023.

@TorchFpv Жыл бұрын

It is so painful to see nice saw logs get cut up! Man I hate doing it every year I think this could have went for a better use 😒. Oh well the wife is warm and happy 😂👍🏼

@PeterWMeek Жыл бұрын

A conveyor that advances with the motion of the ram. (That way you don't need an additional motor.)

@thecorbies Жыл бұрын

EXACTLY what I came here to suggest.

@TopCat2021 Жыл бұрын

It's coming along wonderfully! Merry Christmas to you and your family.

@warrenhunt5556 Жыл бұрын

A very merry Christmas to you and your family and hugh thank you for all your vids through out the past year.

@MrBloodySerb Жыл бұрын

Next project, woodchipper for branches.

@neutralmind6047 Жыл бұрын

Merry Christmas to you too and a happy new year 🎉 from the USA

@famousamoso7 Жыл бұрын

Everyone seems to be suggesting a conveyor belt. I would design something like the track system of a tank where there is a central sprocket system and then have the slats attached to a chain. You can then attach angle iron "catch" like every 16" to allow for cut pieces to collect then move up the conveyor.

@DanKoning777 Жыл бұрын

Make a *small* "dirt berm" [approx 1ft], for the splitter to sit on, and lower the angle of the chute. Get your dirt for the berm from the location where the crates will sit. Should still be easy to back the splitter up onto the berm and to swap out full and empty crates. Just a thought. Btw, Merry CHRISTmas.

@poprawa Жыл бұрын

That's stuupid. He would need to lift every log extra 1ft. Storage crate lowered by 1ft is awesome idea tho, as it is lifted by equipment, that doesn't care or get back pain :>

@DanKoning777 Жыл бұрын

@@poprawa // Clearly I'm not suggesting he make the berm the exact width of the splitter, and in the shape of a box. The total berm width should accommodate the splitter and Donn, and be sloped [regarding the side he stands on]. Remember, he made the hydraulic lift that he stands by adjustable so there's room +/- to accommodate this. FYI, "stupid" is spelled with only one U. Before you say: _"I meant to spell it that way, it should've been obvious"_ please understand, the total width/shape of the berm should've been obvious as well. [edit]: Merry Christmas as well.

@tylermitchell9939 Жыл бұрын

It won't shove the wood off the correct end even if it was level it just starts piling up every direction tried myself I had to go with a conveyor belt

@DanKoning777 Жыл бұрын

@@tylermitchell9939 // In the end I'm confidence Donn will make whatever adjustments are needed to make this work efficiently, either via more design mods, or some external changes like those suggested. That works out good for us i.e. another video!

@jonasstahl9826 Жыл бұрын

He want to electify the splitter anyway, I would just use the conveyorbelt he build for the firewood processor, no need to bother with the slide.

@BOBBYBUTTE-ld9br 11 күн бұрын

GREAT JOB. REAL EASY TO USE .

@BarnStangz Жыл бұрын

Happy Christmas to you and yours Donn! The splitter is going to be a big time saver! Looks cold, we have a blizzard moving though right now, -30 F with the wind chill. Stay warm pal!

@jamesa7506 Жыл бұрын

Making light work of a heavy job! 👍 Merry Christmas to you and your family.

@ayatotakema1194 Жыл бұрын

add a lifepo4 battery to your atv and charge from alternator to use with electric pump (dont forget battery heater)

@danwolf307 Жыл бұрын

Another sweet build! What happened to the timber trailer? I'm guessing you had propshaft bind but I don't know. That was a lot of work building the gear cases to not have it work, just curious. Merry Christmas and happy new year!

@Ron-rs2zl Жыл бұрын

I questioned that very issue shortly before it left the shop. Something didn't look right to me, not like an articulated tractor or log skidder.

@lawrenceveinotte Жыл бұрын

Needs a conveyor, something simple like a hay conveyor chain, your fighting the greatest force in the universe, gravity.

@r.h.b.4980 Жыл бұрын

I was thinking about how creative you are and thought a conveyer that moved up every time the ram moved would be a problem solver and no added motor just a drop and drag link between the ram and the belt mechanism.

@president2 Жыл бұрын

Love it keep it up ❣️

@Posredstvennyye_Proyekty Жыл бұрын

I live in a big city but still want one of those 😅

@dcranch4820 Жыл бұрын

Thats a great way to get your logs out of the woods. That little trailer with the loader is awesome. I never knew anything like that was available!!

@SteveP-vm1uc Жыл бұрын

That was a beautiful, straight tree.. I think you should be milling lumber with such nice trees!!

@BenNawrath Жыл бұрын

Ya know, I wondered what you were using the winch for. Now it makes total sense.

@visionisscaryYTg Жыл бұрын

Merry Christmas, thanks for some of the best YT content available!

@TheToolmanTim Жыл бұрын

I can see a conveyor belt coming soon for that ramp.

@mcg6762 Жыл бұрын

My dad built a machine that both cuts and splits the log at the same time using a hydraulic knife coming down from above. Saves the chainsaw work.

@rocyjosy2219 Жыл бұрын

Great job there ❤️

@asbjrnkvisle5831 Жыл бұрын

Just impressive 😀

@letmelooktv Жыл бұрын

that chain saw at around 2:25 made me jump lol.

@FerTilizerNo.2 Жыл бұрын

Recommended to be built as a conveyor belt would be more suitable.

@doylerabjohn3435 Жыл бұрын

Great add-on, Marry Christmas to you as well

@patrikpersson9446 Жыл бұрын

Some slick plastic and it's fine!

@tomre2769 Жыл бұрын

Got used to silence with the timelapse, then jumped in my seat when your chainsaw suddenly piped up :-)

@Crewsy Жыл бұрын

Well done Donn. It works so well you don’t get as much of the warmth out of the wood that splitting usually creates. 😉 Merry Christmas to you and your family.

@kp1075 Жыл бұрын

Project suggestion to streamline firewood production; log chopper with conveyer belt

@Benoit83B Жыл бұрын

He did a complete serie on that... Buy don't know why he is not using it anymore🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

@robertmolnar9637 5 ай бұрын

Ezt a fát luxus eltüzelni.

@Severomorskyi_Hermit Жыл бұрын

Beautiful work with new details. Happy New Year and Merry Christmas)).

@jmanatee Жыл бұрын

Small conveyor belt or chain belt for the chute Would be a good video

@kaervas Жыл бұрын

Think the sides are not the problem but the end, that should be widest and have an inclination Grat videos anyway

@17sillybilly 3 ай бұрын

Amazing skills. I wish I had the know-how to carry out a project like that.

@Gin-toki Жыл бұрын

Merry Christmas to you and your family Donn :) Will be looking forward to see your next projects in the new year :)

@toady..9833 Жыл бұрын

narrow chute, tall sides. wont let the logs spread out so far will force them up towards crate easier as its pushing less weight 👍

@mihkus Жыл бұрын

That little cylinder works quite well still, at least you have speed, no need for conveyor either

@famousamoso7 Жыл бұрын

He needs a more narrow chute or a conveyor as you can see even with higher rails it just gets bogged down from firewood and he had to stop and clear it out.

@JanMuell42 Жыл бұрын

Maybe you can put some wax or oil on the slide so that the wood moves upwards easier? It looks like there is a lot of friction going on

@eduarddvorecky3731 Жыл бұрын

Honestly at this point i would just add small motor, one wheel, conect them with bike chain, and weld small tabs/ paddles on the chain every so often to just pull wood up the shoot. If motor is too much, make one way paws, put them on bar and connect it to spliting piston so each time it retracts, it pulls the chain. It can even be similar to pullcord like on small engines to start them.

@famousamoso7 Жыл бұрын

I had the same exact thoughts to the conveyor into the piston as it would eliminate an additional motor/power requirement of this.

@Sinarglondong 10 ай бұрын

very nice to see, nice to meet you

@dennis82468 Жыл бұрын

You need to build a conveyor to dump the wood in your crate 😉

@kenn5894 Жыл бұрын

We really enjoy your videos. Thank you. I'm curious if you have the driveshaft installed between the UTV and your AWD trailer now. For a while it wasn't hooked up. Thank You. Happy Holidays.

@tomfrederick6083 Жыл бұрын

Next modification, a conveyor belt!

@punkbloater Жыл бұрын

Beautiful work my son! 😄 Wish you and your family a great Christmas and a happy new year! 🎅🏼

@uowebfoot Жыл бұрын

Awesome. Next on the list. Something to cut the logs into smaller pieces.

@kenneysheppard7763 Жыл бұрын

Really nice set up you built. I enjoyed watching. My only suggestion is we have a similar setup and the ramp/conveyor is sanded smooth. It’s still not as good as an actual conveyor. Thanks for the content.

@edisonmogollon8065 Жыл бұрын

Amigo casi me congelo viendo el vídeo jajaja, buen proyecto saludos.

@JDeWittDIY Жыл бұрын

Do you still have your automatic firewood processor that cuts, splits, and elevates the split firewood?

@miliz22 Жыл бұрын

Sellise haagisega ikka lust toimetada, ülejäänud puidu metsas soovitan hakkeks kokku korjata, saad kuludelt vähe tagasi. Edu ja jõudu ;)

@damiankonefon5725 Жыл бұрын

Super 👍👍👍💪💪💪

@hollandduck79 Жыл бұрын

Hello from the Netherlands . Merry Christmas 🎄Donn and Family thanks for the video Donn . Sincerely, Hollandduck

@kenwood8665 Жыл бұрын

Really enjoyed your video

@yeagerxp Жыл бұрын

Good job 👍👍👍Thank you for sharing. Take care of yourself, be safe, and healthy 🇨🇦 Wishing you and your family a MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR 🎅🎄

@KnogMakkan Жыл бұрын

Maybe some thin plastic on the slideway makes the firewood slide more easy?

@NickDangerThirdGuy Жыл бұрын

If you put the last foot or so of the ramp on a sprung hinge, the weight of the wood would tip the end down and empty itself before the mass of wood started to impinge upon the lower end. Nicely Done, in the mean time.

@mementomori6018 Жыл бұрын

2:26 Thanks for the jumpscare.

@williamdawson3353 Жыл бұрын

A very Merry Christmas to you and your family. Be safe.

@solarfunction1847 Жыл бұрын

Merry Christmas to you & the family

@garychurch-smith9017 Жыл бұрын

Wishing you and yours Very Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year

@creativitychannel712 Жыл бұрын

OK so good, I very enjoied

@AngelLuisTrinidad Жыл бұрын

I think you should change the angle of the chute, it is too steep and the chute gets clogged. If the angle was more flat, you wouldn't have the problem of pieces of wood droping to the dirt.

@jesselyall7519 Жыл бұрын

Merrychristmas!! Godbless

@mriwayanofficial69 Жыл бұрын

Succes my freand👍

@batnrs1 Жыл бұрын

Merry Christmas to you and your family!

@PAINFOOL13 Жыл бұрын

Merry Christmas Donni 🎄🌟🕊

@ondrahouska8035 Жыл бұрын

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays.Happy New Year Mr Diy.😁P.S. Lots of new projects and ideas. Looking forward Ondřej Houška your faithful follower. 🍺😁 Czech Republic

@samsdad638 5 ай бұрын

First time viewer. Amazing DIY! Thought for sure you wasted a piece of metal on the side rails but voila, the cutoff matched the end piece perfectly. A small detail I would not have gotten right. Great content!

@bigsawmill333 Жыл бұрын

Wow, great video! I liked it very much)

@davidspilman531 Жыл бұрын

Watch you all the time I don’t comment to much but as sharp as you are you need a conveyer of all the stuff you build your waisting time when you have to pick up and pull all the wood off your shoot !! Really enjoy your videos Thank you and Happy Holidays to you and your family