I cut plastic car-wash barrels in half, yielding two large "buckets" drill holes and make rope handles. Cut a piece of old garden hose and slide over the rope before tying off, makes a nice handle. All of the slash goes into the barrels, then off to the fire pit. You can use the carwash "buckets" to store numerous slash bundles. -Two methods for tightening up the twine bundles: 1. Make a tourniquet out of a small stick, twist the twine a few turns and "lock" the tourniquet stick into the bundle or into the twine to keep it from unwinding. 2. Use a wedge shaped slash piece, after tying, stick the wedge shaped piece in the center of the bundle, and tap it home with a mallet, to tighten the bundle.

You have invented the woodhound/log.

Hi Dan. I’d put 5-6 pieces in your bundles or bag as kindling and sell in a different colored bag. People seem to always have problems starting fires. See you tomorrow night.

You could even throw the slash bundles in the boiler also. stack them in the shed.

I never have any "Slash" left cause it all ends up in the Wood burner... Thanks Dan..

Two twine strings with a tail. Then take the tail over to the other string and tie it off. Makes a handle to carry the bundle. I make firewood bundles this way. Good luck.

I move my slash bins (made of old pallets screwed together) close to the boiler and stuff all that material in when starting, in the shoulder seasons, or when I just stoke it up a bit to get the water temp up before I give it the big overnight wood. I use a couple sets of crossed 2x4s to make a pair of raised V shaped stands, toss smaller brush and sticks onto them, and bundle them similarly with twine so I can burn them off in the boiler. It's not a significant fuel source, but it gets rid of them pretty well.

Great job for the little man

See ya tomorrow night Dan,I have a ton of slash myself,wish I had the market for it.

Also Dan i Think your on to Something with Putting your Slash Piece's in The Wolferidge Bagger and Tie Your Back 40 Slash Pack with 2 Pieces of Twine and Putting it your Fire Pit 👍

Use them to start your fire in the wood boiler for the winter months. See someone already mentioned it when I came up with the idea. Even sell them for couple bucks or so.

Good morning Dan! Great idea!

You can always throw it in your wood boiler. Remember all wood burns. No it won't last for 12 hrs. but that gets rid of it. And the rip roaring fire will help burn the crap out of the pipe you had trouble with.

Good idea Dan. When you put the slash bundle on the fire - stand is up on end and when the rope burns it will fall in a random pattern over the flames. Stay safe.

Good Day My Friend, I put all my Slash in Boxes to use in my Wood Stove Downstairs in the Basement. It keeps my Fire Going and if it goes out I can easily start it Back Up. I start saving it now so come October its all ready to go. I may Start up a Small Roadside Stand Honor System. Depends on what I can do. See you tomorrow Night Dan, stay Safe. Ron from the Woodyard in Duanesburg. PS- NOT OVER DOING IT, JUST ENOUGH TO GET A LITTLE DONE.

I can see you filling some totes with the Slash-Packs and burning them at the beginning of the heating season. As long as you are a hobbist (roll the music, please), and doing this for fun, a dollar saved is a dollar earned. Keep up the great videos.

Great idea, Dan. It's worth a try. I thought you might use it as practice nailing the car port lol. Bill

The Slash Pack, great name👍🏼

Could you add like 5 pieces of slash per bundle? I know it's a drop in the bucket, but still would be getting rid of a little.

I save all the good burnable slash and put it in 275 gal IBC plastic tubs with the top cut off, no bark no dirt, big and small I sell it all. I then scoop it into bags and sell it as Fire Starter. I sell them for $5 a bag and also give away one free bag of fire starter with 4 bundle bags or a $ 20 or $30 box. Do I sell a bunch of them? No ...Do I sell them ? Yes people do buy them. It's using something that was otherwise trash as a marketing tool. People love free stuff, especially when they're buying something just to burn it.

Shifty you need to get the new Wolf Ridge slash burner, talk to Bob Nelson!

For the stuff on the ground already. Being theres lots of stuff around, probably a hole in the ground. Light it off. Otherwise shove in boiler. 3rd option give away. . Granted im accustomed to lighting piles off the size of your house. With no structures within a 1/4 mile. And have equipment on hand to keep things under control. . Cool to see your products at the Hoosier raffle. One serious adventure for me wandering across the country for the event.

Nice slash pack. It would work well in your boiler early and late season when don't need all nighters in there. Take care. See you in about a month

Making the best of the "slash". Nice!

Could you chip the rest

Wood chipper then turn to compost.

Good Morning Dan

hi there back in the late 80s when i was doing bundles i also used bailing twine . i made a open cradle and tied it in 2 spots , i left the twine long then tied another round stick in the top for a handle ,remember this was when bundled firewood was a new thing and the was no plastic wrap , About the only thing was plastic strapping and binders ., i think you have a smart/good plan and should put it out on your stand , make a spot for it , what do you have to loose ,just time , good show john ps i still have the cradle some where in the back ,

If I lived near you, I would buy them. two packs for a weekend camping trip.

Hi Dan I think you should Sell your Slash Pack in your Red Bags Once your Potential Customers See your Demonstration On This Burning in the Fire Pit it Will be Easier to Handle and Less Messer in There Cars 👍

Nice!!! In my area I know people who sell bundles like that in their roadside stands next to "regular " bundles. I don't do it myself, as I don't have that much slash. But I think if you wanted to you could definitely sell those alongside your bags at your stand.

Just put in all in IBC totes and save to burn in the outdoor boiler. Use during the day when your around to keep filling.

I have a similar dilemma in that I produce a lot more boiler block type material than I can use myself. Some sells, but not nearly enough. It's a hard pill to swallow, but I saw a video by Allen Family Firewood that said quit picking up the change when the dollars are right here. It comes to a point where perhaps dumping it is the best option. 🔥

If you like burning it, someone else will too! Missed opportunity I think. Kindling bundles are usually more expensive and smaller. If you use your regular firewood bags just increase price to make up for extra handling. People love good burning smaller firewood!

When I was a kid we had a local sawmill that ran on steam power, and they used their sawdust and cutoffs (waste) to fire the boiler! Perhaps an idea?

Time for a wolfe ridge fire pit!!!

Great idea, and Twine is fine

A wheelbarrow is my friend. But those kindling bundles would work great putting in a fire ring. Did you see Wolfe Ridge's new fire ring? $499.00 plus shipping and you can own one. Lol

To possibly help with the process and to avoid having to tip the bundler over, create a false bottom inside the bundler so that the slash pieces stick out about 8", then tie with the twine. Never know until you try. The pieces would already be tied together if you did have to tip it over. Hope to see you tomorrow night.

Another idea......buy a chipper and run it all through that, then sell the chips as mulch! HA HA

Twine is fine! 😂 That will burn nice.

Those bundles look like a great idea, I do agree they should burn great in the boiler as well. In my area kindling wood is very important and I do sell it along with my bundles of wood.

Use a bundle wrapper. Nice tight bundle!

Looks like a plan! I wonder if you could make the "slash bundles" using a velcro strap which you could undo and retain (and then reuse) as you empty the bundle into the fire. Just think that this might be a bit quicker when bundling.

I thought the same about kindling until I started selling it and now I sell almost as much kindling as I do firewood from our roadside stands. It may seriously be worth a try.

Dan, since Joe has gotten a new live deck, maybe you could acquire his old live deck?

Seems like you could use a couple of the slash pieces in each bag to make it tight at the end.

Dan,those slash packs look 👀 like 👍 a nice addition to the fire pit area you won’t have to use your hands just grab the baling twine and put it in the fire pit 🔥✅😮😊❤

Good idea. I think they would sell.

Time to get a PTO wood chipper for your tractor and chip up the slash. Either that or have Rick (tree service guy) bring his chipper and dump truck to haul away the wood chips.

Maybe you can use a piece of wire. Something like the guys that set up the rebar use they even have a cheap tool to spin tight the wire. Than when you clean the ashes you can remove the wire. You can make smaller bundles maybe the equivalent of a standard log to burn.

I have been burning the slash for a few years now. In some cases, i can't keep up on it, so i haul it off to the local yard waste facility.

I stopped making kindling due to the abundance of never ending Amazon boxes. 😂

I wood buy that stuff all day long for camping. Just keep a nice small fire going for atmosphere.

How much longer will you be able to do that?

I would burn it in a burn barrel when i am out in the cold splitting. I do it for my heat outside in the winter

It’s worth a try to see if there is a market for buying them near you. You are putting time into it, so why not try to sell it as discounted firewood.

Have you considered using the slash to tighten up your saggy bags instead of adding a regular split or two?

Ya won't know if ya don't try. You're in WI, shouldn't be a shortage of baling twine around.

Hi Dan...interesting topic. Maybe try selling some of the better / consistent pieces in a loose bin or bundles, at a discounted rate from your stand. Check out the twine style tourniquet method for bundling on KZfaq. They get pretty tight. I usually bundle some of my odd splits and give them to my bulk wood customers for kindling.

Good morning Dan, I just sent you an email through your website.

Get a second hand bundler.

You should you tube how to tie tight knots with rope. I'm sure you can find one that will work. They make nice bundles

Love the slash pack idea. You going to sell those at your stand ??

you could try a constrictor knot

Great idea but I don’t think 4 slash packs are enough.

Advertise it for sale, come get a load. Set a price. You might be surprised how many people will come get it.

Use balling wire

Buy a mulcher and then you can sell it, use it, or give it a way as mulch.

i personally think that they would sell on the stand spend some time thinking i'm processing it 4A sellable item

What about cheap burlap bags? No plastic!

Tie your kindling with the "truckers " knot...

Paper grocery bag?

Maybe use paper bags to or your slash? At least for your use

Majority of that stuff in your "Slash Packs" would make it into my bags of firewood I sell. You say it burns good for you on your campfires. Should burn good for your customers.

You have that Amazon box issue also? My wife orders so much, the driver stopped by the other day to make sure we were OK. He hadn't had a delivery to us in 2 days.

i like black locus firewood larg pcs burn for long time and very hot

how much is slash pack

Is this something you are going to sell?

cant do what fro much longer

Have the kid sort and bag it all. Let him keep the money from it.

Get an axis problem solved

If you can’t tie a knot tie a lot

Amanda should were tiny bikini live will probably go viral

How about quit using the particular machine or type of wedge that produces so much of this....slash is another word for waste. Whichever machine you are using to split wood that produces so much waste, needs to be your last resort machine, not your primary.

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