I like Doug’s comment…”Money will ruin friendships, so just leave it out”. 👍

That’s a lot of sweat equity!!!😂 loved the ending, thanks!

Great words of wisdom at the end. America used to know this and practice it all the time. I 67 now, but when I was a kid my dad and neighbor did this all the time. Now most people don’t even know their neighbor’s name.

Not keeping score, especially in close friendships and in marriage, is the best advice

I couldn't agree more with that quote. Good words to live by. Reminds me of the golden rule. Treat everyone the way you wanted to be treated.

The Government can't tax favors that friends do for each other.

That is probably the BEST video you've ever done. Not necessarily the content. But, for the message! I have a few friends that I will tell them, "I honor calling you friend!" There is no doubt your friends feel the exact same way about you!

Wise move Adam. There are times when ‘analysis paralysis’ just delays the inevitable. 👍

Outstanding work. You are correct about money and friendships!

Love it Adam. My dad, who claims to be a Catholic, will always use tid for tat. But that's not how it works, especially within the firewewood community. We help our own. Good for you buddy. Keep cuttin'!

Don’t keep score. That’s the key. Just do to others as you would have them do to you. Love and kindness never gets old.

Friends always help friends, nothing expected.

We need a lot more of that in our communities. The younger generations would benefit so much from lessons like you just shared. Thanks for being a great example Adam 🤠👍

If more people had the attitude of either one of you gentleman we would be much better off. Curious to see how many takers and how he will monitor project so no freeloaders take advantage of what he’s doing. And thank you👍

Love your attitude about work and helping others. You reap what you sow, and the seeds your sowing are done through love and kindness.

Words,so very true,🙏🏻🙏🏻👏👏☘️🇮🇪

Amen to that wisdom. KIndness goes along way.

Adam is the hope of our future - we need more of him everywhere. Doug is cool too.

I like your logic - Yes, money will ruin friendships!

Your a gentleman Adam, very valuable words for thought. Hope to see more videos with both you and Doug. A great duo, kinda like Batman & Robin 😊

Friends helping friends - never a bad thing. Stay safe.

Good neighbor good community.

Truer words have never been spoken! That firewood looks nice after you re-stacked it!

Great job turning that horror show into nice stacks. Totally agree on the help/favor part.

Enjoyed this video. I like your philosophy, this country needs more people thinking/acting that way.

All good thought's, thanks for trying to make this place a better place

Assembling my OS18 saw mill has come to a temporary halt. F150 is in the shop for a transmission and that's where all my ratchet straps are for lifting the engine/carriage unit. You know where to click for the update. I blame Adam for getting me into this saw mill stuff, just kidding.

Years ago, before I retired, I was a farmer. I had 2 neighbors that would ask me for help. I always helped them any way that I could. When I needed help and asked them, 1 would always have an excuse why he couldn't help. The other would always come to help. He would always be 15 minutes late, but he would be there. Guess which 1 I like to help more!!

This is a great way business between friends should be done no money just help each other. My only concern is when the younger ones get to cutting that the racks of wood doesn’t fall if they don’t happen to have the experience to know what to look for if it’s going to fall but I do like the neatness of the piles

Great video Adam. I agree with you and Doug, it is how I live my life and pass it along both with my words as well as my actions. Live by your actions as they will be more valuable than your words. You and Doug are examples of just that. 👍🏻👍🏻

Ive noticed an interesting addition to what he said: asking for favors builds your relationships. Be contientious about how big of an ask youre going for. But if someone says "let me know if you ever need anything" needing something in the next month or so will make you best friends. Just have to make sure that you turn up when they need something too.

Thanks for the wisdom you demonstrated in this video.

Good sorting and stacking 👍 I think it's great that your friend is providing an opportunity for his employees to make some extra cash that isn't necessarily job related. They will appreciate it if they have ambition and will remember him forever. The difference between a good employer and a great boss. Glad you got to repay a favor with a favor, your friend is right money ends friendships (and relatives). Good video 😊

Good tip on thinking for 5 minutes and then just starting, I often succumb to paralysis by analysis.

I befriended a younger couple on marketplace last year that was giving away a neatly stacked pile of 60 10ft long 18"-22" diameter hardwood logs from a clearing project. Without any tractor or help, i have slowly cut and split that pile and i am not done after 3 months. But that one pile will nearly pay for 1/2 of my new eastonmade 12-22. Plus we have a great friendship as well. Thanks for the video.

What a mess. Good job getting it cleaned up. You should have asked Doug to do that for you and then tell your buddy that you did it.

Awesome life lessons in this video, especially those you shared at the end 👍👍

ABSOLUTELY A GREAT wrap up to this video! Tim in northern TN

Beautiful video and gesture 🧬🦾⚡️☀️🔱

Hi Adam. Great video. I loved the philosophical closing. Thanks.

Nice job, Adam. Mutually beneficial.

Adam you’re a good man & It hard to beat great friends Have a day😊

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Thanks for the great quotes to add to my quote list.

Great job Adam nice👍

Great job and message, hello from Nova Scotia Canada

Nice job Adam. It is always nice to help oit a friend. It gives you a good feeling at the end of the job.

Great video and advice Adam! You are a light in the world pal.

Adam, you made a daunting task look easy. Also, the words at the end of your video show that you are wise beyond your years. Anyway, stay safe healthy and cool. Bill H from Cranberry Township

You’re getting really good at operating that excavator!

Amen!❤😊

thats facts i agree with that statement,

Well said Sir.

Wise words in closing

Nicely done.

Awesome video and lessons.

Looks great Adam!

Very true, we all need more fellow genuine people in this work like you and who you surround yourself with Adam. Did you get a new truck?

Thank you for showing app to help your buddy out That's what France is all about

Love the quotes!!

This was a good video. I especially liked your words of wisdom at the end.

Great video and wonderful philosophy at the end. I would be very interested in any follow-up videos on whether the young guys took up this opportunity and how it went for them.

Hope some of the workers if not take the opportunity. Had neighbors who's driveway culvert washed out. Hadn't spoken much since newer purchase but while talking to him, he mentioned they couldn't find anyone selling red dirt. I asked if he meant the red clay soil we have there. He did. He was shocked when I told him to just go take a couple scoops the need out of the hillside. Was I sure, how much for it, etc. Had to tell him I'd offer it to any neighbor or friend needing it. Even his dad had him ask again after they'd fixed their drive how much. Things are just different now.

I'm to independent to ask for help. If I need help I hire someone to help me. I don't have friends either, I have acquaintances. I found that out 24 years ago when I quit drinking.

Very impressive problem solving, Adam. Starting the problem primes the brain to figure things out. Also good quote about money and friends. You’re much more than a firewood channel, Adam. You use your college-educated brain every video.

Doug's a great guy! He probably enjoys helping you out - someone who challenges him to come up with creative solutions and give him opportunities that he wouldn't have otherwise had. You make a great team!

Wise words. If only humanity could live by them. Keep up the great work :)

Good shit!!!

Your friend is a great friend & person all around!! Doing that for his young employees is so generous!! I hope they do a great job & make lots of money!! You were so thoughtful to stack those logs for him! I love all the "food for thought" words - so true!! Thanks for another wonderful video!! God bless y'all! 🥰🙏👍

Yup,,,,,,,,u did one hell of a job,,,,,bet u were a good chess player…..Cebu ,Ph.

Good advise!

Great ethics , Adam. Decent and fine things like this will always circulate! A good video this week too! 🇬🇧👋👋🇺🇸

I've found that at times its easier and faster to move it twice rather than trying to track individual buckets to each pile. Swing it put it down make a pile. Move to the other side and swimg that pile to its bunk. Tracking takes time and beats up the tracks. Much faster to swind and drop 2 times or 3 times in most cases.

I figured you’d be jumping off the tractor for the excavator again. Nice work

What a great video... your helping out so much..gret thinking

Nice job, Adam. I strongly endorse the philosophies you shared at the end of the video. People today do not generally want to help one another.

Great job and example

Very nice and heart touch words of wisdom at the end of the video God bless you and friends of yours.

Sundays are for picking stones and getting hammered

I have a rule...I will do anything for anyone that asks me for help, but I will never ask someone to help me. It is just how I am.

Nice job Adam 👏 That's what friends are for ❤

Nice job, it’s actually fun to help friends!

I love the way you think!

Awesomeness

The taxman is shaking his fist at this video. Nice work!

Ya, I was guessing that when you were saying that you wanted to try out the tractor with the grapple vs. the mini ex, that you were going to be disappointed. I've got a tractor that's a little larger than yours, but it's got the same style grapple as you do (mine is a Frost Bite), and I just know from experience that when the logs are all laying crisscross and hodgepodge, it's a real pain in the butt to grapple them. Question for you though, who is flying your drone for you when you're working in the mini? Also, LOVE the relationship that you and Doug have.

Adam, my OCD disorder is satisfied. 😊

Great comments

Nice, but back to the pond, your answer may be in making the pond bigger by digging, which by the way, you can do,but dig away from the damn and deeper, maybe toward the beach.

I've never dealt with big bunks of wood like that. While watching you stack all those piles with your excavator my only thought is, "How is an 18 year old kid going to safely get those logs down with a chainsaw and hand tools?"

Would be curious how the planner cutters were removed and ultimately fixed by your tool and die buddy.?

good advice mate i have tried to do the same ie no $ with mates some get it but most dont funnily enough some mates dont get shit done for free anymore and some of them are paying who knows who because we dont speak

More hands make less work good job

the Lord gave us all different gifts, we all need to remember the instant we charge for or expect something in return for those gifts he can take it away just as fast

👍👍

agree

Adam, great video and message as always. I have a question, how did you get your large and heavy equipment there? Were you close enough to tram them? Did he provide transport or did you have to hire someone? As you consider doing jobs like this as an extra source of income for non-friends I was wondering how you solved the transport problem.

I know you are using the brush hog mower on back of the tractor as a counterbalance weight. Afford some real counterbalance trator weights. It will give you a goodly bit more maneuvering room needed in your log yard.

Great job and words to live by. see you still have and are using the vevor diesel tank. How's it holding up and how do you like it? I've seen a few people with them and I've been continually looking at them. Finally have forks for my avant and want the bigger tank. How's it holding up outside in the elements?

Hope you come back to see how the youngsters do?