Welcome to Ben's Firewood on RU-vid. My name is Ben and I operate a small firewood side business in southern Michigan. I hope to show some of the things I do when gathering and processing firewood that you may find entertaining. Enjoy!
@@adirondackwoodsman yeah, they’ll save on clothing,…and skin as well, lol. My brother in law was the one that told me about it. I didn’t k ow what he was talking about because he didn’t really know what it was called. Went to Home Depot and put him on FaceTime, and he showed me which one he was talking about.
How are you liking that 500i? I love mine. It cuts really nice. I just keep the chain touched up, and it’s always ready to go. Do you sell your firewood? Or is it all for personal use?
@@bensfirewood gotcha. I’ve thought about a bigger saw 😁. It would be more of a “want” purchase than a need. Who knows?? I know for sure that I’ll get a smaller one by the end of the year.
Beautiful load of cherry! I like your measuring tool. I hate paying to replace mine when it gets busted up out in the wood yard. Do you have a link for the studded magnets? Thanks for sharing.
I don't have a link to the exact magnets. A friend of mine orders them in 100 packs for a product he produces. They are very similar to these: www.amazon.com/dp/B0C49B62GF/ref=sspa_dk_rhf_search_pt_sub_3/?_encoding=UTF8&ie=UTF8&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9yaGZfc2VhcmNoX3BlcnNvbmFsaXplZA%3D%3D&pd_rd_w=P8aBX&content-id=amzn1.sym.74b85f4a-bfbe-49a3-8252-7e9927a19318&pf_rd_p=74b85f4a-bfbe-49a3-8252-7e9927a19318&pf_rd_r=0X2E4GN37HY153R8C78G&pd_rd_wg=5leU6&pd_rd_r=4366c3d3-9ca0-4969-aebe-8e7e2b8e5834&ref_=sspa_dk_rhf_search_pt_sub&th=1
Hey Joe, I agree. Once in a while when you get one with an angle cut, it can pop out on you. Usually not too big an issue, but if not paying attention, it can be a bit dangerous.
98% of the wood that I split with my Ultra I use the single wedge because I like to control the size and shape of the pieces. I only break out the 4-way when most of the rounds that I need to split are 8”-12” in diameter.
Thanks for commenting. From my experience, Walnut seasons faster than Oak. The bark seems to hold quite a bit of moisture, but the wood itself dries quite nicely.
I am also pretty particular about size of splits. Like you, I usually only use the 4-way when I have quite a pile of rounds in that 8"-12" range. I recently got a load of Oak and Hickory logs from a logger that were all on the small side (6"-12"). The 4-way worked awesome. I set it kind of high so that in most cases the two pieces on the top came out the right size, then I split the bottom two pieces one more time each. The 4-way definitely saved me time on that wood and it didn't create a crazy amount of scrap either.
