Hey Chris! Awesome video today with Eric! Super enjoyed as always! Thanks for sharing with us! Lots of great wood production! See you tomorrow! Andrew from NB :)
Thank you very much . We must never forget to pay attention when we use cutting tools . i tt syun no yu dan . Mar. 30th 2023 Thu. 21:52 from Yokohama City Japan
@@annmariekowalski7505 Hi Ann!!😀😀 We only had a little rain and a little thunder and lightning . Hopefully we won't get any bad weather this afternoon.
I know how you always say you don't mind the exercise etc and I don't like to be one to spend other people's money 🤣🤣 but watching that conveyor got me to thinking,I always see them going at auction for fairly cheap. Maybe a couple more conveyors added to the wood fleet and you could just conveyor it straight from the splitter out to the bins. Keep up the great work, the new wood yard is starting to take shape 🍻
Checked four other channels , Nary a single peanut gallery in any of them. They picked In The Wood Yard today 🥱 HOWDY DOODY AINT HERE, AND HE AINT COMING 🤪
@bert brei Good Afternoon Bert. We are under a severe weather alert for tomorrow. Most of last weeks snow is gone. Back to mud. I have the saws staged for some downed trees. A sugar maple and an ash are listing to the east, hanging on by their imagination. That should keep me busy for a day or two. Rain, snow, sleet, grapple and even tornado was mentioned.
A lot of comments about time to resplit- I say that processer saved hand chainsaw work ,moving rounds out of way then splitting the big rounds up. Amazing amount of wood fast.👍👌🇺🇸🇨🇦
I don’t think there’s any question that the processor saves a ton of time , but could you imagine the free time he would have if there was no or very little re-splits
I was splitting up cookies all day yesterday. I sell a lot of the very short firewood to people that have the new Solo fire pits and for the folks with small buck stoves.
G’morning Chris. Nice work making the pieces that went from big pieces to little pieces, even smaller pieces. Most best movements into multiple trailers. GoodNightIrene
Truck load tuned into firewood every day definitely a lot of wood. Hope dry up fast there I hate mud. Winter seem to still be hanging on here. Keep up the good work.
Great Job! With the output of the processor you will need more bins and a bigger bucket on that tractor! Also a lot more logs to process! Keep cranking and keep us warm!
Wow, all this rework you have to do is crushing my soul! You should talk to Eric at Eastonmade about adding one of those box wedges like on the Japa processors that you can cycle the splitting head back and forth as you process the round through the box wedge. Produces very uniform size product. Yes you would spend more time on the processor but no rework!
I found a full metal jacket bullet in a Cherry tree last week...It didn't have a scratch on it and did not mushroom out at all. I wondered how many trees it went through before stopping in the Cherry! I think everybody is having some concrete envy this morning! It has to eventually dry up some, right? Thanks for the video....
Chris, just an FYI. We are staying in a ski lodge in UT at about 8600 feet above sea level. The lodge is buying pinion pine for $750/cord delivered and stacked. Super dry . I can’t imagine how far they have to drive to get to the lodge, and they have to get the wood up the canyon which is about a 4000 ft elevation gain.
I may be commenting early. But, would a different wedge on the splitter prevent re-soliting? I know log diamitor varies widely. The small logs get pounded in to pulp. And large results in re splitting. Hell, I had to come back and edit. Can you sort large and small logs? Switch wedge that works best. Im not being a dick. 🍻🇺🇸
@@InTheWoodyard oh I know. I scrounge my wood for free. It seems that your logs that were being run through the processor were two sizes. Say 22"-12" and 12"-7" . Sorting logs and using a wedge that works best for each group. I don't know the options for wedges you have. Im just trying to think of a more efficient process. I love the new larger wood yard. Also your new furry friends. 👍
Nice work Carlson Bros. This was a day that wouldn't have been possible with out that nice cement work area. Re-splits are just part of the processor process it would appear, to get the size of wood that you & your customers want. Single wedge has developed some "battle scars" from the hidden metal. GNI
Just watch your fingers. Fatigue and haste set the stage for a terrible accident. Yes, your production and efficiency are terrific yet safety has to be the priority.
Why the time/labour intensive re-splitting? Obvious question but why not have a knife assembly in the processor that would alleviate the additional process stage?
My customers want smaller splits and the Jappa company has a patent on box wedges that no one else can use on firewood processors. We are working on a solution.
I use a Swiss processor in a 10 hrs day done two semi load that had 18 to 19 cords on them each . I let it run off the conveyor into big pile off firewood Chris .
Do you feel like you're going to have more wood this year because of your new location and all you can do there? It looks like it. Truly enjoy all your videos!!!
What you call good hard one day my only problem is this is why I won't buy a wood processor I like doing things with my wood splitter I do it once and that's it's done the more you handle it the more profit you lose just my opinion I think I still have one the government hasn't taken that away yet
The same canopy that keeps the sun off the splitting operators could be the same canopy that keeps the operators dry as well. As long as the wind is not too bad. GNI
What did I say to upset you Chris? I listen with headphones while working my Day job and you gave me the silent treatment, not even music. I think someone screwed up on editing this video. 😅 well at least I got a short nap in during silent time. Thanks and keep splitting.
So as someone just observing, is the processor truly that much faster considering how many more times the wood is handled? I know that cuts and splits are quicker, would you need a 6 way splitter for the bigger wood so that you wouldn't have to handle it again? NO judgement here, just curios is all. Amazing how much wood you already have there already!!
One thing you don’t see is all the “re-splits” done automatically as he’s just splitting with the Ultra. So there’s not really any benefit with either machine. The processor just is a lot “pickier” I’m seeing watching Chris’ videos and other channels running processors. Has to be pretty straight, long. Not a lot of crotches etc. not too small, not too large…. A splitter just pretty much eats anything and before you toss it onto the conveyor, it’s what you want in size.
@@janosvadas Thanks for the info Jon! I'm from a family that has many generations of loggers, so have seen all of this for quite some time. All I meant was that it seems that you are handling the wood more when using the processor if indeed the wood is larger and pieces need to be split again.
I don’t think people realize how much “re-splitting” you’re doing by multiple splits without dropping it off the splitter. Just an observation. Bust it up with a single or 4-way, you’ll still be “re-splitting” 2-3 quarters again anyway. So it’s not any less than running a processor.
@@janosvadas I think you forget that I grew up in a logging family, so whether I see "re splits " here on a video or not... I've seen this my whole life; I am not criticizing here, simply asking whether deciding what size fits on the processor best or what size splitter is best, simply to save some time. That's the whole point here, and nothing more. .
It is so easy to be an ‘armchair’ expert, commenting from afar! However, as I see it re splitting on that scale has to be counter-productive! The Eastonmade you have seems to be far too robust for splitting recreational logs…more for heating! The Japa 405 would be ideal! Granted you would struggle with the larger rounds, but bucking larger timber would satisfy your love of chainsaw use…! Moreover, free kit is not to be ‘sniffed-at.’ Maybe Andrew Easton does supply a mid range machine, like the Japa 405, with its box wedge! If not surely it’s a major gap in his range! Len (Devon 🇬🇧)
Hey Chris, I was wondering how your friend Adam is how do you make out with his thumb? I had to have surgery for mine. I hope he’s doing fine. I’m good now just have to take my time. Be careful.
@@InTheWoodyard Ahhhhh Haaaa The process continues!! Great vid tday... The look on your face when you were explaining where you were put the respite wood was one of incredulity on the amount of wood you guys processed!!
Chris I am very surprised you were resplitting on the concrete, I really thought you would have taken the trailers, conveyor and splitter out in the field beside the 1st pile and started a second one. Less handling.
I just don’t understand the whole respilting. I wonder would it be just as fast or faster if one was to gas axe logs by hand then feed a box wedge 12/22 or 22/28 right into trailer. No resplit, no fuel going thru tractor and processor. Part of me thinks it would be a more efficient use of 2 able bodies than having one dedicated to the tractor and one to the processor?!
The customers demand very specific fire wood. And the 22MB requires pretty specific wood. Too large too small too crooked or too gnarly wood just makes a mess.
Yup, in a perfect world with perfect straight wood and perfect clear knot free wood with perfect size for that wedge it might work. But in the real world that is how it works, not perfect.
I'm curious to know if it is a regional thing for the firewood to be split so slender. The logs you produce are longer than is the norm here in Scotland but no thicker. So I'd be interested to know if the stoves are generally wider but no deeper or taller. I'd love a stove that accommodated longer and thicker logs. Less filling the stove and a denser load on the trailer allied with a longer overnight burn and less splitting in the spring. I mean no criticism, I'm simply curious. Regards from Scotland
The majority of Chris's customers burn his wood in either fire places, or fire rings on the patio. I can't remember him mentioning actual wood stoves, . There are people like Bert who use much different wood chunks for the sole purpose of heating buildings.
@@jeanvaljohn3921 fireplaces are kind of on the way out here in the UK. The efficiency of stoves for heating is a well documented and advertised facet of advertising over here.Most open fireplaces have been adapted for a stove. Many have 'back boilers' water heating devices for central heating too . I guess that each area has its own preference and I sure don't think there is a right or wrong. Thanks for the reply.
@@longlowdog you are welcome, These customers have the financial well being to pay for the ambiance , small amount of heat , Money to burn , So to speak
I bet he’s still time ahead even with the re-splits , but would be nice to reduce the amount of them, feels like there’s more re-splits now than at his old wood yard
BECAUSE OF YOU, I just ordered the cordless Dremel last night, and a few sets of stones from EzzDoo! Damn, watching RU-vid keeps costing me money LOL. 🙂 I'm anxious to get it and try it though. I'm also about to pull the trigger on a larger, 74HP tractor. Man, I've GOT TO stop watching you and Tony!
My father is going to build a firewood cleaner sorter in his spare time. He won’t tell anybody how it works. He says it’s going to be awesome. I just wonder if he actually has a design figured out. Lol He just knows things.
Yeah , nine people and four Easton Axis splitters and 16 chain saws and four more trailers would be better, But what a flippin headache that would be 🤯
Chris, I love your videos but I still can't see how a processor is worth the trouble if you are going to resplit it. You had 1-2 other people helping you both days and it takes as much time to resplit as it would to just do it the first time. It makes good videos, but unless I could get a box wedge with the processor, I would not want to handle the wood 2 more times, especially after spending that kind of money on a processor. I realize you were given yours and need to do videos on it, but it seems like too much extra work if it won't split to the size you need the first time.
Using the processor is 3 times faster and 10 times easier for producing firewood. Re-splitting is pretty common for big crooked tree service wood. Perfect wood will be much better.
Two things to make it a better video: Eric really needs to quiet down!!... And let the Ultra push off some of the wood. It did the work, it should have some of the fun! - And what Ann Marie said!
@@jeanvaljohn3921 Chris would be alright, he's such a dandy! Kenny is the one to worry about. He's such a fashion plate! He'd be tearing around on his tractor with his tuxedo tails flappin' in the breeze. Safety faux pas!! The big risk would be Kenny leaving the big money firewood business, then stepping in and takin' over the New York and Paris fashion business!! I'm sure he could fake the limp wrist persona! He'd prob waste all his time and fame, lookin' for beaver!! Have to make gopher hats! All we can do is give our sympathies to the people of N. WI! We should maybe leave off huntin' for beaver, and buy some gopher hats!! GLK (good luck Kenny).
