Yeah I have to cut a good bit of kindling especially now where you start a fire and let it go out but when it gets colder we usually keep the fire going
My health has slowed me down on cutting and splitting. I buy firewood from one man he throughs in his dry oak and hickory bark. Makes great kindling. A little fatlighter and a roaring fire gets going quick.
Hi Chris. I am watching all of your videos from the very first you published. I just learned of the loss of your mother from the video just before the beaver trapping series. My wife and I will include your family in our prayers. Keep up the great work on your videos. Kenny is a pistol!
There is a tree that grows in Maryland It has a wide leaf and kinda thorny seed. When it rains,the tree gives off a really good smell,after a rain storm.is it a birch tree? I'm not sure.all I know is it smells good after it rains.
In my youth, I was recruited to hire on at a farm for general labor on a half-day schedule. I was shocked to learn that the farmer considered a half-day to be twelve hours!
I’m in total agreement, there is no way you can pay for your time and effort messing with kindling! You have premium wood to sell, kindling needs to go to scrap pile.
Good morning Chris. If Bo is anything like Kenny, you’ll have a very productive and entertaining day in the Wood Yard 🪵 stacking cherry tomorrow. Cannot wait to see.
Giving kindling to your good customers will be appreciated. Starting fires every day uses a lot of kindling. And it reduces your waste stream. I’m pretty sure using the orange wheelbarrow is not going to make you fat!
Good day Chris, for you it doesn’t make a lot of sense to mess with the kindling, a real time suck as you say. When I buy groceries I always buy paper bags, help the paper producers, out here paper gets a bad rap, some actually believe old growth is be cut to make, don’t realize planted like rows of corn. Double up bags, cut my shop scraps load bags fairly tight, won’t rip, when bags almost empty burn bags also . Bags 10 cents out here, maybe consider for loyal customers . Could even triple for added strength. Have a good evening
I started throwing a small handful of kindling in the center of each bundle. It’s not a lot, but enough to start a fire or two, and is a nice little freebie for the customer.
"Someone's trash is always someone else's treasure" ........... (｡◕‿◕｡) That kindling there surely would be like gold in some big cities. Nice wave at the end. Ha ha Nara Launceston, Tasmania
With all the saw dust/wood bits you clean up, the mounds of black dirt (berms) and all that grass, you could use that tractor and dump trailer to manufacture and deliver premium composted garden soil, another side hustle lol.
So I delivered 16 facecords this weekend. In 2019 I tried storing in 1 facecord bags. Success! No stacking! Bags I put on a pallet. For delivery I lift the pallet and bag in the dump trailer. Tilt pallet until bag falls over. Underneath are two loops to chain onto. Lift chain with forks and it all dumps out. Push firewood to the front with the next bag. Tilt, hoist, dump and repeat. Loading a cord takes about 15 minutes. Yes it’s easy and will make me fat. I also have a hay conveyor so that makes loading the bags a breeze.
Wow, look at them chicken legs. I myself cannot work in long leg pants when it's 80+ deg outside. I keep a 1,200lb Gorilla cart close to the splitter for either the chunks or kindling. I also have two JD lawn mowers, L120, LT155. the 155 I put 2" hitches both front and back, and the 120, 2" in the back. Both are used to move the carts and splitters around and loading them into the trailer.
Felt like Ohio Wood Burner this weekend with all the rain. The humidity for me was absolutely brutal Sunday, got nothing done. Going to try for my personal best record of bucking logs next Saturday. TIME TO MAKE THAT LOG PILE DIE! That is, as long as I don't take another shot to the plums can set a new record. Hopefully my clone saws last long enough so can build up the money to get a pair of 572xp saws. The kindling could be smoker firewood. Or bag it with smoker wood of the same type and sell it that way.
Chris, If you do not enjoy messing with the kindling, do not do if. Life is too short to spend your time doing what you do not enjoy. Stick to what you like.
Did your tractor come with pallet forks? You could carry the pallet to the area and stack it once instead of off the ground into the bucket then out of bucket onto pallets
Here's a plan. Leave the kindling sized pieces in with the regular splits and stack them all together. Saves the time and effort of sorting. Then every order/delivery gets some kindling as a goodwill gesture. It may also encourage customers to place orders specifically for kindling later.
I think that’s a good idea. When I Splitwood for myself I enjoy different size pieces. Smaller pieces to start the fire. Then larger pieces to keep it going at a steady pace. the Biggest pieces for one we leave the house or overnight when we go to bed.And they also think the small pieces you can just leave on the ground and use for ground cover like mulch.
Just called log trucker John for my next load. A mix of basswood and ash, with almost half of it being basswood. Basswood is cheap, so saving that for my bundle wood.
@@InTheWoodyard, arriving Sept 3, his anniversary weekend. Asked if was okay for him to work, you know about upsetting the wife, snd he said she's used to me working all the time. LOL!
I've mentioned in here before. I get used food grade 5 gallon buckets for $1.50 each and fill them full of kindling and sell them for $10. Sometimes I get the bucket back when a customer orders another bucket and sometimes I don't but for $1.50 I'm not too worried if I don't. I split my kindling because I don't end up with much from splitting with a single wedge. I find ash works really well for splitting into small kindling sized pieces. Dave
I couldn't tell if you were mowing the lawn or if you were practicing to be a Nascar driver. Thanks again for another great and entertaining video. GN IRENE.
You should look at getting a zero turn, 54 inch or in that range, it would be much faster and probably more fun! The idea of organizing wood by species is great!
Ya, I looked at them and my mower was $1400 and most of the zero turns that I looked at started at 2-3 times that so I guess I'd rather keep the $3000 extra in my pocket where it belongs. HA!
Yeah I think it's worth it ,I means it's already done from splitting wood ,I got just piles and piles of that stuff and it starts to get agravating how much u end up with ,so if u can sell it that's great
Bundle up the small stuff and sell it at all them stores you visit with the firewood bundles. I use to bundle mine and give it to my best customers and sell it to others who buy a row or 2 for camp fires. Have a great day be safe
G’mornin Chris. I agree w/ you, kindling isn’t worth the time for you. For burners, it’s a very important part of the process (my youngest daughter is very highly trained at collecting). Can’t wait to see more truckloads ! GoodNightIrene
Well like I said before, if you start selling bundle wood at the convenience stores, add the some kindling to each bundle. That will make your bundles a little bigger than the others. And gives value added service. That way you get rid of the kindling. Just a thought.
That is a very good idea. I used to work at a sawmill here in PA and we used kindling in our bundles as well. Made the bundles more sturdy and held together better when we stacked them on skids. We shipped bundles out by the tractor trailer load. We could cut split and stack 15 cords in the kiln in 9 hours. It was quite the operation.
@@InTheWoodyard Dude the shelterlogics from lowes are kinda trash. I had one that tore itself up, because the poles just slide inside each other. So a nasty wind lifted it up enough to unsheath the legs, and it came down on itself. Plus the identification stamps are GARBAGE, so you can't tell which pole is which as you're building it. I tried a second one, the 12*12. It seems better, because the poles bolt together. I made two foot tent stakes out of rebar, we'll see how this one holds up. No heavy windstorm yet, but there's zero play in the feet. So this one might work.
Perhaps a better use for the small-sized wood splits is to re-brand it as smoking wood rather than kindling. Some folks look for fine-split, dry hardwood for their smokers and are willing to pay a premium for it. See the recent video on the subject by Hometown Acres.
Yes, but you also have to look at $$ per hour also and if there are other things that I can do with the same time and make 3-4x money in the same time I am better off just doing the more profitable thing.
@@InTheWoodyard very true I suppose I know I have a kindling machine and it's still hard work but my shards from under the splitter I bag into paper bags and tape them so people can start their fires with them
The tractor is just 1 more tool in the toolbox. You will still get plenty of exercise. Just be a little more efficient. I dont even own a wheelbarrow, but I have a tractor. Then again, I dont own a log splitter either so....
I believe you will find a niche to make money from the kindling and if and when you get your processor and start bundling. You will be adding value to your bundles. Have a Safe Day
I say 20 bucks per wheelbarrow load, bring your own, stack it as HIGH as you want. But, whatever falls out, stays out. So find a balance between what you can stack and keep on the barrow as you takenit to your car. If you got greedy and the whole thing capsizes, tough titty said the kitty. Another 20 and you can try again lol. Like a carnival game.
I'm sure once you finish resting on the Kioti you will get back on the ground and work twice as hard. Although after a week of vacation, you may be getting a little soft. :)
How many hours a day do you spend at your firewood business. Your regular job must allow you the time to devote to firewood. I always struggle to find time to split firewood and slab live edge wood and do my day job.
My other business is very seasonal and from July thru September I work about 60-70 hours a week in it and the rest of the year I put in from 20-30. So firewood fits in whenever I can. But I do work 12-14 hour days 7 days a week, I am weird and I like to work.
I dont think the tractor will kill your exercise plan, just like all the machines you own its just gonna get you to the next step quicker with more productivity. face it your not gonna run outta labor needing done lol
Have you surveyed your customers as to what they do for fire starting? Maybe they’re buying it somewhere, making it, are frustrated getting it, etc. Could give you an idea of whether and whom to give/sell it to. Cheers. 🇨🇦
Ooh i noticed that other rack in the other video in the background. So that's what that was. What's your least favorite part of processing? I want to guess - stacking.
Hey Chris, can you get farm plates for dyed fuel for what you do? Not sure if it’s same as Canada, all we require is $10,000 of income in a year to qualify off ag means. Not sure if firewood would exclusively count?
I don't know about the kindling question. I do know it is alot of work for little return. I don't know because I hand split everything and to tell you the honest truth. I don't get much kindling. I might get 2 wheelbarrow loads full for the whole year. In the winter I will make kindling for our 4 woodstoves on the property. I will spend about 3hrs every month in the garage listening to podcasts and making kindling. It might be worth it if there was a kindling machine.
@@InTheWoodyard yes, I have wood in garage and I set myself up with coffee and Stoke the woodstove and listen to topics I enjoy so I'm learning while I do kindling. Actually a few years ago I realized that after the felling and bucking is over I have hours and hours of hand splitting, stacking and transfering of wood. I use to listen to radio but then I switched to podcasts and decided to get more of an education while doing wood. Last year I listened to about 300hrs of History, Bible study and other topics. This year it could be 400hrs out of 700 to 800 hrs of wood. I'm happy to use tech to fill in the gap between the ears while working. Lol
@@InTheWoodyard Btw- fourwheeler is fixed. The first day back my trailer tongue broke in half with full load on... I almost cried... I was able to fix that with a good Samaritan welders help and I've been going full bore for a week. Already have 33 face cord transfered and stacked down to farm field. This year has been the most productive year but also the most frustrating overcoming obstacles and set backs. But "no retreat! No surrender!" Be safe, be good and have a blast conquering the woodyard labor!
@@optimoprimo132 Yes, here is my rule. When working with your hands fill you mind with information. When working with your mind listen to music to to feed your soul.
He just pulled away we're going to have to rename your wheelbarrow! His new name is old rusty! He's not going to be doing nothing but collecting rust now.
You need to look at what your doing....you have only cut a few steps out and that will let your body last longer...at any point you got a few good hours in.
Yes, but remember the whole reason I stared this firewood thing was for exercise, I like to work. But a few less steps are what I am looking for more often now! HA!
Next time if you pick up a zero turn you could stripe your lawn instead of driving in circles it looks way more professional I picked up a stand on commercial grade gravely pro stance for my half acre yard it is way Overkill but I Overkill everything and I don't look like that typical old fart sitting down while mowing their lawn LOL... And there is no way I could justify the price it cost half as much as the Big Orange wheelbarrow
Hey Chris baby you did good job whatever you do yes I'm doing okay Chris baby I can't do very much Chris baby but I'm just laying in bed text me back Chris baby God bless
