Vintage MF35 is a Workhorse! Hauling Huge Loads of Firewood! 

Thanks Michael, I think Rachel’s pretty lucky herself lol. I may be alone on that.

Thanks Bruce, and I do my best not to make her mad!

No doubt 😂😂

Thanks Bruce, pretty sure I was mad the first round of tossing😂

Thank you Kevin!

The ol Massey runs like a champ!! It’s a workhorse for sure.

Thanks Mark! The worst part about a lot of equipment is a lot of maintenance lol.

I love this saw! It definitely rips!

Good morning!

Thanks Larry, we do what we can to capture our process and share it. Always trying different things!

Thank you for watching Larry!

Thanks Marcel, I thought about bringing some ratchet straps. There’s definitely a lot of wood out there!

Nice, it runs amazing!

Thanks, it’s been a great tractor so far. I’d love to add a skid steer to the fleet!!!

It is a great little tractor! I love how it sounds.

The Ash Borer definitely devastated the ash trees but they do make great firewood!

Awesome, memories are worth more than $$ imo.

Thanks Tom! Always nicer to work together than alone!

Thanks Amanda!

Thanks Amanda!!

Thanks Bobby!

Thanks for watching Bobby!

Thanks David, sounds like I better up my game!

I felt it later that night!

Thanks Steve! Rachel wasn’t thrilled when I brought it home lol but I think she’s taking ownership of it now.

Hi Len! So surprising there weren’t mosquitoes out in the woods, our yard at home is almost unbearable right now.

Thanks Len, love the Makita, they bought out Sachs Dolmar but have since discontinued their gas saws. It is a beast! I know all about working late!

Thanks Shawn! We plan on it!

Thank you.

Thank you! You guys are cranking right along too! It’s a fun ride.

@Hard Working Man I agree. It's a really fun ride!

Thanks Steve! You’re too sweet.

I do my best to keep her safe! I’d be in trouble if I let her get hurt!

Always do Hank!

Thanks Jeremiah! Some of it is primo for sure!!

Thanks Jeremiah!

Thank you and yes she is!!!

Her strength is impressive! Love that she’s able to out work a lot of guys I know!!

Thanks Kirk, and the Makita is a beast lol. Check out the Dyno Joe video where he runs 70cc class saws. The Makita is tops with the 500i.

Thanks Kirk!

Thanks Clinton!

Oh yeah, we figured we’d lose a little but not that much!

Yes she is!!

Thanks Sky!

Thank you John!!

Thank you John!

I don’t blame her Doug! This is not the most fun I’ve ever had 😂

Thanks Doug! There are a few things Rachel would rather be doing but it’s definitely more fun together! More productive too.

Over the years we burned wood, my wife never helped for 1 minute. And now I want a diesel MF35.

Bill, I don’t think many wives get into the whole wood splitting game, I definitely got lucky there! The MF35 definitely comes in handy!

My wife has always helped me with our wood production. She can run the splitter, drive the tractor, stack splits, even runs her Stihl MS180 some.

I wasn’t sure I’d like the gasser but so far so good!

Awesome Michael, so much more fun with someone else helping imo.

Sounds like a great day!

Oh yeah that Massey will pull a lot of weight!! Rachel is definitely a rock star and not only helps up productivity but fun as well! Always a good time being out in the woods working Burt even more fun with a partner.

@@hardworkingmanoutdoors I could of had her help today. Hehe. Green maple I just cut up. Bigger ones were heavy. Have a great day both of you.

Oh yeah, green Maple weighs a lot!

Bill, it is amazing what little bugs can do!

Thanks guys! She is a worker for sure!

Haha, thank you😊

@@rachelpostma4505 welcome

Thanks Troy!

Thank you Troy!

Don, we are definitely planning on this. I have some shorter cuts/chunks that I have been offering for these smaller pots/pizza ovens/saunas etc. but definitely planning on shorter bundles too.

Thanks Obie, my two college kids are home for the summer but the other two still have a few weeks of school left.

Thanks Ebele and ash is definitely cash!

Thank you Ebele!

We now have a stabilizer bar on the 3point. It makes a huge difference!

It’s definitely more powerful than I think it should be!

Del, I agree the power this thing has for being rated as a 35hp impressed me. I feel a modern day 35hp rating doesn’t mean the same thing!

I totally agree Heath , the new tractors are nice but that Massey and the old John Deere , cases and Allis Chalmers were made for working

For sure Del!

Thanks Dale! Heath always talks about wanting a sawmill too, but like you, the time is a limiting factor.

Thanks Dale, and yes I’d love a sawmill. But like Phil from @AllenFamilyFirewood said in todays video there’s just not enough time in the day. I plan on trying to sell totes or trailer loads of boiler wood this fall.

@@hardworkingmanoutdoors I work full time also and work long hours so have to do what I can when I can. I don't buy wood, I cut down trees for all of my firewood and that also takes time and equipment. I also build most of my firewood gear and that takes time too. I build equipment that saves me the most time and effort. I try to plan my firewood yard to make efficient use of my time. From what I see of your operation the biggest time/ effort saver for you both right now is a stand alone conveyor. ( sorry Rachel) I have friends who have been doing firewood for years and as soon as they come to my place and see my setups they just have to go get a conveyor. They save an amazing amount of labor. I have a dozen different conveyors and use 4 or 5 pretty regularly. We hand load all of our splits onto a conveyor into our dump trailers or flat bed truck to ensure nice clean wood. I usually use a Blackscreek firewood conveyor for this. I buy lots of stuff used at auctions but these are pretty reasonable new. Heath, keep looking at the auctions site and find a used grain conveyor as soon as you can.

@@rachelpostma4505 don't let him buy one. Well at least not yet anyway. Hydraulic ones are very expensive and Non hydraulic ones are just too labor intensive unless you are already set up to do it. I'm a carpenter and thought I would love milling because I could make stuff out of my own milled lumber. Nope, don't like it much at all. Besides that doesn't he have a kitchen to reno?

@@DaleFarrish I’ll do my best to keep him from doing it lol. YES! My kitchen needs to get done first!

Thanks Hank, we definitely need to add something!

@@hardworkingmanoutdoors strap it down like a log truck.

Alan, for sure. Not sure if the EAB will ever go away now. No nail polish for this guy lol.

Thanks John! We enjoyed your splitting video the other day!

Thanks John!

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Can’t argue with you on that!

Hey now, I work behind the scenes I promise lol.

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Ash bore killed mine here in WNY 4 or 5 yrs ago. Can't begin to keep up w how fast they're going down. Have about 15 acres of woods, probably 65-70% ash. Then there's all the hedgerows. My guess is 1k + trees. Thanks china. They sell bigger tractors every day

@@brandonhoad9033 it is amazing what a little bug can do. And you are right it’s tough to keep up with!!!

@@hardworkingmanoutdoors especially when ya only cut 5-6 cord, maybe 8-9 if I can find someone that needs it AND will do the work. I'll drag it out of woods but that's it. Tractors, good benefit of farming

Thanks for watching Phil! I have Husqvarna log tongs I could use, but find it an awkward way to carry that weight for me personally. I prefer to use two hands when lifting these heavy rounds.

Thanks Phil, I’ve tried my buddies log ox, I like my husqvarna log tongs. I love the N&N. I bought it used and it the Inno series not the HD, but I still love it! You’re trailer is real nice!

I have never run across any on this property. If we do come into contact with any a good cleaning with a wash cloth and Dawn dish soap gets the oil off and stops the rash from forming!

Same

Thanks Peter!

Thank you Ben, we definitely need to bring some straps or maybe build some side extensions for the trailer. I always say if you aren’t bending axles you aren’t working hard enough lol.

Thanks for watching Ben!

Lol!

Hey now.

@@hardworkingmanoutdoors you know it’s true.

I never pass up an opportunity to help!!

No ticks thank goodness!

Tom, we were a little sore but Rachel still got her workout in. She loves strength training, part of the reason she is so helpful in the Timber! Love her strength!

I sure felt it later that night!

Hey Michael, what about me lol. Thanks for watching!

Thanks Michael!

Thanks you David!

Yes, it is a Pro Sizer. I really like it. It does have draw back but over all it’s a great tool to speed up bucking to accurate lengths!

Thank you, I think she is as well and a mother of 4!! We don’t usually use locust in our bundles but occasionally a little bit makes it into them. The locust we have is a dense, heavy, yellowish wood.

Let me know when you get some videos up! Carl Lewis was real fast!

For sure!

Jerry, her cooking and baking is phenomenal. Thank you!

Yes, yes I do Jerry😊

JB, this is at our property 45 minutes from our home. Right now our splitters are at the house so we haul the rounds there to split and sell. I am working on setting up a processing center at the property so we can just produce the splits there but have a ways to go on that plan.

Yeah that’s what happened here. It gets all of them but some real young growth eventually. Start pulling the firewood as fast as you can because if you have a lot of ash trees they make a tangled mess when they start coming down!

@@hardworkingmanoutdoors oh yes they do become a tangled mess. We had pretty fierce winds this spring the hundreds of the tops came out. It's ashame to lose all the trees but it makes good firewood

That it does and when the sunlight hits the Forrest floor the new growth flourishes which is great for wildlife. All part of the cycle, making the best out of it!

We do clear some but there are hundreds of downed trees from the emerald ash borer.

Have to keep the title of Hard Working Man legit though lol.

I still have to find a draw bar set up for this tractor, it is missing.

@@hardworkingmanoutdoors shouldn't be too hard?

I’m not sure, I believe it is about 60 years old. Runs like a champ but we have a flat tire right now I need to get fixed.

The bottom of this tree is rotten and dirty. Cutting it one length higher saves my chain a bit more. I’ll knock the stump down flush later with a carbide chain.

Thanks Richmond, I can’t argue with that but we love the HWM name!

Thanks Richmond😊

Thanks Gary, Rachel definitely gets it done!

Yes we do and I hate them! We don’t have many out on this property and we used to have very few by our home property. However as our Turkey population decreased our tick population seemed to increase!

I skid as much as I can out in the winter but the ground is pretty soft right now so we buck it up and haul it out.

Yes she is!

Oh yeah 😂

Paul, we don’t seem to have any poison ivy out there. Also if you wash the oils off soon enough with a clothe and dawn dish soap it helps defend against the rash.

Lol I thought this comment was to the Steak cooking video we just posted. Rachel gets the same reaction I see!

JB, we both do the camera work mixed with some tripod action, and sometimes we have our kids run the camera. A little bit of everything. Definitely not the most efficient way to produce wood but we like a moving camera more so than too much tripod action to keep it entertaining.

Mark, we definitely have a fair amount that is too far gone to sell. Some is totally shot, the rest we burn ourselves. Even when it’s ugly it still burns great.

Seems to be making wood just fine. Thanks for watching.

Yes, I skid logs out in the winter but right now the ground is too soft. Also our trails are too narrow to get the truck and dump trailer to most locations. So yes it is extra work but part of why we enjoy firewood is the workout we get while making firewood so there are added benefits too.

I throw one in occasionally to keep you guys honest lol.

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Duane, my trails are no where near big enough to get the dually and or the full size dump trailer back on. We would destroy them. I try to skid a bunch out in the winter but a lot depends on the weather and once hunting season gets close that’s all we use the property for.

Can’t argue with that but Hard Working Man is how we started and we love the name.

@@hardworkingmanoutdoors fair play to ye watching ye here in ireland

Thanks Noel, glad you enjoy the show. Rachel was just talking today about wanting to go to Ireland!

@@hardworkingmanoutdoors well we have a heat wave here at the min haha ye should at some stage come to britain and ireland ye would enjoy yer self here i think with youtube alot of americans are taking holidays over here then staying in the states

I am sure we’ll travel eventually!

Thanks Charlie! We’ve referred to her as the HWW before she’s definitely earned the title! Love how strong she is!

You’re too nice Charlie!

Nick, I’ll look him up and see lol.

@@hardworkingmanoutdoors He played Travis Walton in the movie fire in the sky.