Working Smarter, Not Harder. Using the Grapple to do the heavy lifting, while cutting up firewood.

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@littledude5311 Год назад

Evan, you have the ability to edit out any mistakes you make while working on whatever, but you choose to leave them in. I appreciate that. We all make mistakes, we all learn as we go along--even while making these mistakes. So hats off to you.

@jonathandelamarter9002 10 месяцев назад

that stihl doesnt hesitate, great ideas especially when things are damp and nasty

@0Hillbilly Год назад

That fast growing tree looks like Box Elder to me. It looks good. God bless.

@DPW55 Год назад

Wish I was where you are ,as I used to be like you In my younger days , but now older carnt do things now ,,, and miss it ,so that’s why I like watching g you , bless you Evan

@dcoxtimberridge Год назад

Timber cutters flip the bar for every new chain that keeps it rotated evenly.

@bobjoncas2814 Год назад

...work smart, not hard..lol...good one, keep safe...

@alwayssearching1882 Год назад

Out Of The Woods Nathan uses the TYM tractor as well. Sure does make your cutting easier.

@lodilogistic5089 Год назад

I like the log marker you have on your saw. No more guess work.

@markpriddy1 Год назад

Love the wood shed area. 🤷‍♂️

@ThatBritishHomestead Год назад

Love watching tractors! 🚜 I don’t think I’d ever be able to do this and have all my Limbs lol

@katieallen3927 Год назад

I was going suggest back the tractor up to where you are stacking the wood; save your back and then you said that. 😊

@garyd.goodwin4264 Год назад

The wood in those trees is so pretty!!!

@darrylhastings3378 Год назад

I made a sawbuck to cut smaller logs. You can load more than one log and cut through all at once

@m9ovich785 Год назад

I built one like Yours back in about 2007 that is 7ft long that I can pile on a bunch of smaller pieces and 5 cuts 24" apart, end up with a nice pile of wood. Several Years later I have 5 Lasers from above that indicate My cut lines . Mike M.

@mechrandy Год назад

The wide ring tree is an Ash. Makes a hot fire but burns pretty fast. Put some hardwood with it

@michaelharris1486 Год назад

Don't know why but cutting firewood is almost zen like. The next best thing is watching someone doing it, thanks.

@rad7965 Год назад

Smarter not harder, great job Evan.

@jpeel2066 Год назад

Great video. All the best 🇬🇧.

@johnzink3309 10 месяцев назад

thx again

@rogerr1296 Год назад

Not trying to plug another channel but Sawing with Sandy had a video today I think it was, where he had a little laser pointer mounted on the chain saw handle to measure out how long he wanted to cut firewood. Don't know much about it but it looks like a pretty handy idea if it's not too costly. Might want to check it out since you cut a lot of firewood. Oh, that tree you weren't sure about looked like maybe it was Ash.

@mikeweaver5399 Год назад

Evan my man you should move those big logs back by the pile too. My Grandpa told me work was made for a mule and he turned his ass to it.👍😉

@jimmason5738 Год назад

Looks a lot better.

@skrtskit1521 Год назад

Great progess-been missing your background working music-I hear it on other channels and say NO that's Evans music. 💖🎶

@stephencudaback4548 Год назад

Looking good it take time when you guy work away from home but it is coming along love it from Steve c from the state of Oregon usa

@lawrencelipon8673 Год назад

👍👍👍👍👍👌Great job

@toddforhetz 10 месяцев назад

great idea ! I could watch you cut wood all day long. Thanx for sharing your farm journey with us !

@jackylsmith8138 Год назад

I lift logs with tractor with pallet forks. Cut one side a bit, then other side. Go back and forth. Saves back a lot.

@ardurbin2 Год назад

Luv using the Grapple to save the spine/back. Merry Christmas to CVA & the viewers, 👍💪🙏

@CountryViewAcres Год назад

Merry Christmas

@stevensaxon8888 9 месяцев назад

@@CountryViewAcresmerry Christmas. What name brand of grapple? Do you have a affiliate link?

@danielheartsill4269 Год назад

Great idea puting the small logs in from the front. You are so bright, that is why your mom calls you sun,(son). As always I enjoy your videos.

@22gonefishing Год назад

You got that right, Work smarter, not harder. Using the grapple on the tractor to pick up the logs is a great idea.

@karencary3312 Год назад

Great learning curve.

@keithalford2003 Год назад

Merry Christmas from Australia

@kd5inm Год назад

Are you enjoying the warm days? I used to live outside Sydney.

@karenspeer7378 Год назад

Wow! That looks Great!! That was a Lot of Work!! God Bless and have a Wonderful Evening!! 😊🌹🎄

@billgolcher2537 Год назад

I know it didn't show those logs were heavy great job

@gavinhowell2833 Год назад

Thx for taking my advice Evan 9:58 or country view acres

@coyotiess Год назад

You need to cut the Walnut pieces and cut hem about 7 inches thick and make a wood bowl!!!

@barrybills1449 22 дня назад

Evan, to get the hydraulic fittings to connect, shut the tractor off and move the lever around like you are using the grapple or whatever you have on the tractor.

@DavidJones-wq9cm Год назад

That's an ash tree, great firewood.

@plan1956 Год назад

Awesome video...Thanks for sharing it...Greatly enjoy watching you and your wife work around on your homestead.

@kellylacroix8145 Год назад

Great job looking good 👍

@sylviaprudhomme5417 Год назад

Nice job❤

@angelgrant944 Год назад

Happy Holiday to you and your family

@macbaker72 Год назад

Your fast growing tree you mentioned is ash burns fast

@m9ovich785 Год назад

Thanks Evan. I have My Eyes set to a Frostbite Grapple for wood Handling. Mike M.

@marydanen5220 Год назад

Great job. God's blessings🤶🌲❤🎆

@dougdobbs Год назад

Nicely done, sir! :)

@kenthorsen4558 Год назад

I have to admit your wood shed looks a lot better with all the scrub trees gone. Keep your eyes open on the new shed and pull them as soon as you can...my neighbor has some growing out of his. Thanks for the video Evan.

@cathiwim Год назад

Amen! It doesnt take long, either! Birds sit on the shed, poop off the edge, and there ya go, free fertilizer!

@henrymorgan3982 Год назад

Maybe you could make a seat or table out of those stumps? Good job!

@HoneyHollowHomestead Год назад

I have 2 black walnuts that were cut down several months ago. They are just sitting where they fell. One is a good size, the other is barely large enough for lumber. Everybody keeps telling me they're "money", but I haven't found anyone whose interested in buying them and I don't know how I'd get them anywhere to be milled.

@waynejones5239 Год назад

Nice video

@markpriddy1 Год назад

Nice

@johnzink3309 Год назад

Thx

@michellegerrard6623 Год назад

Have you thought of concreting that cleared area and putting a roof on the whole thing? Maybe add bays? Then you could split the wood under cover - great when the suns out and you need the shade or the weather is bad.

@mozwald1 Год назад

Couldn't make me happier to see you using a Stihl saw. My family is a Stihl family. Both my kids work at the Stihl plant in Virginia. They make outstanding products!!!

@pyroman6000 Год назад

Those last, fast growing trees are Ash. Kinda crazy how dense and hard the wood is, for how fast they grow. Excellent firewood. Soft maple may not be anything special for heating, but it's ideal for campfire wood! Also works well as a "helper" for species that are hard to ignite, or if you have some wood that isn't as dry as you thought- it burns really hot and bright. Looks good, all cleaned up! And you got a nice pile of firewood as well.

@chrishoneycutt9839 Год назад

Good stuff Evan 👍🏻

@stevengullison5123 Год назад

Good evening Evan, really like your measure stick. I do a lot of fire wood. Steve from N.B

@CountryViewAcres Год назад

I think I bought my woodcutters helper on ebay.

@corydriver7634 Год назад

I’ve done a lot of firewood processing but you taught me something today, I’ve never thought to flip the over for even wear. I’m definitely looking for one of those saw clamps it looks handy.

@ronaldlee2376 Год назад

Tree in question is Green Ash, nearly extinct in Northern Ohio, due to invasion of Emerald Ash Borer in late 90's. This was my favorite of firewood to cut, load, split & burn. It burns well, green/seasoned. Your grapple is the modern version of sawbuck. Grapple is more user friendly.

@danziegner Год назад

Holy moly, when you added the spacer to the saw you touched the teeth while the engine was running! 😮 You can always just mark the logs where you want to cut like a carpenter.

@jimmieusaf-pol5818 Год назад

I noticed that too, but knew Evan had the chain brake engaged, so the chain wasn't going to move.

@CountryViewAcres Год назад

Yes the chain bar was engaged.

@danziegner Год назад

@@jimmieusaf-pol5818 I don’t want to make a big deal out of this... You assumed that he had the braked engaged, as I did. But, all engines should be off on all equipment when being worked on or repaired, stated right there in the owner’s manual.

@michellegerrard6623 Год назад

I was scared too! Danger doesn't take a day off. Better to be safe than sorry. Do you remember when you were turning the grass in the summer and you just forgot to add the pin? That was just a split second and it could have been so much worse. Please take care.

@jimmieusaf-pol5818 Год назад

I agree with you Daniel, the engine should have been off when the depth gauge was installed per owner's manual, and I assumed Evan was just warming up the engine before use, while installing the depth gauge, but I didn't assume the chain brake was engaged since I could see it was all the way forward and engaged in the video. Have a good day!

@derekadams729 Год назад

Can't wait for your 2022 achievement video. And your goals for 2023. Good job cutting that wood. I was just thinking the same before you jumped to next day. Cut the wood closet to you pile, less carrying. Merry Xmas to you, Rebecca and extended family.

@CountryViewAcres Год назад

Merry Christmas

@stephenmulholland4868 Год назад

Evan you should use a 2 wheeler to move around the big logs..your back will thank u

@olddawgdreaming5715 Год назад

Great job Evan, looks really good around the wood shed. Stay safe and keep up the good work and videos. Fred.

@bevnelson3678 Год назад

Great work Even it’s good your using grapple and save your back. Looking forward to the next video. It’s all looking nice and tidy around the woodshed.

@Julia_Teeker Год назад

We call that a face cord, as opposed to a country cord. 4X8X16 usually. Although the depth could be anywhere from 12” to 32”

@ericsheriff4317 Год назад

I like how the front of the grapple works independently on each side. So when you were picking up the firewood rounds it grabbed more than if it was all one piece.

@gitatit4046 Год назад

Another great video Evan. Makes my back hurt just watching you lift those heavy ones, but it looks much better around that shed and now you have room to work on it. Looking forward to seeing it redone.

@andysmith8544 Год назад

That last tree(s) looks like white ash. For firewood length we measure x inches from the tip of the bar back and mark a vertical line with a sharpie. Just renew the vertical line occasionally as it begins to fade. A quick check with the bar parallel to the log confirms where to cut.

@jimmieusaf-pol5818 Год назад

Hi Evan, just a thought when you get ready to remove the stumps. I have used a sawzall with aggressive pruning blades to cut stumps at ground level or below before, nothing quite as big as your stumps, but might still work if the stumps are cut into pieces, and will keep your chainsaw chain out of the dirt.

@terrycastor8299 Год назад

I have a subcompact tractor, but I bought a grapple for it. It comes in really handy! Smart move to save your back, Evan.

@cathiwim Год назад

That woodshed is going to be so nice! You inspire me!,

@wileycoyotesr8623 Год назад

The wood shed will become a visual attraction to the property. You are approaching the project wisely. Hope you're able to work around the roof supports.

@hankfacer7098 Год назад

That grappler is such a universal devise, bit of a swiss army knife for tractors

@cjandjoannegodkin3787 Год назад

I love seeing how much your property is developing, growing, and being maintained. I would love to visit it one day, I just live too far away. Lol god bless my friend.

@beautramp3447 Год назад

Great idea with the grapple and the smaller logs!

@jamesbarry4324 Год назад

Looking good!!! Looking forward to the stumps being removed.

@luby1234 Год назад

always bring the wood to the stack and the cut wood to the log splitter, split wood next the ,be nice to have a bunk to drop cut rounds and just roll into the log splitter ,nice work smarter not harder, merry Christmas from Iowa

@erlingolsen4484 Год назад

You need a Handsappie, I use it all the time when i am cutting wood.

@brucewayne857 Год назад

I just started watching and had to comment on your saw starting method. Throwing the saw to start it is not considered safe. Hold it between your knees or set it on the ground. I enjoy your videos and want you to be able to keep making them. Stay safe.

@jimbo16720 Год назад

Actually the walnut is funny stuff. You cut it and when it's stacked to dry the dark bleeds into the white and turns it all dark. Now that's making lumber, I don't know if it works with firewood. I used to work at a lumber mill years ago. We put all the heart of the tree stacked above the white and it all turns black,

@terrimccullough724 Год назад

Merry Christmas Evan and Rebekah

@CountryViewAcres Год назад

Merry Christmas

@chriswatson8251 Год назад

As someone who has run a chainsaw for 24 years and has degenerative disc disease (a.k.a. a bad back), I recommend running no less than a 24” bar. That lessens the amount of bending over drastically. That being said, anything that gets the logs off the ground is an obvious advantage. Always love the videos! Keep up the good work and Merry Christmas from Oregon!

@ronatwell5379 Год назад

Evan, you need a smaller saw. I have cut firewood for my own use for 34 yrs and never had a saw that big. Only a few times have I had to borrow a larger saw to cut extremely large trees. My son has helped in those situations. That is what I call a logger's saw. Big enough to handle about anything, but overkill for a lot of things.

@marknichols7861 Год назад

Did you see “Sawing With Sandy” on RU-vid? He just tested a laser version of that measuring attachment. Seems interesting, but the position seemed like it might get in the way.

@boooshes Год назад

If you put a cart under the logs as you cut the rounds, you wouldn't have to pick them back up off the ground to take them to the stack.

@Mountaintoptractor Год назад

I have done that same pause and look to make sure i dont hit the grapple as well. I have a similiar channel, much smaller, looking at the same woodchipper you have.

@luckyrobp Год назад

I just have pen marks on the side of my chainsaw for longer lengths & use the 14" bar as a length marker.

@jeramye4377 Год назад

Use the sharpening tool closer to the vice, then use both hands - much easier

@teenagefarmer Год назад

Looks much better, nice work. Thanks for sharing see you next time.

@stevenbell8842 4 дня назад

I JUST WATCHED YOUR VID ON PUMPING DUCK WEED FROM YOUR POND. YOU MAY WISH TO CHECK Takota Coen, where talks of a skimmer. That is used on golf park ponds. Just an idea. Best of luck.

@kuman1987 Год назад

Can’t wait to watch you fix up the wood shed

@Dan-qy1rg Год назад

Hi Evan! I have the all-in-one sharpener and have been using it for a couple of years now. I like it, I don't have a wood vise, but I do have a bench vise, so I can use both hands, I just have to take it back to the house. If I'm in the woods and have to sharpen it, I use the conventional single round file. I really like that magnetic wood cutters helper, I'm going to have to get me one for sure. Good job, like what you did, thanks for sharing, have a great week.

@CountryViewAcres Год назад

I bought my woodcutters helper on ebay. But you might find it on Amazon too.

@krissyb1980 Год назад

Nice work, looks a lot better all cleaned up. Where is you splitting maul though? Bust those big ones up they would be easier to handle and you would get your exercise lol.

@roscoejones4515 Год назад

You could build a sawbuck in about an hour to cut the limbs and small logs. Saves your back and keeps the chain out of the dirt. Also, an electric chain sharpener is fast and accurate. Do a couple of chains at the end or start of your day and you're good for the rest of the day. Glad to see you wearing all the gear!

@lorineidtinytoadplot744 Год назад

I think the fast growing tree is a cottonwood

@thomasmccabe4649 Год назад

An alternate to using the spacer bar is to mark the saw logs with chaulk using your measuring tape. If you cut them at 16", just use the standard framing markings. Mike Morgan does this, but you never see him mark the logs.

@artszabo1015 Год назад

What is chaulk?

@thomasmccabe4649 Год назад

@@artszabo1015 One would write on a blackboard with chaulk or chalk.

@artszabo1015 Год назад

@@thomasmccabe4649 You misspelled chalk and the spell check caught it and you posted it anyhow. You knew you spelled it wrong in the beginning.

@jamesruan913 Год назад

When you’ve done your tree stumps,why don’t you post on the outside of the new wood pile ,making the wood shed deeper by having two bays and then may be six long bays at the front and six at the back - then divide them into useful areas or stalls - keep up the hard work ,someone has to do it to get it done - also happy Christmas to you both

@caseyspradlin1462 Год назад

You might be able to drill are take your saw & plunge cut into them. Then use old oil to burn them out.

@richardgreen5602 Год назад

Way to go Evan! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

@joerauhut9169 Год назад

Enjoyed your video Evan ! I like your firewood length measurer but have you seen the Mingo Marker? It utilizes a spray paint can and it Mark's lengths up to 24 inches just by rolling the tool along the length of the log ,very quick method. Check it out if you have the time ! Happy cutting!🙂👍