I just made something a lot like this for cutting my small logs up. I use a Dolmar 9010 with a 28" bar. I can cut through 24" at a time with it and was able to get 28 small logs like that in the box.
Its a Nice rack..Would work better if you Limbed the logs Clean, Safer for you too...
That type rack Saves on your Back ( being bent over cutting) BUT...You are Handling the wood one more time so Bring it to the woods with you instead of hauling the wood out to it and loading....Put it on a sled maybe ( 2x8 runners) and pull it with your 4 wheeler
Build a Super Portable rig and i will really be Impressed.. :)
That's awesome, I love it. A tip for making kindling fast (similar idea but maybe not as brilliant as yours) is to screw an old tire on top of a large cable spool (a big thread spool like apparatus). Then pack the tire with rounds or wedges of firewood, and chop away, slowly moving in a circle around the tire. You can do a week of kindling in a big tire no problem. :)
seems to work ok, the only problem with a larger scale model for bigger diameter wood is that your limited as to how long your saw blade is, you dont want the end of the blade to be half way through a piece of wood, it could jab and kick back.
A great and simple idea. Of course, you could improve on that a 100 ways, for example by adding a sloping plank underneath, that makes the last few blocks slide to one side, (but then you coudn't step in and carry it around, unless it's hinged...) , but it works just fine as it is.
@GWNDFM Yes I burn spruce and fir mainly and some birch and maple I'm limited because most of what I have is soft woods, but keep your flue clean and you can burn anything you want, make sure that its seasoned well.
That's a neat trick. It only took about 5 minutes to get all that wood cut up. I could see where it would save your saw in the longrun. Maybe I could fix me something like that and finally be able to make a straight cut. lol
great idea man.. going to be using a couple of your ideas next year. have 47 acre up here in maine assorted wood.. plenty of stuff down.. and now some easier ways to deal with the down stuff.. thanks :D
Reminds me of a little Canadian guy named Leo. Leo would handle materials 3 or 4 times just so he'd think his way was better. Didn't matter that it took 2x or 3x as much time or energy to do the same work. The guy in this video had to drop the trees? Cut the logs to manageable lengths, stack them on the sled, drag them home, stack them on the custom saw buck, saw the logs to length, move the cut wood & stack it. Add up the wasted time over the years & I'd rather be fishing than re-stacking wood
In general, I like this idea. I usually cut the logs up in the forest where I dropped the tree using a timberjack to lift the logs up off the ground. And then my helper (or myself) piles the cut rounds into the wheelbarrow and takes them to the splitting area — or I split them on the spot. But I've been toying with the log stand idea. So either I'd have to haul the stand out to the site, or cut them to longer lengths and get a sled of some kind, instead of a wheelbarrow.
@saraswatilakshmi@Mrlandroverful had a good point about "double handling" the logs, though. I think the timberjack method might be less work, over all.
If I had a farm tractor or small skidder to move the longer logs, I'd definitely use this type of log stand. A+ for a good idea.
@bikenutter1 if you use common sense and dont fall asleep your fine but i guess your someone who needs a bunch of safety precautions because you don pay attention and dont have much common sense
@bikenutter1 -- if you are so friggin smart, you would know that there's no point in arguing with douchebags on the internet... seriously dude, pick your battles, save your energy!
@bikenutter1 seemed ok to me and I used to write safety violations on a cutting crew...maybe you should stay away from tools you are scared of..btw, don't bother replying, I'll never get it...lol..
I have been using the same system for years, works even better if you start loading the wood from the bottom (better balance)and put you anti-spread supports across the top. Thanks for the video. Oh and I wouldn't use that wood in your fireplace it'll clog up your chimney/flue.
@mainmacman1 I once saw a guy who had the wood bundled together on a small crane and made alternate cuts from each end. That way they droped right where he wanted them to go and all the effort needed was to swing the bundle around fron end to end.
A mate of mine felled a 30 meter tree that was overhanging the neighbours fence with a bow saw, because he didn't like the idea of using the chain saw while up in the tree. took him three day on his own.But he never goes to a gym either
i think it's dangerous at 4:00 because of the fact that when he cuts a tree, the chain could be break by the2 part of the wood which exerce a force that contrain the chain from the 2 side. and if the chains break, it's your arm which will take the most damage. And it could really hurt.
What kind of wood is that? looks like fir or pine. I am down south and only use hardwood for fireplaces etc. so I am trying to figure out what you are burning
@minrlwtr Well pine in a fireplace or wood stove is a big no no because of creosite buildup and the risk of a chimney fire. Does fir burn cleaner? is it fast growing? I was going to put in some hybrid poplar for close to the homesite firewood for when i get old, but I am intrigued by the concept of fir if it would be suitable. I hate pine plantations but have some because you get CRP payment and it grows quick enough for pulp wood etc.. I wonder if it is just a northern tree acclimated
@minrlwtr If its dry and you clean the chimney every month your ok, I'ts not fast growing up here, the grow season is only about 6 months, what I'm trying to do is set up birch and maples for coppicing you should check out the Europeans have been doing it for hundreds of years
@great769 true. In the eastern of Germany (Brandenburg.. surrounding Berlin) alot of pine woods (mono cultures) were arranged in the last century and now here and there mixed (resp. more naturaly) forests (esp. oaks and beeches) are intended/forwarded (even because mixed cultures are not so vulnerable for vermin)
@minrlwtr while it's true that soft woods like pine and fir are resinous and hardwoods are non-resinous it doesn't mean softwoods like pine or fir can't or shouldn't be used for firewood. Open the stove up once a day, let the fire roar and there will be no problems with creosote build up or chimney fires. Douglas Fir pops when it burns, casting hot sparks. Ponderosa Pine rots fast. The true test for firewood quality is dry weight. More dry weight per cubic foot equals more BTUs.
@min hardly. pine is fine under a few, common sense conditions: 1. IT IS DRY. 2. You don't burn it under low oxygen conditions or with crappy draft. 3. You check your chimney monthly through the winter...if it needs cleaning, CLEAN IT. The interior of the chimney doesn't need to be perfect, just not be caked. I use pine, both in log and pallet form as my startup wood. Builds heat very fast. Because it is burned hot, there is little creosote to be formed, and it exits the chimney quickly.
i cut my small wood like that too, but i built my stand different, i can see your stand works a lot better than mine, i will build myself a new one like your's, thanks brother, God bless
Wow, I cut 10 cords a year growing up. I wish I had seen your videos.
Anyway, you could use cargo straps in key points before the wood is cut, then when it is cut, it is bundled. You could keep it bundled and split it bundled, and store it bundled . . .
Nice video...work smarter, not harder! One thing I thought...instead of having to pick up all of that wood, consider a design that the wood could fall into a sled, wagon, wheelbarrel, etc. so you don't have to picke it up, when cut you just pull your wagon, etc. away. Thanks for sharing!
@freedomintruth I was thinking about that I tried using a couple of Rubbermaid containers today but they filled with saw dust and wood, so I will have to think on it.
@AdirondackNY You have something there I suspect after a season of cutting it will be in rought shape so that is what I plan on doing then next year build another.
Pretty cool idea there! I may be making one of these! I am fixing to start cutting for next winter, and this looks easy to make, and looks handy to have. Thanks for sharing, God Bless....JP.
@jjaayypp963 JP it is very easy to make took longer to scrounge up the wood than to make, about 30 to 40 min, it has saved me more than that much time and my back as well.
I used your tire method for splitting a cord of wood last year and that was very easy, worked like a charm. I'm confident that this will work just as well, though where I currently live I don't have a need for firewood (and man, I so want to get back to that lifestyle)
Too bad you dont live down here in ne pennsylvania ,we got 95 percent hardwoods mostly.burns alot longer,more bang for the buck as far as heat out put and burn time.but great set up you have there.
I just made something a lot like this for cutting my small logs up. I use a Dolmar 9010 with a 28" bar. I can cut through 24" at a time with it and was able to get 28 small logs like that in the box.
TheJimdad 1 day ago
very nice rig...but sharpen the chain on that saw :)
rusda2 1 week ago
Its a Nice rack..Would work better if you Limbed the logs Clean, Safer for you too...
That type rack Saves on your Back ( being bent over cutting) BUT...You are Handling the wood one more time so Bring it to the woods with you instead of hauling the wood out to it and loading....Put it on a sled maybe ( 2x8 runners) and pull it with your 4 wheeler
Build a Super Portable rig and i will really be Impressed.. :)
MrToddG123 1 week ago
That's awesome, I love it. A tip for making kindling fast (similar idea but maybe not as brilliant as yours) is to screw an old tire on top of a large cable spool (a big thread spool like apparatus). Then pack the tire with rounds or wedges of firewood, and chop away, slowly moving in a circle around the tire. You can do a week of kindling in a big tire no problem. :)
chrischarlwood 2 weeks ago
Pretty cleaver Thanks!!
51362879 2 weeks ago
you dont heat your house with that do you you got to get your self hard wood
tfgump 2 weeks ago
seems to work ok, the only problem with a larger scale model for bigger diameter wood is that your limited as to how long your saw blade is, you dont want the end of the blade to be half way through a piece of wood, it could jab and kick back.
cadets318 2 weeks ago
@cadets318 Thats true but if I was to scale up I would get a saw with a longer bar.
great769 2 weeks ago
@great769 yup that would work. looks like your running a 18-20inch bar in this video?
cadets318 2 weeks ago
thats not fast you'd frezz todeat by the time you get it cut lol
banjolimy 2 weeks ago
A great and simple idea. Of course, you could improve on that a 100 ways, for example by adding a sloping plank underneath, that makes the last few blocks slide to one side, (but then you coudn't step in and carry it around, unless it's hinged...) , but it works just fine as it is.
09conrado 3 weeks ago
question we burn hardwoods here but are you saying you can burn pine or fir if you clean the stove and flue more offten thanks gwndfm
GWNDFM 3 weeks ago
@GWNDFM Yes I burn spruce and fir mainly and some birch and maple I'm limited because most of what I have is soft woods, but keep your flue clean and you can burn anything you want, make sure that its seasoned well.
great769 3 weeks ago
That's a neat trick. It only took about 5 minutes to get all that wood cut up. I could see where it would save your saw in the longrun. Maybe I could fix me something like that and finally be able to make a straight cut. lol
Jesus is coming soon.
Richard
southeast Tennessee
richardelam100 3 weeks ago
pine is ok if dryed for a year
david2011621 3 weeks ago
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You got done in 2:00 minutes exactly and had it cut in 4:17 nice job
Matthew879710 3 weeks ago
You got done in 2:00 minutes exactly and had it cut in 2:18 nice job
Matthew879710 3 weeks ago
I like the use tires in your yard. Wish I had a bunch of those in my yard..
WTF87182 1 month ago
handling the wood twice for no reason... What took you over 4 minutes should have taken less than 1 minute...
bing12345678901 1 month ago
great idea man.. going to be using a couple of your ideas next year. have 47 acre up here in maine assorted wood.. plenty of stuff down.. and now some easier ways to deal with the down stuff.. thanks :D
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I like my method better which is living somewhere that it's not so fucking cold.
Ilovetheplatypus 1 month ago 2
Reminds me of a little Canadian guy named Leo. Leo would handle materials 3 or 4 times just so he'd think his way was better. Didn't matter that it took 2x or 3x as much time or energy to do the same work. The guy in this video had to drop the trees? Cut the logs to manageable lengths, stack them on the sled, drag them home, stack them on the custom saw buck, saw the logs to length, move the cut wood & stack it. Add up the wasted time over the years & I'd rather be fishing than re-stacking wood
70scarrestoguy 1 month ago
you should start a bidness.
Metallica9399 1 month ago
Now if you'd just put that wheelbarrow of yours under the logs prior to cutting you'd even save more time.
sakahowdah 2 months ago
Good idea...I likee
Dangit1969 2 months ago
In general, I like this idea. I usually cut the logs up in the forest where I dropped the tree using a timberjack to lift the logs up off the ground. And then my helper (or myself) piles the cut rounds into the wheelbarrow and takes them to the splitting area — or I split them on the spot. But I've been toying with the log stand idea. So either I'd have to haul the stand out to the site, or cut them to longer lengths and get a sled of some kind, instead of a wheelbarrow.
saraswatilakshmi 2 months ago
@saraswatilakshmi @Mrlandroverful had a good point about "double handling" the logs, though. I think the timberjack method might be less work, over all.
If I had a farm tractor or small skidder to move the longer logs, I'd definitely use this type of log stand. A+ for a good idea.
saraswatilakshmi 2 months ago
What sucks, is it takes energy to create energy.....
danzak44 2 months ago
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bikenutter1 3 months ago
@bikenutter1 if you use common sense and dont fall asleep your fine but i guess your someone who needs a bunch of safety precautions because you don pay attention and dont have much common sense
pretzel1253 3 months ago
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bikenutter1 3 months ago
@bikenutter1 it sounds to me like you are making assumptions about americans in general which i don't care for.
prometheus19799791 3 months ago
@bikenutter1 -- if you are so friggin smart, you would know that there's no point in arguing with douchebags on the internet... seriously dude, pick your battles, save your energy!
jeffpicks 2 months ago
Very cool idea guy!
strawalker 3 months ago
u need a faster chain saw
joecool248 3 months ago
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Make sure both ends are cut fairly equal, you dont want all that wood flipping on you. cool idea! Go Canada GO!
2ChillPillz 4 months ago
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2ChillPillz 4 months ago
Brilliant! Good idea!
nextexhale 4 months ago
I love old people. They come up with some of the most inovative ways of doing things. Hats off to you old guy.
yoocuzz 4 months ago
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bikenutter1 4 months ago
@bikenutter1 seemed ok to me and I used to write safety violations on a cutting crew...maybe you should stay away from tools you are scared of..btw, don't bother replying, I'll never get it...lol..
savagenomore 1 month ago
Nice Mister good luck!!
steinderbush 4 months ago
Hi, very cool, smart and fast! Thanks for sharing your tips and tricks. All the best, Sepp
Waldhandwerk 4 months ago
I burn pine for the exact reason, quick heat and it get it hot! Then I use the normal maple, oak and elm.
bigdanbear 5 months ago
i bundle it up with 2 slings and pick it up with my boom truck, big no mater, very fast no hard work, i have to because i broke me back years ago
arnoldcustom 5 months ago
I see what I am going to be doing next weekend... :) Great idea man
stravevane 5 months ago
You just need a conveyor to get the cut wood to the house.
MrLeonard55 6 months ago
excellent video. explanation was really well thought out and the principle is great. Thanks for that.
ostosix 7 months ago
too bad it takes the old man a year to put all the wood into the rack...
mathieuguelph 7 months ago
I have been using the same system for years, works even better if you start loading the wood from the bottom (better balance)and put you anti-spread supports across the top. Thanks for the video. Oh and I wouldn't use that wood in your fireplace it'll clog up your chimney/flue.
chapmansbg 8 months ago
@chapmansbg "start loading the wood from the bottom...". And how, exactly, would one start "loading at the top"? Anti-gravity?
kenfo0 5 months ago
Great deal , im gonna build one this weekend ! Thanks i subbed !
MrMADMOFO 8 months ago
I've just knocked one of these up out of 3"x3" scrap dunnage from the docks, it works bloody brilliantly! Best thing: no sore back after cutting wood.
Not bad for a Canuck, those Yanks reckon you lot are all ''special needs''?!!You make more sense to me than most things coming out of the USA.
struck2soon 8 months ago
Love it. Thanks.
PetertheGreatest1 8 months ago
ANOTHER COOL IDEA. THANK YOU
TIM
MTNMANTIM 8 months ago
Great idea! Haven't saw anything quite like that before.
mrbr549 9 months ago
Great idea I´m going to go out and build one right now;o)
Thaks
Andersbork 9 months ago
Another great idea
ByNatureFarms 9 months ago
Maybe if you SHARPENED your chainsaw it would cut that time in half. That saw is desperately dull.
fisher1600 9 months ago
Maybe if you SHARPENED your chainsaw it would cut that time in half. That saw is desperately dull.
fisher1600 9 months ago
All my life I've cut firewood, and I have NEVER thought of this...wow, great idea, will have to build me one of these!
Thumbs UP video!
WORRO01 10 months ago
why don't you have the upright on the sled say you double handling the wood?
Mrlandroverful 10 months ago 2
@Mrlandroverful I never thought of that I will try that. thanks.
great769 10 months ago
@Mrlandroverful
u could even just attach some sturdy cordage to the base and pull it around i bet
TheLudwig457 2 months ago
@Mrlandroverful you should have the cut wood fall into the wheelbarrow to eliminate pickup time and achy back
mainmacman1 1 month ago
@mainmacman1 I once saw a guy who had the wood bundled together on a small crane and made alternate cuts from each end. That way they droped right where he wanted them to go and all the effort needed was to swing the bundle around fron end to end.
A mate of mine felled a 30 meter tree that was overhanging the neighbours fence with a bow saw, because he didn't like the idea of using the chain saw while up in the tree. took him three day on his own.But he never goes to a gym either
Mrlandroverful 1 month ago
i think it's dangerous at 4:00 because of the fact that when he cuts a tree, the chain could be break by the2 part of the wood which exerce a force that contrain the chain from the 2 side. and if the chains break, it's your arm which will take the most damage. And it could really hurt.
but the rest is a good choice. respect.
darkdrago74 11 months ago
What kind of wood is that? looks like fir or pine. I am down south and only use hardwood for fireplaces etc. so I am trying to figure out what you are burning
minrlwtr 11 months ago
@minrlwtr Yea its fir most of my property is covered in it and I'm trying to remove much of the fir and allow the hard woods to come back.
great769 11 months ago
@minrlwtr Well pine in a fireplace or wood stove is a big no no because of creosite buildup and the risk of a chimney fire. Does fir burn cleaner? is it fast growing? I was going to put in some hybrid poplar for close to the homesite firewood for when i get old, but I am intrigued by the concept of fir if it would be suitable. I hate pine plantations but have some because you get CRP payment and it grows quick enough for pulp wood etc.. I wonder if it is just a northern tree acclimated
minrlwtr 11 months ago
@minrlwtr If its dry and you clean the chimney every month your ok, I'ts not fast growing up here, the grow season is only about 6 months, what I'm trying to do is set up birch and maples for coppicing you should check out the Europeans have been doing it for hundreds of years
great769 11 months ago
@great769 true. In the eastern of Germany (Brandenburg.. surrounding Berlin) alot of pine woods (mono cultures) were arranged in the last century and now here and there mixed (resp. more naturaly) forests (esp. oaks and beeches) are intended/forwarded (even because mixed cultures are not so vulnerable for vermin)
sc0186 6 months ago
@minrlwtr while it's true that soft woods like pine and fir are resinous and hardwoods are non-resinous it doesn't mean softwoods like pine or fir can't or shouldn't be used for firewood. Open the stove up once a day, let the fire roar and there will be no problems with creosote build up or chimney fires. Douglas Fir pops when it burns, casting hot sparks. Ponderosa Pine rots fast. The true test for firewood quality is dry weight. More dry weight per cubic foot equals more BTUs.
SurefireWoodsman 7 months ago
@min hardly. pine is fine under a few, common sense conditions: 1. IT IS DRY. 2. You don't burn it under low oxygen conditions or with crappy draft. 3. You check your chimney monthly through the winter...if it needs cleaning, CLEAN IT. The interior of the chimney doesn't need to be perfect, just not be caked. I use pine, both in log and pallet form as my startup wood. Builds heat very fast. Because it is burned hot, there is little creosote to be formed, and it exits the chimney quickly.
kenfo0 5 months ago
Great vid and a smart way of doing it. but i can see its time to sharpen the chain, then u use less time, fuel and oil. :)
okter94 11 months ago
@okter94 I did that yesterday big difference
great769 11 months ago
i cut my small wood like that too, but i built my stand different, i can see your stand works a lot better than mine, i will build myself a new one like your's, thanks brother, God bless
redtbird1982 11 months ago
Wow, I cut 10 cords a year growing up. I wish I had seen your videos.
Anyway, you could use cargo straps in key points before the wood is cut, then when it is cut, it is bundled. You could keep it bundled and split it bundled, and store it bundled . . .
shereecameron 11 months ago
@shereecameron Thank You I have some strapping I'll try that great idea.
great769 11 months ago
Wow, I cut 10 cords a year growing up. I wish I had seen your videos.
Anyway, you could use cargo straps in key points before the wood is cut, then when it is cut, it is bundled.
shereecameron 11 months ago
Nice video...work smarter, not harder! One thing I thought...instead of having to pick up all of that wood, consider a design that the wood could fall into a sled, wagon, wheelbarrel, etc. so you don't have to picke it up, when cut you just pull your wagon, etc. away. Thanks for sharing!
freedomintruth 11 months ago
@freedomintruth I was thinking about that I tried using a couple of Rubbermaid containers today but they filled with saw dust and wood, so I will have to think on it.
great769 11 months ago
Great vid.
m2me1952 11 months ago
nice
forestlight5 11 months ago
and the best part is at the end of cutting wood just cut up the stand and put it on the pile
AdirondackNY 11 months ago
@AdirondackNY You have something there I suspect after a season of cutting it will be in rought shape so that is what I plan on doing then next year build another.
great769 11 months ago
Pretty cool idea there! I may be making one of these! I am fixing to start cutting for next winter, and this looks easy to make, and looks handy to have. Thanks for sharing, God Bless....JP.
jjaayypp963 11 months ago
@jjaayypp963 JP it is very easy to make took longer to scrounge up the wood than to make, about 30 to 40 min, it has saved me more than that much time and my back as well.
great769 11 months ago
Not many BTU's left in that wood. Nice jig though.
yacrafter 11 months ago
That is smashingly brilliant!
I used your tire method for splitting a cord of wood last year and that was very easy, worked like a charm. I'm confident that this will work just as well, though where I currently live I don't have a need for firewood (and man, I so want to get back to that lifestyle)
J....
jdouglasfisher 11 months ago
@jdouglasfisher I hope you do I glad the tire worked for I was splitting with mine an hour ago. Thank You for the great comment.
great769 11 months ago
Too bad you dont live down here in ne pennsylvania ,we got 95 percent hardwoods mostly.burns alot longer,more bang for the buck as far as heat out put and burn time.but great set up you have there.
werb1961 11 months ago
@werb1961 All the hard woods here have been cut out I have some and I'm cleaning out around them so the can grow and expand in numbers. Thanks
great769 11 months ago