Hauling, Cutting, Splitting & Storing Firewood
Hauling, processing and storing firewood. As a result of my laziness in firewood chopping, splitting and stacking by hand I spent a couple of months building a firewood processor around a 7 tonne capacity electric log splitter, a belt conveyor and forks attachment for the micro skid steer loader so I can move around the IBC - Intermediate Bulk container crates that are, as of now, full of firewood successfully made on my homemade firewood processor. No more back bending firewood chopping with a handheld chainsaw or splitting wood with a regular axe. Nor the most annoying thing to my liking - firewood stacking. As someone said in the comments, and very spectacularly I might add, people go through a lot of trouble and work to be lazy afterwards. And it's true.
Stay tuned for the next video! Thanks for watching!
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Soundtrack:
Pomade - Silent Partner (KZhead Audio Library)
Welding equipment borrowed from Spetselektroodi AS, Estonia:
Fronius TransSteel 2700 welder
Optrel Crystal 2.0 Welding Helmet
Hypertherm Powermax 45 XP plasma cutter
Finally, a video that proves wood can be more entertaining than reality TV. Move aside, Kardashians, there's a new star in town, and it's a perfectly stacked pile of firewood
That log trailer is sweet, so versatile
Hydraulic trailer would be even sweeter. 😉
@@DonnDIY I'm sure you know someone who could make that😉
I was just going to comment that.
I watched this processed being built step by step. I watched you strive for perfection sometimes tearing something apart and completely re building it. The machine works perfect and reflects your skills. Thanks for this series.
Imagine how nice its for the parents watching the son making life so much easier and deleting the arduous work.
Donn my friend, I hope we still have many more young people like you, that have the energy, enginuity, skills, determination and motivation, because if we do, this World is in good shape. Thanks for the video.
need to build a larger out door wood boiler that will heat shop and the home and burn 4 too 6 foot logs ... then also that would save some time in the fire wood work ,, i hate stacking wood .. you got a great system going .. great video ..
I'm glad to see a change of pace, a little bit of mental rest, on good friday.
That's exactly how I approached the task of firewood making. 😉
This has got to be the best DYI project I’ve ever seen come together. You are are beyond talented. I’m speechless. I love creating as well but you take it to new levels. Mad props to you.
Love the zoom effects in the end. Tour cameraskills are impressive
DIYではDonnの動画が一番好きです。
17 minutes of watching Donn make firewood? Yupp. First video with my coffee this morning. 😁 Still hard to believe that entire processor started with just a little electric log splitter and I watched the entire build series. The phrase “Work smarter, not harder” should have a link to your channel.
I admire your creativity and talents to bring your ideas all together. This is what America is all about - being free to dare to go where others dare not - re-invent the wheel, build a better mousetrap, and manufacture a great firewood processor. BRAVO! Your next challenge might be how to overcome muddy fields and trails!
It's very similar to how we process firewood at our farm. Cheers from Sweden.
I would love a voiceover every now and then😁
Nice to see all the bits and pieces I watched being fabricated and put together working as one intended machine!
So much awesomeness packed into one video. Very well done sir!
Hi @DonnDIY, nice to have you back! Hope all is well.
No worries! All is good! 😉
You’ve come a long way since the first video of yours that I watched. It was the one of the log arch build. Thanks for the inspiration and entertainment.
You've been sticking around for quite awhile then. And I salute you! Cheers man! Stick around for more. I have bunch of new ideas I want to try and more things I want to build. 😉
Compressed crushed concrete makes a great walkway surface.
That's the plan. And there's more old concrete coming from the broken barn floor I plan on removing and replacing anyway. 😉
Very good to see this particular machinery in use again! Nice loads of cut firewood. Enjoyed 👍👍
That 'small stuff' that gets screened out makes great fire starters!
Donn is a mastermind no doubt about it
No matter how you process it, firewood is a bunch of work. You have a really neat system built.
Great job showing and doing that great job on that wood buster. Just build it right right, well see ya on the next one making it work easier good job have a great day see ya on the next one see ya by.
Okay, good modification of the exit (it can serve as a barbecue!). All that is missing is a small basket for sawdust from the chainsaw and a collection of chips between the output of the firewood machine and the conveyor! Good job once again!
Медитативное ,релаксантное видео!!!)))) Назначать некоторым людям,кто жалуется на "тяжёлую работу в офисе"...!)))))) В особо тяжёлых случаях "офисно-трудогольной депрессии"-- предписывать такую работу на свежем воздухе- в реальности,а не в качестве видео!!))))))
That set-up looks very productive for one person using self-made equipment, in one day. Impressive!
I could watch your ingenuity all day Donn. I didn't realise you'd use all that firewood in one winter. I can see why you automated the process.
Wtf mate?Your talent is beyond my creativity.
All this work has made me hungry!
A grapple for your skid steer to use on your forks would be very useful. Then you could replace the log lift with a chain-drive feed table. That would reduce the manual labor of loading logs and allow several to be staged on the table to be split next. Regardless, it's always great to see someone that's not afraid of work getting things done.
Мастер на все руки. Удачи.
I like too see working your firewood processor, its a genious construction!!!
I watched you build this a while back,,I like the way you made the splitter hydraulics do all the lifting and progression of the logs! Great design and implementation Donn!
Как у нас говорят: дело мастера боится! 🙂👍👍👍💪🤝
It’s great to see these in use and how labour saving they are. Way better than how we do it!
Although I can appreciate the necessity of your comment about not littering, I'm thinking only someone very new to this channel might say something like that. Donn, you have salvaged, repurposed and found use for things most of us either would have trashed or disregarded all the time. That you would keep the concrete bust out is just what you do- and when the "planned" crusher" makes it's appearance, that old barn floor will become driveway, or other useful surface on the farm. It is, after all what you are and do. Please note, even though you built the really spiffy cutting and splitting machine, you load the smaller stuff completely by hand, only using the log lifter for the really back breakers. You seem to waste nothing- something most of us need to work much harder at. Do your thing- it's good for us all! Hope your grandpa is still hanging in there and watching you take his inspiration and old shop to the next level! FR
Great update! Thanks for sharing!
It is great to see your processor in action again. Still fascinating.
Love this channel, always informative no faff no bs and just the right amount of yakking. Top bloke blessings from England mate.
Love the skull saw.
Next project should be a hydraulic forwarder trailer! Definitely
I would really need one for sure.
That moment when you realize you have OCD, internally yelling at a piece of firewood to get up the conveyor...
Very cool! You could make a shaking / vibrating machine either under or beside the crate so it would vibrate the wood down and make it fit better in the crate.
Hey Donn, good to see you getting some exercise again🤗! Always enjoy watching your videos with the wood gathering devices you have built. Everything is working fantastically. Thanks for sharing with us, stay safe and keep having fun !! Fred.👍👍👏🏻👏🏻
Thank you for the good wishes, Fred. Stay safe!
still works as it was intended a year on great
nice to see you @ work, great Job
Hi there, I have watched all your past vids where you made all your equipment you were using. You amaze me how great a talent and skill you have at manufacturing. Bravo from Victoria Australia
TOO SEE THAT THING IN ACTION ....SO COOL I WATCHED U BUILD MOST ALL OF THAT ....UR A SMART DUDE !!!!
Cheers man!
Nice to see the machinery in action. 👍🏻
Good to see that it still works a treat! Bloody hell you go through some wood!
Always finding a solution Donny....... You're an amazing man Mate. Billy J..... Queensland, Australia.
Мужик ты молодец! Эти 18 минут пролетели как одна минута) полет фантазии))) P.S березка и силикатный кирпич наталкивает меня на мысль что ты из России или стран СНГ)))
Hell of a lil system you made there Donny. The cart works great hauling log an whatever ! Cool 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Pretty cool watching you use equipment I have watched you build over the years ... all the best from Arkansas!
Smart is the man that makes his own things !! When I split my firewood I always have little small pieces I bag them in a breathable canvas type bag and use them to start my wood burner or just ad them in with the regular firewood, Bark as well. Also I was watching you ad a log to the firewood processor I thought of something that might make another video for you and help you out and save your back . You could make something to put on the arms that lift the log up on top of the firewood processor. Then use that same motion and use it to push the log into the firewood processor make these pieces removable so you could take them off and still use the feet that lift the log on to the firewood processor if that makes any sense. Great video as always !!
I enjoyed every second of the video. It feels good to watch you put all that reworked scrap to good use.
Nope, I live in Estonia. 😉
Great video of your builds at work. Really like your saw and splitter setup those goes to the conveyor up and into the basket.
So impressed with you ideas and work.
Thank you.
If only you knew a guy who could fabricate some tracks for that skid loader...
And add some counter weight on the back... Been looking some DIY method to make counter weights since some asshat stole 4/6 weights we had. 30kg for each makes pretty penny on scrap metal market it seems.
Что мне нравится-это нет клоунады и только работа.Можно смотреть как хорошее кино, которого увы уже не делают.
Молодец.
Necessity is the mother of invention, my father and I loved watching this! Makes me want to fire up my log splitter too, but the oak and ash around here can be beefy to split.
You could add a hydraulic ram and gas power as well to the electric saw. Frankly, it could all be gas if you ran a hydraulic saw, but I like how inexpensive his electric saw is in contrast. Two separate systems...one hydraulic one the saw could work fine. If you used a generator engine, you could actually work it to provide the power for the system if you added a transfer case.
Wow you make a log factory 👍
The game Spintires should sponsor this video 😁
Ja faz tempo que acompanho seu trabalho, e tenho aprendido mto mas hj vc se superou fabricar essas maquinas para fazer o trabalho de cortar lenha assim foi show de bola parabens
Great to see it in action.
"I want to crush it in the future." my interest is peaked, now imagining he's going to build a rock crusher! :)) NGL, that'd be sweet.
That is the plan! 🤘💪😉
@@DonnDIY Nice!
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Would you consider to make plans available when you finish the build of the crusher? I live on a farm similar to yours and I would love to crush my own rocks to gravel for using on my road and stuff
OK.....that's cheating! With firewood you are supposed to have blisters and splinters! HA! VERY IMPRESSIVE!! GOOD JOB!
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And what a rebel - not stacking firewood.
When I was 10 our house had no insulation and was wood heated. Went thru 10 cords/yr. That's a lot of cutting and stacking.
@@paavokaleva Ha! Yeah, there's that too!
@@aforman1951 well... Didn't stacking an chopping and cutting all that fire wood keep you warm and even break a sweat during the day? That might have been the plan all along, to get double the warmth for the same amount of wood.😄
Just found your channel. You're a genius
I was hoping we would get another video this year on the wood processor. That is some good stuff. Regards, Solomon
Everything you make is absolutely perfect. (You know, after you straighten out any glitches). That grate? Great. Flawless. Lots of welding. Edit: (Yes, broader spacing would work better). Love your work, Donn.
Work smarter, not harder! 👍🏼
Great video! Lots of firewood!! Thanks!
I had to see this video again!
Good job Donn! You are sure to be warm this winter!
And all built by your hands! A fine job sir.
Cheers man!
I like the cold saw
Great job. Very impressed..
Fantastic job and machines.
This looks so easy. We would do all this by hand.
We did it also by hand and I got fed up with the manual process so much that I decided to build this firewood processor. 😉
Estupenda manera de cortar y recolectar leña, saludos y respetos desde Venezuela.💯💯💯💯🤘🤘🤘🤘👍👍👍👍💯💯💯💯
Great job 👏 super hand worker 👍
Очень хорошие видео ролики 👍👍👍
I think I've watched all your videos and the fire wood processor is one of my favorites. At the time I watched this video there was 23 thumbs down so the question is, would these people be happy or positive about anything in their life? My guess is no.
Excellent work👍👍👍. Thanks for sharing You lazy? NEVER. Your motto is "Why should I work harder when I can work smarter" @ 7:03 That is hilarious "I repeat I will not stack the wood"🤣🤣🤣
Beautiful work as usual. We featured this video in our homemade tools forum this week :)
very good system working like a charm congrats
Scandinavian lifestyle,nice!
Need a small crate to catch the kindling off the grate.
Помню этот проект делал, красава🤘
Looks like it is about time for a forest harvester / forwarder combo.
You have got the process down pat!!! Great Work as always
Cheers man!
Have you ever thought "Am I mad"? How much weight have you added to the log splitter just to avoid a little clearing up? I completely understand why you spend time and money 'tidying up the system' because I do the same (on a smaller scale) and my whole family think I'm as mad as a hatter. We call it "Bremnerising" when I spend ages improving bought tools and devices. Great vids Donn, I don't care how mad you are (or seem), I'll still watch you! Estonia seems a lovely place to visit now the Soviets are gone. Nick (UK)
Gotta hand it to you, that is one nice processor!! Nice job!!
Great video thank you your placement of the cameras are very clever I'm sure it's time consuming I use those same crates for my firewood here in the states we call them totes ☺
Awesome job
Thats a great grate, cleaning up that small stuff can really grate on you.
An idea for the firewood processor Adjust the exit floor of wood from flat to less descending...
Add a catch pan under the grates and use scraps as kindling.