Chris, my son was 13 when we started watching your videos. We love all the tips and tricks. He has started a successful firewood business with all your advice. His first year, he sold 24 cords. Thanks

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

That is awesome! Keep cuttin'!

If you pause at 2min 16 seconds, the ginger cat is driving the tractor !

@BertsCustomCuts

3 ай бұрын

He sits there alot.

@alanburke1893

3 ай бұрын

Ginger cat is the brains behind the operation 🐱... a multi-level marketing campaign to elicit donations of cat food. Bert and Chris are unwitting pawns. By November she'll be the GOP candidate for veep

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

yup, he is up there a lot!

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

Ha!!!

@earlzathome

3 ай бұрын

Lolz...!

Super enjoyed this one! Awesomeness In The Woodyard !😊 We’ll see you soon! Andrew from NB :)

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

Thanks a bunch!

Watching your video's many moons ago when i first started, before getting a log lift. You definitely saved my life, teaching me how to noodle, you taught me most of what i know about making wood processing easier!!!! You rock Chris. Thank you for everything man🤜🤛

@TwinCityFirewood

3 ай бұрын

Great comment! Same here!! Keep em coming Mr. Chris!

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

Thanks!!!

Chris, I’ve been ripping logs for 40 years or so. In the old days before I had a tractor and grapple I would rip firewood length rounds just like you demonstrated, one piece at a time on the ground. Now I hold the log off the ground with the grapple and rip it with a 28”-32” bar first, then buck it to length. On big diameter logs I’ll rip vertically maybe three or four times before bucking. That way you can rip/buck everything up to the grapple. At that point grab the short log by the end and half or quarter up the rest of it. Sure will save your back. Happy woodcutting, Doug

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

Yup, ripping is good!

@johnhass1084

3 ай бұрын

Great suggestion

I had neen cutting wood fpr twenty years even for a living and watching u rip round a little over a year ago has made my life so much easyier thank you

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

Awesome, keep cutting!

Great demonstration, Chris. Additionally, when you cut edge grain vs end grain, you're cutting less width (16 vs 24 inches). The noodles are a lot more useful as well since we use them for chicken bedding whereas the end grain dust is basically powder.

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

Yup!

Tree service brought me 68” red oak log. I had to rip into 12 pieces per round to make it movable- into my small the loader bucket! Stay safe and keep sharing your experiences. 🙏

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

That is awesome!

Now children, THIS……is how hernias are born! 😂

@GregPrince-io1cb

3 ай бұрын

I felt it too!!!

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

yup, good exercise!

Another great tutorial. FYI-the noodle wood can be a great fire starter when dry.

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

Thanks, yup.

I didn’t know there was a wrong way to rip. Thanks for sharing!!

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

You bet!

Chris, such a timely video. Neighbour had a 100'+ maple taken down last fall. Rounds stored at the back of his property to rot. Asked, and offered to me. These rounds are at least 26-36+ diameter. Now I know how to cut them up. Thanks, Chris. Absolutely love your videos. Well, most of them! Norm🍁🍻

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Well done, sir. I learned the hard way two weekends ago cutting big oak rounds the “right way” and the “wrong way.” Bottom line, the rounds needed cut bc I do not have a log lift and my back can only take so much abuse. Thanks for the videos. Really enjoy them.

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

It’s un real how much faster cutting it from the side then from the end. Never knew that. Thankyou.

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

Yup.

I deal mostly with 28-40in logs. Sometimes I have to cut them into 6ths to handle them. I have put a 36in round on my Axis but they are tricky to spin and split. I use the long shreds of saw chips for kindling when it dries out. I put it in zip loc bags and add it to my wood bundles. Also I get old growth rich pine and split it down to 1/2-1 in. pieces and add a few to my bundles. People love the extra touch. You would be surprised at how many people that have trouble building a fire.

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

Yup, most people don't build fires well. Starters help.

Chris while the log is in the grapple split first then cut to length. Then when it falls to the gound it’s already split

@iffykidmn8170

3 ай бұрын

Demonstration for those without a grapple otherwise he could have used the grapple to lift onto splitter.

@johnfpaterson9948

3 ай бұрын

@@iffykidmn8170 he was using a grapple

@iffykidmn8170

3 ай бұрын

@@johnfpaterson9948 Zoomie over your head.

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

Yup, I could if I wanted to waste time .

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

yup

I ripped a big piece of cedar once, the shaving from ripping it made the best fire starter ever.

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

yup, good stuff!

Good morning Chris, I definitely agree on cutting down the big rounds. Having a glacier splitter like you used to have and having had hernias in the past, cutting big rounds down is the only way I do it as well. I have, in the past, tried the vertical option, but now I just cut the rounds down to make loading the rounds and splitting go faster and easier. With age comes wisdom, listening to those who are older than myself, and passing on wisdom to my sons and daughters. GNI

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

Well said!

I needed this video yesterday.....spent most of the day splitting a 30" oak. Thankfully I have a log lift on my splitter, but this would have made things even easier! Thanks Chris!

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

Glad to help!

Thanks for this, Chris. I’ve been wondering about cutting big rounds like you had and the most efficient way to do so. Appreciate the demo! Cheers! 👍

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Thanks for continuing to bring the VALUE!!!! Great job Sir!! Rest easy!! No need to set my alarm for 6:30, your next video notification will wake me up. Lol 😂 Appreciate you! Jeremy Carr Hamden, CT………by way of good ole Memphis, Tennessee!!!

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Great info. I’m passing this video on to some that need to be in the know 😄. But go easy lifting! 🫣 I’m sitting here watching my window to cut and haul wood out of the woods due to a torn, rotator cuff from falling twice.😢. It’s on the mend without surgery I’m hoping. You get a boo-boo, being so active it would not be good.

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

Yup, the old carcass needs to be taken care of!

I just learned something new that will be useful when cutting large and heavy rounds. Thank you for this lesson.

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

I have always noodled with a 70cc saw (stihl 440) but the other day i hit a glass fence insulator that was hiding a third of the way in on a 28 inch white oak, those insulators will mess a chain up right now. I had 3 blocks left to noodle instead of messing with the chain I grabbed my 261 (50cc) and finished, I was quit impressed at how well that 50 cc saw noodled. So if all you have is a winnie saw (lol) grab it get it done and save your back. Love the videos, have a great day and be safe

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

Yup, it works!

Hi Chris, just a thought… being out of breath at our age might not be a lung thing. It could be a buildup in your blood vessels restricting flow. If there is a build up your heart can’t keep up with supplying your body with oxygen so you breathe heavier. A simple dye test and a scan on your next wellness check is a good idea. Better than getting the widowmaker.

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

I have a cold.

That was great Chris. Very helpful. Thanks.

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

I learn something new every day from your channel, Chris. 22:38

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

I like the way you do things. Very smart. I know it works because your tips came from experience.

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

Cool, thanks!

This is genuinely helpful, thank you.

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

thanks for watching!

Game changer! Thank you for sharing how to do this. It's so counter intuitive to cut that way but WOW it works great ! My other alternative was using a Big Box splitter in vertical setting to bust large pieces up. But the saw can make good work of knots and stuff. Thanks guys!

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Great video very educational for people that just dont know!!!

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Nice video for people that starting out. There so much wood in them big blocks. Have great weekend.

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

Yup, thanks!!

I only cut wood once or twice a year the home fire, usually I would never rip but now I’ve been shown which way it’s always an option

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

Try it !!

In my area there is a lot of those big butts and crouches left behind. most firewood cutters don't have big enough saws and it takes to long to rip. But I have my old homelites 925 and 410 (82cc and 70cc) and I love cutting them and use the shavings as my fire starter. last year I did about 5 cords worth and this year I have every bit of twice that. Its all free and it all burns. nice demo

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

Yup, all wood burns!

Very helpful - with the grain :) For an extra #2K a brick-and-mortar hardware store will sell a vertical/horizontal splitter. Then roll the 16" rounds to it, tip on edge, and make quarters.

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

Yup, I have had 2 of them. For really big 40-50" rounds ripping is much easier and faster than fighting the splitter in place or getting the rounds to the splitter.

Excellent educational video, unique as far as I know.

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Chris.... I just had severe inguinal hernia repair left and right in mid December..... I swear to goodness I felt your pain rolling that big bastard up on that round!!! Had to take an Advil!! Ouchhhhhh!!!

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

Ha!!!

You just save me a ton of backache. I have some very large oak rounds. I bought a ripping chain and cut just one of the round vertically. It was a disaster. I can’t wait to get out there and do it your way. Thank you so much.!

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

Awesome, get to it!

Lifting those rounds on top of one another is the real grunt work of all firewood!! Thanks for sharing the correct method.

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

You bet!

Noodles are great dried for wood duck bedding material. Good plug on the grapple for the manufacture.

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

Yes they are!

Normally I would put my splitter in the vertical position and split the huge ones but messed up my knee so am cutting them like this. I would cut down close to the ground and roll them and cut down from the top. Sometimes wouldn't hit the other cut!! I like how you come in from the bottom and cut upwards! Thanks for the lesson! I will try that!! I have a Jonsered 2171 with a 24" bar that is basically like what you are using! Much easier to handle on the splitter!! Can't wait to try the cutting upwards! Thanks!!

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

Yup, the up cut is the best.

Great job. It would be fun to have one of the super saws used in lumberjack shows. 😊

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

Maybe one day!

Great video.work smarter ,not harder.i just turned 61.i remember years ago trying to cut rounds against the grain.had to live n learn.i been cutting up some blackjack oak last 2 days.today I got down to the bases of the trees.was tired,it was noodle time.probably 20 in by then.my dog loves playing in the piles of strings thou.went well🍻

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

Nice work!

Yep. Done a lot of that. Boss doesn’t like the pile of sawdust, but it’s the same cut width of any other cut made on a log.

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

Yup!

Great video. I agree that is the best way to break down the big rounds. My Dolmar 7900 makes mincemeat out of ANY rounds.

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

Totally agree!

Good video. Ripping is for milling lumber with special chain and takes time because of the purpose of creating lumber. Noodling is ripping for exactly the purpose you described and demonstrated. Ease of splitting the large rounds for generating firewood. Thanks for the vid.😅

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

ok

Jeeze Chris, just try n knock off a 2” cookie next time to keep u off the deck, lil easier to get your round up onto

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

Yup.

Great explanation, Chris! I learned this the hard way the first few times i quartered big rounds....😂

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching Russ!

hey I just learned something useful,,,,ty Chris

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

thanks!

We have a Tractor Supply splitter that looks like today's County Line splitter which flips up to split vertical on the ground. It's meant for those large rounds but what a pain being on your knees trying to wiggle those rounds onto the push plate. I usually put the big ones up on the splitter with the forks with a helper running the controls. Split the big ones up into quarters and just let them fall until you run out of standing room. Finish splitting those and then repeat. But then i have multiple tractors with forks here!

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

Try ripping if you have a good saw.it might be faster.

Good video! I think a lot of us who split by hand do this. I do one noodle cut about 2/3 of the way through on the bigger rounds, then split them. They split pretty easy after that.

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

Yup!

Thanks for the tip on the easy way to rip.

@InTheWoodyard

2 ай бұрын

You bet! Thanks for watching!

Great video. Looks like poplar or popular, that’s not to popular, that we have around here. And stinky when cut. Thanks for the lesson. I understand better now. 👍🏻

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

Yup, nasty crap!

I like noodles better than a strained back😂 I make them often! Great info Sir Chris! 👍🏻👍🏻GNI

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

Right on Sir Toddeth!!

Chris...I cut almost all hardwoods, red and white oak, cherry, locust, and sycamore. A lot of it is so big that it takes two of us (granted he is 78; 5'8 and 160, and I'm 76, 6'7 and 260) and a 6' spud bar to get the rounds tipped horizontal so we can quarter and sometime cut into eighths. I have found that by decreasing my top plate angle from the recommended 30 degrees to 25 degrees has made a tremendous difference in cutting efficiency and the chain staying sharp.

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

Good work!

Nice video Chris. Noodling is where almost all of us came from when first making firewood with a chainsaw & no other power equipment. Lots of strain, but good exercise if you don’t over do it. If you noodle it down to use size, it makes really pretty firewood. GNI

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

Very true!

Saw was cutting great Chris! Only thing I don’t like about noodling is when splitting the piece near the cut is usually odd shaped kind of like a wedge.👍👍

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

Great point!

@iffykidmn8170

3 ай бұрын

Hows about two vertical cuts no quarter roll ending with 3 slabs?

@Bryan-yl7mg

3 ай бұрын

​@@iffykidmn8170that works better with bigger rounds, in which case you'll still want to rip at least the center slab again because that's still a huge chunk of wood if you're moving them by hand.

@iffykidmn8170

3 ай бұрын

ok 3 verticals cuts then, or 8 cuts towards the center pizza style or 6 if you prefer bigger slices.

Nice explanation, Chris. 😉👍

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

Thanks! 👍

hi there time to start thinking about a upside down splitter if you keep getting those big ones , good show john

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

I have a had a couple of them, this is faster. You still need to wrestle those big buggers to the splitter of the splitter to them.

Great comparison. Great information. Great video!! I’m sure I’ve watched most of the 1350 videos. 😂. Enjoyed it!! GNI!!

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

Thanks!!

never knew this... thanks chris

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Great video! Learned now how to handle them when I come across one. I'm not a wood cutter, other than when I try and make firewood for my fire pit. I"m curious, I know that Fire Departments use saw dust during scenes of accidents to help absorb oil (or other fluids) spills, etc. What do you tend to do with it? Or more importantly, I really like the form of the noodle instead, do you have a market to sell that too? I'm thinking for fire starting. Thoughts?

@InTheWoodyard

2 ай бұрын

It does make great fire starter!

It’s fun noodling it really saves on the back. It also makes knots easier to work with. Keep on cutting 😀

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

Yes it does!

Firewood on the Hill did a test of a 24in or so round on his Wolfe Ridge 28C for speed compared to a vertical splitter. No noodling, he split them whole, with the vertical being a minute faster when splitting to bundle wood sized pieces. Either you spend a lot of money on a splitter that can handle the big rounds or you noodle it down to size.

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

Yup.

Great video thanks

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

That is some big wood. We had 12 hickory trees go down last year and we had to noodle many of them so we could pick them up. No log lift and no tractor.. Your saw was really cutting through them fast.

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

Yup, noodling makes them manageable!

Ya you’re probably right Chris, I’m 61 , I prefer to handle the bigger ones, don’t like to noodle because of I think more time and gas, more chances of hitting a nail, I wish I thought like you it would be easier on my back 😂, I had to do that today 😂, noodle, even then my back hurts 😂, anyway good video Chris 👍🪵😍🚀🏰🇨🇦

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

Keep cuttin'!

Chris, I watch you every day, please don’t lift any more huge rounds by yourself without equipment! If you get another hernia, you will be out of work for weeks!

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

Yup.

what would happen if your first cut was splitting the log in half or quartered while still attached to the grapple and then cut your 16 inch rounds. Less handling, easier on your back

Good morning, that was a workout😊 Say hello to Tony 🙏

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

Morning!

Timely video, I got a spruce tree from a neighbour I want to split so it can dry in time for next and although it's not huge, you know how knotty spruce can be, and as I was unloading it, I was thinking I may have to saw through some of them.

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

Yup, spruce is knotty!

Chris,where’s the spaghetti sauce lol excellent work and video 😮😊❤

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

Thanks!

wow Chris whoda thunk it. i was really surprised at the difference. 1/4 the time. that's a great tip. thanks for sharing. btw, you need a young buck to help you next time. you came close to "busting one" lifting those rounds.

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

yup.

i dont have a log life,but i can tip my Splitter upright,but most of the time,i rip the blocks with a chain say

@iffykidmn8170

3 ай бұрын

The downside is trying to get the round on the ground under the vertical splitter.

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

yup. just rip it!

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

yup

Thanks chris

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Nice, I gonna try it.

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

Go for it!

@koerttijdens1234

2 ай бұрын

Yo, worked great, my cheap chinese 70cc spit out spagetti big time from hard french oak@@InTheWoodyard

Good morning Chris!!😀😀👍👍

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

Hello Al!

I have been burning cottonwood for so long. About the only thing around me. Some times I can find popular and box elder but not very often. Prairies of North Dakota.

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

Yup, you have to burn what you have!

Cotton wood is the best kindling. I hear down southwest they call it biscuit wood. Because it burns so hot and makes quick coals

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

Yup,l it burns fast!

Or option #3...Haul the huge Cottonwood log to the pallet mill and collect a couple bucks! Way too much effort and cost for low quality firewood!🙄

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

It all burns.

I find a ripping chain on the saw works great for doing this

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

nice.

Good video 👍 where I live we don't have cottonwood.

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

Thanks 👍 It works on any big wood.

My father reckons the wood doesn't dry out as fast if you rip it rather than split it, but he still rips it down to a manageable size before splitting it. Me I just rip it, I don't own a fancy hydraulic splitter like he does!

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

Nice!

I use a cant hook to tip the rounds on their sides on the really large ones. It saves on your back.

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

Yup.

I have to deal most ly green rounds like that and hard and soft so I qaurter them..cutting in half it's still to heavy..just did red oak was 6ft4.

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

Wow, that is a monster!

Nice videoi. Now I am all caught up

@InTheWoodyard

2 ай бұрын

Thanks!!!

Yep that's what I have to do almost daily...and alot of times on removals..wish I did it years ago..got hernia 2 August's ago from not doing it

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

Yup, it makes it a lot easier!

Good morning everyone have a great day

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

Hello!

G’morning Chris ! The most best demonstration of how to make extra large wood into not so gut-busting sized pieces, ready to be smallerized yet again. Ever broke a window ? GoodNightIrene

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

Smallerizing! I like it! Yup, I broke a big office window with a floor buffer once!

@coreyriley7160

3 ай бұрын

Ahhhh Crap !!!

Around here you get some kind of conifer, or you get cottonwood. Not great firewood but when it's what you get... Big rounds of any kind are a PITA and if I can't move it easily, it's getting ripped! 67now and my back doesn't play well with them bigguns, they get ripped. Thanks for letting the rest of the world know it's OK for more than just me.

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

Yup, ripping works great!

There's lots of uses for the noodles, too, so it's not a total waste of kerf wood.

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

Yup!

The orange tom is wanting to help by operating the tractor.

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

Yup, he does that a lot!

Good morning everyone have a good day Chris nice big wood nice Husq Ty Ron

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

Good morning!

I may have missed this but what about the type of chain you’re using?

@InTheWoodyard

2 ай бұрын

Just a regular full.

When noodling with my Stihl saws I've noticed that the noodles don't clear as easily as they seem to on your Husqvarnas. I can't get through a big piece without stopping several times to pull the noodles from the side cover. If I don't it will bind up the chain and stop the saw.

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

You are exactly correct, I have ran Stihl saws of all sizes and yes the do not clear the noodles as fast.

Does it help to use a ripping chain?

@InTheWoodyard

2 ай бұрын

I suppose so, I do not use them because I am working on firewood not lumber.

Good morning all!

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

Good morning!

🤘Nice demonstration. Do you ever use a ripping….JUST KIDDING 😅

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

Thanks, no ripping chain here!

Lol ironic i was ripping big oak rounds in quarters last night til dark592 make short work of my rounds.lol thanks Chris

@iffykidmn8170

3 ай бұрын

The 592XP is a ripper rather disappointed Chris did not use his for this demo. Perhaps the 22MB is turning him into a weenier.

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

Yup, the 592 is a great ripping saw.

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

I thought about it but most guys do not have them so I thought keep it more relatable...next time!

@iffykidmn8170

3 ай бұрын

@@InTheWoodyard Thought that may have been your thought process but did not give the opportunity for picking on you for going soft in your advanced age.

Thats cool

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!