www.bruteforceusa.com/firewood-bundlers

@DaveyBlue32

3 жыл бұрын

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@kreindler321

Жыл бұрын

Hey Adam. Thanks for this video. Could you also share where you got the metal hopper or cart you loaded your firewood into?

Super excited to see the giveaway news!!! Thank you very much! Looking forward to it! Keep the great videos coming!

@HometownAcres

3 жыл бұрын

Congrats Rooster, glad you watched this one to see you won!

Outdoors With the Morgans sent me...you seem like a good person. I really appreciate that you emphasize safety in your videos (hearing protection, chaps, etc)

@dannyixoye262

3 жыл бұрын

And yet he wears loose fitting flimsy shorts and sneakers to work the splitter....so there's that lack of safety consideration....

It’s nice to see I’m not the only one who is OCD about my bundles. My miter saw is on a stand next to my bundle area. I measure all my pieces and still get those that are an inch longer. Nice setup you have Keep up the good work. 👍

Hi just came from Mike Morgan .It look your bundler is 2 pieces smaller than your old size ? nice to see you are supporting a Canadian company Easton . Your neighbour with the wood leftovers from the logging is like a god send . Keep up the good quality . Mike up in Orillia Ontario.

Nice addition the the process of bundling wood.. great to see the hole family out there 👍

You're all setup, Adam! Between the wood stove and the firewood bundler you'll be able to run your firewood business year round. Great job, that is sweet!

Because of your channel is why I just bought my Kioti ck3510hst. It’s awesome and can’t wait to get more attachments for it. Looking forward to getting a grapple.

Maybe put the bundler next to the saw and then the two baskets behind that. Then you can turn yourself instead off all of those steps. Also have a buket for offcuts underneath the saw - no cleaning afterwards. Awesome channel ! Thanks from 🇩🇰

Great job Adam, good seeing the family out there helping you. They are both looking good and enjoying the outdoors too. Thanks for sharing with us.👍👍👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

@HometownAcres

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Fred. It’s always fun to get them involved with the firewood business and the channel! Take care

Great video Adam and congratulations on the great bundling setup. It’s good to see the whole family out working together. It won’t be long before the little man will start his firewood apprenticeship. Stay safe

Goodness having the sound pick up in the garage really messed with the sound synching in the beginning of the video Adam. Nice work with the splitting and bundling, time to start marking the length to cut on the logs and "cut out" that extra step before bundling. Great video, thumbs up.

Amazing work - great choice of supervision. The ear gear is a nice touch😁

Hey Adam I would say you did good with the new bundler looks like a nice piece of equipment. I’m glad I’m not the only one who can’t cut firewood to the same length. I’ve been taking extra effort to get my rounds the same length. Take care brother.

You accountants with your status-tics, charts and bar graphs😆 ...love it. Just think how much more engaged I’d be at my primary employment if statistics were as interesting as this! Nice clean bundle setup you have there. Another great Wisconsin manufacturing company getting exposure.

@HometownAcres

3 жыл бұрын

Haha you know it. I can’t help myself sometimes

Can’t wait to watch the bundler work! My homemade bundler doesn’t stretch the wrap tight enough. The bundles become loose over time. I also cut my wood to 15 inches to make sure they fit in the basket. I use my chainsaw sheath with a 15 inch line sharpied on it to know where to make the chalk marks. Perfect length ever time.

@HometownAcres

3 жыл бұрын

That’s a good idea

@williamrobinson3664

3 жыл бұрын

You could also get a loggers tape to use it's super quick and easy. Then no matter what you are dead on everytime while bucking the logs. Just a tip. Your way is great just a little more time consuming if your looking to cut that down you should look into the tape.

@stannelson2582

3 жыл бұрын

Try stopping the wrap from spinning with your hand just for a quarter turn and it will stretch the wrap so it tightens up.

Switch your loose basket with your saw for more efficiency. You're doubling your steps with your current setup. If you switched their places, you would work in a clockwise pattern; loose at 12, cut at 3, bundle at 6, stack bundles at 9. The way you have it, you go to 3, then 12, then 6, then 9. Great content though.

Just watched this video today. Great job! Maybe find a way to place your mitre saw next to the bundler to reduce walking back and forth.

Nice bundling set-up Adam! That Brute force bundler is very nice 👍

Move the chop saw next to the bundler and set the re cut into the bundler with out walking. A Box Wedge splitter works best for bundles,Dont guess when cutting rounds, Measure.

I live in Minnesota and we buy fire wood on the way to the lake from a local farmer/fire wood supplier. They package it just like you show In the video and he also wraps his calling card so it is displayed.

Loved the little guy in the ear coverings. That Axis is a great splitter. Even though you use the cut off pieces, it would seem logical to have a better marker system on your splitter. Given the extra time, energy and electricity to recut them, it would benefit you in the long haul. Enjoy watching the videos and as someone who grew up on a farm many, many yrs ago, have carried in quite a bit of wood.

My DK45SE is VERY popular around here. New since 2013 and never let me down. Todd in NH.

Morning Adam and thanks for having the opportunity to win a SawHaul. Congrats to Rooster! Great seeing the family today. Stay well.

Some nice looking firewood Adam! Prime bundles for sure. And nice to know my daughter isn't the only baby to love it outdoors!

I know I'm late to the party but... If you haven't already, try using a story pole for cutting your rounds for firewood. I know there are other measurement tools but those you have to buy. You likely have a 1x2 hanging around or can cut one. Just mark it at your 16 inch increments with some bright paint and you're all set.

Oh those cutoffs work really well in my wood smoker. People buy bags of those too if you want to sell everything

@HometownAcres

3 жыл бұрын

Problem with that is I don’t have them sorted by species. It’s mostly oak, maple and cherry but usually if people are using them to smoke they want only one of them not all 3

You could probably sell them cut off pieces as smoker wood if you had the right types of wood in there just a idea!

Morning Adam. Thanks for including a cameo with the family - those little ear muffs were great! LOL! I can't remember what you use for marking your lengths but have you tried a Mingo Marker? I know you will often have off-cuts on the ends of logs but perhaps after you Mingo the log, throw the off/end cuts off into a separate pile so you know you always have your 16" lengths in the pallet. Just a thought, that's all. Have a good weekend and thanks again - the little guy is growing fast!

@HometownAcres

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Gord, I’ve seen the Mingo Marker I just haven’t pulled the trigger on it yet. Now that I know how much extra work it is to trim them after with the mitre saw I think I’m going to order it right now haha

@Cinder2008

3 жыл бұрын

And if you get a Mingo Marker , please lubricate the mechanism. GP’s squeaks and makes my eyes twitch.

@HometownAcres

3 жыл бұрын

David Sams hahahahahaha

@GPOutdoors

3 жыл бұрын

LOL! Cheers David!

@GPOutdoors

3 жыл бұрын

Good luck Adam. My neighbour Guy is a stickler for having his splits exactly 16. It's not a sophisticated tool but it works - everytime. Just make sure to wipe the tip of the paint can after you are done. Like any spray paint, the tip will get blocked by dried paint. Hope it helps a wee bit. Cheers!

I enjoyed the video and the family. To me THATS what it’s all about.

I'd love to see you try out one of brute forces wood spliters. Made in Wisconsin. Look like one of the best.

It’s nice to see the wives helping in the vids I’ve watched. Good family time and also know how that $$ was made

Man the just "mower guy" got jipped 😂. Great vid 👍🏽. Congrats to the winner!!

Adam, you should try the Mingo marker when cutting logs. It puts a small dot of paint every 16”. Maybe this might save you the extra time and work when bundling. Enjoy watching the videos and seeing your business grow.

I think I’d put the miter saw next to the bundler to save steps and make the process more efficient. Put a magnet somewhere on the bundler to attach the knife to. I do the same with my off cuts, it’s surprising how much heat you can get out of them.

That new bundler is a big step up from the other one. the shop class did do a really nice job of it. Keep up the good work

@HometownAcres

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I’m trying to figure out what I should do with the shop class version. I don’t want to get rid of it but I also don’t have room for it under a roof haha

@EastonmadeWoodSplitters

3 жыл бұрын

@@HometownAcres it would be great to rig up some sort of tensioner system for the roll. That would make the world of difference in it

Nice bundler. I did notice it in the background of a previous video. 👍

ONe piece at a time? You are getting your steps in for sure.

Nice process you did that in no time.

If the length of cut is important, though it might take a bit of time, while the logs are in the air held by the grappler, mark the lengths before starting to saw. You could even have someone mark them while the logs are in a pile before picking them up.

One tip you may (hopefully) find useful in bundling and in getting the same size is using a bandsaw. Put the woo. In the bundler , on side on the bundle will all be nice. The other side is all random lengths. Set up a stop on the nice side and cut off the random lengths on the other side. That will greatly speed up production. Besides the band saw is WAYYYY faster cutting off the “off cuts” You will need a pretty big machine maybe a 16” throat? Check around you may find one used that will work wonderfully. Rock out my man!

Hi Adam, it's Big Rodders in Ireland. I am so envious of the range of equipment available to you folks across the pond and the lighter legislation that you have to contend with. In Europe, a vertical splitter must require 2 hands to operate the blade, which cannot end closer than an inch or so from the table, an absolute nightmare when dealing with stringy soft woods. I was surprised that you split your logs one piece one at a time. With logs that size, a blade that long and with abundant power I would have thought you would be splitting 2 or 3 pieces each time, thereby reducing your splitting time. Also, is there no way you couldn't organise your workflow so that the pieces go straight from the log splitting table to the bundler, thereby cutting out a entire handling process. Any excess could go up the conveyor and be handled as at present. I realise power supply might be an issue but your manual bundler, redesigned to provide the tension required, could be a solution. An obvious way to get logs the perfect length is to bolt a threaded bar to the chainbar to enable you determine where to make your cuts - an old trick but one that costs you no time whatsoever. When I am log splitting I constantly think of how to work smarter and reduce the number of times I have to handle each individual piece of wood. Warmest Greetings from the Emerald Isle - I enjoy your videos and the insight they give into a way of life that is hard for us folk here to imagine.

I had a different brand of stretch wrapper. It came with a few trays to load the wood into & drop it into the wrapping machine. It's faster that way. And if you got someone to pack the trays ? 👫 Your production will be much better.

Maybe try a small electric chainsaw to buzz off any long pieces once bundled. Saves the step of throwing on the miter saw.

I was in the cord wood business back in the 70's. The old timers always said that each time you handled the wood you lose money. So splitting to kindling size, wrapping and stacking in those baskets is a LOT of hand operations. I'm assuming that the end product is expensive enough to justify all the extra handling. We had a brief stint where we hand trucked wood bundles up in condo elevators in Aspen. Money was great....but the logistics of getting permission and arranging times was a nightmare. We found then that we could go up in the woods, cuts rounds, load in a big dump trailer, go to the firewood lots, dump & get paid.....was the best money. But with all these tree cutting services and wood available, maybe a guy can come out.

You should do another giveaway for the old bundler. It was awesome of the School shop class to make it and give it to you. Pass along the good craftsmanship to another firewood friend.

I NEED that bundler!! That is one sweet tool. Congrats Rooster enjoy that awesome attachment!! Have a blessed day y'all and if you get the opportunity to help someone don't let it pass you by.

Hey Adam. I believe you are going in the right direction. I feel that cutting off the ends of your bundle wood one-by-one will catch up to you regarding time/labor efficiency even though you burn them. Thoughts?

Glad to see that I'm not the only guy who uses his miter saw to trim his firewood

@HometownAcres

3 жыл бұрын

It does the job. Just need to start cutting my wood the right length to begin with haha

@tedholvey3812

3 жыл бұрын

@@HometownAcres Really enjoy your videos Adam, I understand why your trim your wood to fit into your wire container, but I don't understand the presentation part. Do people really care if a log or two is a little longer...WOW.. give me the extra wood if I was buying for camping or whatever. Some people must not have anything to really worry about. Thanks again...

Ever wrap your hand in the bundles? Nice equipment, great looking family.

Cut a small piece of plywood to go over your utility sink to use as a work surface. You can lay your knife and other tools there and not have to balance them. I do that in my garage and just store the plywood standing on end beside the sink when not using it.

@HometownAcres

3 жыл бұрын

Now that is a great idea. I will definitely be using that. Thank you!

@Deutschehordenelite

3 жыл бұрын

@@HometownAcres If it slides around you can screw in 2 pieces of wood on the backside just the inside diameter of the sink apart - then it can't move :)

There are automated log cutters that will cut logs at the same length every time….might want to consider for a future purchase. Would save you a lot of time and labor and increase productivity.

The recutting seems like an aweful extra step tbh, time to get a magnetic measuring stick! That new bundler and the setup seems very nice otherwise! Also a pretty picture cut into the backplane

Beautiful family & beautiful country you live in! I've been thinking about leaving NY and looking into PA any suggestions?

@HometownAcres

3 жыл бұрын

I’m partial to northwest Pennsylvania. I grew up here, I love the snow and we get plenty of lake effect. If you don’t want the snow I’d recommend looking in West Virginia. Land prices there are probably half as much as they are in Pennsylvania or Maryland

A Jobar Teflon Measuring Rod will fix the 16" cutting problem you and everyone has .. attached to the side of the saw and tucks out of the way when you don't need it

I am sure you are aware of the number of gadgets available for measuring out the lengths of your firewood rounds. Mingo marker, magentic chainsaw bar attachments, good ole tape measure and chalk. A little time spent up front also contributes to your overall quality of your firewood product.

@HometownAcres

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I need to start taking the time to measure accurately in the woods. Better than making a mess in the garage

When you're picking wood for campfire bundles, you should have a simple go/no go gauge at the woodpile and completely eliminate cutting while you're bundling

I loved that movie! Congratulations “Rooster!”!!! Hey there buddy... a little fiberglass driveway marker from Snonplowing cut down and two part epoxied onto the magnetic from a scrap yard speaker magnetic cut to 16” will attach to the nose of the chainsaw bar and you tap the log getting perfect length wood they I pop it off and drop it down a hammer loop I added to the back of my belt with the pouch for a couple wedges... you always want a couple wedges and you also will love saving a magnetic from the trash or a $5 dollar set of yard sale speakers! Little dab of epoxy and then a trim to the correct size! You will want to make 3 or 4 because every freakin friend and family member you ever show off your beautiful invention...well they are definitely going to be eyeballing your’s so might as well have several to share on Christmas morning... LMFFAO! A flat 2” magnetic that’s just small enough to get great contact but not hit the chain is perfect for me...I’d definitely take a minute to measure your nose and keep that in your hand while magnetic shopping! My buddy cut a magnetic into 4 pieces and approached the whole fitting the tip problem that way... he’s now got 2 just for sharing and believe me... once you pop it off and cut several logs that you have measured pretty accurately and look at your perfect length firewood... you will use it every time you are “Buckin!” Firewood!!!👍😁

Hi Adam, I enjoy watching your videos I love my Kubota

I think you can same more time when you can cut everything the right length the first time, a mingo marker or a tape would be nice 16, 32 and so on, talk to M. M. Ask him how he does it. And keep your foot area clean on the spliter!

Yes I enjoyed the video. Just wandering what the purpose of the firewood bundles are? Do people actually buy these individually wrapped with only 6 or so pieces? Thanks.

Putting tractor intel into a spreadsheet such an accountant move 😂 love your style m8

put a box under the chop saw for your cuy-offs . save your back

i am sure this has been said but all that back-and-forth on concrete to the chop saw would murder my knees. I am curious why you didn't put it right next to the bundler?

@HometownAcres

3 жыл бұрын

Trying to keep the garage so I could still get my truck in at night without having to move everything

I like the new bundler 👍🔥🍁

@HometownAcres

3 жыл бұрын

You and me both haha

add a 35 gal trash can beside your chop saw and you will not have to pick all those ends up after a cut/bundle day. great way to store your "Little Fire" wood.

Add the old world way of doing things and make an assembly line- husband cuts to length and with left hand places wood in bundler,wife with son in backpack running bundler and stacking.Simple🤨 son learns by watching and by the time he is 3, he can take over for you😳

@HometownAcres

3 жыл бұрын

Haha that’s funny right there. That will be his first job when he’s old enough is stacking and bundling. Then we’ll work our way up to the splitter and then eventually the chainsaw

@PatrickWagz

3 жыл бұрын

@@HometownAcres Running the splitter by age 5, Chainsaw by age 6.... possibly 7??!! :-))

Love the new bundler

We save all of our off cuts to use in our maple syrup evaporator. Waste not!

Make us happy

You might have mentioned this on a previous video.....if not, can you give an update on the comparison between these eastonmade splitters? What do you like and dislike between the two systems? Thank you

@HometownAcres

3 жыл бұрын

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@HometownAcres

3 жыл бұрын

I did a whole video on it. Check it out and let me know what you think

Hey man love the videos. I wouldn’t mind buying your old bundler from you if you’re looking to part with it.

@HometownAcres

3 жыл бұрын

Email me. Hometownacres@outlook.com

Okay, honestly not picking at you but I have a question. Why do you cut it so thin? So it burns faster? From my experience you only need enough small pieces to get it started. Is it supposed to burn better?

Real inspiring content. Greetings from Germany.

I'm sure dressing up the ends help sell it.

I cut mostly tops for firewood. Some of the pieces the ends are cut at a slight angle because of crooked limbs on the tops. How does the axis work with crooked cuts does it tend to kick wood or not a problem?

@HometownAcres

3 жыл бұрын

No just put the flat side down, the crooked end up towards the splitting knife and it cuts right through

@markhowes126

3 жыл бұрын

@@HometownAcres but what if they are both a little crooked. Have you had any or many kick out at you?

hey, nice vid! Wouldn't it be better to use a more environmentally friendly material for bundling the wood, instead of plastic? for example durable rope. greetings Rik from Holland

Hey forgot you logo sign on bundles

Brute force looks like its the way to go as usual i look for weakness and it would be the motor how hard is it to replace ect

That is some very expensive equipment. Checked out Eastonmade websiye and not sure what splitter you got but price ranges from $7500.00 to $11,000.00. The Brute Force didnt even show a price.

Are you gonna be selling your old bundler or keeping it as a backup? Awesome video.

@HometownAcres

3 жыл бұрын

I may sell it. I don’t have a place to store it indoors

@andyschwehn8147

3 жыл бұрын

@@HometownAcres if you do sell id be interested.

@HometownAcres

3 жыл бұрын

@@andyschwehn8147 email me at hometownacres@outlook.com

Why don't you mark your bar from the tip that way you only cut once reducing your processing time.

🔥👍🤠

That is one cute baby! :)

@HometownAcres

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Put the saw next to the bundler

Tack another Deere on the list. :)

My Dad was a stick bundler he neglected his family because he was so wrapped up in his work.

Where do you buy those baskets ?

Good vid, who plays the music?

i must say Mike Morgan had a big impact on you. just mile more

Hi😃

What is the cost of the brute force bundler?

Where would someone get a basket like that?

Forgot to comment But I got a old 1960s Minneapolis molene

how many pieces do get to a bundle

@HometownAcres

3 жыл бұрын

It depends on the size of the pieces. Usually 6 large pieces. 10 small pieces in a bundle

zoiks .. what happende to the audio sync at the start?

Need to sell the drop off pieces for fire starters. 🤔

If you wanna get rid of that old firewood bundler let me know.

@HometownAcres

3 жыл бұрын

We already sold it. Thanks for your interest though

Adam, Daniel Arms suggested your channel on KZread. Hope you and your Family have a wonderful Christmas.

@HometownAcres

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, hope you and your family have a merry Christmas as well

Can I buy your old firewood bundler?