One Tree Challenge: 7 inch Birch. Cordwood Challenge entry. How to cut firewood with axes.

Cordwood Challenge! I try out the mini challenge that appeals to me the most: felling, bucking, splitting and stacking a whole tree in one day! I chose a pretty small birch that was leaning, and I rarely fell larger trees than this for firewood anyway ... see how it went!

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  • @MsLori62
    @MsLori623 ай бұрын

    Well done!

  • @myoutdoorways

    @myoutdoorways

    3 ай бұрын

    Thanks! I will do better in my upcoming videos though. I hope.

  • @TheBrifors
    @TheBrifors3 ай бұрын

    Yeah! nice work. bet you felt that in the morning :)

  • @myoutdoorways

    @myoutdoorways

    3 ай бұрын

    Yes, a bit, but not as much as I expected. Perhaps I’m starting to get used to the axe excercises.

  • @MattKeevil
    @MattKeevil3 ай бұрын

    Nicely done! It looks like the Calabria with the new handle did a very nice job and worked well in combination with the little splitting axe. Subbed to the new channel.

  • @myoutdoorways

    @myoutdoorways

    3 ай бұрын

    Thanks, great that you’re following me here as well. But don’t tell anyone about the worst felling cut and backcut of all times, please … I’ll do better in my next attempt. I watched you using the 2,5 pound Rinaldi America. It’s totally possible that I’ll get one myself, the 2 pound Calabria struggles on trunks larger than 5 inches … but with the new handle it’s great to work with.

  • @MattKeevil

    @MattKeevil

    3 ай бұрын

    Ha ha I attributed it to the awkwardness of trying to undercut under a leaning trunk but you made me go back and look at it. I liked that you switched your grip to try to make the slants line up, just have to get the back closer in height next time!@@myoutdoorways

  • @myoutdoorways

    @myoutdoorways

    3 ай бұрын

    I actually find it pretty easy to change between left and right. I can also use a hammer reasonably well with my left hand, although I wouldn’t trust it as much as my right one. My mistake on this occasion was probably that I started the felling cut uncomfortably low, and misjudged the height difference between that and the back cut when I got that started. Oh well, it came down in the end.

  • @gumboot65

    @gumboot65

    2 ай бұрын

    Great job !! Tremendous amount of work !!

  • @myoutdoorways

    @myoutdoorways

    2 ай бұрын

    Yes, but I expect it to lighten gradually as I get more experience. Already the bucksplit method has done so.