500th VIDEO: THE RULES ARE SET!

In celebration of my 500th video- I’m opening a challenge to ALL other firewood producers. All you have to do is process a cord of wood, film it and time it and send me the time. I’ll keep track of it similar to the way Top Gear scored the lap times. After Labour Day, we’ll announce 3 winners, one from each category. The winner of each just might score an allegedly fabulous prize to be hand delivered at next years International Firewood Expo in Ohio.
Thanks for watching!
Jeff

[@LewisMowersandBoats]

Hello 👋 Kenny sent me over...thanks for sharing brother 😊 just subscribed 👊

[@jbbrown7907]

I watched this from Dillon Colorado on the western slope of the Rockies.

[@RCAFpolarexpress]

Good Evening Sir, you have truly an OUTSTANDING set up 👌👍😇Cheers 🍻

[@thelogfather5002]

Thanks for stopping by!

[@user-td2qw6dg7w]

You & your wife did good, you were close to 30 minutes & no one was injured. The splitter you have seems to work like a well oiled machine so to speak. TY for sharing. Dave D. from Maine.

[@902hand7]

Congrats on Vid #500. 👍👍 It's a darn good thang that the contest closes on Labour Day and I don't get my wood until Oct - I'd be embarrassed to post my time / cord but I enjoy doing it...

[@jameschandler2776]

Glad you made it home OK. It was great meeting you at the Expo in Ohio. I was the guy with the cookies. I like your videos. Congrats on making it to 500.

[@thelogfather5002]

The cookie man! Thanks again. :)

[@travisdoesfirewood]

Sent over from Kenny. I'll see if I have enough wood in the yard to participate. Keep cuttin'!

[@jbbrown7907]

If it were me, I'd split dry standing wood and my Fiskers mail.

[@thelogfather5002]

I have a Fiskars maul at my camp. I’ve split a lot of wood with it.

[@WilleysFirewood]

Ok I’m in! We will do an old school run with gramp and I’ll do a run with David and I to see if youth has any advantage.

[@thelogfather5002]

Do a few runs and submit your best time… I’m easy. It’s not an Olympic event! :)

[@oakiewoodsman]

I will be watching you work in Maine!

[@hardworkingmanoutdoors]

Well done, heard about this from Kenny. Rachel and I will take a crack at it. You should create a playlist and add everyone’s video. We did this when we ran our 1/3rd of a cord challenge a while back. That way everyone can find all of the entries in one place.

[@thelogfather5002]

A play list, that’s a great idea…

[@oakiewoodsman]

I am here from Kenny @OpenAirAdventure. Will be watching and seeing if I am able to compete. If not, you got a new sub anyway!

[@OpenAirAdventure]

Nice support Joe❤

[@noelstractors-firewood57]

Lisle did a great job running the machine. Great system you’ve got going there. Great video I enjoyed it. I would only be guessing, but that it would take me 8 hours to do that. 🤭🤭 Have a great Sunday team.

[@thelogfather5002]

Thanks 👍

[@kendriedger151]

Hi Jeff Congratulations on your 500 th video ! I have watched a LOT of them ! You are pretty entertaining and a Great sense of humor ! Like the other day video of saw blade brake !! " Something like I know i should be wearing gloves " And yes that is what we were All thinking ! LOL Good on the Cord of wood challenge !😊

[@thelogfather5002]

The 500th kinda snuck up on me… and I didn’t want it to be a review video of some product that was sent to me… 😂

[@kendriedger151]

@@thelogfather5002 LOL

[@OpenAirAdventure]

I fall into category 1 but have to bow out gracefully because our firewood process is too complicated😅as we buck in the woods and haul it out, leaving the sawdust in the woods. But I can assure you we have the best overall record for harvesting a cord of wood plus splitting and stacking for an all-time record of 6 hours😅maybe 7? But I will tag a few people on my channel and try to draw attention to your challenge, if that's ok with you?

[@thelogfather5002]

That would be awesome! But for the record- I’d trust you implicitly if you wanted to compete and start and stop your stopwatch on each step of your wood process.

[@thelankylogger]

Congrats on your 500th video! Hmm. Don’t think I could beat that time with my old processor. But I will try.

[@thelogfather5002]

You can do it!

[@brianwestveer9532]

I hope you get a good response with others competitors

[@thelogfather5002]

Me too.

[@aldredske6197]

Hi Jeff and Leslie!!😀😀 Might not be record time. But it's really going to be a hard time to beat. Leslie is a badass worker and I wouldn't trade her for nobody!! 16 foot wood all 12 to 16 inches in diameter and I bet you could get it down to around 20 minutes. Can you buy 16 foot wood on a regular basis? Take care my friend!!😀😀💚💚 Logger Al

[@thelogfather5002]

I’d rather stick with 8’, unless I had more room for the logs and a bigger tractor. I’m good for about 80 cords in my stock yard of 8’, 16’ would need more room to maneuver them than I have.

[@lorettaandjasonoffgrid]

Hello there! New subscribers from Northern Ontario. Kenny from Open Air Adventure sent us over! Great challenge idea. Not sure when we can but we'll definitely be splitting wood soon so maybe we'll participate! 😁✌️🇨🇦

[@thelogfather5002]

Gals to have you aboard!

[@buckinfirewood]

Just about 2 cords per hr is a great time to have on such a small machine. I'm going to try this challenge with the Bells 4000 and then once we get the Black's Creek 2500 going again I'd like to submit a second challenge video.. we are roughly 2 weeks out to getting the Black's Creek up and running again.. had an issue with the engine and decided to get get an upgrade while I'm at it..

[@thelogfather5002]

What are you upgrading your Blacks Creek 2500 engine to? It was on my short list for processors when I bought the one I have now.

[@buckinfirewood]

@thelogfather5002 we are upgrading to a 40 hp triple pump as a power pack that we can keep further away.. also adding a custom splitter which will be unveiled soon..

[@hillbillyfranks]

Good job enjoyed the video we watched more That was a good record time Have a good day and stay safe my friend

[@Bigcheif360]

Good Sunday morning Jeff. This is going to be an exciting challenge. 😎👍

[@thelogfather5002]

Good morning! I’m excited to see how it plays out.

[@goldwingmoments]

Hey, new sub here. Kenny from OpenAirAdventure suggested we check out your channel. Nice challenge you have going there.

[@thelogfather5002]

Welcome aboard!

[@gatorsworld]

You win on this one. I have now processor but I now you are well set up and your processor is a good machine. Good job…..CHEERS

[@ohiowoodburner]

Happy 500! Let me think on this one to see what I can do. I will have to make sure I have a set of ideal logs, perfect weather, sharp chain, cold can of Dr Pepper...you know, make sure my performance is "typical!"

[@thelogfather5002]

I tried to make that video as authentic as humanly possible, I might make a video with a better time if I stage the perfect logs, have the perfect weather, sharp chain, cold can of Root Beer… so my performance just might end up being better than my typical! 😂

[@bwillan]

The gauntlet has been thrown. The time to beat has been set. I must have missed the 3 categories for this firewood splitting competition? I've seen some fast splitting from Palax C750 machines doing a face cord in about 3.5 minutes with a solo operator.

[@jamesbainton]

The face cord challenge had a record time of sub 2 mins by a couple of guys with axes.

[@thelogfather5002]

Wow!

[@oldcountry220]

Being on the backside of 65 I will refrain from your challenge I can cut split and stack one cord per day I look forward to your results though.

[@jbbrown7907]

What about us who use a Fisker maul?

[@russellbelliveau1694]

Good morning, I’ll give it a go , chainsaw and my small wood splitter I’m curious lol I know I won’t beat 30 mins haha

[@thelogfather5002]

Atta boy!

[@James.......]

What do you think a fair measurement for a cord is in log form is? 4'x4'x8'? Or would should I made it bigger to account for the air space? I might try it with my chainsaw and splitter.

[@thelogfather5002]

A log pile needs to be 12% larger than 128 cubic feet in order to end up with a cord after waste… I’ve made thousands of cords of wood and that’s about the best I could manage with regards to what I can’t squeeze from the raw product.

[@James.......]

@@thelogfather5002 that’s easy enough. If I go 4.5’ high instead of 4’ that gets me the extra 12%

[@tommytron2000]

Kenny sent me

[@thelogfather5002]

Welcome!

[@WoodchuckCanuck]

Question, if you are selling by volume, why do you have a mountain of ends in the yard? Why not just cut the last piece of the log in half and let it go into the trailer?

[@thelogfather5002]

My customers don’t like a stick that isn’t stackable.

[@WoodchuckCanuck]

@@thelogfather5002 I'm not suggesting throwing the end into the trailer. If the last piece is 20", just cut it in half. 10" would be stackable. But hey, whatever it takes to keep a happy customer.👍

[@thelogfather5002]

@WoodchuckCanuck any block longer than 10” gets put in the trailer- 10” exactly gets put aside for a large contract I sell wood to a spa- under 10” is waste. I sell the blocks as U-pick- U-Haul for $60 per truck or trailer load, regardless of the size of the truck or trailer. It’s good to see them go. I’ve given plenty away too. Now if I can only find a market for my slabs from the sawmill…

[@WoodchuckCanuck]

@@thelogfather5002 Slabs, as a last resort, pile it and when you have enough for a self loader trailer, have them haul it off to the mill. Won't earn much but better than nothing. Can't even give slabs away here.

[@ShaverSalesINC]

Like your video, not everything went correctly. I have done a couple cords wood in 10 minutes. I'd say this is as real as it comes, 12 minutes with a one man band, some re-splits, and not running the controls like an idiot! thx AJ kzbin.info/www/bejne/rWKYY4yjl7FqoZIfeature=shared

[@ShaverSalesINC]

11 minute cord - kzbin.info/www/bejne/a5-3qaWgqq2JgZofeature=shared

[@thelogfather5002]

I saw that video when you first posted it. I’m still as impressed now as I was then. :)

[@thelogfather5002]

I tried to make that video as authentic as possible. I might stage a video with perfect logs and send the scrap to the trailer etc. I bet I could get under the 20 minute mark.

[@ShaverSalesINC]

@@thelogfather5002I try to keep things as real as possible, not everyone gets perfect telephone poles for processing. Let me know how we rank, I’ll try and do another video soon, maybe feed the dump truck direct so no walking back and forth to move the conveyor