$6 DIY Hack To Cut Perfect Firewood

[@HometownAcres]

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[@joesargent1621]

Have you ever tried a 16-in stick and a logging crayon that's probably the fastest way to Mark Wood we've been cutting wood up north ever it only takes a second long and crane and the stick but that might save you a lot of time effort and aggravation pretty looking wood get all you can get

[@CD-mc8gv]

Thank you for the info on the products. It didnt list make/model of snow plow for your polaris. Can you list that in the reply too please and thank you

[@HometownAcres]

Polaris glacier pro plow 60”

[@fergusonto-2032]

Mowed yards , worked in hay fields , tobacco fields , etc; as a kid , 1st public job detailing cars at a used car lot at age 18 , I think $1.65 ish an hour , that was 45 years ago , been a machinist since age 21 , 63 now , still working 70 plus hours a week some weeks , rarely less than 65 hours per week , I just recently discovered your channel , I’m mesmerized by your wood business now I’m planning on starting my own , am excited to watch all your videos to learn more about bundling, wrapping, sales strategies etc; you have a very dedicated subscriber, Thankyou for sharing & God’s Blessings on you & your family .

[@JohnFourtyTwo]

My first real job was joining the Navy. I had it for twenty years until I retired.😉

[@leer-winnobbeefarms2131]

I've been cutting firewood for 34 years and have an outdoor wood-burner. Depending on the winter I burn between 9 and 14 cord. The best investment I ever made was a pair of chainsaw chaps. I noticed you weren't wearing any. They not only keep you warm, but they keep you safe. Mine has keep me from injury a couple of times. I consider myself fairly safe, but a slip for the feet can change a life forever. Buy and use some chaps. Love your idea and will build one myself too.

[@username8171]

AND at 7:58 his protective screen/face shield was still up off his face, won/t work unless it is down. I too use chaps. Twice I have cut through my carhart legs though never breaking skin, prompting me to buy the chaps, cut the leg artery and you can die being so far back in the woods. It happens as a person starts to tire after a lot of wood cutting at one time.

[@danpatch4751]

I burned and handled firewood for years, now my back hurts all the time. When you drag logs or trees always try to hook up as close to it as you can. Good video.

[@robertjanko6709]

Youre 100% right! Just a small nail or a bullet and the saw slips and then? Wear cutproof shoes (not steel inlays) and chainsaw chaps or trousers. You will never regret it! Greets from germany

[@TrouserConda]

definitely. i got into some yellow jackets cutting pine one time. I was in the middle of a cut and I panicked and sat the running saw down on the top of my leg. Luckily it didn't do too much damage. Just a nasty scar and a hard less learned

[@chriskourlos4407]

I'm glad you mentioned chaps cuz this energetic young man probly has a few pair but being in such a hurry to share his great idea 💡he let it slip. Im sure he doesn't slip ever. Great tip for alcoholics though. Just try to not drink and slip. Great job lumberjack.👍

[@garyt534]

First job - 14 years old, tying 100 lb grain sacks on the back of a combine, sun up to sundown on my uncles farm in North Carolina. You had to know how to tie a millers knot and be fast. Hard dusty work. Eat lunch in the field and no problem going to sleep at night.

[@mitchjones2821]

Worked with my dad my entire childhood, but for money starting at 9. Construction/Landscaping related work. By 12 I was doing anything a 22 year old could do, skill and strength wise! NEVER planned on using that knowledge as a job when I entered adulthood, but who knew that work ethic and skill set was what I built my life with! All thanks to a now 74 year old Vietnam vet who’s chilling in Florida right now while it’s 17°F here in SE Indiana. 🤔

[@alan30189]

Sounds like you’re the one actually “chilling.” LOL! 😂

[@curlyrooster118]

I just marked my saw with a sharpie marker at 18" and 20" from the point of the blade. It's always with me and I do not need to make an extra step grab a tool. I just line up the mark with the cut edge and drop the blade to make a mark for the next cut.

[@tedfelsberg5322]

Just a thought: glue a large flat washer on the OPPOSITE end of your PVC pipe. It would help by resting in the previous cut-groove, for measurements... Thanks for the fine video!

[@charlesscott4513]

Started Caddying at 10, mowing greens at 13, building golf courses at 27 and still in the business at 78

[@paulkuske1457]

My first job...working in my Dads hardware store, which led to learning how to be a jack of all trades!! Thanks Dad!

[@willb3018]

Lucky you. My second job was working in a local hardware store in the late 60s. It wasn't my dads but it was a great experience. You learned a lot.

[@scottbattle4198]

Heading to Lowe's now, awesome hack brother thank you. My first job was being the grandson of a sharecropper. Miss him everyday!

[@tryingtobewise711]

My 1st job ever was carrying and splitting firewood 🪵 for my dad. My dad worked a lot to provide for us and when he cut firewood I loaded it into the bed of the pickup, unloaded it from the pickup, split it by hand, and stacked it. My dad taught me working hard brings benefits. I hated cutting firewood when I was a kid but, from 21 years old on I discovered how therapeutic it is. I have great memories of cutting firewood with my dad. He would stop at McDonald’s and get me a cheeseburger and a Coke when we would be done for the day. Then get home and mom would have dinner ready for us. I was a big eater lol.

[@joedirt9600]

Lived in a farm and did the same things with my dad. Like being out in the winter cutting firewood, still do it today makes me feel alive.

[@jdsrcs8061]

Hahahahahahaha cutting fire wood and Christmas trees were my first job with my grandfather and parents. I hated it then but love it now. I do landscaping and love being outside.

[@davidregan9872]

I helped a buddy out that worked for guy that cut wood for $65 a cord. I made $5.00 a cord! Some of the rounds were bigger then I could get my arms around, and we had to pack them out of the woods! One night my buddy spilled a little mix on his crouch. That was really funny watching him jump around!

[@dickhitswater4836]

My grandfather lived in a cabin on a mountain, dad would send me up every summer for a few weeks to cut and stack wood with him. We’d come back filthy and exhausted but I was happy just to be with grandpa. I sure miss him.

[@thompasanski7076]

Adam I also worked the car wash and gas station was a total station, was a back window man for 3 months then ran the shop for repairs in 1968

[@VnazT]

First unofficial job was doing landscaping with my dad when we first moved to the US. But when I was 15, I got a proper job bagging groceries!

[@kellydaniels8992]

My first job, earning minimum wage between my junior and senior year in high school. I worked as an assistant janitor at my high school, a summer time only job, we stripped and re-waxed the entire Lake City High School floors. And minimum wage a whopping $1.10 / hr. X 40 hours a week, in 1976. Thanks for the measuring stick tip, and God Speed,,,,, Semper Fi,,,

[@41mag54]

You probably know this already but here goes just in case. When you need to pull a log, hook up as short as you can. Makes the dynamics a little different. It transfers some of the weight to pull down on your tow vehicle for better traction and lifts the log a bit so there is less digging in.

[@treecareEdm]

My thoughts exactly...

[@brucea550]

Yeah, he’s definitely never had to skid logs much. That was as inefficient as it gets.

[@joesinakandid528]

@@brucea550 It's how we all learn - one mis-step at a time throughout life. - Joe -

[@jamesadkins9023]

Thank you. I also took issue with his knowledge of snaking logs from the forest.

[@brucea550]

@@joesinakandid528 Agreed. Just getting a little burned out on videos purporting to show a better way to do things and then showing the complete wrong way to do something related. Makes it feel like the video is done for KZbin $ rather than to teach something valuable. I need to learn to scroll by when ‘hack’ is in the title.

[@anthonyezekian2011]

My first full time job was at an ESSO gas station now call Exxon and I was there for 3 weeks until I got a job at Public Service Elec & Gas Company Utility Co. & I worked my way up into different jobs and Retired 12 years ago and I had 37 years with the company. LONG TIME.

[@cowdiologist2759]

Use a "springy" door stop and pop rivet it to the magnet. Remove the cap from the door stop and slip a 1/4" dowel down the center. The door stop will flex and which the safety of the device. I have made several of these and in fact use the same concept to hook up trailers. One on the trailer and one on the hitch. I use ping pong balls on the end and watch with my rearview mirror.

[@stihlnz]

My first chainsaw job was Bucking logs in Burns lake, BC Canada, I was traveling from New Zealand, grew up on a farm where my uncle wouldn't even let me drive the tractor let alone touch the chainsaw, my boss couldn't believe it. I had 3 saws on a quad bike, with a loader driver topping up 8 full as logging trucks a day. Fittest I've ever been in my life, I did ok. I took that old jonsered 930 home ... it died eventually. Been chopping wood ever since ...get trees from people ... have 4 little old ladies I cut wood for .. keeps me going. These video's are great, found out about square ground chain from Buckin Billy, Treeson, and Stihl fan swisse, barker boxes from Gordie ... I'm 62 now.. not 26 I cut faster than ever. Keep your wood clean and your tip out of the dirt. Good luck to you all. Look out for those new Stihl Hexa chain files. Out cutting logs in the snow, you're a hard working man ... snow protects the log ..keeps it out of the dirt.

[@rockymountainfirewood3873]

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[@brianhaefner639]

Worked on a Christmas tree farm shearing scotch pines in the summer. Sold the trees at Christmas time. Hardest job I ever had making the least amount of money I ever made. Best job I ever had.

[@matthewarnold5246]

Same.

[@patrickcorbett8361]

You must be from mi ?...( see my entry above lol ) pc

[@d.j.robinson9424]

Great idea ! First job at 8 yrs. largest paper route in town, no bike till I got paid. Huffy 10 speed, $ 81 76 K-Mart. Took 3 months to save...

[@coreyriley7160]

First job was first day of freshman year high school. Washing dishes at China Kitchen Buffet. Pay checks were $180. Excellent tip for measuring !

[@davidwestervelt6050]

That a kewl Idea. I have been using a jack handle to mark then cut. Thanks for sharing. my first job was a gas station also.

[@richardjensen4720]

I made one with the round magnet and a piece of old fishing pole. Cut it to 16 in length. Very light weight and works great

[@rogerwilliams2902]

Nice video, thanks. First job, apprentice motor mechanic with the Post Office , Birmingham UK. Did the same job for 48years. Kind regards to all .

[@sammorreale6105]

Mowed lawns & shoveled driveways/sidewalks. My first "job" was at Wegmans Food Markets in Rochester, New York. I loved your DIY, measuring stick. I am on it!

[@bitsaga]

Noob homesteader here. The moment I saw this hack in action at 8:25 it clicked for me. What a clean, simple solution - cheers!

[@lordrichard8184]

I put a mark on my bar at 16” from the tip. This way I just line the mark up with the end of the log and touch the tip on the log and I’m on 16”. I found it to be really easy and accurate, especially once you’re used to it.

[@alanm3438]

me to

[@robertwyble]

@@alanm3438 Me Three

[@justme-dm7sb]

I do that but prefer the lath and lumber marker to mark the whole tree first. Then there is only cutting left to do. Cheap, simple and perfect length every time.

[@MrHanowski]

@@justme-dm7sb You can still mark the whole tree first using the saw as the gauge if you want, or mark (with saw as gauge) and saw as you go along, and save a lot of extra steps. Not to mention having to carry something else along to break or loose.

[@justme-dm7sb]

@@MrHanowski I suppose. A stick and marker in my back pocket or a metal rod. Less gas. I guess I'm cheap ! It was a $4 savings for me....

[@garykentner7557]

Paint the tool orange nice video My first job a dishwasher in a Chinese restaurant age 14 in 1979 now I am a retired general contractor I still cut firewood and can’t wait to build one and try it I’ve always used a good old Stanley tape and a hatchet to make the mark bet accurate but your idea is better thanks your never to old the learn something new Cheers

[@ksw501]

Looks like a good idea, thanks for the suggestion. Did see another idea that may be a bit simpler and less expensive. Take a zip tie, tie it around the handle on the saw, measure 16" from the saw blade to the end of the zip tie, cut the zip tie, then voila you've got your measuring device. When you don't need the zip tie just fold back out of the way. No need to walk the length of the log and mark, then come back and cut each piece. My first job was working at a farm stand. Learned a lot. Thanks again for the tip.

[@andrewthurber8444]

Yes saw that on the. In the woodyard channel, tried so many but this way was awesome and cheap

[@tomhuff9712]

At 16 I spent my summer break peeling poles in the brush. From there I filled in setting chokers behind a D-7 cat. Enjoyable way to spend my summer.

[@Shogomockid]

Done the same when I was fourteen, peeled the pulp using a spud, yarded the trees to a yard and measured It to four feet,and my grandfather sawed it and I piled it, for a buck a cord, I got paid when he got paid. Ruined five pair of jeans in four weeks. Nope never want to see those days again

[@tomhuff9712]

I bought my first pair of caulk boots that summer. A pair of used AA Cutters. Used untill I went in the service in 65.

[@darthgbc363]

I built a house when I was 14. The magnet stick makes sense. I have also seen a large zip tie attached to the side of the front handle. Cut to length & a bright color taped to the end. It just folds out of the way.

[@mdrobnson3912]

One thing Don't forget to account for the thickness of the magnet and bar. Glue it up then cut to the length you want. That 3/8 inch, over time, is gonna lower your profits. Loved the idea though. My first factory job was in the sorting section of shipping for a housecoat mill. 34 yrs later, I'm still in shipping. Although that salt mine went out of business many years ago. LOL Now, if you count working. My first work was on my granddad's spread. 375 acres of beef/hog production. I reckon I was 8 when he first put me in the tractor in the field. Got mad at me cause bumped a heifer that was stupid enough to just stand there when we were in the way to the barn. Crazy old gal shoulda got her hind end out of the way. All the others did. LOL Wrangling, haying, planting, slopping hogs and milking cows, you know the drill. My first paid job was as a groom for a Tennessee Walking Horse stable. Got paid to clean up the stalls and work the horses and got bonus time for taking care of and guarding the horses at shows. You'd be surprised how far some of those competing stables will go to ensure you can't show up for your class. None of this was much like work to me. I was with my papaw and he was and still is my hero, even 28 yrs after I lost him to a farm accident.

[@PurpleCollarLife]

Nice tips/tools. When I'm using my MS290 with the 16" bar, I like to just use the bar length for measuring the cut - it's quick, easy, and accurate. With a longer bar, obviously you can't do that. My first job - busboy/waiter at a country club from 15 years old - 19 years old. It was a great job that taught me a lot. And I got to golf at the country club for free on Mondays!

[@PurpleCollarLife]

Adam - your videos are doing absolutely amazing! Incredible view counts. You’re content is fantastic. Keep up the great work.

[@walterjeffrey6349]

First job was in a grocery store in Charleston, W.V. I was 15 yrs. old and my mother had to sign a work permit for me to work. I'm 69 and still am glad I developed a good work ethic so early in life. I live along the Ohio River in W.V. now great videos, keep up the good work

[@wabwee60]

Worked as a ‘butcher boy’ at a family Butcher’s shop, before and after school and school holidays, from 12 years old. Loved it, helped out through school and University. Finally ‘retired’ at 22 years old when I took up my first real job. Happy days.

[@chrisallen9154]

What does this have to do with anything?

[@wabwee60]

@@chrisallen9154 Watch the video, listen to Adam’s request to commentators at 11.10, then you may understand.

[@farmhand3724]

I had to comment after the Marathon jacket comment. I too was a Marathon employee with a closet full of PPE jackets, coveralls & bib overalls. Not a fan of Marathon but they do deck employees out with nice branded gear. Lol

[@HometownAcres]

It’s a good woods jacket. Doesn’t matter how much mud dirt oil and gas I get on it. It was free and is 15 years old

[@peterray5935]

My first job was cutting grass and baling hay for the local farmer. Then he hired me to dig fence post holes, set the posts, string the fence, staple it on. Learned the proper way to dig a round straight hole that summer! I think I was 14 years old at the time.

[@thinkfirst6431]

First job was in 1969. Started in the summer then after school and on Saturdays I would ride my bicycle over to where a friend of my mothers husband was building a home for themselves. I was the helper from the sub floor to the shingles and some finish work. Made $1 an hour. The life experience was worth a 1000 times that as I have used what I learned many times sense that. The husband has sense passed, the wife is now 95, I still go over to her house for dinner now and again.

[@christophernadeau1977]

I am still in highschool now, I currently work at Acme Vault and I also split firewood for my neighbor! Both very good jobs for me!

[@alanj7306]

Start early and save up. Best advice I can offer anyone.

[@ronreahard]

First job, repairing appliances at a Hamilton Beach authorized repair facility in Fargo, ND. Purchases a Fiskars hookaroon after one of you earlier videos, and it is awesome. What a back saver! Thanks for teaching us amateurs how to make cutting firewood so much easier!

[@davesoutdoorsnmore9049]

Fist job was working at our family RV dealership in Michigan, as for the wood marker I made mine using Red Pex tubing..works great

[@davesoutdoorsnmore9049]

Loving your channel as its very informative on different products and equipment that's useful in the woods and doing firewood

[@HometownAcres]

Glad you enjoy the videos

[@kurtmiller7254]

Great idea. First job was lube but for a Ford garage. Not bad but was hot and dirty, somehow I was always the dirtiest one!

[@chrisp556]

Chopping cotton at 12 year's old. I made mine with a heavier magnet. I bought 2 pvc end caps, drilled a hole through both of them, bolted one cap to the magnet and bolted a fender washer to the other cap. I measured out 2 different pieces of pvc pipe so I can measure 16 or 18 inch pieces by jus swapping center section of pipe.

[@jeffenglishsetter8339]

Nice. First job..bailing hay..Pure hell in August

[@googleboy7]

My first job was lead guitarist in a rock band. Started at 15 years old and payed my way the rest of my life. Played in churches afterward for 30 years. The pay is zero, gut the retirement plan is out of this world! ;-)) Shalom, gw

[@brucea550]

When I sold firewood (3-400 cords a year) I hired a kid to split and stack/ load the truck. He marked all the logs using a length of broomstick and a lumber crayon. I never wasted time worrying about perfect length as long as it was close. Never had a year we didn’t sell out by October. So many ripoff dealers selling wet, green or rotten wood- Customers just want good dry hardwood, they don’t care if it’s off by an inch! Had one guy ever, he had a dinky little stove and it had to be 12”. We charged him extra because it was so much more labor.

[@Schmutley]

Great tool you made there. Also having the magnet means you can easily switch to other chainsaws without tools. My first job as a kid was cutting lawns in summer and plowing snow in winter. Used my Dad’s IH Cub LoBoy with front blade for snow plowing. Had a push mower and Cub Cadet tractor for the lawns. Great channel. Love the firewood videos.

[@funnyfarm5555]

I cut a lot of smaller stuff trimming trees on the property and clearing fences (damn willow trees anyway). I am getting older so I wanted a smaller saw and so I went to the local husky/Stihl dealer and decided upon a Stihl MS 193T arborist saw with a 14" bar. I also have two Husky rancher 50's (20") and my grandfathers Homelite super wiz with a 26" bar. I made me a quick and easy length marker out of a limb about 1 1/2 " diameter and a big washer that is about 2". I cut the limb on my chop saw and sheet rock screwed the washer onto the end and then painted limb industrial yellow. I can hold it on the end of the log or in the quick notch mark and mark the next spot. real easy to mark with the 193t because it is balanced with the handle across the top so can use one handed. I have used it with my bigger saws too. nice thing about it is when you hold the marker against the log and start notching, inevitably you will hit the end every now and then, but just transfer the washer to a new stick when it starts getting shorter, paint and go. My very first paying job was picking strawberries at age 8. Rode the bus to the field with my cousin and earned enough to buy my own alarm clock which was my goal.

[@bobcole9274]

First job: Parents farmed us boys out for summer. My first one was a ranch with barnyard chores and herding cattle on gov. and r/r land. 11 years old

[@johnjones4643]

I cut my wood at 17 in because it fits my stove.. I made a measuring stick 17 in long and put a cabinet handle on it.. use sidewalk chalk to mark with . . The Wife measures, I cut. .painted it yellow because I kept losing it in the leaves..

[@thomasryan8218]

First job was working at an ARCO gas station in Connecticut in 1966. Minimum wage was 1.25 and gas was 30 cents a gallon.

[@woodspirit98]

New sub. First job was digging and installing above ground swimming pools when I was 12 years old. Did that for 6 years before joining the military. Still working. 51 years straight. Got paid 20 bucks a day, free lunch and all the free beer I could drink.

[@edwardbarker6281]

I cut my blocks 14", the reason I do is the pulp trucks in my area (Northwestern Ontario) haul 100" logs. 14" is the best length to utilize this measurement after the loss due to saw cuts. I used to have a marking stick with the measurements on it but over the years have become able to do it by eye.

[@curetiamhices289]

Great tip! My first job at 15 years old was a farm hand. Hauling hay, feeding cattle & hogs, plowing fields, grinding feed. Hardly made any money, but was fed well and put on some muscle.

[@larrymayberry2312]

My first job, other than cutting lawns, was working at an ENCO gas station in the mid 1960's.

[@baldbear5609]

Howdy Adam, my first job was rolling /bagging newspapers for my Mother who was a rural route carrier for a local newspaper. First job I was hired for as a teenager was picking sweet corn, melons and berries for a farmer who owned his own roadside stand. Have A Day! ;~)

[@intheoutdoorswith4seasonsf]

We made our own similar. We used an old carbon arrow we had, cut it down to 16”, had two inserts in each end of the arrow, screwed on a slightly larger magnet than you had (small one like yours, will vibrate off after a while). On the other end we had our son 3D print a red 2” ring. So the ring just barley sits the the groove you just made. So every cut is 16”. Works great!!

[@williammastrolia7252]

Nice video on a firewood measuring tool, I use colored chalk stick with a threaded rod as I limb the felled tree. I leave all small branches to rot and return to soil. Only hauling out logs or rounds to make firewood. I see where a removable magnetic story stick can be a faster and easier way ( hard to mark chalk on a wet log). Thanks

[@williammastrolia7252]

Forgot to say my first job was working for a woman as her landscaper, Mrs. K (cutting grass, trimming hedges and trees, replacing wood chip beds, and shoveling snow)

[@whithaggerson1]

First job was delivering a home town newspaper and helping put up tv antennas for tv repair shop.

[@deanbarr5740]

Hey Adam, my first job ever was an attendant/mechanic at a Quaker State garage and gas station. In 1978 I brought home 90 bucks a week and we worked 10 hour days 6 days a week. I enjoyed todays video buddy. That was a great idea you had with the magnetic marker. 👍🇺🇸👊

[@denislacroix8334]

worked as a shelf stocker and wrapper at a great A&P food store.

[@kopplinfamily7529]

My First job was the summer I turned 13 at a local cemetery. I helped the grounds keeper mow, clean up trash and debris, and ready the graves for ceremonies. It was actually a pretty great job!

[@daviddeaton4250]

My first job was selling fruit and vegetables at a roadside stand at 14 years old. Picked up early morning and dropped off at various places . Picked up close to dark . Times were different then.

[@richa7812]

Adam, you are making me homesick for the northern woods in winter. My favorite woods time, too. Thanks for the marker DIY. Love simplicity! Be safe!

[@billb945]

captive bar nuts high school job- pushing a lawn mower, rentad a lawn mower every weekend, end of Summer the rental place sold it to me dirt cheap. No rental fees the next Summer.

[@KraigElliottWW]

Adam, being that log to Indiana and I will through it on the mill and I’m the kiln. My buddy and I have the biggest saws wood mixer makes and one of the biggest production splitters in the country. 1st job was lawn maintenance on my own at age 12. Then I worked in Walmart Automotive as my first real job. Now I build hardwood furniture, run a firewood business and a sawmill. Love the content and great idea.

[@HometownAcres]

If Indiana was closer I would absolutley bring it to you. It’s going to make some beautiful lumber. Trying to think what I’ll use it for

[@KraigElliottWW]

@@HometownAcres I will say your videos have inspired me to break out my old Hero 5 and start recording days at the mill. Now just need to find time to edit videos lol

[@bwillan]

An improvement to your design would be to epoxy on a fender washer to the far end of the PVC pipe. That will catch the kerf of the previous cut or the end of the log making it a little more accurate and faster. First job was a newspaper route.

[@jbmaine]

I was thinking a similar thought, but would just glue onto the other end of pvc the 2nd magnet so, it kinda is ambidextrous and faster to not have to flip and the magnet could catch the Kerf.....

[@miltonchavez1262]

My first job was a dishwasher at Lyon's Restaurant, Stockton, CA in 1976 the year I graduated high school. Three years later I worked up to line cook and decided that I could so something else. I enlisted in USAF as a Wideband Communications Specialist. I like you hack and the 16 size of your logs since I am considering a wood burner that uses max 18" logs.

[@dennismahonchak3228]

First job, 1963 newspaper delivery. I was 12. I got a penny for each paper delivered, 6 days a week 42 customers that's $2.52 a week plus tips. I would make about $3.50 a week. Turned 15, got my working papers and worked at Shoprite grocery store, for $1.10 per hour. "What a strange trip it's been"

[@fricknjeep]

me too you must also be about 70 john

[@dennismahonchak3228]

@@fricknjeep 70 in November 2021.

[@fricknjeep]

@@dennismahonchak3228 i will be 70 last part of oct . both delivering papers at 12 and at 1 cent per paper . john

[@dmckean2061]

Within a week after seeing this video, found eight foot of 1/2 inch PVC alongside the highway. Just got the locktite and magnets this morning. That will give me something to do this weekend. Thanks!

[@johnree6106]

My first job was cutting other people's yards. Yep did it when I was a kid.

[@BirdLegacyBlades]

You could use a $5 Telescoping Magnetic Pickup Tool from harbor freight.. Tape at desired length. Has 15lb magnet

[@ghostridergale]

My first job I actually ever got paid for and got to keep the money I made, was working for a cabinet shop called J&M wood products. I had another job before that delivering news papers, but my good ol Dad told me he was going to save my money for me, that I didn’t need to be spending it! Well my Dad did a great job at saving my money for me. In fact he’s still saving it! He’s been dead since 1987 but I’m sure he’s still saving my money for me somewhere somehow? Maybe I’ll get it back after I die too? But I won’t be holding my breath! LOL

[@litholi9103]

i cried when I saw you cut that cherry log into firewood. What I would give for a cherry log like that!

[@dylanpresson1443]

My first consistent job was at McDonald's, but my first job I ever got paid to do was hauling hay with a farmer where I lived. It's a funny story because he drove the bus I rode to school. So when he would drop me off he would ask if I wanted to haul hay that day. When I said yes he would say "okay go get your clothes and I'll come back by and pick you up." Fun times.

[@gregorytrue5634]

Worked in 1972 with landscaping guy building railroad tie retaining wall/terraces. Full time first job was with US Navy for 20 years. On homestead now. Woohoo!

[@rjtoolman]

My first job was working on a farm in South Dakota. I was 11 years old and it was picking rocks out of the plowed fields. Thanks for the help on this one, Bud. Great hack!

[@frenchfryfarmer436]

Baling hay, de-tassleing corn, helping milk cows, shovelling manure (before skidoaders) .

[@garybulwinkle82]

My first job was at a metal fabrication company over the summer during college, and did I work my butt off, but learned a lot! I made one of those twelve or so years ago. Drilled a hole in the bar then welded a length of round stock to a bolt which was bolted through the hole. You develop a pretty good eye eventually! If I'm cutting large rounds I'll measure with a tape and put a spot of paint. I never sell wood but need about six chords a year minimum. Nephew came one summer and he was all over the place!

[@lawrencemiday9633]

I grow up on a farm, first paying job was US Navy right out of High School

[@ashevillenctrailcamera5523]

Another great video Adam! Use your orange spray paint and hit that white pipe in case you drop it in the snow. Cheers buddy!

[@Chevyr222]

Buy or make a log ach, you will not regret it. Great vid

[@florinsgondea6124]

I liked your hack. Next day I went to Home Depot, got the staff and make it. Works great. Than you for this great idea.

[@mdperky]

First job was a farm hand. Best job ever.

[@thomasadams3334]

That's a clever idea! Gonna have to replicate that for myself! My first job at 12 years old was at the Moose Lodge. Mowed the lawn, mopped the floors, and washed the windows. Got paid 5 dollars a week!

[@rbaker1819]

First job was U.S. Navy, 2 weeks outa high school, Lasted 20 years.

[@az0970449]

thank you for your your service

[@stevet8121]

I'm making one of those. Outstanding. My first job was a forest fire fighter. I started one week after graduating high school.

[@dwderp]

I went to a vo-tech high school in the 1980s, and took the printing course. So my first job out of high school (first job ever) was as a typesetter in a print shop. A little bitty print shop which paid me minimum wage, and acted like they were giving me the sun and the moon. The job didn't last, And in the grand scheme of things the entire printing industry didn't last, either, thanks to desktop publishing. My luck working has been just about as bad ever since.

[@nathaniellarson8]

First job was working at Ace Hardware stocking shelves and helping people find what they need. You can learn a lot in a job like that. People tell you what they are trying to do and what they need(or think they need) for it.

[@thomasw8400]

My first job was also working at a full service gas station. That was 57 years ago.

[@brandiehoward8948]

Bolt a pvc cap to the magnet and you can change lengths of pvc markers. You won't have to worry about the glue coming loose either.

[@randymiller1740]

Enjoy your channel and like the DIY measuring stick idea...simple but useful tool. My first way to earn money was cutting yards for my neighbors....but my first true job was working in grocery stores doing various tasks such as stocking shelves, bagging, running the registers, etc. I worked for several good managers who understood our need for flexible schedules to work after school and weekends. Actually paid my way through HS and college this way.

[@theElderberryFarmer]

Running a sheet pan washer in the back of a bakery when I was 15. It was a job that taught me the importance of a good work ethic, put a few dollars in my pocket, and best of all - at the end of the shift, the boss would call all of us youngsters over and give us a bag of fresh rolls or a loaf of fresh bread with instructions to "take this home to your mother..."

[@HometownAcres]

That’s nice. We need more people like that in this world

[@steveskultety7159]

My kind of Guy, do it your self whenever you can. you learn a lot more. First job water boy on road construction gang 1946

[@frontyardfirewood]

hey for an extra 50 cents or what ever glue another big washer to the end of the pvc, and set it in the previously cut kerf mark there, might get that size tolerance to +/- 1/16! HAHAH I worked at a dairy farm.

[@sideskraft]

First non-paying job at 13 working for dad vacuuming offices, clearning bathrooms and taking out garbage and burning in an 8 ft high incinerator barrel tube. One really windy day a cardboard box flew out the top and started the field on fire and we had to call the fire dept. First paying job at 15 washing dishes at a local restaurant. I love the idea of the PVC & magnet measuring device -- ingenius!!

[@tomkeltescheverythingoutdo2379]

My first job was on a dairy farm. If I were you, I would spray paint that device a bright color. Like orange or something like that so you dont lose it in the snow.

[@caporaso]

Oh man. My first job was working on fuel dock at a marina during the summer. Best job ever! You’re intro was great. Really enjoy watching you grow. I’m getting deep into my firewood for home and hobby. Lots of great people on YT.

[@gregream1311]

I just tried making your measurement tool but the loctite glue didn’t hold. So I just used a wooden dowel and a screw through the magnet!

[@magicone9327]

I scored marks on my 20" bar at 16". The score measured from the cutting tooth at the tip to 16". The scored mark is on both sides and painted black for visibility. I lay the saw sideways lining up the mark with the end cut and then the tip will be at 16". I then gun the engine and make the tip cut a mark. This mark is at 16"" at the furthest portion of the cut mark made. Then just cut at that mark then repeat. No other devices to have to handle while your cutting the mark you make!

[@craigsudman4556]

A&W Root Beer stand in West Milford, NJ. Across the street from the entrance to the Jungle Habitat. Oh gosh this was around 1971 / '72 a dog's age ago. Great video Adam, thumbs up.

[@javier0304]

My first job was being a paperboy. I was delivering newspapers at 12 years of age on my bicycle.

[@davidoliver2826]

Simple and inexpensive way to mark a log. Thank you. My first paying job was digging graves ,by hand, in a cemetery.

[@missmuffy2011]

I'm sure glad you said in a cemetery, and not your backyard. LOL