DIRTY WOOD, FREE WOOD AND PROGRESS!

[@Mark-Marine]

You’re getting so many good compliments in your comment section now that I hate to add mine to the numbers. So let me be quick and say I’ve come to love and appreciate you both. Wish I lived closer so I could express it by helping you two out. Take care

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks Mark! We love getting your comments! We wish you lived closer too, would love to meet you one day! Take care!

[@Mainelywork]

🤘Love the progress and congratulations on flying right past 3000🎉

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks Its getting there Jeff just need to get the excavator back running so we can finish it up .

[@toddsoutsideagain]

Dirt work, tree service pickup, tractor work, and some splitting with Buster!!Id say ya covered it all today. Great work and congrats to the winners! Woodyard is lookin good! Take care P&K👍🏻👍🏻

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks Todd! cant wait til its done

[@jeremykuntz1485]

I actually enjoy watching Phil splitting wood with that splitter as well as running equipment.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks running ole Buster is alot of fun but ya definitely gota have ya head about ya when its turned up on full speed .

[@clubdoraoutdoorsandfirewood]

Phil , you are so right on dirty wood. If you ever worked with it ,it sucks big time. Nice load of logs. Good for you. Take care my friends.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks Allen that dirty stuff is no fun at all one of these days we will get caught up an be able to cut up the loads as they come in right from the trailer so it never sees the dirt .

[@beancreekwoodworks]

Good morning. Newbie subscriber . Really enjoying the channel. Scott...

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks Scott! Welcome to the family! We appreciate you watching and commenting. Take care!

[@Living-The-Dream]

Congrats to the Winners!!! They are neat shirts 👍 It’s coming together Phil & Karen 🔥🪵👍👏🇺🇸 Rick

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Everyone always gets a kick outa our shirts lol. The woodyard is finally taking shape, ive ben thinking about this for so long its nice to see all coming together

[@OpenAirAdventure]

Very good guy. Busy days❤ Kenny. Congratulations to the winner

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks Kenny! Busy days for sure. Take care!

[@richardmartin8783]

Great job staying ahead of the excavator. Looking good. 👍

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks Richard! Life is gonna be alot better when the wood yard is level

[@jimbo5056]

Great progress from Scott on the woodyard folks.👍 Looking good

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks Jimbo!

[@dinogarnett1106]

We absolutely love y’all! Thanks for sharing your fun life with us! We live in Kentucky and have a little farm on the ridge… we get a big kick out of the two of you! Keep up the great videos? Hugs from the ridge!😊

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Well Thanks for watching us we certainly like to have fun when we are working in the wood yard . What do you do on the farm animals or gardens ?

[@susanscherer143]

Great video, I now hate dirty wood too cause it causes you such a pain! 😊. BUT time to get your fix splitting after the trip to Lyman!! Nice sunshiny day! Keep up the good work and yard looks great!! 2.92K. WOWSERS!!

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks Sue its getting there!

[@georgesalamon8128]

Phil, time for a new chain! lol. Man, that splitter you have, I'd be scared of it and I don't know if I would get used to it either! Great video!

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Well ole Buster takes some getting used to for sure an when you lose ya fear of it bad things can happen like almost loosing ya thumb . It definitaly takes all ya focus when ya trying to crank out the wood i guess it would be kinda like driving a race car at 200 mph ya better be paying attention or its gona hurt . I can turn the speed down so it would be more comparable to other vertical splitters but thats not very challenging lol.

[@johnwoody4905]

Good. Video and job. That was a nice load of logs . Dirty wood is a mess I sawed a rock one time that was inside of the of tree that chain went in the scrap pile take care be safe and well.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

We always get nice logs from that tree company an they do a nice job trimming them up for us . Having the yard all level will help alot on keeping all the logs outa the dirt as well . Yrs ago 25 ft up in a old maple that we were taking down we found ware someone filled in a huge hollow spot with concrete . Ya just never know whats going to be inside a tree lol.

[@DaveJohnsonad5nm]

You're tougher than me. I can't bend over like that to buck so I use a long bar. I feel your pain with the dirty wood though. I use square ground chain mostly and it's a bit more time consuming to sharpen. I always have 3 or 4 saws on hand so I don't need to keep sharpening chain. I am in the habit of touching up my chain everytime I refuel. If I'm felling I can usually go the day with out an in-depth sharpening. I only cut wood for myself these days but I do a felling cutting class once a year. That in tailes a week with a strong emphasis on safety. As an added bonus I will take folks out individually to cut wood as well and all for free. It's a big help bringing in my own wood. The younger crowd wants to learn to split with an axe so I teach them here at the house. Even in my mid 60's I still enjoy hand splitting as well. Keep up the good work.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Im not a fan of bending over either every yr the ground gets further away lol. I like the long bars but i hate having to sharpen them . Good to see someone is teaching the younger folks about cutting wood an splitting with axe .

[@davidlibby7230]

I use a sharpening stone and have been for years. For me it works better than a file. II had a chain sharpened at a chain saw store thinking they would do it better than I could. They ruined the chain. Each tooth was blue from being heated and they took over half the tooth in the grinding. Using a stone I lightly grind it so it does not heat up. Nice sharp finish,

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

I definitely agree heating up the chain isn't the answer. i've always used a file and it works great for me everybody has their own way of doing it an as long as it works thats all that matters thanks for always watching David

[@orinbeavers5941]

Yard is looking good and very nice fur hat dirty wood can be bad but dirty wood is good wood 😂😂👍🇺🇸

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Im kinda fond of free wood not such a fan of the dirty wood though ., Wont be to much longer with the excavation an we can get back to really cutting an splitting .

[@TwinCityFirewood]

Congrats to the winners!! Enjoyed the video!

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks!

[@billobermeyer660]

Congrats to the winners and nice video!!

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks Bill .

[@terr0n]

Another great video. Keep those splitting videos coming.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Wont be long an the yard will be flat an organized an we can get back to splitting that huge pile of oak logs

[@toddpacheco4748]

Phil and and Karen you guys are awesome 🤩 the baby blue kids 😮😊❤

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

lol Todd.

[@rodneydufrain3623]

Another great video

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks Rodney

[@davidedwards3734]

Phil, I heard you like dirty wood!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣 Y'all make Great videos!! Congratulations to the Winners!! Stay Hydrated and Have a Safe Day

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

I probably should have just hauled that nasty stuff away but the chain was almost gone so i figured why not give it a try .

[@dono9879]

Hello Phil. I didn’t realize how bad the dirty wood was to cut it was destroying the blade. The yard looks better every day. Keep up the great work. Thanks for another good video.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

I had a guy ask me to once to give him a price over the phone to just cut up 5 cord at his house and i did but when i got there i realized they had dragged all the trees out of the woods threw the mud an pushed everything up in a pile . I refused to cut the pile for him an no matter how i explained it to him he just couldnt understand why lol.

[@iffykidmn8170]

@@AllenFamilyFirewood Springtime in the northwoods bucking on the landing for a cable skidder is the worst, lots of torque and low rakers.

[@CherylGagnon-c3o]

Congratulations to Bobby Bald Eagle, Bob The Mill Wright and Westwind Charters 👍 It's looking good Phil and Karen, its all coming together! Hope you can get back into the clean wood soon!!! Another great Video guys ❤💜

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

That should be the last of that nasty old wood just as long as the excavator dont roll the logs around in all that fresh sand it should be good .

[@marksparkplug7758]

Thanks Phil and Karen, looks like you have allot of sand, all I have is clay here. Have a great weekend.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

I here ya mark yrs ago i had a wood yard that was mostly clay . Big greasy mess in the spring .

[@danshouseofsmokeandoutdoor7119]

I really like the similar chisel chain. Cut lot wood that’s been on the ground stays sharp lot longer. Man wish I had that soil here. It make for heck of a garden.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Not sure i have ever tryed a chisel chain . I just go in the saw shop an say give me 6 chains please i dont even have to say what size they all know me an know its for the 500 that i bought there . I wouldnt think that sand would grow much but its probably better than hard clay or rock . We have put 4 inches of nice loam down for a lawn an after 3 yrs most of the loam has washed down threw the sand .

[@danshouseofsmokeandoutdoor7119]

@@AllenFamilyFirewood it’s a simi chisel chain it got a round corner. Like lot the old school 404 chain. It way better for dirty wood.

[@bobfitch607]

Phil sharpened for years with a file. Now use a oregon dremel type tool and stones like Chris in the woodyard. Oh yeah! Drew the wrong bob 😅

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

There is alot of Bobs that comment lol. Yrs ago i tryed one of the dremel tools for sharpening but i just never got the hang of it . With a hand file i can feel when the tooth is just about right .

[@bobfitch607]

@AllenFamilyFirewood I took the guide off and tossed it. Mucho better .

[@knottwworking]

Congrats to the winners. Lots going on, the yard starting to come together. Terry

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Its getting there Terry im shooting to have at least one day ware it looks like your wood yard but with me it wont last long lol.

[@MikeBishop-g9r]

The yard is looking good.👍

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks its getting there

[@ocdwhisky181]

The only thing worse than dirty wood is no wood.. Keep up the great content..

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Very true! Thanks!

[@WoodysRTBFirewood]

Looks to me like you could really use a grapple Phil it would certainly help you moving around all those logs. Pleasure meeting you and Karen at Bunyan. Cheers, Woody !!!

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

It would be fun to try on. e out ive never used one always just had the forks for moving wood around . I bet on uneven ground it would make picking logs up a breeze . It was nice meeting you as well at the show .

[@mikehughes2026]

Looks like a missed opportunity- could have sent out Mike Rowe and his crew to to record Phil for a episode of “Dirty Jobs” ( probably have to do a lot of editing for Salty Language😂 wonder how a Carbide tipped chain would hold up? Sure it would get destroyed by the end of the day, but better than sharpening 4 times! Time is Money. Gonna look into changing my name to BOB before your next drawing. Have a nice weekend Friends🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Now that would be something having him in the wood yard i bet hes a lota fun to hang around with . I did price one a them carbide chains a few yrs ago an they were pricy . There sure is alot of Bobs that comment i bet theres close to 10 different Bobs .

[@karenallen8581]

I love Mike Rowe! Mike, get in touch with him and send him our way! 😂

[@noelstractors-firewood57]

Great video, I sure I like watching. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 Nice hat Karen. I was gunna say something about it, but you might get mad at me. 🤣😂🤭 Yard is looking great. Won’t be long now. That’s how I sharpen chains Phil. No fancy gadgets here. Nasty dirty wood. And that old poplar, or popular wood, that’s not to popular in my mind, sure is smelly. I split some up to day. Have a great weekend guys. Can’t wait till the next video. Take care. 👍🏻👍🏻🪵🪓👋🚜

[@karenallen8581]

Lol, I would never get mad at you Noel! I can only imagine what you wanted to say 😂

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Trust me Noel you wont hurt my feelings i got rid of them a long time ago lol. Ive tryed a bunch of the new ways to sharpen a saw but the hand file is always sitting in my truck an a tailgate is always close by .

[@noelstractors-firewood57]

@@karenallen8581 Hehe. Well !! If you know Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble , you may know they were in a club. With hats. 🤣🤣😂😂🤭🤭😁. Not mad at me yet. 🤭🤭

[@noelstractors-firewood57]

@@AllenFamilyFirewood. Yes great thing to know Phil. Like learning to drive a standard transmission or riding a bike, no matter how old you are, you still can do those things. 👍🏻👍🏻

[@karenallen8581]

@@noelstractors-firewood57 lol 😂 Thanks for recognizing I am the ‘Grand Poohba’ of this operation! 😂

[@glenblair3478]

I know who's the brains love y'all

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

lol, thanks Glen

[@danarmstrong954]

Have you used a stihl 2 n 1 sharpener? Hits the rakers too? I like them. Looking nice!

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Dan i have not ever used one of them but im always game to try something new .

[@danarmstrong954]

I stopped using my electric sharpener and switched to the 2 and 1, does a accurate job. Thanks I never thought about it taking the temper out with the electric

[@hotwheelmanraven2289]

Pile it up wait for the rain

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Aint got time the excavator is digging faster than we can get stuff moved lol.

[@hankjordan2602]

What is the biggest piece of wood can that splitter can handle length.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

18 inches long .

[@hankjordan2602]

@@AllenFamilyFirewood 18 is my shortest up to 24 inches, but the stove can handle 3/4 foot.

[@Tracey-re5jn]

Just be patient with the dirty wood

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

I used to be a doctor but i ran outa patients .

[@carllewis8203]

Now you can put way more wood there

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thats the plan more storage an everything level .

[@Lens-KeepingBusy]

One Job ( lol. ) 🇨🇦🚜🚀🏰👍

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

lol Len!

[@stevesloan1047]

What is the difference between camp wood and firewood?

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Camp wood is short for camp fire wood . Most people around here burn soft wood like pine outside for a camp fire . Around here people burn hardwood inside in the woodstove an call it fire wood . So basically camp wood is for outdoor camp fires and firewood is for heating your home .

[@Chucky-b7v]

Nothing worse than dirty wood, Phil 😞. I hope you don’t ruin your chain cutting it all. Best of luck mate 👍🏼

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks Wayne! The chain on my saw was at the end of its life span so I didn't really mind using it on the dirty wood

[@glenblair3478]

Do you file the rakers nice filing

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

I usually do but until my thumb is 100% I'm trying to take it easy with the saw

[@Lens-KeepingBusy]

I know what it is you guys are you 👍

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks Len!

[@DanielAtkinsFirewood]

We feel for you, Phil.. city wood csn be just as bad with all the extra metal..

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Ow i get plenty of iron in all the tree service wood we get . I hit some big cables in a log a few weeks back and nails are in about 1/3 of the logs we saw on the mill . The best one was concrete i guess back in the day when a tree was hollow they would fill it with concrete go figure lol.

[@jameschandler2776]

You could tell the chain was dull by how slow it was cutting. She was running fast but not going anywhere. Dirty wood is no fun. All my wood is on my place and naturally dropped, the wood is not dragged and I only have trouble with dirt when I get close to the butt of a tree that uprooted. Anymore I just cut for me and sell a little to people that stay in y cabins. That chain is about at the end of its life. Much better after it was sharpened

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

If i had a new chain on i probably wouldnt have messed with that wood it sure had alot of dirt an sand on it .

[@Tracey-re5jn]

Put the load of wood at your neighbors house!!!!

[@mowdan77]

Just put new chain on it lol

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

lol, I was trying to use up what was left of the chain I had on it

[@brandonhoad9033]

One word. Pressurewasher

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

On the saw logs going to the mill we do presure wash them an i did think of that but right now the front of the shop is all plugged up with pallets of pine an everything lol

[@westwindcharters9146]

I had to winch some of my firewood through the mud today. I cringed cause I know what that means tomorrow.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Yup sounds like you will be doin some filing lol. Shoot us an email at [e-mail] with ya shirt size you won one of the drawings for a t shirt .

[@jakewollman6340]

My shirt size is 2xlarge

[@justinsantapole7507]

Ive been cutting on a old fire i know what you mean

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

I think that was the end of the nasty stuff . Hopefully the machine dont roll any of the logs on all that sand thats there now .

[@iffykidmn8170]

New chain old chain does not matter to me with dirty wood you're going to be filling away chain coming to its useful end that much quicker. Best thing to do with a new dirtbike is to kick it over in the parking lot and get over the first scratch blues and move on because you know your eventually going to drop it anyway. I do hate rocking a new chain but then again, I hate rocking anychain new or old new just feels worse.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

yup. My chain was at the end of its life so I figured the dirty wood was a perfect job for it lol

[@johngraziano659]

Pressure wash it.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

that's what we usually do, it works great

[@ronk762762]

Waste not want not

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Had to do it, it was perfectly good wood...just dirty lol

[@nelsonsm50]

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Hey Nelson!