CHALLENGE ACCEPTED!

[@rachelpostma4505]

I LOVE everything about this video! You guys are rockstars! I love how excited your son was for you at the end too. He was right, you WERE impressive!!!

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks Rachel We appreciate yoiu guys watching an putting out the challenge . We figured we would be around 9 or 10 min to do it but did it anyways to have fun . We never figured we could get it done in about 7 min so it was a big surprise to us . You guys have a great channel an the wife an always watch .

[@BigelowWoodcraft]

Phil, you and your wife killed it. Buster didn't let you down either. I had a feeling you'd be close. Great job. You deserve a mountain dew and a lobster sandwich.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

We got alot closer than i thought ., Thanks it was fun

[@inthebackyardwithdel438]

AWESOME , I thought y’all had it . I love to hear the engine run on your splitter . You and your wife hit it out of the park !!!

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks the muffler fell off half way threw you can see it roll across the ground lol Thanks for watching and dont miss this sundays video its gona be a big one

[@hardworkingmanoutdoors]

Awesome job! This is what I was hoping to create with this challenge. Different channels doing things different ways, and having some fun! Buster is definitely an impressive machine! Thanks for participating. Grab a cold Mtn Dew! Great teamwork also! Thought we lost you for a minute there at the end lol! Love it!

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks Heath an Rachel we gave it a good try and had alot of fun doing it . Ya i was perdy well spent after the splitting part but a cold Mt Dew brought me back around after we were done lol. Be fun to meet you guys some day maby at the Paul Bunyan show this fall .

[@hardworkingmanoutdoors]

@@AllenFamilyFirewood we will be there! It was a lot of fun last year.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

@@hardworkingmanoutdoors Great We will make the trip down to meet you guys an everyone else that has helped grow our channel , Thanks you guys again

[@DudeRanchDIY]

Very impressive Phil! Grab a cold dew and hop in the pool!

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

That's exactly what I did! lol

[@michaeljheinz3336]

That was fantastic, Great job you guys.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

We gave it our best! thanks!

[@susanscherer143]

You two are amazing! Was very exciting to watch!! Great job! Soooooo close! I am tired just watching you so going to go relax now!

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks Sue for watching we sure had fun doing it . Its going to be hot today so grab a chair an sit back an relax

[@knottwworking]

Awesome!!! Buster Is Fast And You Are Also!! Great Job!!!!👍

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks ole Buster can go alot faster than i can . We had a fun time doing the challenge

[@kevinbrayshaw7745]

Fine attempt. You guys certainly represented the “Senior” division very well and yes, I’m a member of that division as well. Take care and I do enjoy your videos

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks we knew with a single wedge we didnt stand a chance but wanted to give it a try anyway just to see what we could do an had alot of fun doing it

[@toddsoutsideagain]

Phil you and the wife with an impressive display of splittage!!! That is outstanding with a single wedge. Buster is the real deal. Hopefully you still have all your fingers😳 Well done Allen Family👍🏻👍🏻

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Yup still got all 10 not to bad for a homemade single wedge

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

@S'more Firewood Ok Dana made lol

[@outdoorsinthe608]

Great job team! Although you didn’t beat the time it sure was close!! Awesome to watch you try👍☀️👍

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks 608 we figured it was worth a try to see what a single wedge could do

[@cwwhite5137]

As always, you both did a magnificent job! Chip

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks Chip, appreciate that!

[@kimsmart5932]

Wowza! That was great! Great timing!

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks for watching Kim she did a great job didnt she .

[@hardworkingmanoutdoors]

Glad you only lost a few pounds of sweat and no fingers lost! The All Wood is 25 ton I believe. The Mullet will be cut as 765 guys edged is out. I will say though they didn’t produce as nice of splits as Buster. Rachel and I are too competitive to let them hold the title for long, we will be back!

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Yup still got all 10 lol . That All Wood is a beast at 25 ton wow ,gota be a way to speed up the cycle time on that All Wood so your not waiting on it for the next piece . Just imagen if we combined your All Wood with ole Buster hmmmmm... an 8 way with a 2 sec cycle time would put out a 1/3 cord in about 3 min

[@hardworkingmanoutdoors]

@@AllenFamilyFirewood look up the All Wood Blood Wood.

[@jamesbainton]

That is VERY impressive with a single wedge vertical splitter. You absolutely killed it! Many 20 year olds wouldn't be able to keep up to that pace.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Lol well im in my mid 50s so more than twice as old as a 20 yr old so i should be able to go more than twice as fast as them right lol

[@adamfoster7815]

Great job you guys making Maine proud!

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks we tried thanks for stopping by an commenting

[@toddpacheco4748]

Excellent work and video hubby and wife ❤😮🪵👍

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks for stopping by an watching . We try our best

[@OpenAirAdventure]

You guys did amazing considering the one split and team work and buster all working together. Definitely most impressive but most important is the fun. Awesome guys. Kenny

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

And we did have fun doing it . I dont do anything unless im having fun . I never figured we would even get close to there time with a single wedge so i was perdy happy with the time considering we built it to split bundle grade wood . Thanks Kenny

[@shottyshoshco]

That was great! Awesome splitter.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks We built it to make bundle wood fast but figured it was worth a try to see how it would do ive only had the splitter for just over a month ,my buddy over at smore firewood did the build and has some videos of the build . . Thanks for stopping by an commenting

[@sethridenhour5]

That was impressive.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

We tryed our best an gave it our all . Thanks for stopping by and commenting

[@donflack3778]

Looks like that was a little more than a 1/3 of of a cord of fire wood to me! Fun video. KC Don 😉

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks it was but hard working man also had a lil more to in there video . Thanks for stopping by an commenting

[@JeremyTardif-d6b]

Great job, buster will make you a hard working man and woman. There is no doubt that buster is fast. Buster is king of single knife splitters.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Yup its fast definitely faster than me an about wore me out doing it lol . Thanks for stopping by an commenting

[@Dorchwoods]

Wow, that was amazing haha

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Ya bout wrecked me doing it but i never back down from a challenge lol and we had fun doing it . Thanks Nick

[@cecilwells-tm4ss]

your crazy phil good job

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Now thats something coming from a guy that likes to split 3 an 4 ft rounds . Thanks Cecil

[@donaldparkhurst3006]

Awesome job you guys! Buster is scary fast! Stay safe and have a great day…

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks we had alot of fun doing the challenge

[@alankipling-pm2kg]

Great effort guys you killed it for a single wedge.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks its hard to compete with an 8 way or even a 4 way but we figured it was worth a try . Thanks for watching

[@jameschandler2776]

I miss my thirties too. Great job. That splitter really moves. Your firewood helper/stacker is a great worked too. My wife used to be my best helper, even though she is 4' 11". She slowed down as she got closer to 70. She doesn't help any longer and I don't do near as much as I used to. It is not an excuse, it is a reason. That looks like about 2 rounds past 1/3 cord.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks James that was a challenge for sure

[@Mainelywork]

🤘Wicked good job

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

We had alot of fun doing that challenge

[@shotlifffamilyfirewood]

Very impressive! I knew you would be close. One of these days we need a full run down on what you have on that machine so we all can try to build something similar

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Dana over at smore firewood would be able to tell you more about it give him a comment in one of his videos i think he just started video #1 of the build

[@thelogfather5002]

Very respectable time guys- great team work!

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks we had a blast doing the challenge and was alot of fun

[@JohnFrytag]

You guys are a great team! This is 7 months ago and it looks a lot different around there. Great vid! John

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

It has changed alot around here , the woodyard is always changing as we find new ways to be more efficiant .

[@woodtimesinthe207]

That was impressive! Great job to both of you!

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks for stopping by i just stopped over to ya channel .I see ya a fellow Maina and a new channel . Welcome to the you tube wood hound community .

[@woodtimesinthe207]

@@AllenFamilyFirewood thanks! We were happy to find your channel and see another husband and wife team processing firewood in Maine!

[@everydaywithmenick]

Well i was watching you guys and i was rooting for ya, you guys did fantastic. Really is a hard challenge when your handling all the wood manually. I may have to challenge myself too on the kinetic log splitter. Great jobs guys, your winners either way, split wood and challenge done 😄

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

We had alot of fun on that video it about did me in but we got it done

[@Lens-KeepingBusy]

Nice fricken job Allen, I think you’re the first to do the challenge, have to try it on my box splitter ( not ) , I think we’ll be seeing more, cheers guys. 👍❤️🇨🇦

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks Len we had fun doing it win or lose we got to see what ole Buster was made outa

[@marcjoanis6862]

Great job guys!

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks we tryed , not a bad time for a homemade single wedge splitter . Thanks for watching an commenting

[@jimbo5056]

Very impressive performance from buster 2.0 and your age category !! 👍🙂 Fun enough content to subscribe. Thanks for sharing.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks Jimbo really appreciate ya subscribing dont miss this sundays video its gona be a big one

[@johnwoody4905]

good video and job you did really well with the single wedge your wood was a lot cleaner. i think if you cherry pick your wood and keep it away from your feet you may can do it. take care, be safe and well.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Well if we did all that we might have ben closer but i dont think we could have beat them

[@edhansen8531]

Impressive.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks

[@bkoutdoors6517]

That was awesome! Good work!

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks we definitely had fun doing it .

[@michaelbattle7477]

That’s a beast of a machine. A conveyer would have help you greatly. Stacking system is very interesting, but is see how it works for the business!

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks my buddy over at Smore Firewood built it about 2 months ago out of my old splitter you can see the build videos over on there chanel . Ya i could use a new conveyor but dang there 10 - 13 grand so im going to have to get by with the one i have for now . The pallets we stack on to really shine when its time to put wood in the trailer ,i just strap the pallet to the forks on the tractor an the wood dumps off leaving the pallet still on the forks

[@outdoorswithlarryrobin]

Great Job, 🚜🪵👍🏼🇺🇸

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks Larry an Robin for watching . We gave it our best but came up short . Ow well it was fun

[@obiorah1]

good effort to both of you,

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks it definitely took all i had . Thanks for stopping by an commenting

[@glennkisling3365]

There’s no I in team,Awesome teamwork very impressive 👍👍🇺🇸

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks Karen is a huge help to me , together we always manage to get it done

[@paulhoelscher6207]

You guys make a great team ,that is fast!

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks we do work good together an can get alot done when we put are mind to it . Thanks for stopping by an commenting

[@Mark-Marine]

Your wood, unlike others that accepted the challenge, are perfectly sized pieces with no need of resplits. No shame in your game. I respected your effort enough to subscribe to your channel.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks Mark that means alot . Thanks for letting us earn your subscription id rather earn something than just have it given to us . We built Buster to make nice small square pieces for bundle wood

[@adamsumner6379]

You and your wife rock, old buster will run with the best

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

I think we held our own for a single wedge just cant beat a 6 or 8 way for pure production

[@leonardryan8723]

Find some nice white pine a cool day in the fall Phil . Probably give OLD BUSTER a new air filter and install a turbo lol . 😊

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Lol ole Buster needs more than that to compete against them big 6 an 8 way machines

[@LogCabinFirewood]

Guys, excellent job 🤘 straight up killed it. I may have to find something that's not sweet gum and try this too!!!

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Hay thanks for stopping by again . We did our best . I see your channel is growing fast your doing a great job

[@LogCabinFirewood]

I appreciate the positivity, thank you very much. I'm just having fun, like the rest of us 🤣.

[@WoodysRTBFirewood]

Very impressive for using a single wedge. Great job guys. Just curious what size pump and cylinder/ram you have on buster. Love that cycle time. Also love the way you utilize the pallets for stacking your wood. Having a tractor certainly gives you the option of moving and loading the pallets to the drying yard and loading into your trailer. That’s a kick ass Canadian made trailer you have there too. Cheers

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks my friend Dana has some of the build videos up now on there channel its called Smore Firewood and he can answer ya questions better than i can about the splitter build . Tractor sure makes it easy to move half cords around and dumping them in the new trailer . We are loving the N/N trailer

[@LonnieJohnson-ny7xu]

Great job fastest single wedge out there

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks but dont say that to loud or i will be in another challenge lol .

[@Firewoodinthe603]

Awesome job I think!! Darn good time considering how many splits you made.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks that’s about as hard as I could push it . Hard to compete against the 4 ways and 6 way wedges that the big horazontal machines use .

[@dono9879]

Great job Phil you and the wife kicked some butt. Lucky thing that isn’t your normal every day pace, that would be tough to keep splitting at that level. You would finish 2 cords about every 30 minutes. Another good video I enjoyed the entertainment.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Yup i was toast after that lol i like doing about 2 cord a day with nice small splits . Really appreciate ya watching an commenting . Make sure you watch the end of this saterdays video

[@clubdoraoutdoorsandfirewood]

Well Phil, you and your wife won the challenge as far as I am concerned. I watched hwm video and from what I seen their wood is a lot bigger on average than yours. Hey it’s all in wood hound fun. Two quit different splitters doing different jobs. Hey old buster is number one in my book. Don’t get to hot. Umbrella great idea. Your wife is a good sport to be out there helping in the heat. Catch you on the next one.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

@@clubdoraoutdoorsandfirewood Thanks Ole Buster is fast for a single wedge an we made it to make nice small square splits for bundle wood . The challenge was all about having fun for us

[@dono9879]

@@AllenFamilyFirewood Hello Phil Did you see the video from Mountain Top Outdoor with they’re accepting the splitting challenge. It seemed a little unfair they had an Easton Made 37D with a 6 way splitter and select size rounds for single split. The time was 3 minutes and 48 seconds. Don O

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

@@dono9879 Thanks i did see that they sure did it in a hurry . Ole Buster dont stand a chance competing against a 6 or 8 way splitter

[@joeluppino824]

Geez less talk get to it man!!!!!! single knife you guys killed it wooped the 8 way blade

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Lol i tend to run my pie hole to much sometimes . I was happy that ole Buster with a single wedge could even come close to an 8 way . Thanks for stopping by an commenting

[@jamessanders4310]

That time is awesome! The fact of matter is now you know you can do a full cord in less than a half-hour..

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Welllllll.... Buster might be able to but theres no way i would hold up that long . Thanks for stopping by an commenting

[@OntarioFirewoodResource]

Nice job, nice splitter!

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks we gave it a good shot for only having a single wedge .

[@bcnewfie494]

impressive is correct, good job guys, you beat them in my opinion ha ha , being your using a single wedge , i thought you blew the muffler off ha ha saw something go rolling out there. that thing works well.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Yes lol about half way threw the muffler did blow off i didnt think any one would notice great eye , going to get that fixed today i hope .

[@bobbruce3925]

MOST IMPRESSIVE

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks we tryed and Thanks for stopping by an commenting

[@danshouseofsmokeandoutdoor7119]

Nice work that’s better looking wood then get out of 8 way. Looks like you need big drink of water. Keep up the good work.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks my friend at smore firewood built it for me to produce bundle wood and to do it in a hurry . Ya it bout wore me out i pounded a couple waters the minute we shut the camera off . Thanks for stopping by an commenting

[@danshouseofsmokeandoutdoor7119]

@@AllenFamilyFirewood it a great splitter I need to build me one that’s fast for the bigger stuff. I run box store splitter it does the job.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

@@danshouseofsmokeandoutdoor7119 I have a few hrs on a box store splitter also an they sure do take the work outa it cause we all know that splitting by hand with a maul aint no fun an is alot of work .

[@norfolknetworks]

Hi guys, fantastic video! We're a timber yard in Norfolk, England and that's one heck of a splitter you have there! Is it modified or straight from the box, so to speak!? Thanks!

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

My grandfather built it back in 1975 but it was built to be attached to a tractor an run off of the pto shaft . My buddy Dana just rebuilt it an added the big table its own engine an log lift plus made it alot faster . You can see it in use before the rebuild . in some of our earlier videos

[@norfolknetworks]

@@AllenFamilyFirewood Thanks so much for your reply, she's a beauty! I'll take a look, cheers!

[@danbarnett9518]

for a single wedge YOU WIN!!

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Yup its fast for a single wedge but a lil shy of being able to keep up with a 6 or 8 way wedge . Thanks for stopping by an commenting

[@DaveJohnsonad5nm]

Yeah, red fir is a bit stringy especially the first 4' from the stump.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks mostly just pine around here

[@timpartlow6321]

I don't think the ton of the splitter matters it's all in how it's designed y'all did great awesome job Heath should give you the win lol

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

It really dont on a single wedge but on a 8 way it needs some tonage to get threw

[@oldguyfirewood]

That was REALLY impressive! Your splits were pretty small. Bigger splits would have given you the. Win.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Hay thanks for stopping by an commenting the wife an i watch ya channel every week . I kept them small because we use the wood for bundle wood at our stands and the bigger pieces go out for cord wood orders to camp grounds

[@thomasworatschka6860]

Would that big green machine from that logging show count for the challenge

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Lol, that machine sure would have got this challenge done in a hurry!

[@timpartlow6321]

Hard working man shave off that mullet he had a single wedge awesome job splitting really nice splitter

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

We lost fair an square they were faster . Heck im impressed we even got close with a single wedge homemade splitter . Thanks for stopping by an commenting

[@stever4360]

I’ll take 7:08 on a single wedge w zero waste over an 8-way meat grinder all day and twice on Sunday. 🏆 🏆 chicken dinner

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Ole buster produces its share of scrap but ya no ware near the amount you would get from a box wedge . Being able to produce small square pieces for bundle wood or making big boiler wood it sure is nice having a splitter that can do it all an get it done in a hurry

[@bhall7997]

Buster wins it looks like more split pc per minute :)

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Definitely more splits but the competition was for time . Ole Buster can sure make bundle wood or kindling wood in a hurry . Thanks for stopping by an commenting

[@bwillan]

I always find it comical that the splitter speed challenges never seem to stipulate the final size of the splits. Sure it's impressive to use a 8 way wedge, but I am sure those splits aren't very uniform in size. It's easy to be quick with any commercial splitter if you're making boiler wood. It's a different game if you are after bundle wood.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Agreed maby who can split the most pieces in 10 min that will fit threw a 4 or 5 in ring That would show who could split the most bundle wood or the most pieces We built ole Buster to make nice square pieces of bundle wood . Different splitters are made to do different things

[@hardworkingmanoutdoors]

@bwillan we produced all small splits for our roadside stands. The goal is to end up with small enough pieces so they are easily picked up with one hand. Nothing scientific just a fun challenge to get more channels involved and have some fun! It shows how different set up and splitting styles work.

[@donmcgimpsey1706]

I stopped watching hard working man 6 months ago - but are they still using their sloped table? You can beat it with a type of gravity feed and multi way wedge

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

I have seen that table in there videos but they didnt use it in the competition . Heck i have to count my fingers every time i use ole Buster with a multi wedge id have to watch my whole hand wrist and arms lol . Thanks for stopping by an commenting

[@BertsCustomCuts]

If you ask me you hold the record for fastest face cord with a single wedge. The765 guys did under 6min.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Ya i would put Ole Buster up against any of the vertical or single wedges out there . Hopefully i learned my lesson not to try an compete against a 6 or 8 way machine lol but we had fun doing it .

[@Lens-KeepingBusy]

Sorry Allen just seen somebody else has also done the challenge yesterday, referring to my earlier comment

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks i will go ck it out

[@Bealle66]

You would’ve smoked their ass if you split the wood for a woodstove or boiler, you are splitting it kind of small for the bundles where they are not. ,, they have an eight way wedge .. your wood splitter for a vertical is very fast, nice set up .. Mainers rule 💪🏼

[@thomasworatschka6860]

It would only be fair if the contest was between single wedges

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

I agree but we figured it was worth a shot to see how we would fair against 4 ways and box wedges .

[@johngrumbach9885]

I'm sorry but that's the record for a vertical splitter. I would challenge anyone with a vertical splitter to beat that time. Unbelievable

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

It was as fast as we could go but with a couple young folks running it they could shave off a fair amount of time

[@DaleFox-h8i]

Your wood is split a lot smaller

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

that was a challenge for sure thanks for watching, appreciate it!!

[@mikehoran9901]

That’s hard work.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

We had a blast doing the challenge

[@Living-The-Dream]

Y’all were smoking !! Very impressive especially when you consider you were single wedging it!! FANtastic 🪵🪵🪵👍👏🇺🇸 Rick

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

We tryed but with a single wedge its perdy hard to beat a 6 or an 8 way . Sure wore me out in short order lol.