Bert never ceases to amaze me with his touch on the tractor and skid steer. I can only get 4 at a time on my little trailer.
@InTheWoodyard10 ай бұрын
Yup, he is a good operator!
@Andrew_From_NB10 ай бұрын
Awesome vid that day Chris! 🔥💯👍. See you soon! Andrew from NB :)
@InTheWoodyard10 ай бұрын
Thanks! You too!
@curtcarlson969 ай бұрын
How about cutting the bladder at least in half, maybe just cut the bottom with the valve off. Now you have a cover to put over your wood! Could drill a couple holes in each corner to zip tie it to the tote. Just a thought. I'm looking to get some totes myself and that is what I am going to do! I truely enjoy your vids!!
@InTheWoodyard9 ай бұрын
Yup, good ideas! Thanks!
@briannelson449310 ай бұрын
I like the price , I had to buy mine. Many years of happy cutting to you guys. Keep on cutting
@InTheWoodyard10 ай бұрын
Thanks Brian!
@davidedwards373410 ай бұрын
Good Morning Sir!! Beautiful photography at tge beginning and end!! Totes are quite the great commodity at the Bob Barker price!! I found some for $10 each!!! Stay Hydrated and Have a Safe Day
@InTheWoodyard10 ай бұрын
Good morning!
@SuperJELCO10 ай бұрын
Yes we have around 800 ibc totes, here in holland is the price not right😅 now they cost around 35 euro each. When i started i could get em for 13 euro delivered at my company. When it’s in the tote i dont have to touch it again that’s why we choosed the totes😄👍🏻
@InTheWoodyard10 ай бұрын
Yup, you must have a good system!
@toddpacheco474810 ай бұрын
Ut oh,Chris more kittens 😮😊❤
@InTheWoodyard10 ай бұрын
Yup.....
@amandadavis972610 ай бұрын
Nothing wrong with free stuff!! I picked up a load of 26 275 gal totes yesterday for $15/piece. It’s not free,…but it sure beats the $50-$80 prices I’ve found online. What’s nice is that I have access to an unlimited amount of them. Can’t wait to pick up another load next week. Keep the videos coming. I enjoy watching them.
@InTheWoodyard10 ай бұрын
Good score!
@yveslabreche591910 ай бұрын
Chis you should use the IBC bladder to put you sawdust and debris in it. Would keep the yard clean.When you get about 10 of them you can bring them at the disposal site or a place that do mulching.
@InTheWoodyard10 ай бұрын
Maybe so.
@crazyman315710 ай бұрын
I can sense Bert thinking of a way to make some sort of articulating forks… I used to work in injection molding and we had large boxes (Gaylord’s) of plastic. Had a dumper that would dump the box full into a flow threw bin that we then moved around to the point of need. Obviously different with fire wood but the concept could work. Planting “thought seeds.” Lol. I drive my wife nuts at times, I always am thinking of solutions to problems. Worse yet is I worked in a lumber yard and now I am a welder, 20 years after going to college for the trade. Jack of many trades, master of none. Great video Chris and a great load of totes Bert. 👍🏻👍🏻
@InTheWoodyard10 ай бұрын
Thanks Mr. Man!
@dennisconlon581010 ай бұрын
Your wife should be happy most men don’t do anything around the house.
@zacharyhuberty398610 ай бұрын
Chris, here in Wyoming I was able to sell the intact bladders (no cracks) for $30 a piece. I paid an oil field worker $30 per tote. Made my money back and kept the cages!
@InTheWoodyard10 ай бұрын
Nice score!!
@coreyriley716010 ай бұрын
G’morning Chris ! Totes Magoats !! That’s a good hoard. GoodNightIrene
@InTheWoodyard10 ай бұрын
Good morning!
@firewoodathome10 ай бұрын
I have a few IBCs, they work great with the bladder roof. I would like to utilize them more, but my equipment isn't big enough to move loaded crates.
@InTheWoodyard10 ай бұрын
yup, that is an issue!
@peewee.313810 ай бұрын
Tanks a lot for the video! GNI!
@InTheWoodyard10 ай бұрын
Good one!
@davidn136910 ай бұрын
Who’d think I’d enjoy watching Bert forking around 😊
@InTheWoodyard10 ай бұрын
Yup, he is good at it!
@disenfranchisedcitizen143210 ай бұрын
We only use IBC cages to store the firewood that we use to refill the slots for our firewood stand or for friends and family to come to the property to get some of the ugly wood we don't sell. It makes it easy to move bulk wood around to where we need it. We cut the top 16" off of the bladder and zip tie it to the top of the cage with 3/4" heavy duty zip ties. We then use a jigsaw to cut the face of the plastic bladder out so it allows for stacking firewood in the cage above the top of the cage and protects the wood from rain and snow. We also reinstall the top metal supports after removing the bladder. We also cut the a section of the front of the cage out. Enough for us to reach in and stack or retrieve wood from the cage. Now as far as face cords go, we use pallets that we get for free and palletize each face cord. If a pallet is 36" (3') x 42" (3.5') we tightly stack firewood on the pallet making sure every nook and cranny is stuffed with very little gaps at a height of 49" (4.1') from the top of the pallet to get (3'x3.5'x4.1'=43.05 cubic feet which is a smidge over a face cord of 42.6 cubic feet. We adjust the height of each palletized face cord by the dimensions of the pallet to get the correct cubic feet. If a pallet has smaller dimensions, the height will increase, if the pallet has wider dimensions the finished pallet won't be as tall all to get the 42.6 cubic feet. We then draw out 6' of heavy 4 mil plastic from the 6' wide roll and cut it. We lay the 6' by 6' plastic sheet over the top of the palletized face cord and use our hammer stapler to fold and secure the four corners like wrapping a present typically about a foot below the top of the wood stack. We then grab the 2' wide roll of black stretch wrap that we get from Uline, and staple the end to one of the corner pieces of wood. We then wrap from the top of the stack to the bottom of the palletized face cord in order to keep it rigid for transport. We then use a razor knife to cut about a dozen horizontal slits on each of all four sides of the face cord and on the top sheet of plastic for airflow and venting. We then use a paint marker on the top of the plastic to identify the species, and the date it was split. This has worked out very well for us. A customer arrives, and we just use our L4060 pallet forks to put the entire pallet into their pickup bed in 5 minutes. Once, a guy came with a trailer and wanted 4 face cords. We loaded one pallet into his pickup bed, and put three pallets on his small flat bed trailer, he strapped the palletized face cords down in 10 minutes and he left. If a customer wants a cord of wood delivered, we load 3 pallets into the dump trailer, drive to their property, and just dump the palletized face cords onto the ground. If they have a tractor with forks, we can just take our deckover with the palletized face cords to their property where they can unload them and place them where they want them. The overall benefit to this method is that we are only touching the finished split wood twice. Splitting it into the conveyor which feeds it into the dump trailer, then once the dump trailer is full, raising the dump trailer to make it easy to pull pieces from the pile at waist height and tightly stacking it onto the pallets to the calculated height to get 43 cubic feet. I thought that maybe doing it this was would trap moisture and cause the wood to mold. It had quite the opposite effect. The black plastic in the sun heats the air space inside up and the slits allow moisture vapor to escape and essentially dried the wood faster. It also keeps our smaller property nice and organized with the clean look of palletized face cords in nice rows like soldiers ready to deploy.
@InTheWoodyard10 ай бұрын
It sounds like a good system for you and a smaller space BUT it also sounds like a lot of extra work too. Keep cuttin'!
@Suburban-Homestead10 ай бұрын
Hey Citizen! I’d love to know more about how you pack these and even a picture would be great.
@BertsCustomCuts10 ай бұрын
Video is fitting its tote day again.
@InTheWoodyard10 ай бұрын
yup!
@keithrepace11810 ай бұрын
In NJ the totes range from $40- $150, I wish I can get them for your price. Great videos thank you
@InTheWoodyard10 ай бұрын
Yup, they are not free many places!
@edkennard7210 ай бұрын
Chris if you were to run those platters through your wood chipper and load them into a trailer plastic you can get good money for recycle plastic
@InTheWoodyard10 ай бұрын
ok!
@teddybear402010 ай бұрын
the platic can b opened and used too i wish i could show up but i a m up here in dunkirk . near buffalo along lake shore ERIE . yes there r many awesome uses 4 them for sure
@InTheWoodyard10 ай бұрын
Yup.
@juniorflores755510 ай бұрын
Good morning the best word of the day FREE cant beat that
@InTheWoodyard10 ай бұрын
yup.
@larryvankirk742310 ай бұрын
Nice video guys. I don't use totes for my personal firewood, but some of my free/barter customers do. I can borrow a neighbors skid loader to move/load them. How many do you need? ALL OF THEM. Tote corral idea with pallet floor in the corral has potential I think. GNI
@InTheWoodyard10 ай бұрын
Maybe so!
@DanielAtkinsFirewood10 ай бұрын
For those who don't have a way in moving totes, they make good end caps for stacking wood..
@InTheWoodyard10 ай бұрын
yup, like movable posts!!
@danshouseofsmokeandoutdoor711910 ай бұрын
That’s definitely a deal on them. I was wondering why leave cross bars on when filling I guess makes it better for stacking.
@InTheWoodyard10 ай бұрын
Yup, yup.
@smorefirewood10 ай бұрын
That’s a very nice trailer too.
@InTheWoodyard10 ай бұрын
Does Mr. Trailerman have trailer envy toiday?
@carldean679510 ай бұрын
I use bladders for water storage
@InTheWoodyard10 ай бұрын
yup, they work good for that!
@larrykluckoutdoors822710 ай бұрын
Nice fine on the totes
@InTheWoodyard10 ай бұрын
yup
@larrykluckoutdoors822710 ай бұрын
Morning
@InTheWoodyard10 ай бұрын
Hello!
@user-oz5ke3qt8n10 ай бұрын
Good Chris and Burt I like good deal have a good day (tyRon)
@InTheWoodyard10 ай бұрын
Thanks Ron!
@dcrosco145810 ай бұрын
the IBC totes are a good Idea for some of you people that just want a fire outside. YOu deliver the ibc totes and when empty you fill it up for them. THey dont have to stack and it is cleaner for the customer. It is a win win for you and you people.
@CRC71710 ай бұрын
Was thinking the same thing. Deliver an empty tote on top of the wood strapped down in the dump trailer 🤠
@InTheWoodyard10 ай бұрын
Maybe, but from what I can tell they might actually make more work for me and take more time.
@InTheWoodyard10 ай бұрын
maybe
@CRC71710 ай бұрын
@@InTheWoodyard Seems like a fork in the road problem. The system you have for firewood now is great. Putting the wood in piles to season without covering, using pallets to hold the piles together and permit air flow from the bottom up for better seasoning. I know in my experience sometimes the Bob Barker special deal can also mess up a good system because you are trying to add more gears to an already great system. Maybe the answer is continue with the firewood system you have and start a separate tote business. Seems Bert has the room out there for storage. Since you do face cord deliveries from your pickup you will always have the hands on work with firewood so maybe the idea of a total hands off the wood business is not feasible for your operation. Might be what your spirit is telling you 🤠
@bekaerttrio223110 ай бұрын
👍👍👍
@InTheWoodyard10 ай бұрын
Thanks!!!
@THE_MAAAAAD_LIFE10 ай бұрын
Hey Chris! I see theres a bin truck in the shed! Lets see how many cubic meters (cords in your measurements) you can process into that!
@InTheWoodyard10 ай бұрын
Yup, some day we will do a video with the old dump truck.
@jackpinesavageadventures314210 ай бұрын
👍🏻👏🚜
@InTheWoodyard10 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@outdoorsinthe60810 ай бұрын
That’s awesome your getting them for FREE!👍👍
@InTheWoodyard10 ай бұрын
yup.
@donnairn341910 ай бұрын
I have seen the bladders used for a septic tank. 2 in series will work.
@InTheWoodyard10 ай бұрын
interesting!
@oleberg419610 ай бұрын
I do use totes. I stack right off my splitter into them. I only sell if I get to far ahead of what I can burn myself. I will probably sell about 10 cord this year.
@InTheWoodyard10 ай бұрын
Cool, I think for personal use they are fine, but for major production???
@GregPrince-io1cb10 ай бұрын
Totes and their bladders are like wood..... Can't ever have enough, many many uses around the farm!!
@InTheWoodyard10 ай бұрын
yup
@annmariekowalski750510 ай бұрын
No totes here. Even our garbage cans have to be hidden behind decorative bushes or a fence that you need a permit to put up to hide the containers you need to buy from the village. I take our trash to the dump. No permit, no 65 dollar garbage can abs no bushes or fence.
@InTheWoodyard10 ай бұрын
Yup, city livin' and they will get you one way or another!
@andystampfli912710 ай бұрын
Don't have a tractor so ibc totes are wasted if in my yard... Although a 200 gal above ground pond has crossed my mind.
@InTheWoodyard10 ай бұрын
Yup, they are not great for everyone!
@GregPrince-io1cb10 ай бұрын
Good Morning Woodhounds!!
@InTheWoodyard10 ай бұрын
Good morning!
@rickthelian221510 ай бұрын
Hi Bert & Chris, lots of IBC’s. Mama and her kittens cute❤😊
@InTheWoodyard10 ай бұрын
Hello Rick!
@TwinCityFirewood10 ай бұрын
I get them for free also, but not nearly as many as y’all!! Good for y’all!
@InTheWoodyard10 ай бұрын
nice!
@chandlercrews620310 ай бұрын
I use them, and the only good way I have found to use them is to stack and cut the fronts out.
@InTheWoodyard10 ай бұрын
Yup, and that is a lot of work on a big scale.
@chandlercrews620310 ай бұрын
@@InTheWoodyard Very true.
@Suburban-Homestead10 ай бұрын
Hey Chris. What model KIOTI tractor do you have? I’m thinking I need something bigger for firewood and unsure how big.
@InTheWoodyard10 ай бұрын
Bigger is better. Mine is a DK 4710 hst . I would recommend at least a 40 hp but 50-60 would be better. Compare the lift capacity, that makes a big difference and some makers are......weaker.
@Suburban-Homestead10 ай бұрын
I’m using a lot of your videos to help me get started! I’m trying to figure out how I want to store the firewood…stacking or bins as you’re using now. I still have to be concerned about neighbors as I’m suburban.
@Suburban-Homestead10 ай бұрын
I’m using a lot of your videos to help me get started! I’m trying to figure out how I want to store the firewood…stacking or bins as you’re using now. I still have to be concerned about neighbors as I’m suburban.
@rossnolan288310 ай бұрын
Awesome 😎
@InTheWoodyard10 ай бұрын
Thanks 🤗
@rossnolan288310 ай бұрын
@@InTheWoodyard 😎😎😎😎
@kurtloftfield453710 ай бұрын
Good morning all!
@InTheWoodyard10 ай бұрын
Good morning!
@teddybear402010 ай бұрын
be really cool if some place gave u a large shedder to do a review on . grinding alll scrap stuff .
@InTheWoodyard10 ай бұрын
You could be that some one!
@teddybear402010 ай бұрын
Ya .. I would need a van trailer and truck 4 sure . So I would nor have 2 worrie about tie down or problems from DoT. In Michigan or Ohio.. I am at Dunkirk. Ny along The I 90
@compostjohn10 ай бұрын
You'll need a swivel tipper for the forklift.
@InTheWoodyard10 ай бұрын
Yup, they are $7000-8000 so.....
@dennisconlon581010 ай бұрын
How does Tony wheel and deal when he wants them for FREE.🤔
@InTheWoodyard10 ай бұрын
Ha! He is Polish, it is in his DNA!!!
@noelstractors-firewood5710 ай бұрын
Quite a thing to get for free. 👍🏻
@InTheWoodyard10 ай бұрын
yup!
@michaelfits653010 ай бұрын
I'm interested in some bladders. Where is this located?
@InTheWoodyard10 ай бұрын
Appleton Wisconsin, if that is in you area email me and we can set up a time to pick some up. chrisinthewoodyard@gmail.com
@michaelfits653010 ай бұрын
Oh! Crapp, I live near Cleveland Ohio. Thanks for your reply though.
@royceabbottsexcavation370910 ай бұрын
Yes I use them!
@InTheWoodyard10 ай бұрын
Cool!
@inthewilderness202310 ай бұрын
Anything free is worth saving up for.
@InTheWoodyard10 ай бұрын
Yup, and you usually get what you paid for them, what ever it is...
@carldean679510 ай бұрын
Yes, only got 2
@InTheWoodyard10 ай бұрын
Keep looking!
@squirrelrelocator10 ай бұрын
Does this mean you have figured out a good way to unload them for customer deliveries?
@InTheWoodyard10 ай бұрын
We are working on it and Bert is selling a bunch of them.
@GregPrince-io1cb10 ай бұрын
38°F and 92% humidity here in Ashville Ohio this morning!! High up to 70's they say.. Ya'll have a Great Day!
@InTheWoodyard10 ай бұрын
yup, another great day to be alive, just like all the others.
@crperformancetucker506510 ай бұрын
Wish we could get free or reasonable priced totes in our area. People think there worth gold
@InTheWoodyard10 ай бұрын
They are expensive to buy new...like $600-700 so ya, they are not free most of the time.
@LeBlancfirewood10 ай бұрын
I want some
@InTheWoodyard10 ай бұрын
They are for sale!
@LeBlancfirewood10 ай бұрын
@@InTheWoodyard I want the free ones
@homersimpson566810 ай бұрын
In my area they go for $50 each (empty!)
@InTheWoodyard10 ай бұрын
yup! New they are $700ish
@ChrisLascari10 ай бұрын
Good morning
@InTheWoodyard10 ай бұрын
Morning
@carldean679510 ай бұрын
Cant find just cage
@InTheWoodyard10 ай бұрын
ok
@timothywilmarth577510 ай бұрын
Where are you located
@InTheWoodyard10 ай бұрын
Appleton, Wisconsin
@utbutch1310 ай бұрын
What comes in the totes originally?
@InTheWoodyard10 ай бұрын
oil, def, and other chemicals
@smorefirewood10 ай бұрын
We would use them but the price isn’t right. $75-$125 each.
@InTheWoodyard10 ай бұрын
Yup, that is NOT Bob Barker price.
@billobermeyer66010 ай бұрын
Just like firewood, you can never have enough totes...GNI
@InTheWoodyard10 ай бұрын
Maybe so!
@megamike435710 ай бұрын
I don't have any equipment to use the totes. For me they are pointless. I don't see the benefits to them actually? Have to do a fair amount of work to make them useful, the stack every bin. The only convenience is they are mobile if you have the eequipment equipment.
@InTheWoodyard10 ай бұрын
Yup, I agree with that!
@timrydman-mr5hp10 ай бұрын
You will find a way to use those totes to save labor. And time.
@InTheWoodyard10 ай бұрын
maybe???
@leevalencourt182410 ай бұрын
The music is a distraction. Yak or music, not both.
@InTheWoodyard10 ай бұрын
Yes sir.
@mathew0010 ай бұрын
I don't have a lot of experience with this kind of stuff but it just seems inefficient and expensive.
@InTheWoodyard10 ай бұрын
Maybe so but free is not very expensive.
@mathew0010 ай бұрын
Oh nice! I was just responding to the video title before I watched it :)@@InTheWoodyard
@amandadavis972610 ай бұрын
This is why people use them for firewood storage. kzbin.info/www/bejne/n5-1ioSBfsmirsksi=vws0HhuAevtsWToZ
@MicrogreenGems10 ай бұрын
BOB BARKER PRICE!!!!!!
@InTheWoodyard10 ай бұрын
THE PRICE IS RIGHT!
@jacquelynhull226110 ай бұрын
I think you are taking advantage of Bert and his land.
@InTheWoodyard10 ай бұрын
That is funny right there. Bert got $4000 worth of free gravel for his drive way from me. He gets free firewood to heat his house. He gets to use all the equipment I have including the tractor, processor, splitter, chainsaws, trailer, all the new stuff vendors send me, free drink, free food sometimes, I pay his son for helping, paid events and lodging when we go PLUS he will probably take over the business when I retire some day so......
@jimmieburleigh954910 ай бұрын
Get a tree service friend come over and run them bladders through one of them big giant chippers into a dump trailer
@InTheWoodyard10 ай бұрын
I am guessing that the chipper might develop some problems doing that???
@jimmieburleigh954910 ай бұрын
@@InTheWoodyard long as you take the valve off especially if it's metal your good. I seen it on KZbin a few weeks ago. After he get so many and no use for them he would call his buddy they grind them into a dump trailer.. like his buddy said if it will grind trees it will grind totes and he's happy to do it because he saves him quite alot of money in dump fees every time he takes a load of wood.
@joycesmith110510 ай бұрын
I didn’t believe you are showing this it is a repeat
@GregPrince-io1cb10 ай бұрын
Different totes, added to the woodyard?? Can't have enough totes
@BertsCustomCuts10 ай бұрын
I get a load every 2 weeks.
@InTheWoodyard10 ай бұрын
nope, Bert gets a load about every 2 weeks or so.
@InTheWoodyard10 ай бұрын
yup
@GregPrince-io1cb10 ай бұрын
Hey Chris.... I thought you didn’t need any stinking forks for your tractor??? They sure are nice tho ... aint they?? Pullin your string hoss,, Boomer sarcasm!!
@iffykidmn817010 ай бұрын
Burts forks work pretty good on Chris's tractor.
@GregPrince-io1cb10 ай бұрын
They now need a set of forks that spin and dump for Berts loader... don't think Chris's tractor big nuff
@InTheWoodyard10 ай бұрын
The reason I did not need any stinking forks is because BERT has them! Ha!
@InTheWoodyard10 ай бұрын
yup, they sure do and it helps that Bert is really good at using them!
@InTheWoodyard10 ай бұрын
That is an issue we have been discussing, articulating forks are $7000-8000 also so????
@robertblacksmith435510 ай бұрын
I would use them if I had as much space that you have & they were "Free"!
@InTheWoodyard10 ай бұрын
Yes but they have to save work and time and for me, they might not do that???
@robertblacksmith435510 ай бұрын
Bert seems to like them!@@InTheWoodyard
@outdoorswithlarryrobin10 ай бұрын
You lucky Dude! $60-125 here now, crazy prices 🪵👍🏼🇺🇸
@InTheWoodyard10 ай бұрын
Oh wow! Bob Barker must have not set the price down there!!