Epic Woodyard Expansion! Increasing Our Storage Capacity

[@AlaskaWoodYard]

Hello Phil and Karen, you know that you’ll never have enough room, but that expansion is nice . Right call on the excavator rental, always less headache in long run! Better get some beauty sleep yourself lol 😅!! Keep Dana out of trouble. Keep the sawdust flying cheers Jeff and Jill.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

You’re right there. Never enough room. I agree renting the equipment is the way to go. Take care, I gotta go get some beauty sleep lol

[@Mainelywork]

🤘Looking good boys!

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks Jeff

[@susanscherer143]

Awesome video! 120 cord capacity, sweet!

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

All that extra room will be nice

[@buckinfirewood]

You and Karen will have that filled up in no time.. looking good over there

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

lol, that’s the plan

[@hillbillyfranks]

You endanger did a good job you cut the wood and him run the machine It will look good when you get done Stay safe my friends and have a good day

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks Frank. Sure will be nice having the extra storage space. Take care

[@LoggerJason]

Great job Dana, nice cow gate lol hopefully the yard expansion helps with your inventory problems.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

I couldn’t have done it without Dana he really is good at running one a them machines . I’m gona be a while building enuf pallets to fill that big area . I been stock piling saw logs now I just need to get the mill fired up and start making pallet lumber .

[@DanielAtkinsFirewood]

That looks great, Phil. Hopefully, it all works out as planned 😉👍

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

I think it’s going to work out great once the sand firms up a lil . Now I will be able to stock pile more logs on the middle Woodyard by the splitter and keep all the split wood up top or down in the new area .

[@VicsYard]

That’s awesome!!!!!

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Now we just have to fill it lol

[@dermot107]

Good job done ✔️

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks Dana sure makes it look easy running that machine .

[@dermot107]

@AllenFamilyFirewood he does for sure he's a great friend to have 🤩

[@cecilwells-tm4ss]

looking good

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks Cecil

[@WilleysFirewood]

That extra room will be handy for sure. Dana did a really nice job getting that knocked out fairly quick too. Good work men!!

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

We definitely needed more room . He sure is good at running one a them machines .

[@cherylgagnon4429]

Great job Dana, you are a master of all trades! Gotta love the cows, they sure do love the fresh soil! Thank goodness for Anne, you boys will be fed! ❤😅

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

He sure is good at running excavators . I think he spent a lot of time as a kid playing with Tonka trucks in the sand box .

[@inthebackyardwithdel438]

All I could think about with those cows was Chic-fil a “ eat more chicken 😂 Dana got a lot done and it looks great . The expansion is going to be so nice . 👍🏻🇺🇸🪵🐄

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

With all that room we should be good on wood storage for atleast a yr or 2 before we need to expand again .

[@williamkleinsLost40Lodge]

Looks great Dana is a great operator. He’s a great friend to have. Peace

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks William, he sure is. He did that all by eye, no transit. He knows what he’s doing and is a really good friend. Take care

[@OpenAirAdventure]

Holy cow, Dana got it down a lot. Looks great so far. For Gods sake, make sure he sleeps tonight. Looks great, Dana and Phil, much need space for wood storage.

[@MicahHughes-y9t]

😂 Yeah, all that beauty!!

[@OpenAirAdventure]

@@MicahHughes-y9t I need all I can get too, I'm that ugly ya couldn't draw me.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Dana sure is good with one of them excavators but ya he definitely needs to work on getting that beauty sleep . Sure is going to be nice having that extra space .

[@toddpacheco4748]

Phil,the addition to your original wood yard is going to be a huge upgrade for the future it’s looking 👀 pretty darn nice so far 😮😊❤

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks Todd, it’s really going to up our game. More more more! lol

[@jameschandler2776]

From the videos it never looked like that field dropped off that much. You guys have really moved some dirt in both renovations. Looks like it is going to be a nice storage area.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Our woodyard is basically on a hill so it takes some dirt moving to make a flat spot . Having this extra space is going to be a huge help in upping our production . My son and his wife said thank you for the moccasins. They had lil Kimber wearing em last night . Next time they stop by the Woodyard with her she will be wearing them . Thanks again Jim .

[@jameschandler2776]

@@AllenFamilyFirewood You are so welcome. I am glad they liked them. One person I gave them to took their baby to the doctor in them and he said they were great because normal baby shoes are stiff and can affect the growth of the foot. These stretch with the foot

[@bobfitch607]

Looking good Phil 👍 Dana is doing a great job and brings food.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

He is a good friend for sure . Burgers were a definite bonus

[@aldredske6197]

Hi Phil and Karen!😀😀 Got Milk?? LOL!! It's certainly going to be nice to have a bunch of extra room for inventory. Take care my friends!!😀💚 Logger Al.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks Al, it sure will be nice having that extra room. Those cows sure were curious lol

[@toddsoutsideagain]

Looks awesome! Dana seems like he knows what he’s doing!😂 That’s gonna be a great space! Take care Phil👊🏻

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Still amazed he did that without a transit or level . He definitely has an eye for being level .

[@jramsdenbb]

Looking great Phil! Hope that ground firms up so you can use it without having to dump a ton of money into it. You’ve got some elbow room now!

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

That’s what I’m hoping too. Had some rain the other day which helped pack it down and I’ve been driving back and forth over it too. Hoping the sand will make a good base but time will tell

[@jasonpeterson9276]

Phil it will never stop to make it bigger.. i started with 3 acres in the 90's.. now up to 35 acres and its still not big enough.. but them fish are biting so gotta get to it. Keep it going.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Well maybe 30 years from now we’ll own the farm and have firewood everywhere lol. Catch a couple for me

[@DaveDunehew-e1f]

Phil, you’re doing a great job on the expansion. I might stop by Wednesday with my drone & see it from the air. Watch out for the cow Pattie’s. 😆😆😆Dave from Auburn👍🇺🇸😉

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

I belive we are doing wood delivery’s most of the day tomorrow and I also have to go pick up another load so it will be hit or miss to catch us there .

[@DaveDunehew-e1f]

@@AllenFamilyFirewood ok, I’ll try another day. I think you got to give Buster a big hug & do some rearranging in the Woodyard. Slide Buster out & slide the orange colored machine in line with your hopper & orange conveyor. Buster has done a lot of work & is getting tired. 😞😞.❤️❤️your Woodyard expansion & I think the cows love it also. Watch out for the big cow patties.😉😉👍🇺🇸

[@TheFirewoodHut]

Firewood & cow patties; what could be better? Lookin' good Phil

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

I just as soon keep the patties outa the wood yard if we can . Probably going to be a bit before we start filling the area with wood . Gota git more pallets built first .

[@dono9879]

Hello Phil and Karen. That’s going to be a big improvement in the wood processing center. Maybe you can teach the cows to help with stacking the wood. It would take the pressure off Karen. Thanks for another good video.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Haha Dono. If cows could stack we’d be way ahead of the game! Karen sure would be happy lol

[@noelstractors-firewood57]

Great one Phil. Nice job on the video. Funny about the cows. Maybe no flies over on the fresh ground. That’s why they were covering their face and throwing the dirt up over them selfs. 🤷🏻‍♂️ Any way. Great progress. I’m sure it will work good. Have a great day. 👋👍🏻

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

The cows sure do like that fresh dirt . I got the fence up now so they can’t come in .

[@noelstractors-firewood57]

👍🏻👍🏻👋👋

[@JerrySpindler]

It appears as though you and Ms K have spent quite a while thinking about your plans to develop your wood yard thus your firewood business. Enjoy see it come to reality as I’m sure you do! Thank you for another great video even though you are flying single!

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

We have spent a lot of time trying to figure it out. Been eyeballing that cow pasture for a while now so figured I’d just ask and luckily they were fine with it. It will definitely help build our business having that extra room. Karen will pop in and out, she’s not gone for good lol

[@NeighborlyHomestead]

Nice job you guys! That's gonna give ya quite a bit more room! Good deal on the stumps, it was the "Neighborly" thing to do. 👍🍁

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

We do have good neighbors so when he mentioned some stumps he needed me to grind and some dirt to move it only made sence to get it all done while the machine was there .

[@NeighborlyHomestead]

@@AllenFamilyFirewood sounds good! Gotta take care of good neighbors!

[@AdamB12]

I expanded on my woodyard this year too! Wasn't as epic as yours, but knocked over quite a few trees and grinding of stumps too.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

It’s always good to have more room

[@leehillsgrove7986]

Wow, that’s gonna be a good size yard. Can’t wait to see it filled up with wood. I also think you should’ve kept the video going while you was grilling the hamburgers that part made me hungry lol Can’t wait to see it all done and keep the videos coming. Enjoy watching them Lee Hillsgrove Trucking signing off 👍

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Probably won’t get it all filled this yr I’m gona have 3 months strait sawing lumber to build enuf pallets to fill that space . Can’t beat making burgers on the tail gate .

[@BW35bucket]

Phill do you have to relocate electric fence. I’m guessing you will. Maybe not. If the new dirt was interesting to the cows I would guess the new wood split would interest them. The wood stacked may not be stacked the next day or when you’re gone. Any way great video. Tremendous team work. I just noticed I need a sticker for conveyor controls.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

The day after we finished digging I spent the day pulling fence post and wire and got it all relocated around the new Woodyard . Almost a garonte if I didn’t the cows would be in knocking over the new pallets of wood

[@chrisconley6095]

Exciting!

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

It is, thanks Chris!

[@eduardfrazao3506]

Big job

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

It was, but we got it done in 3 days. Now we just gotta fill it with wood lol

[@camperjack2620]

Good luck 👍👍👍 What a great thing for your business. You know I am always taking lessons from you. Hopefully it will not be soft in the spring. You might be looking for duallies for the tractor -all four. ( I don't even know if that's possible. ) 😅😅😅

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

I’m guessing the side that got filled in will be soft . Probably start filling the side closest to the wood yard first with pallets . I had my pick up on it today going back and forth trying to pack it down a lil but it will take a yr before it really firms up .

[@EwenRoberts-o8o]

Wow, lot of digging there on the go at your property. I say you should have plenty room now for all your wood after it's complete. Got good laugh at the cows coming in the dirt piles. Ye had nice feed burgers on the go. Looked awesome.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks Ewen. Sure will be nice having the extra space. Was pretty interesting watching those cows in the dirt. Felt a little guilty eating the burgers afterwards lol

[@ralphkanagy4602]

Nice video

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks Ralph!

[@ClellWise]

What did you say? "I got tired of splitting wood". blasphemy!, lol. Yessir, it sure is good to have friends like Dana and Anne. That looks like it will work for you Phil. I think you're gonna' have to fix the fence sooner or later. Crazy cows like to play in the dirt like a bunch of little boys.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

I ended up pulling all the fence after we finished and got it all wrapped around the new wood yard . The cows just wouldn’t give up and wanted in .

[@Stihlalive044]

Now you're going to need six young French maids to stack, make pallets, and fill bags. I thought Russ was your new firewood bucker from Willey's firewood.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

If I could get six French maids AND Russ I would have it made in the shade! lol

[@Stihlalive044]

@@AllenFamilyFirewood Lol 😂🤣😂

[@johnwinslow4503]

Phil an and Karen, just imagine a woodyard expansion at the vacant Maine Mall parking lot? Endless paved storage, huge exposure along with great Turnpike access. Like the saying goes, go big or go home?

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

One thing at a time John, don’t get me going lol

[@DanielAtkinsFirewood]

You know car hoods can very in size. The 1970 Lincoln or a 1990s geo metro. 😂😂

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

lol your right I was thinking old school car hoods like from a caddie.

[@adirondackwoodsman]

It going to be a nice woodyard. Are those your cows? How many do you have?

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks Jeff. No the cows belong to the farm next door. Not sure how many they have but quite a few!

[@HubertofLiege]

Shouldn’t take long for the cows to knock over 100 cords of wood.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Lol, I’ve got the electric fence fixed back up now and they can’t get in there

[@jamessanders4310]

I'm worried that you might be digging a pond...going to take a lot of gravel or shale. Am I looking at it wrong?

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

We was thinking we could put a burm around the edge and flood it this winter for an ice skating rink . That would be way more fun than filling it with 100 cord of wood .

[@mikemccormick3764]

Phil - Do you own the land you’re working on, or does it belong to the farmer ? If it’s his land is he charging you a fee to use it ? Thnx…

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

I own the land the Woodyard sets on but the farm owns the lot we just dug for extra storage. They’re not charging us anything which is nice

[@Dorchwoods]

Is that Juniper farm next door? If so thats my cousin georges farm!

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

It is I remember you saying that last yr that he was ya cousin . By the way do you need red pine on the main rd by ferry beach Mike has another 3-5 cord he wants me to haul but if you can pick it up it’s yours

[@Dorchwoods]

​@@AllenFamilyFirewoodI appreciate the offer, I just had about 12 tri-axle loads delivered and I'm a bit backed up at the moment 🤣🤣, I need a grapple for my tractor to stay on top of it all

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

@@Dorchwoods that ought ta keep ya busy for a while lol

[@chrisconley6095]

How will you flatten everything out? Seems like a dozer would be helpful. :)

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

We’re borrowing the skid steer from the farm next door to smooth everything out

[@mikemaloney2342]

I think you should’ve skipped the rental and just bought an excavator. Think of how quick you could load and unload logs. On a side note please make sure your wife doesn’t block me for suggesting that idea.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

No worries there Mike lol . I told her this summer I wanted an excavator that was big enough to put a cutter on so I could sit in the cab and block up wood . She knows us guys like our toys .

[@mikemaloney2342]

@@AllenFamilyFirewood lol, glad to hear I’m not blocked. Have a great day.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

@@mikemaloney2342 Ow trust me if anyone is going to be banned it will be me first lol . I always seem to know how to push her buttons.

[@mikemaloney2342]

@@AllenFamilyFirewood lmao