Firewood Production With the Japa 365 Pro...6 Way Knife Time!

August is an interesting month for firewood. What should be a good month to take a break from the summer's worth of production and also rest up for the fall delivery season, I find myself busier than I have been this year! To me, I am not feeling very comfortable with my inventory level and I have found myself in overdrive with production. I was adding to my inventory every day last week and worked in a number of deliveries along the way. The Japa has been cranking out splits from morning till evening this last week and I did my good share of Super Splitting too! Fall is just around the corner.
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[@nickking9784]

You are by far the most professional I have seen in the firewood business. 👍

[@ohiowoodburner]

Thanks Nick. There are a lot of good firewood companies out there but I do think we can improve as a whole with our customer service! Thanks for your nice comments. Joe

[@eerohuusko1553]

Hi Joe! I am very glad that You bye the very best firewood machine. Greetins from Finland, home of Japa.

[@ohiowoodburner]

The JAPA is a GREAT machine! Hello from Ohio USA! Joe

[@kimkaufman6510]

My beautiful wife is from Heath Ohio I lov Ohio

[@ohiowoodburner]

We were just in Heath last year at the Great Circle. Fascinating place. We were driving thru on our way to Columbus. Joe

[@TractorTech]

Congrats on hitting 2k!

[@ohiowoodburner]

Thanks! Never imagined this would happen. Joe

[@drewa3597]

As a person who bucks up wood with a chainsaw and splits it with an axe and heats with wood and loves seeing new wood processing machines and techniques I can't get enough of these types of channels, thanks joe and be safe, 9 inch diameter is a big log to me too lol

[@ohiowoodburner]

Thanks Drew. Running this Japa is a BLAST. Its like a video game w the joystick control. Joe!

[@kimkaufman6510]

I still like splitting by hand

[@ohiowoodburner]

@@kimkaufman6510 So do I. That enjoyment lasts about 10 minutes then I go get the Super Splitter! Joe

[@backyardwoolst]

Closing in on 2500 Joe! And yes, you are great on camera - thanks for the awesome content, love the delivery talks.

[@ohiowoodburner]

Thanks for the kind words Bill. We are having a blast. Do you remember growing up and stacking wood? All those talks seemed to stick with us. The same thing happens to me when Im stacking wood on camera. It's the power of firewood I suppose! Joe

[@joezeigler8097]

i love to see every sunday and wednesday on here

[@ohiowoodburner]

Thanks Joe. I'm glad we have met and I hope to keep the videos coming! Joe

[@kimkaufman6510]

That's a cool machine

[@ohiowoodburner]

Thanks Kim. I love it. Fun to run. Joe

[@kimkaufman6510]

Sir you hav a great set up

[@ohiowoodburner]

Thanks Kim. I'm always looking to improve. I didn't look like this last year! Joe

[@jordanhumphrey9615]

Great videos !

[@ohiowoodburner]

Thank you Jordan.

[@stevenredman1636]

Can't wait to see what winter is like in your state. Good video, thanks for sharing.

[@ohiowoodburner]

Hi Steven... If you think I complain a lot about the heat...wait until this winter! Curious what part of the country do you live? I will give you a hint about our winters.. In my particular region of Ohio we are considered a part of the "Snow Belt." !!! Joe

[@BAKERHUSKIE]

Good video, that is a nice machine.

[@ohiowoodburner]

Thanks RG... It is a blast to run. It's like a video game with that joystick. Joe

[@loggerjohn01]

I have been really busy delivering firewood this month, kind of crazy for August. Everyone wants their wood early, Thanks for sharing

[@ohiowoodburner]

I have a busy week scheduled coming up. July was in the tank...very slow but I did stay busy producing. Thanks John for watching. Joe

[@kaifel7539]

Hi. I am making also a lot of firewood. Its interesting to see, how other guys like you are doing this with different ideas. I like your channel very much. Greetings from Germany

[@ohiowoodburner]

Greetings from Ohio USA. thanks for your kind words Heino. Joe

[@offroadlife05]

Gotta love cutting and selling checked out that guys channel looks awesome !!! Keep that wood processing !!

[@ohiowoodburner]

Thanks buddy! You try not to overexert yourself! That lugging rounds in the heat is for the young guys! Joe

[@Adirondack_DFL]

I like your Henry Ford philosophy on color choice for your merch. Nice job helping out your fellow KZbinrs. Great video.

[@ohiowoodburner]

I mentioned that to my daughter and she didn't know what it meant lol. She hasn't learned Fordism yet in school. Joe

[@AC_85]

Greetings from Finland, nice to see you working with Japa. 😎

[@ohiowoodburner]

On mukava tavata sinut! Toivottavasti pysyt katsomassa lisää videoita tulevaisuudessa. Joe

[@haroldanderson2781]

That looks like the perfect machine for the size logs you choose to handle. Having a Supersplit as a backup is also a nice choice. You keep referring to your old job as a real job. I think you now have a real job doing wood.

[@ohiowoodburner]

The Super Splitter can complement any firewood processor! I appreciate your observation. This new gig still seems kinda hokey to me. lol One day I will get used to it! Got your order tonight. Thanks Harold! Joe

[@haroldanderson2781]

Ohio Wood Burner Ltd Would you mind signing your name with a sharpie above your logo on the front?

[@ohiowoodburner]

@@haroldanderson2781 I can do that Harold. I hope to have your's mailed out by Tues. Joe

[@healyfamily4]

Thanks for the heads up on the North Gray Firewood Co. Just subscribed! I like the small logs as well. Much easier to work with. I think the four way wedge is the most versatile, but it is nice to have a 6 way. Congrats on 2K and have a great day.

[@ohiowoodburner]

Thank you Richard. It seems the 6 way creates more waste than the 8. I'm not sure if I care for it as much but it does work at least. Thanks for checking in and I hope you have a great day. Joe

[@northgrayfirewoodco.442]

Thank you so much, Joe! I can’t believe the growth my channel has had recently due to this video. My sub count has more than tripled! I am currently on a 2-week vacation, where there is poor internet connection, but I will try to get a couple of videos posted ASAP to keep up with the growth. Thanks again!

[@ohiowoodburner]

I was wondering where you were! Two weeks? Must be nice. Are you at a beach or a mountain? Have fun. Joe

[@northgrayfirewoodco.442]

@@ohiowoodburner I'm surrounded by lakes and mountains at Moosehead Lake! We're having a great time and I'm trying to shoot a few simple 1-shot videos to keep some continuity on my channel.

[@julianbraylen6049]

i know it is kinda randomly asking but do anybody know a good site to stream newly released series online?

[@korbinkylo1921]

@Julian Braylen meh I use flixportal. just google for it :P -korbin

[@julianbraylen6049]

@Korbin Kylo thanks, I went there and it seems like a nice service =) Appreciate it!!

[@marksparkplug7758]

Good morning Joe and family, just got out from the woods I fell 2 more standing dead Maple's. Congratulations on 2K.

[@ohiowoodburner]

Sounds like a good sunday Mark! Thankyou! Joe

[@mitchjones2821]

OVER 2K!! Joe!!! Great video, pumped to see your channel, and business growing!

[@ohiowoodburner]

Thanks Mitch! It has been an interesting month for sure. Never would have predicted this! Joe

[@daveholmes123]

Congratulations on 2K Joe, your channel is really growing fast that's awesome! Keep up the great work, and I believe your correct there is a bond with the firewood family, we all have a lot of ideas to share and help one another your a good man Joe! Thank You👍

[@ohiowoodburner]

Thanks so much Dave. I really do think firewood is one of those things on planet earth that can connect us all. Joe

[@jamesmckay9966]

I am surprised that some local Rotary Club hasn't asked you to speak.

[@ohiowoodburner]

Thanks James I'm not sure many of my local entities know about me. I wonder what the would think of a firewood guy talking to all those suits! LOL. Joe

[@jeffcarpenter1891]

2K, that's awesome Congrats !!!

[@ohiowoodburner]

Thanks Jeff! I cant believe it sometimes. Joe

[@thattech8738]

Your the greatest. Love the videos. I will be buying a shirt for sure. I am also in Ohio. Toledo actually.

[@ohiowoodburner]

Hello in Toledo! We were there in the winter and got hotdogs and pickles at you know where...lol. Joe

[@mitchc3771]

Awesome video! Been learning a lot , recently started a small firewood company myself.

[@ohiowoodburner]

Way to go Mitch! Keep us updated on your progress. Joe

[@1607100]

i am wondering if that can be run with a plug, rather than a generator, might be a lot more pleasant... edit, they do make one! nice

[@ohiowoodburner]

Yes, they have an electric model. Thanks. Joe

[@jasone9]

Congratulations on 2k, but as of my viewing you're already at 2.31 heck you'll be at 5k before long. Have you seen those pull out platforms you can put in a truck bed? They are a flat platform that is the width of the bed between wheel wells and as long as the bed is and you pull it out like a big drawer. I was thinking about a larger version of that for your dump trailer for loading those 3 long rows like you do so you could load all from the rear of the trailer without getting in the trailer. I assume the way you load it now you have to have someone in the trailer?

[@ohiowoodburner]

Hi Jason... I will believe 5k when I see it...lol. Yes I have someone in the trailer when I load it. Usually one of my daughters but I will do it solo if necessary. I pay a HS boy to load or unload and stack the trailer too. I have set up my system to permit me to pull by trailer right up to the stacking area which makes things easier. I have committed to hand loading all our deliveries bc it looks good to the customer and they can measure their delivery right on the trailer.! Thanks for the suggestion. I am always looking for a better way to do things so I will get googling on it. Joe

[@jasone9]

@@ohiowoodburner it would probably have to be a custom built thing. I've just seen them for truck beds and they do look slick, but more $ than I would want to spend. 5k will be soon, people like when a channel sticks to a publishing schedule.

[@DanielAtkinsFirewood]

Man what happened to the 1k mark. Congrats on the channel growth.. What is your daughter in college for?? Oh yeah thanks for the shirt too..

[@ohiowoodburner]

Your guess is as good as mine. Next thing I notice we are well past 2k! My daughter is going for her Physical Therapy degree. Four years undergrad and 2 years grad. She is a softball player and also works on campus so she is a pretty hard worker. Her season and school year were cut short last year bc of COVID. I think that T shirt looked great on you! Joe

[@DanielAtkinsFirewood]

@@ohiowoodburner : thats a great profession to go into and at least its useful too compared to other courses available. Now when she is done she will have a whole channel of potential clients.. Hehehe.😁👍

[@Cinder2008]

At 9:32, you advanced the log as the ram was splitting the cut log. This looks like a more efficient process. Normally you wait for the ram to return before advancing the log. Why don’t you split and advance simultaneously?

[@ohiowoodburner]

Good observation David. When I have smaller logs I just go hammer down. The larger logs I notice I dont advance the next cut until Im confident the round will make it thru the knife. If it gets hung up I want the chamber open to pull it out. I could always reverse the infeed but its habit I guess! Joe

[@ML-lg4ky]

Will the saw work with the safety door up?

[@ohiowoodburner]

The saw does not work. The only functions that work with the lid open are the infeed and knife adjustment. I was going to disable the safety hood when I first got the machine but when I saw how fast that ram moved into the wood I decided to leave it alone! lol. Joe

[@drewmurphy2796]

How do you know when you reach a cord in the trailer?

[@ohiowoodburner]

The trailer won't hold a complete cord when the splits are dumped in. A heaping trailer is about 3/4 cord. It's funny to me that I have developed a sense of qty after doing it long enough...I am usually pretty close in what I estimate. Joe

[@sebastian56309]

Joe, I just got done watching ALL of your videos. I have a couple suggestions for you I think will help your health and grow your business. Do you have a work email, I can get from you? So your competition doesn't find out about these suggestions.

[@ohiowoodburner]

Hi Joe. You can find my contact info on my website. Hope all is well with you. Joe

[@KeepingitAnalog]

I would still split that off cut and sell it separately.

[@ohiowoodburner]

Thanks Frontier. The bottom line is nothing gets wasted around here. I still have to fill my own wood shed. I try to keep my firewood at 16" as part of the value added approach but if it's close I will put it in. The really short stuff I keep for chunks for the one restaurant that likes them with his order. Joe

[@sureflamefirewood4174]

Can you get the box wedge for your machine?..

[@ohiowoodburner]

The box wedge for the Japa only comes on their bigger machines. They call it "Perfect Split."

[@JoesFirewoodVideosII]

When is she going to be on the other side of the camera?

[@ohiowoodburner]

She made a short appearance on the Father's Day video. We have been in negotiations...stay tuned! lol. Joe

[@JoesFirewoodVideosII]

Yeah my 17yr old niece refuses to appear in one, I’ve even tried to bribe her

[@MrCKW82]

What do you do with your scrap wood that doesn’t meet your standards?

[@ohiowoodburner]

Hi Chase... The ugly stuff goes into my own wood shed. If the round is short I save the for chunks. I have a restaurant I deliver to that likes chunks for their one smoker. Nothing gets wasted. The sawdust and scraps are dumped strategically in my yard to build up my work area. Keeps me out of the mud during winter. Joe

[@MrCKW82]

Ohio Wood Burner Ltd A friend and I just started getting some inventory together here in the Dallas/Fort Worth area to start selling soon. We have a bunch of 20ish gallon buckets that we are throwing our scraps into and hoping to sell for cheap and marketed towards fire pits or camping trips.

[@sloth9669]

What’s the capacity of the japa?

[@ohiowoodburner]

It can run a 14" max log. Length is variable depending of the balance of the log. I do not use a live deck which would increase its output greatly. I can easily make 1 cord, loading all by myself, in about 1 hour and 45 min. Pretty darn fast. Joe

[@haroldwhite7202]

Look for "that wood guy" on KZbin

[@ohiowoodburner]

I sub to him. He is a lot of fun and a very nice man. Thanks Harold!

[@remingtongoff73]

How much did the machine run you?

[@ohiowoodburner]

The Japa 365 Pro ranges from 15k to 27k. Depending on accesories. Mine was about 25k. All paid w firewood sales!

[@remingtongoff73]

Ohio Wood Burner Ltd nice! I actually have a stump grinding business and thought about adding firewood as an additional service.

[@ohiowoodburner]

@@remingtongoff73 It is certainly a way to make sure all that wood does't go to waste! Joe

[@remingtongoff73]

Ohio Wood Burner Ltd oh yeah people give away firewood all the time.

[@MountainMaryFarm]

You have the gift of gab do a voice over while the processor is running talk about the business the music is horrible

[@ohiowoodburner]

Baby steps for me. I haven't figured that edit procedure yet. Maybe when my daughter goes back to college I will be forced to. Joe