Free Heat for 2 Homes (from 100+ year old tree!!!) - Modern Self Reliance Firewood Hack

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[@pauleddy5146]

Nothing more satisfying than making firewood. Some say fishing or hunting, but that's hit or miss. Never missed a tree in my life!

[@ModernSelfReliance]

I agree!

[@kylepayton1036]

Joe seems like a great boss. “You can never do enough for your employees”

[@pattibrown1809]

Oh! Ya beat me! I was just gonna say something about that! I hope lots of people heard that, and take it to heart!

[@SaffyFoo]

Yes… totally agree. Sounds like a great guy 👍

[@jeannelocke8852]

Kinda crazy how enjoyable that was. JL, Tommy and all that crew were impressive, as were the competitors. Both are winners! Thanks Kevin. Great episode. Nicely edited too.

[@ModernSelfReliance]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@chickfamilyink]

We all need friends like Joe

[@lelialiu9779]

It's the first time I see firewood collection this way. Thank you Kevin to bring us the great video!

[@ModernSelfReliance]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@genewileyopa]

Good to have friends with connections. That will be mega wood for you. Interesting watching the guys doing there thing cutting trees down. Thanks for sharing

[@daviddarlingauthor]

I was about to clean and do some work around the house... but obviously I have to put that off to watch a new episode! Thanks man ;)

[@crazycritterlady6620]

That was so kool to watch that hugh tree come down piece by piece and realize just how heavy each piece was and think about how much damage it could of done if it cracked and actually fell on one of the houses! So since we didnt get to see it, what happened to the stump? Did someone come and cut it lower? Did it get ground up? Pulled out? Blasted out? Too bad it had to come down but I get it. All the damage the snow and ice can do to crack and split the tree apart year after year. Poor tree it had a good life.

[@ModernSelfReliance]

They come back at a later date and grind the stump out.

[@crazycritterlady6620]

I figured it was something like that hopefully not long if either family has dogs, cuz if it were me, I'd want that fence to go back up right away. Nice job tho I enjoyed it especially the chop off between you guys that was fun.

[@irenaoreskovic8339]

Make a beautiful table out of the stomp 👍😎🇨🇦

[@Songdaddy]

LOL, I loved the remark, "There's a guy in California going what?" I use to be that guy. Then I moved to Spokane WA.

[@hillbillywisdom777]

That Vermeer chipper is made an hour from me in Pella Iowa, home of Pella windows.

[@lennyt-man4229]

Cool video there Kevin and I like Joe's hard hat too. Gotta check out Joe's channel now also. Nice to see Don get lots of wood from that old tree. That was one huge tree there.

[@benhightowerv]

You should take some of those wood chips for the smoker and you tiny fireplaces.

[@sadiqakbartaranwal]

I respect everyone who were involved in this Seriously the best piece that i ve ever seen on KZbin 💌 Hate off to well all 💟 love your videos ❤ .

[@HandfulOfTranquility]

I think Don won out on the firewood here. You may have gotten more firewood, but splitting this is going to really suck!

[@danieljohnson2349]

MSR 👍

[@palletcabin-YR_Author]

Great episode! You guys are a hoot, so is Legate and his team.

[@MSmith-Photography]

Looksike Don has a new chaise lounge chair. 🤣

[@tumblodryay1189]

I was worried for a while, then Don showed up

[@mrpetef]

Awesome episode!

[@BenjaminKlahn]

Mad respect for treating workers right. Get these guys in more videos, for sure.

[@dennisschickling2249]

Nice Video. #STAYWARM #STAYSAFE #PHILLYPHILLY 🇺🇸 WE JUST GOT About 4 inches of snow today. ❄️

[@bryanpoole4749]

Another good one Kevin. My grandfather taught me to split wood exactly like you do. He was watching me split wood once when I was 17 ( I'm 58 now) he watched until I think it was painful and he had this way of twitching his cheek when he got irritated and finally said "boy. You split wood like old people make love; give me that axe" he proceeded to split from the outside in and it was nothing for a 78 year old man to split a 75yearold tree in no time. I later learned old people make love ' slow and sloppy'

[@TheStephencraig01]

It’s always a treat when Joe makes an appearance. He is clearly a professional and his team is a bunch of solid dudes. Tommy is a beast but I think Kevin beat him with technique. Thanks again for the positive content.

[@dmtnw4480]

It's fun to watch professionals at work

[@jacquelinewells7575]

Great to have a friend like Joe when you can use some firewood. That was a tree!!!

[@ModernSelfReliance]

You got that right!

[@gavinnelson3081]

It’s like pulling trees off a tree

[@BA-yo3vz]

That was super cool and interesting. Shout out to all the tree technicians who are so skilled and amazing.

[@sandraewers178]

Do you think you could do some of that chain saw magic and and carve a forest creature.

[@puzzlemonkey1]

Great episode, you guys work awesome together and good to see Don in the mix.

[@T.hunstiger]

Hi, love all the videos. Thanks for sharing them. You have the best attitude towards your projects etc. So, cool. Always enjoy seeing what you're working on next. Thanks! Take care 🙂

[@ModernSelfReliance]

Glad you like them!

[@KerriGilpin]

Love this vid- as much as I love watching you and Don (and sometimes WoodBeard) build cool and crazy stuff on your property, I personally love the tree and firewood material, and from Florida there’s not much need for that much firewood - not for heating anyway. Probably a unique perspective on my end… but I will say I can’t find firewood anywhere for the past 2 weeks, and tonight is the first night in … YEARS… it’s gonna be below freezing. Still loved the whack off and general tree and firewood stuff. Also thinking some of those pieces would make great tables, etc!

[@Godwinpounds4333]

Hello 👋 dear, how are you doing?

[@saner6888]

You had more chips💕

[@robertnorman2333]

Thank you Kevin for the Education and thank Joe for us, learned a lot of information I did not know, in the States we just call it cord wood, most of us didn't know there are many different units to measure cord wood, I enjoyed this video very much, until next time, stay safe and healthy, peace my Brother.

[@GIRLS_WALK_TALK_VAN]

I think Kevin won the challenge.

[@mcbnj]

"always treat your employees with 100% respect" feeds them wendy's and everyone gets diarrhea

[@MrJRHEBERT]

Seeing decent sized branches go into the chipper breaks my heart a little, too.

[@ModernSelfReliance]

doesn't it... the bigger the chipper the less firewood I get.. ;-(

[@lethaleefox6017]

@@ModernSelfReliance So what happens to the chips, wood pellets for pellet stoves or composted? We had an Alaskan yellow cedar taken down by a service, and our logs were about 10 foot long and some friends had a chainsaw mill to make boards and a few slabs for making furniture... the wood was a bit pricey so my sister was into getting it set up for air drying... I had worked in a lumbermill that did both air and kiln drying.

[@lethaleefox6017]

@@ModernSelfReliance I just ordered a baby Solo Stove Lite... yesterday. .. impressed by how small of dry bio fuel I can use ...when I prune the apple trees the smallest twigs get dried for fuel. I have even tested them with wood pellets for heating a wok. And and old pine that we left a 10 foot stump standing for a decade or so was rotting enough where had to take the half whiskey barrel flower pot off the top of it... even the woodpeckers lost interest in nesting in it. The stump rotted to the point where I use the dry rotted wood for bio fuel for cooking in my Solo Stove camp stoves... they are ridiculously efficient at burning. A wok with a lid on the Campfire is maybe a bit heavy for hiking, but yard camping I can cook a lot on it.

[@lethaleefox6017]

@@ModernSelfReliance My sister wanted a couple slabs for shin buster tables like I helped my mom do about half a century ago... slab drying... the kind of project you might do...

[@lethaleefox6017]

@@ModernSelfReliance hitting stuff in trees, I am retired from working in a lumbermill, Douglas fir and Hemlock mostly (native to Puget Sound region of Washington state).... I did get to have a 6 foot long piece of shrapnel land a couple feet from me when one of the quad mill bandsaw blades blew up hitting something like the railroad spike I took out of another cant hit a blade... not fond of the fools that spike trees. The spike was almost cut through, but those bandsaw blades were 6-9 inches from teeth to back of the blades... they lost a few inches from sharpening. I helped change those bandsaw blades (2 people to change them).... memories from watching the video.

[@earlshaner4441]

Hi from Syracuse NY USA brother and everyone else thank you for sharing brother

[@glg3945]

Great video! So interesting how they take the huge tree down around all the houses. Peace and good fortune and good health to you and your family. 😃 I'm subscribed to Joe's channel also.

[@jenford7078]

Great episode! The whole crew were amazing and that was a truly majestic tree at one time, as was Betty White 🌳🧓

[@wrenchdoozer]

4:07 - Giggidy Giggidy (sorry, I couldn't resist).

[@Jeremy_936]

Also....much love and respect to your Canadian truckers✌❤🇺🇸

[@MrRschwab]

Joe is the kind of friend to have! That is a haul of wood!!!

[@MrHowieZ1973]

I miss eating lunch with a bunch of guys. Some of the best times of my life were spent that way. lol

[@Ghost-Mama]

All those wood chips look like excellent free fire starter

[@kylemoan3447]

I work with that same chipper it can take 18 inches

[@Crouse_Property_Maintenance]

I counted 23 and 19 pieces.

[@lindapetersen1800]

Kevin I see where you were wanting the branches I would also want them they can go into bed sets log cabin ones or just starting the fire for the first time after drying on out!!! Glad your keeping the other things those will come in handy on the homestead with something hahaha I KNOW IT WILL FIND IT'S WAY TO A PLACE !!!

[@ilovehostas3594]

The kid won!!!!!

[@ModernSelfReliance]

My goal was firewood I won ;-)

[@ilovehostas3594]

I love your channel. You are such an inspiration to me. Best of luck for 2022 to you and your channel (and family).

[@conniewright8080]

USA is Proud of Canada's Truckers & Farmers...USA is joining...Thank You Canada-Thank you USA

[@12s]

You make a rope obstacle coarse or something.

[@tedbryer2512]

Ha ha ha ! You guys are awesome !!!

[@janicechamberlin2697]

you know if you could do make a table out of that pease of trunk that would be gorgeous

[@radagast6682]

I like to split green wood in the winter when it's frozen. It splits easier. I cut a red elm (rock elm) that started growing in 1865. Count the rings on that maple and let us know how old it is.

[@J.sh_CDN]

Winter 100%! Best time for splitting!!

[@larsivarhordnes182]

did you get permission from the norwegian embassy to take down that norwegian maple? All those are norwegian property, remember. Greetings from Norway! :-)

[@locutusoflulz]

You are living the dream man. I love watching your videos after I get home from my crappy retail job and after I get my kiddo to sleep. Favorite channel I've come across in 2022!

[@henrikstenlund5385]

You will have no troubles in the future in filling your spare time, referring to the giant chunks of wood to be cut and split. Nice work.

[@fernandez3841]

Don is such a laid back dude

[@mner0ne442]

I would love to come work for you guys

[@PeterKNoone]

The whack-off was impressive. I'd probably die of a heart attack if I attempted that :)

[@Pigglyjuff89]

Love your videos! How about building a wooden playground? :D

[@MapleJames76]

And no hydro on that side of the road, that's a plus :) Fist bumps from Rockwood :)

[@laurahaughton4523]

I’d love to have one of the stumps , they are beautiful and I’d like to think of something to do with it 👍😊

[@russellwatters5891]

I am in Florida, firewood sells for $85 a cord, so you just saved a weeks worth of groceries there...lol Awesome stuff though, the tree service industry has been very busy everywhere, we see alot of onsite mulching going on though, by Morbark machines. Love what you're doing ❤️

[@shawndonohoe2789]

Do you wear chainsaw pants? They only have to work once to be worth a million dollars

[@curtkopp19]

Only thing better than splitting wood.?.watching someone else splitting wood! Thanks Kevin, good stuff.

[@vivianwilliams2216]

The wack off was epic ! So much fun to watch, it's a tie ! 😊👍💕💕💕

[@laurahaughton4523]

My word, these are brave chaps. That was something to watch that tree coming down 👍🌷

[@corywilliams1698]

A wack off competition 😂

[@TheVodec]

Someone is always going to want your wood. Nice of Joe to give it to you.

[@guyguy1614]

The large pieces would make a awesome 1 piece table. Carve it out.

[@laruedouglas7972]

WOW

[@artfx9]

How much wood would a Don the Chip chip if a Don the Chip could chip wood?

[@studentoflife9008]

chip woods will be good for your no dig vegetable garden

[@Xonslaught1]

You might be able to make a swinging chair with those cables

[@c.a.g.1977]

Very cool video, Kevin. Those JLS guys know what they're doing! Any chance of making a video on how they will get the stump out?

[@ModernSelfReliance]

It would be very boring.. It's a giant grinder... that takes hours.

[@c.a.g.1977]

@@ModernSelfReliance well, I've never seen that, so maybe it would not be a huge KZbin hit, but I'd watch it 😄

[@lethaleefox6017]

@@ModernSelfReliance My brother-in-law was talking stump grinding the Alaskan yellow cedar we had taken down about a week ago. Not sure if I would bother to watch that either, the chainsaw milling the logs into boards was interesting... some were small cant size lumber that the operators decided they were interested in doing more with...were interesting to move... my first job in a lumbermill was on a timber planer with my dad, he taught me tricks to Jack and leverage timbers into loads for shipping, without damaging the timbers or me. That stuff I also used when pulling 6 inch clears off a planer chain, I also used rollers... I made a roller for stacking the 4 inch by 14 inch by 8 foot "board " we kept with the stack of 10 foot 2 inch boards we kept to dry for my sister's furniture projects... I had her look up the price of Alaskan yellow cedar as lumber... she really got into the idea of doing stuff with the wood... It is not a tree native to Puget Sound region but is at altitude in the mountains just east of us and into Canada. It's a nice tree but it was hard to give a genus species name a bit of an exotic wood.. I did start one from seed and transplant to a place a bit better located... maybe I will see if I can get a few more started.

[@Craiger320]

Great vid Kevin. I wish more bosses would take a lesson from Joe on how to appreciate your employees. I’m gonna guess closer to 5 bush cords.. but still a good haul none the less! Do u sharpen your chains by hand?

[@ModernSelfReliance]

I sharpen my chains by hand.

[@lethaleefox6017]

@@ModernSelfReliance the lumbermill I worked in did get one of those automatic chainsaw sharpeners, but they had a lot of chainsaws to deal with... My brother did go learn how to sharpen the old manual cross cut saws they are allowed to used to clear trails for hiking in areas motors are not allowed... some of the downed trees they cut to clear trails are a few feet across, the videos his friend documents are interesting... very short... but it's an interesting retirement hobby for civil engineer... from office to leading a volunteer trail maintenance crew....

[@wanjockey]

Jesus that was a huge tree. Props to the crew that took it down safely and for taking you a long.

[@РаисаСтасилович-ц6з]

Кевин, спасибо за видео! Очень интересная и сложная работа! Все парни молодцы, настоящие труженики! Браво всем!!!

[@ModernSelfReliance]

Thanks for Watching! I Had to use Google translate!

[@laurienelson5200]

This video was crazy fun to watch. Watching those big chunks go over houses via crane was scary. You always crack me up.

[@BooneeXCdad]

GREAT!

[@christinevr7698]

Fun episode! I appreciate the great boss vibe of Joe and that “Whack Off” (😆🤣🤣 ) contest was cool! Re: the rope- As soon as I saw it, I thought - build a second treehouse and make a rope bridge to connect them… if you got enough rope?

[@ModernSelfReliance]

They are short pieces... I'm not sure what I'm gonna do with them.

[@christinevr7698]

@@ModernSelfReliance bummer! But I am sure you will think of something cool. Maybe a family size hammock?

[@Godwinpounds4333]

@@christinevr7698 Hello 👋 dear, how are you doing?

[@lethaleefox6017]

@@ModernSelfReliance big enough to use in making a bed or cot in one of the house builds...stretchy might make a comfortable bed, I used duck cloth sewn into a tube and placed between two water pipes in notches in the top of two beams stretching across the bed ledge in my old F250 truck '69 the two cots once padded made excellent vacation bunks... that from time to time would get loaded with several hundred pounds of firewood we were allowed from the lumbermill (old 6x8 pile bottoms used to stack loads on that could not be remanufactured because of embedded rocks and rot) I could cut 8 foot lengths and load them into the truck on top of my beds. Not sure what kind of loads you put on a strap beds... but those straps might have some strength left in them.

[@billdperry]

I guess the big question is, with all the shortages, can Canada still operate without BEER?, ah? Would they want too?

[@Godwinpounds4333]

Hello 👋 dear, how are you doing?

[@Stiggsway]

HARD TO KNOW WHEN YOU ARE FILMING.... THE PERSON HAS PASSED AWAY.... R.I.P. BETTY WHITE

[@annewendt8434]

He said she ‘Was’ 99. It was a hat tip to her.

[@krisklinger9632]

Stop saying “whack off” 😆😂

[@mattwalker164]

How much does it cost to remove a tree of this size? And does the home owner's insurance help out with the cost due to the removal saving the company from having a claim when the tree would fall and damage the homes around it? Hi Rachel

[@gregmize01]

Thousands

[@ModernSelfReliance]

Many Thousands. Insurance company wouldn't care...

[@lethaleefox6017]

@@ModernSelfReliance The pine we had taken down a couple decades ago, was a bit buggy and located where it might take out a power line, when I had the power company reroute the powerlines to my house and yard light poles that they wanted to replace anyway... That was a service they did for free, they keep tree services busy to avoid power outages... That pine was about 3 feet through the trunk... got the firewood from that... the buggy and hazard to power lines was a useful service... I also got the western red cedar firewood from the old power poles because it was not treated with anything hazardous... also free they were happy not to have to haul it off... I did build an outdoor cooking fireplace years ago... just stacked cement blocks, pavers, bricks and cut t-posts to hold two shelves and the roof/chimney that were 'paved' with pavers that on the shelves could be lifted out for a grill across the 3 t-posts for each shelf... was cheap to build, not mortar, just stacked up... A few pavers in the multi layer firebox got replaced... but works good for cooking with cast iron.... stews, cake, corn, cornbread... large Dutch oven fits on the lower shelf, 2 quart Dutch ovens fit behind a make do door on the upper shelf. Have done pizzas in the Cabelas 14 or 16 inch skillet and lid on the lower shelf. The pine rounds even 10 feet up were full of fat wood and a bit of a pain to split, but a couple made good chopping blocks... I still have wedges and a spilting axe or maul from that adventure that was educational.

[@hillbillywisdom777]

Gotta love the Kevin and Don show..... Great Guys doing Fun work.

[@killyw2634]

Where can I get a California Don

[@artfx9]

There is never enough wood! 😏🤤

[@lordlem]

It’s always a treat when Joe makes an appearance. He is clearly a professional and his team is a bunch of solid dudes. Tommy is a beast but I think Kevin beat him with technique. Thanks again for the positive content.

[@lindapetersen1800]

Kevin did the WINNING!!!

[@Dashbshots]

Waste not, want not. So I hate to see the larger branches get chipped like others have said. But I'll give up a huge back breaking base all day, every day. Especially containing metal. While it's -4 degrees (F) outside it's 82 degrees inside. Inside, I get cold around 76 degrees. I don't miss using the oil furnace with it set at 68 and then having it shut off during a big snow storm.

[@deathlis]

Do you know what he charged for this tree removal? I'm curious what tree removal costs are in Canada compared to the US. Down in the southern states, for all labor and equipment (e.g. bucket truck, chipper/shredder, dump truck, saws, chainsaws, ladders, ropes, etc.), it's about $900 for 12"-24" diameter, $1700 for 24" to 36". Varies a bit based on canopy type/size, and drastically increases based on exposure/nearby standing structures and access issues of course.

[@ModernSelfReliance]

If I were to venture a guess between 4-5k

[@jennifertucker107]

I see some maple flooring. Can't wait to see what you create out of the big pieces!! Cool.

[@cmosphoto1]

Nails... Piles of nails.

[@jennifertucker107]

@@cmosphoto1 Augh! Too bad. Say, does Don know how popular he is? Is it a challenge keeping him humble?

[@cmosphoto1]

@@jennifertucker107 he thinks it's weird.

[@dropthedigibomb]

You should turn that "california don" into a coffee table. Bit of sanding maybe some epoxy, would be gorgeous. Just a thought. :)

[@SaffyFoo]

Supporting the Canadian Truckers 😁👍❤️🇨🇦🇬🇧

[@Anistz]

Let's Go Trudeau!

[@kenshores9900]

Finally got a Eco Fo River. This is my emergency backup back up electrical. Your use of Eco Flo systems showed me that the system will provide electricity for my CPAP.

[@stevebrown4294]

Well, since Don had no words of wisdom this time……🤔….. it is no doubt that a rotten crotch may lead to a wack off……..BUT…..The wood is good because of it..…..😊

[@TroyGabe]

Lol I'm that guy in northern California. I used to use two cords 4X4x8 to heat my house each winter.