Geeking out on off-grid self-sufficiency.

With a solar powered chain saw, wood heat and wood cooking, you can be self-sufficient in your off-grid homestead.
We test the feasibility of charging a battery powered chain saw to make fire wood. It turns out that just a few minutes of sunshine in the summer can make weeks of firewood for winter heating.
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[@JamesCouch777]

You lost me with all the math but what I did learn was it's a good idea to keep my gas chainsaw if I want to get anything done 👍 awesome video 👌

[@bobcostas9716]

I got one of those Ego saws in 16" and it's not for the woodyard, but with a couple batteries you can easily drop and buck up a good sized tree. I honestly think that his battery in the video is failing. I do a lot more work with mine, and they're only 7.5AH. I do have a big Stihl for falling and bucking the bigger stuff, but for anything under about a foot, I'm reaching for my electric saw.

[@seaniepc4]

Yes keep the Gas, but this advert for DeWalt tools was a little interesting. Is it me or are the videos kind of lame ?

[@MinimaDomum]

@@bobcostas9716 Yeah I have a Milwaukee and it does a lot more work than this on a single battery, plus I have 2 so while one's charging I can use the other, no downtime at all!

[@glennwilck5459]

I have several gas saws and find myself reaching for the electric anytime I can..if the tree is too big its nice to have the power of gas but it's also nice to have something quiet without coming back smelling like gas fumes.

[@dextermorgan4093]

Fossil fuel far superior. Just some don’t want to admit it.

[@MyCapeBretonRetiredLife]

I love how you included the kids and allowed them to take chances and learn many things that most parents would never allow but they are fearless and able to do more than many young men, for that matter older men. Good for you love your videos.

[@musiqclub9725]

Exactly. How many kids let alone four girls can say they can 1. Fell a tree 2. See ammo packs 3. Weld 4. Use an angle grinder 5. Shoot a gun 6. Skin a rabbit 7. Calculate the efficiency and efficacy of electric tool output vs gas powered factoring solar energy usage and battery recharging?? Not many. Your girls ought to apply early for uni lol!

[@noahsizemore1275]

When are you guys going to get a milk cow 🐄 and some steers . With my jersey nurse cow I raise 9 calfs off one cow . I filled my 4 freezers full of beef then I just raised 7 of the calfs to 700 pounds then took to auction and made close to 12000 off all the calfs. So one nurse cow can raise 3 calfs at a time for 4 months then I go get more hoilstien Angus crosses from a dairy for 125 bucks a piece at 2 weeks old. Now 14 months later still getting 3.5 gallons of milk a day. When she is fresh I get 6 gallons a day. Think how much cheese,butter,ice cream and sour cream you could make.

[@kennethkeen1234]

He hasn't got the land to feed cows. Cows don't eat pine trees. 🤣

[@usakiwi5222]

All that math means I now need to watch Rose do 3 cooking videos with added garden update. Can you tell math wasn't my forte?!

[@mommas2470]

Can you imagine how much more math and science intelligence we would all have if we had been homeschooled by Jeff and Rose?

[@lauralindsay319]

You're an awesome bunch! I love the geeking out with math, the goat yells and the fact that you even snuck in a riskè little joke or two!! Please please please keep doing what you all do! Love from sunny Scotland 🌍🌞💙

[@sailingbvi1]

First of all I love your family and your vest for life! To determine a "close" quick height of a tree is to take a pencil and place the point on the top of the tree and then put your thumb on the base of tree on the pencil, then rotate 90 degrees so that your thumb position is still at the base the point points to where the top of the tree will be. It works within a foot or so.

[@sandyc6569]

😊👍

[@kissthesky40]

I don’t get it.

[@dancutting8940]

I’m not sure about a pencil with practicality’, but theoretically it would work. Look up “tree stick trick”. It works off geometry and will get you within a couple feet. Use it all the time cutting trees near houses.

[@sailingbvi1]

@Dan Cutting same idea. Stick, pencil both work and yes it is geometry

[@jonnie3112]

zest

[@henriksvensson1921]

Question is, when are we going to see the chainsaw charged by a wood fueled generator? Infinite power, all hours of the day, sort of. :)

[@Gridlessness]

It’s in the works!!

[@danilopamintuan6961]

It is always nice to wacth this cool family. Jeff and Rose are really mega jewels for their daughters. God bless guys

[@kissthesky40]

Man, your kids are so great. You’re a lucky man. Whole family is lucky.

[@kennethkeen1234]

Not luck Kiss, just dedication.

[@hellpig4309]

Homeschooled our kids, worked this kind of math, plus science, physics, etc in to day to.day life too. Great channel and great content!

[@mattparker9726]

8:18 you can also reflect additional sunlight into the panels for increased production. I'll refer you to this video by Tech Ingrediants kzbin.info/www/bejne/fHzLpK14aapkla8

[@flightofarrow]

Change the safety chain to skip tooth maybe save some battery life?

[@jjcjr009]

I never thought to calculate how much a cord would last, I'm guessing this is wood used during winter for heat and cooking. In the summer, when used just for cooking it'll last longer, maybe 3x more? 👍

[@dwade2026]

Being from south Texas and moving up there a cord of wood would last me 3 days

[@user-ee4jy5pp7m]

You'll regret buying a battery operated anything.

[@kennethkeen1234]

Explain. Pollution. Time wasted. Frustration. Throw the saw away next year when those batteries are no longer available. Some pale face sits in an office calculating how many people can be fooled if the latest crap is made to last at least 6 months. He is smart. Smarter than you or me. He gets a miserable wage, but more than most. And he feels guilty as he goes home at night. But likes the wheels on his new car. And knows he can get rid of them before they lose too much value. Some other fool will buy them thinking he is saving money. But eventually it will all end up in the hole they call USA today. So what?

[@Josesilva-gg5gv]

DEUS abençoe essa família, parabéns vocês são pessoas motivadas........

[@mikeericabynum9584]

Like I have said b 4 this family is the impiety of how God designed family to be....the work hard they are alway's laughing they are full of life....may God have his MIGHTY right hand upon y'all I pray.....blessing,protection and that y'all alway's be happy and stay close to each other....God bless y'all agian from WASHINGTON INDIANA....thank you for another post...

[@peezdoc]

Just be careful when you get up to 88mph when you have 1.21 gigawatts. You might "see some crazy shit" according to Dr. Brown.....

[@NM-yu3pc]

Your youngest daughter is too cute and she is cool too

[@davidgarrison5270]

Too funny, I to am going to use a battery powered saw this morning to cut firewood, and now will knonw how much I have here in North Carolina. If I only had your help. One point of notice, being a former cahin saw instructor, the Ladies use proper Chiansaw protection, unlike Dad. Hummmmm LOL

[@selador11]

A bowsaw would take zero amp hours. But I wonder how many Jeff hours it would take? LOL

[@sonofeloah]

Here is the solar plan I have based on a 12 volt system. I have a 120vac remington electric chain saw that after many years of use, pooped out. I am taking the motor out to match in size and rpm/torque swap out with a 12vdc motor. Will get it on amazon. The idea is using a folding metal laundry basket with a 500W 12v solar panel and two auto batteries that have min 450 amp hours of use in them and heavy duty cordage for hook up so I can go anywhere and cut any size tree and also not worry about hot batteries (that could blow up) and the auto batteries are easy to recondition. Those lithium ion batteries are dangerous when heated up from heavy use. My motor on the saw will not even come close to drawing what a starter motor does. I love your idea, but I find thinking outside the box on what my power tools shall be is critical for off grid living. Also, just to be fair, I would not have used power tools to limb the tree. Hand saws and an ax to do the limbing and those limbs are fire starters and rocket stove wood (espcially during summer cooking and canning).

[@dougsmith548]

Hopefully I am second comment on the video. I watch every video you put out kind sir. Watching the girls grow up and improve on everything you’ve done your wife has been teaching them excellent children they have become fantastic adults. I patiently wait every week for your video. God bless you stay safe. ✌️🇨🇦

[@sandyc6569]

😊👍

[@dougsmith548]

@@sandyc6569 Who is Sandy 6569. Would you let me know who you are?

[@kennethkeen1234]

Why are they all illiterate? Doug, Mary etc have English names yet can't write a single sentence without showing they have almost zero knowledge of the most important thing here: language. It's what we communicate with.

[@CJWarlock]

I've subscribed to your channel some long time ago. Recently this video popped up in suggested videos. A very nice presentation. I like the atmosphere in your videos. Thank you. Cheers! :)

[@DustyBottomBoysAK]

Sunlight + tree + screaming goat = a better education than public school ever. Awesome job! -Dusty

[@vdanny36]

"The joule is a derived unit of energy in the International System of Units. It is equal to the amount of work done when a force of 1 newton displaces a mass through a distance of 1 metre in the direction of the force applied" - for you to have this kind knowledge is very impressive your daughters are very fortunate

[@derrinpickett9948]

I think in earlier video Jeff said he was an electrical engineer

[@madmex2k]

I like that this is was a project that needed to be done, but they were also teaching, home schooling, and its a practical lesson, since its all going to be used for firewood, learning how to fell a tree, proper use of tools, how to calculate how long a tree will last you for heat and cooking, etc. Great job! Love that girl's laugh, the girls are growing up so fast!

[@jonmann3216]

Kudo's for creating a very informative and thought-provoking video. This video tipped me over the edge, and I will be budgeting for an electric saw. No more mixing fuel, changing carburetor membranes and fuel lines. Done with that insufferable chore.

[@DonJhuneTV]

great team work on how to drop a tree so lovely family bonding you have engineer great math info sharing keep safe

[@Channel-uc6kp]

DO YOU GUYS GET BORED LIVING FAR FROM THE CITY ... ISOLATED AND ALL BY YOURSELF ALL DAY ALL NIGHT OR DO YOU HAVE A STRATEGY

[@jessepitt]

I love the idea but the reality of doing all my firewood with a saw that slow and weak is daunting.

[@rickholloway5218]

Nice job on dropping that tree right where it needed to fall! As always, I enjoy watching your family work together, and learn, as well. The "scientific experiments" that you come up with makes working a lot more enjoyable for you all, and it's very interesting for us viewers, too. My only heat source is my wood stove, and I've been contemplating getting a rechargeable Dewalt saw. Our wood, here, is a lot harder wood than your evergreens there, so I wouldn't use the Dewalt as my main saw. Just for cutting the smaller limbs, and trim work. Still, it would be a welcome change to being more quiet than a gas saw, and would be quick and easy for small jobs. Thanks for another great video, and keep them coming as you have time. I hope that poor goat got some relief! 😆 God bless your family.

[@zundappwatercooler]

Loved the video 👌 great job explaining easy to follow

[@sojourn777]

Beautiful spruce!!! Lots of nice snap crackle pop!😊

[@dcranch4820]

Very impressive watching your daughter cut that tree! You have a wonderful family! Its refreshing to see your kids all happily helping with the work. Its obvious you and Rose are great parents! You have assured they will all be successful adults due to there upbringing. You & Rose should be very proud!

[@roymyers8575]

I think that wood will last maybe 3 days of continuous burning if your lucky. Great show.

[@burtonbird5518]

Fun video. Lottsa math. So you proved that an electric chainsaw that was corded ran to the house and using the house batteries would be more efficient. Once that battery gets hot it looses efficiency and each charge\Use there after. Desalt engineers should chime in and defend their battery math. Dull chain no oil cooling the chain and bar. Ya to do firewood on the cheap with solar sounds great. Also real cold diminishes battery worth for cutting in winter. Solar is renewable gas is reliable. Love your hunting fishing videos. Cheers

[@dontfit6380]

Funny thing is solar is only renewable provided we have gas and oil.

[@josephknowlton7246]

I agree corded would b better. But cords only tease him so far. But if the battery saw did every other cut n skipped every other cut. Then brought wood home in x2 block length. It would extend battery life .

[@hahaha9076]

Just today I had my brother and his mate over to get some firewood. I'm in Australia and have quite a few dead trees on my property. Grid electricity here too. I don't burn wood for any reason, not heating or cooking. My brother and his mate have the habit to light a fire outdoors every day to sit around. My brother has a small economical fire but his mate loves to burn a huge fire so he requires loads more timber. I'm glad to get rid of the dead trees because they randomly drop branches that can be dangerous. I wouldn't waste my time and energy to cut them down and clean up the timber just for a recreational fire. I actually like that dead wood on the ground is carbon sequestered into the soil. It makes sense that you would consider energy spent for energy recovered living off grid. You guy's are adorable, and it's encouraging to see how everyone feels they have a value to each other in a simple but effective way. Life with meaning, just how it should be.

[@hi-techhomestead]

I have also transitioned alot of my tools from gas powered to electric because we have solar on our house as well. This includes two chainsaws, a weedeater, various power tools, and a tiller. As having done alot of testing with ALOT of different batteries, I can tell you the Dewalt batteries are by far the worst we have tested. They overheat way to easy and where the slowest to charge, and seemed to start loosing their charge the earliest. The best we've worked with are Greenworks (for our large stuff like chainsaws and tillers) and Kobalt for our small stuff (like power tools). Hope that helps!

[@WhatDadIsUpTo]

20:10 Goat Hollering I'm so glad you clarified that howling. Good Lord, I was thinkin' yall had a Sasquach !

[@user-ee4jy5pp7m]

They only get worse/weaker as they get older.

[@kennethkeen1234]

Only after reaching adult. Before that they improve on every level.

[@volkanakn9188]

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[@subdrvr]

I wonder if you get more milage out of you battery if you "limbed" the tree first and then started cutting "rounds" at the top and worked down to the base? Might be more efficient use. The battery powered saw certainly would save you loads of gas if it were used mostly as a "limber" as well. Their is a "best" process lurking in there somewhere.

[@kennethkeen1234]

Android destroyed anything you were trying to say. Shucks, it is from yankland so to be expected 😅

[@kennethkeen1234]

No, he is just too lazy to review and CORRECT the mess that android made of his message. You won't find me being THAT lazy. Some of us have standards. Ever heard of that concept?

[@ootsgirl]

ve been missing you guys. This was a great show… old school good. Wish you did one weekly.

[@georgevangordon9728]

What that equates to is your gonna get cold if you depend on a battery powered chainsaw

[@josephknowlton7246]

U can charge 5 or 6 batteries per day. So that’s like 2 complete trees per day.

[@kennethkeen1234]

Yanks just dig deeper into the earth and can never quench their need to consume trash. Batteries are toxic. Oh, but is that so? Dump them behind the goat hut, let someone else sort out that problem when the family is no more. Main thing is that Jeff gets commission today from this marketing and others copy as they are also poorly educated. Who cares about the pollution? As long as they're not near any of my countries.

[@JhonDiamond2021]

team work with family is amazing friends. greetings from Indonesian agate hunters

[@hellencumber562]

An awesome practical application

[@jeremyhawkins9089]

Y'all are the best! Love from KY

[@donniev8181]

Fun fact, trees can have more than one growth ring per year, it's all dependant on the amount of rainfall in a specific year.

[@josephg.3370]

that's right

[@walterknight7110]

Jeff you are great 👏👏😆 cool !

[@nightwriter6480]

The goat didnt like your math, poor thing

[@NarnianRailway]

Great job slipping in a little tree cutting physics, thermodynamics and math skills for the girls and the viewers. Homeschooling at its best! Abby did great safely cutting down the tree so Dad could trim of the limbs 🤠.

[@sandyc6569]

😊👍

[@kennethkeen1234]

It insulted me as I spent 20 years studying science, language, foreign culture and independent living. You won't find many Europeans writing such drivel as these commenters even though English is their second or even third language. Come on Jeff, find someone who can help you sort out the schooling situation instead of all these losers who can only say "awesome dog bless you etc". Or are you quite happy to live in dream world like the weapons factory one country south of your home? Or we cast language, grammar and science in the " trash " and make it up as we go? Sorry for pointing out the negative points, but you can't tell the kids that santa will bring them presents all their lives. At some point you have to get a solid foundation, and that is neither in this blessing nonsense, nor in the foot, pound, horse rubbish from 200 years ago. A good kick in the pants is my intention, because I admire you in all that you do EXCEPT teach science. Take it positively and say "ill show that know it all" and then whack me with some kilogrammes, mètres and Newtons. Go on, I dare you to start. It's not impossible. Good night.

[@ecocentrichomestead6783]

How tall is the tree. You missed an opportunity for a geometry lesson! similar triangles. (your height)/(length of your shadow) = (tree height)/(length of tree shadow). charger stealing power (aka phantom drain). The phantom drain for standby electronics in the usa is enough to keep an average size power plant going 24/7. (that's in the 1990's)

[@greywolfwalking6359]

Great lecture today , professor!! What an amazing classroom !!?? A wonderful experiment!! N very useful results! " Kenz" giggle is priceless, at the end!! Such a cutie!! Thanks for sharing 👍! 🕑 👍🐾🐺🧙‍♂️🐺🐾👍🪚!

[@howtogetoutofbabylon8978]

I hope they did they're homework on How To Fell A Tree. Keep someone from getting injured or killed... expecting a 60 lb girl to pull a 2000 lb tree over is not good homeschooling :-) actually :-(

[@GCRockymtns]

Who doesn’t want to get milked 😂😂😂golden! Rose just about cracked! So funny. Cool Info thanks for sharing!

[@dj234543254]

AH is connected to the voltage to determine power storage. 9AH @ 20V = (9 * 20) Watt. So 180W. Your 110V system will charge that to full with ~2AH if you take losses into account.

[@aztecwarrior5510]

😍👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏💚💚💚💚💚💚 love you guys' Channel wish you guys had more videos and longer videos I really enjoy them your daughters are amazing all of them very skilled and talented you to our great parents

[@subarumanrp233]

Annd if you used a crosscut saw and children, you wouldnt have had to buy abattery powered chainsaw....NO SOLAR EXPENDITURE...keep up the AWESOME videos!

[@chongshenchang9367]

Perfect father, lovely family...!! Really love those girls doing all the men stuffs. Beside that,the girls are Awesome hunters as well... Always love your videos. Love from India... 💕💕💕

[@Maxid1]

But you didn't do the full firewood math. Because firewood warms you 4 times: when you cut it, when you split it when you stack it and when you burn it. Some say once when you carry it in but unless you're running the 100 with it, I never got warm from carrying it in. I mostly got cold when I carried it in.

[@serversurfer6169]

So, 17.4 days is basically 2.5 weeks, which makes about 21 trees a year. That means you'll go through roughly 1400 trees before any trees you plant today reach maturity in 66 years. 30 trees a year-for gasification and such-would put you close 2k trees consumed. That's about an acre of spruce or fir, or two acres of other types. So consider replanting what you take/prefer, especially if you don't have huge … tracts of land. 🤓

[@michaelchownyk5255]

Good video. I don’t have a gas chainsaw anymore. Couple years ago I bought the eagle 18 inch chainsaw and a few months ago. I got the Dewalt DCS 677 which came with a 15 amp hour battery. That’s all it’s really 4 horsepower! My off grid solar system benefits substantially from the firewood I cut down with my solar energy . It’s an excellent return on energy investment. I’m very glad your kids are learning this important stuff unlike most of society they haven’t a clue

[@WhatDadIsUpTo]

I possess a very complicated personality. I'm autistic. Ya, high functuoning and all that, but VERY complicated. To that end, even though my passion is invention, I focus my efforts on INNOVATION. I strive to make good things even better and complicated projects smooth like store-bought chocolate milk. Yum So, I use SOLAR 99% for heat and 1% for electricity by applying a much simpler methodology. I use solar Heat for: Cooking Domestic hot water Making diesel oil and gasoline from plastic and Making lump charcoal. How? Not here (at least in its entirety). Basically, that 1% is PV that drives air compressors feeding an air baytery.

[@budwilliams6590]

Next week's exercise steam power (from waste wood). Followed by methane power (from waste). Eventually we end with hydraulic power (assuming you have running water on the property).

[@silversprings12]

Love these videos!

[@onewhitestone]

I would have measured the cubic feet of the wood. A cord of wood is 128 cubic feet. One cord of wood gives approximitly 20 million btu's. So, 156K btu's of heat per cubic foot of wood. So if you had 30 cubic feet of wood you would get 4.68 million btu's of heat for your 20 hrs of solar power.

[@knoblauchwarrenwk]

It is nice to see a family work together and help each other as a result of both parents being constantly present with their kids. Also, teaching your children direct hands-on skills that are directly beneficial to living independently must really benefit child learning rather than sitting in a classroom being taught stuff that does not appear immediately beneficial really helps children to grow up to be successful adults. Kids are not taught in school the knowledge of how to build the very things they take for granted and not having the direct knowledge of how to build shelter, understand electrical, grow food/hunt/cook and many basic things people do not have to understand unless basic infrastructure fails.

[@knoblauchwarrenwk]

If you were using 18 or 20V cordless chainsaw, you could use a combination of deep cycle lead acid batteries installed in a wheeled tool tote with a cord to get more run time and to be able to use the chainsaw in cold weather. But accumulating and prepping a stock pile before cold weather might solve the cold weather sawing issue. Or build a battery vest under your coat with extra tool batteries in parallel. I would go for walks in winter and have no issues with my cell phone because it is next to my body. Another big issue about off grid generation is how to convert efficiently enough some of the thermal energy from burning wood to run so.e heat engi e or stirlimg engine ti drive a generator. Also; methanol or wood alcohol was once made by distilling vapors of wood. How hard would it be to distill methanol from wood and modify a gasoline ge erator to run off it. I was concerned that your attempts of trying to run your generator with woodgas was going to ruin your generator due to the hard to remove tar from the woodgas.

[@ed0c]

there is an efficiency loss, when you go from battery to battery you are only like 20% efficiency. but that is ok. gas engine is only like 10% efficiency lol. basically your 19.5 minutes of solar is more likely 6-8hours because of efficiency loss from panel to battery to another charger then battery again. A LOT of loss. but still all free

[@geneoleary6809]

Should change the name to "" gidduness "" because of Jeff's girlish laugh. Must be all those girls he produced.. ". Eh Dave " gwhat do you day Dave .. eh ?

[@JerrysThisandThat]

What if you cut the tree down in a burbot bikini? Would that increase or decrease the megajoules required or would the solar power just give you a sun burn?

[@royhubbard9075]

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, best Family, best production quality, best content,and best entertainment on You tube!!!!! I would pay good money to come all the way out to B.C. to get a hug from each one of Y’all and I’d even milk the goat!!! Please hurry and make another video.

[@jamesgarman8601]

The hot battery is the problem with electric chainsaw, and why I’d probably stick with gasoline. On your electric chainsaw, do you still use bar oil?

[@ironmayhew]

When you first put that battery on charge, you see the yellow light beside the flashing red light. That means the battery is too hot to charge. So it will cool down and then start charging. So until that yellow light turns of you weren't actually charging. You should get the 20 volt dewalt chainsaw. And use it for the branches and small stuff. I have one, and it works great. And you already own a lot of 20v batteries.

[@adventureswithducky4088]

Your math seems interesting ........ but I'd like to suggest you need to take into account what it takes to produce the joules of energy required to support the manpower/girlpower in this equation, including food, lodging, and clothing requirements etc. I am curious to see what your results add up to. Great video!

[@nahnotsomuch2292]

At around @16:40, I spent the following 2-3 minutes trying to figure out why Dave was yelling stuff far off in the background before I realized it was actually just a goat.

[@davidlalramsanpulamte3925]

I am a forester in Manipur, India. I really enjoy watching your activities in KZbin.👍

[@pnowikow]

20 minutes of sunlight turns into almost 2 weeks of heat for your fire that's pretty good.

[@vernbolstad3956]

That is great info! Great segment! How does gas compare? How long does it take to cut a tree by hand per Calorie compared? Idk. Just thought that wood 🪵 Be a good comparison. 🤓

[@lcampbe7]

Good stuff

You forgot the 69years of growth in your calculation. Then again, it looks like you have unlimited trees to choose from. So nevermind that 😁 I've watched lots of hours of your show, and I love to see how you manage to do all the things you do. I'm a subscriber for sure

[@magpie5710]

Love that you took to paper. Was with your train of thought the whole way because you were writing it down. Thanks for the quick and informative lesson. Could the goat have gotten any louder? Now there's a question for the next time. Thanks for the video with most of your very beautiful girls.

[@junelofficial4204]

I'm here again watching video

[@thereturningshadow]

The calculations are fine on paper but it took you over 2 hours the charge ONE battery taking up around 1,000 watts during that time of constant drain from the solar system and you said your recharged batteries only last about 6 minutes of power each.

please re-read the tree falling manual. I am sure it says to take a third or less of the diameter for the 'falling carve' and a and about two thirds minus the 6 by four left standing to guide the fall as a hinge, from the backside. Don't know the propper terms, since I am not a natural speaker... but also a carpenter, if that helps convincing. Still a great Video though!

[@deano.7533]

Is Abagail 18 yet? Because I couldn't help but notice that the shorts and chainsaw chaps outfit isn't a bad look for her at all. But I hesitate to mention it if Abby isn't an official adult yet. (pause) DOH! I guess I mentioned it anyway. Abby is such a cutie pie. But then again so are all the Burkinshaw females. Take care. sincerely, Dean O. :-I

[@bobhutchison5075]

That's pretty cool, except the math. You forgot how much you eat and your man and chillins hours and you forgot that mega jewels are probably King Kong's testies, so language gap. You might be able to get some of those silky saws free from the company for demoing them, at least you used to.

[@rexyhmar7442]

Ilove your family ,,keep going nice vlog 🕊️

[@anchor4346]

For the record, You are talking a cord of firewood 4 ft x 8 ft x 18 inches (1.5 ft.) (which is a borrowed term). A timber cord is 4 ft x 4 ft x 8 ft.

[@ogfoundation]

First vid I've seen from your channel, are those all your girls? Sub'd!

[@pauluminous]

Would have been nice if you touched on the subject that even though wood to cook and heat is a renewable resource, it is far from sustainable. 60yrs to grow a 2 week supply of firewood is kinda heartbreaking if you think about it.

[@rudyfisher7660]

And if you to keep any limb 2" and bigger bigger say cut them up in the same link and stack them up eventually you would have a full 3rd of a court on that tree but I always keep anything at least 2" because they can stuff into a Woodburn stove and you got wood that you're burning and you're not throwing out on the ground rod or burning in a pile out on the ground you're burning it and you're would stop that's plenty of BTU's

[@terrytenley9327]

If you used micro inverters clouds do not shut down the system.. converting dc to ac at the end in really bad and inefficient.. about 30% loss..plus your panels are flat and not aimed at the sun.. You guys need about 30 more panels too.. plus never charge battery when it’s hot.. you lose a lot plus the battery life is reduced much.. you are burning up batteries..

[@jimh4167]

I like the bottle jack idea For dropping trees.... Haven't tried but will

[@davegalloway4160]

sweet

[@bennym1956]

65, retired and stuck around for your calculations. See why you got smart girls from home schooling.

[@COM70]

But the metals and plastics used in the chainsaw also used oil for mining and manufacturing. So ultimately you need a chainsaw that lasts 50-60 years.

[@acanadianineurope814]

Doing any math on the internet is a recipe for disaster. And soon all the safety nazzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzis will be along for your chainsaw skills. dont read the comment section for this one...

[@kadmow]

well, for bucking little "softwood" logs like that, a crosscut saw is definitely bio fueled - narrower kerf wastes less wood, and gets kids cooperating.. lol.

[@yqma1964]

That's the reason the EV is not environment friendly if using natural gas to produce the electricity.