Sandy, The owners manual storage tube on the side of the chipper is an excellent spot for a couple small tools, and spare shear bolts.
@InspiredCraftsman11 ай бұрын
I put a slip clutch on my chipper, it's been great and no down time
@simplersearchproductions11 ай бұрын
Sandy, my young lad 😆, getting rid of slab wood is not a chore, it's a privilege. Also, so are all the big and small hiccups. You pressed on as far as you could, and you knew when to walk away. 🙌 Cheers.
@sawingwithsandy11 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@mirceanouradachian916811 ай бұрын
👍👍👍💙💛❤Buna SANDY ! Instructiv video. 💙💛❤👍👍👍
@sawingwithsandy11 ай бұрын
Hey great to hear from you!
@kindywoodandiron175611 ай бұрын
Losing the sludge cup alone deserves a like... LOL
@sawingwithsandy11 ай бұрын
Hahah thanks for that!
@jdc594111 ай бұрын
No sledge , no gloves, no shear bolt.....🤬 What's day, but you pulled thru Sandy, this video was a reality show. I liked it.
@sawingwithsandy11 ай бұрын
The ups and downs in the woods were on full display today haha
@garyvernon57058 ай бұрын
I have a smaller version of the Woodland Mills chipper, which works perfectly for how I use it. But, like you, I don't have a spare shear bolt. Now, after watching, I am going to get some spares!
@toddpacheco474811 ай бұрын
Sandy,you’re gonna get it done maybe not today but along the way 😮😊❤
@frankedwards475711 ай бұрын
Hello, I used to leave a 20' trailer by the sawmill. I'd throw the slabs on the trailer as they came off the mill. Before putting slabs on the trailer I'd put 4x4s or a little bigger crossway on the trailer. When the trailer was full I'd pull it to the wood pile by the boiler and cut it into fire wood on the trailer. It was the easiest firewood picken ever. It was so easy I almost wished I had more.
@sawingwithsandy11 ай бұрын
Sounds like a great setup
@bgnelson682111 ай бұрын
I used a bunch of those slab offcuts from a friend's mill to build the cross pieces of my garden trellises this year. Worked great.
@chrisdaniel133911 ай бұрын
Why chip your slabs instead of using them for free fuel in your woodstove? We burned wood all winter 5-6 cords of hardwood and 3-4 giant bundles of pine slabs from the sawmill of a family friend a mile down the road that were free. Yes the softwood does not have the btu's of hardwood and it is a bit more dirty, but free is free.
@Jaeger0411 ай бұрын
A lot of extra labor for wood that probably doesn’t burn too well. Easier to chip it imo
@sawingwithsandy11 ай бұрын
Good question Chris. In this case with winter coming quick I just needed the space cleared up. I do often cut them into firewood size pieces when I have the time and use them for camping. Iv'e got a big pile just down from the sawmill with a few years worth of slab wood cut up
@homersimpson566811 ай бұрын
@@Jaeger04pine is fine all wood produces btu’s
@Steve-st4gf11 ай бұрын
Yeah ide never waist wood, I'd blow through that on 4 hrs
@peterwill369911 ай бұрын
I would build something to stack the peices to be able to saw them to size and burn them instead of all that wear on a chipper.
@keithprentice829811 ай бұрын
Hey Sandy, I have th wc88 and do the same thing with my ( pine) slabs. I try to sort them as I go. Obvious ones go through, big ones are for camp fires. And wide ones I split and feed through the chipper. Its surprisingly easy to lay them on the ground and pop them in half lengthwise (especially frozen) to make them fit.
@sawingwithsandy11 ай бұрын
Sorting would be handy as I go. That WC88 is a nice chipper you've got there Keith. I think if I were to upgrade I'd go that route
@tjjewell411511 ай бұрын
Great Video Sandy, I feel your pain on the shear pins, I have had my fair share of broken ones, keep up the great work.
@terrywyatt33911 ай бұрын
I have this same 68 Chipper from Woodland Mills and love it. I have a John Deere with just under 30 PTO Hp and it works fine. I do not feed it too fast because I am retired and have plenty of time! There is an adjustment on the back of the Directional Control Valve that can adjust the trip point for the feed kick out. It shows in the Manual and how to adjust it. I did have to adjust mine because of nuance trip outs. The reverse feature helps a lot. Love your videos, Sandy! I hope I can get a sawmill soon. I have a forest that a number of trees (mostly Oak) fall from high winds because of shallow soil and would rather saw them up for lumber than watch the rot in the woods. You are an inspiration to get into the sawmilling business! Good luck and keep those videos coming!
@sawingwithsandy11 ай бұрын
Hi Terry! Great to hear from you and thanks for that tip! Sounds like a nice forest you’ve got. I sure wish I had as many oak as you do
@Alaska-Bush-Mom11 ай бұрын
I would love to have piles and piles of slabs!
@sawingwithsandy11 ай бұрын
If you were closer I"d be happy to give ya some!
@jeffhuffman543311 ай бұрын
Well, looks like you didn't get a good start and had a bad finish but I guess they can't all be winners, but so goes life, but that wood chipper is a fine piece of machinery that does a really nice job. Great video Sandy.
@sawingwithsandy11 ай бұрын
Hey Jeff! Sure didn't go to plane today but another day, another sludge haha
@bradh7411 ай бұрын
Glad it was just a sheer bolt. I would get my lid for my favorite cup. Driving truck I forgot my cup on the back of the truck in the morning before, not sure where it fell off, I must drive smoother than I thought because the yard is a at least 600 feet off the road and I couldn't find that thing anywhere. So I started buying cheap cups and haven't lost one since, what do you know. Hope Woodland Mills gets the wink about the bigger chipper, at least you know the build nice stuff.
@sawingwithsandy11 ай бұрын
haha you're just like me Brad. I'll finally get another shear bolt or sludge cup and I"ll never have a problem again. I sure wouldn't mind a bigger chipper to take the wider slab wood for sure!
@TechOne767111 ай бұрын
Nice machine Sandy, she makes short work of the off cuts. Get yourself a burn barrel near to your sawmill and burn the scrap, keep you warm and a bit of respite from the cold. Great setup anyway. All the best.
@sawingwithsandy11 ай бұрын
That burn barrel is a great idea. I have to remember to do that one of these days! I've got one near the shop I could bring out
@supershooter4911 ай бұрын
Hi Sandy all the way from a cold Aberdeen Scotland like your previous comment you seem to be giving yourself a lot of work to make sawdust and not using your backs for firewood.I like you are left with a lot of back waste off my sawmill .I cut them up into small pieces to burn in my second woodburner which is a room heater unlike my main stove which is a boiler one. Also all that equipment for making sawdust needs maintenance which is money . I do find a 13hp driven circular saw with a moving rest on it, cut pieces drop into a big wheel barrow ,not a lot of effort, have followed you for years and still enjoy your videos .great stuff all the best.
@sawingwithsandy11 ай бұрын
I really appreciate your support over the years! Thank you
@rickchapman305111 ай бұрын
Great video Sandy. I mostly mill hardwood so I don't chip slab wood. But most of my slab wood is too big for my WC-88. But it loves to eat branches.
@johnqpublic907411 ай бұрын
Old farmer taught us this trick. Use it for drain tile. Trench like normal, dump slabs in the trench, 3-4 layers, criss-cross, no pattern necessary. Water goes down and cuts a channel under the slabs. We've drained many acres this way.
@sawingwithsandy11 ай бұрын
Great tip John! Thank you
@geoffreykail912911 ай бұрын
Be sure to set the in-feed roller to reverse when you start backup. That piece of wood may be jammed and it would sheer the sheer bolt again. Good luck.
@sawingwithsandy11 ай бұрын
Good point Geoffrey! Thank you
@bwillan11 ай бұрын
Now that you have your firewood bucking log deck, you could also move the slab wood with the log trailer and make some firewood for maple syrup season.
@sawingwithsandy11 ай бұрын
For sure I could! I've got a good stack going for camping with the slab wood. Burns real nice
@russellsmith382511 ай бұрын
Those slabs are almost a perfect feed stock to make biochar, using a flame cap kiln, which could be a simple as a pit in the ground with tapered sides that you can flood when you are done to quench the coals.
@RichardSutton-l4x11 ай бұрын
I'm 70 years old, back when I was a young teen we caught slab wood at the saw mill & cut it up with a buzz saw on the front of our old John Deere to use for heating wood for the winter.
@leslubiesdetienne11 ай бұрын
Heya Sandy! I owned a WC68 for a few months and it did ok-ish. Your comment about width is spot on. Also the fact that one side of slab wood is flat sort of makes it a bit harder to feed for chippers. when feeding flat down, it has more suction or surface drag so harder to pull. When you slabs flat side up, the roller teeth have nothing to grab on. It was quite the workout but its good for the money. Looking at you work reassures me that I wasn't doing anything wrong! Your tractor is larger than mine too so more PTO power helps. The rod under the feeding hopper is too thin too so somewhat fragile for intensive use like you noticed. I also owned/worked with a Wallenstein BXTR5224 and wasn't much more impressed by it considering its much higher price. I'll probably end up with a larger independant unit from Vermeer/Bandit/MoreBark. thanks for sharing!
@sawingwithsandy11 ай бұрын
I agree with ya there about flat side. Small details like that sure do make a difference. If I could add one thing to this wood chipper it would be rollers on both the top and bottom
@mikefromwv101011 ай бұрын
Enjoyable video as always. I like reading the comments and so many like to tell you that your doing it wrong and you should do this and that, one day people are going to learn to say in their own lane.
@sawingwithsandy11 ай бұрын
I appreciate you coming along each video Mike. Lots of ideas out there for sure
@lumberjill659811 ай бұрын
I also found people were awful harsh on this topic. Takes great effort for folks to provide us videos so I just sit back and enjoy.
@KSAdventures7211 ай бұрын
Built esay simple cradles (U-shape) into which you lay your slabs as you saw, get some cord and wrap them once the cradle is full and take them out with the tractor. This is what I did for years, it's a simple cheap but very efficient method, it keeps your area clean, machines do the "heavy work and you can even sell the bundles for firewood ... the size of the cradle is given by the liftcapacity of your equipment
@InTheWoodyard11 ай бұрын
Like my old friend Rose Ann Rosannadana used to say, it's always something!
@sawingwithsandy11 ай бұрын
hahah isn't that the truth!
@tomt832011 ай бұрын
Hi Sandy. Drat, the sludge cup. It's good to see you in the slab wood. I too have noticed the pile growing, and held my tongue - figuring you would deal with it soon enough without someone else commenting. "Let the wood chips fall where they may."😂
@sawingwithsandy11 ай бұрын
hahah that pesky pile sure gets the best of me. Just never wants to go away
@jimhofoss998211 ай бұрын
nice chipper with adjustibility, I like your tractor, too!
@sawingwithsandy11 ай бұрын
Thanks Jim. I've been very happy with the tractor. Been working well for me in all conditions for years now
@TheOldJarhead11 ай бұрын
Thise darn shear pins! I buy them by the box for my brush hog 😉 And man I'd love one of those chippers! Woot!
@sawingwithsandy11 ай бұрын
I'll have to start buying longer ones instead of the shorter ones and then I can use them on more equipment I'm thinking.
@TheOldJarhead11 ай бұрын
@@sawingwithsandy Good idea 😉
@russellbelliveau169411 ай бұрын
I cut some and stack it on pallets to sell and burn in my furnace, the rest I give away, it’s a constant battle, you have to figure out what works for you but I’ll tell ya having it gone on a regular basis for me is the best way other than that it piles up and then it’s no fun getting rid of it. Great work
@sawingwithsandy11 ай бұрын
Hi Russell! Absolutely. Finding a way to process it and get it out of the way is always a battle. Some days I just want it to disappear and other days it fights me haha
@ShainAndrews11 ай бұрын
Keeping spare sheer bolts and tools in the tractor is the only way you can be assured to never break another one.
@TheFlatlander44011 ай бұрын
It just wasn't your lucky day today Sandy. Funny thing though, today wasn't exactly my lucky day either. First off, my tractor wouldn't start due to a dead battery since I forgot to put the trickle charger on it with these 10 degree F temps here in northern Vermont. When I finally got it jumped off and started, I was blowing about 14 inches of hard packed snow and ice from the storms we had Sunday through Tuesday and broke three shear pins on my snowblower. Since it's a three stage snow blower mounted on the front of my tractor, of course it was back auger feed blade that sheared the pin along with two other augers. It took me over an hour to replace them ( I make sure I have a lot of shear pins handy for just a scenario). Then, my garage door came off the track and the rollers fell out and the door almost fell on me. The yikes factor was at a full 10 out of 10, haha. I was able to repair the door and rollers and got it working again. It just goes to show that some days we should just stay inside and take it easy, but we just never know. I hope you got the chipper repaired and make sure you have extra shear pins for future endeavors. Thanks for sharing and you're not alone with having bad karma days. Cheers!
@sawingwithsandy11 ай бұрын
Good thing is we can both sit back and laugh about it. Tomorrow's another day I suppose!
@jeffmayhew104211 ай бұрын
Hey Sandy, another great video. Toss a few spare shear bolts into the "instructions" cylinder... always nice to have them on hand. Keep up the good work!
@sawingwithsandy11 ай бұрын
Good idea there Jeff. I'll have to do that
@contrafax11 ай бұрын
Dude, tough day. I hope you manage to get the bolt and chip the rest before the weather turns.
@sawingwithsandy11 ай бұрын
Thank you! I'm hoping I get it all cleaned up before long as snow is en route I think
@carlmclelland762411 ай бұрын
You were correct, Sandy. When you lost the Sludge, that was your "Two-minute Warning" that today's a day for sitting on your butt and planning tomorrows activities. The shear pin was just the frosting on the cake. AND, you are correct... buy TWO shear pins and you'll never break the one you install....
@sawingwithsandy11 ай бұрын
hahah should've just packed it in that's for sure. Ah well, still a good time in the woods.
@PhilMosley-y5c11 ай бұрын
Hi sandy phil here. Have you tried to flip the valve spool over so the detent runs in a new spot it may stop the handle kick out. You may be able to rotate the end cap as well to give the detent plunger a new spot to ride over. Once again thanks for all of the great vids. Phil M
@sawingwithsandy11 ай бұрын
Hi Phil! That's an interesting idea. I haven't thought about that before. Makes me wonder whether that would do the trick! Thanks for that!
@whatscoldoing562711 ай бұрын
I have the same chipper here in Australia and have found that when chipping our hardwoods, I have to run the input speed at a crawl. I have tried a six inch blue gum limb and as soon as the blade hit the wood, the sheer bolt snapped. Here they supply a couple of spare bolts in the toolbox. On the forward/reverse lever, the tendency to flop into neutral was driving me mad, so I read the manual and there is an adjustment at the back of the valve that rod leads to which can be turned with an Allen key. It is not perfect, but helps a bit. I have run this chipper with a 29hp tractor with no problem. I have since moved up to a 38hp unit.
@sawingwithsandy11 ай бұрын
Thank you for that suggestion about the rod/Allen key adjustment. I"m going to look into that. Drives me a bit nuts too sometimes. I can imagine you've got some serious dense hardwoods down under
@KillingerUSA11 ай бұрын
This will be my next piece of equipment thanks to your videos. This machine is pretty impressive. Thanks for showing it!
@sawingwithsandy11 ай бұрын
Hey there! Great to hear from ya and thanks for coming along for the video. Maybe I"ll run into you again next Paul Bunyan Show!
@KillingerUSA11 ай бұрын
@@sawingwithsandy definitely. It's my state so I go most years.
@jsoulz200811 ай бұрын
I built a rack for my face cuts/slab cuts so all i gotta do is slide my forks under them and pick em up in one shot. Kinda similar to your firewood log table. Before that i actually just stacked them nicely on a pallet so i could do something similar. Also your my favorite logging/milling channel cuz i have such a similar operation as you lol. defintely wanna see more of you logging & constructing things!!!
@sawingwithsandy11 ай бұрын
I like that setup you mentioned . I’ve for sure got lots of projects coming right up
@earlzathome11 ай бұрын
"And then I'll never break another shear bolt again" lol....so true! Don't feel bad, I got a bunch of logs staged to mill yesterday, then broke the throttle cable on my mill....one of those days for me too!
@sawingwithsandy11 ай бұрын
We're only human I suppose! Glad to know I"m not alone. Hope all is well with you Earl
@earlzathome11 ай бұрын
Forgot to mention I did my washer fluid test.....mixed Crappy Tire Reflex -45° half and half with water....went down to -10 and it didn't freeze! I don't saw much colder than that.
@thomashetherington853211 ай бұрын
Guys in western Pa. cut their slab wood into 18" pieces and sell it for 60.00 to 75.00 for pick up bed load. People who have all these Breo and Solo smokeless firepits love the slab wood .
@Andrew_From_NB11 ай бұрын
Hey buddy! Looks like things just didn’t quite line up as well that day, nevertheless you pushed through the best you could 🔥💯👍. Nice work on getting through what you could there! I always enjoy the chipper videos and tagging along on all your adventures! Till next time! Take care! Andrew from NB :)
@saintaugustine171511 ай бұрын
Yes Sandy I guess it was just one of those day if something can go wrong it will find a way lol , but you kept your cool and tried to do some and you did do a dent in it but you will finish that pile of slab soon . Some people mention to do fire wood with your ew set up you could do some of that but I will mention this if you got neibors that got farm animals we used to go to the local saw mill and get some of the slab for closed inclosure ( fences ) for pigs and veals and we got those mainly for free or you can let them know either for free or a small fee stack next to the road for people to come and get it and haul it away just a suggestion well have a great day
@sawingwithsandy11 ай бұрын
I like the idea about siding and that for outbuildings. Worth stock piling it I'm thinking.
@joshmann991611 ай бұрын
Sandy your doing great. Don’t worry about them free btu seekers. Everybody can tell you what they would do that’s the easy part… talking about it. I saw oak ash walnut cherry and other hardwoods I chip some of it but most of it I scoop up with the tractor put it on the burn pile and burn it. If these people actually had a sawmill and had to deal with all the slab wood maybe they would understand. You have some cool equipment I’m glad to see you make videos about it. I haven’t broke sheer bolt on my 88 yet either but now I going to go get a few extras. Your video helped me.
@sawingwithsandy11 ай бұрын
Hi Josh, I'm a bit jealous of your WC88. I bet that thing just spews the wood chips. With the faster RPM's it sure looks like a great machine. Hope all is well with you and thanks again for coming along for the video
@joshmann991611 ай бұрын
It doesn’t do to bad. I bought for autumn olive bushes that are taking over down here. I ran a 6 inch oak tree through it didn’t even slow it down. 60 hp tractor. Need to take your mini and scratch you a hole somewhere and make a burn pit. Probably scary all them pine needles around.
@sawingwithsandy11 ай бұрын
That’s one heck of an idea Josh! Burn pit would be perfect and make for some safer burns
@OldMotorcycleAdventures11 ай бұрын
Your videos got me looking for a tractor chipper over the last year or so. Never found one at a reasonable price, but found an old '70s Asplundh self powered drum chipper, got it for $400. Runs great now, but needs some adjustment to the blades. Love seeing chipper videos, there's something satisfying about seeing a giant pile of trash wood reduced into a fraction of the size!
@sawingwithsandy11 ай бұрын
That sounds like a nice piece of equipment! I'd go for that. for sure
@Cacheola9 ай бұрын
Coffee AND gloves, I'd have hightailed it outta there! I'm surprized you don't have a half dozen holey pairs laying around everywhere you can mix n match. I've been buying leather three packs from costco, they're cheap and wear quickly and laying all around my place in case of emergency, lol. These bandsaw mills create wicked slivers. I'd suggest the bigger chipper even if your tractor can't handle the max, take your time on the max size stuff. If your Kioti has a mechanical fuel pump you may be able to crank it up 5 horse or so. Or... how about a used self powered towable one the arborists use, they are beasts! My Dad calls it one foot-itis... the remorse you feel after buying a TV you soon realize is too small, a boat, a tool, etc etc. Cheers from Vancouver Island
@clausbuhlsrensen60211 ай бұрын
Hey Sandy. Wood, it be as slabs, chips or logs may be considered as sunshine in the solid state. You should utilize the energy..The experience is, that 50% of the harvest will be energy wood directly from the forest, and from the 50% of the growth having the dimension and quality for saw logs, the yield will ½ of volume in the logs. In total tending a forest will deliver you 3/4 of the total harvest as firewood. - So start burning.
@fricknjeep11 ай бұрын
hi there looks like Murphy stopped by your place instead of mine today.best to all . john
@sawingwithsandy11 ай бұрын
hahah ins't that the truth!
@eaglebill373811 ай бұрын
Thanks Sandy, something to note, shear pins/bolts have the relief groove in line with the shear point on the mating pieces. I noticed the snow blower bolt had the relief groove just below the head of the bolt which didn't appear to be in line with the mating faces of the plates. Just some information to be sure to use the correct bolts for the applications to avoid damage to the equipment. Shame about the sludge cup, guess it was todays sacrifice🥲
@sawingwithsandy11 ай бұрын
Thanks for that. I wasn't aware of that.
@TheBeardedCarpenter11 ай бұрын
Howdy Sandy- days like will come around and you just deal with it. You handled it well but losing the sludge cup would have thrown me into a panic lol. Enjoyed the video. Take care and God bless
@sawingwithsandy11 ай бұрын
Thank you! Days sure do feel long sometimes but worth it being out the woods when looking back
@stumbleinnbbq787111 ай бұрын
In Minnesota sawmill will get 40-80 for a 1/4 cord of softwood for camp fires and looks like less work too
@sawingwithsandy11 ай бұрын
That's a pretty good setup I bet. Around here unfortunately the stuff is just given away if you can find someone who will actually pick it up
@vicknairfirm11 ай бұрын
This would be great to have to use to put the chipped wood under my fruit trees as a mulch. Increases organic matter under trees. Interested in this piece of equipment for that reason.
@brianhillis370111 ай бұрын
Composting them is great, using chips on paths is wonderful, i would use the wider offcuts as cordary road material in wet spots or eroded spots and put chips on top to smooth out the road. Loved seeing this. You could fabricate a splitter with the snow plow blade ( replaceable part that hitsxthe road) and put it on the rack so you can slam/ slide the piece down and set it say 5 " away from the side. That material should split easily. It would be set up there permanently, and would probably cost you nothing.
@sawingwithsandy11 ай бұрын
That's a great idea Brian. Iv'e got some wet spots that those big ones would go well in.
@Z-Bart11 ай бұрын
RIP Sandy's favorite sludge cup.
@sawingwithsandy11 ай бұрын
hahah I'm hoping I can revive it
@Z-Bart11 ай бұрын
@@sawingwithsandy CPR Coffee Please Rush.
@runsolo741811 ай бұрын
Great video as usual. How about painting a sizing gauge on the infeed hopper? That way it removes the guess work on what width will successfully enter the chipper. The issue at hand is how to turn the slab wood into heating wood without all the added labor. Best of luck.
@sawingwithsandy11 ай бұрын
I like that idea about the size! I do guess wrong sometimes and does create a bit of a headache. The worst is when I start feeding a slab in and the far end is taper wider and it gets wedged in tight
@critical-thought11 ай бұрын
Yeah. Any equipment with shear bolts, I get the bolt size and buy a bunch before ever starting the thing up. I repeatedly enjoyed the lessons learned on that. I wonder if there is a clutch you could put on there.
@sawingwithsandy11 ай бұрын
Yeah can imagine that would help out.
@shawnfromportland11 ай бұрын
1:06 the canadian version of being utterly furious.... "gosh"
@sawingwithsandy11 ай бұрын
I don't get fired up too much
@shawnfromportland11 ай бұрын
thats great@@sawingwithsandy
@ElevationATV11 ай бұрын
Man, I could watch that chipper, chip all day! You could do your work and not have to worry about the clean up, haha. That's a nice chipper, but yeah... it looks like you need a bigger one. We must have a moment of silence for that fallen brew.
@sawingwithsandy11 ай бұрын
The fallen brew hurt my heart (and my ambition haha)
@ElevationATV11 ай бұрын
@sawingwithsandy Can't say I blame you! I'm a minimum 3 cupper!
@fatefarmspa11 ай бұрын
New subscriber here! We are a KZbin channel from Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 👍. I like the way you think I use ibc totes like that also !
@tomsanderson498311 ай бұрын
Sell the slabs for fire wood. Band the bundles so the purchaser can chainsaw them to fit there stove/fireplace. Benefits to you: put slabs into a stack rack for easy banding and stacking of bundles = clean/safe work area, less cost - fuel, time, chip disposal etc., money from sale of banded bundles. Unless you have a need or use for the chips or you sell it for mulch.
@lumberjill659811 ай бұрын
Isn't that the way some days go? You weren't looking forward to doing this anyways and the universe has to go and throw a wrench in the works. Looks like your area got quite a bit of snow, so I imagine this project will have to wait until spring. You tried. Have a fantastic week Sandy! 👍👋
@sawingwithsandy11 ай бұрын
Thanks Jill! I sure do have the ups and downs like everyone else out in the woods. Ah well...still fun at the end of the day
@jimwoitt155411 ай бұрын
Sandy, what do you do with your wood chips? Thanks for the videos. I very much enjoy them.
@sawingwithsandy11 ай бұрын
Hi Jim. I usually spread them along my forest trails
@noneofyourbusiness355311 ай бұрын
I've been at this type of thing for a quite a while now... When it comes to sizing the equipment that I am buying or building, I aim for 85%. If it will handle 85% of the material by volume, I want to throw at it, I'm satisfied. That way, I am not overspending on the piece. In the case of the chipper for example, those large slab that were being tossed aside will burn. Invariably there will be someone that would be happy to do so if you can't or don't want to burn them for yourself. Giving that softwood to a neighbour for their firepit, tends to build some goodwill with them, reducing the chances that they'll squeak. When it comes to the hardwood, anything over 3 to 4" that won't make lumber, ought to be going into firewood anyway. At $300 to $400 per cord in our part of Ontario, even a couple cords a year is going to make a difference. The next trees that you might want to drop are the ones that are in the road of getting your chipper in line with the slab pile. Then you wouldn't need to turn them to get them into the chipper. Hack those logs up into material for a bin that will allow you to contain some of the chip. An ad on kijiji or, word of mouth should yield you $40 to $50 a yard for mulch chip.
@sawingwithsandy11 ай бұрын
I hear ya there. Trouble in this location is access as you can't get drive a truck/trailer to this location so it ends up requiring me to transport with my tractor a good distance. If I had more hardwood in this pile I'd give it a go for firewood more often for sure. I've got a big pile of slabs cut up just out of view of the video I use for camping
@79PoisonBreaker11 ай бұрын
I wonder why walk to shop when driving the tractor over would be simple. also if I were closer i would gladly take your slab wood for rustic projects.
@sawingwithsandy11 ай бұрын
It's a slow go with the tractor as the trails aren't very smooth in some spots and when I walk I can just. cut through the woods without taking trails
@09FLTRMM7711 ай бұрын
MM77 Approved 👍🏼👍🏼………………………………………………………………Sorry for your Sludge cup, it sucks to loose a perfectly good cup of coffee!! Maybe a cup holder on the fender, a piece of pvc pipe the right length and diameter………………………..🤔………………sounds like a good project! LOL
@sawingwithsandy11 ай бұрын
I'm pretty cheap so losing a cup of sludge hurts haha
@shawnhulke738511 ай бұрын
Worked at a sawmill for years and always burnt slabs. They sold banded bundles for 20 bucks to the public and made a lot of money doing it. They loaded them on your trailer with a big forklift. Also sold sawdust to farmers for bedding for cattle and horses.
@sawingwithsandy11 ай бұрын
Trouble for me is access. Cannot drive a truck to this location so I’d have to transport all the wood with my tractor and trailer . My area there’s no market for selling slabs as everyone gives them away for free so I chip or burn them myself for camping or my trails
@everettearter683311 ай бұрын
Sandy. There is an adjustment for the force that it takes to move the directional lever. Check your owners manual and it tells you how to adjust it.
@sawingwithsandy11 ай бұрын
Hi Everett, that's for that. Does this adjustment help prevent the lever from kicking into neutral as the machine runs?
@everettearter683311 ай бұрын
Yes. It is behind a cap in front of the valve body that the lever hooks too.
@sawingwithsandy11 ай бұрын
Thanks Everett. I actually put out a video on thay a few years ago but I thought that adjustment actually was for the amount of force the infeed roller applies
@larrykluckoutdoors822711 ай бұрын
Well, some days goes that way I thought I maybe saw a edge of the plastic top for your cup under the chipper in the mess
@sawingwithsandy11 ай бұрын
Good news is I did manage to get the top of the sludge cup back. If for nothing else it will be a reminder haha
@sap305511 ай бұрын
Her in Norway we are using the slabs as firewood we have a old tractor mounted log cutter with a big blade and it is done fast and easy
@sawingwithsandy11 ай бұрын
That would be a great setup. I think I’ve seen similar setups but with small diameter logs
@ssprofirewood11 ай бұрын
Good morning, Sandy! I really enjoyed your chipper video and your discussion about the chipper. I just purchased, and it arrived yesterday, the TF810. I am planning on using my John Deere 4620 to run the chipper. My concern though is that the 4620 PTO speed is 1,000 rpm, so I may need to figure out a way to reduce the speed to 540 rpm. Your video was helpful to me, so thank you. Take care
@sawingwithsandy11 ай бұрын
I'm interested to hear how you like the TF810. I was looking at it and it looks like a nice piece of equipment!
@danielmarkleblanc180011 ай бұрын
Hey Sandy love your show. Hey this You tube guy is talking about you on his show called Sam's doing stuff . All Good ! Just wondering if you saw his last video. I love your show and keep up the BRILLIANT WORK.
@sawingwithsandy11 ай бұрын
Thanks Daniel. I"ll check it out
@sawingwithsandy11 ай бұрын
I appreciate all your support on my channel as well!
@justinrussell76011 ай бұрын
A slip clutch would be nice on that chipper. That last piece you threw in was quite a chunk. The snow is coming real soon and I think it will be here too next week, just more work moving it all around. Oh well, them slabs will be there in the spring for ya along with some more I'm sure. How much snow are you forecast to get?
@sawingwithsandy11 ай бұрын
Yeah a slip clutch would be a nice addition. I figure the snow will just hide all the chores I didn't get done before winter haha.
@viking1ur11 ай бұрын
U are right. I got about the same with out the feeder and that is no good.
@sawingwithsandy11 ай бұрын
Little wider opening size would be great for the slabs
@noel306511 ай бұрын
I think your right. The sludge cup goes down its time to start over and go put your feet up for a while. But your right its a machine and it will eventually break down and tomorrow will come and than it will be a new day to start over. Hopefully your wife got you a spare sludge cup. My wife just bought me a spare the other day. take care
@sawingwithsandy11 ай бұрын
I should've packed it in for the day haha
@smokeybailey308011 ай бұрын
I love pine slabs for firewood
@billyhaddock554011 ай бұрын
Sandy, u almost got about the third of the way at clipping the Hurricane wood pile. too bad about the sevbolt.
@sawingwithsandy11 ай бұрын
It's a start for sure eh Billy!
@goddukee11 ай бұрын
The mills in my area can't keep slabs. People use them for kindling in wood stoves. For years I sawed it into small pieces and sold it for Chimera wood
@sawingwithsandy11 ай бұрын
I've got a pretty big pile of sawed up slabs just off camera here for camping. Around here it's hard to give the slabs away
@exotictones105411 ай бұрын
Add a cup holder to the fender for when your outside n make sure it's high enough to survive the shake when running.i carry pins in a bag w a hammer n punch behind the seat just because of that.
@sawingwithsandy11 ай бұрын
Now that's an idea!
@hayesrutherford941511 ай бұрын
That chipper does a great job for its size.
@sawingwithsandy11 ай бұрын
Absolutely. It's been a workhorse for years
@mossman752711 ай бұрын
Like your video but dang I would burn that all winter if you was closer to Idaho 😊
@crazycoyote173811 ай бұрын
My humble two cents- I installed a small tool box on every equipment I own, with emergency common bolts pins and wrenches to do the work. I didn’t drove back to the shop for breakdowns in the last 3 years since. Also, I installed a permanent slip clutch on my tractor’s pto, so I’m double protected with all my equipment. Thanks for your fun and informative videos!! P.s. what grade bolts do they recommend for the chipper?
@sawingwithsandy11 ай бұрын
Sounds like a good setup you've got. The slip clutch would be a great addition. I've got one on the stump grinder but not this chipper
@crazycoyote173811 ай бұрын
@@sawingwithsandy The pto with the slip clutch is now longer, easier to reach, and I installed a slip clutch on most of my equipment as well, so in time of trouble, I have a backup protection. It’s also good to loosen a bit your slip clutch springs after the winter and let them run a bit loose for a few seconds so they don’t stick and malfunction. Keep the good work Sandy, great Chanel!!
@joebeecher391911 ай бұрын
you should make some slab holders like lumber capital log yard uses Fill it up.... time to chip....
@wallacefrey624711 ай бұрын
I stay stocked up on shear pins for just this reason.
@sawingwithsandy11 ай бұрын
I do too for my snowblower. Just not this length
@job38four1011 ай бұрын
I bundle up my slabs and stack them out back for firewood, sawdust is my biggest headache........
@sawingwithsandy11 ай бұрын
I'd like to have a setup like that one day with stacking them up nice. I know what ya mean about the sawdust. One of the issues I have in the winter is the sawdust freezes into a big pile and is solid and hard to get rid of
@deprived5650111 ай бұрын
Well that sucked. Man those cups, the good ones anyway, are getting expensive. Better luck next time. It also sucked about the sheer bolt. Good vid. Thanks.
@sawingwithsandy11 ай бұрын
One of those days for sure
@Kevinhobbytime11 ай бұрын
They make a 3pt circular saw that would be perfect for slicing that into “campwood” bundles and selling roadside. Easy money at 5$ a bundle or however much you want to charge. Hell you have enough trash slab you could sell it 10$ a wheelbarrow and still turn a profit for nothing. Just chain a cash box to a tree and leave a sign on the pile or crate of wood slab scrap. Passive income with no real loss. Chipping is great but you run out of room for chips faster than they decompose and future projects in those areas get “spongie” with all the chips used as fill. Almost flipped a tractor on a chip filled yard when the rear wheel sunk into a pit of spongie earth.
@johndsmithkoipondgarden.87811 ай бұрын
Be very careful around that PTO, a friend of mine lost his life to one many years ago.
@sawingwithsandy11 ай бұрын
I agree. It certainly has my respect . I'm sorry to hear about your friend John
@PaganWizard11 ай бұрын
When one of my uncles was still alive, he owned a very large piece of property in Wisconsin, I want to say it was 400 acres. When he would fire up his saw mill, he would post a notice in his local church's bulletin, advertising for free firewood on a specific date. We would cut down the slab wood into four foot lengths, load it up into the bucket on his tractor, and he would put it on the side of the road close to his driveway. There was never a shortage of people looking for "Crazy Joe's" free firewood.
@sawingwithsandy11 ай бұрын
That would be a great thing to do for sure. My trouble is there's no drivable access aside form 4wd tractor to the sawmill so it would require a fair bit of time/effort on my part to transport all the waste wood to somewhere someone could pick it up
@Glock220111 ай бұрын
Do you have any neighbors with an outdoor wood boiler? These work fine for those unless it is super cold.
@compdude55111 ай бұрын
You might need a bigger chipper. So you don’t have to constantly mess with the piece of wood in the chipper that won’t go in.
@jimbragdon344411 ай бұрын
My thought is why are you chipping the slabs? do you have a use for the chips? you could process them into firewood or just bundle them and sell to someone. Love the channel BTW
@sawingwithsandy11 ай бұрын
I needed these out of the way and I use the chips for keeping dust/mud down on my trails. I"ve got a massive pile of already-cut slabs ready for camping season just out of view. Unfortunately where I live slabs are so plentiful that they are offered for free
@jimbragdon344411 ай бұрын
I figured that might be the case …. I make maple syrup so we burn them in the evaporator… thanks for getting back to me
@MLDuffy11 ай бұрын
but did you get a cuppa when you went back for the shear bolt?
@sawingwithsandy11 ай бұрын
I didn't actually haha I should've
@tomki6asp11 ай бұрын
NOOOO! Not the precious sludge!
@sawingwithsandy11 ай бұрын
I can take alot of set backs but not the sludge! haha
@stevedue448511 ай бұрын
@woodlandmills should sponsor you.
@sawingwithsandy11 ай бұрын
Thanks Steve.
@Trial-N-ErrorFarms-jk9iz11 ай бұрын
So do you market those chips or are they just feeding the forest?
@johnaddis102211 ай бұрын
Afternoon Sandy, Hate that about your sludge cup even worse it was coffee abuse too! Shear bolts / pins yep they will break broke 2 on brush hog I keep several in the fender box for just those occasions, Hey if you have a tractor supply they sell by the pound so you could get many. If you need a new sludge cup let me know and I will send you one (like you don't have many) Chipper you have takes 6 inch wide Bottom to top is 8 inches for clearance. A 10 wide would be great, do they take trade in's to off set the cost? Got get another cup of sludge sit back and watch the snow fall in warm house. Could a tarp over the slab pile help? anyway Cheers! John Toccoa GA
@sawingwithsandy11 ай бұрын
Hey John. Good to know about the shear pins. Unfortunately I don't have a tractor supply around me. Usually I end up ordering them online when the stock gets low. I"ll have to grab a different length for this machine than what I have for my snowblower. I appreciate that offer for a sludge cup!
@bradb_in_Iowa11 ай бұрын
Love my WM68. I also have DK4210 SE Cab, so pretty much the same setup. I keep extra sheer bolts in the small tools box at the back of the tractor. I haven't needed one *YET* on my WM68, but need them (different) on my rotary cutter most frequently. You mentioned getting the next size up chipper, but does your current tractor have enough HP at the PTO? Thanks for sharing!
@sawingwithsandy11 ай бұрын
Nice tractor you've got there! I think the next size up chipper would work well with my pto hp.
@gw88716 ай бұрын
How long ago was that forest planted....what's the turn around on the tree growth as opposed to when it was harvested?
@sawingwithsandy6 ай бұрын
These trees are 45 years old. It’s a little behind on thinning which should have been done already so some of the growth has been stunted