Firewood Season | Laid Back Logging On Our Homestead

Today we pack up our tools, head up the mountain and begin firewood season at our north Idaho homestead. Wood heat is non-negotiable as is being prepared for our long winter season. Enjoy! #deadstanding #woodheat #winteriscoming
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[@carson2646]

Gotta love that old square body chevy. It's completely purpose built unlike modern trucks that are meant to take the place of your car

[@rogermontee8264]

Nice load of firewood!!!!! Thanks for sharing ☺️☺️☺️👍👍👍👍

[@remushaynes2693]

greetings folks; please be careful! i think the little lady looks so cute in her logging get up and hard hat. love it.......................g

[@john3559]

you kids are ok, love the way you work together. the mrs is pretty

[@LastChanceTinyHouse]

Liz, those leaners are known to most folks I've known as Widow Makers. because you never know when their gonna fall, but you do know it's gonna.

[@d.j.robinson9424]

Great job on the firewood guy's, I know you know what you're doing, but please be extra mindful of those widowmakers. 👍👍💚💛

[@mikeelwood8626]

Smart decision to leave the other trees and let nature get the job done. Good load for your labor!

[@inekelassooij840]

Goed gedaan top job geweldig 🤩👌👍💪💪 Groetjes uit Holland 😍👋🏼👋🏼🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@Susan.I]

Good for you both to get firewood early!

[@davek6630]

Those old Chevy trucks are work horses! I had a 1975 that plowed lots of snow! It didn’t have a drivers floor or rocker panel! Lol

[@outdoorswithlarryrobin]

Hello Fellow Wood Hounds! Just came across your channel, just subscribed, Take Care and be safe🚜🪵👍🏼🇺🇸

[@bobjoncas2814]

...great time to get a jump on winter heating, good one, keep safe..

[@daveedson8607]

I think Mike is really good at many things!

[@LaidBackLiving]

Jack of all trades, master of none. But a jack of all trades is better than a master of one.

[@garykuiken6191]

Thats a good haul for a couple of trees.. Now do that 5 or 6 times more and you'll have a good start.

[@flowerstone]

You two should invest in some cable and a few blocks. I use a 5/16” cable and three blocks. Gets out most of the trees I need. Saves on the back and easier for my truck. 🙂

[@jccook253able]

Living the dream

[@ivanguy62]

While you are in the trees, go ahead and girdle trees for next year. Girdling trees is a way to manage your forest. Girdling is done by cutting into the cambium about one inch in around the trunk. I usually make two cuts about four inches apart.

[@MrForexster]

Excellent videos.... Got here from the martin Johnson channel.

[@slamsshenanigans2296]

You guys are bad ass! You crack me up doing projects in crocks like city slickers then ya do stuff like this and I’m like right on! They got it 😂

[@LaidBackLiving]

Haha gotta keep people on their toes. Thanks for watching!

[@deanmagnuson2993]

Good afternoon from Grand Forks

[@donlatimer5114]

Here is something to consider for skating your logs out of the woods , invest in a appropriate size which that you can make portable to slide it in to your trailer hitch receiver

[@johnnyjohnston2401]

Good job y’all be safe

[@marshallworden4092]

A good start .

[@beachlife9419]

Right truck for sure , nice 👍👍👍👍 firewood , we burn about 4 cords every winter

[@LaidBackLiving]

Thanks for watching!

[@patriciamontague6035]

You worked hard

[@GlassHalfFullLife]

I have been watching your videos for quite some time....you have a great thing going there and its good to see you are not afraid of some work...you may want to think about an electric log splitter which will save your back....this come from a guy who has probably split thousands of ricks myself....but love what you are doing

[@jamesdickman8315]

Bucking Billy's channel has lots of tips and tricks on tree felling. Saw you guys on Martin Johnsons channel so I subscribed.

[@LaidBackLiving]

Thanks for going us!

[@jackmanfredo1215]

We finally got some rain in southern Idaho also. Look at you two in your safety gear, I love it. That Tamarack (Western Larch) is denser than Doug Fir and will burn forever. Nice day on the hill gathering firewood and thinning the dead standing timber from your property. Thanks for sharing.🇺🇸

[@LaidBackLiving]

Thanks Jack! I’m glad you guys are getting some rain too

[@allentruitt8632]

In the absence of struggle, there is no progress. Good job.

[@ewidmer1]

Great reference to 15 days of work for free heat all winter.

[@lucleoni]

Good job guys, you are hard workers, but every time I'm amazed by Lady Liz's toughness. Together you both can handle any situation, you two look like really good friends, who happen to also be married, that's the best guarantee for lifelong love and happiness. 🙏♥️👫♥️🙏

[@LaidBackLiving]

Thank you Luc!

[@gordontownsend1544]

Great video, I am new here, as I saw Martin and Julie at your place videoing Live. I am now Subscribed with you guys as well. Great Load of Firewood, I Read @Craig Fisher's comment and completely Agree with him, With all the Heat Firewood can provide, But he missed one, Cleaning the Fireplace / Stove out, removing the ash can be another Warm job indeed, and their Disposal / Recycling. Oh, and Congratulations on getting Married, I Pray you can both have a Long and Harmonious Life Together. Regards Gordon - New South Wales, Australia

[@LaidBackLiving]

Thanks for tagging along, we appreciate it.

[@johnnycampbell5234]

This got me thinking about firewood now, winter will be here before we know it! Great video, I enjoy the channel

[@1917tom]

One way to save time would be to cut your firewood to 8 ft lengths and haul down to your sawmill and saw in quarters and then cut to your firewood length. It saves a lot of splitting.

[@fisherus]

It's amazing how much heat you get from firewood. It heats you up when you cut it and load it, it heats you up when you split it and stack it and then it heats you up again when you burn it! That's a whole lot of BTU's it brings you. Also makes your muscles ache in the process. That was a pretty slick job of felling, Mike and a nice job of videography work, Liz.

[@LaidBackLiving]

Amen to that!

[@michaelchamberlin6821]

I wanna be.where you guys are looks awedome

[@canuckyank82]

Beautiful wood. Probably make some nice table tops out of the big one. Thanks for a great video!

[@LaidBackLiving]

Thanks for watching!

[@jamesdiyhomestead8263]

Just subscribed. I saw you on Martin Johnson - off grid living's live stream just now.

[@LaidBackLiving]

Nice thanks for joining us!

[@Steve.5]

Growing up we had a Buck Stove fireplace insert. Man let me tell you the heat it produced was incredible it was almost too much! LOL!!! 😄 We would set a pan of water on it to help humidify the house in winter.

[@susieclark1498]

Dutch sent me.

[@IamChrisL712]

Watching you drive up the road behind your house scares me. Nothing you do but, I'm just not a fan of heights. Great video. Glad you're getting stocked up with wood.

[@michaelscott9115]

Great job!! You guys work so well together!! Excellent video-thanks for sharing your journey with us!!

[@baltazargreen3995]

NorCal needs some of that rain

[@LaidBackLiving]

We hope you guys get rain soon!

[@rickfromvirginia]

Cool video! Awesome to see you utilizing the dead trees. No matter how people think, Its hard work! Good idea to start early Thanks for sharing! Rick From Virginia

[@LaidBackLiving]

Thanks Rick!!

[@DanielBoonesloggingvideos]

great vid you two. we are firewooders too and im always dreaming up ways to get snags off the property with a winch or the pickup. keep up the good work cheers !

[@markallisonmc]

Nice work 👍🏻😊

[@edeggleston1457]

I don't know Mike, Liz is pretty cute in that outfit!

[@markallisonmc]

Great Find those look like nice trees. Growing up we heated our home in western PA with wood from 1978-2010. We would cut about 8 cords a winter. We burned mostly Red Oak slab wood we got from the local saw mills. Initially for 15 years we used an old hit n missing international belted to an open 36” blade buzz saw. Kind of dangerous but it was fast. Lay the slab on the tray cut n slide cut n slide. Fast! Later on we moved to chainsaws. We heated with a Warm Morning top loader coal stove. It was nice as you could take out ashes while the fire was running. My dad later wrapped the stove with flexible copper and preheated our hot water heater. It went to an auxiliary tank then to the hot water heater. Free heat and hot water. 👍🏻

[@LaidBackLiving]

That’s cool the way you guys did it, it sounds like work but worth it for sure! 8 cords would get us through a winter with ease- thanks for watching!

[@russellwatters5891]

Gotta love it! I feel much better for ya'll when you wear safety equipment when operating chainsaws and such. Just one wrong moment can ruin a lifetime. Thank you for being conscience for each other. ❤😇

[@ronniejones285]

Y’all guys have some really good content, I enjoy the videos. Thank you

[@LaidBackLiving]

Thank you Ronnie we appreciate you!

[@lincolnstovall9471]

winch’s can work out in the brush.

[@BreakingFreeOffGrid]

Love wood heat! Good start on your wood guys! It’s a lot of work but sooooo worth it.

[@LaidBackLiving]

It’s definitely a lot of work but gets easier as we get better at it- maybe one day we will have a splitter who knows 🤷🏼‍♀️ thanks for watching! And the wood heat makes all the hard work very worth it!

[@BreakingFreeOffGrid]

@@LaidBackLiving it’s nice having a splitter, but I miss the workout. Lol

[@aspiceoflife]

I’m from a town actually called homestead in Florida. We used to have beautiful Pine Rocklands but only 2% of it is left. Logging not good

[@fubbs389]

Good morning you guys a funny without trying to be adorable you are vicariously through folks like you living off the land and I think you’re humorous I smile a lot thank you very much Hope you’re finished watching videos if you get this and trees and whether the brakes work going down the mountain… just keep doing what you’re doing you warm my heart every video. The wife looks cute in your outfit how come you get the white hat can’t you be in charge just saying well when we get my breakfast finish watching this video. Smile! No I’m not responsible for any errors because I dictate this to the dumbest dictating machine in the world doesn’t matter whether it’s iOS or or android I think they know how we talk and I don’t again just saying

[@LaidBackLiving]

Thank you! We are happy to put a smile on your face, thanks for watching!

[@williedunn2690]

Put big boy on mill. Take some off with chainsaw mill. Then you can mill the rest on band mill,

[@robertboyd650]

Very important to get your 8 cords of wood for winter…..

[@Trader-M]

Another awesome video! Thanks for sharing... At the end of the video, how many days would that stack of wood behind you last in a regular winter? I know it depends how cold it is, but just curious :)

[@LaidBackLiving]

Thank you!! It would probably last us a couple of weeks during a normal winter. Thanks for watching!

[@loucinci3922]

Are the logs you step over any good? Seems like another truck load of logs already on the ground. Good start. Thanks for sharing

[@LaidBackLiving]

Most that are on the ground are rotten from being wet and bugs- sometimes they’re okay to burn in a pinch but the dead standing ones are the one you want.

[@at347est]

@@LaidBackLiving You still need to pull them out , they are forest fire fuel .

[@jackiesaylor2487]

Just a question. Why don't you take the trees that are already on the ground? Are they rotten or bug infested? Just wondering

[@LaidBackLiving]

A lot of them are too rotten, it depends how long they have been laying for.

[@jackiesaylor2487]

@@LaidBackLiving oh okay

[@at347est]

Pull all the trees and branches on the ground out of there before you have a forest fire .

[@jtownsend220]

Waited all that time for something to cut Then you FF through it? Here to watch, not to listen!! Nice Chevy though.

[@justinking9173]

*felling