Let's Cut Some Oak!

[@DanielAtkinsFirewood]

Hahaha. I have been dealing with sticks for the last 3 months. Just take 1 log at a time, and it all eventually goes away. Thanks for the shout-out too. I truly wasn't expecting that..

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Same here I just work with what I get but I think of you every time I get them big sticks . You’re definitely the king of splitting monster rounds .

[@davidshadwick4886]

Way to deal with the cold weather Phil. You the man!!

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

I’m way more productive in the cold . Summer heat just shuts me down .

[@UpInTheNorthwoods]

Lots of nice oak Phil! The cold doesn't stop work! Great video.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

I tend to get more done when it’s cold out .

[@dono9879]

Hello Phil and Karen. Good job cutting up wood. You are right better be careful with those large rounds. Nothing like relaxing on the couch with a DEW at the end of a hard days work. OK Karen, you did your Miracle with Phils videos. Thanks for another good video.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

She’s had her work cut out for her making the videos as it’s perdy much just been me at the wood yard every day . I think I’m just gona quarter up most of them big ones but I might have to try 1 or 2 on the axis

[@markgoulding-vm8bj]

Man that saw is screaming nice job on sharpening chain ,sign of a true professional

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Having a sharp chain is one of my pet peavs . Takes 3 times as long to cut with a dull chain an after ya sharpen enuf of them you tend to get good at it and learn when to stop an touch it up to keep that edge perfect .

[@carllewis8203]

🎉👍

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks Carl!

[@jimbo5056]

You got a great start with all those rounds Phil ! You sure earned the R&R on the couch. I hope the Grand Poobah found her Chef of the Future hat and had a hearty dinner waiting for you.??? tv dinners don't count!!🤣🤣🤣 Thanks for sharing 👍🪵

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

No tv dinners in our house Karen always makes a great dinner for us . It’s a wonder I’m not 400 lbs lol . I brought in a few more loads of oak so I gota get that cut up as well .

[@toddpacheco4748]

Phil, a fine day’s work in the freezing cold weather in the wood yard don’t blame you at all for wanting to get back home 🏡 and get some warmth 👍😮😊❤

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Yup, that was a cold day Todd!

[@cliffjenkins6419]

Great video. Brilliant seeing the snow in the woodyard. Hope the winter is kind to the Allen family. Seems you can't rely on the weather to play ball these days. But ot takez more than inclement weather to stop the guys on the firewood channels I watch, so rock on team. Cheers from HB NZ

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

The snow an cold don’t slow me down but Karen’s definitely not a fan of the cold . Gota keep going weather it’s hot or cold to keep building inventory

[@Mark-Marine]

My bowels won’t even move when it’s 20 much less the rest of me lol. Before I send my best to you and Mrs K, I noticed on some of your cuts that it might be time to dress your bar. Now, you continue to motivate the H.E. double dogLeg out of me. God Bless you and that sassy girl you’re married to 👍🏻

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks Mark good to hear from ya . I have dressed the bar but the grove the chain runs in needs to be closed back up and I picked up one a them tools to close the gap back up but I just haven’t done it yet . I’m not sure what it is but the summer heat just takes the life right outa me but the cold just makes me feal like a kid again an I wana just go go go . . Karen’s just the opposite she likes it warm and absolutely hates the cold .

[@BW35bucket]

Great video Phil. Yea be careful on those big rounds. I agree it’s cold out. I usually wear carhart cold weather gear. I have been wearing something new. The company is called Berne. What I like about them is the chest of bibs zips down to the crouch and your not unbuckling and shoulder straps and then everything in your pockets goes flying everywhere when the chest pockets flip over. There waterproof also. Jackets really heavy. Check them out. They sent me free pair of socks too with my order. Thought I would share.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Always looking for quality cold weather gear that holds up to the Woodyard . I will go ck em out online an see if they have a store around here . I’ve learned not to put anything in the bib pockets cause ya right the stuff just ends up on the floor . Thanks for the tip

[@BW35bucket]

You know when it’s time for us guys to go find a tree. 🌴 just unzip the chest zipper. Super easy to do with gloves on. Huge zipper. Great option. I went to there web site and ordered. Well she did free shipping on a certain dollar amount spent. Thanks for responding back. Off to have breakfast with Santa kids are excited.

[@OpenAirAdventureFirewood]

Ya can keep your perfect day haha😅. Boy would I ever love to run the 500. Don't let them thumb busters scare ya😅

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

The heat really rings the life outa me but when it’s cold it just makes me wana go go go . I will get them big ones but I think I’m going to quarter most of em . Maybe save 1 or 2 rounds to really test the axis .

[@OpenAirAdventureFirewood]

@AllenFamilyFirewood i here ya, I'm a slug in the summer heat.

[@arnejahr3531]

Great video

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks Arne we always appreciate ya watching an commenting

[@dermot107]

Hi phil love the video very therapeutic 😂🇮🇪

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Lol, thanks Dermot. Therapeutic for me too!

[@BigelowWoodcraft]

Rain or shine or in this case cold and snowy, the show must go on. I put my sawmill away as well. Have a great weekend.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

It warmed up a few days ago into the low 50s but it rained hard for a day an a half and Dana came over and we sawed him a bunch of oak trailer decking . So much for shutting the mill down lol . First time I’ve ever sawed oak an I can see I’ve got a lil learning to do before I saw oak again . I love working in the cold a lot better than I like working in the heat . Thanks Jerry

[@Turtlewood]

Bucking it up guys. Stay warm ❤

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

That’s the nice part about working in the cold you just speed up to stay warm

[@upinsmokefirewood]

Hey Phill and Karen! Merry Christmas!

[@johnwinslow4503]

Reminds me a few years back. Had my nephew take down 28 trees with a feller buncher, took hm just over an hour. Some 34in + oak close to the house. That unit would cut through up to 24in. Cut from one side then spin and finish. That PTO driven stickler cone wedge works well to quarter an make them manageable. I know your set in your way, I love using the tape measure and marker paint.....

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

I still need to come down an see that cone split . Them feller bunchers can put some wood down in a hurry . I’ve seen em up north clear cut massive tracks of land in just a few days . My boy showed up the other day an had just bought a mingo marker but I’m perdy sure ya gota keep them spray paint cans in ware it’s warm or it’s gone end badly if one a them blows up in ya truck . Said he would bring it back in the spring .

[@leehillsgrove7986]

Looks like it was a little nippy out there does make us move faster doesn’t it which is hard to do sometimes just a food for thought. I don’t know if you have any blueberry farms or vegetable farms around, but I’ve been taking my sawdust and hauling it to some people that they swap either blueberries or vegetables for my sawdust which I usually take about a 1 ton load up every time it gets rid of my sawdust and helps me and the wife out with some blueberries or some vegetables for canning and as far as those big ones go I used to cut those in quarters after I cut them 16 inch long just so I could handle them ha ha you both have a good weekend and be safe love your video. Keep them coming Lee Hillsgrove Trucking signing off 👍

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

I’ve asked the farm if they wanted the sawdust but they only want kiln dryed . If I had a place to store it in under cover there are horse people that will buy it for $10 a yard but it has to be fairly dry . I’ve been using on the steep sand banks on the edge of the wood yard to keep it from eroding. Bucket full of scraps from around the splitter an a bucket of sawdust and it seems to bind up good to keep it from washing away . I’m probably going to quarter them big ones up but I might just put a few of em on the axis to see how it does .

[@Living-The-Dream]

Nice work Phil !! I hope your Better Half aka “The Boss” is healing and doing well ! 🎄👍👏🇺🇸 Rick

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Karen’s fine she’s just been working a seasonal job for LL beans taking phone orders so it might be another month before I get her back in the wood yard .

[@iffykidmn8170]

@@AllenFamilyFirewood another month will only be mid January good luck. 😜

[@MicahHughes-y9t]

Yeah Phil, but you guys way up north kickass with the summer sun- probably stays light till 10pm. Gotta give to you for your enthusiasm when you open a video, reminds me of Belushi “ Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?” “Germans? - leave him alone he’s rolling”. Missing the life-of-the-party on here, but hey, imagine she’s super-busy helping move those real fancy hand-stitched leather moccasins and all those Moose- themed home furnishings! Take care Allen’s

[@MicahHughes-y9t]

Understand your hesitation on those huge rounds there ‘ol boy, just gotta get right back on that Horse, just have to keep better track of those big old size 13’s when your wrestling around those on the splitting table!

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Yup, summer nights stay light until 9-9:30. Way more working hours for Phil. I, however, still like my more regular schedule 😂 Phil’s exuberance is only outdone by Dana, think he’s got him beat by a mile! I am selling, selling selling! Everything from silk base layers to slippers to sheet sets and coats, boots and everything in between! Thanks as always Mike, take care!

[@karenallen8581]

@@MicahHughes-y9tyour second comment disappeared after I answered the first one, but Phil says: How the heck did you know my shoe size??? Lol. And trust me, I keep those big flippers far away from the foot pedal when I’m wrestling those big rounds on the splitter table 😂

[@MicahHughes-y9t]

Have to watch what you put out here on the Tube- you’ve mentioned it before and I have a heck of a memory- it’s a blessing and a curse!😂

[@karenallen8581]

lol, you’re right! I also have that blessing/curse. I remember so much inconsequential stuff! 👍🏻

[@Chucky-b7v]

You sure did get some snow, Phil. Looks a bit chilly 🥶. Great video as usual mt friend.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Most of the snow is all gone it rained hard a few days later an washed it away but it’s right back to 15 degrees in the mornings so everything is froze up tight .

[@rossnolan2883]

😊😊😊😊

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks Ross! 😊

[@outdoorswithlarryrobin]

Hello Phil now you’re sawing my way or the way I used to😂👍🇺🇸

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

I usually cut off of the forks when I’m getting a pile built up but once I get the pile up a few feet I just dump the logs on the pile an start cutting

[@Threegreenacresfirewood]

Phil the 500 does with scream 20 inch bar,and best way to get warm up on a cold day is fire up a chainsaw start cutting wood.👍🇺🇸

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

@@Threegreenacresfirewood It’s an impressive saw for its weight an it will definitely keep ya warm trying to keep the wood in front of it .

[@DonaldAlbrecht-c1g]

Good running & cutting saw

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

The 500 has been a good saw . I really hate a dull chain so I try an keep a good edge on it .

[@susanscherer143]

Great video!

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks Sue ❤️

[@jameschandler2776]

The one good thing about being old id that I don't have to go outside when it is that cold and the wind is blowing. Living in Maine, you are probably used to it. I would love to be able to do my cutting with a grapple or pallet forks. It makes it so much easier when you don't have to worry about hitting the ground. That bin that you made for cutting rounds in probably keeps a lot of the wind off you.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

My favorite days to work are sunny days with the temps around 20 degrees . That bunker does cut some of the wind but when it’s down around 10 degrees the wind really cuts right through ya . The forks are nice for the first 15-30 logs but after that it’s faster to cut them off the pile .

[@WilleysFirewood]

Those big rounds make a lot of firewood but they are a lot of work too

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Definitely can be a lot more productive with normal sized rounds but the big ones sure do make a lot of nice square splits . Once there stacked it’s almost a solid block of wood again .

[@cherylshannon-vp7uc]

Go ahead and get on that big stuff and get it over with. Merry Christmas

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

I was gona get right on it but I had to go get 2 more loads of oak yesterday and now the new stuff is infront of it so I gota take care of that first . Merry Christmas to you as well .

[@brentsmith2384]

Hello,watched your video last night where you built a pallet bin for your cookies.wood yard is looking good🍻.I would noodle those great big rounds.much safer to split.cut them into quarters.be safe and stay warm

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Quartering them up is definitely the way to go but I might just test a few on the axis an have some fun . I think that pallet bin is going to work good for the chunks

[@arnejahr3531]

Getner done that's how you do that

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

I’m getting there just gota keep plugging away .

[@jasonpinnix1905]

We did a 48 inch red oak about 2 weeks ago it was a lot of wood about 10 cord out of that dang tree .

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Wow that’s a big tree to get that much outa it . Lota nice square splits outa them big rounds and once split an stacked it’s almost a solid block .

[@ralphkanagy4602]

Nice video nice job

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks Ralph

[@jasonpeterson9276]

ill tell ya what there phil.. I had built a splitter back in 2002 that attaches to my gehl 5635 skidloader and let me tell i love them 3 to 5 ft logs i get from the tree services.. take the stihl 661 and buzz thru em than hop in the skidloader and bust em up into chunks that fit thru one the processors.. it works great.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Ya that’s definitely the way to do it . I’m gona have to quarter em up with the saw but I like ya set up with the splitter on the machine for quartering them up better .

[@toddsoutsideagain]

I love cuttin when it’s cold. It’s easier to stay warm😂Ya got alot of nice Oak rounds bucked up. Nice work Phil👊🏻

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

The cold just seems to get me motivated . Went an picked up 2 more loads of oak so I can put them big ones on the back burner for now .

[@DennisYackel]

section the big rounds like an apple pie

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

That’s going to be the plan but I atleast gota try a few of them on the axis an test that new machine out .

[@InMyBusyLittleShop]

Those are some Rick’s Outdoors sized rounds. Lots of wood in each round.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Shoot I forgot they like them big rounds also . That’s about the only good thing about them big rounds is they make a lot of nice splits .

[@iffykidmn8170]

My preferred temps are between 20-50 degrees unfortunately not many people are wanting tree work in the winter, cabin fever chainsaw withdrawal blues wish I was closer. 😁

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

The tree guys stay busy around here until the snow gets to deep so they keep me going with plenty of wood . I just went an got 2 loads of oak a few days ago so I can do more cutting .

[@noelstractors-firewood57]

Great cutting. Saw is nice and sharp. Grand poohba wont like the camera stand malfunction 🤭🤭 Big wood Phil. I know a channel that deals with that size of wood and bit bigger. They like it. 🤷🏻‍♂️. One log at a time. And it will be gone. Just be careful. Have a great weekend. 👍🏻👍🏻👋👋🪵🪓🔥🎄

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Nothing worse than cutting with a dull saw so I tend to keep a nice edge on it . I’m gona plug away at them big rounds probably quarter em up with the saw first though . Them big rounds make the best splits but they sure are a lot of work .

[@adirondackwoodsman]

I put my mill away a couple of weeks ago as well. How do you like the new bunker area. Looks nice. Jeff

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Well I thought I had put it away but Dana needed some deck boards for his trailer so we fired it back up yesterday an sawed some oak . That bunker works great for cutting rounds in as long as ya have a rock bucket to take em out with . Combine all that with the hopper feeder an ya never have to pick up or move another round .

[@adirondackwoodsman]

@ that’s great Phil! I never like putting my mill away for the winter. Hopefully I won’t have to if I get my sawmill shed built next year. Have a great weekend!

[@bobfitch607]

Sorry Phil I never split any rounds that big. Do know most people half or quarter them down to manage. Be a lot of noodling in them babies. Good luck save the back 👍🪵

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

That’s probably what I’m gona do . I watched a few of Danial’s videos . Just gota quarter em up so I can move em .

[@neilhillman6130]

Will they fit on your sawmill. If they do you can cut them into manageable sizes.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

The mill will take a 36 inch wide log so they will fit but I think it’s a lot faster to just quarter em up with the chain saw . I might save one of them for the saw mill to make some live edge planks .

[@johncrumpton1283]

On your 4x4 pallets I would use them as 4x3 and you would have plenty of air flow going through them also you could save a pair of brackets to use on the 6ft pallets using them would help with the shortage of pallets and a lot of labor just a thought from an 81 year old keep up the good work and do not work the stacking lady to much

[@howardwhitcomb6381]

Split force one is still gone did that guy buy it?

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Do you mean the axis ? He didn’t buy it but I’m quite sure he is going to order one . I just haven’t had the time to go pick it up but now that we’re going to be splitting again I need to run down an grab it .

[@MillersStumpsandFirewood712]

Love splitting Oak..

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Same here it pops apart so easy I just wish it woukd dry faster .

[@philipgagnon3114]

I still think you should have won the contest between you and Karen. Shhhh, don't tell her I said I said so. Maybe she won't read this? You da man! 😅😊

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks Philip . She’s been busy with LL beans an probably will be for another month or so . With it being cold out she’s not in any rush to be down in the Woodyard so I’m on my owne for getting stuff done an making videos .

[@Kevin-z7d4x]

Why don’t you do like your buddy Chris and the Woodyard does cut them small manageable pieces and then rep them in half with an old chain and make manageable sizes

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

That’s probably what I’m going to do is atleast get them into quarters so I can manage them on the splitter