My Top 5 Tools for Firewood and Logging: Pickaroon, Pulp Hook, Felling Lever, Wedges, BT Headphones

[@TheudBaldM]

I love the fact you chose that music at the end 😍😁

[@Ve-suvius]

Yeah, that was really nice.

[@Codi_Clapper]

I could definitely use some of those tools. Great recommendations! The forestry guys I’ve talked to think that a felling lever is a joke, but it totally makes sense when dealing with small diameter trees. I’ve also see people use a long pole with a Y at the end to direct the crown. I like the Stihl aluminum wedges, but they are really expensive. Last I checked Amazon was selling them for $50-60 a piece. The Bluetooth headphones look fantastic, love the ending🤣

[@benscottwoodchopper]

yeah felling small diameter trees and rolling large logs you need one. especially when felling softwoods sometimes the branches get hung up and by rolling it you can get a stuck tree down safely

[@sooziewho]

Been enjoying coming along to work with you for these last couple of videos 👍 The music at the end cracked me up… Ben made a funny 😂

[@brettbrown9814]

Great recommendations and fantastic ending!

[@harwoodblades3633]

Wedges are one of the most underrated tools for knarly timber.. another one for me is some log dogs for sawing pieces of wood in the rounds easy to make and dead handy..all the best Lincoln 🤙👍

[@Supwisebs]

3:28 This was really well shot!

[@kurts64]

Cheers for the vid, love the ending!

[@MattKeevil]

I really could use a felling lever. Have you ever tried those aluminum wedges with a replaceable wooded base (Stihl carries a version)? They have a metal ring to hold the wooden part together. I really want to get a couple for splitting and felling but I can't seem to find them in North America so I'd have to order from UK or Europe, which is expensive.

[@benscottwoodchopper]

never tried those wedges but I imagine they would work pretty good

[@hotpoker4212]

Great tools and video,what make is the wood prossesor

[@benscottwoodchopper]

Palax c700 combi, more footage of it in my last video

[@hotpoker4212]

Thanks for reply,

[@Gum05]

I can’t believe that round wouldn’t split no matter what you threw at it! That was some crazy stuff!!! Was it the species of wood or was there a bunch of knots? Looked pretty straight grained after you split it with those wedges. I only have steel wedges, I need to pick up some aluminum wedges. Those aluminum wedges didn’t sound like they sing like steel wedges.

[@benscottwoodchopper]

Its just ash that is tough, ash can split like butter but also be ridiculously hard to split

[@Gum05]

Wow I never knew that! I have quite a few ash trees on my property that died from that emerald ash borer and every one of them split easy. I’ve never experienced anything like that, but I only split wood from time to time, nothing like the level that you split. Keep up the great work and videos!

[@benscottwoodchopper]

@@Gum05 yeah most ash splits easy but when you do 1000s of tonnes you do find the odd bit that is surprisingly hard

[@frankbauer2561]

Hey, I've been wondering If you'd recommend driving wedges with the "Spaltfix" from Ochsenkopf or if the eye deforms and If you'd recommend this axe at all? What does it shine at? It looks like a great softwood splitter.

[@benscottwoodchopper]

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[@KevinsDisobedience]

Good luck finding that felling lever under that pile lol. Seriously though, gotta get me one of those.

[@benscottwoodchopper]

They are a must have imo

[@richardsullivan1776]

@@benscottwoodchopper I never seen that European style felling lever here sold in the states.

[@richardsullivan1776]

We have those forestry hooks on tubular shafts called "cant hooks" to roll logs for undercuts, I always liked the look of the European style every time I see one in a video. Another great video Ben, Happy Thanksgiving!

[@benscottwoodchopper]

@@richardsullivan1776 yeah we have cant hooks too but they are more for use in sawmilling work rather than felling

[@awyrcoch]

hi Ben great video I absolutely agree on the selection, I personally cut firewood for my own needs, mostly coppice wood and for smaller diameters than those in the video I find a billhook invaluable for smaller limbs, faggots and general handling. The small pickaroon/sappie like the one you show is a true back saver and a must for woodpile handling. I only partly disagree on the aluminum wedges, I very much like them too but found they spit out splinters too, I got one deep into my knee a year ago, and another bloke had a splinter into his forehead, very dangerous, someone told me when you beat aluminum for a long time it changes something in the material and makes it more brittle, not sure whether theres any science behind it but definitely worth giving extra care, as with steel wedges. cheers

[@Ve-suvius]

😁👍💪Eine Kleine Nachtmusik - Mozart

[@gustaveremon7019]

I use a lot the sapie and i have a hard time seeing the adventage of a pull hook instedof the sapie? Could you give me some light on this one

[@benscottwoodchopper]

pull hook is better for lifting the logs and carrying them

[@gustaveremon7019]

@@benscottwoodchopper I'll need to try, seem like I use my sapie for that job to. But thats maybe because I don't move that type of log all day but mostly longuer ones

[@benscottwoodchopper]

@@gustaveremon7019 yeah for loading 4 foot lengths onto a processor the hook is ideal, as you can also hook it onto the tray handle when you need your left hand free whilst a sappie is a bit more awkward to leave around

[@ajaxtelamonian5134]

Nice.

[@BadHorsie1]

Lifting tongs

[@annaaron3510]

Ben. File off those wedges. They can throw off shrapnel that love leg flesh. Bill is in the mail.

[@benscottwoodchopper]

I know i know, if they were steel i would refuse to use them. Aluminium just crumbles rather than shatter violently. Seen it happen more times than i can count

[@i.m.askance7996]

Hitting any kind of metal wedge with no safety glasses is dangerous!

[@benscottwoodchopper]

Not aluminium, its fine