PONDEROSA PINE firewood in New Mexico -

Out in New Mexico with Ken and some Husqvarna saws taking on some Ponderosa Pine trees.

[@Hippo0529]

Man, that trailer was cubed! Right on!

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yes it was real full!

[@georgebarger3345]

Interesting stuff.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Thanks for watching!

[@gbltheolechurch5acrehomestead]

We just bought our winter firewood supply for The Ole Church.

[@justinjohnson2657]

That second pine tree looks a lot like the first pine tree. Your editor needs more coffee! :)

[@kennethcarlson8713]

Yup

[@thefirewooddoctor]

Those guys are good! Drop two identical trees in the exact same way, plus recited their lines the same the 2nd time around! Such amazing on-screen talent!

[@andrewsamanthamadison3320]

That was a Biggun! Glad it came down safely! Chris and Kenny are the only guys I know that look forward to working on their vacations!

[@InTheWoodyard]

HA! Yes we do like to do fun stuff and cutting trees is that x10!

[@bluegrassoutdoors]

Great stuff! Never knew there was such a thing as pine that was as heavy as oak. Very interesting! Lots of great firewood content in your videos and beautiful scenery in New Mexico. Thanks for sharing my friend and keep up the great work! God bless.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Thanks so much for watching!

[@MC-eb2uf]

Great team

[@InTheWoodyard]

Thanks!

[@pioneerspiritPS]

The Ponderosa Pine tree is my all time favorite tree. The vanilla smell is fantasitic! I lived in southern British Columbia and had many around my home and moved back east and miss the Ponderosa so much!

[@InTheWoodyard]

Very cool! They are great trees!

[@toddsoutsideagain]

Massive tree! Lotta wood there. Nice job felling Ken! I bet it smelled great bucking and loading the trailer. Great footage Chris!👍🏻👍🏻GNI

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yes it smelled awesome!

[@craigwilson9560]

It is always a great video with you and Kenny in it! Great felling Job that Kenny did! That was a massive tree that will make a lot of firewood. That was a nice tour of that woodyard. Lots and lots of firewood just like in the woodyard!

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yes it was a lot of fun! Thanks for watching!

[@stannelson2582]

Larch or tamarack is like that too from the beginning of the video. Hard hot and slow burning. Thanks for the trip gents!

[@mercoldswfo]

Tamarack is no joke. That’s heavy wood!

[@InTheWoodyard]

Thanks for watching!

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yes it is!

[@aarons3203]

Thanks Chris, tell Kenny I like his Stormy Kromer and his 572xp with the full wrap!

[@InTheWoodyard]

We like Stormy Kromers! The saw is Jeremys, the ranch manager/guide.

[@scottroley2684]

Great video , thanks for sharing.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Thanks for watching Kenneth!

[@larryvankirk7423]

Serious wood cutting there. Your host seemed to enjoy Kenny's 372. Finally a working saw with a little paint off the bar. Good luck on the hunt. GNI

[@InTheWoodyard]

It was the ranch managers saw...Jeremy, and it was a 572xp, a great saw!

[@philgriswold2133]

Nice long video of just tree cutting. Nice one to watch on a cool, rainy Sunday morning.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Glad you enjoyed it! RAIN?!?! It is 13 degrees here, going to be below zero tonight!

[@philgriswold2133]

@@InTheWoodyard Brrr. Our unseasonal warm weather is about to end and it should be below freezing in the morning. It has almost been hot down here, certainly not burning any firewood. It will snow tonight in the higher elevations, but we're at about 2000', so just rain.

[@brucearney9536]

Nice work ! Good to see real world wood cutting .

[@InTheWoodyard]

Glad you liked it!

[@gregprince2523]

Chris.... the difference in Ken's saw and the other saw is....... significant like twice the rpms and power. Ken makes that thing sing a complete different tune when he's on it. It goes thru that Ponderosa in 1/3rd the time

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup!

[@danthornton5098]

Picture quality is excellent. Another good video.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Glad you enjoyed it, I switched to 60fs, I think it looks better too.

[@glennkisling3365]

Lol man you guys had a day of it that’s some good stuff Chris 👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup, we had a blast every day, kinda like at home, nothing but fun with great folks and great scenery!

[@tomwinegar1371]

Damn Chris, there’s a lot of wood in that tree. More than it appeared. Have a great week.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yes, we get a lot more in future videos from the trip.

[@robertd.renovator7270]

Good Morning Gentlemen, and Happy New Year. As I watched you cut, and cut, and cut, all I kept thinking is that tree isn't going to get into that trailer by itself. Bucking is the easy part. Then the real work begins. Enjoy the "busman's holiday".

[@InTheWoodyard]

Happy new year to you also, yup, firewood is work and more work, but fun satisfying work.

[@stanleykeith6969]

Chris and Ken, what a Great Job you guys did, there is enough wood there to last me a couple of winters. Great wood pile. You can telll that Ken knows what he's doing when it comes to cutting trees down.😁

[@InTheWoodyard]

Ken does good work and a lot of it!

[@davebrown3301]

3D in the wood yard, looked like that axe was coming into the camera! Beautiful country.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yes it sure is nice there!

[@noenwarrior1]

Thats alot of wood!!

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yes, it sure was!

[@danshouseofsmokeandoutdoor7119]

Nice tree lots of good wood in that. My dad tells story of when he was logging yellow pine down the salmon river. Used a 36 inch bar had trees that he have to notch to get the center. Not many old growth trees left.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Those must have been some real monsters!

[@danshouseofsmokeandoutdoor7119]

@@InTheWoodyard says some them wear so big they couldn’t even get the first saw log out of the forest. 8 foot on the stump

[@pavelkysa9907]

Super tank 🦈🐯🌽🦆🏍️🐙🍗✊😝😆💰💸🎻😛🐲😀♥️🚜🐓🐑🐻🐉🐉☀️🌊👀👀👀👀👀👀😅💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪

[@InTheWoodyard]

Thanks for watching!

[@DanielAtkinsFirewood]

Just like my woodyard. Bet it was smelling like the worlds largest Air freshener..🤣🤣 The young man did a good job to..😁👍

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yes and yes!

[@danlisowski]

Imagine being a tree and seeing Kenny walking towards you with a saw. That's the start of a really bad day.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Ya, he is a real killer!

[@dethmaul]

WWOOOOOO!

[@jasonpeterson9276]

A little to the North of ya pegosa pines are protected... on my little 5 acre spot in the mountains by pegosa springs co some trees are around 3 to 400 years old .. and I've spent about 5 years going into the woods in the fall time to plant more seedlings.. great trees!!!

[@InTheWoodyard]

Nice, I plant a few hundred trees a year too!

[@canvasman2307]

Enjoyable video. The very definition of good guests and lending a helping hand whenever you can. #theRealCarlsonBros

[@InTheWoodyard]

We had great hosts!

[@canvasman2307]

@@InTheWoodyard It seems like you and Kenny attract good folks and interesting characters to boot.

[@Lifeinthe906]

Elk hunting and cutting firewood??? Sounds like a perfect vacation to me!!!!

[@InTheWoodyard]

Man, it sure was!

[@jamesmiller7283]

That was just for camp

[@brianellis4964]

Looks as though great day out for all - except the tree!

[@InTheWoodyard]

The tree was dead and was happy to get to lay down. HA!

[@coreyriley7160]

G’mornin Chris. Lots of carnage !! Big wood. GoodNightIrene

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yes the carnage was awesome!

[@thefirewooddoctor]

I bet the sound on camera doesn't do it justice as to how the tree hitting the ground really sounded.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Nope, it shook the ground.

[@dennisconlon5810]

Chris you brother is a great logger. He is always thinking of the best and safest way to do the next cut. I think your friends need a bigger trailer. That poor trailer must have been bottoming all the way back.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup, Ken knows his stuff, that trailer is big enough for the 2 track narrow mountain roads he has to drive on, it was loaded plenty for sure.

[@min-dakwoodhound7314]

That was a hell of a lot of wood in 1 tree!!!

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yes it was about 4 full cords.

[@Mainelywork]

🤘

[@InTheWoodyard]

Thanks!

[@bentwedgestanleybrand5818]

Hello everyone

[@InTheWoodyard]

Sir Stanley !

[@popsnorthcutt1741]

Good luck elk hunting, very tasty animal. Great job on the tree, looked like a lot of work.

[@InTheWoodyard]

You will see the elk hunt soon!

[@mikeherschleb5949]

That husky looked sharp. But ponderosa pine instead of the Midwest oak…. Still fun to watch it run through that big wood.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup, Ken had it sharp, but the pine out there is no joke, on another video we go and cut pinyon pine and it is like cutting dry bone/dead dry hickory.

[@mitchz.6234]

Hope you brought your dremel tool Chris??.....Where's all the Elk??

[@InTheWoodyard]

No Dremel, Ken hand filed and the elk video will be on very soon. We could not hunt for a couple days so we made fire wood.

[@logginlogan6796]

Did you take a souvenir piece?😆

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yes I have some to burn for a video I will do this winter on ponderosa and pinyon pine.

[@billybobswood8153]

was there some kind of bug in the tree or are those woodpecker holes looking for food?

[@InTheWoodyard]

I do not know, thee where very few dead trees that I saw.

[@marclauzon1882]

I’ve heard (but never seen) that for softer western pines they make a skip tooth chain so the saw can get rid of the chips easier . Any of you pro cutters heard or seen this. Sure is beautiful rugged country compared to Appleton.👍👌🇺🇸💪

[@brucearney9536]

You are correct , skip tooth on long bars allow for better chip flow .

[@InTheWoodyard]

Ken has tried skip tooth and was not impressed. I have not. We do not use extremely long bars, just 24" they will cut down almost all trees here and retain chain speed, it gives you a 48" cut.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Long bars.

[@nickbanks2873]

I am no pro cutter but have ran alot of saw on wildland fires and I only used skip tooth chain it keeps the chain speed up and my shortest bar was 28 inches and up to 32 inches I still cut firewood in the west and still use the same type of chain and bar sizes but some of the lodgepole pine i cut is over 100 feet tall and 30-40 inches at the base and the juniper is alot shorter but is wide at the base as well

[@thefirewooddoctor]

@@nickbanks2873, once you get to the 28in wood in a single cut then the skip-tooth pulls dead even for cutting speed, depending on species. After that skip-tooth starts to become faster and faster as the logs get bigger.

[@seanlloyd4446]

Did I hear right Kenny said he only had two little ones lol

[@kennethcarlson8713]

Wedges

[@InTheWoodyard]

Wedges, wedges Sean!

[@gabrielklassen9043]

What's funny that's the size of pine I cut up here in Canada 🇨🇦but the grains are definitely not as tight but heavy too

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yes, we have spruce and white pine that size too but wide grain fast growing trees.

[@jeffkenyon7084]

It was nice to see Kenny use a proper wedge banger was he cutting with a 572

[@InTheWoodyard]

Ha! Ya, he uses what ever is around most of the time!

[@jeffy1466]

I'd say 4 and a half cords of wood from that tree. That's a beast of a tree. I love bucking the logs but hate the cleanup. Rolling those big ass logs around gets me tired pretty quick.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Tune in tomorrow for the winching of the log!

[@DanBeamer]

Wow another Hugh Load! Lol

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup!

[@TakeNoneForTheTeam]

The reason we don't burn pine here on the east coast is ours has 50x the resin and sap. You can't lean against a pine tree without feeling like you've encountered a 3M adhesive sales rep. I'm no arborist, but there must be a difference I guess.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Most pine has a lot of sap/resin, it burns great.

[@wolley2012]

Sap=BTU. Burning conifers is fine. It has to be dry like anything else.

[@JesseLJohnson]

It burns fine if its good and seasoned just it burns fast and sparks a lot. I wouldn't use it don't know anybody who does but there must be somebody. Fine for outdoor campfire use I wouldn't use it for anything else but out west that is probably about all they have and they have different species that I have heard is comparable to hardwoods we burn but I have no idea never had any to compare. Sure I have had some pine before since we used to burn a lot of slab from the Amish saw mills. Its supposed to all be hardwood but there could have been some pine that got mixed in over the years. I haven't bought any of that in 20 years or so though. I did buy a couple face cords from a neighbor that sells wood a couple years ago that was really seasoned just to use for kindling and I have bought pallets of slabs and scraps a couple times I had to cut myself but that was def all hardwood from local sawmills. Most of that was cherry and oak.

[@hankjordan2602]

Eastenmade log splitter

[@jeremysmith6863]

I wish I could afford one, I would buy it in a heart beat.

[@InTheWoodyard]

I am sure Jeremy would like one!

[@InTheWoodyard]

Hey there you are the man the myth the legend! How are things in the great state of NM today?

[@cleokey]

Are these pines dying because water shortage and beetle getting through the bark?

[@InTheWoodyard]

I do not know, my guess would be just old age or maybe lightning.

[@lendevonuk5479]

Very entertaining Chris! So good you felled the same tree, with the same wedge, twice! 😊 After a while I put on some ear protection. Seems like down in NM they don’t like chain saw files. Ole Kenny is certainly a ‘rising’ star. Excellent content, and very entertaining! Obviously a lot of thought is going into your channel now….and it shows. Keep it up. Hope you do as well with the Elk? Cheers Len (Ukdevon) TTFN!

[@InTheWoodyard]

Glad you enjoyed it Len, Ken like to have the sharpest chain possible at all times so he does what he does! The elk hunting video will be out soon, more firewood tomorrow!

[@heymakerphd1982]

That tree was so dang dusty, Kenny had to cut it down twice!! Missed seeing Kenny's Ipana smile. Must've been missing Tony! Kinda looked like a Weeble in all that mess of blocks. He just keeps sawing!! I take a break every 5 or 10 minutes, you know, just to give the saw a breather!

[@InTheWoodyard]

The ground was very dry, they had no rain or snow for three months. Ya gotta keep moving!

[@thefirewooddoctor]

I can't believe Kenny is using a little "weeny" saw. Usually I see him running a 395xp when he's on your channel.

[@InTheWoodyard]

That was a 572 xp not so weeny.

[@thefirewooddoctor]

@@InTheWoodyard, I know. Was making a jest on what Kenny said in the past about weeny saws. The 572xp is a serious saw for sure!

[@loodusefilm7881]

So far Panderosa was for me just a name from a TV show. 😂

[@InTheWoodyard]

It is good stuff, big wood!

[@Z-Bart]

A Wisconsin wood chucker (x2) goes West.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yes!

[@anthonylamura8600]

We have land in beautiful Colorado Its Pine and Aspen That's it ! LoL

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup, you will cut what you have locally!

[@rodneysweetnam8653]

Hi Chris - it's Big Rodders in Ireland. It seems that all countries have their battles with things killing trees. In Europe we have Ash Dieback disease that is decimating stock. In the 1970s Dutch Elm disease destroyed that species here.

[@mercoldswfo]

Ash trees dying left and right here in Wisconsin

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup, same here and the red oaks are dying off too from oak wilt.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup!

[@thefirewooddoctor]

Only you and Kenny would go on vacation or a hunting trip and go cut firewood. You guys do that all the time. Don't you want to relax when on vacation/hunting? LOL, I'd probably do the same thing. Running a chainsaw is relaxing to me when am well rested mentally and physically.

[@InTheWoodyard]

We hunted in the mornings and evenings and cut wood in the middle of the day, It was perfect!

[@danahasson2892]

What size husky Saw was that

[@InTheWoodyard]

572xp

[@aldredske6197]

Good morning Chris!!😀😀 There's a lot of wood in a tree that size. Was the air a little thin up there?? Hard to work hard if you are not used to it. Take care my friends!! TTYL!!

[@kennethcarlson8713]

Hello al I was out of breath just driving in the wedges

[@aldredske6197]

@@kennethcarlson8713 I would have had to have a tank of oxygen just to walk around if I were there. LOL!!

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yes, Ken and I where sucking air for sure!

[@InTheWoodyard]

We would have used it if it was there! We where at about 8,000 feet! For flat landers that is much thinner air!

[@thefirewooddoctor]

Logger Al, imagine if we had trees this size everywhere in our area to harvest!

[@kellyhamel4302]

I wish I could sell Ponderosa pine where I live, most people turn their nose up at it. We have some that are over 4 foot at the stump.

[@InTheWoodyard]

There is nothing wrong with it at all, but compared to pinyon, thee is a difference.

[@bob_frazier]

Arizona has the largest Ponderosa Pine forest on earth, but we have the largest tree here in Oregon.

[@InTheWoodyard]

That is good to know, thanks Bob!

[@jandblawncare8570]

That's a lot of wood!

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yes sir!

[@johncollins500]

Alot of firewood!!!!

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup, sure was!

[@dethmaul]

They better have gotten approval to ship that pine that far, so they don't spread disease or pests!

[@InTheWoodyard]

Maybe so!

[@verajamieson8020]

Beauitfull bark.

[@InTheWoodyard]

It really is!

[@omarvlogs1018]

Piñon is the number one wood selling in New Mexico i sell it a lot!

[@InTheWoodyard]

It is great smelling hot burning firewood for sure, it is like hickory for hardness, great wood!

[@popandnanao]

What was the degree angle you were using to cut that pine tree

[@InTheWoodyard]

I do not know. Ken notched it and back cut it wedged it and it went down.

[@haroldanderson2781]

No get outside and get cutting? No poke the buttons? Thanks for not forgetting Irene.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Sorry, the air was thin and I was light headed! HA!

[@firewoodathome]

Big wood.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup.

[@MuhaloTube]

What a whopper! At 38 minutes you're into some heavy wood, and still 20 feet up from the stump! How many tanks of fuel did it take to get the whole thing bucked?

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup, it was big for sure, I do not know how many tanks, but it was a few.

[@kennethcarlson8713]

Close to 5 tanks

[@thefirewooddoctor]

@@kennethcarlson8713, bet you wish you had the 395cp with you to buck up the trunk!

[@michaelobrien6948]

Great video! I love to see the chainsaw work 👍

[@InTheWoodyard]

You and me both! Thanks!

[@frank4532]

Great job The youngster struggled with the saw Good luck on the hunt Happy new year 🎉

[@InTheWoodyard]

Happy new year to you also Frank, the young man did a good job he is 19 and is cutting great for a beginner.

[@kellyhamel4302]

Think that youngster just needs a little practice and a longer bar, he has a really tall frame.

[@tbonemc2118]

Sounds a lot like women's equality saying that Husqvarna carried the day when one saw was a Stihl. And a farm boss too according to the bar.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Not sure what you are getting at there.

[@tbonemc2118]

@@InTheWoodyard In your description you forgot all about the Stihl.

[@jackpinesavageadventures3142]

👍

[@InTheWoodyard]

Thanks for the thumb!

[@davidedwards3734]

Great looking tree, its sad we have infestation throughout the country killing different species. Have a Safe Day

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yes, but everything dies eventually, I did not see a lot of dead trees there.

[@glennevitt5250]

Pine here in South Try 2 of the white burning pine at all cost

[@glennevitt5250]

Burn

[@InTheWoodyard]

Some people are afraid of pine for no good reason, it burns just fine, but faster and not as much BTUs.

[@glennevitt5250]

@@InTheWoodyard Thank You

[@richiecaelwarts7873]

WAS THAT SAW BOGGY BECAUSE OF THE SAP IN THE WOOD I KNOW WHEN I CUT HEMLOCK MY 372 GETS LIKE THAT MY MOMS LAND HAS A BUNCH OF DEAD HEMLOCK WE CUT DOWN SHIT WOOD LOL..

[@InTheWoodyard]

No I do not think so, it was just being forced hard to cut probably.

[@kennethcarlson8713]

I did not properly file it

[@tinysworld1749]

My 572 is set up like that one with a full wrap and the big felling dogs. Those dogs grab like crazy and will stall the chain in anything if you're not ready for it

[@gdngr]

Elevation maybe. I was wondering if they had to lean them out a tad because of elevation? Sounds pretty crisp to me though. Those pondos are no joke.

[@norman1826]

That tree literally got attack from all sides and cut to size in no time....👉

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yes it did!

[@michaelblais7638]

Wedge cut is too small and your hinge cut is too low, just saying 👍🏻

[@InTheWoodyard]

Ken has been professionally hand felling for over 30 years, the tree went exactly where we wanted it to go so....

[@CPAULKLEIN]

Looks like the beetles killed that tree

[@InTheWoodyard]

I do not think so there where very few dead trees out there. The ones that where dead where very big ones hing up the mountain and it is very dry out there, 3 months without rain/snow.

[@CPAULKLEIN]

@@InTheWoodyard I thought I saw beetle holes in the bark and blue staining in the wood. That's why I was thinking it was a beetle kill

[@mikea4074]

Those guys REALLY need a log lift on there splitter.....WOW!!!! Does that stuff cut and dry like our pine or more like a hardwood?

[@InTheWoodyard]

The ponderosa is like a more dense tighter grained white pine with more BTUs, smells great burns hot. The pinion is the hardwood of pine, very tight grain, dense, heavy wood that is like cutting dry bone and puts out massive BTUs like 27ish.

[@mikea4074]

@@InTheWoodyard it's interesting to see how other people in the country do things........

[@classicamericanoldman1091]

You dudes set the example about what hard work is.....show this to anyone under 30 and they'll say "I'm not doing that?"....#awful

[@InTheWoodyard]

Thanks, we all like to work and get stuff done.

[@CloudLakeMoon]

I agree with your first statement but feel your generalization of under 30s is awful. Most of the ones I know work hard.

[@classicamericanoldman1091]

@@CloudLakeMoon Correct...it is a sweeping genralization...but when I was young..40 years ago...ANY job paying $3 an hour was GOLD. Now...Wendy''s closes because no one is willing to work... Just my experiance.

[@RyanSmith-go3ig]

They did also have a 19 year old along. I appreciate my dad for instilling work ethic in me. I would also like to point out who raised the "I'm not doing that" as you refer to it generation.

[@classicamericanoldman1091]

Yeah....not me. I'm old and all but my girls are 5 and 1...and will know that hard work is the key to everything you want. Of course I blame the parents(to a point) for an entire generation of slugs...but I wont be contributing to it..

[@viorelscrob6391]

Where is this?

[@InTheWoodyard]

New Mexico

[@viorelscrob6391]

@@InTheWoodyard is it in Mexico

[@jeremysmith6863]

New Mexico, the state borders Colorado, Arizona, Oklahoma, Texas and Utah

[@viorelscrob6391]

@@jeremysmith6863 ah okay thanks,

[@viorelscrob6391]

USA

[@ChrisLascari]

1st

[@InTheWoodyard]

Gold metal winner!

[@JuanGarcia-ig4zl]

If your on public land in nm its illegal to cut ponderosa pine snags. I sell wood too. But respect what the mountain and the Lord gave us.

[@InTheWoodyard]

This is a private ranch 50,000 acres. Jeremy is the ranch manager and his job is the keep the roads open and when a tree dies and fall across the road which this one would have he has to take care of it, that is what we where doing.

[@JuanGarcia-ig4zl]

@@InTheWoodyard 50,000 acres in northern New Mexico? That is massive! I live here in nm. Been swinging a saw since I was 14. Now 56. These mountains fed me for many years. Logging, comercial firewood blocks. Never seen a ranch that large with pp in the north. Gotta be Valle Vidal or Indian land right?

[@tonybunch543]

👍

[@InTheWoodyard]

Thanks!