Pushing the Limits - 6 Way Wedge on the Japa 315+ Splitting Firewood

Pushing the Limits - 6 Way Wedge on the Japa 315+ Splitting Firewood. In this video I have a few larger diameter Oak logs to run through the Japa 315+, I'm going to try the 6 way wedge and see if it has enough power. Japa 315+ Firewood Processor powered by the Kioti CK2610 tractor.
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[@oldmanfred8676]

Love seeing the Amazing Amanda helping you!

[@jeffpeters1014]

Help is always appreciated , my wife is the splitter operator

[@catsgillhillbilly]

Really nice load of wood. Great to see Amanda out there with you. Teamwork!

[@Back40Firewood]

Thanks, always nice having the better half around...lol 👍 😀 🍻

[@vleldaddio210]

Great tools and machinery ! Amanda is a great asset and hard worker great team👍👏🙌🤗

[@michaelbyrne9385]

As Johnny Tillotson used to say........Poetry in Motion! Both the Japa 315+ and Amanda. Great video Shifty. Thanks.

[@Back40Firewood]

Yes! Thank you! 😀👍🍻

[@thejacobsonproject]

Tell Amanda to share. Looks like she enjoys running that thing! Nice matching shorts you two. ❤️

[@mikeadams2339]

I missed the memo on cammo day.

[@Back40Firewood]

Hahaha…yeah I’m gonna need to go out & use over my lunch when she’s working! All my shorts are camo…styling & profiling!!😆👍🍻

[@coreyriley7160]

Great to see yous two love birds operating together

[@Back40Firewood]

Awwwwww….yes, it sure is! Pffffff 🤮 🤣👍🍻

[@craigmilligan616]

That machine is slicker than snot! 🤠👍🪵 Nice video! The Log-Ox is super handy in the wood yard. I have one, love it.

[@stephenrhodesianridgeback7418]

Just a good old used small diesel tractor with no loader for powering it up and is better torque than a gas engine and having the advantage too move it around being hooked too a three point hitch would be a nice feature having conveyor and log loader all in one . For most firewood logs I think it really does do a nice job . Your tractor with the pallet forks could feed it pretty good also . Being able too have your wife run it and being safe is a nice option also . The thin blade is a really nice design . Overall you guys are doing a good job demonstrating and this machine has alot of good features for people with wood yard s and farmers or people that burn a lot of wood and sell off the extra from there wood lots . 👍👍👍

[@Back40Firewood]

Thanks, yeah it does have its place with the right application, may not be the best for some situations but that’s just a common thing with firewood I think…lol

[@bentwedgestanleybrand5818]

Beautiful teamwork I love it!

[@MetsaMachines]

Awesome video and demonstration, glad to see the 6 way in action! Looks like the perfect size firewood for me. 👌

[@Back40Firewood]

Thanks…yeah the 6 way was no problem & made awesome size splits…worked great!

[@GPOutdoors]

What a team. Princess Lea on the controls and the amazing he-Man on the log feed. LOL!

[@Back40Firewood]

Hahaha…yeah, what a dynamic duo! 🤣👍🍻

[@ChosenOne9387]

Amanda looking good 😍😍😍

[@kevinbrewer2141]

Do we have a his and her firewood machines? It would probably be nice if you had a older tractor just to run the japa and to free up the Kioti.

[@nelsonridgefarm]

Great splitting action! Awesome! -Brad

[@vastylebbq5203]

You sure got a good one bud! And I ain't talkin' about the machine !! You guys rock.

[@markdiulio2245]

Machine seems to work out pretty well your helper is doing great

[@craigwilson9560]

Nice Video Dan! I think a Japa needs to be a part of Back40 after demonstrating it is done! Amanda will run the Japa and you will be running the Wolferidge! Get twice as much done and spend quality time with Amanda! I think she really enjoys it!

[@Back40Firewood]

Depending on which way I go with some future plans it could possibly fit into the woodyard back there.👍😀🍻

[@craigwilson9560]

Very nice! I just think of your kids growing up, playing sports and family vacations = less time. So the Japa will offset it.

[@RCAFpolarexpress]

Great camera work and OUTSTANDING HOT TEAM WORK TO BOTH OF YOU 😊👍 Your JAPA is a great machine 👍😊 CHeers 🍻

[@Back40Firewood]

Thanks…appreciate the comment! 😀👍🍻

[@RCAFpolarexpress]

@@Back40Firewood 🍻😉👍

[@davidedwards3734]

Nice video, glad to see it work. Have a Safe Day

[@joeydalia2572]

That one works a lot better than the one country view demoed

[@PurpleCollarLife]

Great looking machine!

[@jsrocker1776]

The firewood processor is nice too.

[@pohbor5788]

Said it before, awesome machine!!!!

[@stevesedgwick5789]

Great video and good little processor. Quick and easy splits

[@Back40Firewood]

Thanks...yeah it's a pretty slick little machine. Makes quick work of the smaller stuff, way less messing around bucking & picking up pieces.

[@larrykluckoutdoors8227]

Works great it looks like

[@Back40Firewood]

Yes indeed…for that smaller diameter stuff it’s slick! 😀👍🍻

[@timthompson5885]

That is a very impressive machine! It's surprising what it can do! That would spoil me if I had one hahahaha!! Stay safe my friend!! 🍻🍻😁👍

[@Aaron_A_Lynch]

Pretty sweet setup..👍🏻🤘🏻🪓

[@dmalloy96]

Looks like it’s working really great nice ending

[@Back40Firewood]

Hahahaha…she said not to put that clip in so of course I had to. 🤣👍🍻

[@ltld141]

Downfall to the pto driven processor, your heavy lifter is tied up. It would be worth the extra money to have on with the motor and hydraulics on it so your tractor is available.

[@JohnDiMartino]

Only issue is listening to a gasoline engine straining singing at 3600 is very hard on your ears ,the mechanical thrashing is so much great than a liquid cooled diesel loafing along at 1600-2400 rpm .I agree though you want your tractor available

[@DanielAtkinsFirewood]

@@JohnDiMartino : John I can agree with that.. 20years ago my wife and I were headding back home from Los Angeles to Seattle. We drove my modified Mazda for 12hours straight. When we decided to stop for the night we couldn't hear anything for about an hour. All because of exhaust tone for hours..

[@thefirewooddoctor]

Get an okd tractor with live pto that you don't care about the extra hours of engine time to run it while keeping the log handling tractor free to move the logs.

[@outdoorswithlarryrobin]

Nice unit, good video, nice always to have good help, Take care you two, be safe🚜🪵👍🏼🇱🇷

[@Back40Firewood]

Thanks…no doubt on having the good help around. Hopefully Amanda realizes these things! Hahaha 😆👍🍻

[@richiecaelwarts7873]

Once Again having Amazing Amanda on the video make the video lotts better just saying thats a game changer for getting lots of wood done nice processor it just needs its owen motor so your tactor is not tied up .

[@jakebredthauer5100]

At 9:30 the wedge made the ringing sound of high carbon tempered tool steel --- very good. The engineering on the Scandinavian processors is impressive. We import foreign cars so why can't we import these from Finland?

[@bentwedgestanleybrand5818]

Good morning from Piqua Ohio.

[@healyfamily4]

If you want more quality time with your spouse, buy a firewood processor! I’m sensing a marketing strategy. 😂

[@Back40Firewood]

Hahahahahaha….well I’m not sure about the success rate on that plan however!

[@mikeherschleb5949]

Wow.

[@realairplane261]

An inexpensive old ford 8N would be a good power supply for the yapa.

[@danaparsons4894]

I think you got a new operator for the japa The amazing Amanda loves it I think you're not going to keep her away from the machine my friend

[@traviscover590]

I like your new video the moming you guys did a really good jop this was really cool video it is work really good for you guys love your video buddy 🍺🍺

[@Zeke-yv3nw]

Dan we already want to see the yapa work you don't keep letting the model run it!🤣 Seriously it did really well with six way wedge.

[@Back40Firewood]

Hahahaha hopefully I’ll get a turn running it here soon. Lol Yeah I was surprised it pushed thru with the 6 way.

[@TakeNoneForTheTeam]

Loved video. Super cool right-sized processor. Whatever happens, don't become a commercial for equipment like Ohio Wood Burner. Just use the equipment and we'll easily see the value-add. Most of us have a super power called common sense. We'll get it :). Keep up the great content!!!

[@jakebredthauer5100]

The video was a commercial. Joe bought his Japa 365. Back 40 has this one loaned to him.

[@TakeNoneForTheTeam]

@@jakebredthauer5100 Yeah, I didn't realize this early on. Thanks!

[@Lifeinthe906]

Hey Dan the 6 way made some nice size pieces. I think you're going to miss that thing when it's gone.

[@Back40Firewood]

I'm pretty sure once it leaves like the next week my urban logger will have a removal job of like 20 8" trees....lol

[@DudeRanchDIY]

Great video Dan! I’ve been wondering how the six way would work on the smaller processor and it seems to do a great job! I think it would fit my operation really well considering I have the mini skid steer to still be able to move logs around and load the machine while the tractor powers it! I would love to try one someday… See you on the next one!

[@Back40Firewood]

While the 4 way is probably more ideal for it, it did handle the 6 way fine. Just all depends on the material going in.

[@davesoutdoorsnmore9049]

Awesome job on the processor Amanda..lol Dan's not to bad either, yes that's a nice smaller machine but still looks like it will do alot of wood even for just the normal wood guys usage....good deal

[@Back40Firewood]

Hahaha thanks! Yeah in the right set up this would really chew thru the wood. But if your process involves a lot of variables in product coming in, might not work to well.

[@davesoutdoorsnmore9049]

@@Back40Firewood very true as it seems the logs would have to be as straight as possible in order to keep it from jamming or having cutting issues. Still nice smaller unit

[@fricknjeep]

hi there nice machine and the Japa was nice also . you better get that for her . or your a dog . you know you cane write it off as a y/t expanse . lets see she starts her own y/t channel Amanda and Japa . like i said before you may become a has been . be careful have fun or have fun be careful john

[@Back40Firewood]

Hahaha, I’m guessing when you say ‘machine’ you were referring to me man handling those logs like they were toothpicks, right?!? LOL 😆

[@fricknjeep]

@@Back40Firewood your alright john

[@adamcarter5678]

Pretty slick there Shifty! There is a guy in my area that rents out a similar processor, its bigger than that Japa, different brand. He puts ad's on craigslist, so one time my neighbor rented it for the weekend. I guess the guy paid 45K for it, he'll deliver it for free, and charges like $700 for the weekend. Unfortunately for my neighbor, the majority of the logs he had cut, were to short for the rack on the far end of the processor, and they kept falling through. And it rained like a cow pissing on a flat rock all weekend, so he probably regrets that decision.

[@Back40Firewood]

lol…ohhh boy, yeah that doesn’t sound like it went as he had probably hoped. There’s a guy up here who used to do the same thing…think he ran into that a lot where he’d show up & the “logs” were nowhere near processor material.

[@pauljaney21]

Since japa in your woodyard tell them give you a deal on buying it 😆😆

[@northstarfirewood968]

Very nice !! The government should subsidize these Japas. Everyone should have one.

[@harryellingsworth8302]

This machine made is to be moved around with the Tractor and power it, it could be put in and place and have a motor power it, or get one with a motor on it, I like it, would be nice to split up to 18" logs which this model will not do, but as far as speed goes its great. Take care Shifty and Amanda

[@Back40Firewood]

Yep, with it on the 3 point hitch I think the concept is to take the machine to the log. If it had its own power source then you’d bring the log to it. It sure does make processing small stuff a breeze.

[@WSTMike]

Shifty, I love that processor, but I would have to have a standalone engine or a second tractor. The sounds you were making loading using the LogOx were not good. I bought a truck once. Wife wanted to drive it. That was it. She called it hers. 🤣 WST

[@Back40Firewood]

LOL...on the truck, yep that's about how it goes. That's the one thing with mic'n up is you get all those fabulous sounds of 'work'! I'm thinking of releasing a 'Sounds of the Woodyard' album...manually moving logs will be track #3. hahahahaha

[@thefirewooddoctor]

Me, I'll get the Japa 365 road pro.

[@stanleykeith6969]

Amanda is taking over Dan, Oh what happened to all those Back 40 Wood Hound Stickers that where all over the 315 ?

[@Back40Firewood]

Hahahaha…ohh the stickers I had only put temporarily with a little spritz of water. Just messing around having some fun.🤣👍🍻

[@davidshadwick4886]

Have you looked into Brute Force processors in your state, maybe they can give you a good deal since you can advertise for them.

[@overmysholder]

First a logger drops off a semi load of logs, then you and your family bring in the processor, and walla, the homeowner, in one afternoon, has a year's supply of wood piled in his back yard.

[@arnilazarev1771]

👍👍👍

[@bwillan]

I have a feeling that the Japa 315+ will be missed when it leaves the Back 40 wood yard.

[@Back40Firewood]

Only if I don’t get through every 12” & under log I can find…lol…after it’s gone it’ll be hard to look at limb wood and think it’s worth the time! Hahaha

[@joshwoodruff3699]

Red oak is cherry wood

[@tonyr6190]

Hey shifty good video my wife said tell Amanda girl power she has lol , use them legs bud when bending take care of that core see ya Friday night peace ✌

[@michaelwhiteoldtimer7648]

Looks like you might not run the processor ever again

[@Back40Firewood]

hahahaha…no kidding! I’m gonna have to sneak out when she’s busy with something else. lol

[@markbuilt]

Does it use the tractor hydraulics or does it have it's own pump ? the only thing is my firewood logs are not straight and very few are that size most are a bigger diameter so do they have a machine that takes up to 20 inches ? The one you have there splits good for it's size

[@Back40Firewood]

It has it's own pump that's driven by the tractor PTO. Yep it definitely need the right product to put through it....right size and type. Meaning straight...lol

[@magnusolsson864]

🇫🇮💪👍

[@bradh74]

The only bad part to that machine is that the tractor is tied up so you have to load logs by hand unless you have a second tractor. Playing hard ball the Japa and Amanda in the thumbnail. Take that America!

[@johncollins500]

Greetings from S. E. Ohio. U have unlimited use of the Japa or u buying it????? Be nice to have. Have a wonderful rest of the day!!!

[@Back40Firewood]

I just have it as a loaner/demo unit for a few weeks.

[@ericgebhart5775]

What pto horsepower do you need to run that processor. Nice set up you have.

[@Back40Firewood]

My tractor is 25 HP & handles it fine.

[@localcrew]

That thing is a chick magnet. Guess I better get one. 🧲

[@outdoorzwithcraigdz]

probably faster to just split with a normal splitter. Take what 12 inch log which is Small, As other said you have to hand load everything. Japa 315 JUNK!!!

[@jimrichards8703]

I'll disagree, its probably 3 times faster than bucking, splitting and throwing into a pile also less effort. I'm not sold on the Japa especially without a live deck and being powered with the tractor but it is a nice entry-level machine priced the same as some commercial splitters.

[@outdoorzwithcraigdz]

@@jimrichards8703 Less effort ? Then hand splitting maybe lol. He spend more time man handling the logs then It would take to buck them up and split. Lift with your grapple Buck them into a pile Split and throw into a bucket or dump. Way faster my friend I would bet money on it!!!!

[@outdoorzwithcraigdz]

And I'm not talking Have a pile of logs next to the Yappa ready to go. I'm talking full process. He has to move the logs into a pile, Sort out the 12 inch or smaller ones, Then hook up the PTO for the tractor, Dropped the log then hooking up the PTO I would have that log bucked and on to splitting before the yappa is even running.

[@jimrichards8703]

@@outdoorzwithcraigdz I'll agree there, that machine is very limited. Not one that I would consider for myself, all depends on the wood available in the area. But it is compact and could probably be taken right into the woods unlike my processor. Thanks for the comments.

[@outdoorzwithcraigdz]

@@jimrichards8703 Yeah if it could do 18 inches it would be better but again you would need a skid or another tractor to move logs around. Its great for some back yard home processing but not at a commercial scale even.

[@DanielAtkinsFirewood]

The Japa is looking good.. Too bad its on loan..

[@Back40Firewood]

Yeah no kidding…I’m scrambling to find every smaller log I have & get it processed up right away…hahahahahaha

[@jasone9]

If Japa could just come up with an auto stacker...

[@Back40Firewood]

Ha....indeed! That would make things easier....although sometimes I find the stacking relaxing.

[@jimmyhay8805]

Buy your helper a pair of gloves!!!

[@ralphkanagy4602]

Good job buddy KZbin Duke a good job you and your wife does a good job text me back buddy be safe now

[@edhansen8531]

I mentioned before on a wood channel. You would truly hate your selve if she got hurt, man up and be the boss, NO SAFETY GEAR NO WORK. mandatory Helmets, Hearing Protection, Safety Boots and Gloves if Helmet does not have a face Shield, Then Safety Glasses. Safety gear is sexy too. Take care, love the channel and that you guys set a good work ethics.

[@jakebredthauer5100]

That safety gear could cause an operator to become overheated.

[@jayjohnson2483]

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[@pipedreams57]

Half rotten oak.

[@geyser3445]

i suggest you wear short shorts like Amanda so you guys match.

[@bishopspyroworld8921]

Nooo dont wanna see his acorns hanging out the bottom