Red Elm 🌳 2x4 wedge - Wolfe Ridge 35 SHO

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@KNLFirewood 5 ай бұрын

Oh yeah! Elm through the box wedge is a nightmare! The pieces that came out look good!

@AroundTheYard-MN 5 ай бұрын

I was thinking the same thing. Elm is just a tough split regardless. I was impressed with the quality, I was honestly expecting it to shed more than it did. If I get some time tomorrow I’m going to try a round in the 3.5”x3.5” box wedge and then probably flip in the single knife and really try and up the quality of finished pieces.

@outdoorsinthe608 5 ай бұрын

Not bad! The beast handled it pretty good!! I’m glad I haven’t had the pleasure of red elm in my woodyard😂 Great job Brent👍💪👍

@AroundTheYard-MN 5 ай бұрын

It’s miserable. Burns long and hot like oak. The stringyness of it makes it worse for making nice looking pieces, but for a fireplace it’s great.

@BW35bucket 5 ай бұрын

Great job Brent. Really impressed with all the usable wood verse the slash and trash. As soon as I seen the effort being used to push it through. I figured a ton of slash was coming as a result. Great content.

@AroundTheYard-MN 5 ай бұрын

I was thinking the same thing…that and which push am I going to stall the motor and stick a round about 1/2 way through the wedge.

@GlenKent-n8n 5 ай бұрын

That is a wonderful machine. For running wet elm it did an excellent job. I personally buck my elm and forget it for several months. It seems to split much easier. But it is impressive your machine can run it so efficiently. Have a great day.

@AroundTheYard-MN 5 ай бұрын

Totally agree. I don’t see elm very often in my wood yard and I figured it would be a really good test for the new 2x4 wedge. Hope you have a great week Around the Yard! - Brent

@inthebackyardwithdel438 5 ай бұрын

Hey Brent , nice run . That’s a lot of splits from one round . BEAST MODE 👍🏻🇺🇸

@AroundTheYard-MN 5 ай бұрын

Thanks Del, it was a good time this morning, hoping the weather holds out tomorrow and I can give it another go.

@toddsoutsideagain 5 ай бұрын

Elm😳 It turned out looking better than I thought 😂 That 35 is a beast! I think in my area red oak would look beautiful coming out of that 2x4 wedge. Nice run Brent👊🏻

@AroundTheYard-MN 5 ай бұрын

Thanks Todd! I agree, red oak would look great. How is that Wolfe Ridge VS working out in your yard?

@Lens-KeepingBusy 5 ай бұрын

Ya Brent , think you’re right, the right box wedge for the right wood, 👍🚜

@AroundTheYard-MN 5 ай бұрын

It does make a difference, I’m convinced.

@DanielAtkinsFirewood 5 ай бұрын

Welcome to Washington state raining weather. We got more coming this week. The elm turned out ok. But it will burn nicely one second.

@AroundTheYard-MN 5 ай бұрын

I’m much more of a fair weather guy, unless it’s snow ❄️ then bring it on. Rain not so much. I should have moved the camera maybe, but on the last push or two the water was just pouring out of it. It was like making lemonade.

@thefirewooddoctor 5 ай бұрын

Pushing elm through the 2x4 box wedge is a terrible idea. Is something I would've done if I had the same wedge for kicks and giggles. LOL!

@AroundTheYard-MN 5 ай бұрын

I would tend to agree 👍 but it has to be done, I along with everyone else looking at a box wedge ideally wants to know its limits. I’m kinda guessing the larger the box the easier it splits. If I have room maybe I’ll throw an elm round in for the Firewood Frenzy at Wolfe Ridge MFG on June 22nd.

@fricknjeep 5 ай бұрын

hi there lots of rain here as well . good test , best to all john looks like you need one of my stickers ,

@AroundTheYard-MN 5 ай бұрын

Yes I do! I have my name on metal from Paul Bunyan from you.

@fricknjeep 5 ай бұрын

@@AroundTheYard-MN good thing john

@circlebmn 5 ай бұрын

Elm no fun on any machine 🔥

@thefirewooddoctor 5 ай бұрын

Try splitting elm with an axe! Any hydraulic splitter is better to split elm with than an axe!

@AroundTheYard-MN 5 ай бұрын

If and when you get elm in your Woodyard, what is you preferred splitter for handling it?

@saratogafirewood 5 ай бұрын

i know its 2 stage 28gal concentric pump but it feels like single ,i got 2 alpha 6 same engines as urs ; 28gal 2 stage pumps [ andfeild ] but never heard my engines dying like the and i do 90% of big stuff up to 5' feet in diameter and she is pushing big time and i can tell when she swiching from 2nd in to the 1st gear but motor not dying like the ,they [wolfe ridge ]turned pump all the way up for speed but loosing push power i gess

@AroundTheYard-MN 5 ай бұрын

The Wolfe Ridge double pump is 38 GPM - only available on the 25Hp 800 EFI Honda and Kubota diesel engine packages. It may need a slight adjustment to the dump valve. I was expecting it to bog down after the first push or two. This is the 2x4 wedge as well. I would expect a larger box wedge to do much better in the stringy stuff, like a 4x4 or the 4.5x4.5. I can swap out to the standard 3.5x3.5 box and run a round and see how it does - stay turned I think that would be a good test for tomorrow.