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@adambixby75638 ай бұрын
I am glad that you are wearing your chaps, I had an accident August 24,2023 with a chainsaw and ended up in the emergency room and being told I was 1/8 of an inch away from dying! It makes you rethink the PPE choice or lack there of on my end! Stay safe and love your videos Eric!
@stevecraig30048 ай бұрын
Wearing a full face motorcycle helmet saved my life TWICE. Try to convince me that safety gear isn't important. Keep rocking the PPE Eric. Love your videos!
@Brando7708 ай бұрын
I want to thank you for showing that you wear PPE on the farm. It is a little thing but I notice in a lot of your videos you wear protective equipment and I feel its a good thing to be seen on a big platform like yours. I live on the other side of the state and a lot of the farmers and such in my area talk down on PPE and consider it stuff for "sissies" but its nice to see someone as well known as you with a good operation fairly reliably using PPE to hopefully maybe change the mind of some of the younger folks who follow your channel.
@frasermathers22878 ай бұрын
100% agree with your very fine comment. All these so called "Big Tough Men" are not so tough when they have a serious accident and leave their family to cope with the result, and I have seen so many over the years in Farming & Construction. There were 511 fatalities in farming in the US in 2022!
@tildethors48168 ай бұрын
I’m sorry what is ppe?😂
@wbabbit8 ай бұрын
@@tildethors4816Personal Protective Equipment. In this case he has protective chaps on and safety glasses.
@lindavonh1318 ай бұрын
Cut wood for 50 years never wore out protective gear. If you learn to use equipment properly and responsibly never needed it. This society is scared of everything.
@lindavonh1318 ай бұрын
When I grew up we rode bikes horse skated without helmets. I think all this safety stuff give people a false sense of security. The forget to use their Brains but instead take more risk because they think they are safe. To this day I still don’t wear a helmet when riding bike or horse. Some states you don’t need helmets to ride motorcycle. If you’re scared don’t don’t it. But learn proper way to do things get off gadgets so you pay attention to what you are doing.
@greggmccleary14408 ай бұрын
The sprocket on the bar is a greased sprocket, you need a needle grease tip and put it in the hole in the bar by the sprocket, they need to be greased each use
@michaelladue56558 ай бұрын
Hey Eric if it makes you feel better I knew by the sound that the saw power head was not happy, look for a small hole next to the rivets in the tip you can grease the bearing with a needle adapter for longer life and flip the bar every time you change chains, and while the side cover is off use that same needle adapter and there should be a divit in the end of the crankshaft that Will allow you to grease the bearing between the crankshaft and clutch drum........but having recently bought into the family I am so thankful to you for your videos and your wealth of knowledge in dairy life.
@paulrichards94008 ай бұрын
I did not know that, good information. Thanks
@Ben-fk9ey8 ай бұрын
Ideally you want to turn the bar over a lot more than just when you change chains. Also it's difficult to explain but after a lot of use burs will develop on the bar and you need to file them off. Buckin' Billy Ray is a wealth of information on chainsaws.
@richardarmida81518 ай бұрын
Thanks for all the 2023 videos, a pleasure to watch. Lemme echo the ‘good thing PPE’ comments, it may influence others and save limbs. InRe Merch, when we gonna be able to buy a 10th Gen Hoodie with a zipper? Happy Holidays to all the Weavers!
@joetheagent8 ай бұрын
Merry Christmas (belated) and a Happy New Year to you and your family Eric! Thanks for another great year of content. Lookin' forward to 2024 on the farm!
@garywinters22828 ай бұрын
That little hole next to the four rivets on the bar tip is where you grease it to keep it from locking up.
@TheRealJesseStoltzfus8 ай бұрын
Always good when they just nonchalantly walk where they need to go instead of taking off running 😂
@robynmorris79458 ай бұрын
Happy New Year to all generations of the Dairymen. Thank you for all the wonderful, educational, and delightful videos you have given us in 2023.
@tommyrepulser8 ай бұрын
@Stihl send this man a new saw 🙏
@NathanTallack8 ай бұрын
Don't forget your hearing protection when using that chainsaw. ;)
@TW2008 ай бұрын
Merry Christmas/ Happy new year Eric. They sell small grease guns just for the tips of bars. I just bought one at Lowes for about 9 dollars. Happy cutting.😊
@mmurphy23178 ай бұрын
Happy New Year 9th, 10th and 11th gen. Dairyfolks! Hope it's safe, prosperous and blessed for y'all!
@josephwilcox65028 ай бұрын
The tip of bar may have a grease hole in it. Husqvarna does!
@somethinburnin7 ай бұрын
Echo bars are Oregon made, pretty sure it does have the grease port
@asquithmainlines6998 ай бұрын
We demand a lot of our chain saws. Work them hard for a few days and then throw them in the case for months on end. I have an older Husqvarna that has cut cords and cords of wood for me over the years. Last summer I pulled it out and it just wasn’t happy. I finally got it running right after adjusting the mixture and idle but I think it too is due for it’s first ever trip to the shop for a professional tune. I always sharpen my blade every time I use it. It really helps the saw perform to it’s fullest. Belated Merry Christmas Eric to you and your family. All the best in 2024.
@mikerom99588 ай бұрын
Have a fantastic new year Eric, Dad, and all your family's. Thank you for all your hard work with the vids. in 2023. Cheers from Wales.
@timputt64368 ай бұрын
It's amazing to me that you're out in your yard with a skid steer. Up in the northeast where I am it's the late mud season and a skid steer would be buried to the belly pan anywhere you go lol
@Ben-fk9ey8 ай бұрын
Looks good but one thing I've noticed is that you tend to have your head/body over the saw when you're cutting. If you happen to get some unexpected kickback you're then in line with where the saw will go, especially when not wearing a helmet try and stay to the side of the saw a bit more.
@johnboller76218 ай бұрын
Eric, be careful moving, rolling, and cutting those logs. Did that as a teen and into my 30's. It did a number on my back. Try looking good into log roller. They are worth the money.
@ileenmcminn20628 ай бұрын
You can grease the bar tip using a syringe with out a needle to shoot some grease into the sprocket.
@sethholler34178 ай бұрын
I just want to thank you for reminding me to clean the filter on my chainsaw. To be honest, I actually forgot to do that I think in the last three years. So yesterday after watching your video, I went to my chainsaw got the filter and cleaned it. Thank you again.
@jdschini8 ай бұрын
Thank you for faithfully posting informative high quality content for your subscribers! I hope you had a blessed Christmas, and I wish you and yours a very Happy and prosperous New Year!
@MorganOtt-ne1qj8 ай бұрын
Great video! Someday you will have robotic feed sweepers. No more broken handles. All in good time. 👍👍
@JD9RX8308 ай бұрын
The sprocket on the end of the bar does get jammed occasionally with wood fibers. You cleared it the same way I do.
@Dj-zz8 ай бұрын
Happy to see that you continue to exercise safety, be it hearing, eye or clothing. Safety First Always. Wishing you the very best in 2024.
@234318 ай бұрын
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and the family Eric
@devanwinterton198 ай бұрын
A lot of times lumber yards won't take tree's from people's yards because of the high chances of there being nails or metal inside the wood.
@bobcatsmith2468 ай бұрын
Hello, I know that you are really busy on a dairy farm, I've seen people put a hub and wheel on one front corner of their skid steer loader bucket to push feed closer to the cows. I've seen people also use an old garden tractor snowplow blade. I think some company makes a robot too push feed also. Just an idea. Love the videos keep up the good work and God bless and stay.
@10thgenerationdairyman618 ай бұрын
Yes we have a robot feed pusher in our milking barn but not for the heifers. Thanks
@johnrose98408 ай бұрын
You don't chop stuff up with a chainsaw. Happy New Year! I enjoy watching your videos
@steveneal27068 ай бұрын
great video Eric . Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and the Family
@archermathews85628 ай бұрын
That little hole in the bar is for oiling by the sproket
@johnmulder41218 ай бұрын
Grease 😊
@archermathews85628 ай бұрын
WD40 first to free it up then grease@@johnmulder4121
@dschagerstrom8 ай бұрын
nice to see the dog! :)
@fredrick3009Ай бұрын
I'm very interested in the vaccines and treatments that are given to the cows. My home farm has been pretty mismanaged since my grandpa retired so no vaccines or treatments ever given. Being able to have them trained to feed through head locks seems so handy for that, otherwise we would have to separately sort them into a single shute which is a pain. Ideas for the future thank you
@craiguglandrealty37058 ай бұрын
Hope you had a blessed Christmas!
@randydally3778 ай бұрын
Use ethanol free gas for saws and trimmers. Your carbs won't gum up with non use
@dougdiplacido24068 ай бұрын
Great video. Hope you and your family had a fantastic Christmas. Always like to see you using safety gear when working, you set a good example. Wishing you and your family a very Happy New Year. Thanks till next time.
@russellciokiewicz79058 ай бұрын
Your chainsaw cuts way faster than mine ever did.
@RajendraPatil-gx3vd8 ай бұрын
Merry Christmas to all your family Eric (belated) Happy New year ❤
@TurtleIsSlow18 ай бұрын
You can oil the bar sprocket, Chainsaw Bar Tip Lube Gun about 10 dollars at Home Depot. Should be lubricated at least ever other use.
@khoughton4118 ай бұрын
The holes on each side of the bar near the tip are for grease. Go ahead and give them a squirt while rotating the chain. Do for every 4 hours of use. I bet the saw never fails for that reason ever again.
@Its_Me00008 ай бұрын
Happy New Year Eric.
@karencary33128 ай бұрын
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. I always look forward to your videos. The BEST❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
@JMartinhomestead8 ай бұрын
I can bring over my splitter if you need it!
@steverumbaugh5458 ай бұрын
Love the gas can. Those were the best. See one at a garage sale, buy it!
@RELO68 ай бұрын
make sure your bar oiler is working, i noticed at the end of the video the bottom of that bar is turning blue.
@robertdouglas41308 ай бұрын
I have 2 Echo chain saws, a small pruning one and one your size. I really like them.
@Dan-qy1rg8 ай бұрын
I hope that you and your family had a great Christmas and I want to wish you all a Happy New Year and a safe one too! Thanks
@maynardreed40368 ай бұрын
You should grease the top of the bar each time you fill with gas.
@canvids18 ай бұрын
Hope you had a great Christmas and wish you all the best in the New Year. Watching you cutting and moving those big logs brings back lots of memories but now a old man we lose our strength that we had in our young years. Enjoyed your video thank you.
@steveadams997088 ай бұрын
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all. Thanks for the year's worth of videos Eric.
@chrisforsberg73288 ай бұрын
Hi Eric, you always find something to do to fill your day in. Pine trees are only good for making timber planks, not for burning. All the hard work building new sheds over the past 2 years is making life a bit easier now. I hope you and your family have a good NYE and hope 2024 delivers less climate issues. Chris from Victoria, Australia 🇦🇺.
@d2ndborn8 ай бұрын
Hope you and the family had a great Christmas. Can you grind the wood up and use it as saw dust for the cows?
@JoeCubicle8 ай бұрын
Thanks for the video Eric! I love watching firewood processing. We had a nice Christmas and hope you and yours did too!
@danfinley36908 ай бұрын
God bless y’all and merry Christmas and a happy new year
@doug18838 ай бұрын
Cutting wood is so satisfying...
@RunicGamingYT8 ай бұрын
There are oil holes on that bar that need to remain unclogged in order for that chain to be able to run and stay lubricated. Otherwise it will seize up kind of like what was going on when you were using it. It also helps to be able to transport contaminants out of that area so I would definitely be checking on that chainsaws/bar oiling system for sure.
@gregcatlett14588 ай бұрын
Thanks to you Eric and All of your family and your very important employees !! Use to love the heat of fire wood but 😂😂😂to young now!! HAPPY 2024.
@cartermann61618 ай бұрын
If you guys are looking for a good way to store your split wood fertilizer totes work really good!
@petelamps60558 ай бұрын
Merry Christmas to you and your family, see you in the new year
@stevebiddle89128 ай бұрын
That’s going to make some great firewood for someone. Have a Happy and prosperous New Year from Oklahoma
@michaelbudzinski98808 ай бұрын
The one sided hole near end is for grease
@franciscosandiego30268 ай бұрын
Have a happy new year brother from the imperial county California 👍🎉🎉🎊🎊 you and your family
@AllanAion8 ай бұрын
that's a lot of bedding....
@jdjd9628 ай бұрын
What about renting a wood shaving maker machine that would be useful for your farm...
@CMDSR8 ай бұрын
Nice pile of wood there Eric. I’m sure somebody with an outdoor furnace would love to have all that wood. Hope you and yours had a Merry Christmas and that 2024 finds you blessed in many ways.
@stayinalivemedical7908 ай бұрын
So, I see a lot of what you are doing with the cows. Do you have any information about what you do with the milk after you milk the cows? My dad grew up on a farm and worked on one in the summertime (he's teacher) when I was small, so I got to do some things with him there. I'm curious what the "big boys" do that might be different than the smaller, family farm does.
@davidkimmel42168 ай бұрын
Happy New Year 🎈🎊
@tucobenedicto1098 ай бұрын
Besides the bar problems, the carb doesn't sound right. Use non ethanol gas. 89 octane or better for the mix. Yup filter will do it.
@Scotthobart10868 ай бұрын
Another great video!
@46rambo498 ай бұрын
you have to lube the tip with a needle grease fitting, see your saw shop, I teach saw safety, have your saw shop show you proper operation, how to make the saw work for you using the log spikes at the head of the bar, much easier on the saw and you. be safe
@jtbradt168 ай бұрын
Thanks for reminding me that I should clean out the air filter in my chainsaw. 😂
@adventure_hannah38418 ай бұрын
Us city folk pay money to get fit at the gym, but farmers just exist and get a workout AND mark stuff off the checklist!
@drsmith48068 ай бұрын
Plz i dont care if you think you look goofy as heck plz wear PPE, it will save you trip to E.R or even your life one day. Merry Christmas to you all.
@larrygreen19158 ай бұрын
Good bit of lumber in that. I run a mill and all I see is money
@j.Forsblom8 ай бұрын
Merry christmas erik
@tenkiller99998 ай бұрын
Sawmills don't want yard trees or trees from fencelines. There a very good chance they have nails embedded in them.
@jamesbreault57628 ай бұрын
You could use a bit bigger saw than that little one
@farmhand37248 ай бұрын
I’m glad you did this video. I’m not a member of the chainsaw police but that’s a sick running saw. I hope Stihl or Echo steps up and sponsors you with a new healthy sounding saw. Lol
@Bradley11058 ай бұрын
Nice, keep up the good work, us farmers need to stick together
@ScotWalt8588 ай бұрын
All good!
@jesusisGod14348 ай бұрын
Hi Erik, if you keep your chainsaw out of the dirt the saw will stay sharper longer. ❤ Happy New Year! God bless you and your family. ✝️👍🏼❤️
@beebop98088 ай бұрын
Ask your dealer for for a bar oiler. There's little hole on the end of the bar to oil the roller.
@johnmulder41218 ай бұрын
Grease!!!
@slims26858 ай бұрын
so happy you have a gas saw and not a battery power one!
@geoffbrumpton85448 ай бұрын
That nail is y sawmills don’t like house yard trees.
@marchallairsoft8 ай бұрын
Erik happy New years for you and your familie grreetss from the netherlands
@ryanwaege72518 ай бұрын
Thanks for the video!
@Gordonseries3858 ай бұрын
👍 🎄Merry Christmas🎄 🥛
@TheGilbert481978 ай бұрын
I had good Christmas and I hope you and your family have great new year and be safe
@berniegallizio50428 ай бұрын
The oil hole…
@SabineA-w3v8 ай бұрын
Happy new year
@somethinburnin7 ай бұрын
I like my Ecgo saws. But that seems to be a little guy.
@francisunwin54638 ай бұрын
Hey Eric over the suppliers have asked you to try there farm equipment would love to see you try and review the avant loader and it attachments maybe the usa dealer for avant could supplier a demo
@benkpsnyder8 ай бұрын
Hey eric. I got the same sweatshirt your wearing for christmas!
@nashcobb30568 ай бұрын
thank you
@JoaoPires-pd9ot8 ай бұрын
❤❤ uma madeirinha dessa aí bota para secar botar um pouquinho de manhã
@frankmcnish84898 ай бұрын
There is a small hole near the end tonearm the bearing in there
@jacobtanner928 ай бұрын
1st Generation Lumberjack
@carlmarr29848 ай бұрын
does your wife help out on the farm or your kids if they are old enough
@itssnowing-kx9ib8 ай бұрын
Ha ha I m usually highly intoxicated and freakin out about being eaten by a bear..... is the truck out of the drop zone hahahahah I bought split wood this year but dropping trees is a rush