Splitting The Toughest Wood In America!

[@cwwhite5137]

Hey brother. Congratulations! It's a very nice piece! Chip / TN

[@FirewoodontheHill]

Thanks for watching

[@outdoorswithlarryrobin]

Hello Mat, congratulations you got a wonderful trailer👍🇺🇸

[@FirewoodontheHill]

Thanks

[@LogCabinFirewood]

You're gonna love that trailer, Kaufman makes good stuff, I still love mine!!! Thanks for the shout out 😂💪 All we got in this world is each other and you're one of the good one's Matt!🤜🤛 I agree with your choice of ear muffs with Bluetooth capabilities, over just the ear buds. I used to do that too and I'd end up with screaming headaches like I wasn't even wearing any hearing protection.😂😂 Sweet gum is my worst enemy 😂😂 splitter don't really have a problem with it but, yes like you showed its harder to do that oak, but just the way it shreds instead of actually splitting is the hardest part. It doesn't make pretty wood😂😂 I do agree though, it's good burning !!! I think showing that Comercial splitters are the answer to splitting sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua). Much easier than a box store splitter!!!! Stay safe brother, see ya next time

[@FirewoodontheHill]

I appreciate that Jack. You are good people too! The splitters don’t have a problem with it the end result is the problem haha. Thanks for watching take care!

[@Stihlalive044]

Matt, 9 years old I would seriously change out all of the tires before using it with the weight of firewood.

[@buckinfirewood]

Check those bearings and brakes .. breaks tend to seize up on trailer especially if not used enough.. great find, great addition!!

[@FirewoodontheHill]

The tires are actually in great shape. They have been inside their whole life. No sun or moister issue. Brakes seem to work so far!

[@Stihlalive044]

@FirewoodontheHill once you put some weight on them on the highway they could rip apart. Spare on my camper was like brand new and never used. I replaced it and when on the machine it tore apart like paper, all dried out.

[@larryterrell8458]

Great find!

[@VicsYard]

Love my work tunes. Gotta have something or go nuts! Lol

[@FirewoodontheHill]

I agree!

[@davidedwards3734]

Congratulations on your trailer!! Sweet Gum is nasty wood!! Stay Hydrated and Have a Safe Day

[@FirewoodontheHill]

Thanks man!

[@FoothillsFirewood]

Matt, I felt this video on so many levels. I thought I was so far ahead with the most wood I’ve ever had to sell and people have been blowing me up non stop, feel like all the getting ahead was for nothing! Champagne problems, I know. I also enjoy burning and have customers who enjoy burning sweet gum but man it’s a bear to split. IMO worse than elm or sycamore, but those 3 fight for the crown. Nice trailer, great score!

[@FirewoodontheHill]

Yeah I would rather split elm for sure. I don’t think I’ve had any sycamore before. We got good problems on our hands and we just gotta keep digging! Thanks for watching .

[@waynetharp]

Nice trailer!!👍Sure makes you wonder what kind of business practices the tree service has, if they can't even keep their word to you on picking the gum back up.🙄

[@FirewoodontheHill]

Yeah it’s sad to say but you kinda expect it with the tree service. All good though I got free wood!

[@TwinCityFirewood]

Super nice trailer, Congrats!!

[@FirewoodontheHill]

Thanks man!

[@FirewoodInTheField]

Matt, that's awesome about the trailer and firewood sales!! My area has also been going crazy with sales, I am almost sold out! (I'm a lot smaller operation than you). I hate sweet gum....

[@FirewoodontheHill]

I will probably be sold out by thanksgiving! The demand grows every year and I’m at my max productivity with the amount of time I have. Good problems to have.

[@inthebackyardwithdel438]

Hey Matt , nice trailer . I love mine 👍🏻🇺🇸

[@FirewoodontheHill]

Thanks you have the same one?

[@inthebackyardwithdel438]

@ I have a 6x10 Kauffman

[@shotlifffamilyfirewood]

Congratulations on the trailer! Looks like a great buy!

[@FirewoodontheHill]

Thanks 👍

[@kurtmanshardt9825]

Sorry about the multiple typos.

[@danielterrill6927]

If you want you can rotate the cover so you aren't pulling around a corner. Saves on your shoulder and cord.

[@FirewoodontheHill]

That’s a good idea. I’ll try that out! Thanks

[@jerrywayneray]

Raleigh NC here, tree service wood gets dumped on my property, and you are correct, i HATE sweet Gum ! Wolferidge 17VS-C owner

[@FirewoodontheHill]

Yes I tried it on the 17vs I had for a little while thinking it would be easier but it wasn’t lol.

[@jasonpinnix1905]

This is so true I have moved a lot of wood . And several cord to still deliver .

[@lillysfarmandfirewood]

Nice trailer Matt

[@FirewoodontheHill]

Thank Matt!

[@kendriedger151]

Hi Matt Good on the sales of your wood !! Wow on nasty Sweet Gum !! Watching you split wood seems it was at regular speed work but the conveyor was going a mile a minute !!!! Seems you're gonna be wearing it out prematurely when its not needing to run that fast for the amount of wood that is entering the conveyor ! Maybe im wrong on what it looks like im seeing !!😊 You have a Good Day ! The trailer looks GOOD...thinking the tires should be OK as long as they aren't going on long trips at 60 or 70 miles per hour !!

[@FirewoodontheHill]

Thanks for watching! The tires look great and I have no worries with them. The conveyor is as slow as I can get without spending a lot more money than what a belt cost haha.

[@kendriedger151]

@FirewoodontheHill LOL on the belt verses the conversion ! You have a Good Day 😁

[@cherylshannon-vp7uc]

That sweet gum is old wood and it does shred alot BUT try splitting some Live Oak wood.. Weighs a ton and takes for ever to dry out and will make a splitter groan. Down here in the south the closest we have to that is cottonwood and that is another tough wood but it make the best fence posts because it really doesn't rot.

[@FirewoodontheHill]

I don’t think I’ve split live oak before. I know it’s the heaviest wood when it green because the water content. If what you say is true I hope to never spilt any haha. Thanks for watching!

[@lounar482]

Tomorrow is promised to no one. great words for all of us to live by. Now..for what purpose are we living?

[@FirewoodontheHill]

Yeah that’s a great question everyone should ask themself. I’m living my purpose for the lord. We all have different strengthens and weaknesses. You gotta find that strength/purpose the lord blesses you with. Use it for him and for the greater good.

[@BW35bucket]

Congratulations on trailer purchase. Rope fix a great get Rrrr done moment.

[@FirewoodontheHill]

Thank you and you gotta do what you gotta do!

[@reddawg532]

I split a lot of green elm, its stringey just like that gum. Cottonwoods not much better. Really nice trailer, been looking for one myself.

[@FirewoodontheHill]

Thanks and just be patience and it will show itself when your not expecting it haha

[@lyleharkness-rv5vf]

Nice find on that trailer 😳 Steam clean it and undercoat it now, you'll never get a better time to do it and it is a cheap bit of insurance on a steel trailer. Good video and update 👍

[@FirewoodontheHill]

Thanks for the tip!

[@jasonpinnix1905]

Nice trailer Matt . And I have split a lot of sweet gum it’s stringy but the 28c eats it !

[@FirewoodontheHill]

Right on!

[@WhiskeyRiverTradingCo]

That sweet gum makes a mess! You weren’t kidding.

[@FirewoodontheHill]

IMO worst wood to spilt!

[@kurtmanshardt9825]

Hello, there. Good morning, or whatever the case may be mean, my lady are n to your channel? Hey, I was just wondering. We're just getting into the firewood thing, so we're living and learning. Recently, we were able to get hold of actually, a nut store neighbor's tree, which was cut down its box shoulder and that stuff is from funky stuff. It'll burn, but it definitely is not the best quality firewood is box older. Yes, bad is what you had to cut up on this video just wondering.😅

[@FirewoodontheHill]

Sweet gum is the wood I was splitting. It’s the hardest splitting wood here in Nc for sure.

[@ralphritenour6963]

You can tell you don’t live in the “rust belt”. 9 year old trailer in Pennsylvania would be a rusty mess

[@FirewoodontheHill]

Yeah we don’t have much salt down here as we don’t get much snow.

[@TristarFirewood]

Nice score on the trailer. Is it not a 14k? I see it has 8 lug axles, those are typically 7k a piece.

[@FirewoodontheHill]

Thanks. it’s only 12k. You are right though 8 lug is for 14k as well

[@richardledsome7967]

Split pretty good for sweet gum. Nice trailer looks awesome

[@FirewoodontheHill]

Yeah the commercial splitter is the key!

[@richardledsome7967]

@@FirewoodontheHill we have split a lot of it by hand

[@FirewoodontheHill]

@@richardledsome7967 that’s brutal

[@rebeccarobinson7024]

I rather split gum than sycamore I'm in tx and gum is the most popular wood u find it's everywhere next to pine which Noone wants gum is hyper aligenic and burns really clean

[@FirewoodontheHill]

Yeah we have a ton of gum and pine. i haven't split sycamore but i don't feel it can much worse than gum lol.

[@johnricks1630]

Take a little time and clean and put your woodyard in order. It could work better for you. Great job though.

[@FirewoodontheHill]

Yeah with it being the busy season I don’t have time to do any cleaning haha. Come February I’ll get it all cleaned up

[@chrisavila2073]

Wow congrats

[@FirewoodontheHill]

Thanks

[@hardworkingmanoutdoors]

Great find!

[@FirewoodontheHill]

Thanks man!