This Is The Best Firewood I’ve Ever Made

[@HometownAcres]

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[@fredfullerton4943]

Hey Adam, thanks for the recent video with Matt from The Firewood Guy of PA. Last week we drove 4 hours one way to pick up some kiln-dried firewood for our wood-burning stove. We had a great conversation with Matt and met some of his workers and extended family. Great business and great people. Thanks again for featuring his firewood business.

[@njonebale7889]

You really drove 8 hours to get some firewood!….why?….nobody closer had firewood.

[@berthongo8531]

I think Neighbor Doug is painting the ends gray.

[@VnazT]

Adam, future video idea: an update on how the woods are doing after logging and an inventory of the logs you have left?

[@raider762]

There is something soothing about watching wood made into firewood.

[@paulheidbreder]

The firewood looks great. You're overthinking the graying of the wood.

[@davidt_canucks]

Adding the lean to space on the building was excellent foresight! Great to see it in action with winter on the doorstep. Also, I agree, the stacked bins look really sharp.

[@MLDuffy]

that little bark screen at the end is cool!

[@InLineDiesel6]

This video did a nice job of showing the workflow from log to stacked firewood. You have that dialed in perfectly.

[@TheWoodpreneur]

Great video Adam. Early on my firewood journey but great to see your set up and systems. Fantastic!

[@privateuploads-geo2625]

Awesome setup you have. I think the look of the wood is irrelevant. I think anyone who burns wood should know that weathered wood is more likely to be seasoned. However I think you could advertize the moisture level which is the real key. Your drying wood in winter and leaving it under the covered area gets you a head start, but if you moved those totes into full sun and wind at end of spring you might have flully seasoned wood in 1/2 a year. I cut 16" oak rounds in spring this year and split May 1 and stacked it single wide on racks I built. It was 28% moisture. Resplitting pieces on July 1 I found it to be 12-13%, ready to burn. Come end of November it was 6-8%. So in 6 months I had seasoned wood ready to burn. One factor is that we have very hot summers with little rain from June through September.

[@rogerl8488]

Adam, here is an idea I use put 36 in or wide mining belt down. On the ends, use 1/2 in wood paddle bit and drive 2 stakes with welded washes to hold. It's so easy to clean...

[@brianflanagan3501]

Good morning Adam: Your setup and workflow under the roof appear neat and efficient. As your wood processing increases and becomes routine, I suggest installing bollards at the outside corners for protection of the tin siding, and marking the wood posts with high visible color markers for safety.

[@jamesford8315]

Oh! your aching back! Take care of your back or you won't be in a happy place anytime soon. You are a tall guy and that multiplies the stress.

[@christschool]

I just found your channel. I wish you guys could come to NC to come and get these down trees from Helene. We have millions of oaks, hickory, maple,. walnut, cottonwood and probably 10 more different species.

[@David_in_Thailand]

Designer firewood - have a friend in Australia sells firewood. Some people in the Sydney market complain if there's bark or sawdust sticking to the wood. Well, he brushes it clean for them and charges 30% extra.

[@ClintsHobbiesDIY]

IMHO the sun causes the discolor and the rain causes the rot. There is something strangely good about working up firewood while it's snowing. Nice vid Adam. Great editing as usual.

[@loodusefilm7881]

Weathering comes from wood surface being wet for too long, it's fungi that makes wood look gray/"blue". So yes, it comes from rain. UV don't make wood gray, it makes it darker but not gray. Nice video!

[@ZulkSOD]

Wrong wrong wrong

[@treetopfirewood7667]

The setup is amazing and the equipment makes a huge difference. Nice to be out of the weather and out of any mud. The organized stacked look is always beautiful but the time it takes to stack all of it is a pain. We have an outdoor boiler and I use a lot of the cutoff pieces from logs or the nasty crotch pieces for it. Zero gas or propane on the property.

[@dannygavin5860]

Great set up i enjoy your channel

[@pauldevlin84]

Hey Adam, that’s some setup for processing firewood now, enjoy pal 👌 I live in a different climate to yours and most of my firewood gets some sunlight exposure during the summer for only maybe max 5 hrs a day (because of where it’s stored and because Ireland doesn’t always get that much sunny weather) I’ve never had my wood discolour, nor have I noticed the front row of firewood a different shade of colour to the row behind it in the shade. From my experience it’s rain that discolours wood, in fact in Ireland if wood isn’t sheltered from the rain it’s difficult to dry properly (again in my experience). Keep the firewood videos coming, it’s your channel and it’s up to you what content you make, but it’s what I enjoy the most.

[@HometownAcres]

Thanks for the feedback

[@AroundTheYard-MN]

Great afternoon to get some work done. The building is working out great, as time goes on you’re going to enjoy it more and more. Keep perfecting the process. Hope you and the family have a great Thanksgiving next week! Enjoy the rest of the weekend Around the Yard! - Brent

[@lynnkhosla6277]

Advertising the moisture level is a great idea. You will educate your clients; it is quantifiable; and you might find (as I did) that leaving wood in the sun and wind (with just the top covered in the winter) seasons wood better than if it is away from warmth and wind. This is what works in Maine, anyway.

[@davesauerzopf6980]

I would use those scraps. Keep them for the wood burner in your garage. You may have to feed it more often but, free heat.

[@SlophieSpokes]

We use a giant snow bucket on our tractor straight out of the conveyor. Height adjustable for east of staking.

[@MikaelJohnsson]

Greetings from Finland! Nice to see JAPA there

[@DougNicholson-uh9ke]

I like that building !

[@deanl4193]

Outdoor boiler owner here, ive got 15-18cord piled 15ft high. Anything under 9inches in diameter doesnt get split. Most is still green. I love neat organized look of the totes but id burn 1.5 of them a week in Jan/Feb

[@jimjensen1414]

Firewood turns gray primarily due to exposure to sunlight, specifically the ultraviolet (UV) rays, which break down the lignin in the wood, causing a natural weathering process that results in a silver-grey color change; this is often considered a sign of well-seasoned firewood as the graying indicates a loss of moisture content from prolonged exposure to the elements.

[@Texrc]

I think sun is it. It’s great for heat help get the moisture out but will fade paint plastic wood and ruin anything you leave out!!! I would buy the UV privacy screen wind will still go thru it and help keep your wood looking fresh cut. I use it on job sites to obscure the view of my projects Looks like I’m buying few roll and try it myself on the IBC totes Enjoy your channel RC

[@outdoorsinthe608]

I love how firewood looks when seasoned under a roof! Can’t be beat!!👍👍

[@johnmalecki713]

My opinion only, I do not think you can season oak firewood under a roof with no sunlight in 2 years.

[@outdoorsinthe608]

@ yes you can I do it every year.

[@johnmalecki713]

@@outdoorsinthe608 OK. I still think you need the sun beating down stacked fire wood with air flow. I like your channel.

[@1944chevytruck]

Looking good

[@frijoli9579]

Wetting and drying causes grey, along with sun. So getting wet then drying greys the wood, and sunshine makes it quicker in my experience. Since your wood will stay "dry" it will gray much slower and even, but it will change.

[@Zeke-yv3nw]

Can't wait to actually see how it looks next year.

[@richarddabkowski2896]

I burn about 6 cord my outdoor wood boiler, but I have a newer gasification boiler (heatmaster G4000) For you, since you run a firewood business and have sawmill off cuts something like C series from heatmaster would likely be perfect you and you'd be able to heat your house and water with all the scrap you make while processing wood.

[@mercurymangarage6186]

Nice setup you have there. If the graying is a concern you may need to build another building for tote storage. Storing where you have it will eat up a lot of valuable room in the production area. Good stuff.

[@garny3766]

Your comment about owbs it true. But what also is true most owb installers are heating more than one bldg and domestic hot water. Hard to get that from a stand alone. I heat 3300sqft (2 structures) and 2 water heaters.

[@richarddabkowski2896]

You can do single buildings. I have a heatmaster G4000 and just do my house and hot water

[@garny3766]

@ correct. A person could just heat a chicken coop if they wanted. My point being is, many folks who decided to go with wood boilers looked at the additional savings by heating more than one dwelling. Suddenly the garages became insulated and heated with air/water heat exchangers. Pole sheds got insulated and heated. When folks just go with a stand alone radiant fireplace, stove, hearth, etc. they are limited to only heating that space. With owbs, folks could tie into existing central heating system, domestic hot water, and supply addition heat now to a previously unheated garage or pole shed. With Adam he has a stand alone fireplace which he likes and it uses minimal wood compared to owbs. But for some the trade off for more wood burned is they like heating primary and secondary dwelling and domestic hot water. The appliance is usually big enough to accomplish this.

[@Veeetz]

I'd be curious to see a year from now, how that wood looks, if it will be greyed out or if indeed will preserve that fresh cut look you want to keep.

[@TheJimcrooks800]

Ultraviolet rays from the sun break down lignin, a component of wood that gives it its natural colour. As the lignin degrades, the wood gradually loses its original hue, taking on a silver-grey patina. Moisture from rain accelerates this process by washing away the degraded lignin, exposing the underlying cellulose fibres. This photochemical degradation is a natural transformation loved by some for its gracefully aged appearance, though not appreciated by everyone. Some low sun will make wood naturally weather but the combination of UV rays AND water just makes it weather so much faster. BTW So enjoying your videos, keep them coming!

[@jmd1743]

Yes, take what you and Matt are doing any time over traditionally stacking fire wood. If I were to build a property and I was going to do fire wood, then I would do so, but I grew up worrying about the barn burning down due to a chimney catching on fire for a heated horse barn, and I got sick of the barn filling up with smoke as I tried to get a fire going, But if I were to do fire wood once again I would do what you and matt are doing. I would design a barn to have 2x2 IBC pallets, as in 2 side by side with 2 addional ones stacked on top of each other, and I would design the barn to wrap those containers around the barn in a "U" shaped formation. I don't like fire wood but If I was going to do it, then I wouldn't halfass retrofit a barn, I would design the barn to avoid reliving childhood greif, and I would so so designing the barn from the ground up for iBC storage, and a roof design in which I can safely get onto of the barn to stand on top of the roof to clean the chimney and replace it once every few winters.

[@workingmanrondoyle3287]

Sun exposure 100% grays wood . Another great video 👍🏻

[@stetsonhendrix9103]

Little elves come at night and paint the logs gray. Only way to prevent it is installing shag carpet under all the equipment.

[@tedjenson9294]

What I've found is wood that was cut from live trees instead of standing dead tend to gray more than the standing dead. Rain didn't seem to matter as much.

[@EsparzaA5]

The Main Causes of Wood Weathering and turning gray UV Exposure: Prolonged exposure to sunlight breaks down the surface lignin (a natural polymer in wood), causing it to lose its natural color. This weathering process often results in a grey or silver patina. Moisture Evaporation: As moisture leaves the wood, the surface may become more porous, making it susceptible to discoloration from dirt, mold, or fungal growth. Fungal Activity: Certain fungi that thrive in the wood's moisture content during the early drying stages can contribute to the greying effect. These fungi are typically not harmful but cause staining or discoloration on the wood's surface. Oxidation: Chemical reactions between the wood’s natural compounds and oxygen in the air can lead to color changes, including greying.

[@StefanAartamo]

If you stack it to tight there is a risk of mold. If you just dump the firewood head over heel in the cases and let it dry that way. You will not get nolde or rot. Before you sell you can stack it nicely.

[@waynebarnes2679]

Hey Adam, just a thought, maybe you could make the sides of you trailer a little higher, just have them removable.

[@Tdale85]

Good morning Adam!

[@HometownAcres]

Morning!

[@nickhildabridle1612]

Great looking building and work area. Any chance to use your scrapes as mulch for the drive area???

[@will_i_am_7205]

What about some used shipping containers. They have some with doors at both ends. Add multiple lean-tos to your building. Hope this helps you.

[@jasone679]

The older outdoor boilers use more wood than the new epa boilers, but the old ones can take anything you can fit through the door so time spent splitting is much less. The EPA boilers need a little smaller wood that is well seasoned, but use much less. As for the seasoning of your wood... Its the sun that darkens the wood because when I unload a seasoned tote of wood the outside ends of the pieces are much darker than the ends facing the center of the tote. So for my roadside stand I tend to flip the pieces when refilling it so the lighter side is out. The pieces still have all the cracks from drying out so for those who know what they're looking at they will know it's dry. Personally I think you're going to get tired of having the totes hog up your building space, at least I know I would.

[@rokdoctor6144]

Adam, so enjoy watching you manifest and refine your processes. A thought regarding unused solar power... could you use it to drive fans to do focused blow on the wood stacks to assist drying?

[@Shane_Reynolds85]

At least it looks like it will freeze well next week, so that will help with the mud!

[@HometownAcres]

Yep

[@matthopewell9796]

Hey Adam love your channel. Was just thinking with your new building have you considered running some large storage batteries to bank the power coming off your pond pump solar panels? It's pretty close to your building and then you'd likely never need to haul one of your portable batteries down there to power up that space. I am sure Kyle would love to come over to help with that too

[@KK19825]

Where I live in you could never get a full price if you sold gray wood to city folks. To answer your question, it's the rain and elements that causes wood to turn gray. On the other hand, in my experience it takes a bit longer fro the wood to dry out if it doesn't get direct sunlight and it's prone to start growing mold if it's really wet when stored.

[@GeeWhizRS]

Forget the sun, the rain is what really causes excess greying. That looks a perfect place for storage. Crack on Adam. 👌

[@sbcclydesdale3275]

I would say to put some side boards on the small trailer to give about a basket full of wood to stack??? I enjoy your videos, keep up the good work!!

[@HometownAcres]

Thanks for the tip!

[@MW-bz1qe]

I have to agree Adam, the building with the open area is a great idea ! Keep up the good content as your channel grows ! Mud season is upon us , from Ohio here .

[@warlinder]

Turn the IBCs 90 degrees. Minimal weather exposure on the cut edge 😇

[@HometownAcres]

That’s actually a really good idea

[@dfarmer_]

@@HometownAcres Can you stack them 3 deep?

[@MrThorp1]

Been one hell of a productive year on the homestead. Thanks for all the content. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family.

[@HometownAcres]

Same to you!

[@jimmerrithew453]

Hi Adam. At 4:35, as the wedge was descending, your thumb was a few inches below it. Please be careful and aware of where your hands are, relative to the wedge, at all times.

[@jmalone2758]

if a customer has questions on the color, take a dark piece and cut a little cookie off it and reveal the lighter wood inside. This will solidify the idea that its good wood and that colors can be deceiving. The way we did it, I cut next years wood this year. The way many do it it is let it cure for two years. 1 yr green holds fire better, 2 yrs it doesn't and preferred for starting the fire.

[@samsdoinstuff]

I can't thank you enough for sharing Matt's operation. And thank you Matt for sharing with us little guys. I've changed my direction to follow his MO. Your next purchase (and mine) will be an all-terrain powered pallet truck. His delivery/product/service is exactly what we should all emulate. Great video Adam! 🤠👍

[@danbelden7354]

I think your wood is going to turn gray no matter what as it dries.

[@willdavidsonakawd3062]

The grey is mostly from the water hitting it

[@geogesterrett6391]

@@willdavidsonakawd3062and a little bit of uv bleaching the tannins but water if definitely mostly to blame.

[@mnmtbr13]

For the small stuff you should research the pizza oven, solo, etc... market

[@jeffgraham48]

Gonna be 72 here in Southern Oklahoma today.

[@JeffButera]

outdoor wood boiler don't want logs split and cut 16". You want longer, larger pieces to burn long and slow.

[@toddcaskey9984]

Have that great neighbor Doug help u build light sides for the cart so u can pit an ibc tote in it . Just my 4 cents

[@MichaelMatthews-h6e]

Hey Adam, Always enjoy the nice guitar music along with your content. Are you the guitarist as well? I think removing any IBC tote side panel plastic or metal will also help optimize airflow. I wonder if Solar powered electric fans could also improve drying of the wood?

[@tucobenedicto109]

Before you put the gravel put pvc pipe sch 40 for the downspout to a low spot. Consult Gate City Drainainge and foundation on you tube! Best of luck to you.

[@shannonjanes2434]

Chris from the woodyard literally proved that stacking does absolutely nothing with the vary rare customers willing to pay extra neat orderly bunks of preselect wood. Wood dried in bins is the absolute best outside in open air unstacked. Moisture content in 30 days some wood even less. Even the clean up makes since. Not too mention the earth's ebnflo.

[@jbbrown7907]

The wood out in the open will dry quicker, I think. This wood with the solid wall on the back side may be slow to season.

[@groditi]

woodchips are cheap and will give you better traction and you will lose less of them into the clay during muddy periods. might not look as nice but they dont break down that much faster than you can lose gravel into wet clay when driving heavy stuff over it since it seems like a flat and low spot. if you can rent/borrow a chipper you can avoid the hauling which must be the priciest part anyways. then in a couple of years or more you can add stone on top

[@alittleofthisandalittleofthat]

Don’t wheel that trailer by hand. Your back will feel it even though it’s not heavy. I bought a shunt thing that has two wheels and a handle with a ball hitch on it from Princess Auto here in 🇨🇦. Same as your tractor supply or other. They are perfect to move small trailers or wood splitters around.

[@beulahalestick8297]

Have you ever thought about running a timer in the bottom corner of your videos? So we could see how long the process takes.

[@BTHoosierHandyman]

you can always drape to keep sun off wood

[@gerbil7771]

Make sure to get large gravel so it doesn't get pushed in and disappear

[@josephgiangrande9892]

Hello from Joe The Grower in NY The East Coast King of Firewood 🔥 🪵 over 5000 plus cords in stock and growing. A must see Farm.

[@michaelsnell4034]

My question is when you break ground on the dedicated wood drying shelter as the totes fill up that space so quickly.

[@johnholm8175]

Could you package the little pieces left in the cart as kindling and sell it at your roadside stand

[@HometownAcres]

I do. I bundle them

[@131dyana]

Love your machines and your storage shed. Great job.

[@b1air77]

Wet and muddy is good for the barn and good for the ponds! With your new stacking/drying process are you going to change your delivery process to match?

[@HometownAcres]

Possibly. Right now I load IBC totes into the bed of the pickup truck and hand toss them out at the customers unless they have a tractor to unload

[@ScrewdriverTUNING]

Cover all but one with a tarp test it yourself. The sun only is the answer. Every year my morning glory vines grow over my fence. The whole fence get the same moisture content but only the Sun exposure parts are stained gray. I have to power was it every fall. I also live in philly witch used to be a swamp super high moisture content all the time.

[@revfred2008]

Under mine, i have gravel, and all i do is blow off the shavings, and it's perfect.

[@craigsudman4556]

Looks to me like there is enough space under your roof to stack three of the SHORT IBC totes. Do you have any more of the short IBC totes? As for the grey oxidation of the wood: How about preforming an experiment on one of the IBC totes full of seasoned wood by using a pressure washer on the cut ends of the wood? Will the oxidation be cleaned off just like it is on a wood deck when pressure washed? Just a thought maybe worth a try just on one stack of wood. Great video thumbs up.

[@jamesmacintyre1415]

If weather got bad could even tarp it off to work although would hinder icb tote moving

[@MikaelJohnsson]

I guess you need to invest for drying container to process seasoning in week and deliver fresh looking wood for customers immediatelly after its ready

[@e1ucas]

Hey Adam, how often do you have to sharpen the chain on the Japa, and do you file it in place or take it off to sharpen?

[@christschool]

UV rays cause the graying.

[@yakfishkevin]

Did you ever mentioned how much it cost you to put up that awesome new building?

[@exotictones1054]

The sun does all the damage to everything.

[@johnforman4308]

If my Douglas fir hasnt turned a bit gray i dont even check to see if its dry. But i am one of those oddballs thats like having 4 years ahead😅

[@scottmcdonald359]

Most of our trees are ash, elm, oak that range from 12" - 30" in diameter and 75'-90' tall. Can your equipment handle this kind of wood?

[@MrRickoscar]

Good morning Adam , I support your channel , however its like seeing a rerun of cutting wood. and I skip it. Also do have any fire protection at the shed ?.

[@JohnR9965]

Just an observation on your small leftover pieces… why couldn’t you stack them up on top of each other and split them all at once?

[@TravisCover]

Hi, Adam.This is Travis cover.I lost my dad the Logging tree falls on kildon. I just wanna know if you can make something remembering from hell Thank you

[@roch145]

As a customer I prefer gray wood. It indicates to me that it’s been weathered and seasoned. It seems excessive to worry about trying to prevent the wood from changing color. You aren’t making furniture. I want dry, high quality wood, high btu content wood. That’s what you need to promote.

[@johnmcleer7075]

I have to agree I operate a small firewood business on eastern Long Island and a customer buying wood for heating purposes is not overly concerned with the color or the perfect uniformity of the splits. They want a few things in short order…..oak, maple, cherry, a little locust and ideally speaking a moisture level consistently under 20 percent. Adams organization level is second to none but is “the juice worth the squeeze” so to speak.?

[@roch145]

@ where do you get your hardwood from? I grew up in Sayville, and live upstate now. My sister lives on the East End. Lots of scrub pine there. Not a lot of hardwood. From what I know. Or do you import the wood from other places?

[@johnmcleer7075]

The yard is located in Manorville and there is no shortage whatsoever of hard wood on the Island. I have 3-4 tree companies that routinely drop off wood that is already bucked for free. Some of the material is oversized though 28-32” in diameter and that material needs to be quartered before it’s processed. On average a cord sells in this area for 210-230 but many local suppliers give a substantial discount on a purchase 3 cords or more. Our niche so to speak is half cords at 110. It’s appealing to people who don’t have the yard space, or are overwhelmed at the thought of stacking at 3 cords at once. No large processors though, just standard mdt and Cub Cadet 25-28 ton single wedge splitters. While we sell quality wood the splits vary from 13”-18”. Never had a complaint about the color or wood or uniformity of splits.

[@gregm312]

move your implements to the lean-too

[@GeoffryWK]

11:35. UV exposure from the Sun. "Firewood turns grey primarily due to exposure to sunlight, specifically ultraviolet (UV) rays, which break down the lignin in the wood, causing it to lose its natural color and develop a silvery-grey patina; this process is accelerated by rain which washes away the degraded lignin, exposing the underlying cellulose fibers."

[@HometownAcres]

Very interesting. Thank you for sharing

[@michaelsallee7534]

the area that you tear up greatly conceder gravel ; though the area near the shed roof you nay want to scratch your head ... then you may just gravel on the path to your cart

[@talltimberswoodshop7552]

I'm no tree hugger, but it seems that you could have a single electric generator inside the building and run everything on electricity with much less noise.

[@HometownAcres]

Most of this equipment would require 3 phase I think. Not economical at all to install. It probably would be in the long run though

[@talltimberswoodshop7552]

@@HometownAcres Put it on the 5 to 10 year list of projects😀.

[@groditi]

@@HometownAcres three phase shouldnt be that big of an issue, you can get phase converters relatively cheap. ask machinists or woodworkers, those things are common in that world because a lot of the equipment is also three-phase. instead of paying like $10-15k for an upgrade from the utility you can spend a few hundred dollars on a rotary phase converter or a VFD. Simple enough to wire and install that you don't have to hire an electrician. of course, you'd need grid power close-by. Batteries for the solar or running electricity to shed might be the most expensive part