YOU SUGGESTED THIS! I'm Thrilled with Results, Chipping Waste from the Sawmill

Today I tried a Suggestion many of you have offered over the years, Working at the Sawmill and Trying to do something productive with all the waste generated. I'm starting to use the Split-Fire Chipper to make a useable product with some of the waste off the mill. #smallbusiness #sidehustle
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[@threeriversforge1997]

One of the best uses for wood chips is winter traction. Seriously. People put down salt, but it washes away as it melts the snow and ice, so you end up having to re-apply it regularly. If you put down wood chips, they stay in place, but float up to the top. If you have a thaw and the snow melts a little bit, the wood chips float to the top instead of washing away, and you always have good traction underfoot. Best of all, you don't destroy the landscape with all that winter salt being put into the ground. This video made me wish I could get my tractor back up and running. That mahindra has been nothing but a nightmare from day one, and adding more to is seems like a bad idea. But a chipper like that would sure be nice around the homestead!

[@MightyLittleGreenMachine]

Mike, I’m a firefighter, the easiest way to break one of those windows is a spring loaded punch go down in the bottom corner and it will just shatter

[@allannagar5026]

I came here to say this! :)

[@kevinscott404]

City of Oakland tested daily.

[@arresthillary9502]

well then why do I see cops all over the internet trying to break a window with a baton? why dont police carry one of these things?

[@kevinscott404]

@@arresthillary9502 Ya can’t take down a suspect with a spring loaded punch, and the tack vest doesn’t have a pocket for it.

[@allannagar5026]

@@arresthillary9502Going to take flak fo this but no one said cops are the smartest people on the planet. Try it if you like. The OP is a first responder.

[@thecampdogsdad4937]

I have purchased several resqme® Car Escape Tool, Seatbelt Cutter / Window Breaker. They are a spring loaded window punch and “letter opener” like seatbelt cutter that goes on a keychain. I have them zip tied to the visor on all of my vehicles, and have given several as gifts because they are so cheap. I’ve been a cop for 20 years and keep one clipped to my vest. It’s come in handy to break a window, open the door, cut the seatbelt, and get someone out in an emergency. HIGHLY RECOMMEND. Thank you for another great video!

[@mwilliamshs]

How do you cut the ziptie holding the tool to your sun visor?

[@joewithrow2345]

Mike, I mechaniced for 45 years; check owners manual on you "cars" but for 20 years (aporx) the front passenger head rest is removeable and one leg of it is pointed to use to break out if under water. Please pass this on to your followers, I also have one of the tools for that in case I forget and or panic

[@BBDragon66]

Happy Easter all! Higher sides on the chip receiving box will be needed for sure. Lots of good uses for wood chips around a homestead.

[@joemihm2395]

Happy Easter to the whole Morgan family, God Bless all 🙏

[@raymondsanborn6525]

Happy Easter to you and your family. I am a retired firefighter. I used spring loaded center punch for breaking car windows. They work great.

[@djrtime1398]

What about all your sawdust? I would look into a pellet press mill. If you sold the 40lb bags locally, they would be both a steal and a money maker at $5-$6 a bag. And you get rid of the sawdust.

[@johnmastin7620]

Mike, what you need to break a side window of a vehicle is a spring loaded center punch. You push on it at the bottom of the window and when it snaps, the window will just crumble to the ground. I’ve done it and watched it done also at a monster truck show when they get the junk cars ready for the show.

[@GuyTefft-nv9dr]

Happy Easter to the Morgan family and all the followers of this channel.

[@marydomitrovic3468]

Mike, Melissa, Hunter and all the children and grandchildren, Happy Resurrection Day!

[@582ChevelleSS]

Happy Easter Morgan Family, the bridge collapse is such a colossal tragedy. Nobody ever wakes up in the morning ever thinking that will be the last day on this earth. Even with the huge cranes they brought in that will be an enormous clean up. Have a great day :)

[@midwestsmelters190]

Mike put a 4" hose on the spout of the chipper and run it right into an ibc tote if you have one with the bladder still in it. No mess and easily transferable.

[@tomfarley3924]

Believe it or not, a barge on the Arkansas River hit a bridge in Sallisaw, Oklahoma yesterday. US Hwy 59 is closed until inspection and repairs (if needed) can be made. Memorial weekend 2004 a barge hit a bridge in Weber Falls, Ok., on interstate 40. Killing 3 and injuring several. It took about 10 or 11 months to open again. Happy Easter, everyone.

[@ThomasChesnutRandy]

you could lay a piece of plywood on top of your trailer to stop the chips from blowing out.

[@LongBinh70]

Mike: long-term first responder. The key to popping glass in a vehicle is impacting the CORNER of the glass. Lots of videos of cops beating the center of a window with their baton - unsuccessfully. I carried a spring-loaded center punch in my rescue tool pouch for decades, an never had to use more than one pop and the glass was history. The trick is, lots of pounds in a very tiny area (point), in the most vulnerable spot (corner). No hammer needed. Available in any hardware store.

[@kevinwiley9696]

Now we just have to come up with a clever use for all the sawdust!!!!😂😂😂

[@jimmoser3197]

Use your plastic totes that you have for the wood chips

[@charleyt4965]

they can't get moldy though

[@finnyasfinn0510]

He is Risen, Happy Easter Sunday…

[@realairplane261]

Almost 2000 years ago in the middle east “the holy land”?

[@thomasstrand9853]

Happy Easter Mike and Melissa and family great video Mike thank you

[@007twm]

Carry an automatic center punch in your vehicles. They make breaking the side windows very easy and quick. Happy Easter.

[@lindamontague8486]

Good morning and watch your show all the time just watching it this morning and the chipper looks like your firewood starter

[@MrRbrgrn]

Happy Easter Morgan family!!

[@at695mb]

Good Morning Morgans!

[@patrickleonard5129]

Mike you are on the money right now.

[@MikeyGerogianisW7EMG]

Use a tote with the plastic cover cut off for the extra material and use the top as a cover from rain

[@Blackfox_Kid]

Thank God he's Alive. Happy Easter to the Morgan family and community. Loved the video as always. Keepem coming. God bless

[@blaincarson8645]

Loved your video today, Mike. You got to love the wood chipper.

[@btrent9244]

Great video. Love your chipper. Quickly makes a useable product from otherwise waste.

[@bradleymcclintock7771]

That little chipper works awesome I like it 😊.

[@waynebarnett7467]

Happy Easter Morgan family. Back in the late 1990s I was out in western ohio on a Saturday afternoon. I came upon what appeared to be an accident scene in the front yard of someone’s home. This home had a large pond out near the road. As I passed by you could see the rear end of a car submerged in it. An entire family lost their lives in that pond. Mom dad and four kids gone in the blink of an eye. It’s one of those moments in life you never forget. RIP. To those that lost their lives on the bridge collapse.

[@NeighborlyHomestead]

That's so sad!

[@waynebarnett7467]

Yes it was. It was a sight I’ll never forget.

[@davidmorse8432]

Hi Wayne!

[@waynebarnett7467]

Good morning David. Happy Easter my friend.

[@wildbill23c]

Similar case a few miles from my house....except it was a car full of kids heading to school, a family lost 4 of their kids in one accident....

[@thewayidoit8895]

Great video! My take away!: have a flock of chickens originally purchased at TSC "chick days" need something for the outdoor run. Need: wide Bandsaw mill @ $53,000 generally to saw lumber for "a lot" of projects at my property. Kubota mini excavator @ $130,000, kubota lx4020 @ $30,000, Kubota utv @ $17,000, utility trailer @ $2600, chipper @ $3900 plastic scoop shovel @ $45. Total $236545 or so. Hey! I'm all in on this one! Sign me up!

[@geraldkreimeier1791]

Good advice about the glass hammer, we carry automatic center punches to do the same thing, just easier to carry

[@joevandendries]

A good Easter to you and your family .

[@calvinjohnson7806]

Happy Easter

[@brian2359]

Happy Easter Morgan family!

[@markantczak4405]

Happy Easter Morgan family! Love all your channels. Mark from Minnesota

[@jameskennerly9748]

That chipper does an awesome job. You have utilized all of the wood products with very little waste. Always enjoy your videos Mike! Our Lord has risen, alleluia!

[@allanstephenson9336]

HAPPY EASTER MIKE AND FAMILY 😊

[@anoka114]

Happy and Blessed Easter.

[@pschensk]

New camera looks great!

[@davidbishop4015]

Nice piece of equipment Mike. Stay safe.

[@bobmakow55]

Happy Easter Mike, Melissa, Hunter & family. He is risen Hallelujah.

[@anthonygushue2408]

Happy Easter Morgan family

[@codymccollum444]

Love the show and try to watch every episode. Going into the water is a serious concern, Look up Learn to Return training. I’ve been through it several times during my offshore chopper travel days. Good stuff. Happy Easter.

[@jbfuzzy]

if you square the sides of the slabs you cold use them for siding for a wood shed

[@stevegoodman3678]

that cold wind will cut right through you. happy easter mike

[@frankdrahos8569]

SplitFire makes some great equipment! Thanks for sharing your experiences. Happy Easter!

[@ryankelly5303]

Happy Easter 🐇🐣🐰

[@bama4346]

Great idea for the chipper. Suggestion: You mentioned about building a collection box, how about using the large bags you were looking at in the past for storing/hauling split wood before going back to the tote cages? Just add a short flex tube on the end of the chipper outlet and then into the bag. Fill that puppy up and you have a year supply of chipped wood for your chicken run and whatever.

[@billkerber4187]

You can also use a spring loaded punch the ones they use before drilling a hole in steel works great.

[@315Rhino]

Red pine in the smoker! Sweet!

[@arlo4051]

That looks like good project for when you have to let the kabota regen, chip wood. First project can be build a shed to blow chips into where you can just bucket them out with the tractor when you need them.

[@jramsdenbb]

That’s actually a really good idea. I wonder if the tractor will let you run the PTO during Regen?

[@kevinmason3086]

You could always try using some kind of a stretch tarp on top of the trailer to keep all the chips in

[@eddeetz493]

You can use the sawdust in raised gardens. The worms will go crazy. Works great for weed block also. Coffee grounds are a magnet for worms. Put a gopher screen on the bottom of the raised bed. You could sell totes full of chips and sawdust. A wood chip/pellet burner with a hopper and auger feed would store in a hopper to dry and use when needed.

[@snapperkc9317]

Your chipper is a champ Mike. We hope that you and your family have a nice Easter.

[@rudyfisher7660]

I do still have them plastic containers for the that. You have the cages for the wood chip. Would firewood? If you have any of those plastic tanks you could take and just cut a hole in the side of it, just picking up for your chip. Uh, shoot, go out in it and then leave the top open, but put the air bag on the top. Keep chips from flying out and then you will have one made quickly and we'll have to build it on to your trailer. You can leave it on your schedule and then fill it up with wood chips and then take it over the side.Put your lid back on it and then cover the hole.With something to keep falling out, have a slide in the world or something, and that'll bee quicker than using your trailer.Cause the linux hybrid trailer and you'll have the totes plastic containers

[@eddumont5582]

You would be surprised how quickly you can chip a pile of brush with a hydraulic feed chipper. I had used a couple of centrifigal feed units similar to what you have but got tired of getting slapped around by branches as they whipped around in the hopper. The big chipper will also chip slab wood. The chips are bigger than those you are making. I use a Wallenstein BX62R powered by a Kubota M7040.

[@tripinapod6697]

Another use for the chips is garden mulch

[@tonyfox5422]

The chippings will also compost really well. Then use as a soil improver or a mulch.

[@RichardMusgrave-eo9jh]

Happy Easter to you and your whole family, on a sidenote, I was unsubscribed three times this month. You are my number one view channel. Apparently KZbin has issue with that will keep subscribing. Thanks for all the great content.

[@chucklogan9611]

Window breakers for you, Melissa, daughters and your Son!

[@terrylandis6831]

Happy Easter Morgans! Mike it looks like you have more room for logs!!!

[@banjoeypicks]

Happy Easter Morgans!!. Still loving our 2 new mugs...

[@paulreschke4171]

Mike, God forbid any of you ever have an emergency where your lives are in pearl! I am always impressed how with your skills in equipment you make light of those chores moving lumber, logs and stumps. Your manual dexterity with hydraulic controls is amazing. Happy Easter to each of you, thanks for bring so many into your personal lives!

[@Poppy-df1pi]

Happy Easter to the Morgans!

[@beckyumphrey2626]

Happy Easter.

[@jamesharrod8733]

yea that is about only way to get out of a submersed vehicle - bust window , for locked vehicle i use the mini airbags to pry window out the unlock the window

[@alpeirson9825]

Hi Mike, my advice would be to look at the 1st responder knife from Smith and Wesson. Carried one when I was an operational firefighter in the Uk. It’s a knife, window breaker and seatbelt cutter in one. Seatbelts in modern cars have a pyro charge to tighten the seatbelts when in an impact. Carried this style of knife or similar for years. Never let me down on a RTC incident.

[@jimstewart8927]

Thanks for the "term" is was appreciated and my suggestion was not "exclusive" but some of the time! Enjoy the channel immensely--thanks!

[@billmitchell7731]

Big 👍🏻. You can also sell hard wood sawdust for smokers. It actually works better than chips. Chips burn up fast. The sawdust smoulders longer. I use to get maple sawdust from a mill in Michigan. Great stuff for smokers.

[@ebony5766]

Really nice set up Mike. What amazes me is how the volume of wood is reduced. So many uses too!

[@fricknjeep]

hi there trims add up fast .i cut mine in to kindling , good show , Happy Easter and best to all , john

[@smokeybailey3080]

Around here people band it and sell it for cheap starting wood it’s wonderful when it’s dry

[@bruceguidosh2120]

G' morning Mike! Happy Easter! I took a tip from Sandy (Sawing with Sandy) and have been chipping saw waste in my 6x8 Woodmaxx chipper! Since I don't have the Shale deposits like you do, and I have been using my chipped scraps on my wooland trails and once they get mixed in with my sticky clay, the trails get solid and stay solid!

[@richmyers4602]

I worked in a salvage yard part time for many years and you can hit a window with the forks on an end loader dead center and it will bow but not break. Anywhere along the edge and the glass shatters easily with a small tool.

[@thereasoner9454]

Another great video Mike. I am sure I missed it in a past video, but have you ever thought of turning your fletches into outdoor boiler wood? I know it doesn't sell for much, but cutting it to length would be super fast with your tooling options. Also, you have about 18,000 logs to go through, so you would end up saving a ton of overall labor. Have a great day.

[@PaherHausLT]

Try looking for a spring loaded tool for breaking your windows. We use them at the fire department for breaking glass.

[@vincentnail2881]

Nice chipper. You will find a lot of useful ways to utilize the chips.

[@virgilviereckjr.6881]

Great video, great idea, and thanks for sharing. Take care, all the best, and God bless. ✝️❤️🙏🇺🇸🗽🌊🌊⛴🌊🌊⚓️🙋🏻‍♂️

[@dgraphus]

I'm waiting to see Melissa 's April fools prank. Just love watching your videos 😂❤

[@rukusbukus]

i keep some 2-1 emergency car escape tool in all my vehicles. its a glass breaker and seat belt cutter. a tool that cost a few bucks could very well save your live

[@norplan9050]

Mike.. Good Luck with your Game Plan on the Chips.. Your Fire Starter is a Hit, Maybe Chips for a DIY Smoker , Next.. (???)

[@jamesharrod8733]

hope all are well on this holy day - i get loads of chips from local arborist - i let them set for year - flipping the piles then use them as compose onto the garden - pretty cheap organic material

[@robk1310]

Those pine wood chips would be great landscaping mulch. Better than what you buy at big box store.

[@leekrauss7525]

wish i could find that video i saw a while ago - a guy cut a plastic drain pipe in half { 24 in i think} and made a long shute that his saw blew the dust into then at end of day he just pushed all that was in it into his loader bucket- it was up off ground about 10 in i think- looked like it kept mess down-take care

[@smeefamily54]

Mike: I learned this when I was a fire fighter. You hit the window in the bottom corner. The glass will not flex as much there, thus the window will break, You could sell the slab wood for furnaces. Nice chipper you have there. Nothing like taking the waste and reusing it for something else. PS: It is cold here in Petawawa, Ontario. Supposed to get snow tonight.

[@VernonWallace]

A spring type punch works well too.

[@echampine]

Happy Easter Mike and to your family. I was thinking. You have a lot of IBC totes. Does the plastic container fit in that trailer you are using for the chipping? If so, cut one of the walls out of the plastic containers for chipping use. That way you can remove the plastic container easily if you need to use the trailer for something else. Maybe cut a small hole or two for strapping to the trailer. That would keep the chips from flying all over the place. Just a thought. Thanks for the video.

[@donaldkennedy5604]

Those pine slabs look perfect for your outside fires instead of burning the good stuff.

[@realairplane261]

Well said Don.

[@lynnbreazeale9134]

An edger would cut way down on your waste, but they are expensive. Love the videos.

[@badcat4707]

Good morning to Hunter 👋👋😸and family and friends 😸 , Happy Easter Sunday everyone 😻😺🙏

[@johnsadler8637]

Good morning and Happy Easter back!

[@badcat4707]

@@johnsadler8637 / Good morning John ,🙏

[@liljoeii6091]

Thank you for the video

[@Jack-eg1wo]

Mike…thanks for another great video and Happy Easter! I would love to see those sawmill tailings and random cuts at 6-10”…bagged up for campers and small cabin stoves. You could bag them and put them roadside with Melissa’s eggs.

[@johnhettrick5696]

Throw a couple of the short slabs across the front of the trailer and stop some of the "overspray"

[@gregwitkamp5583]

try edging the slab wood for siding . just need to edge both sides , the buyer could mill a ship lap edge them selves

[@robertrousseau5264]

Rick Melissa and the family I wish that you a happy Easter your families and your idea of having the Hammers in your car is a great idea for busting out windows all right this is Bob from Vero Beach Florida God bless and stay safe

[@brett76544]

one year I came hime from TX for Christmas and went from 80 degree temps to -20 in the two days of travel. With a snow storm dumping over 2 ft of snow for the last 150 miles on I 81 to NEPA. Woke up in the morning and the passenger side door window was shattered in the driveway. from the cold to my poor ford Bronco II or at the time was the same as the rangers, and explorers, just different rear ends.

[@kenstarzko6837]

We buy wood chips all the time from UFA we use them for bedding for the chickens

[@bobanderson2807]

I see both the sawdust and now the chipper. What do you use to make your fire starter product without giving away secrets? Maybe a short video? Love your content and politics i agree with you 100% Bob A 😁

[@damogranheart5521]

Have a blessed Easter everyone! From chilly Minnesota! 🕊💕🐑🦌🦉🖖🐈‍⬛🫖🍄📚