On behalf of my aching back, I thank you, sir. I just built one for myself yesterday and had the chance to try it out today. I only wish I hadn't waited so long to build this wonderful contraption. Thanks for sharing all your projects. I really enjoy them.
@TokyoCraftsman
7 жыл бұрын
This is the first video of Cody's that I ever watched, dunno why it just popped up in my feed but it did. Wow has it really been four years? Cheers!
@DoingItCheap
9 жыл бұрын
If you don't mind an old man making a suggestion......... one trick I learned when trying to slide something in place on two pins, whether it be your swinging arm or a trailer ramp, is to cut one pin or in your case one bolt about a half inch shorter than the other. This will allow you to get started on the long pin and it holds itself in place as you line up the other. I love what you did here!!!!!
@danielroglich3309
4 жыл бұрын
Great idea Mr.Wranglerstar. Thanks for the content
@CampfireTalk
11 жыл бұрын
Nice little set up you have there.
@DoingItCheap
9 жыл бұрын
Just curious............after using this awhile, did you add a 45 degree brace to the top section also?
@garrisonaw
8 жыл бұрын
If you're lazy (or if you don't have welding skills or tools), you can buy something almost exactly like this for $100. (Although if you're lazy, you're probably not out there cutting firewood in the first place.) Go to www.baileysonline.com/Forestry-Woodcutting/Firewood-Products/Firewood-Cutting-Tools/Smart-Holder-Firewood-Holder.axd
@mrbubba213
7 жыл бұрын
garrisonaw that's pretty sweet, especially since I don't have a welder or welding skills. Looks like you could easily take it out in the field too
@wewhitt
9 жыл бұрын
Did you end up putting teeth on the bottom bar at some later date - I noticed at 9:07 there was something there.
@jonwithnoh7
11 жыл бұрын
Neat gadget, I like your thinking outside the box.
@vegasfordguy
11 жыл бұрын
Another great project! I just found your channel and really enjoy watching.
@albusai
4 жыл бұрын
Nice , what I was looking for , here in Central America they don’t sell stuff like that
@wranglerstar
11 жыл бұрын
It's made by Filson of Seattle
@marcofsw
10 жыл бұрын
Beautiful intro, almost like Sweden!
@wranglerstar
11 жыл бұрын
Yes It's a Filson. A Subscriber named Chris sent it yesterday. A Very nice gift. Thank you Chris, you know who you are.. I really really like it. I feel very protected when wearing.
@baldieman64
9 жыл бұрын
It would benefit from a sheet metal plate on the "door" so that the limb always pushes it open rather than poking through the hole.
@wollywolly2734
4 жыл бұрын
Correct
@thomashart1560
4 жыл бұрын
Saw it right off!
@xhooligainz7327
6 жыл бұрын
I dont know if he will ever see this comment but I was a pretty big townie here in Ireland and watching these videos helped me find my career. I emailed some guys and now work cutting firewood. People ask why I do such "back breaking" work but honestly I love every cut I make. So thank you for not only taking me out of town/city life but for helping me find my passion!
@HuntingTime1
11 жыл бұрын
Hi Wranglerstar this is great project -well done -what log spliter do you use ?
@wranglerstar
11 жыл бұрын
The steel wall thickness is 1/8" this is on the heavy side however I do notice that when sticking a long limb the leverage force is tremendous. I'm not saying thinner material won't work only that I'm glad I went with 1/8"
@wranglerstar
11 жыл бұрын
Exactly, I forgot to talk about the bottom teeth. I found the logs wanted to roll out to the side. I cut some teeth and tacked them on and problem solved. This design need teeth top and bottom. PS You are very observant...
@oef82
11 жыл бұрын
very cool idea.
@wranglerstar
11 жыл бұрын
Post a picture on my facebook page. I'd love to see what you come up with.
@wranglerstar
11 жыл бұрын
Design prints? What's that? Do you mean the sketch scratched in the dirt with a welding rod?
@DoingItCheap
9 жыл бұрын
I really like this build. Gonna have to do that myself. Very nice job and thanks for sharing. I just subscribed so I don't miss any of your videos. If you get a chance, check out how I process kindling on my channel.
@wranglerstar
11 жыл бұрын
We burn a little pine. I don't care for it. It burns to fast and to hot.
@sarahschafer2803
9 жыл бұрын
what a great idea, I am Seven foot and regardless of my skill with the saw it is ergonomically smart to bring the work to me... This will be money well spent and a great time saver. Thank you for taking the time to make this video.- let the haters hate, this was a blessing... Ray
@wranglerstar
11 жыл бұрын
Yes I did. I forgot to mention this in the video. The branch wanted to roll out of the clamp so I added so teeth. Problem solved.
@lxmzhg
8 жыл бұрын
For the bar that doesn't' have "teeth" on it, I think it would have been a good idea to make it V-shaped instead of straight; that way the log would be centered & would prevent the log from sliding off. And another thought is to have the bar that has the teeth on it, to also be V-shaped, perhaps thus eliminating the need for teeth altogether.
@dufus2273
7 жыл бұрын
I like that idea. you're too late.lol
@Gr8Layks
7 жыл бұрын
Well, not too late for me!
@dalyjolly3186
7 жыл бұрын
I think I'd want the teeth to make sure the wood can't rotate or slide forward & back.
@DaMoose1015
6 жыл бұрын
I agree... Either a shallow "V", or a shallow "U"
@AztecWarrior69_69
6 жыл бұрын
lxmzhg you don't need a V if you just angle your bottom support up about 10% and angle your top the same 10% down. That will pinch anything to the upright. You just need to add a small bit on the length of the brand door.
@Cayoot
8 жыл бұрын
Wonderful! Just wonderful, thank you! Am I mistaken, or does it look like you did attach something "serrated" on the bottom limb holding arm? (I see it at about 8:35 in the video). Do you suggest that be done?
@bobrichardson2597
9 жыл бұрын
I like this project. I have one suggestion for improving on it. Right now as you load the branch you have to hit the crossbar with the teeth on it so that it is pushed out of the way for loading. With longer/larger branches it might be more difficult to accurately hit your mark. I would add a piece of sheet metal across the vertical arms so that it covers the entire opening of the swinging section. This would give you a much larger target area to hit.
@davidtrees1714
10 жыл бұрын
Did I see right at the end that you added some kind of serration to the bottom bar? Thanks for a great simple project. Now all I need to learn is how to weld..LoL. All good hey. Love it. Cheers David
@dalemotter5113
10 жыл бұрын
Well he did sat when he was adding the swing arm cripplers that you can add them to the bottom aswel but he left them out as he didnt think they were necessary this a pretttty stupid question
@johnsomerset1510
10 жыл бұрын
Good video and great idea! I see you did ultimately add a row of small teeth to the lower 'jaw' of the frame, though!
@19SWE96
7 жыл бұрын
Is that song in the intro 'When the children cry' by White lion? Sounds extremely similar.
@excalibur440
8 жыл бұрын
i wish i had your shop. Thanks for the video!, great idea.
@wranglerstar
8 жыл бұрын
+excalibur440 very blessed to have it. collecting for decades to have it.
@johnowen5327
8 жыл бұрын
cool its gave me a lesson on hawe to cut fire wood
@kamatz
7 жыл бұрын
I concur. I wish I had your shop. Thanks for the video! Great idea.
@Dan__W
10 жыл бұрын
Shut the front door... :O Cool! One thing tho- the diameter of whatever you cut increases along with the height, so I hope the bottom leg is at least as long as your maximum vertical clearance is high. Having a sizeable branch twist or roll from the pulling of the saw could be very bad. Maybe a cleat at the end of the bottom leg would be cheap insurance, esp. as it will polish from wear?
@Dan__W
10 жыл бұрын
I rewatched the end and saw the teeth on the bottom bar, listened better too abt not overloading. Thanks for the great video!
@RickRabjohn
10 жыл бұрын
nicely done! You should market these!
@eyeballll
9 жыл бұрын
Ever notice that most prisons have a metal shop? Comes in handy for the cons to build shanks and tools to break out with.
@momouppa
10 жыл бұрын
Gloves and bench grinder be careful...
@wranglerstar
11 жыл бұрын
oops the Bible character slipped out. Essab
@scottthomson700
9 жыл бұрын
Clever thinking. I like the fact that it's mobile and you gave me an idea! one on the back of a trailer so the cuts fall in the trailer to speed up cutting loading and moving will be my next project.
@StonemanRocks
2 жыл бұрын
Have you ever tried a machete for limbing trees ? I found it about 10 times quicker and 75% less work than a chain saw! Im serious! I bought one at walmart with a hooked blade end for about $20 and boom off to the races man! You can limb up to 2” like pine, fir whatever with one swing! 3” would take 2 swings! Its fast!
@michaeldougfir9807
8 жыл бұрын
Now you can put a trailer hitch on that same end of the wood splitter, and pull a trailer to catch the limb pieces as they fall. Handle the branch pieces one less time.
@themadmailler
10 жыл бұрын
nice contraption! when i'm splitting, i'll just clamp logs in the splitter using the ram, but with lots of small wood like you have, it makes so sense to run two engines to cut up the logs.
@wranglerstar
11 жыл бұрын
I agree. I was thinking a guy could park the tractor bucket underneath and catch a lot of the sections.
@wranglerstar
11 жыл бұрын
The jacket is made by Filson in Seattle. It's called the Truckers Hunting Jacket and it is very good. I feel very protected wearing it.
@wranglerstar
11 жыл бұрын
I used a piece of 1" flat bar. Using the plasma torch I cut some teeth and welded it to the tubing.
@chuckbear1961
10 жыл бұрын
Super design beats the old way of cutting small limbs. I usually get a lot of small limbs many leave behind at our compost site.
@michaelgarafalo2924
9 жыл бұрын
@ 7:45, I agree with not putting teeth on the bottom bar, but some inline guide weld (humps for lack of a better word) to keep the log from wanting to swing sideways. And then at the end I see teeth on the bottom jaw to do just that.
@CorrectiveAction
9 жыл бұрын
I was thinking about that as well. Another solution would be to make the bottom bar a slight "v" shape, hence centrally locating the limb.
@jjaylad
9 жыл бұрын
CorrectiveAction looking at the video ...don't I see teeth of some kind on the input side of the shelf the limb is resting on?
@tylersilva123
9 жыл бұрын
jjaylad yeah i see it but only after he took it out of the shop and actually used it to hold the branch.. before that it wasn't on there
@TroutBrookFarms
11 жыл бұрын
only thing I might do is round tube rather than square tube on the bottom of the swinging bit with just some beads of weld around it...
@wranglerstar
11 жыл бұрын
Yes if you had it connected to a quad or the truck it wold be solid.
@wranglerstar
11 жыл бұрын
Yes I have been thinking the same thing. The target is to hard to hit. I'm going to cover the door with sheet metal.
@wranglerstar
11 жыл бұрын
LOL, I did not invent this clamp it's my take on a log holder designed in Sweden.
@wranglerstar
11 жыл бұрын
I heat my home and shop with Jotul wood stoves from Norway.
@iangamble3981
10 жыл бұрын
all you gotta do is cut the tree from the tips of the limbs to the trunk. let the weight of the tree to the work. cool contraption though
@wranglerstar
11 жыл бұрын
Good to hear. If you have any problem with it email me and I'll send you a replacement if I have one.
@wranglerstar
11 жыл бұрын
Not a bad idea. I think it will be ok if I'm careful
@wranglerstar
11 жыл бұрын
You are welcome
@TheRedactor
8 жыл бұрын
Wondering if it might grip the limb even steadier if the bottom bar was slightly v-shaped instead of a straight bar.
@wranglerstar
11 жыл бұрын
Yes good idea.
@fredgreen177
9 жыл бұрын
It would be easier if you included a few measurements to save the guess work. but it is good.
@wranglerstar
11 жыл бұрын
Thank's mark
@wranglerstar
11 жыл бұрын
I think it could be done with lumber however 4x4 would be required.
@wranglerstar
11 жыл бұрын
Yes indeed. The welds are done. Never complete the welds until all the fitting is complete.
@jeffreyscottharris
10 жыл бұрын
Great idea, great video. Folks like you are what built this country and made it great. Your inventions & innovations make life better for the rest of us. Keep up the good work...
@jeffreyscottharris
10 жыл бұрын
Rockjock007 I've never seen anything like this before. And why jump on me? I didn't rip off anything.
@jeffreyscottharris
10 жыл бұрын
Rockjock007 Like I said, I'd never seen anything like this.
@MikeKincaid79
11 жыл бұрын
I'm going to have to build one of these
@wranglerstar
11 жыл бұрын
Not a bad price. Rust free would be way to fancy for me.
@wranglerstar
11 жыл бұрын
Yes I am and let me tell you it shows in my work.
@maxhill5025
9 жыл бұрын
excellent video. well made. very informative.
@wranglerstar
11 жыл бұрын
Yes I agree. The T Post is a major Fail in my book...
@Pef273
10 жыл бұрын
Great idea. As an after thought, I believe the wood would be more stable if the bottom bar was a V.
@bskjonnemand
10 жыл бұрын
Yes but the. You would have other flaws like the bar with the spikes would have to be adjusted more because bigger branded will sit a lot higher up
@l3wi5spad3
10 жыл бұрын
id get a patent on that buddy
@jeffreyscottharris
10 жыл бұрын
Rockjock007"Patent" not "patient"...
@C80ree
6 жыл бұрын
Hi Cody this is a really great invention well done. Just a suggestion from an old lady if this was mounted to a trailer you could saw the wood directly into the trailer and save yourself the trouble of picking up the wood, just a thought. Keep up the great videos.
@littleblitz8239
10 жыл бұрын
I'm sure everyone watching has ALL these tools in their NON garage. lol Great idea though.
@bill45colt
10 жыл бұрын
All guys have tools and know how to use them
@littleblitz8239
10 жыл бұрын
Agreed, but I'm speaking of the specialty items, as in drill presses and the like.
@bill45colt
10 жыл бұрын
k thanks for your comments---id just expected every guy had machines, lathes, mills, and the like---fun videos---I like watching!!
@littleblitz8239
10 жыл бұрын
***** I sure don't, but I found it pretty cool.
@bullvalene
10 жыл бұрын
Patrick B I have a drill press in my apartment. It 10 feet away from my bed. You can get a cheap one for 62 dollars at harbor freight. I think most people who would need one of these to heat their home would have the tools needed to construct it. Why would someone without tools, watch a video about building something and then complain that they cannot do it?
@DENMONKEY
11 жыл бұрын
not my thing but I can appreciate the creativity and craftsman ship applied to the job. Made for an interesting watch. Nice to be able to watch a project as it unfolds and see the final product.
@absinthone
11 жыл бұрын
Great videos a I really enjoy seeing what your doing out there.. Agree the limbs are a great resource also because they do not need to be split. I use an old Farmall tractor with a belt driven cord saw.. Cut up those limbs in a fraction of the time. Out do a chain saw easily.. Good luck to you..
@brookegermond6123
10 жыл бұрын
Great idea. The only critique I would offer is its to high. Holding a chainsaw that high for very long would be a bit tough.
@JeremyPeters
9 жыл бұрын
Patrick Germond If you didn't know, Cody is quite tall. So everything he designs/builds would be to tall for guys like you and I...
@alvydasurbonas8913
9 жыл бұрын
Patrick Germond
@alvydasurbonas8913
9 жыл бұрын
Patrick Germond
@wranglerstar
11 жыл бұрын
Round would work also however it's harder to work with.
@bebopalooblog2877
9 жыл бұрын
I usually just stack all the limbs in a pile, roughly line up the ends, then take my biggest saw and hack through the stack. It aint pretty, and it aint strictly safe, but it sure is fast and I have never had a problem with it. This looks ok too though :-)
@wranglerstar
11 жыл бұрын
Thank's gunny, I loved your work in full metal jacket
@trainlinezoo
9 жыл бұрын
Great idea - I've been stepping on my limbs for years and didn't realize how much I didn't like it until I wsaw theis video. I want to build one too!
@THEMOWERMEDIC1
11 жыл бұрын
Very ingenuous contraption.
@wranglerstar
11 жыл бұрын
Yes speedglass and Esau
@RobsAquaponics
11 жыл бұрын
Have seen the commercial ones but like this better :) Shall be passing it on to friends & family.. have a great one.. :)
@hhoward14
11 жыл бұрын
Cody! My friend... Go and buy a big box of 3M face masks, and get into the habit of using them. You may not want to throw a way old tools, but you are certainly throwing away your lungs with all that grinding, rust dust, and smoke. The old ways have much of value, but they often died of preventable causes. You don't have to. God bless, from a friend in Scotland.
@wranglerstar
11 жыл бұрын
Yes it may be I'm 6'4" so I always build things taller than normal.
@ZombieReady556
10 жыл бұрын
A shallow V shape for the bottom bar of the jaw would help to center and stabilize the limb as it sits in there. great build.
@michaelhutin5451
10 жыл бұрын
Good idea the V shape.
@PelenTan
9 жыл бұрын
I like it. The comment about it being stupid was from someone who never spent any time cutting wood. Sure, you're not going to pull this out for a single branch. But I haven't seen too many tree's with just one branch. I do have to poke fun at you on one point just because I do the same thing. You spent extra effort and attention on making sure the upright was plumb when in the field it never will be due to terrain. ;-)
@AmericanFartBully
9 жыл бұрын
Well, I think the idea is you have a designated area, that's probably already flat, that you're bringing all of your limbs to. And then you're cutting and splitting and stacking entire cord of it all at once as quickly as you can. And all in once place with the same set of tools. And then you do that about 100 times. That's where the movement-movement efficiency comes in to where it justifies spending $60 and the better part of a day on it.
@MarvinLStohs
10 жыл бұрын
Your professionalism is showing---NEVER wear gloves using a grinder
@107retired
9 жыл бұрын
That sir, is GENIUS!!! Never expect anything less from you Cody! Thanks for sharing!
@lrs2856
9 жыл бұрын
Great idea. Nice and small. What if you changed the bottom rest to form a V at 60 deg, this will ensure the limbs will not move to either side and you can still use it to cut variable size limbs.
@cawesthaver
9 жыл бұрын
Good onw
@gregorrobertson4544
9 жыл бұрын
From an older scottish country dweller - a great one for Limbs. Well thought out and meticulous attention to detail. And good video and good audio! Thanks and keep safe - and well. Civilisation needs folk like you. Gregor at Saltoun Hall.
@vickiolson1198
10 жыл бұрын
I like your method, but I had something built for me that worked even better and was much more efficient when I cut my own firewood, which I did for many many years. Your method is great and works fine but only cuts one piece at a time. I had my original stand built out of 2 by 4 's but PVC might work also and would be much lighter. Mine was a permanent thing and I did not move it because of the weight, but pvc would make it much lighter and you could make it so that it could be folded down while it was being transported and then put back in place by folding it back up and tightening all of the bolts. I started out with two rows of vertical 2 by 4's about 12 inches apart. From the first 2 by 4, I would go in 15 inches for the second one, and then put in a third one leaving about a 3 inch gap. That would give ample space to put your vertical chainsaw cut through the wood and there would still be ample support to hold up the pieces of wood, be they pole limbs, or slab wood, which was something that I cut often. After that third vertical 2 by, I would add another one leaving 12 inch gap, and then the fifth 2 by would leave a 3 inch gap between the fourth and fifth vertical 2 by. I would have two vertical rows of these vertical 2 by's about 12 inches apart although it could be narrower. It depends on what you have to work with. If you buy your PVC or 2 by's or in 8 foot lengths, you would be able to cut 8 cross pieces out of one length. I would place one of these cross pieces by each vertical 2 by, starting on the inside of the first and the second 2 by's, and then repeat for as long as I wanted to make my limb holder. I would start the cross bars about thigh high from the ground and this would the what was holding up the limbs or the poles that I was going to cut with my chain saw. That way, I would have absolutely no bending even while I was cutting my wood as it would all be held up at a height that worked for me. How high you would want to start would depend upon how tall you are and how comfortable you are in bending. I would be able to stack my limbs or my slab wood inside of this frame starting from thigh high to about chest high, so I would have between 2 and 2 1/2 feet of stacked in wood that would also be about 8 to 10 inches wide. If I made my wood cutting frame about 8 feet long, I would be able to make 4 or 5 vertical cuts, giving me 5 or 6 pieces of firewood, multiplied by how many pieces of slabwood or limb poles that I had been able to stack in my frame and I would have only made those few cuts with the chain saw. Just imagine the time and fuel that I saved, not only in cutting the wood, but in stacking it. I always just carried the wood by the armloads over to my wood shed to stack, but I was going to invent a I sling made out of rope or heavy wire that I would tie around each bundle of wood that I had cut so I could lift each section of cut firewood out of the frame with one movement, and carry it over to my wood pile where I would release the sling and pull it out from under the new wood that I had just carried and placed on my pile. I know my description of only words in describing what I used is totally inadequate but I think that you know enough about building and are good enough at thinking out of the box to be able to figure out what I was doing. I have mentioned this to you as it can not only be made so that you can take it to wherever you are cutting if that is what you want to do. If you hold it together with nuts and bolts, you will be able to fold it down to a compact movable package by loosening those nuts and bolts and then put it where ever you want to use it. You only need just a few lower cross pieces at the far ends of the rqck, and a few top cross pices to stabilize the rack, in addition to the main cross pieces that your fire wood poles or slabs would rest on. If you were worried about the pieces of wood flying around once you started cutting with your chain saw you could put heavy weights on the top of your wood in order to hold it in place while you were cutting it. If I have tickled your imagination enough that you would consider building such a cutting rack, I hope that you let me know about it and let me know if it works for you as well as it did for me!!! I was able to cut days off of my wood cutting and stacking work load as well as save a lot of gas and oil money by using this method, which is part of what sustainability is all about. I also have gardened using both the wood chip method and the lasagna style of no til gardening, which is basically what the Back to Eden method is based on. Wood chips work the best by far, but those who can't get access to them can use other things, even pine needles if that is all they have, something which I used to great results.!!!
@stearman
10 жыл бұрын
If you season your firewood under a roof out of the sun, it will retain far more BTU's than simply stacking it in the open. The UV rays "cook" the wood as it dries and you loose density. I didn't believe it either until I got a cord of hickory seasoned this way in a huge pile, not stacked. That wood was heavier than the hickory cord remnants I had left from last season in equivalent sizes. Obviously it burned longer and put out more heat; so much so that the difference was dramatic. I know hickory doesn't grow out where you are but the principle is the same for doug fir, tamarack, pine or any other species. Thanks for making your videos, they are a blessing to all.
@AxanarGaming
8 жыл бұрын
Your going to think I'm nuts but I resolved this issue by taking my chop saw outside. It works up to 5" for a single sided cut. And 6" if you don't care about turning it over. If its good enough to cut 6" schedule 40 pvc pipe. It's good enough for my branches. Oh and what happened to your jeep? Was there a winching event that went horrible wrong?
@HILUXCHAINSAW
10 жыл бұрын
I have one of these and they are brilliant. I find i now cut up wood that i would have normally just left behind.
@sambking
10 жыл бұрын
If you don't want to make your own you can buy them pre-made. I have one and I love it. Here is a vid showing it in action. Not mountable out of the box but all you DIY-ers will be able to make something of this if you want to: Smart-Holder Firewood Holder / Sawhorse
@vickiolson1198
10 жыл бұрын
someone made a very similar stacking frame and made a utube video about it. It is not exactly the same but will give you an idea. Mine was lighter and not as wide, but then, my chainsaw did not have a 24 inch blade either. lol Here is the link Firewood jig video spliced
@dimholtroad
11 жыл бұрын
hey up cody them brown leather gloves you wear,who makes em? you said they come in 3s ? regards chris
@HerdingDogRescuer
9 жыл бұрын
Love your vids. However, I don't have the shop and all the tools and all the skill, so they are pretty much just a maybe someday.... I don't have the money to buy all the power tools, and moreover the time to do all that. So they really aren't much help.
@Raven4122
9 жыл бұрын
Nice little video BUT for me it is kind of a waste of time and money not to mention now you have more work because you need to load your holder.. but for a hobbyist it will be "fun" to make and use provided you have the welder etc.
@danryan3146
9 жыл бұрын
Clever, although it seems like extra work to me. I have found that a 24 inch bar on my saw is just the right length for standing straight while cutting limb wood on the ground. Mind you, I am only 5'7" and I prevent the chain from contacting the ground by leaving a layer of wood pieces on the ground. Each to their own...
@510Redneck
9 жыл бұрын
+Dan Ryan Completely agree, I don't want to be lifting shit more than I have too. A 8ft tall man should be able to keep his back straight unless he has wood stilts for legs (or "peg legs" if you wish). Even then he can spread them a bit and maintain posture... lol Is a clever device for physically able weekend warriors though I will give it that... or a old feller that has some youth feeding said device so he can just stand there cutting.
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