Wood Ministry work day

[John Lawler]

Ok everyone, those of you traveling here tomorrow to help the ministry with the wood PLEASE drive safely. My wife and I will be praying for safe travels for all of you. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your willingness to give up your Saturday to help. God Bless you guys.

 

[farmer steve]

hope everyone had a fun safe day and you got the job done. sorry i couldn't make it.

 

[John Lawler]

First let me express my heartfelt gratitude for all of you who showed up for our work day for the Wood Ministry. Seriously guys where else can you make a post like this and complete strangers show up on the most beautiful day of the year so far and give up their day off on a Saturday to cut firewood for someone they never met??? This was incredible to me and I am humbled by the generosity and work you all have to help this Wood Ministry. Thank you, thank you, thank you from the bottom of my heart!
Today in about 5 hours time these guys cut up approx. 4 triaxles of wood. We were able to split and stack over 6 cords, there is about 3 more cord split but not stacked and at least probably 15 cords of rounds that need split.

hope everyone had a fun safe day and you got the job done. sorry i couldn't make it.

Well, the consensus was they want to come again so probably end of August or in Sept I'm going to set up another one.

 

[Battle Cross 2]

short video of today just a quick walk around.

 

[Red97]

First let me express my heartfelt gratitude for all of you who showed up for our work day for the Wood Ministry. Seriously guys where else can you make a post like this and complete strangers show up on the most beautiful day of the year so far and give up their day off on a Saturday to cut firewood for someone they never met??? This was incredible to me and I am humbled by the generosity and work you all have to help this Wood Ministry. Thank you, thank you, thank you from the bottom of my heart!
Today in about 5 hours time these guys cut up approx. 4 triaxles of wood. We were able to split and stack over 6 cords, there is about 3 more cord split but not stacked and at least probably 15 cords of rounds that need split.


Well, the consensus was they want to come again so probably end of August or in Sept I'm going to set up another one.

Looks like a nice pile of wood.

I spy an echo hiding in the back of the saw pic lol

 

[Battle Cross 2]

Looks like a nice pile of wood.

I spy an echo hiding in the back of the saw pic lol

There was a pair of ported 590s,490,and 355t. @dahmer got some video of me running the 590 you did.

 

[Battle Cross 2]

Nearly 5 rows deep and I don' know if I could reach the tops of those stacks. That 4 way splitter can make a ot of firewood in a hurry.

 

[Red97]

There was a pair of ported 590s,490,and 355t. @dahmer got some video of me running the 590 you did.

Glad to see some echo showing up lol.

Seem to run ok for ya?

 

[dahmer]

short video of today just a quick walk around.

Great vid James.

 

[Battle Cross 2]

Glad to see some echo showing up lol.

Seem to run ok for ya?

After he got it retuned it ran great. Turns a few more RPM then the one Del did for me in Tennessee but doesn't seem like the comp is as high. And that muffler mod I ran a 288 pipe saw and I think it maid less noise then your 590.

 

[dahmer]

After he got it retuned it ran great. Turns a few more RPM then the one Del did for me in Tennessee but doesn't seem like the comp is as high. And that muffler mod I ran a 288 pipe saw and I think it maid less noise then your 590.

Loud pipes save lives.

 

[Red97]

After he got it retuned it ran great. Turns a few more RPM then the one Del did for me in Tennessee but doesn't seem like the comp is as high. And that muffler mod I ran a 288 pipe saw and I think it maid less noise then your 590.

Yeh that one is a bit loud lol. Glad ya got a chance to run it.

 

[leadfarmer]

Great vid James.

Yeth

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[Dub11]

short video of today just a quick walk around.

Where was the wood going on that Conveyor belt?

 

[John Lawler]

Where was the wood going on that Conveyor belt?

It fed into another conveyor and then dump it where it was getting stacked.

 

[Dub11]

It fed into another conveyor and then dump it where it was getting stacked.

Nice you got one slick set up there. Very nice what yall do.

 

[Hinerman]

First let me express my heartfelt gratitude for all of you who showed up for our work day for the Wood Ministry. Seriously guys where else can you make a post like this and complete strangers show up on the most beautiful day of the year so far and give up their day off on a Saturday to cut firewood for someone they never met??? This was incredible to me and I am humbled by the generosity and work you all have to help this Wood Ministry. Thank you, thank you, thank you from the bottom of my heart!
Today in about 5 hours time these guys cut up approx. 4 triaxles of wood. We were able to split and stack over 6 cords, there is about 3 more cord split but not stacked and at least probably 15 cords of rounds that need split.


Well, the consensus was they want to come again so probably end of August or in Sept I'm going to set up another one.

That is awesome. We have done many of these in the past. My experience the bottle neck is usually at the splitters; we normally did not stack. Never enough splitters and splitter operators. Always more than enough saw operators. Getting the wood to the splitters can be an issue also; but with your set up, you have the splitters within spitting distance of the wood...very efficient. You just need about 6 kinetics with 3-4 man teams,,,lol.

 

[dahmer]

That is awesome. We have done many of these in the past. My experience the bottle neck is usually at the splitters; we normally did not stack. Never enough splitters and splitter operators. Always more than enough saw operators. Getting the wood to the splitters can be an issue also; but with your set up, you have the splitters within spitting distance of the wood...very efficient. You just need about 6 kinetics with 3-4 man teams,,,lol.

If I ever have to buy another splitter it will be kinetic. The one lead farmer brought flat out impressed me.

 

[John Lawler]

That is awesome. We have done many of these in the past. My experience the bottle neck is usually at the splitters; we normally did not stack. Never enough splitters and splitter operators. Always more than enough saw operators. Getting the wood to the splitters can be an issue also; but with your set up, you have the splitters within spitting distance of the wood...very efficient. You just need about 6 kinetics with 3-4 man teams,,,lol.

I had a kinetic splitter, but I still found myself handling the wood more than necessary. We do roughly between 70 and 100 cord a year. My wife and I do 90% of all the work so I needed something even more efficient. I ended up purchasing an Eastonmade 12-22. Now you talk about an impressive splitter. With my 12-22 and lead farmers kinetic going we split a TON of wood.

 

[Hinerman]

I had a kinetic splitter, but I still found myself handling the wood more than necessary. We do roughly between 70 and 100 cord a year. My wife and I do 90% of all the work so I needed something even more efficient. I ended up purchasing an Eastonmade 12-22. Now you talk about an impressive splitter. With my 12-22 and lead farmers kinetic going we split a TON of wood.

I bet you did.

Based on the size of wood you were cutting, a kinetic or hydro with 4-way would be just about even. The secret is keeping them fed, which is why you need 3-4 man teams. I worked a kinetic at an event. We had a team of 5 to keep one kinetic busy, and it took all of us. 2 bringing rounds to the splitter, 1 placing rounds on splitter and moving splits on table, 1 throwing splits and moving the big splits on table also, 1 on the trigger. It is crazy what you can produce with one of those machines and a good team.