In case you were feeling too good about your woodsmanship...

[Rangerbait]

 

[Hasufel]

My first thought when watching this was, thank goodness for chainsaws! I wonder how much wood gets wasted when you use an ax to buck a log.

The splitting technique was interesting, but my toes cringed at the prospect of me trying something like that.

 

[metalfingers]

Ok, just trying to sharpen my skills. Very first scene, soft maple?

 

[PA. Woodsman]

Ok, just trying to sharpen my skills. Very first scene, soft maple?

Looks like Ash...

That's really impressive, wow !!

 

[Wickets]

, but my toes cringed at the prospect of me trying something like that.

ditto on the sentiment!!

 

[rwilly]

Wasteful.
I can get the same feeling just by hand splitting. I buck it up with a chainsaw, then I can get all touchy-feely when I split and stack.

 

[zig]

No one has cut firewood that way since the saw was invented. If the Amish had internet they would laugh their beards off.

 

[Rangerbait]

No one has cut firewood that way since the saw was invented. If the Amish had internet they would laugh their beards off.

I was thinking the same thing...very inefficient approach, yet still impressive.

 

[sportbikerider78]

I love firing up the chainsaw with a Camel in my mouth and a cold one on the stump behind me. The stink of the 2 stroke. This seems like real work!
I go to the gym to workout,,not the woods.

 

[Dobish]

at least you will have lots of kindling you could just fill your stove with chips and let it burn!

 

[Rangerbait]

I love firing up the chainsaw with a Camel in my mouth and a cold one on the stump behind me. The stink of the 2 stroke. This seems like real work!
I go to the gym to workout,,not the woods.

You have time for the gym AND firewood? My 5 kids see to it that I never have that problem lol

 

[bfitz3]

"I recommend this for someone... ...that's not an idiot."

A phrase for the ages!

 

[Allagash350]

I have a friend who works in an office and likes cutting trees down with an ax and splitting with a maul.
He thought it was cool until i brought over my stihl 441 and splitter

 

[sportbikerider78]

You have time for the gym AND firewood? My 5 kids see to it that I never have that problem lol

I have two small ones and a house I have been renovating. Cry me a river.

 

[Dobish]

I have two small ones and a house I have been renovating. Cry me a river.

come on, make it 2 little ones and 2 houses you are renovating

 

[gerry100]

enjoyed your mastery of the Ax sir, and the fact that you still have complete lower extremities.

If I wasn't a maul guy with 40yrs of practice I might try this.

Don't think you need a gym if you do this regularly.

Beautiful felling cuts too

 

[Catfish Hunter]

Looks like Ash...

That's really impressive, wow !!

I second the ash

 

[Catfish Hunter]

For me, I have an office job so I try to make cutting wood both exercise and enjoyment. Plus it heats the house! I always feel better when my day starts with cutting wood...

 

[Dobish]

For me, I have an office job so I try to make cutting wood both exercise and enjoyment. Plus it heats the house! I always feel better when my day starts with cutting wood...

i am seriously thinking about taking a lunch break to go rev up the chainsaw....

 

[Corey]

GAWD!! My hat is certainly off to you. Impressive piece of work, though I shudder to think about the 'chips to logs' ratio!

I've got a mark on the side of my saw for the max length of wood my stove can take. Any log bigger than 5-6 inches, I give it a quick eyeball against the mark, so I know I'm making the longest logs / fewest cuts / least amount of sawdust waste possible. Seems like even a single man buck saw would still get you the DIY / no power tool "gold star", but save a little more of mother nature's hard work. Wood don't grow on trees, ya know! ... oh....wait...

 

[Rangerbait]

Gents! Let me clarify...that is a video of some weirdo I found on the interwebz...I wish I had time for shenanigans like that!

 

[StihlKicking]

He said "oil yourself up"

 

[jackatc1]

No one has cut firewood that way since the saw was invented. If the Amish had internet they would laugh their beards off.

A friend hired an Amish logger and his 15 and 16 year old sons.
To log his land on 50/50 shares.

 

[gerry100]

I thought they couldn't use chainsaws?

 

[Rangerbait]

I thought they couldn't use chainsaws?

They're probably Mennonites...just like the Amish, but with Stihls! [emoji41]