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Dead & leaning the WRONG way 4K

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Video by Stanley "Dirt Monkey" Genadek

Stanley "Dirt Monkey" Genadek

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This project details the process of safely felling trees using a combination of chainsaws and a mini excavator, followed by the systematic processing of logs for firewood. It covers initial planning, controlled felling techniques, limbing, bucking, and a comprehensive explanation of the multi-stage firewood preparation process, including seasoning.

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[Music] now watch the next one will fall right on both frany and I when we're standing 100 ft apart yeah these are that's a leaner that one's leaning the wrong way right to the fence so this one we got to get a good push on right I'm thinking this one just Dro her right there this one I'm just going to push I we start that didn't come this way we had that open so if we wanted to oh we highlight there yeah you think we're going to hit that thing a Highline yeah that tall enough I don't yeah I know you're tall enough to hear this yeah it is isn't it so we we really got to get it to go that way if we're going to try to get it to do anything right yeah just back you want to do them two next yeah I'll I'll back cut that one but that we'll drop that front one first yeah I dro the front one then back cut that next one and I'll push on it and we'll see if we just can't get her to go problem is with that clly I don't have a whole lot of purchase on the tree right you know what I mean y so I don't if I don't get that grab just right you you roll back on it it's going to roll yeah or I'm going to slide off and crash into it and I can take that th that Apple off [Music] but all right we'll figure it [Music] out [Music] [Applause] [Music] oh [Music] that was a tricky one now watch the next one will fall right on both frany and I when we're standing 100 ft apart [Music] yeah I can tell Cuts your Cuts good yeah I'm GL I picked up the bar and CH though what's that GL I picked up a bar and chain oh okay this my the bar was bed but at least they're all dropped with no no damages no damages those were the critical ones but is that one over there dead or no I don't know that one you know I don't know if the electric company takes care of that stuff or phone come know them guys do it they I don't think they do until it drops on the line oh and right now since it's not going to fall on my house I'll let it drop on the line and let them deal with it let them have their fun with it when the time is due right yeah so what should we do next oh I'll Lim up from you start liming and I'll start hiking them over and I'll get a I'll get a big pile stuck over there and then we'll start blocking them up over on the other side right yeah okay [Music] well we got the trees down that we were most worried about without any issu so that's a good day that's a good day we got a lot of work left to do we got to get all that cleaned up we got to get this cleaned up I got to pop all the stumps we've got to process the wood then split the wood then dry the wood get the wood stacked you know that they say about firewood it Heats you five times you cut it you block it you f it you stack it you dry it you bring it in and then you burn it that's how it Heats you five times but that's going to call it for this video I'm going to put it on time lapse let you guys work with us till the sun sets and then we will see you tomorrow morning when we're going to start bright and early we got to go do to pick up on that end I in you're pinched in I'm pinched yeah okay get don't get your hand on that saw let me get you clear it's going to take me a minute I got logs on I'm going to lift up or push down push down push down here push up there okay but it's going to get dark and we're going to keep [Music] working 1 2 3 [Music] all right real quick if you're new to firewood which I'm guessing some of you are but some of you may not be as new to it as other people so let's just just have patience there's a number of steps first you fa the tree that means you drop it on the ground that's just kind of like the dangerous that's the fun part right a little dangerous a little exciting a little fun it's always kind of neat to watch the drop then you limb them so you cut all the limbs off then you block them then you put them into 8T blocks you carry them out of the woods sometimes you put them in 16t blocks but eight 16t blocks get them out of the woods then you block them into firewood length then you split them then you stack them so that they can dry and then you season them for 1 to 2 years so you let that fire wood dry cuz we burn this right now it ain't going to do nothing but smolders terrible so that's what you got to do so this firewood although some of it is bad and it will burn dry right away it still really needs to dry maybe one more season if you let it dry too many seasons then it gets rot and it get turn Punky the firewood only has a certain kind of PE age where two to three years of drying and it's like a fine wine right a [Music] oh

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