Getting some wood for the upcoming Winter!

Hey guys, how you doing? It's Henry at Mowers and Plows. Welcome to another episode. You guys recall from the ending of last week's episode, I had gotten free wood from my neighbor Dan. I used my Cub Cadet tractor, hooked up his trailer, which I sold him a few years back, and brought all this wood back. We're not done by a long shot. He has an Echo chainsaw that the chain keeps coming off. He's just not putting it on right. Anyway, until he can chop up some more, I've got to kind of split these bigger logs into in half, so that's more manageable and easier for me to chop. Ideally, I could use a log splitter, but that of course is a big piece of machinery that costs $1,000. I've always wanted one of those things. I've had the electric ones, but they blow the hydraulics all the time. Anyway, just going to do some cutting. I whipped out my... Excuse me while I whip this out. 20-inch Remington Outlaw. I haven't used this in probably half a decade. I've been sitting around with fuel in it. A couple of pumps. Okie dokie. Look at that. Bulb is not running away. Furry seal. So I'll just take my time, take one log at a time, and split it here and there. I got to clean that ---- up. This thing worked great. Better than great. Surprisingly great. Started on a couple of pulls after sitting for five years with gas in it. So it's been a few hours. I'm going back to Dan's to get a bunch of more shipments of big logs, and I'm bringing my chainsaw to help him cut it into smaller pieces. I want to try to get every piece of wood that I could get because I'm going to need it. I like burning wood in the winter because it heats up the house and it's very pleasant. You know, this Cub Cadet has really been very reliable. Eight, nine trips to Dan's house, back and forth, not a problem at all. It's worked great, except the battery sucks. I have to jump every time I need to start it. All right. Second day of wood. Probably took four trips to Dan's house. Pretty much cleared out his yard. I'll be busy tomorrow. I'm going to chop up these little pieces here and put them in the backyard as I did today because you don't want this wood be leaning against your house because this wood has evidence of bugs. So you want them leaning on the neighbor's fence. See you guys tomorrow. Good morning. It's a nice day today. Bobster's out here with me, and I'm going to get to work on chopping that up a little bit so I can stack them for the winter. All right. Well, that was a tough job, but somebody's got to do it. May as well be me. So you guys saw a ton of sawdust on the lawn. Now, don't get me wrong. Iron, which is in wood, is good for the lawn, but not too much so much that it covers the lawn and it prevents sunlight from getting to the roots and the soil. So you do want to blow off most of the sawdust off and throw it out because too much sawdust is too much iron. And it blocks the sun. So these are going to be the last few nice days that we have before old man winter comes and visits us. But I got rid of about eight or nine shipments of wood from my friend Dan's house. I've got enough wood now for probably two or three seasons. Problem is some of this wood is so wet that I won't be able to use it this year. So hopefully in the next few months it'll sort of dry a little bit. I can kind of see what can be used. But of course, the biggest issue is I'm too old to be manually chopping wood with an axe, not to mention a high possibility of me chopping my foot off in an accident. So I really do wish I had a gas log splitter, as you guys have seen previous episodes of my neighbor Chris who borrowed his friend's gas log splitter. We were splitting logs like nothing. I need that. Now I have had the electric hydraulic kinds. I had two different kinds. And both of them blew the hydraulic lines because too much pressure on some of the heavy strong trunks, which just it couldn't handle it. So it blew the hydraulic line. I need a gas one. Problem is used gas ones are like a thousand bucks. And you guys know me, I don't buy nothing. An update on my mom. I know a lot of you guys are concerned about my mother. When she fell in her assisted living home, face first into the ground, passed out for a couple hours, went to the hospital. It was all superficial. She just has a black eye. But she spent five days in the hospital. That's what I've been doing. I also, in the stress of things, I lost my wallet. So I lost my driver's license, a couple of credit cards, and like a wad of $150. That sucks. But you know what? As long as I don't lose it all the time, it's okay. It's just a lesson for me to be more careful with my wallet. As you guys should now have an idea about losing your wallet. Be more careful where you shove your wallet. I'm a minimalist. So I'm always wearing flip flops and shorts. Sometimes shorts with no pockets. So I'm just stuffing it in my underwear. Anyway, she's okay. She's back in her room at the assisted living place. She didn't break any hips and legs, which is what I was concerned about. So she has a black eye. That's it. She's okay. Thank you for you guys' concern about the mom. Hey, listen, when you get to my age, you're going to run into these things. When your parents get older and they need care, you got to stop what you're doing and take care of them. They brought you in this world. Okay. And listen, enjoy Bobby because Bobby's got like four years left. He's eight. These golden doodles don't live past like 12 or 14. So enjoy Bobby while you have him. That's why I have Bobby outside all the time, enjoying the weather. One big trash can full of leaves and sawdust. Clean this place up. Use these two electric leaf blowers. That chainsaw is a badass. Anyway, check it out. Yup. That's really good. That's enough wood for the next three, four seasons, I think. I mean, once it's all split up and stuff, plenty. This is the stuff left over from what I got left. That's it. This is what I get to burn this winter. Maybe some of this stuff, small things, but that's great. Free firewood. Free. Free. Free. Free. Free. Free. For free. You can't argue with free. That's right. Free. So given I did lose $150 by losing my wallet, I look at it as me paying for wood with $150. It's the only way that you can look at it. Makes you feel better when you look at it that way. Anyway, I hope you guys enjoyed the video. Remember to like, share, and subscribe so I can continue to give you... What's Henry doing these days? I know you guys can relate to me because I'm just a regular guy doing everyday, regular guy things. Most of the time. Hope you guys enjoyed the day. We'll see you guys next time on Mowers and Blowers. See you guys next time on Mowers and Blowers. Boom. 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