www.youtube.com/@mylifedeliberately?sub_confirmation=1 Projects, structure builds, sawing and upgrades on my sawmill on my property located in northern Idaho. Several new videos uploaded every week.
I saw a short where you use a hook and a strap to turn heavy logs. I can't find the video or where that hook came from. I would love to have one! Thanks for great videos.
Thanks for watching and for your interest in the hook. Here is a link to the original video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-c_20ZWz-sVY.html . The hook was made for me by another RU-vidr, 6.8Liter74, www.youtube.com/@6.8liter74. You can reach him at bterry35@hotmail.com. His name is Brian and I know that he has made a few for others who have asked.
With such thick slabs left over .. Could you have bumped up one inch before cutting to your can’t size, cut at one inch above, then bumped down an inch to cut at your can’t size? That may have given you 4 more boards that may have been smaller but still useful? Just thinking to myself until I get my first sawmill,
It is true you can get more lumber out of them and a lot of people do. I also need firewood for the winters up here, so I leave the slabs a little thick to give me better firewood. The alternative would be to cut down some trees exclusively for firewood and not get any lumber from them. Kind of a tradeoff. Thanks for watching!
Valve that controls the water flow at the tank leaks air unless it all the way open and the tube gets air locked. If you buy a little ball valve meant for sprinklers and put it in line in the tube right above the blade you can control the water pretty well.
I really like your slab cutting jig. I might steal your idea. Did you ever consider piling the split wood in an IBC tote then storing under a roof till needed? That way handling is reduced once again.
Thanks for watching. I have considered that, but I don't like the idea of reaching over the top and trying to reach the wood at the bottom. Long term I want to get forks for the tractor and make some 3-sided boxes for the firewood.
@@mylifedeliberately Yes, I get that about the totes however I have seen guys cutting a U shape out of one side of the tote in order to alleviate the reach. In my case I have devised a couple of skid bins as you mention. Basically 2x6 frames at three sides strapped together at the top and heavy screen between the openings. I use a sheet of plywood on the forth side with a ratchet strap to prevent the wood from spilling out while moving.
Thanks for watching Mike. I am still hoping to at least get started before winter. Have recently been working behind the scenes adding electricity out to my pole barn.
Another good one my friend ! Yes that works great & two or 3 slabs at a time a little faster, 👍When you did the first few I was like you can put more on there lol, I do most of my cutting in winter check out my winter hauling just straight from the bush to the wood box when ever I have the room :) Great Tips Take care
I checked out some of your winter firewood videos. Nice. I thought I might try some tree falling this winter but am concerned about the depth of snow. We can typically have 3 feet most of the winter which might make it too difficult. We will see. Thanks for watching!
@@mylifedeliberately Yes winter can be fun but can be tough some years, We get two to three feet but in my part the snow don't pack it's very dry, video's last winter we had about two feet by first of Jan then after our -50c for two weeks it warmed & we got a bunch of rain day after day & melted half of it from then on it was real easy getting around in the bush :) But the trails were rough, Usually by mid Feb I can't break trails anymore with my sled , Just stay on the old trails, Take care
Good job. Talking about how to do it and going slow are always good ideas. Glad you had your friends there to help. How far up the tree did the rot go? Looks like some leaning trees in the background. They can be troublemakers also. Thanks for the video. Hope you get to 1,000 subscribers soon.
Jim, you were having a bad day, I think we have all been there and done that. I've always had the impression that once something goes wrong every thing done thereafter to correct it, just makes it worse, anyway that's how it works for me.
Was having a big problem with pitch build up on my blades and when I turned the volume of flow up that problem went away. I'm using Straight windshield washer fluid also and I have the HM130 MAX. I even posted a video of me scraping the blade off with a utility knife
Pine is very bad for pitch take lots of soapy water , I cut green spruce I use next to no water at all & I have no problem at all, 100hrs I've used 5 gallons of water & 3 winter windshield washer fluid so I use very little:) Take care friend"
I was told that if you don't make mistakes, it means you aren't doing anything. Based on that, some days I must really do a lot!! Thanks for bringing us along. I hope that you were able to get the lumber that you wanted from the cant.
I also use washer fluid so I don't have to worry about it freezing in the winter. I was having a problem with the water flow on my HM122. I discovered thar the fitting where the water comes out was completely clogged.
We all make mistakes no big deal. I use a 50/50 mix of windshield washer fluid and water in my lube tank. Straight windshield washer fluid in the winter. I found that the alcohol in the washer fluid does a great job of removing pitch and keeping the blade clean
Thanks for the advice. I did run straight windshield washer fluid last winter but switched to soapy water when things thawed out. Think I will go back to the windshield washer fluid year-round. Thanks!
I prefer to see reality vs only the successes. As they say, sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug. Its only wasted time if you don't learn from the mistakes.
Nice. You will really enjoy the mill. I got the design for the slab table from a RU-vid channel, Knott Wood Working, www.youtube.com/@knottwworking, unfortunately he removed all his content and stopped posting. He had a nice video on how he made it. I wanted to give him credit when I made the first video using the table but he had already removed his content. Thanks for watching and commenting. Enjoy Montana, we might not be that far from each other.
I agree. At that point I had the quad 90 degrees to the trailer and not much room as I was perpendicular to the road. Probably should have disconnected the trailer and moved it back manually then reconnected. Thanks for watching and commenting.
The hook was made for me by another RU-vidr, 6.8Liter74, www.youtube.com/@6.8liter74. You can reach him at bterry35@hotmail.com. His name is Brian and I think he would be open to making you one.
Good job. I am not a professional but I have cut down a lot of trees. (Also stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night, LOL). I prefer the Humboldt wedge cut as I feel that it is easier on the tree as it falls. But it is a little harder to make the wedge cuts. Never turn you back on a tree. If you can't see it, you don't know where it is falling. When making the final cut, look up at the top of the tree. You will see it start to move much sooner by looking up than by watching the saw. When the tree starts to fall, leave along the path that you picked out and cleared before you started the cut. Stay safe, the tree can bite you hard. Thanks for the video. Good luck with felling trees. Looking forward to the saw mill shed build.
Not a professional logger here, but I also have dropped a lot of trees on wild land fires, trail maintenance, and firewood harvesting. After you make any cut on a tree, please do not walk in the fall line! Either front or back and especially without keeping an eye on the tree! As for wanting to fall the tree uphill rather than where it wants to go; a wedge will do a lot more coaxing than you might think. One last comment, please do not lean your body off balance against a tree that you have started to cut, to easy to fall if tree suddenly moves. Thank you, stay safe, Dave
Good job I’ve been watching you I have the same mill at 85yrs. It doesn’t take much to tire me out, the fun ends when I have to sticker and stack what I’ve cut and put everything away 😟
Great job ! It'll be nice to look around your sawmill shed and know exactly where all the material came from. Watching for more progress...keep the videos coming.
If you’re the lest bit intimidated by cutting tree’s. Watch the utube videos by good fellers. On how to bore cut and spur cut trees. Great video and good content.
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My question is, why do you cut such Large slab cuts? It appears your more interested in getting right to the cant! There is enough material in those slabs to cut 1” boards, maybe only 1”x4”, but its Not wasted! Doing a good job, but too wasteful!
I agree, I could get some 1 inch boards. The waste I cut up on my cutoff table to 16 inch lengths and use it for firewood. Right now I am trying to build up my supply of firewood so I am being a little more wasteful to help with that supply. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Not wasted. The log trailer has its place and so does the grapple on the tractor. I have used the tractor many times to carry logs to the mill. But carrying a heavy log on the tractor can be pretty scary on uneven dirt paths, you could easily tip the tractor over. Additionally, there are places that the tractor cannot go due to terrain plus using the grapple means that the road has to be at least as wide as the log. Not always possible with a 16 foot log, not to mention that a 16 foot large log would exceed the 2,700 pound limit of the tractor. Thanks for watching and commenting.
. This absolutely makes no sense. "places where the tractor cannot go" What's pulling the trailer!!? And your argument about tipping the tractor over makes no sense, either. 😢
Some of you don’t understand how towing works and that’s fine. Pulling a log with the grapple is way more strain on the tractor or 4 wheeler than it is to pull it with the custom log lift, simply because it’s on wheels. Imagine towing a Nissan Sentra on a 14 foot trailer with a jeep wrangler. Now imagine towing that trailer with all flat tires. Big difference.
@@paulmonk7820 Look up tipping a tractor over. It is easy to do, they are high centered. If you look around you can see that my property is not very level. Right now I am using my quad to pull the trailer. Pulling the trailer with the tractor is very doable and is much different than carrying a heavy load in the grapple when you have 4 to 6 feet sticking out on either side of the grapple. Thanks for commenting!
Hi Jim, nice video thank you! I was wondering when you turned the log on the sawmill for the second time, so it was standing (looked like balancing) on the round side, you unhooked before clamping the log. Is there a chance the log will roll towards you on the moment you are clamping? Just asking, looked a bit sceary, wanna see more video's 💪🏼
It seemed pretty balanced, but you are right, I took a bit of a chance. That would be a lot of weight falling back on me. Thanks for pointing that out I will be a little more careful next time. Thanks for watching.
Quite a process ! Glad to see the hook and the log arch being put to use. Looks like your arch can use another pully so you dont have to move it back and forth.
