Printing Money With My Sawmill...Wood Costs How Much?? 

Hope you all have an excellent weekend! Yes, I am still working on my Johnson (SMH) but it's taking a bit to get parts. Cheers everybody!

I love how it's always something different on this channel... not everything is something I'd search for but I still enjoy the randomness.

You went straight from playing with your Johnson to handling your wood. Nice job!

Hint from a sawyer that cut some logs for me. Most useful hardwood boards are over 4 feet long, so if you cut a log at 8 feet and there is a big defect at the midpoint then you won't get any 4 foot boards. So cut at 9 feet or more and you will almost surely get some 4 foot boards.

This is my favourite channel on RU-vid by far. I love the diverse variety of different FarmCraft related things that we get to explore and learn about with you. 😎👍

I hope you went back for the stump! That's some good woodburl right there!

I like the common sense approach to this channel. The mindset and can do attitude is none existent with the current young society. That's their problem in which this retired veteran doesn't entertain. No wonder we see young adults always trying to exploit the older society. One is talk and the other shows how to getter done with action and education.

That was an awesome look at your one-man lumber operation. Thanks for sharing.

So what you are saying is that when you're not playing with your Johnson you're getting wood? Excellent vid as always, cheers. 😁🍻👍

I like that manual winch with the hook that detaches from your sawmill. Very useful tool

The cost would depend on the grain cut, plain sawn would be around $1,000 and quarter sawn would be around $2,500

I worked in a sawmill White Oak and red oak is the top-selling hard Lumber there is in the United States other than Walnut and Cedar Cedar's getting harder and harder to find you always cut your logs long because you can never add but you can always subtract so it's best to keep his logs long so that way you can cut them besides you need them at the time of needing them

To improve on costs you could probably create a moveable catchment device that runs the entire length of the mill to catch the saw dust shooting out and sell it later, or even use it for your farm.

Sawmills are awesome, great video. Love this content. Great work with making your videos.

That is fascinating. Thanks for sharing the whole process.

What most people don't see is the initial investment mill skidsteer or tractor the shed for the mill the land to stack store the lumber then the actual work of cutting stacking of the cut lumber the maintenance lot of work but a nice feeling of accomplishment

Hay this is great. How lucky are you having a resource like this so close.

Love your videos. They are highly educational and inspirational for DIY everything! Keep it up 🙏✌

Thanks for all your doing it’s awesome! My grandad always shared his sawmill stories when he was a kid but he would share them around the campfire when we would go hunting as a kid and the sawmill was right next to the campsite we have 360 acres up there in tanaskit

I love having my own sawmill, and with all the build projects i have, it helps

Very satisfying to watch. I wish I had some of that oak, I want to make a hardwood dining table one day.

Nature is the Best teacher🌻 with farmcraft's help by calculations to apply it for us! Money does grow IN trees🌻🌻

I have a similar sized white oak. That I will be milling soon. Hope you post the process of making the tongue and groove on it! Mine will be turning into a deck.

I’m new here. I appreciate (!) seeing you take your time to answer questions… Carry on.

Your quality of film work and production is superb

Impressive system you have. Nice camera work and editing.

Sir ,I'm self taught and had many "potatoe chips, I'm 70 welded in my DIY garage many helpful things and Sir you just taught me something I didn't figure out.

I like this! My saw mill paid for itself in three months just milling cedar. I have to get a boom hoist thingy like yours!

As always great. I am patiently waiting for the Johnson

Love the videos keep it up would love to see more videos with your sawmill and kilm

We did same job in later 70's. Worked like dogs on neighbors property, which he needed cleared. We used this giant mule (woh and go) to drag logs out, and then when done, we cleared it out of all over story. Then shared sawed the logs. Some guy came and he took his share for milling wood. Then we made two 13 foot stacks, stickered every two feet of white and red oak, chinquapin, madrone and some others. I tell you we worked like dogs; and the whole batch twisted into pretzels. Half was firewood. My suggestion, keep a close eye on humid content and sticker distance. Of course this wood was outside in Oregon, in the shade. First sign of tweaking on your stacks, break it up and put stickers closer together. Lastly I would not make huge piles like we did. Something manageable , so you would not hesitate to tear it apart. Don't count your board feet, until the chickens - you know what I mean.

That’s awesome I used to work on our ranch up in eastern wa. Running our saw mill in tanaskit, omak area

I'm brand spank'n new to the channel so sorry if I stay something stupid...which has been known to happen a time or two...or three...or four.... oh, you get the idea. Anyway, if you don't have one, I HIGHLY recommend a grapple for your tractor. I can't tell you how much work, and back misery, mine has save me hauling logs, brush, rock... PS. I really like your channel so far. Good sense of humor which I believe makes the world a better place, at least my world is doing okay but, I'm not as funny as I think I am.. at least that's what my wife tells me. 😁

Thks for using dead fell trees to make your lumber out of i hope more lumber millers do the same, Awesome.

Coincidentally I was just walking through the hardwood boards section of menards yesterday. About 4 months after this video was made an 8ft white oak 2x6 was $130 retail.

Great work!

This channel has become a favorite of mine.😊

Wishing I had access to get white oat. Great you are making useful lumber.

960 dollars for just that 1 section and you still have what's left of the tree still in the forest on your land that's is impressive John @FarmCraft101

Awesome; I like your log roller :)))

I just paid £50 for a 40inches x 4inch x 4 inch, plank, I consider you a millionaire, sir.

very interesting stuff, cheers!

I am addicted to your videos

Priceless

If you can get $8/boardfoot for green white oak than you should buy from other mills and just sell. Where I’m at in Michigan white oak off the mill goes for $3/boardfoot

That is AWESOME.

Just had 14 ash and poplar taken down at my place and I'm bringing in a guy w a portable sawmill. One of the ash is 40" diameter (not even sure how we're going to handle that one!). I have about 90 logs to cut!!

New name for you Cheap Charlie thank you for making me laugh!!!

Have you wondered about moving the cutting scale to an ajustable slide, so you can Set the cuts to a less arbitrary measure? Like to the closest inch ? Reset to a 5/4 starting point for ease of counting?

My goal is to buy some land (either with or without a house on it) build a massive workshop, wood storage area, and kiln space, and process my own wood and build what I want. Hopefully this can be obtained before i turn 35 (which is 11 years from now).

Really enjoyed your hydraulic cylinder rebuild vid. Decided to subscribe.

In October 2022 I purchased a 100mm x 50mm x 2.4 metre (2" x 4" x 94" ) dressed piece of pine which cost me AUD$52.76. BC (Before COVID-19) it was a third that price. The actual dressed size was 94mm x 45mm x 2.4mts. I would very much like your little stick of wood (and I am referring to the C6H12O6) and a sawmill to go with it. 👍

love it!!

The name originates from I can't lift it alone. Hence, a heavy, bulky piece of wood is called a Cant

Very cool

great job.

You're good at stuff

Here in Canada, most provinces require lumber used for liveable spaces to be grade stamped or approved by an Engineer. Outbuildings are normally OK to use without,, dang government. Keep those vids coming!!

Loved this

We all run out o f gas John 😂😂

I always look for ward to seeing your videos.

Nice, Cant wait to see the DIY Kiln video.

I guess the top was unusable for lumber . well more firewood. Good job you didn't have to fell it

I am at the comment notice, so I thought I would. First John, fabulous piece of White Oak. Makes the last piece of Ash look tiny. I buy my Birch, Maple & White Oak from a small mill south of Middleburgh NY called Cooksburge lumber run by Ray and his brother. Ray a former teacher and his brother bought the business off their uncle on his retirement. Nice bunch of fellows and fabulous to have a mill so close because it really keeps the price down. I last bought from Ray about 120 linear feet of Birch, Maple and Ambrosia plus one very heavy plank of White Oak that by itself added another 15 feet. I think on average each rough cut board is 8 inches. As I remember the total cost was $120 and about half of the wood was Birch, but I am not sure what the actual species costs are. Granted it was rough cut and I plane it before using the wood, but had I bought this same wood surfaced four sides from a retailer I'd be robbing banks up and down the East Coast to pay for it. Too old for that and my dog Buddy would frown on the idea. Ray and crew also sell plenty of Hemlock, but for what I make the hardwoods are a must. I must add I found the same kind of pricing at a huge mill called Ghent which is 60 miles to the east of me near Hudson NY. My experiences suggest that whatever drove up lumber prices recently was not at the actual mill end of the stream or even upstream of the mill. I must say I still shudder over seeing $100 plywood. I remember building a boat when I was 21 back in the late 1970s and back then even marine grade plywood was well below current prices. I'd say if you want to build a camp or shed today use rough cut from a mill. Even all hardwood should cost less in the end if compared to construction lumber. For more information on my local mill follow the hyperlink below: footnote: Wow, $8 a board foot at your local mill. Wonder what the difference between here and the Sout-East mill price is. It can't be I mostly buy Birch. Nice stack of White Oak. That will be one sweet front porch. www.cooksburglumber.com/

Satisfying.

love your videos buddy

I need that mill. And the farm lol. Awesome! Curious what you used the wood for? Flooring (nvm you said)? That tree was standing dead for some time before it fell. Typically can’t use trees dead that long for lumber (decorative uses are fine of course). Insects and rot act quickly to weaken it too much. Firewood - perfect. Better to use live trees for lumber. Save the dead ones for firewood. If a live tree gets blown over (roots are still attached) that can be salvaged for lumber within a couple of weeks or more if it’s cold. Good learning process! Just need a expensive tractor, a mill and finishing tools (planer etc) to make save all that money but hey if you already have it you’re good.

In Canada where I am 4/4 white oak select and better goes for at least $11 per bd ft. If you have a 16” DIB 12’ long you’re looking at approximately 100 bd ft so if you got 2 logs that’s about $2200.

I don't know about white oak but that much red would cost a few thousand retail where I'm at. It's pricey but it's my favorite wood to work with; fancy but not overpowering. That said, Birdseye and Curly maple are hands down the prettiest.

did some digging the last time and the term cant very likely comes from its middle Dutch/Low German root kant/kante meaning edge or in some cases border. So a log with 4 edges is a cant(-wood).

I share your confusion on the alchemy mentality of hydraulic cylinders. I once had an Internaional 350 Utility Tractor with a loader. The load deer had been abused before I purchased the tractor. The cylinder shafts were hollow so that there was only a large O-ring to seal the cylinder. Well, as I said, due to abuse those shafts being abused, they were bent slightly causing significant wear on the O-rings and thus, leaking. I took them to my IH dealer who sent them to their repair shop who gave me an estimate of $500 per cylinder to repair them. The O-rings were 10 bucks apiece. I opted for the O-rings. They would last several years between failures. I mean, what rocket scientist decided a hollow shafts was ever a good idea for a hydraulic cylinder for a loader that would inherently experience lateral loading? It was all working fine when I sold the tractor.

To curl or lift when you're at full load... hold down the valve while in reverse then tap on the brakes. It'll jerk the load and you'll get that tilt.

Wow! That's a lot of $. I was going to guess $500. But I have no clue about wood cant's and board feet. I did notice that you were following your rules from last episode about cutting wood.

So we've progressed from playing with your Johnson to playing with your Wood, at least it's hard this time instead of worn out and limp on the inside

Hi John, you did mention that you are a farmer, so are all farmers as talented as you are? Cus after watching your videos, I started to have a lot more respect for farmers. See I know and are friends with a few so called farm boys but they are nowhere as smart and capable as you. Thanks for the great videos, and love to see more videos of you working on your Johnson.

I can't help it but every time I watch one of you guys home milling lumber from the raw trees especially oak, I can't help but start vocalizing to myself, "No! Stop! " when you get to the giant beam stage of the cant (which somewhat surprisingly is not clear as to the definition of). I just imagine these giant oak timbers building some massive structure that is impervious to anything man or nature can dish out. (Except fire) Wind, rain, snow, small arms fire, arrows and some larger rocks thrown by angry peasants. Everybody else on RU-vid is building charcuterie boards and selling them.

Really cool video showing the whole process. You should get a second longer handle cant hook though, or a cheater bar for that one. Leverage

Awesome

I love all the interesting content! I never know what I'm gonna get, but it's all chocolate! (good)

And the punky wod to wood turners.

nice job ty, how did you design you kiln

would you make a video about how you kiln dry the wood? i would be interested in that.

Well buy time you pay for the land, the mill , tractor ,fuel and your time and you have the skill to mill your own logs without hurting yourself its saving money

Depends on what kind of wood it is!!!

You have a lot of neat stuff going on, never a dull moment. I want to be your neighbor.

1600 dollars minus the gas used in the tractor and sawmill and the electricity used by the kiln = plus minus 0. Just kidding but I can bet that it almost feels like that for people like you out on the countryside. Awesome video:)

well, in Norway these days it would sell for 2500-4000$ for each m3/30cubicfeet of dry, furniture grade wood.

Hi Mate, I have only just discovered your channel and am loving it. Question, Why don't you put a collection bag on the sawdust shute to save it blowing every where?? Great for the compost bin. Cheers from Oz.

those are insane prices, I would never pay that, or any where like it. Either wait or do it another way, that did not require the wood.

Great video. I watched your other kiln video and the walnut you dried took two weeks. I might have missed it in the video but how long do you expect the oak to take to reach your target?

If you do not mind my asking, what size is your farm and what is your main produce? Thanks.

It would cost a lot if you bought white oak from a lumber yard but if you have local sawmillers and an abundance of white oak in your area not bad but still more than you had to spend provided your equipment you already own. Very nice.

thats easy 1500 bucks, and if you made that in 1 day congrats! thats what i make in a month working full time lol

Love yr work You make Great Video's U said u found the Dead Tree laying on the Ground Do you have a program for Regular inspections Of all your forests & trees Trees Dye whilst they are still Vertical & not Rotting on the Ground Can u not search & check for dying trees to cut down earlier. Utilise them rather then waste em.

I like your log turner, did that come with your mill or did you build that yourself? Good video's!

The 1989 Joker says “where does he get all of toys!?!?!” 😎

i want to put a sun roof on my Mahindra as well. A lid from a step side pickup would be a good width . Hard to find.

Yeah!

The only thing as satisfying as using a LumberMate 2000 is telling the ladies you use a LumberMate 2000.

who first said money doesn't grow on trees didn't have a clue!