Sawing a White Pine Log Too Big for My Sawmill and Tractor

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I mill a white pine log into a 12"x12" for an upcoming project, testing the upper limit of my sawmill and my 35hp tractor.
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@royramey5659 Месяц назад

You need a 4 foot can't hook , turning logs is the hardest part. I now use my electric winch and cable wrapped around the log. I'm 69 yrs old and need to do it the easier way

@rebeccamercer4160 Месяц назад

Be safe Shawn!🧚🏻🧚🏻🧚🏼‍♂️❤️

@crothwell Месяц назад

Eye protection?

@santiagobenites Месяц назад

That sawmill was such a good investment. Invaluable for what you're doing, actually.

@jameskimo5369 Месяц назад

I love how Calie walked up to the camera to show her toy how cute❤!!

@josiequennehen132 Месяц назад

Yes 😂😂😂

@dcranch4820 Месяц назад

It seems as though she is posing for the camera. She knows who the star attraction is!!

@KiamichiOzarks Месяц назад

She is aware of what’s happening when papa Shawn sets up the camera. It’s show time. 🎥 🦮

@georgewhitehouse8630 Месяц назад

As you know,it is much much easier to kill a tree because they don’t run away

@georgewhitehouse8630 Месяц назад

@@dcranch4820I don’t see any but I think that I kind of know what you were texting about ❤

@JJ-hx8eo Месяц назад

We love seeing that little Cali in camera.

@thehundredacrewoods4768 Месяц назад

If you wrap a rope around that log, your tractor's loader can accomplish turning the log on the sawmill deck. It's much easier than doing so manually.

@scottshultz8443 Месяц назад

Won't find much white pine bigger and nicer than that. Good yield, as well. As someone already commented, I bet it smelled good while sawing.

@betty27246 Месяц назад

Thank you so much. You have no idea how much you are helping people to think about real life. Enjoy your videos immensely

@ps2v831 Месяц назад

Cali, You are most precious. Thank You for showing US your TOY. Shawn please give Cali a big HUG, from us.❤

@randalreigel4089 Месяц назад

That must be so fulfilling to create your own lumber out of logs from your own property. That just looks so fun to me, even if it is hard work.🤜💥🤛

@juliekeys1880 Месяц назад

Lovely to see Cali back home happy.😘💗👍🇬🇧

@glendajune9140 Месяц назад

Love the milling episode’s. That means more buildings to come. Love how Cali is acclimated, to the ⚠️ dangerous equipment you use. She knows when to move ,to stay safe. Thanks for sharing your life with us. Have a great evening,& weekend.💯👏🏾💜✝️🙏🏾🇺🇸

@normanwyatt8761 Месяц назад

I'VE been watching you from when you first started on you-tube and you never cease to amaze me......Kudos to you Shawn....

@Anderbender Месяц назад

Cali is One dawg that really understands Camera framing! ❤❤

@carladejonge4951 Месяц назад

Man, that is hard work! You are amazing!🤩

@axlent123 Месяц назад

24:17... hey, look at me... I am the star!!!

@anthonylandingham2521 Месяц назад

As I learned on my Norwood mill. Use the winch to roll the large logs. It makes life easier on us older folks.

@gibwest4968 Месяц назад

I like that you are using the tractor more...save the back!

@kayrn5382 Месяц назад

Impressive Shawn!

@SJC49 Месяц назад

Your amazing building skills aside, I am most impressed by your continued care of your land and the wildlife that inhabits it. 😍🇨🇦

@laruedouglas7972 Месяц назад

Please be careful with turning those heavy logs 🙏. Love how Cali is so patient waiting for you to be done 😊.

@axlent123 Месяц назад

Had this video on in the background while working on my computer.. Just for sound.... I know, I know... the video quality is always spot on, and should not be missed... but your audio quality is always top notch!!! I'll go back and watch the video too.... But I just had to stop when I heard the chainsaw!!! My ex wife's family farm had an enclosed mill and I so miss that!!! Sure the ex and I parted ways.. not by my choice... and that was sad... but I really do miss the farm, with the creek, and the trees, and the mill.. and the wildlife! The smell of fresh cut lumber is always amazing!!! Know what I mean????

@jamesonh889 Месяц назад

Man, going to have to put up that cable and chain hoist you used to build the cabin to get those big logs up on the mill. Great video Shawn.

@B-leafer Месяц назад

Really love your channel Shawn. Ty for being so gracious and sharing these pieces of your life. You are very generous. Ty.

@Oxatolla Месяц назад

Legendary work ethic Shawn! We need you and Cali to live forever.

@karlmendoza1986 Месяц назад

I enjoy watching your videos and love Cali. Just carry on doing the stuff you do as it makes amazing results eventually. Stay safe, healthy and strong. God bless.❤👏👍

@mariedmitrieff6829 Месяц назад

Amazing hard work. Exited to see you build the chicken coop. Your talented hard work is outstanding.

@SWAMPHUNTER644 Месяц назад

When I laid out the trails on my 80 acre woodland property, I used a trick I learned when my stepfather laid out his ATV trails when he retired. He had a number of loops so that if a tree went down, he still had access to most of his property. It doesn't have to be perfect but you don't always have time to clear the trails when you need access. I did a main trail first and added new sections when time allowed but I did have a master plan. It was carefully planned. I have a ridge (actually a glacial drumlin) and I put a trail down the top center of the ridge and also a trail on each side at the base. Every few hundred yards I put a cross trail up over the ridge but not necessarily all the way over. Your terrain and needs may be different. A benefit is that wildlife soon start using the trails so I can have stands and watches at good locations along the trails. The trails sometimes require bridges, culverts, and causeways but they are labor intensive and I avoid them when I can. Some wet areas require gravel or rock fill. A good trail system makes life much easier and adds value to your property.

@lindapetersen1800 Месяц назад

SHAWN & OUR CALI !!! Washing on up on all of the shirts I got of yours !!! There is a lot !!! Love to watch you do what I have done in life !!! Wish I was more healthier to do that again !!! Plus I am older so old that I only do so much !!!

@christianniem844 Месяц назад

This guy is a work horse! we are about the same age I still have the know how but 20 + years of construction have taken their toll on my back, I put my back out now lifting my tool bag ☹great as always thanks again. Cali is hilarious I love how she walked right through the cable loop with her toy😃

@Bless3dUnstress3d Месяц назад

When you down a tree that's the only time I can give Timbers patience Bravo

@Legendary-lp5dg Месяц назад

Hi Shawn, happy to see you. Take care.

@KerrySayers-vm6vm Месяц назад

Thanks for showing the difficulties of loading a heavy log on the mill rails

@rickf.9253 Месяц назад

Yessir, that tested the limits of the mill. Well done, and perfectly square! It's great to see you back to building.

@leearcher3912 Месяц назад

You are absolutely one in a million😄😄😄😄💯💯💯💯💯

@randywunderlich6315 Месяц назад

Another great video!!! Thanks for sharing…

@joekiernan526 Месяц назад

Great 2 C. Cali in good health

@marygordon3032 Месяц назад

Thanks again Shawn for your knowledgeable videos and please give us an update on Cali ❤️! 👏👏👏🤩🤩🤩💯💯💯

@giselecontassotdesayvre3965 Месяц назад

Combien de tonnes de bois, avez.vous manipulez, par tout temps ? ..impressionnant ! ..un de mes petits plaisirs , c'est de vous voir regarder les étiquettes des végétaux, que vous plantez..et de les voir repousser, l'année suivante.." un miracle de la nature"..Toutes les personnes qui aiment gratter la terre, préparer les potagers, planter..connaissent ce bonheur!..bon weekend Shawn

@giselecontassotdesayvre3965 Месяц назад

Vos engins vous facilitent le travail, mais c'est beaucoup d'entretien aussi!

@JoanOfArgghh Месяц назад

Love Callie photo-bombing your work!

@deborahstewart2322 Месяц назад

Beautiful home

@dorothyallen3614 Месяц назад

Wow what a tree and log from it, nice job handling it!

@tommycapps9903 Месяц назад

Love your RU-vid channel! Thank you for taking the time to share your hard work!

@jamesellsworth9673 Месяц назад

I love to watch that sawmill work.

@ronhart288 Месяц назад

Excellent video, lots of heavy lifting sawing the logs! Be safe, stay healthy, & God Bless everyone!

@michaelsherwin4964 Месяц назад

Shawn, in case you might be interested. A couple years ago I saw a guy with a winch on his saw that was tired of cranking the logs onto the bed. He took an old wrench socket and filled it in with a few welding beads. After that, he filed the welds to the shape of the winch shaft. His shaft was oblong round on the ends with flats in the middle. He was able to power the winch with his half inch battery drill. I was thinking you might take an old socket to a machine shop, have them weld some metal in, and then mill out the shape for your shaft. That would leave your shaft original, and able to be cranked with the handle if you didn't like the socket or lost it. I'm glad your weather is getting better for you.

@sergec.2014 Месяц назад

Hello Shawn; Happy to see Cali after her perilous experience down south. Awesome day's work on the white pine.

@wendyheadley3345 Месяц назад

Love watching your videos, Cali is just the sweetest.

@rogue5369 Месяц назад

Cali doing her thing!

@loupiscanis9449 Месяц назад

Thank you , Shawn . 🐺Loupis Canis .

@William-ui5dj Месяц назад

Can't wait to see the chickens and roosters get nice and cozy in their hew home. Start pumping out those eggs. And get nice and plump for your meals of fry chicken and chicken pot pies.

@jerrystout3032 Месяц назад

Great Job Shawn !😇!

@adamhenderson001 Месяц назад

Wow! I bet you slept well that night. Those White pine boards are amazing! I can only imagine the smell when you get (whatever) built.

@marymcmanus Месяц назад

Love your work oh and Cali❤️🐾

@TheWildWondersSA Месяц назад

Hope you are doing well. Greetings from South Africa

@pelmita9983 Месяц назад

¡Fascinada! No he podido dejar de mirar el video....no me imaginaba como se cortaban las tablas, la precisión y el esfuerzo necesario. Magnífico. Ya impaciente por ver la nueva construccion

@dereckcensner4647 Месяц назад

I like these videos of you building and creating gardens etc. One thing I'd suggest for rolling a big log like that on your mill, maybe get some straps to choke around the log and suspend it from the tractor forks. If you do it right, it'll roll exactly how you want it without risking yourself

@Rom15v4 Месяц назад

There can only be ONE,....the Jedi of all cabin builders,...thoroughly enjoying your videos Shawn. Blessings to you and yours.

@rodneywroten2994 Месяц назад

glad to see you on power tools

@user-ku3jw7ux2b Месяц назад

I love your program Shawn.. You have turned a down town Toronto income into an equivalent of living in the bush and not just surviving but excelling.. I am 76 so am alittle bit ahead of you.. Skow down on the philosophical aspect and more intensity on the doing..

@morairacalpe6496 Месяц назад

bonjour de France 🙋‍♂️ 🙋‍♂️ 🙋‍♂️ 🙋‍♂️ 🙋‍♂️ 🙋‍♂️ 🙋‍♂️ 🙋‍♂️

@jackpoirier5023 Месяц назад

Shawn, please be careful when turning those massive logs. When you’re all alone especially. Pulling a muscle is the least that could happen to you. Safety first.

@guppy2129 Месяц назад

That was awesome!!

@mamamusic3522 Месяц назад

❤🌹🌷 Good evening, У Вас очень красивый дом,И появилась техника для строительства новых 🏠,С Пасхой здоровья и благополучия,❤🌹🌷🎊😊560

@ZeeCeeCreations Месяц назад

Blessings, Shawn and Cali!!❤

@bjoernandersen8287 Месяц назад

That was a huge log, but with your strength it had to surrender and get milled. Well done as usual.

@SanctificationIsAJourney Месяц назад

Watching you struggle with that first log made me feel better about my own sawmill adventures.

@ChallengeInTheTropicalForest Месяц назад

It was amazing, the view was beautiful

@20x20Ghost Месяц назад

i can only imagine the aroma from the white pine thanks for the lessons and evrything else you share with the world have a great weekend

@vasilelaviniu1252 Месяц назад

Superrr ! The Best ! 👍👍👍

@criscavi19 Месяц назад

Using a complicated saw for big trees! Thanks for sharing.

@clausiusuf Месяц назад

8/4 lumber? Can’t wait to see where you use that massive board!

@SWAMPHUNTER644 Месяц назад

A rear weight bucket increases the lifting capacity of your front end loader substantially and can keep your center of gravity lower. You can make one out of a 55 gallon drum filled with rocks and Portland cement. You have to weld 3 point hitch attachments to it. I avoid liquid wheel weights in the rear tires but wheel weight attachments help as long as they don't make the tires wider. Don't travel with the bucket up with weight in it. It can cause a roll over. Keep any weight centered. Be extremely careful using the loader on slopes. Always use your roll bar and seat belt.

@jenkins2162 Месяц назад

Get a longer canthook. Leverage is everything

@kaboom-zf2bl Месяц назад

amazing how the roundish log was a bugger to roll but the squared version rolled fine LOL

@joanntucker2742 Месяц назад

Good seeing happy Callie ❤ great job! I miss seeing the snow,I know you are glad 😊

@dangmkites Месяц назад

They make log peavey tools with longer handles. longer handle = longer lasting back, and just down right easier with more leverage

@otis4349 Месяц назад

Timber cutting and sawmill work will wear a man down. But, satisfying & honest work.

@josephplechavy7535 Месяц назад

I'm going to suggest something for making the towing of the trees out a bit easier and causes less of a channel dug by the front of the tree. Get yourself a tow bart that goes between the two lift arms of your tractor you can make your straps short to the arms while they are in the down position. Then, lift your three point up - if the logs are not to heavy, you will bring the front of the log off the ground and they will tow a bit easier with less troughs being made on the ground.

@conniea9201 Месяц назад

I'm sorry that happened to Callie, I'm a beach goer myself and I always take my 2 fur babies with me, the beach I go to, all pets must be on a leash, I'm in Massachusetts on Cape Cod, I guess different states have different laws, my heart goes out to you Callie and your wife, I'm happy to hear that Callie made out alright ❤

@GardeningFeedingCookingFolk Месяц назад

Cảm ơn bạn đã chia sẻ công việc của bạn với mọi người .

@Thundermuffin93 Месяц назад

Someone get this man a big cant hook! Oof thats hard work with just a timber jack.

@Steveo-Fisher Месяц назад

Never drag off the tow ball, they are not designed to take that much weight in that direction. Put it through the pin or get a D shackle insert. Accident waiting to happen.

@sandratweedale2579 Месяц назад

I can’t believe you’re not hospitalized for repeated hernias. Man you’re a machine! But you do great stuff! Cali I’m sending you hugs you sweet girl.

@iris1501 Месяц назад

HELLO JAMES...I can not wait to see what and where you gone use the lambers what you prepare today....so nice to resee you all fridays...keep going my deir 🥰 boone week end

@domdom-dr2wx Месяц назад

Nice work James😊

@DavidJones-ly9bh Месяц назад

Nice work

@starrleesimmons4291 Месяц назад

Wow, you have created a paradise for you and your wife.

@takissamis787 Месяц назад

Good evening. I am from GREECE. I have been watching you for years now and I wonder this: is there no control where you are as to which trees will be cut down? do you have a license from a competent agency? everyone can uncontrollably cut whatever they want?

@timkeagy4094 Месяц назад

Damn Shawn, you always impress me with the strength of manhandling those logs. Amazing work.

@carolynjoiner1602 Месяц назад

Beautiful process. Stay safe. Hugs for Cali 🐕

@Bless3dUnstress3d Месяц назад

👋BE BLESSED 🤲TO you and yours

@TrevorChenier Месяц назад

Aanii, Your Amazing Homestead is so very beautiful Brother!! Your hard work sure has shown. Chi Miigwetch for sharing. Your Channel is my absolute favorite. Always has been. Long time follower. 🦅❤️💪🏾🐢🌎🌊🌲🙏🏾🪶

@kingrafa3938 Месяц назад

Thanks for the video Shawn!

@jackkeeble9272 Месяц назад

Nice video brother 👍

@leekent3325 Месяц назад

Hi there, I just subscribed and I am looking forward to your videos! I live off grid as well in the Northern Bruce Peninsula.

@bushmantekbits1431 Месяц назад

Thanks for yet another very excellent video !!!! Eastern White Pine needles etc. are very medicinal, and very expensive to buy for tea. Perhaps needles, bark etc. could be bagged and sold online ?