sawing red elm logs for trailer decking # 541 

Those knit hats are 100% wool. The red, blue & green are the favorite colors of the Bus Motor Productions team, and the blue & green are custom-dyed. Please bid high to help pay Pete's bills.

Auggie Doggy, Doggie Daddy, and friends be barking today for sure. Nice to see all of enjoying the day.

Hi Mark, Ed, & ZZ. Beautiful lumber. As a firewood logger for 37 yrs. 2 foot wide elm splits wonderful. More than 2 ft is gnarly & stringy. We had a 13 wide elm & it split so easy. We cut a lot of elm trees in the early 1980s. Great burning " dry" wood. It pops & sizzle while wet. We found if you let the elm firewood to freeze. It's easy to split it. ( We couldn't afford a wood splitter.) I still get remarks about my broad shoulders. Me & my youngest brother bring in 13 to 15 cords. I had a gas & oil 9 inch chainsaw. ( It went missing. ????) Interesting grain in that lumber. Well. Thanks everyone. I follow Mark Galicic's & Ed Horvath's channels. Both are great. 😍😊😉👍❤️💜🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

Mark, if you can't finish sentences it's nothing to worry about. You're just focused on what you're doing. That's a good thing.

I can remember granddaddy telling stories about him sawing logs back in 50’s and 60s so when i seen y’all’s videos i just had to start watching them keep up the videos

Good evening from Lincolnshire UK.

My wife and i were going out to eat the other night. As she was getting ready she said, “ purse-check, phone-check, doggies up, doggies out”. She was really proud of herself for making a funny.

Nice sawing on an interesting log, Mark. I saw that one board split when it dropped. Bill

I enjoy watching your videos. I worked in hardwood mill 20 plus years ago. Clearman carriage and bandsaw.

Love your videos back when I was a young I worked at Taylor lumber it was a band mill in Lucasville Ohio I'm 62 years old man hard work

Hello from SE London in the UK....

Elm stained dark looks like Black Walnut. It was often used in cheaper furniture.

Your videos are so relaxing to watch

Slippery Elm. That’s great stuff. Siberian Elm is pretty much indestructible. 👍

We had a laser in our research lab along with a warning sign, "do not look into laser with remaining eye."

Thanks for a great video, good to see pete 's remarkable progress.

Thanks for the sawing video. Best to the crew.

In the 1970s red elm in mn was worth 900 dollars a thousand bdft in log on the landing .

I sure love the music you have on here. That red Elm is some pretty wood

Sweet Mark, Dave and I are looking forward to the trip down!

I really enjoy watching your videos. I believe I have watched all of them. I saw this on Eddies channel before yours was posted. I am always absolutely entertained. Keep it up you do a great job.

I’m a sawyer in SC and I love the AG1, been taking it for 6 months, it will help the gut and energy level

Love you guys!!!!!❤❤❤

You saw a nice log ! Also, the edger w/music is a nice touch.

Good video, Mark Just goes to show, even an ugly, difficult log can make good boards. Really like the music you play during the edger sequence

Hi Bus Motor team from Northeast GA, Sawed a small Elm on Band mill it twisted when it dried out Hard to work with then. Hope the deck boards won't do the same thing. Great Job love watching the Circle Mill! John Toccoa GA

Great job guys

Can't remember doing any elm here but I can't remember much about anything. That'd make some good flooring for a trailer. Happy weekend and God Bless

Extreme wood. Tough, resilient, durable, A first class choice for truck decks or dump interior beds. A dump truck with an elm bottom,, you can drop concrete chunks from a tear out and not dent or ding up the inside of the box.

Turning u gly beast log into beautiful lumber. Great video guys.

Good afternoon from Clearfield Utah USA

You’ll like that AG one I mixed mine with apple juice taste like dessert. Keep up the good work.

watching that blade cut those BIG logs, makes me wanna go sharpen my lil ten inch table saw blades.

Boomtastic 🤯

From Minnesota so not familiar with red elm, but used to have a sawmill in Jordan MN on the Minnesota River cut 3" x 15" x 16 to 18 ft loading planks (back in the day before skid loaders) out of what we call "piss" elm. Stringy snd split like the dickens. Had to put bolted straps on the ends. But,man they could hold a load. I believe that elm wears down teeth quickly. Nice vid. Still like the cherry.

Mark, I like to comment because I know it helps you with your channel.

My comment is on your engine. I saw a close up of the exhaust coming out of the engine. Your exhaust is oily. There are a few things that will cause the engine to slobber oil like that. Usually the blower seals will cause that. Late injector's timing, and exhaust valves out of adjustment , are two cause at some level as well. I don't know how much oil the engine is using, but I recommend that you have it looked at. Have the crankcase pressure checked, that will tell you more on the heath of the engine. A tune up maybe that is all that is needed, Fernando.

I mentioned in Mr. Horvath's video about our dairy barn. Its Rock elm truss and supports. 125 years old and still straight as can be. It was all sawed in great Grandpa's saw mill run by the water wheel. Amazing how things were done in rural America in 1900. Grandpa thinks if the trailer frame is 2" channel then 1 7/8" is the space between the channel legs for the plank to fit inside. (I promised him i would add that in my comment.) Grandpa will be 102 on April 8th his name is Fred Hengst Sr. He wasn't looking for a shout out or anything just you are very kind in your comments and I thought you would like to know who im talking about. Thanks. 'UNLEASH THE DOGGIES!!!'.

Good job!

Gee I like your two garden nowms with their beards, put them through the saw might improve things,

Been with you for a long time , hope to get something to Kevin to bring down for the fund raiser .

Nice sweatshirt!

Thank you.

Hello from Germany. Mark, you always explain your work very well. However, my brain goes into knots when I want to quickly convert your unit of measurement to mm/cm. Thanks to you all. Take care and have a nice day

Hand's, feet and brain work at the same time become a hazardous means of "sometimer's"! I get it way too often 😂

Trying to run a sawmill without a chainsaw is like trying to build a house without a hammer!

Great Uncle (ca 1872) told me about stripping outer bark to access inner bark and chewed like gum. Also used for wagon beams. Really stout. Jim unmplydplmbr

You put the new laser on the mill. It is so much brighter. I noticed it in the last video but I was looking for something else that you hag done to the mill.

Happy Tuesday Eve 😊

Good video Bus Motor Productions

Happy birthday to all

Speaking of working without a roof, I used to live in a basement without a roof, it was a rear hole.

When I was young and unknowing, a neighbor asked if I would split some firewood for him. He had a friend drop off some sections from an elm tree he had removed. I buried three steel wedges in the first one, and had to chop them out with an axe. The stuff never did split. After two hours and a few buckets of sweat I got my wedges back and walked away.

I really enjoy your videos and on your recommendation I also watch Andruw’s channel. I have decided that I like yours for the narration and Andwuw’s because it doesn’t have any! The Detroit engine music is the common theme.

nice work ty

Love all your videos. Is there an advantage to your circular saw system than using a large band saw system that I have seen? Also, do you ever cut cherry?

It is funny I am watching a foreign saw channel it's a tropic area I'm noticing most of the world do not have growth rings very interesting to see

I didn't know red elm was that "stringy" with cross-grain! It even sounds different when you're cutting it...almost a "crackling" sound to it.

Thanks!

Ten thirty in the morning them are nice cover boards for trailer decking, bit of a disaster this morning my old Lincoln genset blew up sparks flames and smoke everywhere, place I was at said they just bought two Lincoln gensets ex milatry and they’d swap one for a Colchester student lathe that’s laying in my workshop with a bit of tooling , took it out of service couple of years ago and it’s single phase deal done this genset has less than a hundred hours on it made in 1971 , it’s a skid unit so I can put it on my pick when needed there even going to deliver it and take the lathe away they can have the old genset and trailer, who says you don’t get lucky some days ,, anyway you guys have a nice day

Elm has an awesome grain, and burns like ironwood...

If you are sawing with a bandsaw mill the blade is 1/8" thick. So if you cut 2" boards on the ruler you loose 1/8" and get a board or 1 7/8" thick. It is quick and easy with no math involved.

Crosby is the best edger I have ever seen by far

Just a guess, but the 1 7/8” thickness is probably because the decking slips into a 2” steel c-channel (or similar) that holds it in place (usually on the front and back or sides of the trailer).

Another entry for the hammer…’Hammer Time’

the Laser sign is where I wanted the alligator/crocodile to go LOL

Mark I know you have some questions regarding the Lazer not being seen. I only see it when the end of the log goes back behind the closest set of the first set yellow arms of the waiting log deck. I appears to me that it is related to the angle of the camera to the log. you may see it but we don't always due to that angle.

good see some dogs down and dogs up for the kids today but no booms

You need a battery dewalt grinder with a chainsaw grinding disc used to make statues! Eddie and quickly and safely grind away bark, etc, that the saw missed! Better than using a chain saw.

Not much Red Elm in MN, but I have milled American Elm. Other than the fact splitting freshly felled Elm is nigh on impossible I know it loves to twist like and SOB.

Another great video Mark, love it :) Your circular mill is much faster than all the band saw mills i have seen. Is it normal to have the blade kerf marks on the lumber? Id you slowed down headblock travel or blade rpm would it help? Or is that just the way it looks until it gets run through a planer? Just curious.. Man i am so glad to see Nuts [Pete] recovering as well as he is, it didn't look good at first, all the prayers and love and support surely helped him :)

Tamarack moves a lot too

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I didn't know you did Birthday shout outs. My 60th Birthday was on March 28th. 🙄🇨🇦🇺🇲🙏

hello Mark & Eddies & ZZ Mark & it's is Randy and i like yours video is cool & Thanks Mark & Eddies & ZZ Mark & Friends Randy Boom Boom Boom Boom Boom Boom Boom Boom

I'm from Gladstone (aka Happy Rock), Manitoba, Canada 🇨🇦. I enjoy your videos. I could wach this all day i find things like this fascinating. I have one question, though: would you ever get a planer to make smoth boards?

Mark, we don't seem to have very much Elm down here in Beaver County, seems like it would be a very nice wood like Locust, nice and hard for burning in my wood burner. I was just wondering how big is this trailer that you're using the decking for? You really have lots of material to work with. Again, I love your videos and the time me and Mark were able to visit with you and the guys! Skip

meant @ 28:41 and I am going to call that an Eddie save in my book !! I may have to watch his channel just to see it from his angle, but does look like close call

Why is the face of the log smooth on initial cut and torn up by bits with sawdust everywhere on returns?

I could see the laser first time

Q: When you put your 'Doggies Down,' is that after they were foaming (rabid) at the mouth, or is that part of your group yoga routine and you're calling out for Dog Facing Down position?

Hi everyone....

Thanks for another fantastic video Mark. Since you are in the entertainment business here on RU-vid why don't you and Eddie SWITCH ROLES for 1 video. I'd pay good money to see this snack video!

I made some picture frames out of red elm. It is different than other hardwoods. It worked well for the frames and would be great for crafts but I will pass on making furniture from red elm.

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I always said fresh cut red elm smells fishy, my dad cut a lot of it standing dead and it was bone hard like locust and burnt like it also, great firewood

That board cracking was scary bet it was for all of you

It is always good to see you. I am glad that you had helpers today. I get a little concerned watching that "frickenjeep" working by himself. I hope the fund raiser goes well. I spent all of my retirement money to buy a small house otherwise I would send something.

😎😎👍👍💯💯I have a love (❤❤burn) and hate (😠😠splitting) with Elm.

did you ever get the kiln working?

i seen you did birthdays at the begining my birthday is on april 11th turning 71 yrs young this year

I hope Elm saws better than it splits.

Hello Mark, Eddie and CZ, Happy Easter to you. Nice log sawing, always stay safe. By-the-way Mark what’s a Full Set? Who let the dogs out 🥴🤔? Warm regards, Richard B.

Hey, do you ever plane any of your boards..?

Love the sawmill! My Birthday is this Friday April 5th. What is the address I send a Missouri plate to for the wall! I run a Cooks 3238 band mill. Building my house with it.

Sorry to hear about ZZ going back into detention, it must feel like high school all over again. Q: Does Stump Jumper wear Clod Hoppers to do his Stump Jump'n, and Ridge Running?

Red because it's what you have or is it hard?

do you know ifELM grows in the south as FAR AS GA WHAT KIND OF WOOD DO YOU GET OUT OF ELM????

Mark my wife Kathy and I are having our 43rd wedding anniversary on april 11th of this year.

I send Diesel Creek's music guy (Vinnie) your way. I know you always like new music!