What Is Hackberry Good For--The Missus Saws One For Us To See 

Nice seeing you and the misses working together. Always nice to have free help and a foreman at the same time

Enjoyed it as always. Nice to see your helper

☆☆☆☆☆,I see the engine is still running as it should since your carburetor repairs.Grear video always.

Interesting how it split like that. Never really heard of hackberry

I appreciate seeing you both working together. I've got some big hackberry trees that I've been wondering what to do with...

Another TM & Missus Adventure Vid! I mean to tell ya, awakening from watching who knows how many YT vids with my eyes close only to see one of those Fine Orange TM Shirts with TM44 himself within! But the bonus was none other than The Sawmill Baroness Missus 44 at that Yellow machine with matching speed square makin boards! Saw dust flying, boards stacking up? I mean a refreshing almost end to winter on a warm day! A Spring Equinox Specil, kinda! Here we have tons of snow drops blooming, daffodils in Bud a d the crocuses bloom in too, almost TuTu weather! Now mind youins, some of our biggest snow storms have been in March, like in 1958 when we didn’t have school for a week. I remember my Grandfather dropping the yard stick in the snow to measure and it plum disappeared! Turned out to be 57”! Back in those days before all the auto rusting agent they spread on the roads today, the Amish could actually use their sleighs and in 58 they used them a long time. Years after we boys had a good friend named Amos who gave us some rides in his sleigh, smooth sailing indeed and easier for the horse. Then just outside of town was Black’s hill, a long run with a stream at the very end of the run. One year a large Coke sign was used as a saucer sled. We’d take cans and nail them to a steak with a partial roll of toilet paper soaked in kerosene. These made great lights at night placed 50’ apart with safe sled travel between. One year a hood from a late 30s hood was used and a bunch of us could fit in, like that big coke sign. One year I had a new water proof vinyl jacket with viral soled boots and fell off me sled only to complete the trip in vinyl rippin down Blacks Hill on my back! Upon the trek back up myvinal souled boots were like skis! I had to side step to make any progress upward! It were a sight fer ser! It was the last year for my vinyl water proof sled jacket! And as you know, vinyl is final! No doubt that jacket is still around somewhere! Then one year we had a freezing rain with a good 1/2” on the streets and sidewalks! We skated all over our town and played ice hockey in the bowling alley parking lot. It was amazing fun ice skating down hill! A small country town was a great place to grow up. In any direction you were in farm country and woods with farm ponds and creeks and off we’d go with our fishing rods. No worry of getting shot or warned off by police or being kidnapped by some perv! Three general stores and an A&P, butcher, baker and Jaycees, Fire Co. and Odd Fellows festivals in the summer with the finest fries in the world at the elementary school field. We were allowed to stay out until 10 or 11 at the festivals! It’s a wonder we all survived with some dumb buttox things we did! I remember one of the towns gas station owners like to frequent one of the two hotels on weekend. Of course many of the towns men were Vets of WWII and stories were told in those hotels and we had one Grand Memorial Day parade! Halloween parade too! Anyway this gas station guy was staggering out of the tavern trying to get his keys out and dropping them, me and my Buddy Rick were watching one summer night about 10 pm and here comes Charlie the cop! He said: Jack, you can’t drive like that, I’ll take you home. Your wife can take you to get the car in the morning. Today it would be much different. Our town was a mile north and south and a mile-11/2 east to west I’d estimate. We all knew each other and everyone helped one another. And we had a lumber yard at the east end of town and the RR would deliver that lumber too! So Thank You Baroness of the Mill and Missus 44 for reminding me of that lumber yard that took me through memory lane to get to. But I forgot the hardware store with the creaky floor where we bought jaw breakers and sulfur to make gun powder, kinda! But that’s another story. So me eyes are starting to heavyfy in spite of premature dozing but looking forward to Drippin, Tippin and Sippin in your direction come first light! Daylight saving time this weekend? What the Harry! DJO signing out with saw dusty squeezinz! P.S. knot responsibble fer spillinz!

Separate topic, deer love the leaves. Nice video.

We never turned any hackberry into lumber, but it does make semi decent firewood. One of my uncles used hackberry posts to support a dock, Dad laughed at the idea. A few years later, we replaced the posts with hedge.

Have to admit I have never heard of hackberry trees. Probably don't have any in Alaska. You are sending me to inquire on the internet about that species. Good to see the both of you working together again.

Nice job you two!❤

That's crazy to see how bad it split Wendell 😧

Hackberry is finicky. Your boards turned out just like I remember it being. I planed some hackberry to 1/2" thickness and built a medium size jewerly chest. I finished it with bee's wax and boiled linseed oil. I'd do it again if the need came up, actually enjoyed working with it.

Those hackberry are shakey splits very easily. Folks liked to use it in wood cook stoves. easily split into small sticks and makes a bed of hot coals

Hackberry might be like big pine went you drop a long distance from the ground . Crack inside the timber. Don’t know we don’t have hackberry in my area . 😊 a lot off lumber 🪵 should be cut in the dark of the moon and winter months . 😊

I’ve been waiting for this one . I had no idea it looked like pine . I would love to see a planed piece up close to the see the color,face grain,end grain. Wonder how it is for woodworking ? Thanks for this Tractorman44 I appreciate your videos.

I hauled logs for 18 years and was always told hackberry was part of the grey elm family. Mills bought it but I have no idea what it was used for. Maybe it was used as a crating lumber.

Good job guys nice to see you two working together that's awesome looks like great weather there I know it was a week ago or so . we have been having some deferent weather here a lot of rain and mild weather the snow is pretty well gone and ice is out of the small rivers. rain starts tonight and then it is suppose to turn cold and get some freezing rain and switch to snow this area is calling for 30 cms that's a foot of snow will have to wait and see but we are do for one because it is a long way from being over for sure. take care have a great week

I'm glad that you got the expert to help you with the hackberry.

Maybe you can sticker it ON EDGE, and weight it down! LOL. Don't know much about hackberry, but I don't think I'd be using that for tabletop glue-ups.

Hi my friend. I haven't heard the name before. I looked it up, It looks a bit like ash here in Tennessee. In all the years I worked with wood here I have never seen it here,though it may be. Great to see your Wife out with you at the mill. As always I liked and shared. All my very best to all.

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wendell what would u use to get spray paint off of my mh 555d guages ive been told asetone which is nail varnish razor blade to big. it goes ok govenor little lazy but not been used start of in forth gear fubctions ok not been used 10 years or so.

He is such a nice chap😅

IVE heard of it be 4 😮😮 I never seen any it's most likely like sweet gum no good and some times U will find a tree 🎄😮 when U cut it ,it will have water 💦 😮 in it a mess U will try 2 duck water and cut the tree at the same time some times just like tobacco juice or old water 💦 😮 OMG 3 6 2O24