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Who the heck is Rick? And how do they all fit in that single cab? How many cords do you think? Do you have to unhook the trailer to dump?

I have no clue on that one, sounds nasty, it might keep the bugs away due to taste but other than that I'm not sure. Well I'm giving that stuff the ultimate test right now, I'm in the process of building an 8'x8' dock to moore my "barge" to, so the holes I dug for the 6x6 posts kept filling...

What saw did you order?

Yep, I push all my logs through the saw... I take that back, I push my saw through all my logs!

Oh, I want one of those picker upper things on my mill!

So my place here was leveled back in '89 I believe when hurricane Hugo came through and spawned a bunch of tornados. From what I was told they pretty much scraped it clean and planted Loblolly pine which is a big commodity here, so I have mostly pine and vey few hardwoods. I've only been here...

Very nice Gordon!! And beautiful woods! How much property do you have there?

NICE looking logs!! What do you use to get them from the woods to the trailer? Those are a little bigger than I like to do, not sure my tractor could pick them up or that I could turn them over while on my mill.

Do you have a saw mill?? I like that wood storage!!

And down here in the south east, I just dont think there are any.

So what is the use for hemlock?

Good to know from someone that has both. And I normally run my mill with earmuffs on, actually my chainsaw helmet, the one I have breathes well, and has the muffs and face shield on it,, works well for me.

See... again, that is all way bigger than this old man wants to mess with! And if you go to building one, document and post it.

So it looks like that larger rectangular tube has been added, maybe you could remove it which would allow the set up to go down further, or get a secondary piece of that smaller square tubing that you could set lower. I have both tall and short stops depending on what I'm cutting.

That's a big one I'm sure there is one out there, but I'm also sure it would be pricy!!! As far as length, you just need big angle iron the length you need. I'm just a little private DIY miller, I'm sure someone else will chime in. Personally I would not want to mess with something that big, I...

From things I have read, and they would most likely stay way cooler.. You disagree?

It is nice you have roller (bearing) guides, mine are the ceramic jobs, bearings are way better. It doesn't look like you have many bunks running crossways to hold the logs, I have one every 2 feet I think. And your stops... do you have something taller to insert on those or is that all there...

When I go to cut "proper lumber" I cut a large cant or beam of a dimension I want, say 3 1/2" thick or a hair more for 2x4s, then I just slice them to 1 1/2 and they are all uniform widths... Here I cut a log into 3 1/2 thick slabs, stood them all up on the mill and sliced 2x4s 4 at a time..

And he gave you the exact correct answer.. But I sure like a 6x6 with the pith centered!!

I have noticed if the pith is on the edge of a board, it will twist/warp.

Just think of it as camo...

It actually goes on blue and turns green...

To me anyway, that hardly seems worth all the effort to do it, drop it, drag it out of the woods, clean it, buck it, load it , haul it (how far do you have to go?) all for 58 dollars. But that's just me, I feel the same way about cutting firewood for money. I do these things, but the wood never...

Wow, I started getting notifications again today!

I was thinking the exact same thing..

THAT would be a cold day in HELL!!

Not arguing that, it does look nice.... from a distance!!:D

MAN I dont miss that white stuff!!!!

Yep, I would think Doug Fir would be king of the forest!!

Hmmm, the cherry I have here is very nice for smoking, maybe yours is different.

But cherry is good for the smoker...

Illegal aliens... they are what they are!

Its easy to do and easy to get at, I just dont regularly do it.

I like Steve, lots of good information with that guy! Seems there are more saws without that grease hole than with.. I do have one of those little greaseguns though.

I do have one fire I'm going to light... my old kitchen!!

Yep, I'm about to where I can start cutting again too. I dont sell them or anything I just cut for my lumber pile or firewood for next year. I have a couple sweetgums I want to cut, going to try a little for lumber and the rest for firewood, haven't really messed with the sweetgum before...

Oh, I know its in there, just never greased one or had one fail! Well I'll take that back a little, I have greased them before when I do a full blown tear apart and cleaning, just not on a regular basis.

I kinda do that in the morning as I'm getting ready to go out. Hmm, grease the clutch bearing?? I dont think I've ever done that.

Agreed, doesn't take much to touch one up, or do a quick sharpen out in the field, when I'm done for the day, I'm done for the day.. not doing any sharpening.

All the lube set ups I've seen are just gravity, mount the tank high and let it flow. My valve is connected to my throttle, hit the gas and the lube flows, let off and it stops.. dont have to worry about turning it on, or forgetting to turn it off and it all running on the ground.

Didn't we try to tell you to get a new blade?? Glad its working better for you! What chainsaw did you get? And if someone else paid for it why not get top of the line?:oops::D

What? You?? Nah.....

So get a little mill, mine has way more than paid for itself since I bought it. And if you have a bunch of straight pines down anyway now is a perfect time.

Ooooohhhh, I want a mini x!

Maybe a nice wood bench or something you can make out of the wood you are cutting... Something simple like this guy I made for around our pool, its always nice when it starts as a tree on the property.

Nastiest place in America!! And no, I did not leave any of my chairs there, the place was not worth my time!! Smart guy.. How ya doing?

I burn a lot of small to medium piles, brush/branches/cut offs from my sawmill, no permit needed just give them a call. Had 38 acres of woods burned a couple years ago, forest service did it, about $650.

What length are they? Try this guy, bought them here before.. You can talk to Jerry, he will tell you exactly how to measure. https://www.jerrysresharp.com/ripper37-store/Baker-Ripper37-Sawmill-Blades-c26513457

30 inch dia is tons big enough for a chair!! Heck, 15-16" and up would work fine. Most bar stools are only 13" or so dia. Cut them out in a good spot in the woods and come season, put on your tree stump camo and have at it!

I cut them tall sometimes and then cut chairs into them, everywhere I've lived you can find my chairs in the woods.

Yeah, I was being a little facetious, just remember calling them that back in my Honda days , good plugs no doubt.

NGK?? No Good Kind??:D

That's a nice bucketful, might of made some nice lumber! Tell us about your range. and welcome, neighbor.

Oh heck, I thought that was Skeans after a hard day in the woods!:LOL:

I hope I do not either!! Its got an epoxy covering but we will see!! It can be a project, especially mounting straight/square cabinets/counters in a not so straight/level old house! The original house was built in 1954, a year before I was born!! Pretty sure Derrell and cousin Bob built it...

Thanks Don. It was a fun and sometimes excruciating project! Scott

Wow "Mr Hunt".... Thank you very much. I wanted to add something to the tops and seeing as we were going with the copper theme , sink ,door pulls etc, thought that might be nice looking. And I did not want that (2 actually) split to grow so I dealt with it in that way.. thanks for noticing.

I cannot take credit for the cabinets other than installing them, those are natural hickory and we bought them and I put them up. I do love the looks of them however and thought they turned out better than I was hoping. I will take credit for the counter tops though.. everything except planting...

Yep, pretty cool doing it all the way.. Long time comming!

Thanks... it was quite a project, and the fact those trees came off my place I thought was pretty cool. Talk about start to finish!

A little update on the oak countertops in my kitchen, started on these about 3 years ago when I cut the trees down and milled the slabs..

I've been using this for my wood, it says its good for in ground contact and for docks and piers and stuff/30 years. The longest I've had anything coated with it is about 3 years so far so I guess we'll see. Got it on line from Home depot for about $100 per 5 gal shipped to my house.

Not really... I'm thinking hydraulic you pull a lever not pump them up. Still a nice set up.

So you are cutting those logs into 6x6 only, or also other dimensional lumber? and what length? And maybe I missed it, what are you building with it?

I'm guessing that's an old picture when the saw was new, if not I'd like to know how to keep it that clean and shiny

So they are not hydraulic, they are bottle jacks..

So how bout a picture of your toe board set up..

I'm thinking its all part of the "Tractors" and wood thing...

The bottle jack seems like it would be unstable holding up one end of a log...

That's looking a little funky, did you get some good stuff out of it?

Yeah, my saw is more manual than yours. And I like the fact my jack is wider more stable than a car jack and has the provision to bolt it down.

It is this jack Amazon.com: F2C 1100 LB Mini Motorcycle Scissor Center Lift Jack Hoist Stand Bikes ATV : Automotive Needs a nice flat top platform to keep the log steady. I mounted it so the top is just below the bunks on the saw so I could get it out of the way. It has an 1100 lbs capacity...

THAT would be CORRECT! And is that what an influencer does?? I'm not taking that job then... well then now then if Winchester or Stihl, or maybe Woodmizer started giving me things....... hmm

Thanks... Never done any floors.

Oh heck yes, start me a go fund me page!!!

I'm hoping!, thanks

Nice videos! You are the real deal and do this for a living, I'm a landowner and pretty much only cut trees for firewood or lumber.. Most of my trees are loblolly pine (SYP) the ones I prefer to cut are 18-20" diameter and 75-90 ish feet tall. Good size for me and my equipment to handle...

Yeah, I'm getting to old to handle a saw that big.. I'll leave that to guys like you!

I dont really care.. its all in fun, both sides..

Those tops are not going to be perfect, but what is not perfect is character... correct??😎

QUIT!! Just QUIT!! :LOL::ROFLMAO:🤬

Ok, not really "tractors and wood" but I'm putting in a new kitchen at my place. Cabinets are hickory that we had made for us, but the counters are oak I took off our place and milled up.

Agreed, I would not even dream of dropping a tree like that... maybe a nightmare dream..

Oh my gawd!!! who the heck started this anyway?? And the answer is no! No amount of plastic surgery can fix my "brand"!! And I am NOT under the influence!! Well not right now anyway...

no

I too run a shooting range.. 100 acres.. and one member... me!

I just wish I still got notifications of replies and posts and stuff, sometimes I just forget.... I've tried everything to fix it to no avail.

Nooooooooo...

Again, I guess I'll see in about 10 years or so.

Jeez... an internet influencer?? I'm thinking not... I have three ranges here, a pistol range right up by the house, then out back a 100 and 300 yard range with a nice little shooting tower. And yes I would think it would be a pain to move, and then get it all set up and level again, but I...

Well I hope it helps you out, I've tried a few ways and this is what I've come to use, works pretty well. I'm sure others might think its the wrong way, but it works for me. Mine is just a full manual mill I'm sure those with the more automatic/hydraulic mills do it different... maybe?

Yep, that would be Krackle! So we rescued her mother Coco, as in Coco Crispies and she unfortunately had 3 kittens, so we named them Snap Krackle and Pop! How you doing ?? Snow yet?

Heres a couple videos of the place, a little long and boring but you get the picture... still learning to fly my drones

I dont really have a good pic of my whole place and saw yard.. here's a couple.. kind of hard to tell what stuff is. In the one on the right the big white square is the barn roof, to the left and down from there a bit is the mill. some logs at the ready above and to the left and some bunks of...

Same thing different day

So here is my procedure, it works for me. Small end of the log to the left , the head end of the saw, I have my scissor jack mounted on that end. I toss a 2x4 on the deck on each end of the log and measure up to the pith on the large end, then raise the small end to match and lock down the log...

I freakin hate chainsaws on those days they do not want to start!! You put gas in it right?:D

What size are your blades? And I think the jack was $29.95 at Harbor Freight, I bolted it down so its always there.

Looks pretty good, and looks like a very dull blade. Those fibers hanging off the edge shows that blade is tearing the wood as much as cutting it. Do yourself a favor and get a new blade. Unless those blades are way bigger than mine the price you got of $250 per 5 is nuts. I paid $265 for 15...

A dremmel will work, kind of, I've used one a couple times but nothing like a new blade and heck depending on the size they are only 15-20 bucks.

In this picture, the threaded rod on the right.. Exactly what are you trying to do with it? My saw has an adjustment place just like that, the threaded rod does not turn though, it has 2 big nuts on it, one tightens up against the frame to move the rod in or out and the other nut is a lock nut...

My saw has an automatic set up, when I hit the throttle it opens the valve, when I let off it shuts off the flow, I'm sure you could find it out there somewhere. its just a small cable operated valve is all.

Yeah, most of the logs that hit my mill are from 8'6" to 12'6" loblolly pine, nice straight with few branch stubs, and I do get the occasional oak or hickory, or longer log to a max of 16'6" which is the longest my mill will take and like you said, this is what seems to work for me.

Yep your fork/grapple thing is nice, still not sure I want to load a large log directly onto my saw though. But you do it more than I and are more practiced at it!

I hate loading logs onto the saw with big machinery, too much chance for a screw up and damage to the saw. You should make a log deck to put them on and then just roll them onto the saw.

A grapple is even better, I'd be climbing up to have a look in a heartbeat!

My thought on watching that is what if a deer or something steps out?? And he seemed to have a LOT of play in his steering!

I resided (never considered it living) in colorado on the edge of the Rockies for a few years... hated it!! I'll take flatland any day!

Yep, and a lube does keep it cooler.. I mix some Pinesol in my water, wards off all the sap in these SYP logs.

Yeah, the color screams Harbor Freight, but looks like a nice little mill to get going on! I dont see a tank for blade lube (might just be hidden from the camera) and you will need that to keep the blade cool and from getting all gummed up. Keep us updated .. looks like a fun project!

More worthless than sweetgum?

No good for firewood or lumber?

Its good to have believers!!

How is that cool aid anyway?? :LOL:

Yeah, I probably shouldn't have made such a blanket statement, I believe your mill is a couple grades up from what mine is. "NOTHING on my Lumbermate came from china" Maybe you shouldn't make such a blanket statement either, I'm guessing some of your parts are from overseas... Heck, the great...

I have the SM-26e which is the electric start one. The biggest downside is I have to push it and roll logs by hand!! :ROFLMAO: No, I am pretty happy with it, when I bought mine they came with 19'2" bed rails so I can cut up to 16' lumber but I'm thinking they have gone to a shorter bed.. not...

I bought a Woodmaxx 3 ish years ago.. came with a 14 hp Kohler and came fully assembled other than the track, which is 19'2" so I can cut 16 footers on a stock saw. Up and running in no time, paid for itself a long time ago!

I;ve not bought plywood in a couple years, went to get a couple of sheets of 5/8 BC yesterday... 62 dollars!!!.. they are still at the lumber yard! And I'm sure there will be a bunch of cheap used ones out there before long.

Back when I was looking for my sawmill I too was looking at the norwood.. I called them on three separate occasions, no one ever answered and no one returned my call.. and this was way before this whole covid crap, needless to say they fell off my list.

20 cords... thats a 10 year supply for me!:D

Yeehaa ... Looks like a project!! Fine looking saw though!:D

Yeowza!! What a pain!

or South Carolina either!!

Stuff is normally dormant here June, July, and august here as well, not this year... it just keeps on raining! Just got my 25 year old JD back from the shop.. I need to catch up!

Yes I have a Kohler on my saw mill, no problems at all..

Yeah, like I said short on time, had them replace all the idlers and fan while they were in there.. heck the thing is about 25 years old.. also did the valve cover gaskets as long as they had it.. but now I dont have to mess with it .

And I just picked up a stainless 30/30 pistol barrel...

And I cheated.. I took it to a dealer to let them do it, I just didn't have the time.. Had them replace the leaking valve cover gaskets as well

Did he ever explain how it happened? Wasn't a MS 362 I hope! 😬

I might have noticed, but never paid attention I guess.

No thanks...

Still do, and I have two of those also! Well ponds anyway..

Thanks, the covered area has a picnic table, bathroom and the pool mechanicals... Heres another pic of my "out in the middle of no where" set up..

I run my pump/filter/SWG 4 hours a day... when the pool water is cool I run it during the day, when the water gets too warm I run it at night and the water running down the slide in the cool evening air cools the pool down, and during the day with the sun blasting on the slide warms it up.

Yeah, but my carpal has a tunnel!!

And I have a nice Powermatic table saw that I've had 25 years or so, and I still have all my fingers, toes and thumbs.. ;)

So all the videos I've seen pitting an electric and/or a gas saw against the chaps, the chaps stopped both with out getting through the chaps to skin or whatever. I'm thinking its just a lawsuit avoider clause..

So, according to the label Imox will work on the clover patches I have AND in my pond so I bought some to try. Seems to work great on my clover patch, but did pretty much nothing on my pond.

I did, I like that kind of stuff, thanks. Thank goodness I have yet to try that out on my chaps!! They are plenty dirty but not cut up!;)

I have to agree, most of the battery ones seem smaller, cant imagine they have more torque, or more anything for that matter, than some of those big saws out there like you use.. or even the medium size ones like I use.

Seems most guys making you tube videos doing comparisons or whatever are getting a kickback to do them, why else would they do them? Just got to take them with a grain of salt and make your own determinations. Heck I wish someone would pay me to do that kind of stuff! But my internet here sucks...

I live out in the middle of nowhere, that negates the need for a fence around the pool! But my insurance company said I needed to have the fence.. I now have a different insurance company! :LOL: Yes I have a full salt system on my pool, but the pool and the tub are separate systems. How do...

Do you have one? If so, which one?

I'm thinking about getting a SWG for my hot tub as well..

Well why did he tell you about all the trouble they cause when they just dont? And you might have been trouble free with the chlorine for 20 years, but there is a much easier way to do it! And in the long run cheaper.

So I'm way late to this, but it sounds like what I need to do

Yeah, I have a nice Stihl cordless pole saw, works great! Or as I call it, chainsaw on a stick! I think it was in that $750 range

So they are easy to start then? :LOL:

I try to grow enough so as there is enough to share... but if they keep it up maybe... I have enough blueberries I could never eat them all.. but only 3 large blackberry plants, I may try covering those.

I've heard dog fur, but it did not work for me.

I have a fence around my garden area that seems to keep them at bay, its the birds stealing all my berries..

I dont think it has the speed..

YES!!

It doesn't cut, it grinds... through branches, and leaks oil all over the place I think it is just a gravity oiler.. just slowly leaks onto the chain, and when it is parked, it just keeps oiling! The instructions say to empty the oil reservoir after use... really?

Oh, dont get me wrong, I like the Dewalt 20v stuff and have a lot of it... just dont like the chainsaw

Yeah, I got this one because I have a lot of Dewalt stuff that takes the same battery, and a bunch of batteries. It just does not spin fast enough!

I got a small Dewalt 20v chainsaw.. completely useless, I put it back in the box and parked it on a shelf!

So then you need to eliminate the deer through sampling :LOL:

Well its been a few weeks, whatcha think?

Kind of a long ways to travel for you guys I'm thinking, but I will supply all the beer you can drink and half the wood! But you need to come out this way anyway to visit your son?? brother?? I forget which one it is... And I would love to watch Skeans cut a few trees!! I may learn something...

0.050 and 0.325.. Which I think is the same as my ancient MS260

I got a small Dewalt 20V chainsaw for Christmas, dont like it at all, spins too slow.

Yes, 20 inch bar, stopped by home depot tonight and picked up an Oregon chain for it so I may give it a try tomorrow. Echo CS 501P And if I get a tree to big for it, I dont want to cut it anyway!:D

New toy came today, they had to disassemble it to put the bar in the box for shipping and they neglected to put the chain back in the box.. oh well. I'll play another day.

And then there's this when its real cold out...

Awww... the canoe movie!

Huh... I just thought you were real excited!! :ROFLMAO:

I've got one of those no chlorine jobs too..

Oh, very nice, what river is that??

Yeah, I think someone sold kenmac a line...

Dayum... I wouldn't want to even mess with one that big!! The 20 incher I'm getting is plenty big for my needs, and my mill is a band mill.

Yeah, I was thinking this may be too small for the stuff I see you do. How long a bar do you run on that guy?

Well I did talk with OP, he has one..

Sold a chainsaw, bought a chainsaw... So I sold a light use Stihl MS362, I have had it a while but it doesn't get much use as it was too heavy for me, spent most of its time on a shelf in the barn, had both my shoulders redone and it was just too much. So I bought a Echo CS 501-P a bit lighter...

Mine has been going 5 years, no upkeep needed so far..

How many gallons is your pool?

My pool is up and running all year, only warm enough to swim maybe June to September, we closed it up the first year and didn't think it was worth the hassle. The only time I seem to get any algae is in October for what ever reason, and the only time I use algicide. As long as my water temp is...

Yeah the main extra ingredient is CYA or cyuranic acid (no clue on correct spelling) I keep a bucket of the 3" tabs for just that reason and for wintertime when the SWG quits producing chlorine.

What generator upkeep costs? Why more pump parts/maintenance ? Salt cost might be 50 bucks a year if we have a lot of rain. I've had no generator upkeep costs or any parts or maintenance costs on my pump at all... maybe he sold you a line.. and lots of chlorine.

Well the SWG is a one time purchase 500 or 600 hundred up to a couple grand depending on your situation... other chemicals are almost nil, WAY easier and cheaper than chlorine all the time. I've done both. Do you do powdered or pill Chlorine, or just liquid? I do liquid chlorine in my hot tub...

Sure hope he likes it!!

Thanks, and as I said it was pretty much scrap lumber I had here, and that slab just sits on top of that 6x6 frame. Thinking about another Echo saw, I sold my big (to me) MS362 Stihl and looking at a 50cc Echo... big enough for anything I want to do.

Nice pool, why the two pumps?

So were you looking for the slab in the middle, or the half rounds on the outside? What saw is that? Looks like an Echo. I was cutting some 2x4s on the mill a while back and ran into a pair of spikes which killed my blade so I stopped cutting on that piece of wood and put it to the side. Ended...

Yes there is... a super easy way to maintain your pool! I put a slide in for my fountain.

I have an inground pool, fiberglass..

I'll stick with my chlorine generator.

My critters drink out of mine all the time..

Sounds like life around here as well! Always something to do first!! I let half of one of my fields go without mowing for two years, kind of an experiment , I'll not do that again, I almost have it back under control!

So Eddie... any updates on this? how did the pool turn out?

My Woodmaxx sawmill has the same as I think all bandsaw mills do, my Delta 14" bandsaw has the bands , never replaced the bands yet And I dont know if rubber or urethane is better..

Depending on the caliber muzzle brakes are ok, for a 30/30 I just dont see the need and dont need the extra noise. I tried a 7/30 Waters twice actually, could never get it to shoot well except with factory ammo.

Now my 50 cal is a 500 S$W not a 50 BMG.. huge difference. And my hand can definitely take more recoil than my shoulder, had a 45/70 TC pistol and its a piece of cake, but I shot a lever 45/70 a couple times and decided against getting one. I've had my shoulder, well both actually, redone and...

Most of mine started as pistols, then I started adding the rifle barrels and now I just have these three (45/410, 223, & 30/30 ). I'd like to get another 12 or 14 inch 30/30 barrel for a woods handgun, not sure why I got rid of the last one. I've a lever and a Tender rifle in 30/30 so It would...

Thanks, I have a 3 pack of them.

They dont have chainsaws in Portugal?

No elk, but deer pigs and turkeys!... yum!

I used to hunt with a 4570 hand gun but mostly pigs with that, most of my deer have been with a little single shot 30/30.

I have to "hunt" out my way too! ;)

Very cool, what I understand about what you said.. You sure do some good stuff with trees!