I just found this channel from a logging video on your MBMM channel. You should advertise this one some more. I love how you're a first tier value producer which uses the land to create value.
On that vertical saw setup - maybe you can fashion a push bar that hooks on that round bar of that jig. You can guide with the push stick in left hand with right hand on throttle. I'm always spitballing.
Good idea. I just can't quite figure out how to push that thing so that it feels comfortable! It always feels just a bit awkward. I also don't really like being on that end of the saw if it kicks back.....
That's cool. We have western red cedar here in Washington State and it is a nice wood. Its really soft, but super rot resistant and smells great. We also have some called Alaskan Yellow Cedar. It grows at higher elevations here, but is also very rot resistant. Thanks for watching!
Good call. I thought they were just junk, but now that you mention it I might throw them up for sale and see what I can get for them. Thanks for the suggestion!
When I first saw you were working lumber, I assumed you were going to be making mine shoring for yourself. Good for you finding a retail market for this stuff that would have otherwise gone to waste.
You know you might consider buying a used Bellsaw mill or bandsaw mill I have seen them listed as low as a 1000.00 which is an awesome price look on Craigslist.
I did get a new saw, my other one just got stolen a few weeks ago. Someone broke into my container I was keeping my stuff in and took my saw, Alaskan mill, gas cans, etc. Really pissed me off! I talk about it a bit in the video coming this next week. Cost me over $2000 USD to get it all replaced, damn. I guess I learned an expensive lesson: keep all your valuables safe at your house, not at the work site
@@SJForestProducts that's not good, thieving bastards. It's a horrible feeling when you get to site and you see that stuff is gone had it a few times at work, mostly fuel had a brand new grab bucket for a 6 tonne excavator stolen the thing was still on the pallet, 9 grands worth gone. So did you end up with a 500i?
Yep, got the 500i. I have a 462 which I liked, it had lots of power and wasn't as heavy as the 500i. The 462 had a 28" bar and most of my timber is under 28", I have had a few trees I needed to cut from both sides, but not really a big deal. The 500i has a 36" bar so I can slab much bigger pieces and it does have more power, but its heavier when dragging through the brush. Overall they are both good saws, just depending on what your application is. One of the main issues is here in the US we are having such a hard time keeping any products in stock. The 500i I bought was the last one within about a 100 km radius of my shop. One of the logging supply companies here said they had over 30 462's on back order and couldn't get them from Stihl. And where I live we are probably one of the largest logging areas in the world so getting saws shouldn't be a problem!
@@SJForestProducts the 462 is great but I just love that acceleration of the 500i, I've had mine just over a year now and it's been flawless I generally have the 30" bar on it but have a 48" for the big stuff. I had to order my 500i and wait 2 months for it, but glad I did. Covid really screwed up the global supply chain. It's not as bad over here as last year but certain things you just have to wait. Some companies seem to have better supply than others.
Not the most original question, but what model saw is that and how long is your bar? Knowing you, you put some thought into that investment and it would be interesting to hear your thoughts on your choice of equipment here.
It's a Stihl 500i with a 36" bar. It was an expensive saw, but it runs great and the extra power and longer bar make it so I can cut much bigger slabs than with a smaller 462 or equivalent. Its a good middle ground between power, size and weight
@@SJForestProducts That's a beauty of a saw! It IS expensive, but when it's the one tool you use every day, sure must feel good to put it to work! Can't believe how light they can make something with that much power. Fuel injection is a whole new era for saws...
Yes, the chain does need a touch up, and the saw works pretty hard. The cedar is one of our softest woods though so that does help. Some of the other guys cutting that super hard stuff doesn't look nearly as easy.
I just found this channel from a logging video on your MBMM channel. You should advertise this one some more.
I love how you're a first tier value producer which uses the land to create value.
Awesome! Glad you found it. I am planning on making a cross over video between the two channels soon. Thanks for watching both!
I love you videos. Thanks for sharing
Glad you like them! Thanks for watching
I am seeing your hard work all over TH-cam. To awesome. Keep it up. Loving the videos.
Thanks for watching and commenting!
great video Jason like always. My first time to be the first to view it.😊
Awesome! Thank you!
Not a rat.. good business sense. 🍻👍
Haha, just using what I have available :)
@@SJForestProducts I’d be selling everything 👍👍
Jason you are a God Damn renaissance man. I am now waiting for your oil drilling channel
Thanks Bill! Oil's next!
With the lumber prices these days! You got yourself a goldmine!
I hope so. People are buying stuff as fast as I can cut it. Thanks for watching
Well done !!
Thanks wayne -O!
On that vertical saw setup - maybe you can fashion a push bar that hooks on that round bar of that jig. You can guide with the push stick in left hand with right hand on throttle. I'm always spitballing.
Good idea. I just can't quite figure out how to push that thing so that it feels comfortable! It always feels just a bit awkward. I also don't really like being on that end of the saw if it kicks back.....
We have eastern white cedar here in Eastern Ontario, Canada and it is a very rot resistant wood also.
That's cool. We have western red cedar here in Washington State and it is a nice wood. Its really soft, but super rot resistant and smells great. We also have some called Alaskan Yellow Cedar. It grows at higher elevations here, but is also very rot resistant. Thanks for watching!
that boy loves wood 🪵
Haha, when it makes $$
I can easily see those wedges showing up in somebody's garden or flowerbed as a decorative trellis support or some such thing.
Good call. I thought they were just junk, but now that you mention it I might throw them up for sale and see what I can get for them. Thanks for the suggestion!
Mining and logging? How do you have time for both!
Haha! I don't! Between that and my two young kids I just never sleep!
When I first saw you were working lumber, I assumed you were going to be making mine shoring for yourself. Good for you finding a retail market for this stuff that would have otherwise gone to waste.
Thanks man. I think I will do a video making some mine timbers in the future. That would be good cross channel content :)
If those butts came off poles Matt didn’t buy them, they’d have showed up at the yard for me to deal with.😆
haha, not sure who was the buyer, but someone told me they took a lot of poles off this property
You know you might consider buying a used Bellsaw mill or bandsaw mill I have seen them listed as low as a 1000.00 which is an awesome price look on Craigslist.
I really want a mill. I keep checking, hoping to find one soon
I'm the same with Australian blackwood, silky oak, red cedar, blue gum and iron bark, can never have enough logs of the stuff, did you get a new saw
I did get a new saw, my other one just got stolen a few weeks ago. Someone broke into my container I was keeping my stuff in and took my saw, Alaskan mill, gas cans, etc. Really pissed me off! I talk about it a bit in the video coming this next week. Cost me over $2000 USD to get it all replaced, damn. I guess I learned an expensive lesson: keep all your valuables safe at your house, not at the work site
@@SJForestProducts that's not good, thieving bastards. It's a horrible feeling when you get to site and you see that stuff is gone had it a few times at work, mostly fuel had a brand new grab bucket for a 6 tonne excavator stolen the thing was still on the pallet, 9 grands worth gone. So did you end up with a 500i?
Yep, got the 500i. I have a 462 which I liked, it had lots of power and wasn't as heavy as the 500i. The 462 had a 28" bar and most of my timber is under 28", I have had a few trees I needed to cut from both sides, but not really a big deal. The 500i has a 36" bar so I can slab much bigger pieces and it does have more power, but its heavier when dragging through the brush. Overall they are both good saws, just depending on what your application is. One of the main issues is here in the US we are having such a hard time keeping any products in stock. The 500i I bought was the last one within about a 100 km radius of my shop. One of the logging supply companies here said they had over 30 462's on back order and couldn't get them from Stihl. And where I live we are probably one of the largest logging areas in the world so getting saws shouldn't be a problem!
@@SJForestProducts the 462 is great but I just love that acceleration of the 500i, I've had mine just over a year now and it's been flawless I generally have the 30" bar on it but have a 48" for the big stuff. I had to order my 500i and wait 2 months for it, but glad I did. Covid really screwed up the global supply chain. It's not as bad over here as last year but certain things you just have to wait. Some companies seem to have better supply than others.
Not the most original question, but what model saw is that and how long is your bar? Knowing you, you put some thought into that investment and it would be interesting to hear your thoughts on your choice of equipment here.
It's a Stihl 500i with a 36" bar. It was an expensive saw, but it runs great and the extra power and longer bar make it so I can cut much bigger slabs than with a smaller 462 or equivalent. Its a good middle ground between power, size and weight
@@SJForestProducts That's a beauty of a saw! It IS expensive, but when it's the one tool you use every day, sure must feel good to put it to work! Can't believe how light they can make something with that much power. Fuel injection is a whole new era for saws...
I bet it smells good
I hope you're touching up your chain (or at least checking the teeth) after every one of those long cuts.
Yes, the chain does need a touch up, and the saw works pretty hard. The cedar is one of our softest woods though so that does help. Some of the other guys cutting that super hard stuff doesn't look nearly as easy.