Alan, on the west coast of British Columbia. I milled lots while building houses here. I retired now, but seriously enjoy memory lane with your wonderful videos !! I missed them when the fires caused such upset last year .. Stay safe , 👍👍
Very nice logs and lumber! I think those 1/4” bolts shear off fairly easily to prevent further damage. I broke one off in the debarker swing recently. Luckily it was no problem to replace.
It seems that more things get broken when doing jobs for someone else! Dunno why? Great video! Keep them coming. Thanks to the customer for allowing the video!
Glad to see everyone wins. You get to make a bit of csh they get some great luber and go pro gets some sales not to mention the saw chain guys and blades for mill. America is great.
Awesome video, loved the editing/style. On a job like that do you charge extra if metal is found and ruins your blade or do you automatically factor that in the cost before hand? Either way probably something that needs to be thought about and communicated prior to starting.
I think the new real time costings idea works a treat brother 😉👍🏼 Not surprised you got a good tip from the client that’s a huge saving on Lumber I should think with current prices in the US.
Those douglas fir logs certainly tested the limits of your LT35. With today's lumber prices, if you have access to quality softwood trees it certainly pays to mill your own lumber.
Nicely done! That was way more lumber than I was expecting. That larger piece of metal probably ruined the blade, but personally I don't mind the look after it hits a nail. We have a barn with marks/lines throughout the lumber like that. Adds character.
That is a lovely big log producing some wonderful timber. Pity about the ouch moment, but these things happen. Certainly got though a lot of logs, beautiful lumber.
Running into metal is the reason it can be worth it to buy a set of bimetal blades for the saw for those times you do hit metal it can be worth it to swap out to the better blades. One of the guys that mills large yard trees talked about how much better they deal with metal a year or so back
I ran BiMetal blades when I was sawing reclaimed beams that I knew had staples in them. They definitely can handle some steel but they’re nearly double the cost. I prefer to let the client know ahead of time about the charges for blades damaged by metal.
I'm no sawyer, it seem to me that running the saw head down the track above the log to check the side clearance before making the first cut would eliminate that kind of carnage. You could also pull a string line to check the side clearance before making the first cut.
excellent work and amazing content! not sure if you'd rather not answer this question but...... what would a client be expected to pay for you to go to the site and saw like that for two days? Obvs it was much less then buying all that lumber assuming there was no cost for the trees.... keep up the great work and great content sir! cheers form northern Ontario Canada!
Great 👍 work ! That’s some nice sized timber. On average any idea the usable BF out of each log. Looks like the return there was fairly good. Didn’t look like any severe taper in most of it. Fine Content. 🇺🇸🦅🌏⚓️🇺🇸
Great content. Did you take your 4044 with you or were the John Deeres the clients? Anyway does the 4044 do everything you need it to? I am looking closely into an LT35 for slabbing and maybe some dimensional lumber for clients. Just wish I lived in your neck of the woods where timber is so plentiful.
If you were to buy a property with lots of trees, too many, you could cut, but if someone doesn't have the skills, how would someone get information on (cost of) getting trees taken down, cut up and sold? (Oregon)
No one is harder on chainsaws than Excavation Laborers. Lol (I’ve worked for Union excavation contractors in Boston for over 30 years)...I’ve love to joke that we’ve cut everything with a chainsaw but a tree..Great Videos Brother. Really enjoy watching
how many board feet of lumber do you think it would take to frame a 1 story 3 bedroom house? then how much board feet you think your getting out of them logs?
I have no idea what it would take to frame a house. Lumber has to be stamped and graded for use in houses where I live. You can hire a grader to stamp your lumber but I’ve never needed to do it.
I think we are neighbors...I am over on UpperHighland. I have an LT15 and am thinking about milling my own 2x8 lumber for my house build. Have you ever gone through the grading certification process?
@@NorthwestSawyer I called to see what it would cost to have the grade inspector come out and grade some lumber. He thought for the approximately 5-6000 board feet he would need 2-3 hours on-site. He is out of Vancouver so 2 hours drive time back and forth to Estacada at $75/ hour and about $150/hour on site he thought probably $450.
@@NorthwestSawyer ah, I didn't notice it until afterwards. Hope its warm there tomorrow. I have to come over and help my friend. My first time out of Central Oregon in probably a year, so I haven't seen how things look on Santiam.
I never charge by the board foot for on-site jobs because there’s too many things that can slow you down. For instance, I needed my tractor on the project because the logs had to be moved to the mill. I estimated how long I thought it would take to do the job and how many blades I’d use. I charge per blade for metal and For my time to get my equipment there and back.
@@NorthwestSawyer I thought you might get a kick out of that. Oh wait, you already did lol. I’m just glad that the kickback wasn’t any worse. It could have made for a really bad day in a hurry. Stay safe and keep the awesome videos coming.
@@NorthwestSawyer how deep was the one at 15:00? I don't know anything about them but this one sounds like it should detect to 4", and might go to as deep as 8". www.amazon.com/dp/B07BR1L7SR/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_glc_fabc_868J1P57PJBJVFYDG8MR This topic might make for an interesting video. Enjoying your content very much, thank you!
@@NorthwestSawyer A standard 2x4 stud is now around 6.50 a piece here in southern Illinois. Thankfully, there is a guy in Georgia that sells his own 12 foot 2x4's for 3 bucks a piece. THAT is a reasonable price. BUT you have to go get them....
@@jtjjbannie out here lumber has to be stamped and graded to able to be used in a permitted structure. You wouldn’t be able to get full retail for this lumber. I typically charge half of what retail is if I’m selling lumber.
@@NorthwestSawyer So I'm in south Canby and have a few trees I would like someone to "cruise" if that's the proper word / spelling, you know anybody please, you can PM me if you don't want names up here, I thought Yoder mill did but I reckon they don't.
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Alan, on the west coast of
British Columbia. I milled lots
while building houses here.
I retired now, but seriously
enjoy memory lane with your
wonderful videos !! I missed
them when the fires caused
such upset last year ..
Stay safe , 👍👍
That’s awesome!
Excellent. Solid work and I appreciate you taking the time to make your content.
Thank you!
Your chain supposed to be that slack? Looks dangerous!
Looks like they would make a double sided blade where you could cut going the other way
if we could all live like this dude... cheers bud.
Thank you!
Very nice logs and lumber! I think those 1/4” bolts shear off fairly easily to prevent further damage. I broke one off in the debarker swing recently. Luckily it was no problem to replace.
Always a great time running the mill.
Very nice Douglas Fir to saw.
It seems that more things get broken when doing jobs for someone else! Dunno why? Great video! Keep them coming. Thanks to the customer for allowing the video!
Thank you !
Glad to see everyone wins. You get to make a bit of csh they get some great luber and go pro gets some sales not to mention the saw chain guys and blades for mill. America is great.
Especially the blade folks🤣
Awesome video, loved the editing/style. On a job like that do you charge extra if metal is found and ruins your blade or do you automatically factor that in the cost before hand? Either way probably something that needs to be thought about and communicated prior to starting.
I think the new real time costings idea works a treat brother 😉👍🏼
Not surprised you got a good tip from the client that’s a huge saving on Lumber I should think with current prices in the US.
What a job! All that beautiful lumber. Thanks for the video.
Just found your channel, watched a couple of videos. I enjoyed them. Good work man
Awesome! Thank you!
Those douglas fir logs certainly tested the limits of your LT35. With today's lumber prices, if you have access to quality softwood trees it certainly pays to mill your own lumber.
Absolutely! Even sub-par logs can make decent farm lumber at a fraction of the cost of the lumber yard.
That was a really enjoyable video, thanks for sharing.
Excellent video production and editing, fast forwarding a couple of days work into 18 minutes. Good lumber.
If I showed all that in real time it’d be real boring😆
Still enjoying your updates after getting up to date with your videos!! Stay safe4 and well !! Cheers Murray
Thank you, Murray!
Awesome looking wood. Great video. Thanks for sharing. God Bless.
Another great vid - Lots of work doing them, thank you.
Thank you, Ron!
Nicely done! That was way more lumber than I was expecting. That larger piece of metal probably ruined the blade, but personally I don't mind the look after it hits a nail. We have a barn with marks/lines throughout the lumber like that. Adds character.
The first nail I hit just added some character. That piece of steel cable destroyed the blade and stalled the saw. It made quite a racket.
That is a lovely big log producing some wonderful timber. Pity about the ouch moment, but these things happen. Certainly got though a lot of logs, beautiful lumber.
Thank you. We certainly made some nice lumber!
nice job . other than thechainsaw misshap looked like a fun job , especially with the help
Yes! I didn’t know I was going to have so much help but it’s always appreciated!
JASON, I'm sure people with sawmills are now in a good spot with the lumber prices on the rise!
I like to think a sawmill has had me in a good spot for a while now😉
Running into metal is the reason it can be worth it to buy a set of bimetal blades for the saw for those times you do hit metal it can be worth it to swap out to the better blades. One of the guys that mills large yard trees talked about how much better they deal with metal a year or so back
I ran BiMetal blades when I was sawing reclaimed beams that I knew had staples in them. They definitely can handle some steel but they’re nearly double the cost. I prefer to let the client know ahead of time about the charges for blades damaged by metal.
I bet the smell of fresh cut lumber was incredible
I'm no sawyer, it seem to me that running the saw head down the track above the log to check the side clearance before making the first cut would eliminate that kind of carnage. You could also pull a string line to check the side clearance before making the first cut.
But.... then threre’d be no carnage 😬
@@NorthwestSawyer LOL ! !
That’s a decent amount of valuable lumber there, probably in excess of 5 K!
I would guess at least that.
Turn out some nice Lumber. Enjoyed the content.
Thank you!
Beautiful logs! Good job.
Thank you!
Boy, I sure would like to have that log. Awesome
Nice close up camera work.
Awesome video - 10 logs in one day!!
Huge logs, we don't see that size here in Western PA!
Great job, awesome milling! Sorry for all the carnage, but absolute awesome video. Stay safe, God bless
Thank you!
excellent work and amazing content! not sure if you'd rather not answer this question but...... what would a client be expected to pay for you to go to the site and saw like that for two days? Obvs it was much less then buying all that lumber assuming there was no cost for the trees.... keep up the great work and great content sir! cheers form northern Ontario Canada!
Thank you, Tony! This worked out to almost $100 and hour with the generous tip. That also included the time to bring my tractor out.
Great job and a good video
Thank you!
Nice work money in the bank for sure 2/4-10 here is 12.50 each I’ll let you know what they are next week
Those big logs are a lot of work without the hydros
For sure!
I have no idea how much lumber costs but those prices seem very affordable . Did it start to rain after leaving your new milling enclosure
Very smart to get into this... a sheet of plywood is $80 and a 2×4×8 is $12 how is this happening!? Milling is gold mining
Great 👍 work !
That’s some nice sized timber. On average any idea the usable BF out of each log. Looks like the return there was fairly good. Didn’t look like any severe taper in most of it. Fine Content.
🇺🇸🦅🌏⚓️🇺🇸
Thank you! He only wanted 2x12 and 4x12 lumber. I could’ve gotten a bit more if he wanted some smaller stuff yes, a great yield from those logs.
...and a good job done! 👍
Thank you!
Great content. Did you take your 4044 with you or were the John Deeres the clients? Anyway does the 4044 do everything you need it to? I am looking closely into an LT35 for slabbing and maybe some dimensional lumber for clients. Just wish I lived in your neck of the woods where timber is so plentiful.
That was mine. He had a 3 series with a backhoe on it. Most of the time my 4044r does the job but I’m always pushing it pretty good.
Quite a sawing job, Jason. How many blades did you go through not counting the ones destroyed by metal? Take care.
Bill
Thank you! I think I went through 7 total. 3 ruined by metal.
If you were to buy a property with lots of trees, too many, you could cut, but if someone doesn't have the skills, how would someone get information on (cost of) getting trees taken down, cut up and sold? (Oregon)
I love Milling👍
No one is harder on chainsaws than Excavation Laborers. Lol (I’ve worked for Union excavation contractors in Boston for over 30 years)...I’ve love to joke that we’ve cut everything with a chainsaw but a tree..Great Videos Brother. Really enjoy watching
😂
I wish we had big trees 🌲 like that up here in Nikiski Alaska
Wow
When I saw that Husqvarna, I knew that wasn't you sawing!
And then when you saw mill parts flying, you knew it was me😂😂
What’s the going hourly rate for a sawmill in pacific NW? Not that you can buy one. They are a tear out on orders
This one worked out to almost $100 an hour.
how many board feet of lumber do you think it would take to frame a 1 story 3 bedroom house? then how much board feet you think your getting out of them logs?
I have no idea what it would take to frame a house. Lumber has to be stamped and graded for use in houses where I live. You can hire a grader to stamp your lumber but I’ve never needed to do it.
You let the LT 35 EAT!
This epic on site milling!!! Hmmmmmmmm
Good stuff buddy.
Thank you!
I think we are neighbors...I am over on UpperHighland. I have an LT15 and am thinking about milling my own 2x8 lumber for my house build. Have you ever gone through the grading certification process?
Hey, Jason! You’re close. I’m up Hillock Burn. I haven’t gone through that process and really have no idea what’s involved.
@@NorthwestSawyer okay thanks, I will let you know if I go through with it. Would love to see your operation some day.
@@jasondavis7885 I was literally looking up the info just now. It looks like it may be a four day course.
@@NorthwestSawyer might be worth it if most of it is online.
@@NorthwestSawyer I called to see what it would cost to have the grade inspector come out and grade some lumber. He thought for the approximately 5-6000 board feet he would need 2-3 hours on-site. He is out of Vancouver so 2 hours drive time back and forth to Estacada at $75/ hour and about $150/hour on site he thought probably $450.
Lot of board feet in those logs!
Before I started that saw, I would have adjusted that chain. She's a wee bit loose.
That happened after hitting the metal. I didn’t notice it fir a second.
@@NorthwestSawyer ah, I didn't notice it until afterwards. Hope its warm there tomorrow. I have to come over and help my friend. My first time out of Central Oregon in probably a year, so I haven't seen how things look on Santiam.
@@timothyball3144 it’s supposed to be in the 80s this weekend!
I guess that’s what you call biting off more than you can chew
I am hard of hearing and miss not having the closed caption like you have in most of your vidioes.
They will be added automatically but it sometimes takes a little while. I tried adding them once and it’s very difficult to do manually.
What did you hit a horseshoe? ouch. part of the game. nice video.
Oh wow, a rooster 😂😂😂
Shocking, right?🤣
Well now I have to go slice smaller logs with my slightly bigger mill.
That was great.
i think you need a metal detector for your saw mill to save your blades and money
With large milling jobs like this what is the best/fairest way to charge? day rate and blade charges or board foot?
I never charge by the board foot for on-site jobs because there’s too many things that can slow you down. For instance, I needed my tractor on the project because the logs had to be moved to the mill. I estimated how long I thought it would take to do the job and how many blades I’d use. I charge per blade for metal and
For my time to get my equipment there and back.
Top notch sawing project. It's nice to be appreciated for the work you did,...re tip!
Enjoyable 17 minutes plus.
Thank you, Reg! This was really a great project all around.
I guess that’s whatcha would call stihl on steel lol.
I see what you did there😬
@@NorthwestSawyer I thought you might get a kick out of that. Oh wait, you already did lol. I’m just glad that the kickback wasn’t any worse. It could have made for a really bad day in a hurry. Stay safe and keep the awesome videos coming.
I see your Cockerel followed you down to watch 😅
Right?!? I mentioned that to the client right after his rooster chimed in😂
That was a lot of sawing
You need to “cut” a deal with GoPro for a sponsorship...
Man you are cool
wouldn't you have measured the tree before hand
Metal detector, at least for the butt logs?
I have a hand held detector but I don’t think there’s one made that would sense metal as deep in the wood as this metal was.
@@NorthwestSawyer how deep was the one at 15:00? I don't know anything about them but this one sounds like it should detect to 4", and might go to as deep as 8". www.amazon.com/dp/B07BR1L7SR/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_glc_fabc_868J1P57PJBJVFYDG8MR
This topic might make for an interesting video. Enjoying your content very much, thank you!
Persistent rooster. lol.
I almost felt like I had to say I wasn’t adding sound effects 😂
I hope you have a heart and only sell the product at a REASONABLE price.
Lot's of price gouging going on and it's totally unnecessary.
He is going to use the lumber in a shop he’s having built. It’s not for sale.
@@NorthwestSawyer
A standard 2x4 stud is now around 6.50 a piece here in southern Illinois.
Thankfully, there is a guy in Georgia that sells his own 12 foot 2x4's for 3 bucks a piece. THAT is a reasonable price.
BUT you have to go get them....
@@jtjjbannie out here lumber has to be stamped and graded to able to be used in a permitted structure. You wouldn’t be able to get full retail for this lumber. I typically charge half of what retail is if I’m selling lumber.
@@NorthwestSawyer
That's good to know. Thanks. Your honesty will keep you in good business.
To bad there was metal in the logs !
Pretty standard for yard tree...😬
Rough
If they weren't using that lumber on-site would it have to be inspected to be sold?
Not to be sold but if it’s going to allowed in a structure requiring permits, it would have to be graded and stamped
@@NorthwestSawyer So I'm in south Canby and have a few trees I would like someone to "cruise" if that's the proper word / spelling, you know anybody please, you can PM me if you don't want names up here, I thought Yoder mill did but I reckon they don't.