That would explain why a lot of these trees are hollow inside. I know we have posts that my grandfather used for cow fences and they are still hanging in there. So idk what the difference is between a living tree and d a harvested post

@@WillowRunMills I'm collecting felled locust for a water wheel I want to make but I have to stay clear of the heartwood. It's all the same color, so it's a pain.. another youtuber that has a lumber business (hobby hardwood, or something like that) said if you look close , the difference in the cell structure can be seen.. I don't know. I'll have to break out a magnifying glass.

@@WillowRunMills did your grandfather split them before setting them? That may explain it since most of the post would then be the outside of the tree (if the were quartered, I guess)

They were green and so far they still look amazing!

@@WillowRunMills No wild warping upon seasoning?

@@algee6245 If you center the heart they usually stay pretty straight. If you try to cut a beam out of a bannna or twisty one then they can get squirlly. They are super tuff and will check if dried quickly.

Mostly all clay with giant boulders but no shale. I just used a bosh sds hammer drill with the spade attachment to loosen everything up and then shovel the loose stuff into buckets.

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Doing good! Life has been crazy lately. I have a 1 year old and remodeling an old farmhouse for my parents. Also hooked up with Jeff from baked and afraid and I’m doing a 90 day strength training with him. So super busy! I’m glad to see you checking in!

I have a ton of respect for table saws. They are one of the few tools I treat with that amount of respect. Good thing we have a high pain tolerance lol!

Thank you! It turned out really well. One of my favorite parts of the house.

We have some old locust fence posts that my grandfather put in the ground and they are still around.

I used them for my timber frame front porch.

I noticed all of the above as well haha. Weird wood. But I really like it. I wish I had access to more.

Thanks! The weathered wood is actually from the old barn.

@@WillowRunMills Love the classic weathered wood

@@IronOakSawmill exactly! Plus I had to incorporate some of the original barn into the new one. It just felt right haha

Sure are! I will have to show a little more of it once I get some time. I was cutting down some pine trees for the mill today.

Got it all done in like a minute and a half.

My farm is full of black locust trees. I would imagine there is something here

I did a locust clear-cut a few years ago and there was ton's of those kind of dead poles. Even the ones on the ground were still good. Some were killed by borers and have all these crazy holes. I call em teepee poles and have them stood up on tripods to store them. I used some like them for fence rails and I'm sure they'd make good bow wood.

@@timothylongmore7325 Aaah that makes me happy! Maybe locust is rare (?) but people always doubt me when I talk about how freaking awesome it is. It really can burn like a denser pine fatwood, and it's sooo freaking dense. Thanks for sharing Timothy, that legitimately made me happy.

@@johnwarring2337 Glad to help. Have you heard about end grain flooring for locust? It can be made from limb wood or square stock. It's pretty frickin cool. There is some youtube videos on it. I've got tons of odds and ends that I've held off on putting into firewood for that reason. The only way it's rare is "commercially". Loggers can't find enough good logs to make it a readilly available thing. Except maybe in the Appalachians where it's more common (home range). My theory is when the chestnut blight destroyed the naturally forest the b locust filled in. It is the best firewood too.

@@timothylongmore7325 it's wild firewood. the little I have I consider fatwood because it burns so readily and has a wonderful smell. I just went on a deep dive on the American Chestnut a few weeks ago, boy oh boy I wish they'd come back in full force.

I did not k ow that. I’m going to have to look into that!

Yes..underrated wood, and tree.

It was one of the coolest woods I have milled and I never saw that coming.

we have actually used that once at work to destroy a cement porch. worked great!

Maybe there are uses for the rocks, so why destroy them?

@@ingo_8628 most people have no use for large rocks. name one example use.

thank you! my parents instilled that in me as a young kid. and i am very happy they did

thank you!

thank you! i sure hope thy do!

i have the ones it came with and their turbo 747. they turbos i usually use one the hardwoods and they are amazing

People will say it's because locust is so hard. I've found it's usually because of sand and dirt in the bark. My woodmizer guy cut a ton of seasoned locust for me a he said he was pleasantly surprised on how good it cut. He does have an lt 40 hydr. with a debarker but these logs were bark-less. Me with my old hud-son 30 if I don't hew off the bark or hose it down I'll be changing blades a lot. Every where I've every cut it , it was growing in sand. It get's in every nook and cranny. Which locust is known for. I have a hose and wire brush on hand at all times. If you have a wood mizer get one of those router type debarkers. They'll save you more time than the log loader.

im glad to see you on the orange team! i had the LT15 and it was okay, but the hydraulics on the 35 open up so many possibilities.

One of my favorites so far

I love it. And it’s super light!

It is super fine dust and it does irritate your sinuses after a while. Thanks for watching! I have some stuff I need to edit but I have been working so hard on the house before we have the baby that I havnt had much video time.