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Today we sticker and stack some beautiful Pennsylvania Cherry and Red Oak Lumber that we sawed on the Woodmizer LX 150 Sawmill, Also Split some Firewood with the Wolfe Ridge Compact Commercial Splitter, Then we ask what are the best uses for the sawdust we produce and does wood chips on a trail really work? I don't think so
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[@jamesbockenstette4332]

Melissa is the spark in these videos. She makes great wise cracks. Keep posting.

[@eddiephillips2000]

We had to put our little Miss Pugsley down today due to bowel and kidney issues with her disorder we documented on our channel. Seeing your dogs so active reminded me of the happy times we've had here these past 11 years with Pugsley and our other dogs. Everybody take some time and enjoy you 'little ones' while you have them! Hope and Pray for all of your viewers/subscribers to be truly and richly blessed in 2020. May God Bless #StaySafe #BeKind #Outdoorgans

[@buddysimcox754]

Just a thought; sell to farmers for bedding! We used it on the farm from App's saw mill for bedding for cows and chickens!

[@johnhenderson8360]

Need to be careful with using green sawdust as bedding for cows as it can prom bacterial growth and can lead to mastitis in lactating cows.

[@shaunhansen3348]

I think they look for shavings not the dust

[@markblakeway80]

Just got home 2:20am 2020. Happy New Year to Mike,Melissa,Hunter,Hannah,Eva and all The Morgans followers

[@alkaufmann2039]

"The only thing nicer is a mirror" Good one Melissa! I couldn't agree more!....lol

[@oldmanfred8676]

Thank you all for sharing your lives. We all Love you.

[@er1073]

Well Melissa you answered the question I had about the pool. The look you gave us for the red oak and cherry makes me appreciate nature a lot more. Happy Birthday Hannah. Hello Hunter. Happy New Years everyone. Ed

[@jeffreylane6098]

Just love watching the LX150 do it's thing!! Mike the operator, Melissa the stacker extraordinaire!!

[@pohbor5788]

We use sawdust (and woodchips too) on our walking trails. Makes walking out to the stands quieter in the morning and decomposes nicely to make great trail beds over the years.

[@jonking1482]

We have our annual antique days and we set up an old sawmill when we are done we have 1-2 large manure spreaders full, the farmers spread it on the cornfields that are picked.

[@DIYwithDave]

That cherry is beautiful! I don't make near as much sawdust as you guys do but I have looked into it for myself and barring some industrial application there isn't much you can do. You could mulch it, but it isn't great for garden plants because it is considered brown mulch (vs green mulch like grass clippings) as it takes much longer to decompose. Unless you can sell it or make something with it my suggestion is to spread it out in the woods and let it enrich the soil and feed the next generation of trees.

[@slowdancing7119]

Its windy and cold in central Illinois. I watch every night and have been gradually working my way forward thru the past videos posted. I am retired from a wire mill and I am a full time caregiver for my wife who requires 24/7 care and is non verbal too.

[@klausadomeit8523]

I do wood working. I have used saw dust off the table saw to get my car out of the snow when stuck. I keep it in my trunk. Its great for traction snow or ice. I also use it on my walk ways when covered with ice. Works wonders. Just a though and you asked l love your channel you guys rock..

[@donbowersock9564]

I put sawdust and chips in garden in the fall. Beautiful lumber stack love its stacked so uniform and neat, great job.

[@57bslester]

We are in West Central Wisconsin here and its rained for the last two days and now it's a raging blizzard out right now. 15 degrees colder today than yesterday. We love watching your videos!

[@alanpettibone]

Listening to you talk is like going back to my childhood. Grew up in south central PA and the accent sounds like home.

[@jacobbruns4579]

12" of heavy wet snow here yesterday in Fergus Falls, MN. Southern half of the state saw mostly rain. Ground still not frozen under the snow

[@goindownhill1116]

Higgins Lake Michigan has a warm 32 degrees, windy, 3 inches of snow. Two more inches of snow tonight. Even warmer weather later this week. Thanks for all the great videos. Have a year.

[@jeffmosher433]

Sawing becomes addictive! And contagious ... Just finished watching your video and now I have to go saw some lumber!

[@WanderLost]

We just had a small winter storm here in Western South Dakota... love those stacks of lumber... my papaw was a logger, so I love the trees... walking among the trees is my favorite place to be

[@thomasstrout1738]

I had 10,000 board feet of Eastern White Pine and Hemlock sawn by a gentleman with a huge Woodmizer mill back in 2014. His neighbor came over with his 1 Ton dump and I loaded him up 3 times with my loader. He used it for bedding for his sheep and he was very happy. He said hardwood sawdust is great also as long as it is not Walnut.

[@thomasdesmond2248]

Beautiful wood Mike you are lucky to have the trees for it. God bless

[@waynepaterson3957]

Greetings from Australia. Here in Adelaide we have had several days of around 100°F. Today is low 70s. But more high temp weather coming end of week. It's not helping with the Bush fires around here. Love what you do.

[@jimwhitney6543]

I use my pine sawdust from the mill to fill in mud holes in the trail. It's very absorbent and works great ,I filled a 2' mud hole and it's still dry to this day.

[@ldoyle3rd]

Here in the Chicago area the last two weeks have been incredibly warm and generally clear, almost feel guilty with some of the storms in other parts of the country. Today the temps dropped and we have light snow tonight, but it was almost 60 the other day so no complaints!

[@steveruggles8687]

Hello from SW MT! Just a few notes from over a million feet cut on my Woodmizer; stickers within 2" of the ends of boards to cut down on checking; at least 4" between piles for adequate air circulation; put 4x4's on top of piles before covering so air can circulate there better. If you go with the pellet mill idea, go with Riverside pellet mills. They are great to work with and also American made if memory serves. Sawdust moisture content needs to be 12 to16% for the best pellets, so you'd have to figure how to get it dry. I cut standing dead softwoods so moisture is not an issue. Love seeing you two working together, keep it up!

[@mikeadams2339]

Tinkering around admiring beautiful wood. Thatz a day!

[@Dale.Nienow]

I live in Wisconsin we are getting rain and then turning into snow 3-5 inches! Finally I can get back to snow plowing!

[@ZZ123FORE]

Up here in the Pacific Northwest, Mount Vernon, WA. 43 degrees and forecast for the day showers. Enjoying your videos, keep'm coming.

[@jasoncaspersen139]

Snow and cold in South East Denver this weekend. 5 deg this morning. It was -48 in Central Colorado near Hartsel. Keep up the great videos!

[@northerndarklight5305]

West central Illinois - light rain overnight, solid overcast today. Wake up was below freezing, noon is 31 degrees, projected high is 33 degrees. Tomorrow, maybe a little sun, but basically more of the same. Wednesday forecast - 45 and sunny.

[@stephengmeiner3264]

We’ve been having the same weather in Michigan but the northern lower peninsula got hammered today with rain then snow then freezing temperatures. Friends of our rolled their SUV 3 times this morning! They hit some ice on a 2 lane highway which sent them heading straight towards an oncoming semi! He decided to ditch it instead of hitting the truck. Mom, Dad and 3 children are ok. Maybe those 60 degree days in late December are safer! Happy New Year Morgan’s

[@sailingbvi1]

Hello Mike. I am a woodworker whom makes a lot of sawdust in the shop. I have found that some of the local horse farms will take The chippings and sawdust. Their only issue is with walnut sawdust/chips. It seems that Walnut has an oil that irritates the horses hoofs. I also give some sawdust to the local shelter they use it as bedding etc. this way I get rid of it and it is used in several non-profit areas. As always love the videos and will soon be an owner of a LX150. Thanks again

[@rowman12]

Sunny and warm today on Kauai...

[@sgtfish49]

Buddy, excellent suggestion. When my family ran a sawmill, dairy farmers bought the sawdust by the trailer load for bedding. Just a thought. Good luck.

[@johnmuncy1710]

Here in southern Michigan Yesterday it was in the mid 50's, cloudy, and rained off and on all day. Today we are expecting rain turning to snow by evening.

[@johnsuch2707]

I would think mulch of some sort as well...Be safe out there and God Bless ❤️

[@markjones4090]

That wood is beautiful, it will fly off the shelf once you start selling it. When I was a kid my grandfather worked at a sawmill and I would help him bag up sawdust and deliver it to butchers to throw on the floors. People with horses would also come to the mill and get the sawdust by the trailer load for free. We would also fill up an old bathtub add about 15 litres water and mix it all up until it was a thick paste then press into wooden moulds to make fire logs. Happy New Year to the Morgans and all the subscribers.

[@randyfelts4625]

Sawdust is one of the best composting materials. Lots of lignin. It's a good source of phosphorus. Crops like corn love it. You can grow just about anything in it.

[@ottobettcher7025]

I agree with some of the other posts on selling the sawdust for animal bedding or for pellet stoves, also I hope Eva and Melissa had a Happy Birthday.

[@mikebarfknecht6336]

SC Wisconsin, yesterday 50+deg today 32 and rain turning to snow

[@jasonneugebauer5310]

I put all my sawdust from sawing at the house in .my garden I had 12 inches this spring. Worms took it all under by mid June. We did have a problem with all of our nitrogen being bound up for about 3 months. All of our vegetables that need high nitrogen did horrible during that time. Last year awesome corn, this year all our corn died. but now our soil is amazingly awesome. Our asparagus went crazy, and it had been struggling for a long time. I will plant corn again this year and give it a little nitrogen and see how it does. Also sawdust is great for cleaning up oil spills around the shop. Then you can burn it in a non catalytic stove about 2 cups at a time for it to burn well.

[@doc40mike]

Here in se Wisconsin warm about 55 to 60 deg on Sunday a little rain. The wood looks great.

[@karlsoffthegrid1378]

Wisconsin is snowy and a little bit on the warm side making things a mess. Love the wood mill!

[@russvtguy]

Saw dust for bedding in the barn and for mulch and weed control in the garden. Snow and ice in Southern Vermont.

[@williambeckman6900]

Monday night it is getting down to low 30's and there are threats of snow for Tuesday morning commute west of Cleveland. I was told by my dad that there is supposed to be saw dust around each stick of dynamite in the wood crate, so get some dynamite to pack up. I would save some for July 4th for an extra punch. Some folks mix wood chips and saw dust into dirt to make garden soil compost. I love the channel, keep up the good work.

[@davidwatsonii9469]

WE USE IT IN THE GARDEN BETWEEN ROWS AND YELLOW JACKETS LOVE THE STUFF, ANY ROTTEN OR PUNKY WOOD IS EASIER TO CHEW TO MAKE A NEST FROM, IN KY ANYWAYS, HAPPY NEW YEAR

[@TDC_Dragon]

I am in the Great Northwest in Western Washington not far from Mt Rainier. Last year I hired a sawyer with a portable saw mill to mill some massive fir trees I had taken down where I built a pole barn. I just took the tractor and loader and dumped it my my compost shed. With the red wriggler worms, kitchen waste, chicken manure and weed waste it made a great compost for our garden. If you produce actual wood chips they are great bedding for chickens and livestock.

[@jamesb990]

Hi Mike you may have worked this out already but if you paint some bees wax or oil based paint on the ends of sawn lumber it reduces any cracking and redo this every so often as needed. Another tip is for oak milling is to 1/4 saw some of it this will also bring out the lovely grians. Love your family vidios. From nz

[@vaughanowl8667]

Freezing rain here in ontario for 2 days now. DIY Morgon lumber. Nice. Have a happy new year morgon family 😀😀👍.

[@jimdavis2113]

Hi Mike and Melissa. 32 F and some more snow coming here in Kenai, Alaska. I like oak, but that cherry is BEAUTIFUL ! Happy Birthday to Eva !!!

[@larrymulkey3103]

Love the organization!!

[@charlescarlson8283]

I heated my house for 25 years with a outside wood burner. In the spring I cleaned up all the saw dust and bark and pile them in the woods. Add some grass clippings in the summer. The next year my wife use it as mulch in her flower beds. Because you will have so much more get a wood chipper and do the same thing and you could sell it.

[@jrou111]

North Georgia here, wet climate and humid. Wood chips on the ground soak up water like a sponge and attract termites. We produce compost for our garden using mainly sawdust from the Woodmizer LT28 and grass clippings. Carbon + nitrogen

[@normanscott7748]

Mike, I noticed that all, really all, of your equipment, is absolutely scratch proof. It all looks brand new. And all of it is high class, no used equipment. I don't know what you do for a permanent job, but I bet it pays well. All high class.

[@charlesmark3898]

Monday morning, 08:29 Sunny and 52 in East Tennessee. Beautiful Cherry lumber! The wood chips/sawdust will turn your trails to a greasy would use it for stalls or beddmess when its wet, and hold the moisture for a long time. Maybe find someone with horses or chickens that

[@dancartlidge5202]

You inquired about the weather, and although I'm not there now, I do have a cottage in nw lower Michigan....certainly farther north than you, but they are about to get spanked but good with about a foot of snow, so says the weather report. Wood looks great!

[@Adirondack_DFL]

Mike, LOL, you reminded of my dad's friend (a Woodmiser million BF club member). Dad said he could saw a lot more lumber if he didn't fall in love with every board he takes off the mill. Stickering is a precision job, you have to be a stickler about it. Sawdust can be a hazard, a big pile will make heat inside and possibly combust. People will come get sawdust for free for animals (hamster, ferret, etc) bedding.

[@markblakeway80]

Morning Morgans, don't lose hope on your pool. The bobcat is still in the background 🤘👍😂

[@olddawgdreaming5715]

Hey Mike and Melissa, it’s 37-56 today in deep east Texas. Rained yesterday 🤗 gotta take what we are given and go with it. Happy Birthday Eva ! The splitting and stacking was a good video. Thanks for sharing with us.

[@olddawgdreaming5715]

Thanks Melissa, had a wonderful Christmas and looking forward to a great New Year too.

[@veggiefarmer1]

We use it for mulch around our blueberry bushes so if any growers around you.

[@kendallsteckel711]

Hi Mike! im in southern illinois, just north of where misssissippi and illinois rivers meet. but rainy and turning colder, we had wind with the rain. the wood looks super! great for all projects and furniture too. You are fortunate to have Melissa by your side buddy! a very fine woman. count your blessings. and life is good! Hope the family is good. and a prosperious new year. 2020 is gonna be good! take care and keep up the good work, we all enjoy your efforts buddy!

[@bykrmom]

West central Wisconsin, we have had 3 days of rain. Started to freeze yesterday morning but the temp got to near 40 and it melted. This morning it's 32 and snowing. We're expecting about 4-7 inches of the stuff tomorrow and in to New Years day.

[@NewtonWashinton]

I know myself i used sawdust to mix with glue to fix bad spots in the wood, holes and cracks and such when making Cabinets and furniture. Also a company that makes wood pellets for stoves may buy it. In S.E. Michigan we have high wind today 42° calling for 32° and snow tomorrow. Have fun on your vacation! Happy Birthday to Eva! Steak sounds good right up my alley :)))

[@backtobasicstipswithtomrib19]

we had freezing rain and then abut 3 or 4 inches of snow here in South Central Nebraska below freezing all night mid thirties day time. The sawdust works in gardens if you have bad soil

[@robintaylor-mockingeemill8223]

You mention that you have a lot to learn about milling but I see that you already know that good logs make good lumber . This puts you far ahead of most milling videos on KZbin . Keep up the good work , that is nice cherry .

[@chancebernhardt4815]

Out in Oregon the use the sawdust from the mills to make compressed fire logs its mixed with wax to keep them together, they sell for 2 dollars each and burn nicely in a wood stove, they also make the bags of pellets out of the sawdust and wax, those go for 5 dollars a bag depending on how much you buy

[@BigPowerAL]

Happy New Year to all the Morgan’s from Orange County, CA!

[@normhowes2975]

It's January 1st, just north of Syracuse N.Y. and it's 34 degrees, lawn is mostly showing, rained about 1/2" yesterday. 30 minutes further north and they are calling for over a foot of snow in persistent lake effect areas.

[@terrynichols7199]

In West central Wi. we have had everything from rain, snow, combination and plenty of snow on the ground since before Thanksgiving. Northern Wi had 25 inches of snow after deer season which started the Saturday before Thanksgiving. It's a 9 day rifle season. It's currently snowing here, around 2 inches right now We haven't seen the sun all last week. The moisture just keeps going in circles over WI, MN. and Michigan. I would take a cooler day with sun anytime.

[@lisagalusha4147]

Pretty good weather out here on the North Shore of Oahu. Little chilly breeze 🌈😜

[@cboutdoorfun9955]

Snowing wet snow near Green Bay wi. Was warm this weekend and lots of rain/mud

[@lesterhuhta5624]

Middle of Minnesota, we are suppose to get about 6 to 8" today. It is wet and sloppy on the roads. That is some nice looking cherry and oak you milled, Mike! I sure enjoy seeing what come out of each log. I watch OTW also.Melissa and Mike, you sure work well together!

[@georgecharokee4570]

Beautiful One, Always Dress Wayyy tooo nice to be working with Wood and Dust especially that Lovely Black Ensemble. Stay Safe Out There Y'all !!!

[@ernstfischer8415]

Wau so beautiful cherry wood and this flame structure of the boards are 1A because you can make beautiful furniture

[@cliffmorain7215]

That cherry would make a beautiful gun stock.

[@nl9228]

Weather here in Ireland the very same as yours mild and rain on the way tomorrow happy new year.

[@johnhenderson8360]

Great mulch around blueberry bushes. Add to gardens in the fall, till it in and add lime.

[@Mounty621]

Love your attention to detail with lumber stacking, Mike! #NoOCDhere HA HA HA! Happy New Year, Morgan Family!

[@kathyjenner8981]

Snowing all day in Waupaca Wisconsin!

[@jamesparsons9414]

Weather in North Western Indiana today- windy and cold (in the low 30s). Big change from the weekend.

[@peacefieldfarm_mn]

Top of the morning M&M! Here in East Central MN it is currently snowing. The temp hasn't budged from 34 degrees for 3 days now, Yesterday we had an inch of rain. It is horrible winter weather. We are supposed to get 3-4 inches of snow on to pf the ice by tomorrow. Arrrrrg! Back in the day they used to use sawdust as insulation when they cut ice from the lakes and stored it for summer cooling in ice houses!

[@bearupfarm1818]

Ralph here from Showlow AZ -12 degrees with 7 inch snow. I now about east coast. Drove semi thru PA a lot with pumpkin truck

[@charlesscott4883]

inch and a half of snow here in southwest Michigan this morning

[@joselacera8716]

THAT IS BEAUTIFUL THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEO

[@jrbrumley9334]

January 1st, Oxford, Iowa partly cloudy and around 40 to 43 degrees

[@philipallen8648]

Sawdust stoves are available if you need a steady heat source in a workshop/garage/mini hut etc. Also, sawdust is a useful product for chicken bedding. Be aware that wood logs will dry even in very wet atmospheres. I used to run a large coal-fired power station in the UK on the west coast of the country (Wales). Large wood logs (mainly Ash) were bought from the local forests to burn with the coal and would naturally dry from approximately 50% humidity to 25% in about 3 months (before being chipped to burn). They sat outside with no covers and the wood stock was by the sea in the rain and fog etc.

[@hburns16]

Mike & Melissa, the sawdust does make a great addition to your compost. It breaks down fairly quickly. We’re in the Pacific Northwest, and you should not be surprised to here it’s shmutzing down rain. It has been unseasonably warm thought the wife’s roses have buds & I’m already killing skeeters! Hopefully we’ll get a good hard freeze, else we’re going to be involuntary blood donors this summer!

[@russellbowman8051]

That is Gorgeous looking Lumber!!👍👊

[@marcelw4972]

I know mechanic shops or other places that have small oil spills on the floor use it to absorb the spill, then just sweep it up. Farmers usually have shops, they do most of their own work as well. -4C / 28F here in Edmonton, AB. Canada just above your upper Midwest.

[@HTPJohn]

It's Monday and the cold weather just arrived. Temps in the middle 30's but it's going to level out for the rest of the week. It rained over an inch yesterday but is supposed to be dry for the next few days. Our plan is to cut on a 100' Beech tree blow down and split it into firewood on New Years day. Take care and God Bless.

[@johnwalls4722]

I'm in Michigan lower peninsula, lots of rain and high winds, my neighbor is in the UP right now vacationing and its changing from rain to snow and expect 2 inches per hour for the next 24 to 36 hours. Either way a lot of moisture then changi g to snow. Our lake was froze but is now open water. Sawdust... I'd spread it thin off the sides of your trails, helps amend your soil. Love the videos, Good luck.

[@john0119]

Nice Wood, I Remember the Days When Butcher Shops Would Put Saw Dust on the Floors. We use to put it in Cardboard Egg Crates and Add Wax for Fire Starters.

[@jerrybrock5335]

8 in. Of snow today. Wind is picking up. Just got done plowing with my 1025r John deere.

[@johnstromgren9022]

From !5 miles N. E. of Duluth MN Saturday Evening we had 10" of Snow and then it rain Sunday creating a snow blowers mess. We have about 18' of snow on the groundand temperatures around thirty. Today Monday they predict another 3'. I had to have my plow guy from our bussiness come in to plow our driveway. I wished I lived closer to you I would buy some of your red oak. It is very good quality. John

[@richiecaelwarts7873]

we use saw dust for oil dry works great for oil on garage floors and drive ways ps the weather here I Wisconsin was a lot of rain now its changing to snow today

[@Mrd4fy]

Sawdust is god to in the workshop/ garage to suck up spilld olje and fule on the flor Thanks for all the videos and God bles

[@johnmyers6097]

Good luck finding a use for sawdust unless you have strawberry or blueberry plants. I remember years ago when my wife was well we had a big mud hole in our driveway. When I was working out of town she took the bucket loader, scraped up all the sawdust from my log landing and filled the hole. The sawdust made the mud grow and became a HUGE mess. Not one of the finer ideas. What I do is dump it in a low unusable area , out of sight, out of mind. Thanks for the video and Happy NewYear

[@glenndeery9806]

you can use sawdust for mulch either mix in with the leaves to make mulch. Also Farmers use it for in their animals. I agree sawdust and wood chips will hold the moisture on the trails and make it slimy and slippery. I agree the Cherry is the nicest. It is day 2 of Rain here in Southeastern PA

[@bobpurs]

Sell man glitter lol. With you Mike, here in Michigan it’s warm and muddy. We had over An inch of rain yesterday and last night. So sick of it want it to Freeze and stay frozen so I can get out in THE WOODS. I do more sweeping mud out of my barn/shop than anything else. Happy New Year.