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[@pedintx]

There are a lot of reasons to love your videos but one of the biggies is you guys are so entertaining. It’s almost like a Laurel and Hardy routine only you guys are so real and your humor is so natural. If I am short on time to watch YT, I will always take time to watch you guys because you are the best. Love from Texas, Paul

[@oakiewoodsman]

Growing up on the west coast with lots of people, wildfires and mudslides, trees are at a premium. The beautiful ancient Red Woods are a treasure and magnificient. Once I moved out east to Oklahoma, trees are so plentiful and such a nuisance at times, they hold almost no value and are more expensive to move than they are worth in lumber. I try to make use of the trees on my land for either, timber or firewood. I want to invest in a mill so I can make some smaller more quality lumber for finer wood working. Some day it will come. If you are from out of the area where you may even have to get a permit to trim or cut a tree down, it is mind bowing to see how quickly and how plentiful oak, pine, cedar, maple and hickory pop up everywhere. You cannot easily stop the trees from growing. Great Video and this is my first comment on your channel. Came here from Buckin Billys page. Be Kind!

[@susiebryant381]

I love your interaction with one another and I love ALL your videos! I spent 25 years in North Myrtle Beach where the Blues is played on Ocean Drive in all the Clubs. Been back in West Virginia for more than 3 years and I'll have to say, I really miss the music at the beach. Your videos are full of, what I call ... Beach Music ... and I love it!!! Thanks for sharing, say Hey to Hunter and Happy Birthday Melissa.

[@mpierce53]

Hi Mike and Melissa, I stumbled across you videos a couple of months ago and I love them. I grew up in western PA (McKeesport) and have lived in mid Michigan the last 48 years. My wife and I have 40 acres in northern MI with a small cabin and a ton of mature red pines. Our son has been pushing for a mill and with your videos I am almost sold. I retired as a mechanic/welder/fabricator and now work for The Homedepot Rental as a tool technician. I'm an avid hunter and love the outdoors. Keep up the videos

[@toddrabideau5576]

Mike, your videos always interesting. However, Melissa your contribution to the channel is exceptional! Your sense of humor is fantastic! You folks sure are fun to watch....

[@theworshiptraveler6709]

IT'S TIME TO GET MS MELISSA A POOL. Give her something to be excited about!

[@byronsnow6882]

Used one of these mills for years. Always pulled the cut lumber off the end to stack or load. It saved steps, movements, and reduced trip and fall hazards of pulling it off the side. Also, helper was not on blind side of saw head. Course I didn't have a Melissa to help me. Just trying to offer an alternative that I found to work well.

[@TKCL]

I want one soooo bad, but I just can't justify it. If I had more timber.... Maybe.. Love watching you use yours.

[@zacharycullen3677]

I like your videos, from upstate NY here, Canadian border. We too own a mill, used to cut production but the Amish work far cheaper. We do a bunch of woodworking and build everything ourselves so the value of a mill cannot be understated. One piece of advise I could give is when tailing the mill, wait till the millhead returns, that way whoever is running the mill isn't waiting on who is tailing. Speeds things up a bit. There's nothing like opening up a big oak or walnut to see what's inside. I would rather saw hardwood any day because of that. We just did a bunch of red pine for a building, nice stuff to work with, you will like it.

[@barryd.thomassr.9156]

YOU GUYS ARE GREAT! Love watching Melissa and Mike working together! HEY HUNTER!

[@HardyBrothersOutdoors]

So i originally found you guys while researching sawmills... So the thing I see is the mill is just the beginning... I have a tractor for moving logs, but need the skidder because my SE Ohio land is very hilly... Then there is storing and drying... I am still convinced I will get one... We have 150+ acres with about 2/3 is wooded... I've learned a ton, keep up the great work, truly enjoy your channel and thank you for sharing and being genuine in your approach!

[@ronatwell5379]

I love your interaction in this video. Reminds me of Anne (my late wife). Shows what makes a happy marriage- give and take. You pointed some great things to consider about buying a sawmill. I wish they had been as common and readily available 30 years ago. Now, its too late in life for me. Thanks to KZbin channels like yours, I can sit back and enjoy the processes and work through you. I would add to the milling purchasing decision that time gets away while you are pondering your decision. While you ponder, opportunities are slipping away. Of course, you must have all your information before you make a decision in order to make a wise one. Personally, I have a few regrets of my own for not acting when the time was right, and suddenly, it's too late. Opportunity had passed me by.

[@FMcanada]

Hey guys. Frank from Ontario Canada here ... been watching your channel since i bought some acreage up here last spring and I felt it was time to comment ... Awesome ... maybe its my old age [Fifty for the 3rd time] but I'd rather watch whats happening on the Morgan Farm then anything on Netflix lately. Its totally enjoyable, informative, and relaxing while i wait for spring to come around. Keep it up and thanks.

[@erichgallasch5367]

I think a swimming pool would be the perfect 50th birthday gift for Melissa. Mike you could craft the diving board from wood milled on the wood Mizer. Regards from Australia

[@davedowding5883]

I heard the magic words again: “turning blanks”!!! You made my week again! Just green wood in a closed bag, no wax or other coating, something like 4”x4”x12” to 16” or bowl blanks 4”x8” to 16”. I don’t need it coated with sealer. I can do that if needed. If they are put in a closed bag (can even have saw dust/shavings) soon after being cut they will stay in great shape for several days/weeks. I watched your next video and truly enjoyed see the views of your woods as Mike drove to the location of the red pines. I love the views of your property! What a beautiful place you have! What a nice drop of that red pine. Happy birthday at 5 years old. Best wishes on the coyote problem. Seems you are getting a lot of feedback on that. Thank you so much for the videos. I know that you put a great deal of effort into the making of professional quality content. You attitude on the things you show you are doing is positive and make coming along with you a real pleasure. I am continually amazed with your follow up to comments. Your channel is the complete package! Thank you again!

[@billdaniel920]

'Love seeing you two "play" with each other; the banter, and your humorous sides! That is a true testament to the level of intimacy in any relationship, and surely brings a new facet of entertainment to your great channel. Yes, Ricky Lee, nobody is going to touch Melissa's smile!

[@troyeager8877]

Melissa that only smile when you were talking money spending. I laughed it looked like you was going to poke his side and tweak his back again. You both are a enjoyable wholesome entertaining couple. Thanks for being you and not click and bait.

[@malcolmcavalier7849]

The purchase of an item is money "well spent" if it brings true happiness into your life. It doesn't matter if it's a sawmill or a dog , the true value of something is found in the effect that it has on your life.

[@foegetful]

Very well said...It’s that simple

[@dejavu666wampas9]

That there is wisdom, pure and simple.

[@budkhris1]

Melissa, in Mike's defense the tools he buys , call them toys if you choose, all can pay for themselves. They're not a bass boat, other than a side by side which can be used for recreation all of them are tools. Work obviously makes you two happy, I'm just glad through the channel that you share your lives with us.

[@russellbowman8051]

Very Great Information if someone is on the fence thinking about purchasing a mill!!👍👊

[@richardanderson2411]

Good honest video. Folks that haven't managed wood lots in different ecosystems don't always appreciate the differences in reforestation based on climate and native species. In the mid-Atlantic highlands with a mix of hard and soft woods, reforestation is something mother nature is trying to do everywhere all the time. I pull hickory, black walnut, sugar maple and oak seedlings out of my flower beds by the handful (squirrels are really effective reforesters). One of my fields has been fallow for 3 years and already has a mix of hardwood and pine seedlings at the 2 foot size and maples close to 4-foot. We have 50 acres that are mainly crop fields surrounded by woods. We've been here 27 years and burn about 6-cord of wood a year and supply as much to friends. Particularly with the ash tree die off (emerald ash bore), we haven't come close to having to cut live mature trees yet excepting when they are in the way of something. Keeping the forest at bay is the job, not reforestation.

[@dwayneloftice2326]

Greetings from North Texas. Enjoy all your episodes. Have done a bit of what you do and enjoyed every minute of it! Keep the great videos coming!

[@addisongardner1989]

List of needed toys, while I'm nominating myself to manage your property, include: 1) Chipper Shredder 2) Cabinet Saw. 3) Jointer/Planer 4) Teenaged Gofer (summer employment) -- long blonde hair optional -- 5) Walk-in kiln for processing lumber 6) inflatable kiddie pool for Melissa. :)

[@stevemartinez6757]

I think that I had commented before on another one of your videos with the same thing that I will say right now. Working outside and on your property is hard work, but yet I don't really consider it "work". I call it my "therapy". My "real" job is very time consuming, technical and a lot of time is spent looking at computer screens. I value my weekend time out on our property where I'm pretty much disconnected from the interwebs. No TV, no internet and limited cell phone stuff... it's just so relaxing and a good release from the "day-to-day" stuff. As far as a mill... I would love to get one after we get some other infrastructure in place. We have a well and a power pole, just waiting to get power hooked up. Then It's storage barns.

[@backtobasicstipswithtomrib19]

I cut a lot of green ash for fire wood here but like to watch you and Melissa work with yours.

[@johnelliott6738]

Good evening M & M from Upstate NY. Have to say this was a Top 5 episode. I look fwd to watching you every day b/c you make me smile & laugh. I can see the “jabs” forming in Melissa’s mind and love it when verbalized. You two are a great pair. Thank you! #whaddyathinkmissprettynicestuff #ohthewood #haigetit Love you all!

[@martineastburn3679]

Hey guys - save the thin ones and if you put a barrel doorway use those to make plywood over the top! Just make a form and glue to each other making a stack - trim to fit and viola! Glad you are getting good lumber for sheds - don't forget posts and braces.

[@christopherbingel5437]

I just finished a yellow poplar. I made some mistakes for my second stick to mill. I learned, I felt good and I took pride in taking a tree that broke in a ice storm giving it a second purpose.

[@ezequielortega7238]

Hey Mike you can treat your own 6x6 post's with tar and tar paper and they won't rot in the ground. Here in New Mexico we have acidic soil that eats wood or metal and that's how we treat our wood post's on the cheap.

[@woofersd2383]

One of the Top videos I’ve watched. Fun and Entertaining. Thank You.

[@randycarpenter2914]

Good morning to the Morgan's. I really love watching you run the mill and make something out of timber that would have gone to waste. I wish I would have bought one 20 years ago, now my health is gone. I have the timber and the ideas of what I could have built.

[@ronniekoehn9413]

I am from California and glad to see you cutting pine just wait until you burn some in your fire pit the smell of pine burning is like no other love the smell.

[@bigwheels6200]

Hi Mike and Melissa, You know I just wanted to say I've been here since your first video, and still look forward to seeing your next , never boring and kinda learn something different every episode, anyway thanks for all you do, for family and friends, Have a Wonderful day okay, ps, Mike I think you better get digging on that swimming pool, Happy Birthday , Too you Melissa 🎈🎂✌🙏🌷 Rob here in south Central Pennsylvania

[@obrienmark44]

You two are so funny , what a love you have for one another. It is always one the first things I do daily , watch Outdoors with the Morgans. Cheers you two and your family.

[@davecrable1356]

My family bought a Woodmizer LT25 back in 1999 to cut lumber from our 100 acres. One of the best purchases we ever made.

[@ericbiue1384]

Hello Morgans from INDIANA,great music Mike,very nice milled lumber gonna make a nice drying shed

[@tudorwynphillips6458]

You both work great together. 👍

[@larrysheriff8251]

Mike, what you going to do with the laps? The waste from the sawing. Oh don't forget the Lone Ranger theme. Melissa can be a real jokerster, But her smile is always their. Even when Stanley, She had a smile. I still can't figure how people give a thums down on these great videos. Love Y'all, stay safe !!!!!!!!

[@madsciencegary3830]

Comparing the value of the lumber to the cost of the mill, blades, fuel, etc., there is just no way I could justify it unless I intended to spend a lot of time and need a LOT of lumber or plan to sell it. Thankfully, I don't feel a need to do that ;-) I'm ordering one in a few months because I want one and it looks very satisfying. Sawmilling with my daughter, son-in-law or nephew (who also think it looks fun) is worth way more than the wood. For your advertisers, I can tell them that I own a RK55, Stihl chainsaw, and am buying a Woodmizer; all of which were heavily influenced as to brand by watching you. No other advertisement would have had the same influence on my decision.

[@torstenjoergensen]

Thank you both for another great video👍 I know the feeling, Mike - I also have my own sawmill, and milling is both relaxing and rewarding.

[@bufford14]

today I got a call my babies coming home great blues song thanks Mike

[@vincentmilloy7042]

Looking forward to your next build

[@paulrice1918]

You folks working with the sawmill takes me back to my childhood when my grandfather cut trees and sawed them into lumber so my father could build our house. At as early as age 8 I had a job shoveling sawdust away from the spinning blade or carrying slabwood to the pile. As I recall it was hard work but very satisfying.

[@frankcadillac9151]

Mike, your right your mill is the perfect setup for you. I'm retired and cut a lot for hire. I built a band mill about 20 years ago, power feed with hydraulic clamp and log turner it works perfectly. I also have a handset circular mill with a diesel that I enjoy, theirs something about the classic sawmill that gets in your blood. From what I see you are doing above average job milling.

[@Meister1551]

You guys are so cute together. Love your approach to your homestead. I'm a city boy but live vicariously through your channel and others like yours.

[@OldVermontGuy]

Greetings from No. VT - Excellent insights into the pros and cons on a mill. I think you will have that first shed project underway before spring. That siding is great. Melissa, keep pushing on the pool, I think there is a crack in Mike's armor. Happy upcoming birthday!

[@deaglanmustapha2943]

About a yr ago I replaced 2 T posts that were rotted .If u are going to bury your posts directly in the ground make sure your posts are "direct bury Presure Treated! I learned the hard way.

[@merlewarnsholz2094]

Mike and Melissa - Thanks for another great video. The banter between the two of you is funny and refreshing. God's blessings to you both and to your family. Say Hi to Hunter and the girls for me.

[@dejavu666wampas9]

It looks to me like Melissa does all the hard work. She is one badass woman.

[@dodgeman658]

Gotta Love Melissa's facial expressions on spending money😅 Good to see a how you two work together and seem to have fun doing it!

[@dickwiebe9653]

We are at -40 F today with windchill -49 F so your weather seams very warm. Ponoka ,Alberta Canada.

[@jeffhartmann2469]

SOUTHERN INDIANA HERE: It’s getting colder. About time. 25 is supposed to be the high this coming Sunday. Don’t know yet if that will maintain. I definitely would like to have a Woodmizer. Just don’t have a place to put it yet. What you have, Mike, would be good enough for me. Especially just starting out.

[@caverbrad]

The guy I bought my property from had a Baker HD 18 and said I should get one. I thought nahhhh. Within a couple years I found myself cutting up large downed oaks for firewood and it seemed a waste. I found the same mill as the guy I bought my place from about 110 miles away and on ebay. KZbin wasn't much back then so ya just figure stuff out or read up on the Forestry Forum. The rude awakenings were that it takes heavy machinery and some back breaking labor to cut up lumber on an all manual mill. You hit a nail and there goes $25+ out of the wallet. My mill came with a sharpener but it only does so much. Back when I bought it my 20hp tractor wouldn't lift the logs up. Later a 40hp tractor is maxed out lifting some logs. I fired mine up a few weeks ago after a few years of it sitting idle and it was fun cutting but dealing with the lumber not so much. One thing new I did was wear a half face 3M respirator.

[@Adirondack_DFL]

100 acres of woods can produce 100 cords of fire wood each year. Yes trees replant themselves in Northern NY also. Often get asked about how many trees we plant.

[@klausadomeit8523]

Watching your channel treelaxis me. Im in va an resently had the opportunity to see a wood miser in action. My daughters neighbor cut some dead and dying ash yrees down for fencing an ssid i could have all the laps an all the branches. I was in wood heaven i only burn wood for heat. I had help getting all the wood up due to im on disability an couldnt cut my own wood. But this ash will serve nicely. Plus i got a dozen nice boards out of it. For the life of me i cant remember which mizer it was it was portable and had hydraulic lift. Thanks for your videos.

[@leoc56]

Good morning guys love the videos and the bantering between you two. Glad Melissa's foot is good and looking forward to seeing the upcoming projects on the property and belated Happy Birthday Melissa .

[@firefightingmailman]

For me to get my tractor my wife made me agree to build her a swimming pool. In 2019 she made me add a wood burning pool heater to extend her swim season. So Melissa you just need to learn to negotiate with Mike for your pool.

[@wayneschnare4019]

Getting some awesome wood cut there !!! A lot better than burning it !!! Great tunes as always . Hello to Hunter !!!

[@micstraitee01]

DIY Wood frame inground pool Got bored one day and decided to build a pool for the kids. Getting ready to start framing the deck.

[@micstraitee01]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/iHmUcoBmibmSmqs Time for Mike to build a pool! :)

[@chancebernhardt4815]

The 2500 goes for 71,000 and it has all the attachments and it comes on a heavy duty trailer, so you can hook up and go anywhere set up and be cutting in a few minutes

[@richlivengood3021]

You guys are awesome! Love the videos!! I love being outdoors also!

[@geraldharvill4699]

Ever thought about getting a planner that could plane the wood for use. BTW Melissa you make the video's fun to watch.

[@patriotamerican62]

Mike and Melissa, Hey you guys are doing a great job. Melissa you still want the pool house right? This siding would look nice on your pool house. Haven't seen Hunter for awhile with the BK run. Say hi to family.

[@jasonmccook5017]

LOL! Mike, whether you realize it or not that pool is in the works! As always enjoy the video.

[@er1073]

I was waiting for the swimming pool to come up after the remark about planting pine trees in the front yard. Mike you walked into that post smack in the head. When you fell a tree it is a necessity because of your safety when they come down in a storm they are weak. If you planted your property would be chocking its self. Hey Mike how do your clothes smell? Thanks for sharing. Hello Hunter. Ed

[@ronwood7040]

I have a lot of competition for milling jobs with the Amish in the area. So doing milling as a full time job is out of the question. I do get a lot of satisfaction from the milling I am doing. I am always handing out business cards and trying to get my business out in front of people. I love my Woodmizer. Just remember there are a lot of mills out there. Ron

[@realairplane261]

Melissa always looks good Mike. Careful with the gym!

[@mickrose9633]

Hi Missy, so good to see you in green and walking great, hey it's 80° and we've had 28" of rain. Muddy around here for sure. I heard Mike call you "Miss" love it! Any way the big island is call your name. Can you hear it?

[@mickrose9633]

@@Morgansunleashed I hear ya!!! Its a recurring dream for me. The candle will be lite on your guava cake 😍

[@mickrose9633]

Hau ole lahanau happy birthday Missy. I was in Kona this past weekend for Kaimi soccer tournament, we stayed at the Kona Sheraton resort, the room was on the ocean side and right below was the pool, the sun set on the Kona side of the island and oh boy was it stunning. I sat there watch it and I thought how you would have just love to see this. The trade winds were blowing, palm trees swaying and the sting Ray's were in their glory. Where's your bikini, the weather is great!. Aloha

[@edruge4986]

Hi Mike and Mellisa,really enjoy your videos. I'm from northwest Indiana and do some things very similar to what you are doing. I farm for a living but also enjoy being outside and keeping busy. I have a Blockbuster processor and a Woodmizer LT 40 manual mill. I agree that there's a lot to think about before you do something like this. I have had these things for probably 15 years,but since I farm I also have lots of support equipment (skidloaders, tractors,trailers,etc) which makes things easier.

[@garycooper4982]

hi from Australia it good news we have rain the water and put out some of the FIRES we have and water the crop that are in a DROUGHT love the vlogs

[@olddawgdreaming5715]

Good morning Mike and Melissa, great video and great information about a mill purchase. You two keep having fun and sharing with us, we have a great time watching you all play around. Hello to the off camera crew !

[@hardwoodharry6364]

You guys are my inspiration to cut wood buck it up and make firewood thank you

[@ppaje31]

Use concrete pad and use angle steel to tie to post. The post stays dry and don't rot.

[@dalewells5880]

I find your 16” firewood being stacked to perfection and this precision lumber stacking to be soooo calming to me. I love quality, organized work and find it to be very fulfilling. Dale Wells, Woodbury, TN

[@richardhowe2370]

I would love to have a portable saw mill. I have a small wood lot but, I really don't have a level spot to put it in. I like watching you two saw wood. I do some cord wood for the garage up back. I like watching that also. Keep up the videos. Thanks

[@thompasanski7076]

Thom here in Detroit Michigan,the motor city ,glad to be along on the ride,lots of fun an laughs

[@glenglazier3691]

Very informative video, thank you.

[@goofyjeeper]

Hey guys, just found your channel, and so far I love it. Starting watching for tractor things, and ended up watching for sawmill things too! Learning lots! And lots of ideas. Keep it up!!

[@paulf1177]

Woodmizer has a hobby mill model which just made it harder to walk away from. And one step up with an electric motor option. Tossing it around

[@happeningoutmybackdoor]

Sawing the pine has caught my interest. I have 40 acres totally wooded, mixed oak, maple, birch and white pine. The white pine is mature 18 to 26" at the stump. I have been trying to find a logging company willing to harvest the pines causing minimal damage to the other trees. I have upwards of 150 trees that need to be harvested. From your experience do you think it feasible to harvest the trees myself, purchase a sawmill and mill the trees to lumber. I'm retired fairly physically fit. At present the only equipment I have to assist in that idea is a Kubota bx2680 with loader and stihl wood boss saw. Your opinion on this would be appreciated.

[@charlesgrant6985]

Great music. Thanks for all the great KZbin content. 🇺🇸

[@samuelmorrison6006]

Good music! I'm a city guy, but I really enjoy what you do in your property.

[@mrtime1945]

Nice demo on the saw mill. I saw the blade lubrication system and decided to add one to the band saw in my work shop. I got a lot of comments on it from people that showed up to see it, the police, fire and rescue people all had comments when I turned it on the best was from the power company. I thought it was a good idea. Man there were a lot of upset people LOL

[@craigsudman4556]

Much better to dig holes, fill with concrete, then use post anchors to hold 4x4's on the footings. Posts will resist rot, and last a long time. I believe it would be better than purchasing pressure treated wood that will only last 30 years at best. Great video M&M, thumbs up.

[@rickcassell9613]

Good one Melissa! 👍

[@jeffmay6418]

Pretty nice stuff. Oh you mean the wood! Too funny.

[@bufford14]

Whos's singing the blues on this video? I love it and would like to find it on youtube to practice on. You have a great way of making a video come alive.

[@marcbeaudry6322]

Love, love the videos. Keep them coming. Happy belated birthday Melissa!

[@factfinder4839]

All those top cuts with the bark seems like the best siding material you could use...Natures Best* Exterior coating

[@kimjerasa3605]

👍 Don and Kim ,Eastern Pennsylvania

[@LivinginOldFlorida]

Please give some detail about what it takes to dry the wood to be able to use it as lumber. How long? Do you store it under cover? Horizontally or vertically? From the swamps of Florida, still grieving over blown down trees... BTW, I like your videos!

[@carmineiadeluca935]

Mr. & Mrs. Morgan Lumber Co. 🌳🌲❤

[@kimcurtis9366]

I live in Wyoming, on the Wind River Indian Reservation. Couldn't get a tree to grow on our place for love nor money! We've tried for 20 years and It ain't happenin'! We'd have to have logs brought in from the mountains and that could get expensive, even with friends doing it. I'm disabled, to a point and never know when I'll be able to get up and around. Existing on disability is no picnic! I' still love to have one of these as we need to build several more buildings, a Blacksmith shop and a better barn for the horse. Oh well, maybe, someday!

[@carmineiadeluca935]

Don't worry about the money Melissa spends "She's Worth It !" ❤😉

[@rock0122]

Hi Mike, Mellissa. Would be interested How many blades you have gone through with all the cutting you have been doing with the Different Hard & Softwood, Any chance of a video of you changing one and the process of getting them Resharpened. Thank you.. Keep up the Good work.

[@billchapin2677]

Good choices on the music

[@cjtessier7794]

"The Boy At The End With The Most Toys Wins" Keep it up Great Vids !!!

[@davidsande2342]

I have family who have been harvesting their Woodlot 160 acres for more than 100 years without ever having to plant a tree, except specialty tree such as ponderosa pine and march.

[@davidsande2342]

Sorry larch not march.

[@theodoredugranrut8201]

You two are a hoot, probably hear that all the time. Have you ever had to take care of a pool ? In the middle of a forest? Think on this " Pool boy" lol. Central California watching, snickering

[@danschramm1397]

Great video ! Thanks for posting, keep up the good work !!!