1940's Corley sawmill | 1953 Detroit 3-71 powering it 💪🏻

[@fishnriver]

I'm 81 years old and still remember pulling slabs at the local sawmill along with the fresh smell of the wood and the rumble of the old McCormick tractor. I'd give all that I have to go back to those days.

[@jamesnorris273]

Take care of your help. It’s watch great to watch you two.

[@Joseangela-if4nv]

Ok!...Eu nasci ao lado de uma velha srraria, em 1957 onde meu pai trabalhava: Era tempos de muita dificuldade aqui no Brasil lá por volta de 1935 e não tinha maquinas para nada, 'motosserra, trator muito menos caminhões tudo tinha que ser feito com tração animal e brasal Hoje passo horas vendo vídeos relacionados e fico feliz por ver que aida tem pessoas vivas daquela época para contar a história Logo morreremos e tudo fica perdido no tempo, o mundo está mudado e já não temos como acompanhar a globalização: vida longa ao povo e as máquinas antigas.

[@gilgrace1915]

I remember watching my neighbor run the same sawmill as a 8 year old in the mid 50's...thanks for the memories.

[@hunterjames3167]

Absolutely more video of that!! Can never have to much old circular saw video!!! I freaking love them!!!

[@cotontop3]

You got it!

[@paulgewiss9238]

I could watch this all day and never get tired of it but I have my own stack of lumber freshly cut from a local sawmill that I need to address today. Keep up the great work

[@randyballew8795]

I sure would like to see more of Tyler running his mill, he's got a slick operation going there and he's very good at it!

[@alexshatzko1381]

my uncle was a sawyer for about25 years---built a 5000 sq ft 2 story house with lumber he cut on holidays and spare time

[@alexshatzko1381]

we used to kid him saying it was Aardvark

[@patkelly7999]

Mighty stuff Tim and Tyler, great to see small mills like this still producing product, fair play and Thank You for taking Us along Tim, very cool💯👌👍🙏🙂

[@cotontop3]

Our pleasure!

[@Bigjoe29]

Thank you for sharing Mr. Tim, I love watching sawmills in action. It's hypnotizing and relaxing to me, I guess because I grew up around a sawmill.

[@cotontop3]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@steamfan7147]

Great stuff! That pallet stock he's sawing looks better than 90% of the grade lumber going into houses these days.

[@cotontop3]

There's no doubt about that

[@anthonysmith2313]

Love seeing the old mills/equipment run. Keep the videos coming!

[@bryantgibson4765]

More like it!

[@billmcmillen2307]

Enjoyed seeing the sawmill run. Would love to see more of it. Thank you for posting it. Stay safe and watch you later.

[@cotontop3]

Thanks, you too!

[@randallrbaker5030]

Nice mill , I have an old mill It’s operated by a 6v53 Detroit with 56” blade , I wish we could see more of this thank ya for video 😎

[@cotontop3]

More to come!

[@TheRealWeirdoC]

Those were such nice logs, and the came off the mill looking amazing. Broke my heart all that beautiful, straight, clear pine ended up as pallet wood. 😢

[@suzanchamness376]

So very cool to watch those logs transformed to lumber Thanks for sharing 👍

[@cotontop3]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@PineInTheAshMilling]

Love it, looked like an old belsaw in the background towards the end , dad run one of those for years. Truely enjoyed Thanks

[@brentmedders]

Real cool, from back when wheel saws roamed the woods. My grandfather had a wheel saw, we still have it. That 3 cylinder Jimmy sounds awesome!!

[@nickh9632]

It’s really a shame the government forced GM to quit making those old 2 strokes. They were cheap and simple power with a million different uses. There’s no need for an expensive electronic controlled engine for something like this, or irrigation pumps, generators etc. leave it to the Government to over complicate the simplest things

[@ctdieselnut]

I hear you. Theres a lot to be said for the reliability of mechanical engines. It seems like if a newer diesel goes down or catastrophically fails, half the time or better, its emissions related. I want to breathe clean air too, but it shouldn't come at the cost of the end users or shorten equipment life. Not to mention the biggest polluters, aviation and shipping industries(planes, ships, anything military), aren't regulated at all like small engines are, and never will be. The trend is more electronic equipment on everything, engine related or not. Why does my toaster need wifi? Its ridiculous. More and more cars/trucks are going into the scrapyard because they are 'mechanical salvage', or more expensive to fix than its worth due to all the computer modules. New diesel trucks are so choked by the emissions systems, its a mess. Any work in the engine bay of a big 3 diesel now costs thousands because you have to take 10 things off to change a belt. You cant even see the engine. That old Detroit 2 stroke might be 70 years old and still being worked. They're inefficient, loud, don't make a lot of power, but they're simple, easy to work on, parts are interchangeable and cheap(or at least used to be), and best of all, reliable. The added complexity is just as much the government's fault as it is manufacturer's wanting to offer more features, or consumers demanding more power every model year. Of course some planned obsolescence sprinkled in, too.

[@ctdieselnut]

All the expensive engine wrecking emissions systems for on-road applications make even less sense on off road engines, anything 24hp or more. Basically, if your lawnmower is diesel, the epa/carb wants it to pass a emissions test. All that extra equipment adds a lot to the pricetag, makes it way less reliable, and shortens overall lifespan. It sucks. There's no way to bypass or disable some systems, and even if you can and do, your at risk of a heavy fine if caught.

[@troytreeguy]

Agreed we run a 671 for our mill and if you go by the work done on the amount of fuel they are darn efficient and good at their job.

[@johnc5874]

One volcano erruption will cancel out any good that's been done with all the money that's been pissed away on emissions standards.

[@Daaremikkel]

@@ctdieselnut Of course, dying from small particle pollution kind of sucks too.

[@Derekwallacesonpexkinghotwheel]

Enjoyed time with u yesterday! Thank u for comeing out there!

[@cotontop3]

Man yeah, I had a good time 👍🏻

[@Derekwallacesonpexkinghotwheel]

@@cotontop3 always welcome over at sawmill!

[@jamesnelson6848]

Lots of memories of sawmills from childhood as one was next door our home. Walked over lots of days after school and watched it run. The dad of my best friend growing up was a sawyer ( different mill) and he always told me to be careful... he said that sawdust will get in your veins and you'll never be able to get it out! Great memories indeed...

[@johnc5874]

I hear ya. When I was 5, I like going to the mill with my dad in an old dump truck that looked like the one on the Waltons. I was hooked.

[@cotontop3]

Cool stuff!

[@shawnhagen6871]

Never get enough of sawmilling!

[@topherd1011]

This looks sooo much like my cousins old saw mill in Greer, SC. I’d bet it’s a Corley, too from the looks of everything I see here. Glad to see people keeping tradition alive!

[@cotontop3]

Yes sir, thanks for the visit 👍🏻

[@dougmckenzie680]

I can watch saw mills and timber related equipment for hours. Anything to do with this kind of machinery; I'm on it! Thanks for your videos

[@robertbradford7892]

Definitely like when you do these kind of videos thanks for sharing he's got some really cool equipment.

[@cotontop3]

Glad you enjoyed

[@DaleDirt]

That was awesome ... That ole Detroit , belts and levers was ripping it up perfectly .

[@country4lyfe365]

Cant find good lumber like this anymore. This is awsome.

[@gobocvn]

you are so talented you can control the whole machine by yourself

[@tomlanore4283]

In 1982 I worked for a uncle who ran a business selling bark from saw mills to landscape nurseries. After he would drive the loader into the bark pile for a full scoop I would pick out all the big pieces and throw them to the side. Then he would dump the rest into 1 of 5 dump trucks he owned. Once the truck was full I would climb to the top and jump inside before pulling the cover over the load I would go around and pick out all the large pieces again and trow them out. Then we would drive to which ever nursery he sold loads to and dump once again after dumping would pick out the large pieces and throw them onto a scrape pile. Anyway I always had time to watch the saw mills in action and was impressed how quick they could turn a log into lumber.

[@alanchase8395]

i would love watching more of the sawmill running

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[@alanchase8395]

do you need my name and address

[@jacksanders7018]

Man that was fantastic, perfect example of if you want to ,you can.

[@cotontop3]

Thank you 👍🏻

[@louGriggs1944]

Great story. Glad he got it back in the family. Back in the early 60's when I was a young man I worked part time and evenings with an old boy that had a saw mill and kiln. Lots of memories. Thanks.

[@cotontop3]

That's awesome

[@SONNYREESE]

LOVE it! course Detroits are my favorite motors! Had an Oliver super 99 gm one time --- it had the 3-71 in it! I ran a Belsaw M-14 with an Oliver 70 for a long time then now have a Timber Tuff band mill. LOVE sawmills of all kinds! Thanks so much for the fine video and yes I would love to see more of them!

[@cotontop3]

Very cool!

[@stevecowart395]

My uncle had a mill just like this one. Please ask the lady to put her hair up. I panicked when she leaned over to fit that belt with her hair hanging down!. Many places to get tangled. Keep up the great work.

[@jdhinckley1954]

That's terrific. Loved seeing that old mill brought back to life and earning it's owner a living. Thanks!

[@cotontop3]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@charlesandsandrafox2655]

Tim very interesting video was great to watch that old machine word. Still doing it’s job for a family. Thanks for sharing good stuff.

[@cotontop3]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@donaldhofman5257]

Boy, does this bring back memories, all of it!!

[@TheOldManAndTheSaw]

Fantastic log. Enjoyed the video very much.

[@jdgimpa]

Reminds me of the sawmill at the antique tractor club in Michigan that I belong to. They run it off a steam tractor during the shows. They also have a big single cylinder Fairbanks Morse diesel that can be belted to it. You can hear that Fairbanks a mile away when it is cutting a big log! It also has a P.T.O shaft that you can put a tractor on. I had the 1950 John Deere A that is my profile picture on it one time. I though that John Deere was pretty stout but that sawmill put it on its knees!

[@smileywilson9972]

❤the old mill used to work for a couple different mills planner and saw mills I love my lumber and hard work

[@brucet8551]

thanks Tim that was great to watch.seeing him handle the big logs was fascinating.

[@cotontop3]

Yes it was

[@ethics1017]

That is a cool old mill, Thanks for showing it to us.

[@cotontop3]

Thanks for watching!

[@patmccraw6246]

Love these old type saw mills. Lots of knowledge to run one also.

[@arkansas1336]

When I was 9 years old my dad had a Corley sawmill of this era. He had it set up as a 5 man operation and cut an average of 7300 bdft of SYP lumber in 8 hrs. Later, when I was 16 he had another Corley that I worked at. I was the 'man' catching the slabs and lumber off the saw as well as being the edger operator. I enjoyed that work better than playing ball...lol Show more of this mill, might have to drive to the area and donate a few days labor....if he can find a place for an old guy!

[@ronalddavis7711]

My dad had a meadows mill with gm diesel ran for forty years I'd like to see more videos like this one

[@cotontop3]

Will do 👍🏻

[@briankirby918]

My Dad owned and operated two sawmills like this. In the 1970s. And 80s. I was young and loved it. He sold them when I got older our family was in logging. Then I went to work for another sawmill for a few years. GREER SOUTH CAROLINA........

[@robertfish6617]

I could spend the rest of my natural days doing that. There is something primal about a sawmill.

[@clarenceburton9654]

Yeah I would love to see more of that saw mill my grandfather used to have and run one for a living back in the 50s !!

[@Firebird_876]

When I was kid the highlight of the trip to the county fair was to see the old timers run the saw mill and the cotton gin. The mill they had was powered by a old A model JohnDeere tractor, it’s pretty cool to see these old style mills still running.

[@faceman2556]

I miss my first job I operated a baker saw had 4 bandsaws on it we made stakes for the road department and other construction contractors didn’t pay good but it was definitely a great experience to get a taste of the real world one day I hope to get a loan and start my own mill

[@singleshot2218]

I love saw millin, I love watching sawmilling. There are several I watch here on KZbin. Good place for you to get rid of some of those logs you cut too! Take care and stay safe bud! God bless!🙏✝️🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@cotontop3]

Thanks 👍

[@joestone2068]

Really nice work Beautiful lumber that mill doesn’t nice job and it sounds really good👍

[@byronglover7998]

AWESOME video! Used to, every community had someone who ran a sawmill such as this. It's amazing how much production a mill of this size puts out. I have 3 mills on my sales route that run over a million board feet of Southern Yellow Pine, weekly. As ali, thanks for sharing your thoughts and experiences with us. Appreciate the ride along.

[@cotontop3]

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it 👍🏻

[@dougsmith548]

As your video started, you showed us your power source that old motor is sounding real good. But to make it nicer I think you should take some Dawn dish soap and a pressure washer to it. I’m sure the old girl will enjoy it. Take care God bless. 🇨🇦✌️

[@yazooyellowcats1403]

The distinctive sound of an old Detroit

[@williamhanna5224]

Yes absolutely more great stuff I'm 75 brings back nice memories

[@cotontop3]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@b01tact10n]

That looks super old! They don't make'm like they used to, those are built simple and outlast their inventors! That is very slick I love how it powers through without bogging!

[@charlesarnett5647]

Love to hear ole mill run worked in one when i was young

[@KnowArt]

most impressed with the circular saw there right at the end! what the hell that thing is fast. Probably the things that takes most fingers off too!

[@robertbone6248]

I'm from Georgetown SC. And my grandfather And my uncles and father use to have a mill just like this one

[@cotontop3]

Very cool!

[@josephboley]

Love the videos Mr Tim. Thanks for the hard work you put into these videos bud 👍✌️🙏🙏

[@cotontop3]

Very welcome

[@danrussell785]

Nice to see a old Mill running. Good stuff!

[@cotontop3]

It sure is!

[@bradolsen8629]

Yeah, that was really cool dude from some more of that to see all that history of the action awesome stuff because that sawmill tells a story

[@perrywilkes5639]

Thanks for the video. That brought back great memories, my dad had a Corley from the 40’s. I worked at it too when I got old enough. My dad, my brothers and one hired hand made up the necessary “staff” to run it. From the 40’s to the late 60’s that mill made lot’s of lumber. All SYP from Telfair County Georgia. (Let’s Saw 18)

[@eddygoodwin7089]

That is an awesome setup, the exhaust leak is probably getting sucked back into the intake a bit. Like the sound of the 2 stroke

[@176truckdriver]

Would love to see more....thank you for the footage

[@cotontop3]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@1lilfarm]

Old sawmills are always cool! Went with my Dad quite a few times to the mill near us to get lumber cut for us. 👍👍👍

[@cotontop3]

Very cool!

[@cjpiper2420]

The smell of the sawmill working is something that is great, and to top it off , a fire burning….yes I like more for sure

[@Subnortherner]

Wow! This was a walk down memory lane! When I was young, we used to go to a friend of my father's who had a saw mill just like this. This was in Minnesota. He made stakes for the DOT as I recall. I think he made lath's too. He passed away in 96, but I think the mill is still there. I looked for the house on Google maps, and the mill is still there, at least the building is. He used a Farmall tractor to drive it.

[@cotontop3]

That is pretty cool 👍🏻

[@joshuagreen119]

My pawpaw had a mill just like this one. It cut the lumber for multiple houses in the 70's and 80's Still have the planer that went with it.

[@jtrocktree5409]

Hey hootinanny , i see ya pulling that money stick , yee ha 🤪

[@eddiemcgee1778]

That awesome 70 + year old tool still making money!!!!!

[@regsparkes6507]

Great video this, I do like watching wood being milled like this. Yessirc Tim,, more please!

[@cotontop3]

Thanks, will do!

[@byronkacheris5781]

Was proud to work on friends old 00 Frick Sawmill 671 Detroit power unit. Virginia days..

[@johnhenryholiday4964]

Those old detroit diesel engines were bomb proof.... I saw one of these engines with what would of been millions of miles still running while it was running a compressor and electrical unit for a refrigerated train car... that engine was amazing.... We used them in fire trucks because they started easily.... they produced tons of torque ( exactly what a pump on a fire truck needs ) and they were resilient to be able to take the pounding of being started and essentially floored from the time they were started.....

[@cotontop3]

You are right, they were tough

[@nicke1903]

Makes me think of Reel McCoy, God Bless ya Mike McCoy, everytime I see a sawmill i think of him.

[@marfy3866]

Man! this is an awesome set up, love the sawdust chain. I meed to build one for my mill

[@wallacefarmandsawmill]

Appreciate you coming out and filming us! Others might even be interested in checking out the random sawmill footage on my channel as well. We will get more filmed soon I am sure.

[@cotontop3]

Man yeah, I enjoyed watching the mill run.

[@Yorkie285]

Best part of the video is watching the lady work.

[@juniorraines1042]

I would like to see more videos on this I love that

[@ArikKees]

Everything looks very neat and safe, like it was around 1900.

[@lightning334-]

Great video , thanks for posting

[@cotontop3]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@shanebiggers8437]

I love these kind of videos. Me snd my cousin use help grandpa with one almost just like this one when I was teenager. His would turn and slide the logs though. I’ll never forget the sound of that engine in person I loved it . He would send his logs full speed through it….lot faster then in this video and that old engine never bogged down. Also first time I had ever seen an old belt get repaired I guess it was some kind of staples not sure what that part was called.

[@markheintz1878]

The staples you are referring to in the repair are called alligator splices.They are sharp as hell, when you are redoing a belt you usually leak a little blood before it is finished.

[@shanebiggers8437]

@@markheintz1878 yes makes sense why his hands were cut up so much

[@ALLAN761]

I DO LIKE HARD WORKER, keep going bro

[@mudlakesawmill9332]

Love it keep the mill videos coming!

[@cotontop3]

We will!

[@scottalan4655]

Totally and completely badass thanks for the video

[@cotontop3]

Glad you liked it!

[@jerrycrutchfield5177]

God bless you all. Good work.

[@markevans3027]

Enjoyable watch for myself and would like to see another video showing how the sliding cutting table and how it works setting the thickness of the cut. 👍

[@cotontop3]

Coming soon!

[@jagdishprasadkhaitan4815]

I love watching timber sawing.

[@bearkatljl]

Cool video, took me back to when I was a kid. My daddy was the sawyer at a mill here. Now the mill he worked at was a little more "modern" in that it was electric and had a "saw house" but the carrage looked the same and worked the same.

[@cotontop3]

Thanks for sharing

[@jeffterhune8573]

Fascinating, thanks for posting.

[@cotontop3]

Thank you for watching 👍🏻

[@kyzor-sosay6087]

First time watching your channel,interesting video,man. Looking forward to the next one.

[@cotontop3]

Awesome, thank you!

[@lyleanderson6284]

Strongly recommend hearing, eye protection, hard hat and gloves. Stuff can fly off the mill at great speed and do lots of damage.

[@Lawrence1203-f7s]

Amazing work on the sawmill. There are no scuh machines in Southern California

[@patrickgermain3278]

Very cool Tim!!

[@markflood6491]

injoyed that.cheers from new zealand

[@bonniek3985]

Nice SYP(southern yellow pine). Liked that log turner.

[@fricknjeep]

hi there good looking logs . nice lumber john

[@cotontop3]

Thanks 👍

[@tennesseesawmillguy1590]

Hey, running smooth there! Great video!

[@cotontop3]

Thanks for the visit

[@B-Shep]

I bet that motor came out of a green Euclid back dump/dump truck.

[@kimwoodworking]

love how the machine works

[@73DiamondReo]

gotta make for a long day listening to that