The Most Dangerous Log I've EVER Milled!

[@JoeMama-cl8cm]

Necessity is definitely the mother of invention. Nice boards too by the way. That pine smell is always nice when cutting fresh boards.

[@talk2kev]

Some good looking lumber going to come out of that fall. You could drag lifting only one end. Also connect your chain closer to the 3 point to left heavy loads and if you are still getting front end lift move your load in reverse it will put the front end back on the ground. Great project post up when your table is finished . Awesome video

[@txman201]

That heavy log wouldn't be nearly as difficult to lift if you didn't use the longest fulcrum point on your lift boom! You obviously never attended "farmboy 101 class". If you lift using a point CLOSER to the tractor on the boom, you can lift a lot more weight. Adding temporary counterweight to the front of the tractor will help as well.

[@truthseeker1960]

That's exactly what I thought.

[@VAspeed3]

Bingo!

[@jakewalter3729]

Brian Wysoskey u

[@jakewalter3729]

VAspeed3 j

[@craigmooring2091]

I was going to point that out also. You could have moved the 8.5 ft. section easily by moving the suspension point 3 or 4 ft. closer to the tractor.

[@bethpeelar3435]

Pretty wood, love pine. I have two sets of pine shelves that I finished when I was 15, I am 63 now. The color of the aged wood is beautiful. Dark golden brown with a hint of red in it. Love pine.

[@dalebrames5573]

From log to table. The slabs leaning against your truck looks like a beautiful table to me. When you get it done please share. Great videos. I enjoy them very much

[@falllineridge]

Thanks, Dale. Appreciate you watching.

[@kenjett2434]

Gotta love those old Ford 3,000 tractors we had one when i was a young lad. You certainly pushed it to the limit but they are tough and can take it. Those boards at the end of this show exactly why having your own bandmill is worth every penny it cost. It would not take many boards like those to pay for a mill. Nice job filming this i would certainly hire you as a cameraman for sure. Turning out to be a pretty darn good sawyer also.

[@falllineridge]

Ken Jett It’s definitely a tough little tractor. Appreciate you stopping by as always, Ken. Thanks for the kind words too!

[@jimmydiamond353]

The guys doing his best

[@warpig4942]

When I was a kid and the tractor went nose up, pops just had me sit on the front of the tractor. Yes, I survived childhood.

[@robertgoss4842]

Your pops knew exactly what he was doing: showing you you're able do much more than you may have thought. Good story!

[@thuss5162]

We survived. today the snowflakes are having a tough time coping with work

[@TallCanDan02]

@@thuss5162 ok boomer

[@timesthree5757]

@@TallCanDan02 you do realize that most boomers are dead. Yer probably talking to a gen xer. So dont disrespect people just because you want to be an ass.

[@Xiph1980]

@@thuss5162 _you_ survived. Those who didn't aren't here anymore to tell you you're wrong. And there are plenty who didn't. Go to any cemetery older than 100 years, and make a list of all the graves' birth year and age at death. In excel make a scatterplot with the year of birth on the x-scale, and age at y. You'll notice a lot of people with lower age at death in the past. But yeah, you survived. That's some fine survivor's bias you're showing there.

[@galadhlinn]

I have a 2015 LT40. With experience, I simplified even more. The height of my mill is two inches lower than the height of my trailer that I haul me logs on (22' 17,500# deck over axles). This provides me a very slight down ramp, perfect really. I adapted the steel log ramps that came with the mill to hook onto the edge rail the the trailer. I no longer off load my trailer to log decks (well very rarely) only to move them again to the mill. I pull the trailer up to the mill(takes a few minutes to get it aligned right), hook up the ramps, and roll the first log onto the mill. Easy-peasy as they say. I have an 8,000# Ramsy winch at the front of the trailer I use with a snatch block to slide the logs forward or back to align with the steel ramps. Once I am about halfway through sawing the logs on the trailer, I move the remaining logs closest to the side facing the mill. Then I start loading the lumber on the backside of the trailer. When I am done, the trailer is ready to drop off the lumber in stacks or go to delivery. I'm a one-man operation which means I only have one back and one man's time to do everything. This setup saves may back and a ton of time, not to mention wear and tear on my other equipment.

[@richardcorwin5529]

Man, that is some beautiful pine! All that work makes it worthwhile.

[@MichaelHarrisIreland]

The wood looks beautiful. Nice job

[@stevepoore2410]

Beautiful boards! You can`t find that good of lumber in the store! Thanks for the videos.

[@charleshoward9983]

sweet very good lumber, thanks for sharing!

[@benningtonwoodworks8500]

Only hook halfway back on your boom pole will give you more leverage for lifting and won’t be as hard on the tractor. Nice log you have there 👍

[@ronthacker211]

Absolutely... done it many time with my 8N.

[@altonfindley6964]

Yes , I agree and why is your saw so high ??¿ Leverage. That's working against ya too. Keep it up. Nice work

[@mm9773]

That’s what she said.

[@anguscattle580]

and if he had hooked 1/2 way back on the boom, he probably could have picked up the entire log without making 4 foot of it into firewood.

[@rodgerosborn4828]

better solution---- lift one end up on mill chain loosely pick up other end pick it up swing onto mill

[@SG-qg3qv]

That was one of your best videos so far! I can’t wait to see the upgrades you make to your mill. I hope you film everything. The rooster popping his head up in the back of your truck was hilarious.

[@mikesharp4033]

I love working in wood in my retirement; although those planks are bigger than I had in mind! Great presentation. Best wishes from Linslade, U.K.

[@chrisbishop8979]

New to your channel. I watched a few older videos on your LT10. Very impressed with your attention to detail. Great camera angles!! I also scrolled through the rest of your videos. Great variety!! I am interested in a Wood Mizer sawmill. I’ll be asking you a few questions! I SUBSCRIBED!! Chris in MN.

[@buddydeal7695]

Good video! Tilley! Tilley!

[@ChrisR1946]

Only found your site yesterday, great films................

[@robertgoss4842]

I only recently discovered your channel and now, I've watched three or four of your videos. I love to watch milling, and your programs are great. Compliments on your camerawork, framing and editing. Can't say the same for most YT videos. You should give lessons.

[@myredute]

Damn fine job on a brilliant machine.Lovely timber!

[@JMo268]

Love those Ford 3000 tractors!

[@markbachman8321]

Why did you place the mill sc o high of the ground?

[@rotunda57]

Wat??

[@martic51]

I like all the different camera angles, good job!

[@hardyakka6200]

You could have gotten the whole log on your mill with a few old timers tricks. You could have dragged it into mplace beside the mill, placed poles between the log and propped them on the mill. Go around the opposite side and rolled it up the ramp using a chain wrapped around the log. That is how they got large logs onto wagons.

[@Pocketfarmer1]

hard yakka it’s an ancient technique called parbuckling.

[@pulaski1]

I moved a 1,300lb white oak log about 40ft up a 10% grade using a crowbar and wedges - the log was 7ft long and massively bigger at the butt end - about 26" v 20" at the small end, so really awkward to roll. I had rolled it about 60ft far using my truck and a 100ft chain wrapped around it, but in the end using the crowbar and wedges was actually easier.

[@davewitham3343]

22 Dia pine 95 lbs a foot.

[@jeffparks25]

Does that saw your using have a bag to catching the saw dust in? Looks like a mess dust flying where.. like a yard vacuum?

[@glg3945]

Beautiful wood! Scary process. Glad it all worked out. Peace and Good Fortune to you and your family.

[@josephsuva6676]

imm enjoying watching your videos good luck and take good care my friend....

[@willaimr.kirkland8170]

Thanks. Takes me back to when I visited back woods mills in North Florida (about 68 years ago). Of course, those mills used the old style saw blades 4 or 5 feet in diameter.

[@throngcleaver]

I think I cant, I think I cant, I think I cant. Yay! Great job getting that beast up there and sliced into fine looking lumber!

[@MeekoSan]

Thanks for the great video! Nice job getting the log on the mill! A case of the end justifying the means. 🙂

[@tkishkapesilurian4281]

I regularly load 16 ft logs of that diameter with my small tractor. I simply lift the large end a few inches and drag the log to the mill over the leaf mast. I then use the forks to lift the large end slightly over the mill bed. Use a short chain to secure the log in this position, release the forks and lift the other end to the mill bed, again securing the log to the mill. I then release pressure of the forks and roll/push the log into the desired location. Set dogs and remove chain to complete the log raising. Works for me. The leaf mast prevents rocks and dirt from coating the log.

[@richardsimpson3136]

I must have sneezed and missed the Dangerous Part!

[@GVH1305]

Agree. Also, most dangerous part was not wearing safety goggles, ear protection etc.

[@johnk3606]

Richard Simpson The scary part was the extra 3 feet of the log that needed to be cut into two pieces to make it safe. If he would have made one cut he would have had that scary 36 inch log that could have been sawn up and used in all sorts of ways.

[@DrJohn493]

Musta been a helluva sneeze!

[@rogerdickinson920]

Clickbait...No PPE. Have there been any UTubers badly injured...anyone know the answer??

[@donlatimer5114]

I would make a log deck out of 6 x 6 maybe 10 to 12 feet long then put your ramps leading up to it. I would make the deck about an inch or two above the sawing deck , that should make loading the logs onto the saw deck much easier

[@williambrewer6346]

That wood looks really nice! We're looking forward to seeing you make some Beautiful Furniture. Happy Milling!

[@iain1969]

I think it takes courage and humility to post a video of yourself doing something where there might be a better way to do it - then conclude with the lessons learned and how you might do it differently next time. That's how you learn and improve in life. The gaggle of KZbin 'armchair experts' (who are obviously perfect) might want to ponder this thought prior to commenting. Thank you for the video and I enjoyed it immensely. Greetings from downunder.

[@robertgudger3713]

How do you get your logs? Do tree services drop them off? Do you have to pay for them? I know you said a viewer told you he had these logs, but I'm curious as to how much a log cost.(I am sure it depends on size, species etc)

[@nellytalford7119]

I love that wood....keep up the good work.

[@timgraaff7551]

Good job! Those boards are beautiful!!

[@mrpatrickwilson1]

That’s a big pile of fire wood. See MAN about TOOLS for really neat jig for cutting up all your slab wood into kindling and fire wood. Great video as always, love your multiple camera mounting positions. Looking forward to the ramp project.

[@crazycanuck2578]

That's a very nice milling machine. Those planks sure are nice and solid and Heavy, Like the famous line from the movie Jaws, "You're going to need a bigger boat", well, "You're going to need a bigger tractor", lol

[@MichaelJeffers75]

WOW, it's nuts that over a quarter million people watch wood milling in less than a month!

[@1armedguy4]

I must have missed something unless you perceive a straight decent size log to be dangerous, talk about click bait, you have officially made it too the rank off click baiters, may you gather all the accolades becoming you. Cheers !

[@drainmonkeys385]

1armedguy I guess you missed the fact that he didn’t use a log ramp.....

[@andrewdelane6980]

Yeah nothing happened

[@colinmacvicar2507]

Andrew Delane something had to happen for it to be dangerous?

[@heavylead1961]

reminds me of wranglerstar and his click bait

[@ArkansasPilgrim]

Didn't you see the front of his tractor lift off of the ground? Then, after he shortened the log, didn't you see the front wheels of the tractor floating up whenever he lifted it? It was dangerous. Not as dangerous as disarming a nuclear warhead, but dangerous nonetheless. No click-bait at all. I wish people disliked whining more than click-bait.

[@petershale9940]

Good video as always, looking forward to the ramp build, stay safe.

[@jamesmccorkle8448]

Wait until you get your hands on some hardwood.

[@andrecloete2006]

Shorten the boom and put weights on the front of you tracktor.

[@sandmandave2008]

Or, he could have backed oriented the log perpendicular to the tractor and hooked it to the loop half way along the boom. Much less leverage to lift the front end.

[@GreatPlainsCraftsman]

Really beautiful pine Wes.

[@falllineridge]

Great Plains Craftsman Thanks, Tim! Hope you’re staying warm out there.

[@mikestolpp9195]

I would like to see the finished table top. Will you make beaches? You most likely have chairs or will you make them your self? Beautiful wood!!

[@BWreSlippySlope]

Looking into the LT's right now and got a question. Why not lay a slab and have the mill on the ground, especially with having a tractor you can pull the logs to the mill? Leveling the mill I understand but why at that height.

[@xrisdavid785]

Yer T-shirt has a hole in the left underarm @ 12:44 -- LOL.....nice setup fella !!

[@falllineridge]

Ventilation!

[@jimb9369]

Thanks for sharing.

[@VKMilling]

That's some good looking pine you've got there! I hate that you had to trim it down to get it on the mill but we all have to do it sometimes.

[@falllineridge]

I hated it too, but the slabs turned out great! Thanks for watching.

[@VKMilling]

@@falllineridge man, if I lived even an hour closer, I'd have come down with the 35.

[@christopherleblanc5869]

How do you feel about using tge slab with the pith in it???

[@annpage3085]

Beautiful wood....Ann From Georgia

[@practicallyIndependent]

AWESOME LOG! That mill and tractor got a good workout today. Well done.

[@falllineridge]

Thanks, Mike!

[@oxfordman]

Check the air pressure in your back tires.......they look low. Thanks for the vids!

[@falllineridge]

Appreciate it and thanks for watching!

[@edwardleroy7648]

And some trac weight in the front tires.

[@KS-zt5zp]

Well done. Nice sawmill.

[@thefreewayoctopus]

@Fall Line Ranch, what are you planning to do/ what do you do with that big pile of offcuts you have?

[@CCTOOLE]

Anyone who can dramatize the danger of sawing one cut log in a sawmill needs to be in Hollywood. Or on the damn internet. Good grief.

[@aporter701]

Watching an older video cutting 6' pine into 2" slabs. You've come a long way from that day!👍

[@jerrylittle8922]

You can put two skids against your mill rails...wrap chain around the centerof log and pull it up with tractor from the opposite side.

[@falllineridge]

Not a bad idea. Thanks!

[@sawyerrob949]

It's called parbuckle, and I was amazed he didn't do that. SR

[@jerrylittle8922]

Sawyer Rob 👍

[@jerrylittle8922]

Sawyer Rob My granddaddy use to load big logs the same way with Mules. Many moons ago.

[@TheByard]

I was going to suggest the same thing, or even a Come Along anchored to a tree.

[@noneofyourbusiness3553]

@All the arseholes tossing out names regarding this video. The man isn't a disgrace, or propagator of clickbait or etc... He's new at the game. That has value in itself. If he's still at it in 10 years, he'll go back and see what he's changed with that much more experience. I give credit for him trying a trade that is difficult at the best of times. @Fall Line Ridge : I've been at this type of thing for over 30 years... Make yourself a list of things you need for your mill. On the top of that list put a front end loader for your tractor. Second thing that should be on your list is a skidway for the logs prior to the mill. Third is a rack for your slabs (not the boards or lumber. I mean the offcuts). Nobody makes money walking slabs that far. Process the slabs as close to the mill as possible. In the mean time. A log that is too large for the tractor should be skidded. Yeah its going to pick up sand and stones but, a blade is far less expensive than an axle for a Ford 3000. Cut yourself a pair of 6x6x16 or 6x8x16 and lay them in on a slope upto the mill. Until you get a loader for your tractor, roll your logs up that slope. Smaller stuff can be loaded from the other side. Good luck from an oldtimer that broke the code.

[@AuditRecon]

What are you using those thick slabs for? Just curious. Looks like great lumber for cabinets.

[@borgman6672]

I enjoyed watching your video! I know someone from work that does this with hardwood trees on his property and makes some some serious slabs for fireplace mantels! How often do you change the blade or sharpen it?

[@MrArthurBard]

Great Vid! Thanks for sharing!

[@lorenelkin9415]

Now what with the planks? Do you air dry them or have them kiln dried? Good demonstration.

[@falllineridge]

Glad you enjoyed it. I have a solar kiln I'll put them in. Should take 3 months to dry, depending on the weather.

[@exotictones1054]

Really nice stuff tractors can take alot.we abused a bunch of em n still do.i have a question for ya ,how did you get em home if you can't lift em?

[@jamesthompson7825]

Beautiful wood! I hope you share pictures of the table when it’s finished.

[@captgringo]

Good job, really nice lumber! Be careful.

[@carlpease4230]

Very nice!! How long will it take to dry that pine lumber enough to make a table? How short of a log can you cut on your mill?

[@falllineridge]

Not sure how short it will cut. It will probably take 3 months in the kiln if the sunshine cooperates.

[@JerryGiesler09]

How old was the pine tree before you harvested the logs?

[@PaulOtis]

Love the chicken photo bomb! Nice job as always!

[@falllineridge]

Thanks!

[@wesreeder6721]

WOW. Nice grain there. It should be real nice for your home when its all cut & dried. I got an ol international tractor and Benningtons is right. If you hook on to it with half your boom you could have got the whole log. None the less. that tracktor you had. lol. The rear tiers were almost flat. You really scored with those pine logs though. Nice work man.

[@Fiberglasser03]

Would it be helpful to put a little wedge as you cut to keep the blade from getting pinched or does the pressure help keep the blade from wavering?

[@falllineridge]

There's no pressure. Check this video for an explanation: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iKi0dYWpi890rJo

[@HustleMuscleGhias]

Is that a Husqvarna 65L? I've got one very similar. It hasn't been run in almost fifteen years, and the parts to fix the handle are NLA as I found out the hard way. It was a great saw.

[@falllineridge]

HustleMuscleGhias It is indeed an L65. Check www.sawagain.com. They specialize in obsolete saw parts. I’ve brought this one back to life with their help before.

[@frankdeegan8974]

Other saw millers have stated dragging logs on the ground embeds stones and dirt in the log, Some also debark the log before milling to save the blade from cutting into the dirt and stones in the bark after dragging. The area where you have your mill set looks like you have the room, you can use the tractor to pull the logs up the ramp, using a winch is one more expense and one more thing to break down.

[@DrJohn493]

Theoretically correct but never had that problem myself since I check for such before sawing.

[@billsutherland2128]

I belong to a sawmill club, and we have both a log deck and a complex pulley system that will lift logs like you handled with ease. "Give me a lever, and I'll lift the world."

[@rickallen6378]

Once you cut that log into boards, do you have to dry them out?

[@TallCanDan02]

It really depends on the log and purpose of the boards you're using

[@integr8er66]

The question I have is how are you going to dry those?

[@falllineridge]

Solar kiln.

[@integr8er66]

@@falllineridge how long does that take? I have always air dried, but that takes years and it still isn't really dry. Do you have a video of your kiln?

[@falllineridge]

integr8er66 Yes, there is a 10 part series on it. It should take 3 months if the sunshine cooperates.

[@badbadbob1]

I also have a LT-10 with 3 rails so I can cut 16' logs. That blade lever is a weak point. After 30 logs It broke the link. So after replacing the part, I gently press the blade engage lever on and off. Other then that I have milled several large logs into lumber. I am not sure why you have it up so high in the air.

[@howardfortyfive9676]

That is some mighty fine looking slabs you cut on that portable mill.

[@balquidder7920]

Any uses made of the sawdust? Mulch or fire briquettes?

[@falllineridge]

No, I just pull it to the edge of the woods and leave it. I think trying to process it into something would be more trouble than it's worth.

[@theshadow1559]

One problem is that you are using your tractor to drag the log. Next time, slightly raise (12") the front end of the log by attaching it to the tractor boom, then attach a skid board under the rear end of the log, the tractor will then be able to pull the log to its destination. Second, once the log is parallel to the saw mill's bed, attach two large skid boards outward from the saws bed to the ground where you have the log waiting to be milled, then place the tractor on the opposit side of the bed and attach a come-a-long from the raised tractor boom (max height) to the log and bring the log onto the saw's bed by pulling it onto the saw's bed using the come-a-long. Hope this helps.

[@falllineridge]

The Shadow Appreciate it!

[@larrymbouche]

My favorite scenes were with the Stealth Chicken. Please include more of the same. Love your log and slabs.

[@SilverBack.]

Nice looking straight grain lumber

[@margaretpervier8357]

That’s going to be a thick/heavy table. The wood is beautiful 😊

[@clearingbaffles]

At 16:30ish Does this answer the question which came first the chicken or the board? Thanx from the left coast near the Krapitol of California

[@amykrell9984]

I love all the different angles of the video!! great editing!!

[@Brandon.Fischer]

That’s an archaic Husky! I like it!

[@gkeefer2595]

I help my neighbour and we lowered the deck to about a 1' off the ground and put ramps / rails so logs can be rolled up. Yes keep gravel and dirt off the bark. We sometime pressure wash the logs first. Hang a bucket under the sawdust chute. After each log dump the bucket away from the side of your mill, a bit safer and easier to keep clean. Nice clear wood though.

[@hamrhead1971]

I must have missed the "dangerous" part.

[@MrThenry1988]

Me to. Some people are just scared.

[@kimsouthwick9470]

clickbait

[@jayfezney]

Will you be kiln drying those slabs? How long will it take and to what % moisture?

[@falllineridge]

Getting them in the kiln is gong to be a chore, but I think that's what I'll do. They need to be 5-10% moisture. It should take 3 months if the sunshine cooperates.

[@curtisvonepp4335]

Have you a Saw blade welder?.👍

[@werewolfwill7126]

If you raise the frame rate on the gopro does it remove the warp effect caused by vibration?

[@falllineridge]

Jeremy Christopher You know, it might. I’ll give that a try. Thanks!

[@TheByard]

Great planks, worth the effort. Is there a reason you have the mill bed so high, all the other users seam to have the bed just above floor level. Suppose there are pros and cons with both????

[@falllineridge]

Good Moaning Vietnam It just kinda worked out that way. My original plan was to have it 24” high...but I like it fine how it is.

[@pboulware1737]

Awesome job I know how it is working with the boom lift. I have had to use the closer lifting point on the boom closer to the lift arms for heavier loads. It doesn't lift as high but it does help put more weight on the front axle. keep on a tractoring and a cutting!!

[@falllineridge]

Thanks, Paul!

[@mlt6322]

You should watch a couple of Matthew Cremona's videos. He uses a winch cable around his logs to pull them up onto his trailer and sometimes onto his mill when they are really big.

[@denniscastle936]

Log too big to handle? How did you get it home to begin with?

[@seanwilson2080]

I've seen you mention blue stain a few times and a simple solution to that is to spray the log down so it doesn't dry out on you and start to stain.

[@CB_ChaosLove]

Good video, There are some constructive criticisms here, but forget about all the 'click-bait whiners!