How It's Made - The Original Burro Brand Sawhorse

[@hankhill962]

Great to see a USA made product

[@jeffhildreth9244]

Quantity, not quality. Looks like union work, not made by craftsmen.

[@NoBrakes23]

@@jeffhildreth9244Settle down, it is a sawhorse, not heirloom furniture.

[@burrobrandsawhorses]

@@jeffhildreth9244 Hey Jeff, we are a small company of 10. We are not unionized.

[@Cannonfodder619]

It's nice to see the company still going after 50 years.

[@Davefinney370]

People that actually do things for a living are amazing.

[@robertmeadows2432]

I bought my Burro Saw Horses over 15 Years ago.....Still using them today.....Good Quality .....

[@mrkrause3]

I’ve been a carpenter for over 40 years. I’ve built so many saw horses over the years. This design is the way I’ve built them. Best for strength and longevity! Mostly what I use daily now is fold up models. Easier to haul around on jobs. But after seeing this video of American made sawhorses….I’ll be buying several sets of yours. Happy to support American companies and American ingenuity! Keep up the good work!

[@zjtr10since80]

I’m glad to see there’s still something made in America

[@michaelfoster777]

As I look out my office window, I see my Burro Saw Horses (with the old red stamp silkscreen on them), sitting next to my work shed- covered with old paint drips and weathered from age, but still holding together strong! I purchased them in 1998 to balance an old 13' Boston Whaler boat on to refinish with my dad. It's hard to believe it has been 26 years. You make a fine American made product! Thank you.

[@burrobrandsawhorses]

Thank you so much for your story!

[@DannyP...]

I bought a set of these years ago... I have restored a WWII jeep and built 2 flats boats on top of them along with the other normal stuff on our farm. NOw I have 4 pair and they're all out there still going strong after 10+ years. Loved seeing how they were made. Now a I want to order a trucker hat when they are back in stock. Have a great weekend!

[@marcvarner1]

Wow, I was probably one of your earliest customers. Every time I buy a couple more pair of these I wonder how much money I’ve spent on these. Right now I’ve got 3 pair on the job, one pair holding up a unit of wood at my shop, and I think a stack of older behind the tool shed. Glad to know this is made in a small shop. I’m so glad my money is going to support your company and work/product ethic. Now if you could place a 1” hole, 1” up @ the bottom of the plywood gusset… I hang my caulk gun there, my Skill-Saw on its hanger hook, etc. Maybe even have a flat hook you could swing out to hang your nail bags when the ground is wet. Glad my money is going to good people!

[@bobhiggins5773]

You could always drill the hole yourself

[@genewilliams617]

Good ideas!

[@marcvarner1]

@@bobhiggins5773 I buy a lot of these. A lot of them. They have stacks of plywood gussets they could drill en masse. Framing a building is about economy of motion. Stopping to drill a hole in one of the new saw horses when you’re cutting at rack of hip and valley rafters, or any rack for that matter, breaks concentration, momentum, etc. Besides I’ve been drilling holes in them for about 35 years.

[@John-bx8km]

I've been using my Burro Saw horses for 13 years...after mine got retired. It's great to see American Made quality products on the market.

[@mikeleahey9190]

I’m a professional contractor, and these are very sturdy and reasonably priced saw horses. Much better than most job built saw horses

[@harrygreen6935]

Amen! Roll Tide

[@emeraldfox7175]

How much

[@jerrysmith7132]

I’ve bought many for factories and made broom and tool stations. Can’t believe you’re doing that much manual labor and supplying the big box stores. Good job!

[@MyS10Rocks]

Beautiful product! Thanks for sharing the video!

[@eladlutz]

Thank you and keep making American made products and I HOPE you are good to your employees!!

[@garrockwaters304]

My Burro sawhorses have done well with my remodeling work. They handled everything I threw at them. I love these, strong and light weight. They will last for years. I admit that I did not think so much went into these but work they do!

[@ScoutCrafter]

What a fantastic process- Here in my area the saw horses are $35 at Lowes and as a long time woodworker it would be very hard to build your own at that price and impossible if you add your labor costs. Love your products! Thanks for sharing this. 😃👍🇺🇸

[@aaronwarner2762]

Wow man! Cool to see the process. Thank you for sharing.

[@roneberle8954]

Elimination of Variation = Quality! Even on a simple, yet very essential tool: The Sawhorse Way to go guys: Bring it all back to the USA From Nova Scotia, Canada with Love

[@johnasp9630]

Have 2 sets, you perfected light weight with strength and they last for years and are as tight as new. Professional carpenter.

[@carljerris9587]

The factory is a couple of miles from my home. I have been in the shop and it is just like the video, good old American manufacturing that didn't get shipped over seas. Way to go guys!

[@Janet-vx9qn]

I've had a pair of these for years. Great product.

[@lorimcquinn3966]

I have a pair of their Folding Saw Horses, very nice product. I've spoke to Jamie on the phone and it's nice to put a face to a name. Excellent made in the USA item. Great shop tour.

[@burrobrandsawhorses]

Thanks for the great comments

[@michaelmclaughlin4374]

American made I love your saw horse you guys are what it's all about

[@burrobrandsawhorses]

Thanks for the kind words

[@joefran619]

Nice shop, thanks for the tour!

[@NVIN-ov9dn]

I made a desk/workbench with these and its still going strong. Love the product!

[@burrobrandsawhorses]

Would love a pic!

[@RickB1792]

I have bought a few sets of these over the years. They are a fabulous design. Love them.

[@jeffreyvasby3230]

God bless you and your Beautiful family and your Company. Made in America 🙏⛪❤️🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🪖🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@archeodigger]

I've had my Burro's for 10 years now and love them. Finest pair I've ever owned!

[@localcrew]

Way more interesting than I had expected.

[@twistedhillbilly6157]

Made with American hands!!! NO PLASTIC!!!!! If you use wood dowels to pin a second layer on top, any piece of 2X4 or 2X6 it can be cut and drilled into for years then replaced as needed and the horses stay perfect forever....

[@BigMikeECV]

I have nearly a dozen of these sawhorses, some of them are very old. One thing we learned is that we can't stack the older ones over the newer ones because they get stuck together because of a slight difference in length. I appreciate seeing that we could "cross" stack them

[@bwayne40004]

I have a set and I surely like them.

[@bmwbaker]

I grew up with my father working at a shop just like this. Then I worked in the shop for many many years brings back a lot of good memories. If you were closer to me, I would take a lot of that kindling.

[@hyselwatchandclockrepair1874]

What an awesome video! I love your explanations of each step in your process and why you chose to do it. Truly appreciate your excellent detail to quality!

[@MeadmakerDave]

I love your saw horses. I have 4 that see regular use and at least 4 that I used and abused enough to retire.

[@daveshepherd7582]

I’ve always wanted a set of these. They look solid and what a cool logo!

[@woodrowcook3107]

Great tour and build demo! Thank you!

[@bluewindshield]

Love your sawhorses. When I got mine, I painted them, though. Moisture is a killer of sawhorses.

[@ronsaathoff1561]

I have one that’s 20 years or so old falling apart. Been looking at getting another set. Didn’t know who made them. Glad to see it’s a small American company. I will definitely go ahead and pick up a new set the next time I go to town. Thanks

[@JohnnieFernandez-dd6fp]

Looks really good, well done. Pura vida.

[@michaelduy9055]

Great product. Thanks for the look.

[@leongeisberg294]

Thank you. Love mine! Quality at a great price.

[@MrMultitool]

A very good quality product. Thank You for taking the time to show us the process that goes into making them.

[@burrobrandsawhorses]

Our pleasure!

[@larrymiller5253]

Their sawhorses have helped our marriage immensely!

[@davidtreichelpppj5304]

I made a copy at home 15 years ago ...Good design

[@aBluegrassPicker]

Recently bought a set, they are great!

[@o5245607]

Thank you for your informative video, sure appreciate American business.

[@williamellis8993]

Great tour. Thanks for showing us. Bill

[@DavidSmith-be2pn]

OK dude thank you so very much. Can’t wait to purchase them T-shirts.

[@MrGunPilot]

T-shirt? Me too!

[@eliterry3785]

I bought a couple years ago when we were renovating our place. They were so nicely built I preserved them in the basement where they’ll remain until I find a project worthy of their use.

[@davidohara7669]

Love these saw horses. Have about 18. I use deck sealer to make them last longer outdoors.

[@chrisd5957]

I have more sawhorses than i will use in my life, but still i will buy 2 of these the next time i see them at my local store in appreciation of this video ...thank you!

[@garyh4458]

You buy saw horses that you don't need?

[@johnstarnes5110]

Bought 3 at Lowes last month. Great American product.

[@thekat9593]

Excellent video, been looking at them at Lowe’s, now next trip I will get a couple, have paint decorating scheme in mind👀

[@artszabo1015]

Great video. I've never seen these before but it is very similar to one I build from plywood and 2x4s and a 2x6 backbone. They are very light and extremely sturdy. Art from Ohio ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@fredshwiller4703]

I started learning the carpentery trade in northern Virginia in 1973 working for a carpentery contractor who did a lot of townhouse projects. When we first showed up on a new job, the first thing we would do is build saw horses, two per two man crew. We always called them quarter horses, If spent more than 15 minutes building one, you were taking too long. I still build them the same way.

[@marstondavis]

Nice video. Best part about those sawhorses is they last a long time and make your wood working a lot easier.

[@enriqueoliva6988]

I bought 2 burro saw horse not to saw on but to mount 2 of my saddles in my tack room.They have the red stamp on it.

[@MarkSWilliams27]

Very cool to see how these are made. Love some of the machinery and process.

[@rifleman1873]

Thanks for sharing. I had not seen your product.

[@stefboulas]

great great product! I own several. They are awesome.

[@KentDiego]

When I got mine they had shorter and taller sizes. Got the taller one and it has worked great for years.

[@johnstahl5699]

Great product I use mine often. I really enjoyed the video.

[@burrobrandsawhorses]

Thanks for watching!

[@MrGunPilot]

Awesome, I've seen your sawhorses in Lowes, but never had the need for them. I'm going to find a need now, just so I can support your US made product,,, and they look cool to boot. Well done!

[@jeffbenson6102]

The ones I have, have a handgrip hole in the middle of the top. They are great little units and a great height compared to other saw horses I've seen!

[@readplanet23]

Thank You for producing such an educational and informative video on your manufacturing process. To say your company has the sawhorse manufacturing process down to a science is an understatement. Quality, hand made products. Always appreciated. Have A Productive Day! 🪚🪵⚒️

[@papascruffy]

Nice operation you got!

[@jayfromtexas6718]

I've got four of them. Absolutely love them. Went to get a couple more but they seem way more expensive than I remember paying. Lowe's has them for $36 bucks each.

[@garyh4458]

I make my own sawhorses. I think I might spent $12 each.

[@fatherfoxstrongpaw8968]

this is so cool. i'm glad youtube finally offered me a vid i want to watch for a change. i have a pair of 18" colts with the shelf and handle cutout on top i inherited from my father-n-law who passed a couple years ago. they were used and abused, left out in the sun and rain so they're looking a little ragged, but still solid and functional and i'm STILL using them even after a couple repairs. he said he got them back in the 80's (red silk screened) and i wanted to get a set of my own. couple years ago i was surprised to see the big boys in home depot and was happy to see you still in business. i didn't see the new folding saw horse last time i checked out your website. i'm glad your still in business and growing after covid and all this craziness. i'm going to be going full time RVing again soon. only tools i'm keeping is my hand tools, forge and anvil, but your folding saw horses will be perfect addition since they're compact and light weight. they'll be perfect for my daughter and i to do our projects out on the road. stay awesome!

[@burrobrandsawhorses]

Thank you so much for sharing your story! Sawhorse generational stories. My Dad or Mom may have built those 80's sawhorses!!

[@fatherfoxstrongpaw8968]

@@burrobrandsawhorses much as i'd like to get new ones, i'll ALSO be getting new ones. keeping the colts, getting the big boys to go with them.

[@unclebuild8480]

I bought a pair three years ago. Finished them with an exterior varnish and they sit outside most of the time. The plywood ends need replacing but otherwise they have held up well.

[@joecontreras5068]

Plywood ? Outside ?

[@leswallis8158]

As a retired carpenter i have built many sets of saw horses every new job would build a set or more after we finished the job the owners inherited a set. The one thing i tought our apprentices was every cut is a 15° angle.

[@artswri]

Got em, nice product

[@mitchd949]

Love this sort of video. My inner engineer also liked hearing you refer to geometry - how often do you get to use the word TRAPEZOID?

[@beerdrinker6452]

Nice video.

[@petridish3045]

Making lots of sawdust in that shop. Yeah baby.

[@haroldhaugaard410]

Well done :)

[@mollymaeblu]

I have 6 love them

[@SteveJones-dr9lz]

Awesome! Thanks for your time and the tour.

[@alexcollins9513]

Very insightful thanks. New sub here

[@spevakdesigns]

A few years ago I asked a home Depot employee where to find sawhorses in the store and the poor guy had no idea what i was talking about.

[@enemyofthestate9358]

I drive past two home depot stores to go to a mom and pop store because you will die of old age hardware section before you get help!!! But what ever you do don't touch the orange stair ladder to find your own hardware or to get something off a self your self because 20 employees will pop out of the wood work like cock roaches and tell you you can't do that!!!😅 The home depo in downtown TULSA OKLAHOMA SUCKS!!! every since anthony and tony quit working there probably 15 years ago it went down the toilet immediately!!! I don't shop there unless I absolutely have to!!!

[@RicoSuave007-z5i]

Now that's how you will get someone to come help you. As a former Home Depot Associate 30+years ago, it's true - most employees are never trained to find anything that may be in another part of the store from the specialty they're trained on, like plumbing, flooring, paint, etc. I was even often scolded for helping customers out beyond my aisles (plumbing). We were told to send them over to the right category and use the phone to page an associate to find them there, which most always sent them on a wild goose chase, which was often also another tactic! 🙀

[@dougwebb6193]

No no no​@@RicoSuave007-z5i

[@benniebarrow348]

So true …..I laugh when I see their commercials on tv that show the cheerful helpful employees and in reality most will actually go the other way when they see you coming or you get the surly ones with the clipboard on the way to do something way more important than waiting on you . “I’ll find someone to assist”. Famous last words as they disappear like the ball players into the cornfield in “field of dreams”

[@rrrrkoop2776]

love it. been going to buy some burro's. now i will.

[@BobBlarneystone]

It's a coincidence that I noticed one of these at Lowes yesterday.

[@bobbya8438]

I’m 62 been a carpenter all my life I like the sawhorses probably for lite work or the homeowner but the first job when you get hired as a cut man is make a set of sawhorses usually out of scrap but these wouldn't last a day on a framing crew and way too small that being said I like the idea so you go boy

[@danielhowell-tr2th]

I always used aluminum drywall benches. Not cheap but folded up and had adjustable legs! No splinters and didn't rust!

[@snulton]

I still have and use my "burrito", 18" tall with a tray underneath. I got it 50 years ago, or thereabouts.

[@micktepolt6276]

cool

[@loveoldcarsguy]

Great product! I have many. Plywood part is no so good tho. 🤓😎👴🏻

[@marcvarner1]

Better than it used to be!

[@tinykenworth1721]

It's funny how fast these horses fall apart if left outdoors...

[@peterbarlow8912]

A small many generation chair company here had a giant spinning disc with sand on to quickly even up legs.

[@zygmuntthecacaokakistocrat6589]

When I did my cabinetmaking apprenticeship, our first project at trade school was to make a pair of sawhorses. We notched the legs into the top, which seems to me to be better than stapling them with a bit of plywood as a brace.

[@danglin69]

That's how my Dad built them as well..

[@cz_ww2117]

Hey, i bought two of your Hide A Horses. You took over the product from the previous owner. I had four of the originals, then I bought two more of yours, first off you changed the height slightly, now they don't mix with the originals when used for a uniform height. Also the material quality seems to have degraded, since you began making them. It is an ingenious and quality product, just giving a little feedback . Take care.

[@ellisc.foleyjr9778]

Glad to see American made products still being done here!. I"m 81 yrs old and it appalls me the amount of this country's industry that was taken out of here along with the jobs that supported most of our blue collar workers. to China and other low paying countries. My town alone (Pittsfield ma) 5 wool mills, 3 paper mills, one leather factory, 4 lumber related co's and GE which had over 10,000 jobs. all gone now. I would pay higher prices on things just to keep jobs here and keep americans working. rather than see it go overseas. but I'm a minority.

[@tomhelsby5546]

I have watched numerous videos of carpenters here in the UK making a sawhorse, and the legs are always set in to a half dovetail mortice in the worktop. I wonder if the glue and screw method is as strong?

[@johngranata5515]

I seen a trailer load of them going up the 5 freeway through Camp Pendleton

[@ernestrhoades5147]

Awsome!

[@jamesroberts2115]

The Bic lighter of sawhorses.

[@coloradomountainman8659]

I'd like to see a hand grip mortised into the top of the horse. For one thing, it allows the sawhorse to be carried completly vertical without the legs angling away from the carrierr. Makes it a lot easier passing through dooways for one thing. Just sayin...

[@roadtriplover.]

@Burro Brand Sawhorses: Why do you use Ponderosa Pine and Spruce instead of yellow pine? It just an result of location and availability or does do these woods offer a structural benefit? Why not use all Spruce?

[@burrobrandsawhorses]

Great question! All play a role in why we have chose the wood we use. Yellow pine is not as readily available in the west. It is much heavier than ponderosa and its workability is not as good. Spruce is also low when it comes to availability. Availability and affordabi;ity are our biggest concerns. Ponderosa pine has been the best for our sawhorse.

[@luisaraujo4708]

Forty years of building nothing but saw horses and the pallets to ship them on. Well, alrighty then. I don’t see it but there must be something special here. Yeah, I’ve always built my own.

[@joefran619]

Load noises always made me nervous. Working in a factory in my 20's I always wore hearing plugs or hearing protection. People I know who didn't have hearing issues.