How to tell what logs are worth big money!

[@brucesawyer3707]

I learn something every time i see your videos. Thank you.

[@tomschmidt381]

We had a thinning cut done on our property a number of years ago, nice seeing what happens behind the scene with loggers.

[@josephcason5844]

Thank you for your time and effort to education that are in all the videos. Tell the boss I appreciate him sharing. Taking time out of his day. THANK YOU

[@CarlTunich]

I am so impressed with how hard Lumber Capital Log Yard Works to maximize profits for everyone that buys your lumber! God Bless all of you!

[@ericorff9994]

I helped restore wild fisher to the woods your father is cutting. As the furbearer biologist for the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department, like the Penn. Game Commission, I helped gather live fisher from NH trappers in the mid 1990's, long before you were born, for release in PA. Over a three-year period I shipped nearly 200 live fisher there. There now is a thriving population of fisher where they had been extirpated over a century before. And throw in a couple of live otter before that to help restore them too.

[@matthewward631]

It’s always nice when the Boss Man gives his talks. It’s also great to see he has a vision and is working to achieve it. Well done Boss Man!

[@leontoolbelt4559]

talk! that was educational, y is he not MORE here!. busy busy. yes veneering. please share!

[@garyworokevich2524]

The intro is getting better. Soon you will be doing cartwheels ending with both index fingers pointing to your right. Ballet has made both you girls quite athletic.

[@kenutton992]

Having your Dad become comfortable with talking to the videos is really great. He adds so much in helping me understand what is involved with owning a lumber mill.🎉

[@DigginwithSeven]

I love to hear the Boss talk about the process… I always learn something new. My family and I have started a small logging/milling operation here in Southern Kentucky so we are eager for info. We took advantage of a rare opportunity when a massive wind storm uprooted hundreds of trees in our area. Rather than see them piled and burned, we began harvesting the logs. We purchased a new Woodland 130 MAX mill. It has become a part time family project… including our grandkids as well. Your family has been a great inspiration! So… tell the Boss to keep talking us through this new adventure.

[@PerspectiveEngineer]

Nice work Boss. The most valuable thing is the one you can't sell. Knowledge, But you can share the hell out of it... And them kids be soaking it up.

[@Klperformance68]

Y’all have ya hands in everything! And nothing goes to waste awesome job 👏🏻

[@lscott6088]

Thanks!

[@anthonyricard7458]

Thanks Ken, Emerald and Jade the camera lady! I had no idea there were so many aspects to running a lumberyard. Thanks for the explanation and the video! Have a wonderful weekend! TTFN

[@dugganwoodworks]

Another great video! Thanks. I've visited a veneer plant in Southern Indiana and it's amazing how they do it. Great opportunity for you to take a field trip to your local veneer yard and show us how they do it. Only 10 miles away.

[@stevet8121]

I had that job one summer working in the woods. Grading the logs to determine where they would be shipped. I was known as a peeler picker.

[@bay9876]

What happens to logs in the community mostly stays in the community. Nice way to give back to all the land owners and their logs.

[@alw7499]

You guys are really inspiring. Good honest work will always reward.

[@keegantimber8571]

Have a great weekend LCLY family! 👍👍👍

[@theforeman1097]

The care you have for your property owners and community speaks volumes! Good job!!

[@crusiethmaximuss]

Boss man is one knowledgeable dudeski His work policies sound like a win-win for all involved.

[@rexwoodall2179]

Ken, I think the veneer and the export business sound like a great addition. Em, this was a good video, btw!keep them coming!

[@rockinguitar101]

Always looking forward to a LCLY video when I get home from work and great to see the Boss Man too. Keep up the hard work.

[@jbbrown7907]

Let's make Friday the day we hear from the Boss.

[@jamarie1972]

Great video, great explanations All the best to you all.

[@michaelmangold1358]

Great. Content you are on top of your game

[@dougalexander7204]

Like your dad. Much respect.

[@geraldhandy2589]

You are an excellent logger and businessman. Am always learning new things from all of you. Keep up the good work. MEMENTO VIVERE!

[@geraldhandy2589]

@VagaTag

[@phillipseaton7163]

You guys have a great weekend

[@johnaddis1022]

That was great information, had no idea about veneer grading learned something new today Thanks 🤠

[@georgecrinnion2131]

Bossman Ken knows his stuff!

[@Axial_Andrew]

Could spend all day talking with that man...

[@davidstewart5802]

A lumberjack walks into the company office to get paid. The secretary says, “ I have a check here for cutting down 236 trees this week.” The lumberjack replies, “I actually cut down 237 trees.” Are you sure?”, says the secretary, “Your foreman counted 236 on the truck.” “Sure, I’m sure,” replies the lumberjack. “I kept a log”.

[@alithemagicbum]

Good one😂

[@greywolfwalking6359]

Good Dad joke!! 👍🧙‍♂️🐺!!

[@wiltchamberlain1928]

I love this channel, and I hope the LCLY family gets even more success. Many times I have watched this channels videos and then called one of my daughters because I miss them while they are away at school. When people ask what American Exceptionalism is, refer them to LCLY and Emerald.

[@lanceleavitt7472]

Great video. If you've never seen a veneer mill, it's worth the time to look it up.

[@tv0562]

영상잘보고 갑니다. 편안한밤 주말되십시요. 😊

[@paulc.4211]

Thank you for the great explanation of veneer. It is good to see your efforts keep the local economy rolling. I hope you have a great weekend.

[@chipwhitely1490]

Good video thanks have a great bike ride Ken and Teri, have an awesome day kids. Love ya. Thanks for having the *STAR* Of the channel speak again, look out Ken your getting comfortable in front of the Camera. Expert Camera work, well done everyone.

[@jimburns3636]

I'd appreciate an expansion of the differences in use between standard, export, and veneer milling.

[@cliffontheroad]

let them answer, but the little I have seen/read, IKEA has veneer applied (to their sawdust and glue?) in China. They rotate/spin the log and slice off a thin sliver until the log is no more. Think of a cheese slicer using a pice of wire as a cutter. Think plywood. As for "export", that's a new one.

[@jimburns3636]

@@cliffontheroad Thank you. Rotary shaving a log sprang to mind. But I didn't want to assume I knew.

[@budwilliams6590]

Beard looks good. Everyone should have one.

[@dieterkoch6563]

Even the girls?

[@budwilliams6590]

@@dieterkoch6563 Especially the ladies. ;-)

[@apollomoon1]

Very interesting. Thanks for posting

[@CraigMcDonald1234]

Very interesting. Thankyou all at "Lumber Capital".

[@rexhenkle3377]

Many years ago I worked in a place that shaved logs into paper thin pieces for making veneer. Shaving the bark off the logs after they cook in the vats with a hand pneumatic hand planer was rough work.

[@taxifras2016]

Omg . I wanna work there .Felling and milling / hand splitting wood and making charcoal are one of my favorite hobbies. I'm a Carpenter/ woodworker by trade . I also make bows and forge knives . Make my own arrows and forge the tips by hand as well. Oh and I make the strings as well . Lol .

[@chadmoore9336]

Great video. From a business standpoint you are going to have figure out how to keep your help long term.

[@rf005]

Emerald your Dad is the hardest worker in the log yard by far he works his hands to the bone.

[@GregPalmer2]

Sweet, great business young felah you keep them young girls busy.😊😊

[@summatim]

Summary was generated by Summatim, let us know if there are any inaccuracies! 🤖 0:01: Introduction 3:39: Log grading system 4:43: Veneer logs 5:40: Optimizing value 7:04: Export Market 8:22: Optimizing every board foot 9:07: Local processing 9:54: Conclusion

[@dougeiswerth8683]

Wish I would have known about you the last time I had my timber cut!

[@Adirondack_DFL]

our veneer buyer wanted full length stems we would cut to length under his direction. I've seen some beautiful black cherry logs.

[@hpelisr]

Em, that was a great demo about veneer. Nice to know that people are still making veneer here at our home state. Yes, furniture makers and repair of Antiques, is still being done.

[@williamgibb5557]

Its amazing how much that arm can pickup with it so long. Nice diameter of logs. Bigger equals more value. Another great Friday video.

[@rubenvictorinobalderas9530]

Todos ustedes son maravillosos!!!!

[@Snarkapotamus]

About 5-years ago, they took 100+ double-trailer loads of black walnut out from behind our house. I talked to the logger and he mentioned that it was all going overseas to Japan and that most of it was veneer...

[@rodvaughan8628]

Nice equipment.

[@WideCutSawmill]

Boss Man definitely hitting his stride after he warmed up. Great explanation. I’d like to hear his take more often. 👍🏼 He’s a real salt of the earth kinda man. We need more like him.

[@internettehnolog]

Guys i love you sooo much. Real Americans!!!!!🎉

[@rickayers3150]

Thank you for explaining that. Very interesting to learn

[@richardanderson2742]

Understanding one’s market and developing new products to market is perhaps the hardest part of becoming a successful family business, whether that is logging, farming or whatever. I’m impressed with your family’s efforts in this regard. While not every new business venture will be a winner, you really don’t know until you try. As a land owner, I appreciate your emphasis on maximizing return for both yourself as well as the land owner. The two local mills I deal with are just focused on rough cut for fencing, barns and shed, plus of course firewood (for which supply never really gets to equal demand in my area). I recently bought 1000 feet of purlins for a barn addition and some of it was the most beautiful hickory I’ve seen. It would have made great flooring and it seems using them for a barn roof is sort of a waste.

[@guermeisterdoodlebug7980]

Yes, you are lucky to have that veneer mill only about 10 miles away because, especially these days, transportation costs can become prohibitively expensive. Emerald’s “let’s get into this video” turn was particularly sweet today and at the end I was struck by how she is maturing.

[@dieterkoch6563]

Love to see you guys climb up the ladder of lumber quality analysis and the sales value. People used to ask me why you can buy Brazilian or Indonesian mahogany as cheaply as locally grown maple? I would "Joke" that our lawyers charge way more that the South American ones, given that we steal the wood then fight it out in court. That is a step up from the tradition of just killing the locals and taking the wood. The wood business is thousands of years old and there is a lot to learn.

[@geraldblackburn4883]

I am still not clear what Veneer means ? got the XP part, if it does not make Veneer ?

[@cenjim]

Super informative! Great video for everyone.

[@wayneday3916]

Emerald is there any chance you can visit a veneer mill?

[@dirtycurty1202]

This is the first time I remember seeing the big truck on the log trailer, maybe the Boss Man can do a video on it explaining the pros and cons of it and how much better it may be, etc.

[@markhowes126]

How do you figure the land owners cut on the logs you saw on your sawmill?

[@charlesmiddleton3247]

Always great to have the Boss Man providing "top notch," expertise knowledge and morale values. Have a great weekend! From veteran Charlie. :-)

[@kc0lif]

thanks em

[@jerrydemas2020]

You might want to explain what veneer is and how it is processed. I imagine that the log is peeled in a continuous sheet as it is rolled like on a lathe? Jerry in S.E. Pa.

[@bradjones9634]

Amen brother! That's what it's all about.

[@keithbennett5519]

Amazing and full of info video. have a great weekend u all

[@petersinger4133]

And again (second time within a week) a great video of a topic I was totally unaware of- Really great! keep them coming, please... 🙂

[@rolandtinker734]

Good job father like daughter well spoken Have awesome weekend everyone ❤️📹🪵👍😉

[@NarnianRailway]

Knew it, Boss Man wood be logging in the hours lumbering with unloading logs for a Friday video so that Emerald and Jade would knot be board and milling about on a Friday afternoon.

[@gregkarkowsky967]

That is cool. I never really thought about where the veneer wood comes from.

[@KaizenSteelDrums]

We export lots of logs at Price Wood Products located by Cincinnati Ohio. A few miles away.

[@ericdube3353]

The Boss !

[@xmas4203]

That's interesting. Maybe the veneer plant will let you make a vid to show the process. LCLY Rocks!

[@opiealvin]

Fridays with Ken. He always has some knowledge to dump.

[@tomknud]

Thanks

[@shelbydog1100]

Have you ever done a tour of the veneer shop so we could see it get made?

[@dmhipkins]

Thank you. We run a TK1400 saw mill. I had no idea about the potential of higher value Veneer logs. It is neat to learn from you guys! Great job from every prospective.

[@beauusa11]

The boss man Is very informative!!!

[@richardbrowne1679]

Hi Ken: Did you get a new truck?

[@theforeman1097]

Caz Gear is awesome and so are you peeps! Keep up the great content!!

[@pgadams1]

Another informative video. Thanks!

[@rogercortes7669]

Como se maneja la renovacion de arboles en ese pais, para seguir talando sin acabarse la madera.???? 🤔🤔 I am....🇲🇽

[@leonardo5225]

Buongiorno from Italia!

[@richardlee2488]

If you are stock piling high value logs in your yard in the sun for any length of time you should consider a water spray system. It stops staining and insect attack as well as end splitting.

[@danielmiddleton8173]

I'm guessing by the fresh untainted paint on the log hauler and boom this is the piece of machinery you were talking about a few posts back?

[@dennishinkle5010]

Hey Ken. If the veneer buyer doesn't want them could they go as first and seconds? This was excellent and I learned a lot thank you.👍♥️♥️

[@zippythechicken]

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[@jeffhenson1994]

Yes i now know

[@leesorenson6119]

Thank you for the education. Woodolegy or something 😊

[@greywolfwalking6359]

Everything is going to be used...n you...the lumber team are the " why" , that happens!! Great job ( team), stay safe, n C ya on the next video! 🐺🧙‍♂️🦊

[@johnfitzpatrick2469]

Hello Emerald from Sydney Australia. Yes, veneers and burls extending natural resources: can you cut and glue veneer onto plywood? Maybe PVA or spray contact adhesive, 'bookend' like pages in a book. 🌏🇭🇲

[@chotuusian4127]

Good work

[@mrkrause3]

Good job Boss Man!

[@Kwhopperfan]

Love that log trailer! Didn’t know you guys had both sizes, pretty sweet!

[@davcamp1]

about an update on dads cutting board/cooking project?

[@georgemain889]

When you harvest, do you apply any silviculture techniques? Or do you just high grade and go for the money trees? Do you work with licensed foresters to get the best post-harvest results?