HOW WE GET RID OF SLAB WOOD: the mill’s main waste product

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[@flemminglauritzen1318]

In this country (Denmark) people have started to use it as sidings on garden sheds and shelters. It looks quite artistic and a good price is paid for it

[@phillhuddleston9445]

Same in the US but we mostly use hardwood slabs as it lasts longer and resists insects better.

[@darkiee69]

We used it to build a "fort pallisade" inside a shop once. It looked really cool.

[@ktanner11]

I have used it for chicken coops sheds ect

[@robertrobert7924]

I have seen this done in West Virginia, USA.

[@fredschuttenbeld4571]

We take slabwood from a mill as fund raiser material for our local Junior Forest Warden's club. We haul a trailer full of slabwood, cut it to 16" pieces and then the kids stack them in 19" diameter bundles and sell it. It's a Win Win! Kids learn (hands-on) about saw mills and turn their waste into money to fund some epic activities! I would like to get my hands on a pellet mill and/or a gasification stove/generator to even use the "waste saw dust/wood chips". This latter isn't usually considered waste but city pruning are, as it may contain diseases (like black knot fungus). City pruning aren't chipped up for gardens/landscaping but just put in a landfill/burn pile! I see potential for chipping it up and burn it in a gasifier to run a CHP (Combined Heat and Power) generator.

[@laughing5559]

When I was a kid my dad built us kids an 8x12 treehouse. He used slabs from a local saw mill as the siding with bark on. It made for a building that fit well in the scenic landscape around it. We had no problems with the slabs rotting or the bark. The slabs were free and we were poor at the time but as kids we didn't know that. To this day I don't know how he got the slabs to mate up against each other without gaps.

[@fideauone3416]

My dad was in the sawmill business most of his life. I respect you because I know how hard the work is. You're a doll.

[@evil_skippyyoutube1714]

2 thumbs up for your parents raising you kids with such a good work ethic. WTG Mom and Dad!

[@thomasaccuntius9946]

I'm new to your channel, but not a sawmill. I retired last July from Hoge Lumber Co. They have a sawmill, and back in the 1970's they have over 250 employees. The sawmill was automated, logs were loaded with a Cat with front end forks and a claw. Debarked and sawn. The fletchs were cut to shorter lengths and ran thru a "Hog" which ground up these pieces and sent that to the silos. The silos fed our power plant boilers which powered our generators. They provided more electric than we needed so the excess went into the grid to power the town. Steam from the boilers ran the kilns. The dried lumber, mostly maple, was used to build bowling alley lanes, which Hoge was well known for. This was a very low emission and effective system. Sadly over the years business has slowed and left, the kilns are empty, and the sawmill is closed. The company is in the 3rd generation, with sadly no one comming up to take over. I worked in the Cabinet Shop, which is currently doing great and having a hard time hiring new employees. Like your videos and stay safe.

[@kirkyorg7654]

ya it scrambles my brain that young kids all seem to want to make a living with a keyboard and mouse, nothing makes me happier than joining pieces of wood together to make something people will use everyday of their life, as it stands I have thousands of pieces of furniture out there with my personal touch on them, I smile when I think about it, no one wants to work with their hands anymore. my nephew just started an apprenticeship as an electrician, he was 21 bouncing around local college, not sure what to do and he got the bug, so that was great, am not sure how they think they are going to get through life with a google education, when i was that age every time I saw guys doing work I would stop to watch and learn, and almost 50 years later i still like to learn new things every day.

[@Acetyl53]

@@kirkyorg7654 You're seeing the effects of brain damage, poison, and developmental stunting. It boggles your mind because you probably believe in free will, don't know how to think like a dark triad psychopath, and haven't truly accepted disruption of the hard biological layer as an organizing principle. Having studied several things (too numerous to list, and youtube would just hide my comment), now at 28 years old, looking back it's fairly obvious what they did to us and what went wrong. I was like you when I was younger (in a way), but was physically, cognitively, and psychologically maimed and finally crumbled beneath it. So I never got to actually do much of anything. The self centered, apathetic, mindless, weak, needy behavior of the others perplexed me as well, but now I understand.

[@kenneththomas5554]

I think that is one of the coolest things that I've heard. How very smart to use the waste for power generation and heating the kilns. Very awesome! 👍

[@168Diplomat]

That is what my family used to do. They used it at first to fire the steam engine for the mill. Sadly my cousins and I were to be the sixth generation to take over the business but our grandmothers threw a fit and our grandfathers sold the business. They wanted us to be out of the woods due to family members being injured. It didn’t work, oh we all have degrees none of us work or worked in them and we all ended up working in the woods just not together and five generations behind where we should have been.

[@10putty]

Fifteen bucks for all you could carry, that's some deal.

[@abnnuzzinicholasclay686]

Yea haul not carry.

[@davidwilson4954]

Hell Yeah!

[@scottsolar5884]

Should make it $20 so they also dont have to make change

[@maulroller5497]

I'd pay 15 with a 5 tip! That's crazy cheap.

[@JMS_Outdoors]

This is a great deal. Stopped in and loaded a dump trailer full last month. Cut and stacked it will probably last me 2 years. Even found a few pieces to use for other projects. Love this place.

[@poppawolf5105]

veteran sawmiller here, worked most of my life in sawmills. just retired from Missouri Tie. the loggers are contracted independants and they sometimes use slabs on their access roads,but here we call them plankroads. anybody is free to come and get scrap wood for firewood, but the slabs are banded up and sold to the nearby charcoal plant and sawdust is used in a furnace to treat the railroad crossties or hauled off to make particle board

[@nzer57]

Here in NZ that stuff is pure gold. Mills debark their logs and the slab is then chipped. The bulk of the chip goes to MDF factories to make MDF board. Any other chip is usually sold on as animal bedding especially for calving season. The chip also makes a great mulch under tree lines. Our company can't get enough bark or chip from our local mills. We windrow it (bark) and then screen it out to various grades. We have no problems selling it to landscape supply yards or direct to landscapers as a garden mulch. Also sell a lot on for biofilters (sewage processors, fish factories, rendering plants etc). The bark fines are composted along with an organic brew (lime and dry waste solids from the sewage plant) then screened into 3 grades that then form the base for potting mixes. Here in NZ there is also a move to wood fired boilers to replace coal and gas. All part of the renewable drive. Your average hospital here (pop 500,000) burns several 100 m3 of wood chip/waste per day. Waste wood suppliers get around NZ$7/m3 and that keeps going up as more large consumers look to switch to renewable fuels for boilers. Supply struggles to meet demand here.

[@kaitlynlsari681]

Hey fellow kiwi 🥝. I used to work for southern timber products in mosgiel near Dunedin and our company used it to fire the kiln for drying the timber

[@chriskwakernaat2328]

and replanting trees is keeping up with demand?

[@velotill]

@@chriskwakernaat2328 don't tell them that burning "renewable" materials instead of fossilized ones is getting us anywhere near zero CO2 within the next 30 years and net negative beyond that. Go enjoy a fire every know and then but please switch to heatpumps run on green power asap and maybe do geothermal for that hospital.

[@chriskwakernaat2328]

@@velotill no money for heatpumps, still on natural gas heating here.

[@walmin73]

Meanwhile... Italy banned burning wood at home in several regions because it is allegedly bad for the environment.

[@marilyndunsmuir954]

We love your channel! We ordered an LT-35, arriving this October. Hubby is a carpenter since 1973 and is concerned about those beautiful locks of red hair of yours. A few moving parts on the machines, chains etc. Would hate to see you lovely ladies get injured. Please be careful out there👍🏻

[@TheHappinessOfThePursuit]

Striking Ladies, what a great father. But I expect she wears a a hat or something around the heavy equip? Stay safe! ❤

[@anthonyromo8684]

You're proof that despite being in business you can still be good-hearted.

[@alamedacustomholsters]

Those parents are truly blessed.

[@joemccarthywascorrect6240]

I wonder how many shotguns Daddy has conveniently within reach. . .

[@DrCruel]

@@joemccarthywascorrect6240 No need. The lady carries her own knife.

[@joemccarthywascorrect6240]

@@DrCruel but Daddy may have a differing opinion. . .

[@DrCruel]

@@joemccarthywascorrect6240 Always nice when your family backs you up.

[@joemccarthywascorrect6240]

@@DrCruel teamwork makes the dream work

[@SeattlePioneer]

Great video! I've been heating my home mostly with wood since 1987. Most of my wood supply comes from scrap from nearby commercial operations and a lumber yard. They don't want to pay to get rid of it, so they are happy to have wood stove users come and pick it up for free. Mostly it just needs to be cut to length, like your slab wood. I recently replaced the decking on an outdoor deck with scrap 2x4 and 2x6 lumber. I even reused the nails that were in them! Not galvanized ---- perhaps I'll have to pound in some more in another 10-15 years, or whatever. I'd call your slab wood sales a valuable local resource for homeowners.

[@whatscoldoing5627]

Another great episode. A nice change of pace and very instructional. We like to to see how the yard operates. You seem to have the process honed well.😁🏆

[@gorway7]

Thank you for addressing this Emerald, this was my query a few weeks ago and the biggest question in my mind from the day I started following you guys. Wish I could pick that stuff up in the UK I've never seen it available here. I would use it for loads of stuff - rustic fencing, animal shelters, barn siding, everything. Virtually all our timber comes in from Scandinavia ready milled.

[@kolober2045]

Man, where was $15/truckload slabwood when I was heating my home with firewood? That would have been perfect and saved me a lot of time. Glad you guys are finding so many uses for this stuff. Wood truly is a versatile material.

[@catchmeifyoucan2815]

These slabs cost around 800 USD$ per chord in my country .... completely ridiculous. I love this video, you are such a great personality, down to earth, realy enjoyable. Thank you!

[@craigsudman4556]

Great idea using the cut offs to make a lumber road, very similar to swamp logging, but in this case, you can just leave the cutoffs where they lay. Very cool. I love the way the color of your hair blends with the wood in the background. Great video Emerald thumbs up.

[@billmoran3812]

My uncle owned a lumber mill. He heated his house with slab wood from the mill. He also sold some to other people for home heating.

[@capefear3297]

I like your simple approach . I started clamping together and resawing the slabs to joint for rustic looking fence panels. I give the rest away for stovewood or bonfires, or chip it.

[@Murzerker333]

We used to get 2 dump truck loads of bark and off cuts every winter from a local mill. About 18-20 cubic yards. Burned dirty and fast, but we could afford to keep the house warm through Montana winters.

[@donwilliams169]

A lot of people around here use slab wood for crafts and stuff like maple syrup ect.enjoyed the video thank you for your time and work.

[@louortiz9604]

Great video. Thank you for explaining how the waste material is handled.

[@dlaitch]

I enjoy your narrations and explanation of how your lumber yard business works. Details of how you get rid of the slab wood byproduct taught me a lot. Always impressed with your positive energy, Emerald , and interesting videos. I can recall as a youth that my Dad hauled sawmill slab wood for furnace fuel. He even experimented with sawdust using a hopper but eventually went with a fuel oil furnace due to supply issues ,Keep up the great videos!

[@Aerykian]

Some ideas: 1. They could possibly be some fake log cabin siding. 2. If you have a kiln, cut the slabs up and used to fire the kiln. Less waste and more self-sufficient.

[@John-yt5zr]

She’s adorable! Slab wood would be great for siding on an out building, I used it for compost bins also.

[@YouHornyTuber]

That is exactly what I was thinking

[@Andy71]

@@YouHornyTuber Me too.. just saying - I've used it on a large chicken coop I've made and turned out quite fancy even according to my wife. bonus points on that project.

[@ipick4fun27]

Those slaps a good for lot of things if you have ability to re-saw them into usable sizes like 1-by or 2-by material.

[@maddierosemusic]

They wood look cool and be perfect for a woodshed.

[@onkelnb]

Here in Germany, Black Forest Region, you often see round packs of slabs, held together with metal packing band. They are usually about 1 Meter in length and about the same size in diameter. The packs can be carried easily by a fork truck. You can also buy bigger bundles of 5m length. But firewood got ridicoulously expensive recently.

[@richardross7219]

My local sawmill used to offer me a deal. He would deliver 8 cords of 50/50 hardwood/softwood slabs to my house when he felt like it. I would stop in and pay him $80 after he delivered. That worked well until he retired. I found that mixing hard and soft woods worked pretty well. Now, I have a lot of dead oaks on my property so, I just burn them. Good Luck, Rick

[@ClissaT]

I've used flitches for all sorts of things from chicken shed walls, garden shed walls, garden bed sides, firewood, mud tracks. The best ones can be used for the house out buildings, verandah sides. The list goes on and on. I'm glad you are trying to keep it all green. It will reward you more that way.

[@gregparman-sibley6277]

I buy slab wood here in mid Wales for £48 from my local mill in 4' square bundles by 16'. Have been cutting it into 2' lengths then building raised beds in the garden with it. Biodegradable so it will eventually return to the ground and enhance the soil. The slabs with no bark are used for other purposes such as pea and bean frames/ supports or covering an area ready for making a new bed :)

[@sockpuppets7256]

hah i did the exact same thing. i made them into beds and a roof for my firewood shed

[@Tratios]

Growing up half of our wood for the stove was slab wood, but my dad worked in at a saw mill so always had it to supplement what trees fell that were cut up and put in the wood barn to dry for next year.

[@justsittinhere72]

My dad was also a logger and sawyer his whole life. We had all the slab wood we could use while he was sawing for some other mill. He had a couple of different mills of his own when I was younger. I got $2.00 a face cord to stack the slab wood. He tried like anything to get me to have an interest in the mill but he worked me to death in the tail and I wanted nothing to do with it. In the woods it wasn't much different. It was either hot, dirty and buggy or it was too cold with too much snow and ice to fight. What made it worth it though, I was with my dad.

[@ivanhicks887]

I Never thought I would be interested in the process of making Slap wood and firewood - - -Congratulations - - Your Video was fantastic - Looking forward to the next one

[@nicktozie6685]

They make awesome bird houses. Great work ladies and thank you so much for not wasting.

[@masonjarhillbilly]

In the early 80's. We had a propane/wood furnace that took 6 foot logs. Stave mill sold the 5' oak slabs bundled for $5 a bundle. They would load it with a forklift. Beats cutting firewood. Would also cherry pick the boards to use for school shop projects.

[@halan236]

A Lumber mill near us in New Hampshire, we used to get those backs for free. They stopped giving it away. Instead, they threw it into a chipper and filled a 40ft trailer. This was sold to a paper mill (based on what wood was harvested) or to a particle board manufacturer. They were using EVERYTHING from each tree.

[@alanrichardson9821]

I run a big circular mill and we grind all our softwood slabs into natural mulch with a smaller rotochopper and we sell the hardwood slabs for burning and that seems to fix the waste problem great video

[@John-zo4wu]

That is interesting. I always wondered what the slabs were used for, seemed like a lot of wood to waste. Thanks!

[@ManBoo55]

That’s perfect for building cabins. With the flat edge already cut you just frame up the cabin and line the outside walls. Then insulate the frame and wall up the inside. Finish the outside and build your kitchen and sleeping ares inside. Simple and cozy.

[@nslcap]

Used to mix it with blocked and split piñon ...makes great kindling / firewood

[@ioofmoore5940]

Intelligent, articulate, hardworking, down to earth, great humor and the picture of elegant perfection, this young lady is one of a kind.

[@kennethhockey2598]

Found this informative, and responsible on your part. I love you folk's "no waste" method of operation, thank you Ironwood. 🙂👍

[@craigsowers8456]

Another use of slab wood is for "Shed Siding" ... "lapboard Rustic". Downside is the insects ... unless you can run it thru the Kiln to hit 140F for a couple of hours (extra cost but worth it).

[@kevinbaker6168]

A number of sawmills around here sells them in one ton bundles for $75. Which works out to less than a cord of cut chunks. My Uncle's sawmill had a chipper that would make them into chips for the barbeque briquet industry, plus they got into using them to make landscaping chips.

[@robertw1273]

Newbie here to the channel.........Great work young lady. You have already refined many aspects of presenting and have further potential within you as you know, keep up the great work. Parents must be proud of you. God bless and keep up the great personal development and work at the yard.

[@randyschneider6086]

When we had our sawmill we used the slabs in a little stove which was used for heating the entry room of the house,there were several small mills around here in those days and slabs never went to waste,farmers used them for windbreaks around the feedlot,like your posts👍🏻

[@lharchmage6908]

We used to buy truckloads of the stuff from a local mill and turn it into either wood chips for the garden or turn it into firewood

[@cozybythefire3145]

This video is informative and answers a question, While I like watching you saw wood, it gets old without providing a lot of info. This type of video is way more interesting. Another suggestion might be on which types of wood are best for certain projects, or how to identify different types of wood or how you eyeball logs to know which will cut best..etc.

[@stevenmurphy6737]

Very impressive young lady. Always educational even for me the old man!

[@icantcook9998]

Love how you are just good honest wholesome good to see real people out there

[@Foxxie55]

I was 15; got my first summer job skidding logs with a horse @ $3 a day.. At 16-18 I ran the slab pile in the summer months until school started.. The mills back then early 1960s didn't have all the bells and whistles as today.. It was a circular saw and carriage where the sawyer had to use a cant hook and rotate the log himself as needed, there were 2 of us young lads running the slab pile, stacking the lumber, (mostly) ties, and lumber to be edged (re-ran thru the circular blade stacked).. Watching your videos brings back memories.. Enjoy watching them very much - God bless

[@robertpayne2717]

My grandfather used his slab wood for building stalls in his barns years ago.

[@somewhathere3435]

Between clearing the air and clearing the 4 dogs off the road, I enjoyed every minute. Emerald's videos are more relaxing than rain on a tin roof.

[@vidviewer100]

Depending on how heavy that rain is lol

[@samwalls7667]

You did a good job on a very useful subject. Hope you keep doing this kind of work!!

[@robertkreiling1746]

You did a very nice job explaining this ! Press on !

[@grizzlygrull]

Thanks Emerald for these explanations, it's nice to sell these pieces of wood for a few dollars, that can help some old people to warm them up during cold weather!

[@ronsamborski6230]

@@strange-universe Everybody’s old to some degree! Some (like me) are older than others. From a bald on top, grey on the sides, white bearded, sixty-something old dude. P.S. Nothing like the heat from a good wood stove on a cold day. 🔥🔥

[@stevenbutler2824]

Please do more videos like this, you are amazing

[@olduhfguy]

I'm listening to the local harvester working across the road sending anything under 10" straight into the chipper. A lot of hardwood that could be used for heating is going straight to biomass. It's encouraging to see others have decided to find better uses for it !

[@martinpook5707]

I buy this from my local saw mill. I use it to turn a plywood sheathed building into a log cabin, and I also recover some of that timber for small projects, trugs and garden things, and the rest I burn for heating.

[@joshswan1835]

agreed on the extra cut to get down to a wide enough face for a board. I prefer to move something that weighs ten pounds ten times, rather than move something that weighs a hundred pounds once. Very worth the extra passes. Depending on the amount of taper, a stingy first cut also can yield an extra 4/4 by 4" board on any given log face, especially with that edger nearby. Keep up the great work.

[@dennishinkle5010]

Some of the slabs cut down could make good lumber for art projects. Great video. Thank you.

[@bb1040]

I am heating my home with slab wood right now, and collect it all summer, stack it for the winter, most slabs around here are from hardwood, and many mills around here are set up to automatically cut it in 16 inch lengths and then dropped into a conveyor that dumps it in a pile outside the mill, the we just back up my trailer and fill it up, pay about $10 or $15 for as much as you can load on the trailer. With firewood around here at over $220 a cord now it is the only way to heat with a wood stove now. I do go out every summer and cut trees for firewood, but at almost 76 years old now , I work a little slower than I used to, but can still cut about 6 to 7 cords by myself in one summer.

[@batchrocketproject4720]

Fascinating video, thanks for posting. I love the cheap and easy "collect as much as you can for $15" and wish I was near and could grab some.

[@brandocommando36]

I wish our slab pile looked that neat !!!!you gals are awesome !! Thanks for sharing 🤠

[@srfurley]

I remember there being saw mills in London that were still steam powered as late as the ‘60s or early ‘70s, presumably because they had plenty of sawdust and waste wood available for free to fire the boiler.

[@bicyclemanNL]

Used to work at James Latham in Clapton E5.. the chipper was fed with slab to heat the mills where wood was profiled with 4 or six cutters, and kilns for drying wood (which I ran) during the 70’s.

[@joekj6274]

Yup that's good idea also you can thinks of 2/4 .2/6 and sell at a lower prices you can also do a chipper for top shades for the garden that's big you could make skidding or wood shingles to something to ponder about... have a good one

[@americanagothic7851]

We take a 20 ft trailer to our local lumber yard. They sell us nice thick slabs, we over fill our trailer for 30 bucks, use it for heating our house works great. Wish I knew where to get it for 15.

[@roberto.peterson9917]

Depending where you are can use slab wood for fence around a pig pen build chicken coop raised beds or even siding a out building many many uses just need creative mind

[@andrewlimb5267]

I've seen this being used by farmers as shelters for cattle, sheep etc. Post and rail frame nail it on bark side out, simple and effective.

[@AleaumeAnders]

One of the oldest ways to roof and wall up in the north, yeah. Also: if the construction is stable enough, this can serve as a base for a green roof, thereby adding natural insulation from summer heat for your animals.

[@dougferrell7047]

I was thinking about buying some locally and stripping the bark before nailing it flat side out on a basic pole barn for my tractor stuff.

[@bluedodgeram74]

Good information. Love the idea of reinforcing the landing.

[@albertbigstone7994]

Real awesome videos ,reminds me a lot when I had worked on the mill lots of good exercise ,makes a person strong n healthy

[@goooch888]

The sawmill I worked at in the 80's, the slab wood went directly to the chipper minus the bark which was then used for various wood byproducts. The bark was used for landscaping or soil amendment purposes, no waste from the log.

[@paulbarr3981]

This was wonderful. I learned a thing or two. Do this more often. Perhaps a definition of the lumber/log yard words and terms you use. Lotsa folks don't know. You are a good teacher.

[@lumbercapitallogyard]

Thank you, I’ve been wanting to do a video like that for a while, make sure to let me know of any more ideas!

[@taylorakins5230]

@@lumbercapitallogyard I need some slabwood semi load how much

[@brucehansen7949]

​@@lumbercapitallogyardwhere do yall live?

[@wileycoyotesr8623]

You certainly don't lack for a nice view while at work. The hills are beautiful this time of year.

[@grahamcameron7628]

You spoil us with all your wonderful videos. Taking a few days off is understandable. Enjoy your break!

[@russmartin4189]

Can be used as siding and roofing on rustic or farm buildings/sheds too. May requrie ripping the edges. Lots of potential for creative people. For $15 it would be worth the trip

[@richardlee2488]

There is a town in Germany which is historically renowned for the use of the outer slabwood being used for its decorative appearance. Sorry but I can't remember the name but we used to sell our significant volumes to landowners that wanted to build field shelters and the like with out proper planning permits. The lucky ones had larch and Douglas fir that had a good life. The oak slab was mostly sapwood so only the bugs got much from it. In the end we just sent it all through the chipper. Zero labour and far higher value.

[@russmartin4189]

@@richardlee2488 Thanks for the reply. I understand. The waste can pile up fast.

[@richardlee2488]

@@russmartin4189 in real terms 50% of the log is lost in processing to lumber. Not to mention the top and brash left in the forest. Sidings or Cladding is dependent on the storage use of the building but for roofing then shingles or shakes are amazing. Of course in the right environment turf or similar roofing can work. You can also consider that simply charring timber can preserve it independently. Extremely popular in Europe currently but in the old estate sawmills of Britain the timber for fencing was air seasoned and then charred and tarred before use. Oak fencing treated this way is still standing after 50 years or more where fresh cut wood I know of has failed in under 5.

[@russmartin4189]

@@richardlee2488 That is interesting. Those old guys knew their stuff. I suppose they discovered burnt wood lasted a long time by observing that old burned trees didn't decay, whereas unburned ones did. Note: L learned that no matter what kind of preservative transparent stain people put on their wood decks or houses. they all discolor eventually to silver or even black if cedar. Then they paint them with an opaque stain. It would be nice if you could keep wood "natural" like brand new cedar shakes, but it seems impossible

[@theboakster]

That is a great idea that your dad/boss has for the slab wood being used as road support. Here in the Shuswap British Columbia,I’ve been dealing with greasy clay in the spring. I’m going to try your boss’s idea with my slab wood byproduct to provide a better road base for next spring. Thanks for the idea Emerald!

[@richardlee2488]

That's the same as the forestry guys using brash mats. Good for a season but the following year is then a bigger problem. The forestry guys have to remove them when they leave the site as well. Having said that I know of railway tracks they laid across whole oak trees to spread the load on unstable and marshy ground. 150 years on and no sign of problems. If it's buried deep enough with no oxygen it does not rot.

[@timmcdonald9856]

Impressed by the corderoy road use for the slabs. Everything old is new again. Corderoy roads were widely used to get through a lot of swampy areas when this country was founded.

[@notmyname3883]

The lumbermen in Michigan used to make "corduroy" roads out of small and scrap trees, and we still use them today. They'd look just like corduroy pants, logs stacked side-by-side to fill in mudholes and the like.

[@billyshumate853]

Great video. There's a lot you can do with slabs. I built a deer blind using slabs. Take care and have a blessed day and I'll see you on your next video.

[@johnmalecki713]

I have a Woodmizer mill and am small potatoes compared to these guys. I give slab wood away just to get rid of it. You want some? Northern Mi.

[@samuelluria4744]

Great idea! 🦌

[@samuelluria4744]

You can weave it together in a riverbank and create weirs for fish...

[@court2379]

Lara Croft teaching us about lumber😁

[@Javelina_Poppers]

When I lived in Colorado up near Pikes Peak, my neighbor was an independent trucker who was hauling fly ash from a power plant. When he came home on weekends, he'd stop by a local lumber mill and fill his 40 foot frameless dump trailer with this slabwood which they were giving away for FREE at the time. He'd dump it next to the house and me and my neighbors would spend the weekend cutting into useable size with our chainsaws. He kept all of us and himself well stocked in firewood for the winter and we'd all chip in money for his fuel. This was our late summer and early fall neighborhood project in our little tight knit community.

[@tp5401]

I bought a big bundle of cedar slab wood. $50 for a trailer full. Building 3 large raised garden beds. Milled edge out, round edge in. Cut 45's to join and smaller pieces to join slabs on the sides. It worked out great! Fair amount of processing but I'm going to have 3 larger beautiful cedar raised beds for $50.. over 100 sqft of grow space. Some of the vertical pieces to hold bed together will have the natural cedar contours stripped of bark. Will make a nice contrast of milled square edges and natural cedar tree contours. There was a ton of solid beautiful cedar wood in that load!!

[@polarman1119]

Great videos thank you If there was a way you could easily buck it into camp fire sized pieces. You could probably sell it to the camp grounds in the area.

[@hotratz69]

There is a way but it's added expense for a firewood possessor and adding another function to the business. Might be more risk than just getting rid of it bulk and letting somebody else process it.

[@mackenziemill]

We built wooden jigs, pile them, cut them and tie them. It was a great job and income for my girls they started at the age of 12 now that I am retired I started it up again.

[@joemccarthywascorrect6240]

I just spent two hours turning some of my slabwood into a rack for cutting slabwood into firewood 😁 This is just a temporary rack so that I can stay on top of slabwood accumulation BEFORE it really built up. Right now, I am only milling tulip poplar and black walnut, so I have no worries about softwood in the wood stove, but I will be milling loblolly and Akrkansas short-leaf pine soon, so I will probably build a second rack: one for hardwood and one for pine. Thank you for all your information - I would love to take my wife up there so she could see you ladies in action and maybe get over her fear of operating our LX55 - she won’t touch it when it is running! But she is getting adept at fastening/unfastening the shackle to the sling straps on the tractor boom when loading logs. . . And she is getting the hang of debarking with a hatchet and a drawknife. Not bad for a city kid displaced into the mountains of Appalachia, she is a good sport!

[@geoffreyfield6686]

The further I go back, the more I appreciate your work.

[@haroldchoate7497]

Thanks for a new topic. I enjoyed learning what you do with flitches. You do a good job of speaking without a script, btw.

[@ajpsawmill4314]

Dry year old hem burns wicked hot. I mix it in my home firewood, 15$ a load is great price

[@MrPHAELAN]

Hey Emerald! Have you ever thought about turning that stuff into pellets for use as fire wood?

[@308dad8]

Why? When you can buy it for $15 a truck and trailer loaded as heavy as you want just do it yourself. Why would you want to screw up a good thing for everyone else? Also, it’s softwood so better not feed them pellets into a pellet grill. You know that requires turning it all into soft fluffy saw dust then pressing it with some form of binder under high pressure to make it into pellets. Just buy the pellets you want for your appliance.

[@MrPHAELAN]

@@308dad8 Why? Because I like these girls and their family and I'm happy to give them hints that might increase their income! I give a fuck for everyone else though......

[@308dad8]

@@MrPHAELAN Well while you’re falling in love with girls on the inter webs they don’t want more chores and more expense and all for a product that serves which market exactly? They’re happy selling this stuff out as fast as they produce it as they don’t even have the space for the slabwood, imagine the problem it would be for them to buy a machine to turn it into sawdust, and another to press that dust and binders into pellets then they would have to store the pellets and who wants softwood pellets? Are you going to buy the first 2,000,000 tons of pine pellets? I get it sounds easy enough but it’s not, it’s a product best left to those who already serve that tiny market. Most Americans don’t own and don’t want to own pellet appliances.

[@308dad8]

@@strange-universe Too bad they’re so far from me or I would be calling and going to load up

[@asadianbelifont3875]

I love the way this young lady handles wood!

[@unitedstatian9152]

At our circle saw mill we produce about as much slab wood per day as you had stacked up there but we got rid of it in a fairly easy way. All of our pine slab wood we dumped over the side of the mountain and then we light it on fire once we get a good snow. The hardwood slabs we essentially just dump it off to the side and the business owner uses it for his own stove while selling all of the good firewood.

[@twistedlimb4053]

there was a sawmill over the hill from me tried giving his slab wood away nobody came. He started to charge by the pickup load and folks were fighting over it.

[@Urbicide]

That sounds about right!

[@morgansword]

I had a cabin in the woods and only could get there when the ground was frozen or snow packed. I cut all the waste birch an spruce alongside the road and it was the ticket... you might advertise it for cordwood roads and see if people don't stop more often to see about it.. I think if they knew about that, they would take log truck loads of it

[@snakebait5118]

She SO reminds me of my precious granddaughter! Great show young lady!

[@drac229]

I worked 13 years in a sawmill. All the slabs went into a chipper. I worked the slab deck. Stacking the slabs from 3 saws to go to the chipper. Later on I drove a loader and made mulch. From time to time I would grind some seasoned slabs in my grinder. Made what we called (Beaver Chips) for play grounds. Check out (Honest Abe log Homes). There was about 5 different companies there. Sawmill, pallet mill,lumber and Barky Beaver mulch. They even had their own trucking company. Happy Trucking. Just found your channel. Boy did it bring back memories. Memoirs from 20 years ago.

[@christopherbingel5437]

9mm on the right knife on the left, lol! One thing I’d be aware of is make sure people know the problems with burning pine in a fireplace or inside. Great job, keep it up.

[@lumbercapitallogyard]

Oh yes, we make sure that all of our customers are well aware of why most people avoid burning softwood in indoor fireplaces

[@donhepler9185]

That is a really great deal on slab wood 3 years ago I bought a load it was 4 by 4 ft 8ft long 45 bucks in Colorado but ours comes with bugs good old Beetle mill

[@richardanderson2742]

Hemlock isn't pine. It doesn't have the pitch of pine and creates significantly less creosote. While it does have a much lower BTU value than most hardwoods, it isn't the fire risk of pine.

[@bigb8227]

someday you're gonna be famous girl

[@MRBoatwrights]

I am pretty sure she is well on her way to KZbin stardom. I am just getting started in the sawmilling business with LT40 just like there's. I watch every video in its intireity. I am 40 years old and my family has the same work ethic from being raised on a farm. It is inspiring to see young people with the work ethic and drive of this family. It gives me a little hope for the future.

[@larrycarter820]

A very nice sawmill operation. Thanks for sharing . 👍

[@UserName-ln5ol]

Keep up the good videos and love your personality. I don't even have a sawmill but the videos are so wholesome its nice to watch

[@AleaumeAnders]

I like to use such pieces for my raised garden beds. Sure they'll not last for all eternity, but those beds have to be redone every four to five years anyway so that's fine. Once they have served their purpose as sides, dig out the old earth, kick in the half rotten sides. Thereby stashing them in the bottom so that they can fully decompose during the next cycle. Some barky slabs (those from especially weather resitant trees) can serve well as roof shingles or even simpler, overlong roof covers for structures that can go by with a less than perfect look. Want to stash your fire wood? Why would you need a really nice roof to keep it dry? Three, four overlapping barky slabs will do the job just as well for a few years. And once they start to leak to much, well, it's a firewood pile isn't it?

[@shaner67]

Your doing a great job young lady. It's not easy to speak in front of a camera without getting very nervous. Keep it simple and believe in yourself, this will get easier with time.. Great video 👍

[@johnr.6029]

You are very good at marketing your products.

[@tommydorsey5055]

Practical and well presented. Just subscribed!