LOGS TO LUMBER, IS IT WORTH IT?

[@susanscherer143]

Cool sticker on the tractor window!!! Another great video, hard working and friendly faces to start my day today!!

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks

[@clubdoraoutdoorsandfirewood]

It sure is nice to see another product coming from your logs. Karen nice job running the sawmill. Nice job selling another product and collecting material for additional pallets. Keep it up. I enjoy your channel.

[@karenallen8581]

Thanks Allen! I’m learning! I can push the mill, but Phil figures it all out 😊

[@DanielAtkinsFirewood]

​@@karenallen8581: Got to start somewhere.. 😁👍

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

I make sure to find a home for all of it one way or another that mill has paid for itself for sure

[@OpenAirAdventure]

Hey its good to see brother Andy again. Noel is a sweet man, nice of you guys to recognize his channel. Oh wow those boards are something else, definitely money in milling. Keep him in line Karen

[@karenallen8581]

Lol, I will Kenny! 💪 Noel is the sweetest for sure!

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Andy is always a help around the woodyard. Noel is the best for sure yup that mill is paying for itself fast

[@noelstractors-firewood57]

Great video. I sure like watching milling logs. Interesting how you figure out what you can get out of a log. Great job Karen on doing the log sawing and hehe having Boots on. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 Thanks so much for the shout out Phil and Karen 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 Thank you both for your great videos. Interesting and entertaining. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 I use to grow a lot of potatoes, but have cut back to the point I grow very few now. 1200 lbs one year. Gave most of them away. But use to be 500 to 600 lbs for an average year. I would keep 200 lbs for our selfs and give the rest away. So, age has caught up with me and I just can’t dig to many potatoes by shovel any more. Sorry for the rambling on, keep up the great videos. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@karenallen8581]

Thanks Noel, you’re the best! I was proud to show off my covered feet for ya! 😊

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

As a rule if you take away a 1/3 of the width of a log thats about what it will square up to , so say you have a 18 in log take away 1/3 of that an you get 12 in an thats about what it will square up to . As a kid we always went to PEI once in the summer an once in the fall to see family an i can remember digging clams in the summer an taters in the fall good times .

[@noelstractors-firewood57]

@@karenallen8581 thanks Karen. 👍🏻

[@noelstractors-firewood57]

@@AllenFamilyFirewood thanks. Interesting business. There are a few mills around our area.

[@everydaywithmenick]

Nice to see all the gang back together. It's nice to mix the operations up so it doesn't become mundane and boring when your just sat doing just one job. Them boards came out good. Nice work guys 👍

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

It sure helps to mix it up doing one thing all the time gets old fast Thanks for watching Nick!

[@cwwhite5137]

Hi, guys. Y'all got a really nice yield from those 3 logs. And the wood looks beautiful. Stay Blessed! Chip

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Haven’t had any time to run the sawmill lately but we’ll get back to it. Thanks Chip!

[@knottwworking]

Looking good guys! 🤣👍Have a great week! Terry

[@karenallen8581]

Thanks Terry! Did you notice our pretty area where we’re storing our hardwood? 😂😂 No comparison to your yard, but I’m trying!

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks Terry! what she said lol

[@dono9879]

Hello Phil. Glad to see you guys making boards for cash. It was nice to see Andy back helping you. I think he almost smiled. Karen did a great job cutting boards and moderating the video. It doesn’t appear that you are favoring the left hand so it must be feeling a little better. Thanks for another good video.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks Don O! Andy isn't a talker, but he sure gets it done around the woodyard. Thumb is on the mend but still not up to par not letting it stop me though Karen is always a big help around here

[@davidedwards3734]

Great milling Karen!! Y'all make a Great team!! Stay Hydrated and Have a Safe Day

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks David! We get it done have a great day!

[@johnwoody4905]

Good video and job Karen done good on mill Nice lumber all of you take care be safe and well.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks John! That sawmill has definitely paid for itself

[@Mainelywork]

🤘nice looking boards.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks Jeff they did come out nice .

[@CherylGagnon-c3o]

The Top side looks really nice! Nice to see Andy helping out too! Helping hands make the job easier and faster. Nice Video! ❤💜 Love that Blue Sweatshirt Karen 💙

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks Mom Andy is always a big help .

[@karenallen8581]

Thanks Mom! Andy is a huge help ❤ love my sweatshirt…it’s that time of year! Cold to hot to cold in one day 😊

[@On_The_Farm]

Nice logs guys! Love that mill!

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks. it sure pays for itself

[@MikeBishop-g9r]

Good video 👍

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks 👍

[@Mark-Marine]

I admire all you do and greatly respect how you took time to explain the benefits of saw logs versus firewood logs. Were I younger, I’d try to emulate all you do. I still will try to pick my game up and get you cutting and splitting. I’ve already missed out on this year’s season of seasoned wood (I have only 5 cords split and dried). It’s my hope over the winter to finish bucking all the logs I do have. Great video. I’ll point out that there’s an interesting contrast between Phil & Andy. I can tell who won “Quiet Mouse” when they were kids lol

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks mark I try an come at the saw mill videos from a different angle each time an explain different stuff . Ya on camera Andy never wants to say much but off camera he can really bend ya ear

[@jasonpeterson9276]

Nothing better than sawing up logs. Back in 2004 bought a timberking b20 and still use it today. Buy the sharpener for sure, their easy to set up on a table and let it grind away. Lumber always sells in all seasons.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Jason is there a brand of sharpener you recommend or are they all the same .

[@jasonpeterson9276]

@@AllenFamilyFirewood ill look what mine is in ab I it an hour or so.. went out to eat tonight.. be back in a while.

[@mikehughes2026]

Karen was milling “ till the cows came home”. Thought it was baby needs a new pair of shoes😂 That’s ok, she’s not only the Beauty of your operation, starting to think she’s the brawn also- got the heavy end of the slabs, she deserves those new shoes. Great business you two have there, relatively free material, turned into premium lumber, quality firewood, as you say, nothing goes to waste. Front yard looks great!! Take care🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@karenallen8581]

Thanks Mike as always! You’re always Team Karen! 😂 And I WILL get a new pair of shoes! Lol

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks Mike she only had the heavy end a few times an i told my brother to swap ends with her for the rest of them but trust me she can handle it . Karen aint ya average cup cake princes lol. We get all of our wood for free i just have to go pick it up , so far that has worked out great for us .

[@BW35bucket]

Great video. I picked up that modification tool, i dragged it out of the weeds. . I dropped it twice loading it on trailer. The things we do to up our game to produce a product quicker and more efficiently. I pulled in parking lot at work and probably 20 of them asked what I was doing. I just told them if you weren’t a wood hound you wouldn’t know. I laughed and laughed,Along with them.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Going to be interesting to see what ya come up with . Its always about quicker an faster with less work

[@jameschandler2776]

I love the pallets you make to store your firewood on. I wondered where you got them. If you can't find it, make it yourself. Its the American way.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

I have ben using pallets like that for 25 yrs . They save 1 step in the process and it sure speeds up delivery time when you can put 2 cord on in about 20 min .

[@906sisu5]

Nice video on sawing. I have a woodland mills 130 myself. I've found a few different ways to make some cash out of them logs

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Saw mills work great for turning logs into cash . Ive had one before an it was a big savings when we built a camp . Id ben using my cousins mill off an on for a few yrs an figured it was time to get back into one again

[@williamhale6808]

Wow you don't have trouble with theft with the wood by the road ? I like how the clean up went looks good !

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Its the first time i have put wood in that area so we shall see probably ought to drill out a few sticks on top an fill with black powder just in case . Thats a sure way to find out who stole it . Back in my 20s when i was on the local fire dept we got a call and i remember the guy saying 20 min after he filled his stove there was a huge pow an it blew the stove pipe off an egged out an cracked his stove lol

[@toddsoutsideagain]

That sure was a productive day! New wood lot looks great. Phil you better stop working Andy like that or he’s gonna quit hanging out🤣 👍🏻👍🏻

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

thanks Todd Andy never quits guess it runs in the family lol

[@dalemarks4332]

Hey guys just wanted to let you know it's awesome that you can Mill up lumber and I enjoy watching the process wanted to let you know I just got some email that was supposedly from you to let me know that I was the lucky one I know it's bogus but wanted to let you know that I did get it see you on the next video

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks Dale that sawmill has paid for itself already yeah those messages were spam we reported and deleted those comments we learned our lesson and hopefully it should never happen again sorry for the confusion

[@budl4656]

Thanks for the video we have a lt15 to I know it pushy ez but I have a back problem and we put the electric feed on from woodmizer best thing we have done we cut alot of 16 to 24 feet long maybe think about it with you hand and wife sawing

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks Bud I’ve used a few other lt15 with the power feed . By pushing it I get a better feel for when the blade is getting dull or when I need to slow it down for the wider stuff . All our logs are from tree companies so a lot of them also have nails an dirt on them that really shorten the life span of a blade .

[@eddiemortontapman7252]

Go Mrs Allen , looks like you like that better than stacking ?

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Eddie i think Karen is happy just being in the wood yard stacking or sawing it dont seem to matter to her .

[@karenallen8581]

Thanks Eddie 😊 I like to change it up…gets a little monotonous doing the same thing over and over. I’ll admit though, the sawmill is a little less strenuous than lifting rounds and stacking!

[@danshouseofsmokeandoutdoor7119]

Nice I like to have a saw mill. Live edge looks like go lot higher here. 200-300 for live edge for 2 3 inch thick slab. Keep up the good work.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

They get crazy money around here also for thick live edge slabs but theres alot of folks selling them around here .

[@jameschandler2776]

That second one was a nice clean log. Too bad it was crooked but it didn't have many knots.

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Probably could have goten 2 16 in boards outa the second log but there would have ben alot of resaws to do

[@donmcgimpsey1706]

Mama needs a new pair of Kodiaks! (With carbon fiber toes and shank)

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

lol Don she will be upgraded big time before winter

[@toddpacheco4748]

Phil you should watch yourself because it looks like 👍 Karen has some guns 💪 lol ❤😊😮

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Karen has ben telling me for weeks now that shes getting some arms on her from all that moving wood around

[@karenallen8581]

Lol, thanks for noticing Todd! Doing all his heavy lifting, I’m getting some definition in these guns! 😂

[@cherylshannon-vp7uc]

I thought Andy was a statue until he finally moved. LOL. Slabs make a lot more money than firewood and you can use the first cut to make your kindling bundles

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

They do make for good camp wood and now for kindling . My brother is not a fan of the camera so sometimes he sits back but trust me when he gets moving he is a power house .

[@westwindcharters9146]

It's nice when your work area looks good. Mine doesn't.......

[@karenallen8581]

Lol, ours doesn’t either….just that one area 😂

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

im not the neat freak she wants me to be lol

[@carllewis8203]

Of course you only have so many hours in a day to get stuff done

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

you got that right Carl!

[@Living-The-Dream]

Great Teamwork Guy’s 🪵🪵🪚👍👏🇺🇸 Rick

[@AllenFamilyFirewood]

Thanks Rick we had all hands on deck in this video