Economic Buster? Maybe! Railroad Tie Production in Real-Time!

[@knokeydv]

I have been watching your videos for quite some time. I have been a woodworker and a musician my entire life and spent a couple decades working in various timber industry jobs. Not only do i enjoy the videos, i LOVE your selections of music for them!

[@freethemind63]

Good day to you ladies, I have an idea for you, ladies make fire logs from your sawdust and smoke pellets from your sawdust. There is a press machine with rollers that makes pellets for smoking or Just simply a fire pit. Anyway, love your channel you ladies are wonderful and I’m so amazed and proud of you beautiful ladies.Be blessed and prosper. Long live America.❤

[@newteripin]

Pulled and stacked green ties in my youth. HARD work, off a slide table, no lifts, all technique. You girls are amazing.

[@KenBreon]

The girls developed their own technique for removing the X tie from the mill…Boss Man.

[@scottsoper]

@@KenBreon The girls are getting a better system bit by bit!! Using the loader off the end is a step in the correct direction. However it has still got to flow better. Emerald can't just put the X tie off the mill and forget it yet, she has to help get it off. There are at least two solutions to try yet. Do you still have the old forklift?

[@greghamann2099]

When the boss man makes an appearance I am beginning to favor those videos. He really adds value to the content.

[@JohnDarwin7]

I think you and your family are doing an excellent job with our national resource thank you all.

[@KenBreon]

Thank you, John, for the comment…Boss Man.😊

[@dennishinkle5010]

Truly your art may outlive it's creator. The hard work and perseverance you have will see you through the hard times. Excellent job ladies thank you for sharing.👍♥️♥️

[@KenBreon]

Thanks for the comment. Have a good weekend….Boss Man.

[@rogerkropuenske2866]

Hope some of those come to South Dakota!!! Amazing !!!👏👏👍

[@ernestospadolesto8126]

Emerald is Miss Wood-Mizer 2024 - already uncatchable. If I hadn't been watching her for years, I would think she was an AI robot from Wood Mizer that doesn't make any mistakes and delivers maximum precision. It's just great how the two pretty ladies get the job done. So now I'm finally going to sleep.

[@KenBreon]

Thanks for the comment. It is AI….Boss Man,.

[@mahmmoudshawkye8577]

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[@allanhover5008]

173 thousand subscribers outstanding to the whole family

[@RealMK-ee4cp]

Interesting video. Stay safe my friend. God bless you all. 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲

[@Whipkick2]

Like the way you keep checking the marketpace , seeking to fill your customers needs. Its why you'll be successful and stay around a long time.

[@theunknownmodeler3793]

I'm confindent you guy got this!

[@GibClark]

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻appreciate the boss's knowledge and thoughts

[@mefinto]

The infrastructure of America. Great video. Greetings from the UK and best of luck for 2024.

[@rollsroyce7325]

A proud father of his children, it’s a good job the Breon family. I wish you a happy 2024 with many customers and orders 🫵😍🤞❤❤❤❤❤❤,,,and Bonjour, Hi, from Paris, France 👋😍 🇺🇸🇲🇫❤

[@whitedragon007]

I love watching these videos. I was a logger for many years. I sold my logs to a large commercial saw mill. I always dreamed of getting a saw mill like you have but life ended up taking me into another direction.

[@markleahy7706]

Does cedar grow in your area?

[@KenBreon]

Thanks for the comment. Have a good weekend…Boss Man.

[@marker113]

Ars Longa Vita Brevis: art is long, life is short. Art is timeless indeed, cheers from the heart of Appalachia !

[@dtg816]

Love your vi - puppy!! Keep up the goo - puppy!

[@paulc.4211]

Thanks for the video, nice to hear from Ken,Emerald you and Jade are doing a great job. Hope you have a good weekend.

[@sebastiannils4357]

Thanks from Denmark!

[@DAVIDZ-vk4yv]

on the farm in wisconsin we are and have been feeling the hard times. i just shipped some steers for steak and roasts and some cows for hamburger i averaged $1.38 a pound for steers and i got 87 cents a pound for cows for hamburger my grain i have been selling the market is dropping every day. i tell a lot of my friends TEAR up your yard and plant a garden start helping your self.

[@scottsoper]

Vary good idea. A lot of farmers grow all kinds of things but do not grow their own food. Given the turbulence in the world I believe it a Very good idea to grow a garden, have some chickens and do some canning! We grow a bit of food even in our small yard!

[@WholeEd]

"Victory Gardens" were a big thing during WWII and helped to end the depression. Besides that, you can't beat fresh organic produce for flavor and nutrition!

[@zaynevanday142]

I worked on the Railroad in 2000 swinging a sledgehammer 12 hours a day knocking the pins that hold the rails to the sleepers/ties I was straight out of an 8 year stint in the Army so I was pretty fit to start off with 😂😂😂

[@whitedragon007]

Hey thanks for your service. I was 11B paratrooper myself, HOOAH.

[@zaynevanday142]

I have to say our ties were half your ones size

[@zaynevanday142]

@@whitedragon007Paratrooper 1995-1997 😂

[@zaynevanday142]

@@whitedragon007New Zealand Army 1992-2000 rejoined 2006-2008 so 11 years in total various infantry roles AssaultPioneers 1992-1995 Paratrooper 1995-97 Mortars 1997-99 and the balance in the Infantry

[@whitedragon007]

@@zaynevanday142 Excellent. Takes a special breed, most people don't realize the sacrifice. /salute

[@WholeEd]

I enjoy watching this channel, and always support "Mom & Pop" businesses over the corporate alternative, so hearing that your sales are slow, I can't resist putting in my two cents worth: Somewhere there are gardeners who would love to get hold of some sawdust. Although it's a waste product to you, it still has some value. There is also a lot of interest in "bio-char" lately, which is a fancy name for activated charcoal. It's pretty easy to make from random wood scraps using a couple of steel drums as a "tin-man" retort. Good luck!

[@johnhelbig7110]

Here in the Missouri Ozarks, the white oak logs (so-called whiskey logs) being cut off our farm are bringing $2.00-$2.50 per board foot at the stave mill, where they are cut for whiskey barrel staves. Tie logs bring $.42 bf in comparison. Eastern red cedar and walnut bring $.50 bf. I enjoy your interesting videos; keep up the good work!

[@guermeisterdoodlebug7980]

Emerald rocks! Nice intro.

[@rolandtinker734]

Love the video ❤Have a great weekend everyone 📹👍👌😉

[@daveholley2156]

Love the Pickin'- N -Grinin' music in this video ! Good job Jade 👍 ✌️💙🎵 From STL MO USA

[@-aepo-]

What song did you play there at @10:30, I love those wholesome lyrics and that good melody.

[@seantice]

i just love how you all keep working, keep focused, and never yielding. You all are such an inspiration.

[@seantice]

side note, you ladies are awesome, dont forget that.

[@WarPoet-In-Training]

I love the "Ars Longa, Vita Brevis" on that support beam. I had to google it to translate. For anyone wondering, roughly, it means, "Art is long, Life is short". It takes a lifetime to learn to be a master at one's craft and life is short. God bless.

[@VTREAK]

Emerald, your voice is coming in on the right channel only, and the music can be heard on both channels. I checked with two different headphones. Thanks for the videos.

[@chaspruitt2610]

Enjoyed the video & commentary.

[@bartwhisenhunt]

All of your products are useful for everything from firewood to "infrastructure ".Good call Boss.Great work girls!!😊

[@KenBreon]

Thank you for the comment…Boss Man

[@ajosephbaumhauer4071]

I noticed for the first time that the post is in the way

[@chadhenwwodschainsawswoodw2108]

modern woodworkers love the knots coz they can use resin something to think about

[@BuckWheat0591]

Good to see you girls running the equipment like there's no tomorrow.

[@chuxmix65]

Anything that helps track maintenance is good! Keeps our rail workers and our communities safer!

[@AlongThePathsOfNature]

Happy new year! 🤗 @AlongThePathsOfNature

[@danmartin9558]

Red oak for flooring Bucksvalley Sawmill Newport Pa makes custom moulding, flooring and kiln service . Have to stay diversified to make money.

[@johnhenderson299]

Great job ladies

[@NarnianRailway]

In the background great music accentuating the milling, Log Yard Dog Roxy helping Boss Lady, and Judah honing his skills on the LT15. Emerald, Jade and Boss Man keep chugging along producing top quality wood products and videos.🚂😃

[@Woodruffsawmill]

I have seen the same down turn in customer demand. I’m currently researching a different avenue for the sawmill. Keep up the hard work.

[@KenBreon]

Thanks for the comment. Have a good weekend…Boss Man.

[@scottsoper]

Good Going!! Getting the RRT off the end with the loader is a big step up in production, but your still losing some time that can be recovered by making a sorta half box pallet and using the old fork lift. It is clear that you can bring that RRT off at good clip onto the rollers. If it had a straight shot onto the pallet that had a side on the forklift side and a side to stop the RRT you can shoot that RRT right off onto the forklift !! It would need to be positioned so that there was a slight angle to help slam the RRT to the end and to the side with the forklift. You apparently make five wide and three high bundles. That is what could be loaded onto the box pallet by letting the forks down just a bit for each row. Keep a big block of wood under so it cannot come down on ones foot! Slots in the box would allow the loader to lift the whole bundle out of the box on the forklift. The rear of the forklift should be towards the road and the RRT should have a straight shot onto the forklift. Stack the slabs right behind it at an angle. The boards can make the 90 degree turn as always.

[@ronaldbrown7780]

Prayers and God Bless You all

[@beckster757]

I'm so tired. But I'm tied in. Something about it all piles along with the history of that moving train. Railway lines moving things through railway veins. We have got railway ties. Suiting the railroad like the party's at five. Well, you know what I mean. The railroad is still alive. It's still the best way of mass shipping. It's the kind of thought that could keep your head tipping. We have got railway ties. There's some good lumber there that's no lie. Yeah, there's history there, and we've been tied into it like it's sold to buy. Milling out the lumber that helps carry that train down the tracks. All we see is the pride we feel when we are looking back.

[@jinjaman101]

Eye's and Ear's Open!! never know when the next op come's along!1

[@mkllove]

Always impressed with your family Boss Man ! Maybe you can follow the future steps in the ties becoming accepted, treated and installed for railroad's usage ? Similar to your showing the flooring and shingles you produced being used on that cabin for the custom builder ?

[@kevinjohnson4418]

That's one thing i learn by homesteading watch the market cause it tell you everything

[@tedheierman1181]

Railroad ties in our area are now made of concrete! Be glad you still have a market for wood ties in your area!

[@scottsoper]

Yes there are areas with concrete RRTs but there are still millions and millions of wood RRTs that will still be replaced with wood RRTs.

[@bagoquarks]

Concrete RR ties are usually for high traffic rail lines and are often a component in a system based on installation trains with 2-mile long strands of continuous welded rail, i.e. - they're not economical for every application. My recollection is that creosoted wood ties have a rated life of 40 years; a concrete tie is about 100. Your results may vary geographically.

[@markfryer9880]

​@@bagoquarksA lot of concrete ties never made it to 40 years let alone 100 years. Design and manufacture defects culled thousands of ties. Information I learnt from TRAINS magazine. Mark from Melbourne Australia 🇦🇺

[@stanpustylnik]

Emerald, Jade and Boss - God bless you!

[@floydferguson5366]

Great video!

[@MakerBoyOldBoy]

Your team has developed a strong following judging by the Ernest comments offering suggestions and support. This does not occur randomly.

[@forrestgump1379]

I'm sure there are many sawmill making companies but when you mention cross ties I think of some youtube videos by Hurdle Machine Works of "Rose's Sawmill" specifically set up for cross ties.....This rig must cost a fortune but looks to be optimized for cross ties. Watching the video is mesmerizing.........😄

[@kenpottinger55]

It's interesting that you still use wooden rail road tiles in the US. Here in the UK they're nearly always concrete, but our freight trains operate at lower weights.

[@lumbercapitallogyard]

Hmm that’s interesting! Thanks for sharing!

[@scottsoper]

our rail freight lines don't worry about A1 smooth track or at least not in all locations. I have seen railroad cars rocking side to side on the main line! Am-Track uses freight lines between New York and Chicago. They almost never make it on time!! Everything gets in the way!! Bad track, minor derailments, over scheduled track, trains not running on schedule due to past breakdowns.... I doubt the UK would approve of our freight track quality!! (some track is perfect, just not NY to Chicago)

[@jonwalker9288]

I really appreciate your videos and the effort and hard work that goes into making them. I live in England and we, as a country, are experiencing difficult times.

[@justaguy745]

good job Boss

[@anthonybasiliere9366]

In Vermont during the seventies tie log and firewood was just about the same value. Of course you do get some lumber out of the log as well. Sometimes it comes down to demand for firewood in any particular area in any given time that choices are made on that grade of log. I’m glad the demand is up for tie logs and you guys can take advantage of that strong market. Hunker down for the foot of snow coming your way this weekend!

[@KenBreon]

We are ready for the storm…Boss Man.

[@sawmilldan]

I was sawing ties in 95 -96, one thing that might help is putting a strong sawhorse or something with a roller so that when the girls remove the tie from the rollers they can leave it stretched out for mom to come by and fork it up, that way your not quite as dependent on coordination, might be able to have 2 ties resting, waiting to be stacked.

[@williamgibb5557]

Great idea. When Em was moving that tie to the loader forks ,I could see her muscles ripple under her warm winter clothing! Jokingly of course but she and Jade are two strong females in all aspects .

[@wesleyreeder4749]

Hi guy's. I love this channel. I'm with you on the railroad ties. I'm making them to. Emerald. If you're going to upgrade your sawmill. When you do I'll buy it. Keep up this awesome work. Keeping the customers happy. I really hope you guys can pull out of this economic funk. PLEASE DON'T GO ANYWHERE.

[@congerthomas1812]

Most mills in Tn have switched to ties or pallet pieces.

[@jeffsnider3588]

Nice to see a family working together, you are learning more about business than you realize by doing this. I would have to stand up an inexpensive monorail to handle those ties, afraid someone will get their back hurt otherwise.

[@fredconnelly5846]

Happy new year Emerald and Jade are gos to western of your as will i hope you and your family Great new year's in 2024 and again be save you are at work you guys.

[@leesirkis3283]

Nice job 💯👌

[@justinking9173]

Hello from North California, FYI the last three videos I watched only hearing audio from one speaker (and yes, my other speaker is working🤭) I’m glad you guys are adapting to economic changes, I’m in the same industry and am feeling it also, keep your head up and keep grinding, blessings from NorCal🇺🇸

[@camperjack2620]

There is a roller table where the drag back pulld the tie after the last cut. If that were done in three sections, just spread out enough to drive the forklift in, it could pick up off the table instead of Emerald having to drag it onto the forks sideways..

[@JohnLyons-m9s]

Enjoy hearing from the BOSS!

[@greensip42]

Love your music---Would love title and artist. Really do love your videos. You two are becoming expert producers.

[@williamgibb5557]

Any company that doesn't or won't grow WIL DIE! Always look for ways to expand or change your product or services to meet the needs of your customers . You guys are on top and stil going strong with no end in sight. Sray warm and enjoy the weekend.

[@ethanthompson681]

The Cumberland Mine Railroad is a private carrier mine railroad serving the Cumberland Coal Resources mine near Waynesburg, Pennsylvania. Operations on the mine and associated railroad began in November 1976. The line was originally developed by United States Steel as a source of

[@leesorenson6119]

Emerald you are the best forest woman in America ❤😂

[@idesofmarch3744]

I love trains. Being able to provide the ties would be a real privilege. We have Norfolk Southern in my area (Cincinnati OH). I don't think you folks are too far from my family in Williamsport.

[@AB-nu5we]

Red oak is a great wood. Problem is, between the 90's-90's use of red oak stained with Golden Oak stain for house trimming out and cabinet making; then clear red oak in the 2000's as well as the arrival of Furniture Row, Ashley Furniture and others like it, red oak has saturated home building and home furnishing. My house is filled with inexpensive red oak plywood furniture (printer stands, book cases, lawyers bookcase etc). My kitchen cabinets (and every home I've looked at for potential moves) are made with red oak plywood/solid wood. Fortunately, my living space trim (where real wood used) is actually Honduran mahogany missing that part of the red oak trim craze by 'that much'. As a woodworker, I only use red oak anymore for very little, specialty builds. For quality builds, I use cherry, maple, African mahogany or white oak and occasionally walnut. One of our local growers/mills offers a pretty good sized inventory that includes poplar, hickory and elm to name a few. Keep those ties coming.

[@amossnowdaharleyman9179]

outdoors with the morgans is big into firewood. Obscene price per cord in his area. My area (NE Texas) a cord of seasoned hardwood delivered is still in the $200.00 range. Dallas is much higher:$300.00 to $400.00 per cord. I have a fireplace and did the math 10 ways from Sunday: still cheaper to heat my house with natural gas central heat. Few years down the road maybe it will change. Good to see you trying to make a go of it in a diminished market for custom lumber. Gentle suggestion would be some type of value adding to the lumber: dried and made into something? Some mills here got into pallets as the value added aspect. Minimal capital investment required: nail guns,re-saw method,and building some tables and jigs.

[@scottsoper]

LCLY has a number of value add things going on. However the overall economy is down. Also the sale of pallets is down. If everyone sells RRTs the price of those might go down at some point as well. However at this point RRTs seem the best bet to make ends meet.

[@fireforcecreative]

awesome to watch. Thank you!

[@DaBinChe]

Love the openess of the family business. Just regular folk getting by making an honest living.

[@moltderenou]

And paying taxes to keep the work shy and illegals warm, fed and housed. Wether you like it or not.

[@WholeEd]

@@moltderenou So THAT'S why you don't like taxes??

[@moltderenou]

@@WholeEdI’m old fashioned. When I go out for a meal with friends, I don’t expect to pay for their tab as well as mine, especially if I had a burger and they had a T bone.

[@goatfather5711]

Love the new real-time production videos 👍

[@cliffjenkins6419]

Great video. Very interesting to a non sawmiller. Thanks and cheers.

[@justmeva]

You ladies work so well together, your move in unison just like gloves that neither of you wear - amazing... 😉

[@shedder1104]

You should be a newscaster

[@kroadie3936]

Best way to increase profits.

[@cicad2007]

Great video girls! Love the longer ones. Keep up the good work.

[@Zeke-yv3nw]

Glad yall are able to change and adapt to keep the business running.

[@edwardmullendore2007]

I say looks like a good day to do what you ladies do best

[@steveout6971]

Another great video, Like grandpa I do a lot of things around our house. So I was thinking could you reverse how the supports on the roof at the left are? Put the vertical post half way down the mill and the angled one to the corner of the roof. Then you could put some kind of hydraulic lift on the left under the railroad tie to tip it up and allow it to slide off the mill onto the bits of wood on the ground. Have a great day.

[@caseykelso1]

Thanks for sharing 🍸

[@johnavonyates4105]

I enjoyed the video 👍

[@Pilotltd]

Over the pond in the UK concrete is being almost exclusively used and over 200,000 wooden railways sleepers (ties) are being replaced with concrete each year. Much of Europe now also uses concrete and Australia now only uses it. The concrete ones are more expensive and much heavier at around 800 lbs but last far longer than wood. Fortunately for you guys the US is still using them 😎

[@knoll9812]

Lot more forest in USA

[@markfryer9880]

​@@knoll9812Not enough forrest in Australia and plenty of ants, termites and bugs that love timber. Mark from Melbourne Australia 🇦🇺

[@mikeingeorgia1]

Concrete ties are put in place here on the lines with the highest freight volume. Wood ties are used on the regular lines and places such as yards, where a lot of switching is done. In the event of a derailment, wooden ties are more likely to absorb the impact and simply get a gouge in them, but concrete ties usually shatter and have to be replaced

[@HortonHill]

Great insight into what the lumber markets are doing! Great job!

[@Svetpuh]

Cute dog on sun

[@michaelmangold-g8t]

You girls are the best economy is always up and down good luck boss man I worked in a lumber yard for 40 years in New Jersey company went through many ups and downs you seem very creative

[@danmclean8309]

My thoughts came to mind was possibly supplying log home industry, just a thought .

[@HarryDavidson-n7k]

Stable customers are very important in any business. And I want to learn to operate a loader as someone I just saw🙂.(Hi from Belarus. Harry Davidson).

[@byronmoon8351]

You need to take your tires and wheels of your saw so they don't weather rot.

[@dougalexander7204]

That’s unfortunate lumber sales are down. I had the opportunity to demonstrate an 1824 water powered saw and kept the lumber for myself. Each area in my home is trimmed out in different species of wood; eastern red cedar, butternut, white oak, red oak and chestnut. It’s far more beautiful than finger joined profiled trim from a box store. When I hit the lottery intent to come to you guys for some hemlock siding and shingles.

[@robertgrey5993]

Do we get an update on the skidder?

[@nicholasshereos1752]

Question do you think you will be making more finished products at the mill ?

[@georgeallen4495]

Helloooo Emerald, Jade and Boss Man!! Jade, how many times have you cracked your head on that 45 degree beam over the years? You got pretty close a few times I'll tell ya! I would be knocking knots on my head the day long around that thing!! Very very interesting video. Great outlook and business model Boss Man. You all are so cool! Heck with the cup Jade just slugs the coffee right out of the bottle👍👍 Have a spectacular evening and weekend.

[@davidkettell1073]

And she keeps getting taller , what a Goddess ?

[@daveh9755]

Every time I see Jade having to go around that post and under the support, I think move that support! Make that patio cover longer, you got plenty of wood. Always a pleasure to watch and learn from your vids.

[@gittyupg007]

Steady work thru lean months mean alot. I appreciate your honest work.ty

[@denisedeon3336]

team breon

[@PabloP169]

Railroad ties are used a lot for home garden and landscaping and may be where you will sell some of them, as in Oz at least, for many RR ties they are using concrete. These appear to be larger than we would likely see.

[@ronallen6578]

This would bring the point if possibly selling to garden shops or the public if that many actually get used by gardners and homeowners.🤔🤔🤔

[@scottsoper]

Some areas are using concrete RRTs. However there are millions and millions of wood RRTs that will be replaced with wood RRTs. These RRTs are for the RR and the buyer will creosote them before selling them to the RR.

[@dmhipkins]

Awesome!