Made in Michigan! From Trees to T&G, Smoothest Operation I ever Saw

Today we spend the day in Northern Michigan and visiting with Daryn from Comins Lumber and learn how T&G Pine is made from forest to finished product.
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[@bobmccoy5391]

That was a most interesting video. Very pleasing to watch. Truly enjoyed.

[@WoodworkingTop535]

It's great to see your videos like that

[@Darcy-z6r]

Really enjoying the tour Mike. I also thought it was very cool that they donate wood to make toys for kids that are going through medical issues. Looking forward to the rest of the tour, thanks for taking us along

[@tonyfowler9605]

What an excellent American company, clean , efficient and with employees,proud of their work.

[@Crosley3251]

Michigan Proud for 77 years . I LOVE my State . We are very glad you enjoyed your visit ,you are always welcome . Great video. Have a safe trip home.

[@DH-mf2lv]

Hope Trump carries your state.

[@LoggerJason]

@crosley3251 good looking operations. Fellow logger from Wisconsin.

[@megamike4357]

​@@DH-mf2lv I live in Michigan and strongly disagree.

[@dnh770]

Thank you for supporting our forestry industry. This company is only a hour away and have used there products in my own cabin. Safe travels back home.

[@lancesundquist6359]

What a great tour! Forestry management at its best. Full use of all the forestry components. Fantastic operation. Can’t wait for Part 2.

[@markgrassman6238]

'How its Made' was one of the best shows on TV. Awesome tour.

[@DaveR-j8q]

Studio quality production. Very well done Mike !!!

[@wojohowitz5432]

Good morning Mike and Melissa. It's great to see family run companies and their dedication to quality and craftsmanship. The "people" in Washington would do well to watch your channel to get the USA back on track on how things could be/ should be done. Thank you for bringing us along and the reminder of how the USA was built.

[@JosephForgione]

My time in Michigan was 4 years in the Upper Peninsula. I was in the Air Force stationed at K.I. Sawyer AFB. I truly enjoyed my time in Northern Michigan. We drove I-75 regularly to reach Detroit and points east. Usually we stopped at Gaylord,MI for fuel and food. Enjoy your time in Northern Michigan.

[@m9ovich785]

When Were You at KI ?? My Father was there from 1961 to about 1964. Went back in 93 for the open house and nothing Changed at the Unit We lived in. Even the Chain-link Fence my Father installed to Keep us Toddlers in the backyard was still there....

[@JosephForgione]

@@m9ovich785 I was there 1978-1982. Worked on F-106 for 87th FIS.

[@wyattearp1418]

Really enjoying the Tour Mike, thank you for letting us tag along. Can’t wait for Part II….Happy Labor Day weekend

[@mikegraziano1562]

Wow! This is a video for the ages! It was like watching a better ver. of the show "How it's made" I liked all of your questions and I'm surprised they answered almost all of them! GREAT job! This video should have millions of views!

[@billk8780]

Next time I see 100" logs stacked on trucks running around Traverse City, Michigan I'll bet they are headed for Comins Lumber! Properly managed forests are indeed a renewable resource. Wonderful video! Thanks Mike.

[@mauso12012]

Wow a blast from the past for me 20 years ago i lived about 10 miles to the west. My neighbor next door worked at that mill as they needed him. Comins Lumber has grown to quite an operation. I knew where you were when I saw that Garland Golf Community sign ❤

[@petesadowski1694]

Yeah, when I saw the Garland sign, I thought he was going to the Wood Haven Mill, in Mio. Very similar operation.

[@dancrites453]

You were 77 miles due East of me when you visited Comins. Glad you enjoyed N. MI... One of my favorite videos... Thanks.

[@jkrash2013]

We bought our first load of end matched panels from the Woodworkersshoppe almost 20 years ago! Great product and a fantastic company to deal with.....Glad you enjoyed your trip Michigan!

[@larrypalmer2415]

Good morning Morgans, and all Morgan fans! Have a blessed day!

[@johnking8679]

I KNOW I'm going to - PTL !!

[@johnking8679]

I can hardly wait for the next episode, Mike and Melissa !! 💞🤓🙏

[@2020Tundra]

Very impressive!! Like you Mike, I appreciate how clean and organized they keep their process. Thanks for sharing 👍

[@markbittrolff5918]

It was really nice to see an American flag on the shoulder of the work shirts. Definitely a respectable company.

[@HallnoutMhall]

Good morning Morgans and friends. Hope everyone is doing well. 🙏

[@davidmorse8432]

Hi Michael!

[@HallnoutMhall]

@@davidmorse8432 morning David

[@badcat4707]

Good after-morning friend 😸😺 hope you're have a peaceful Sunday 🙏

[@HallnoutMhall]

@@badcat4707 thanks my friend and you also 🙏

[@toddmyers9207]

Good Morning Mike and Melissa, We have a summer home in Northern Michigan and when i watched yesterday’s video I told my wife I hope you were going to the Commins Sawmill. We drive by it going to our relatives north of it. My next door neighbor up north just was there and bought a pallet of siding for his sun room. He put it up it looks beautiful.

[@tonto8069]

This is absolutely amazing. To see what it takes to go from tree to finished lumber is great. Can’t wait to see part II. Great to see them being great stewards of the land.

[@glencrouch442]

Fascinating, I too am impressed with how clean and organized their operation is, very nice.

[@SiboBushings]

Happy Labor Day! Enjoy a well-deserved break and celebrate the hard work and dedication of all workers. ❣

[@edhackett7961]

So great to see you bring more to your videos by sharing other businesses that we don't get to see normally. Great

[@gregforster5913]

Greg from northern Michigan. I see that you are 15 miles away from our retirement home in Atlanta MI. We love living in the northern forest and it's diverse wildlife. Enjoy your visit to Michigan.

[@dennislamers986]

Very cool operation. I like seeing plant tours like this. When I was young I would sneak in and watch wood cutting and truck loading operation in northern Wisconsin around 46 years ago.

[@DavidRobinson-mx6cl]

Thanks for sharing this tour with us , awesome company !

[@johnking8679]

YES - thank you Comins Co. Very impressive operation !!

[@patrickhathaway6178]

What a beast that logging machine is. Great video. Thanks

[@jjj32801]

I wish more KZbinrs would follow your lead. We want to see how the product (e.g. lumber, vegetables) goes from harvest to retail sell. Keep up these videos.

[@tommyordoyne7461]

Good morning from Upstate South Carolina. Loved seeing their operation. Have a wonderful labor day.

[@loisdevoe]

Enjoyed the tour, Mike! Great content today. Love learning how it all works.

[@shawnkane7152]

Cliff Hanger?!?! Very cool walk-around, on a very cool milling operation. Thank You for the tour thus far. I Absolutely Loved hearing that scrap wood is donated for Children’s hospital toys. Absolutely Fantastic!🇺🇸🙏

[@waynebarnett7467]

Good morning Morgan’s. I’ve hunted in that part of Michigan for decades, it’s a beautiful place. I’ve seen those massive log haulers and always wondered how much wood they were capable of hauling. Now I know. Have a great Labor Day.

[@randalltaylor3448]

Excellent video, Mike. It's a great American company-clean, well-run, and super efficient. It makes you proud to be American. Thanks for taking us along to see how the products are made. Looking forward to Part 2!

[@andrewpinson1268]

FINALLY - The drying barn full of wood will be enough for me to make a few things out of. I will bring my pick-up truck and fill it up until I empty the barn out.

[@richardbrowne1679]

Good Morning Morgan Family 🌞- Have a Wonderful and Blessed Sunday 🤠

[@jackjones391]

Thanks Mike for the tour of how the northern mills work at processing their pines. Interesting in the difference from the full lengths of the pine trees down south.

[@kennethconaway3501]

WOW! A very interesting tour of trees to many finished products. Good job showing this.

[@dougtravins9624]

This was one awesome video! The only detail that I missed was the delicious smell of the wood! Looking forward to Part 2. Ty Mike & Melissa.

[@sgtfish49]

Great vid. Clean, efficient job site. Bet the people who work there love their jobs. Thanks. Can't wait till the woodworker part 2 drops. I live in west Mich so I'm partial to all things Mich. Sgtfish.

[@papadave9061]

Mike, you and Melissa were only about 20 miles south of us. There are sawmills all over the place up here, but quite a few are pretty small compared to that one. I've been in their retail store a couple times....very nice place. I used end matched on a couple projects in the house and I'm also putting it on the shop ceiling. Almost zero waste. Hope you enjoyed your stay in Michigan.

[@kayaker4fun]

Absolutely loved this video! Boy, what an operation, and a tidy one at that!

[@j.darrenwright1708]

Awesome video. Really interesting, and what a great company. I was amazed at how clean and organized the operation is!

[@richardwentland3489]

Outstanding! Would like to have seen the actual debarking. I hear of mills closing everyday. These businesses are the backbone of America!

[@EdHibbard]

Very interesting and informative, especially like the fact that have almost zero waste. Add to that the forest replenishment, it's amazing. Thanks for the tour.

[@josephjohnson467]

Yooper proud, born and raised but now living in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas. Watch your youtube videos and enjoy them. Was excited when I saw that you were in northern michigan. Actually hoped it was the upper peninsula but glad you liked northern lower michigan. keep up with all your video content. BTW, Hunter is a cool dude and proud of y'all raising and taking care of him as you do. joe johnson

[@johnsandell4501]

The most fascinating episode you have produced. Looks like thinning WVA property would be beneficial. Thanks for bringing us along. BIG-TIME 👍👍👍

[@johnking8679]

When I was a kid (late 50's) my parents ran a hotel that was adjacent to a saw mill (Lupane, to be exact) in Rhodesia. I would often watch the activities at the mill and found it very interesting, but also well maintained. That was a long time ago and since moving to San Diego about 40+ years ago, I wonder what the saw mill looks like now.....?

[@johnking8679]

I love a neat and clean operation, Mike - just like I know you do !! I have to cringe at people who have sawdust and other debris lying all over the place !! Use a blower/vacuum - just like I see you do in so many of your video clips !!

[@OffgridwithJayandJen]

Really enjoyed the video Mike. Thanks for showing us all this process, helps give us all a better appreciation for the finished product, and all done in our own back yard here in northern Michigan. If you happen to still be in the area, let us know, you are always welcome. Best wishes

[@davewallace.8303]

Very cool! We go to that area of Michigan every year, just north and west of Comings, called Gaylord and Otsego Lake. AWESOME AREA!

[@albertbeltran554]

Thank you for this video. It is fun to watch how they process the wood.

[@albertbeltran554]

You're welcome.

[@stanbartow9228]

One good video Mike. The owners of the company are very impressive people. You are doing a great job of interviewing them! I will be looking forward to part two. I can tell you are really in your environment there with all that big equipment to check out! Iol

[@oldmanfred8676]

Loved seeing Michiganders!😊

[@davidmorse8432]

@@oldmanfred8676 Hi Fred! Cooling off some and welcome rain in NE Texas.

[@waynebarnett7467]

Fred , David. Good morning friends.

[@davidmorse8432]

@@waynebarnett7467 Hi Wayne!

[@badcat4707]

Good afternoon Fred ! and David and Wayne 👋👋👋🙏😸

[@thecomoroskys]

My dad worked for Boise Cascade in the lumber mill for many years, this video really took me back. I could smell all the fresh cut lumber again! Looks like it was a great trip. Thanks for the great content Mike. God bless from Idaho!

[@dirtgreaseoutdoorpeace6637]

Awesome video. I love stuff like this. We have needed to find tongue and groove for our house and we have places around here but as soon as I saw that pre finished wood I said I am going to Michigan to buy from them. We love the blue stained wood. Just ordered it today and looking forward to our trip out there to get it. When I saw your video start I said to myself I bet he’s putting this in the cabin! Awesome people there. Can’t wait to see your other videos on it. Thanks Mike and family.

[@davidingram353]

I always though I would enjoy working on machinery at a lumber mill. My career was in heavy equipment, farming, mining, railroad, and finally teaching. Did not have enough time to get to the lumber industry. A great tour of that mill.

[@fmeach7711]

Nice working vacation. I remember crossing the Great Lakes coming from Detroit to London Ontario. The water was a beautiful blue. Nice video and beautiful country

[@toddpacheco4748]

Mike and Melissa,looks like a amazing operation from trees 🌲 to lumber excellent video can’t wait for part two of the operation 😮😊❤

[@tmacmi9095]

I live just a few miles from this place and I can say there is absolutely no shortage of Red Pine up here,as well as local shops selling wood and wood products, including Amish businesses. Grayling, about 45 minutes west is another big wood manufacturing area having 3 big lumber mills including Weyerhaeuser. It is a great place to live😊. Thanks for the tour and looking forward to seeing your visit to the Woodworkers Shoppe!

[@olemiss2223]

Really enjoying these tour videos Mr. Mike. This guy should put on a masterclass for vertical integration. Some of these Fortune 500 CEO’s could learn a lot from this guy.

[@russellbowman8051]

What A Awesome Video Tour What A Great Company!! Thanks Mike For Taking Us All Along To my home State!! Keep Smiling On!! 😅👍👊❤️

[@stephengmeiner3264]

Welcome to Michigan! Great video and timely. My wife and I are looking to build a house soon here in Northern Michigan and I’ve been thinking about a wood interior. I guess I know where to look now! Looking forward to Part B.

[@jeffhartmann2469]

Replenishing the forests too. Way to go! We must continue to be good stewards of all the natural resources we have.

[@StratOvation]

Great video Mike! Excellent tour of a great Michigan company. That little clip of Garland brought back memories of playing those beautiful golf courses years ago, such an amazing resort.. Anxious for part 2!

[@paulbarr3981]

Thanks Mike. I live in the Northern Lower Penninsula and what you see here is repeated here. There are 160# trucks on our main state highway all day long. Always headinng south. All the Red Pine around the areea is forest planted by the CCC or WPA and are now mature. Anyway, good stuff here and there. So far, other than total intrigue, I see so many millions of dollars invested I can't fathom it. Obviously business built of many, many decades.

[@tommyb.7977]

Now that was interesting! I live in West Michigan and have a cabin in Baldwin and the next job is to get T&G for the inside and install it. Thanks so much for this video.

[@davidmc8110]

I had to check out the website. I have a lady friend who lives in Lower Michigan, not too far from where they are in the northern Lower MI, and she is considering some unfinished prebuilt home options that come with exterior siding. Thanks for the interview of their company.

[@buildlife]

I've ordered a bunch from those guys for our cabin builds. Very cool.

[@davidmc8110]

That setup is a lot different from the old lumbermills I piled lumber in as a young man. We just had a covered roof, much like your firewood area. That first winter I worked there we had over 60 days in a row of below zero weather. Nobody wore shorts there, not even in the summer. Those guys got it easy 😄 That is a nice setup though, for sure. I also did some traveling piling lumber for an x-federal lumber grader and his wife, so I got to work at several different lumbermills, even one lumbermill that was steam powered in WI.

[@MoneypitHomestead]

Hello Mike, and thank you for sharing this video! Lisa and I love it, and we can't wait to see the second half. What a great company, and how wonderfully organized they are! Almost as organized as you and your place. Thanks again, and until next time, may God bless your days the way He always blesses ours! Donald

[@tex24]

Total respect to Made in America! Great video.

[@bradleymcclintock7771]

Wow what a nice setup and like you said Mike very clean. After I retired a logger hired me to take apart a saw mill in the southern part of New Hampshire and move it to northern New Hampshire and install it for him it was quite a job it took me about a year to complete alot of work. Thanks for sharing this video I really appreciate it ❤.

[@lawrencelipon8673]

👍👍👍👍👍👌I really enjoy it when you take us along, to your suppliers, and get I little understanding of how you maintain a relationship and in the end mutually beneficial to the buyer and the seller,great operation and the equipment, skills and capital to produce the products they supply thanks for taking us along !!!

[@lawrencetirrell8414]

Hi Mike. Story: When I came to Vermont. I decided to work at a sawmill. When I got there the summer of 1981. They were going out of business. I REALLY enjoyed this video. Did you know? Pete 319 bought a used tree cutter! It doesn't automatically cut the tree's limbs. He cuts the trunk & it's tops. He cuts the limbs w/ the chainsaw. He worried about the lumber economy. He's worried about a " bad purchase" of this tree cutter. I bet it took them years to build thier company. Well. 2 active generations there. I NEVER seen that many tires on a truck's trailer! 😱🙄😬🤔🤔🤔🤔 Thanks Mike & Melissa. Say Hi to Eva, Hunter, Levi, Tyler, & Hannah. Have a good Sunday the 1st. 🥰🙂😉😱🙄😬🤔👍❤️💜🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻☀️

[@VikingShipExplorer]

Love the plant tour. Can't waite for part 2.

[@rchopp]

You will enjoy working with an edge matched material, we bought 3 full bunks of 6 inch siding from them a few years ago it was a breeze to install. We've also bought a couple of large slabs for bar tops. I hope you had an enjoyable time in this Lovely State.

[@craignash4736]

Great video Mike !!! I really enjoy content with wood . Chainsaw, milling , planing everything. Craig Hollidaysburg

[@jeffdickerson3]

Very nice operation, very informative, good job Mike.

[@matty7142]

I get my pine from a small lumber operation near Punxsutawney. Amazing products.

[@blaincarson8645]

Loved this Mike. Thanks for making the trip.

[@dalekrohse1871]

Great video content. I could watch that knuckle cutter work for much more than its time in this video.

[@DAKOTANSHELBY]

I know Comins, MI well. Traveled through that town many times on the way to the Hillman, MI area. Had many cold brews at the Knot Hole Bar in Comins.

[@tokencivilian8507]

Cool stuff. Men working hard to build a better world.

[@dirtbikeheaven1129]

What a clean and efficient shop. Very interesting. Thanks for posting.

[@jimwalters840]

Great video!!! I would like you to do more of these type videos. Companies that produce wood products.

[@GregPrince-io1cb]

Wowzers Mike!! Can he go to your WVa place and thin out the pine for ya!!!

[@dmorgan28]

Really enjoyed watching the tour thru this sawmill lumber yard. Pretty cool. 👍❤️

[@squatch1464]

Fascinating video! If I am ever reincarnated, I want to work with wood. So clean and organized, just like your place. My OCD is showing!

[@wwade82]

Awesome tour, Mike. Thanks!

[@williamneufer1098]

Really enjoyed this. Very informative. Can’t wait for part II.

[@jeffhennings6579]

One of your best videos yet love process years ago I worked for my cousins log company up in the Adirondack mountains love that job we logged cut firewood had a wood processor we were about 45 minutes from Canada

[@Will7981]

This was super interesting. Can’t wait for part 2.👍🏻

[@comlbbeau]

Amazing.... between the Messick's tour and this operation I look at finished products with a whole new perspective. I suspect some of this may find its way to West Virginia.

[@btrent9244]

Outstanding tour. Quite an operation. Clean beyond expectation. Thank you.

[@legend7ify]

.............G'day Mike, most interesting mate. Like you say; Very clean=no waste, everything accounted for and product available world-wide. Cheers and God bless, Malcolm.

[@martineastburn3679]

What I like is a full service operation and a very clean operation. Well thought out and processed.

[@holymoly6829]

Very interesting thoroughly enjoyed this tour around the company Look forward to the next instalment The is what your channel excels at Always something new Thanks Mike & Melissa 👍👍

[@ronallen6578]

Good morning Mike and Melissa, This has been the ONLY video of yours I've watched twice. I love these tours of wood processing mills. I hope you took some time to visit Traverse City. Some of the best fudge you can buy anywhere. A downtown that's packed full of shopping for Melissa and just a beautiful area. Did you stop at Zehnders(sp) in Frankenmuth for a chicken dinner?? OMG, so good!!! I use to travel the lower peninsula of MI buying veneer logs and truly loved the area. Wish I could have gone with you on this one. Thanks for dragging me along!

[@robertdendooven7258]

There are many things to see in Michigan.

[@ronallen6578]

​@@robertdendooven7258Agreed. Forgot the Petoskey stones. Those are cool as polished gems. 😊😊

[@larryculling1897]

Great tour of a great operation!