Restoring an old Log Arch and Hauling Logs to the Sawmill

[@jifi-0178]

It's great to see your little companion pup join in on your projects. He's just as curious as you kids.

[@gbentley8176]

Relax in lovely NZ. Dog and invertibrate thriving; a nice touch for a retired biologist to watch. Thank you for posting.

[@kirkzipfel1905]

You know Marty loves that log puller - he painted it! I think the reason a lot of people love your channel is your resourcefulness, the origin of that word being "resource." If more of us knew how to do more with less, we citizens of this planet would be in much better shape. Living in Southern California and participating in the high level of consumption and the low level of resourcefulness, makes me sad that most of us are going in the wrong direction.

[@donbrashsux]

What a life style you have there 👍

[@pallikorva11]

Why am I, from almost the opposite side of the globe following this channel? Because I like what you do and admire your spirit Marty! Keep up the good work!

[@daveseymour8246]

Marty, what you do & achieve is truly inspiring & to capture it all on camera, making me feel I’m actually there every step of the way is nothing short of awesome. Great intro & altro too 👍🏽. Your doggie is great, not afraid to get its paws dirty. Out of all the channel’s I subscribe to yours is my favourite by far. God bless you, your family & your pets 🙏😁.

[@RUDOLF1929]

Лучший работник года👍✅🙂🏆🥇🍇🥥🍊

[@MarkChristopherpens]

Beautiful lumber from that tree! $100 well spent! Cheers from Nova Scotia 🇨🇦

[@benschlack5814]

AND this guy operates off grid amazing

[@patrickmoodabe9728]

Gosh Marty. You’re going to inspire a whole new generation of self reliant New Zealanders. Awesome work. 👏👏

[@przechujakrobata]

Not only New Zealanders, Greetings from Poland :)

[@Hubcap3738]

It is, after all, the world wide Web.

[@blackdoublezero]

@@przechujakrobata Aloha! from Hawaii

[@Boga217]

Louisiana here

[@patrickswagger]

We can only hope so.

[@pettyfogger2305]

Even a relatively simple project like this one is interesting and informative, Marty. I have to say that between your child prodigy assistant and the most doggedly inquisitive pooch as any I can remember, your future seems pretty bright😊

[@ColinRichardson]

I was soo soo confused by the mill at the end, until you shown the angle where I could clearly see the 2nd blade... Honestly thought I was going crazy trying to work out how that thing was cutting.

[@topotone]

Nice Marty. So many cool things about this episode; your little white pup, the long rust removing process and painting, condensed into a couple minutes, the beautiful completed restoration, the battery powered chain saw, the different camera angles to capture the tree drop, the milling, the potato bug, drone shots...and the bit of a scrape on your hand,,ouch. Thanks.

[@SteveeCee]

Thanks for another Friday treat Marty. Hi from England 🇬🇧

[@jonperry4657]

I'm a uk subscriber love everything you do from acquiring these little gems to getting them either up and running or simply bit of grease and dab of paint to use learnt alot from you your a legend keep em coming

[@josephking6515]

FYI, 235mm x 19mm x 2400mm of NZ pine dressed costs AUD$55 at Bunnings in Melbourne. I get very envious when I watch you saw your own timber. You dropped that tree really nice too. 👍

[@zarb88]

He was at least 2' off center line!!!!

[@MartyT]

@zarb88 Not that much, I measured with the tape centre to rail both ends.. Remember one end is smaller than the other ;)

[@zarb88]

@@MartyT that was supposed to be a joke, enjoyed your video Marty

[@bellofbelmont]

Good score. Worth much more now that you have done it up too.. Thanks for the vid. Jim Bell (Australia)

[@AndrewHCann]

Excellent video Marty T :) also nice tall lengths of lumber to cut up and be all set to use!

[@adenihil]

Yessir mister! …Aaaah : Steel. The most recyclable matter on earth. Good job! 👍🏼

[@moisespineda1789]

Lovely work, regards from Venezuela 🇻🇪

[@pauljohnson296]

That sawmill is beautifully quiet

[@58Rev]

Can't say how excited I was when I saw you added the millwork coda. Log Arch was a great watch, the milling at the end, along with the drone overflight to finish, was pure icing. Please tell your pup he's a good dog, from Canada.

[@everestyeti]

That has to be without doubt one of the best drone shots I have ever seen. I've always thought New Zealand was a beautiful place but that shot, well if your tourist board ever needed another photo then there would be none better. 👍 Like Curtis over on CEE from Australia, you need to make your dog the safety officer or works inspector. 😂🤣😂

[@12345kermie]

It's the Marlborough sounds. I agree with you, great drone shot, but it genuinely looks like that. Really, very pretty.

[@lockislit]

Funny enough I jumped straight from a CEE video to this, great minds think alike

[@Alan2E0KVRKing]

@@lockislit Me too :)

[@ApprenticeGM]

I'm also a CEE subscriber! :)

[@Chris-Fennimore]

Nice Log Arch. Beautiful area you live in!

[@daveb7999]

Nice price and great job on the log arch. Tractor's got a 'much better' stance now, too. 👍 Thank you for another great video, Marty!

[@Fyreblade2000]

Decent size Weta!!!!! It jaws looked like it could mill that whole tree!!!

[@johnwesner3935]

Nice log arch!:) I grew up, and survived split rim wheels. About two years ago I converted my IH flatbed to 22.5" Dayton wheels. I broke down the 20" splits for scrap and found one of them was 60% rusted completely through under the boot. Scary! Those were inflated to 100 psi. A family friend nearly lost a leg to a split rim . Thanks for the great videos!😊

[@timmienorrie]

That dog is half human. He is attentive to your every move. Great video. Thanks.

[@BruceBoschek]

I remember seeing log arches being used in northern Wisconsin when I was young, then later in Austria and Bavaria. I'm glad to see that tractor get a wider stance. It did look a bit precarious before. Your snow-white pup is so wonderfully curious and happy looking. Superior job of felling that tree. You got a lot of amazing lumber out of it, too. All-in-all a very informative and entertaining video. Thanks very much.

[@petegraham1458]

Nice to see the pup helping out ! Yes I agree split ring rims are not the safest bit of kit , I grew up in Western Canada on a farm in the late 60’s they were popular on farm trucks and every year there were injuries we heard about! The arch looks good and will be a big hand at skidding logs to the mill!

[@K1W1fly]

Nice of you to relocate that cute little Weta.... Awesome little critters!

[@samcurrie3367]

Have been wondering exactly where your place was for a while bro, that last shot over the hill gave it away! Found it on the map! Don't worry I'm not going to come stalking you. Love your work man. Peace.

[@MartyT]

Haha all good mate, I'm not worried about stalkers, the Angry Rams tend to keep them away

[@theodoredugranrut8201]

Good job Marty T. That device should out live us all. Central California watching.

[@stevesmusic1862]

I love the bird sounds at the end, another great video :)

[@nmb46]

That pup is going to live his best life up there with your family.

[@oak699]

Constant source of amazement how true that homemade saw cuts boards. You're a mechanical artist, Marty :)

[@lonhoschar1943]

Nice job on the log arch!! Looks brand new!! That's really nice looking wood!! That's a valuable commodity nowadays!!!

[@99andrianmonk]

Your pup is cute and is clearly a pal for you and wants to help. He could have his own channel.

[@johnsadler8637]

Nice restoration! I like that lifting roller carriage - uses the tractors power to lift. I’ve seen them where the tongue is used as a lever to lift, and winches, but that looks more efficient than the others. Cool.

[@AZVIDS]

Great, peaceful video. Nice work and that dog looks like a curious child…..wonderful companion👍

[@Hungry_Hunter]

Your drone vision is absolutely magic Marty. Always interesting seeing what your up to across the ditch. Nice saw looks like a little ripper.

[@billsmith5166]

Your pup acts and looks just like my Teddy did 40 years ago. His favorite dog words were "Hey dad, what are you doing, and can I help?" Always had his snoot right in the way. It's a good thing they don't have hands. Thanks for the video!

[@hymermobiler]

Love hearing the Tuis would listen to them for ages whenever I visited NZ

[@aserta]

Since this isn't for the roads, drill a hole in the hub for a grease zerk. If you pump it up from the middle, both bearings will have grease and it will outlast you. 16:48 i'm 99.9% sure the caster and camber are on purpose. That arch tracks beautifully. Whomever made this knew what they were doing. I suspect that the wheels should remain this style for as long as possible, the flat surface allows them to dig in a little.

[@briansilver9652]

Good observation. The negative camber helps distribute the load to the ground by reducing the angular torque on the axles. The sliding hook is brilliant and I'm only halfway through the video and we don't see the sliding action yet. Looks like it was edited out to save time.

[@samvalentine3206]

No doubt you are correct. With the alignment of these wheels, it should track in a straight line and if there is a little tire scrub, who cares? 99% of the time it'll be run on dirt where tire wear is of less concern.

[@kameljoe21]

@@briansilver9652 yeah the first log he hooked up the chain might have been too short. Once you pull out then back up and re hook it it should work quite well. i also got to thinking that if you made another trailer with 4 wheels spaced out a bit and made some sort of pin connection to the other trailer (which should have a pintel hitch I think) you could back up to a log pull it out a bit and then back up more and then slide back the rear trailer and using 2 log clamps you can then hook both ends and drive forward which should lift the log off the ground. Yet how do you drop the log. Oh remote control electric breaks on the rear trailer. When you back up that trailer does not move which pushes the log backwards. Though at this point you just need a log trailer. Though for someone who need to transport them a fair distance it would work quite well. We used to haul out firewood and lumber wood from the river bottom and we used a side dump truck and large flat beds. The owner of the land used his tractor to load up the trailer when ever he had time. We would then pull out the logs cut to size and then load the trailer and side dump truck for the 5 or so miles home. Where I bought my new house we do not have a wood stove and really no place that it would work to heat the house. Yet the firewood is all around us everwhere and there is lots of it. I have cut down and logged out a lot of the dead and live trees on my land as most of them are random trees that grew from mis managed owners. We are cleaning it all up to one day build a new place. Which I want to run one of those indoor wood furnaces as it will be a duplex style house, Pretty much having 2 full size apartments and a storage area between the two. This way we can have our live in cook/maid/driver not have to live in our very large house.

[@rayruble2478]

Great video as usual 🎉. 😊

[@ManxAndy]

Absolutely brilliant camera work, and what a Superb bit of simple kit, how much easier getting those logs to the mill….cheers Marty, great content as ever…..👍🇮🇲💪

[@jamesthompson8008]

Nice video, Marty! Loved both the pup being your assistant & the end views via drone.

[@brianbergen887]

In this disposable world we live in, it's nice to see someone take the time to fix something and return it to it's former glory and put it back to work. Nice job.

[@davidcolesr.8628]

Good Friday Morning, it’s 3:55am. Here in South Central Pennsylvania, East Coast USA. It’s Great to See You Sir

[@wesleycardinal8869]

That was a very nice little film, especially the way you bracketed it with the drone shots. All the camera angles were very interesting, putting us right in the action - especially in the middle of the sawmill. Yikes! 👍🇦🇺

[@ciberbri59]

Really. He should give lessons.

[@TheBasementChannel]

Yuss! Thanks for the bonus sawmill action 😀

[@chriswills4064]

That Fiat is a sweet little thing, isn't it? Lovely.

[@matthewdroz5613]

You should get or build a portable sand blaster, would save you lots of time :)

[@Mike.trucks]

Excellent Marty, great way to end a Friday 👍🏻👍🏻 cheers mate

[@BlackAck90]

nice job on the cameras! thanks for letting us watch

[@DavidGrassSr]

Hey Marty, man it sure would be nice to have a video of all your special equiptment you´ve coliected over the years ! Been watching you for years and enjoy every one of them ,Thanks

[@bluegrallis]

Captain Kleeman should have such a nice log arch. Nice work on the clean up.

[@grahamwood9842]

You always work some magic Marty. Well done. Another interesting video. Thanks

[@warrenvalentino5763]

Good Morning. Great video! what a Awesome find. love watching your videos.

[@patring620]

That looks like a little bit of heaven on Earth. Envy your life there.

[@ni_wink84]

Perfect night for a Marty T video!! I’m always excited to see what you are going to be doing, love the content and hope you’re doing well!

[@blackbuttecruizr]

Another great refurb!

[@johnjordan4647]

Beautiful introduction and sign off with the native birds of Aotearoa 👍

[@PowerTom286]

Thank you for the video!

[@Taco_ocaT]

Amazing tree cutting skills marty! That's a talent

[@tonymckeage1028]

Great Video Marty, I'm always amazed with what you achieve with very little, thanks for sharing

[@Aidan.17]

20:07 good on ya for looking out for the little fellas 👍

[@scottkakos4236]

Love the sounds of the different birds you have down there.

[@merrymanrc]

Good deal Marty it will save time on moving logs👍👍

[@philipstreechon4523]

Nice work and Ilike your saw mill.

[@terrytopliss9506]

You’re very ingenious Marty,well done.👍👍

[@puirYorick]

🪲20:00 I was very impressed by your "all creatures great and small" moment there, Marty. That unique sawmill remains impressive as well. 👍🏼

[@juliangriffiths7298]

What a brilliant video. I had no idea what a log arch was until now. I thought it must be an arch made of logs!😂

[@chrissmith7655]

Hi Marty, enjoyed every minute, many thanks. From UK.

[@markhensley9378]

Seems like a very handy tool. The drone footage from the top of your world is absolutely breathtaking! Thanks for sharing your day with us.

[@FreemanV99]

This is how a $100 sitting in the waste can be turned into $$$. Marty, you're so Inspiring man. Keep it up.👍

[@cactuskiwi4218]

Marty T fixing up old equipment videos never disappoint

[@frankgutheridge1248]

Love your sound track at thee end.

[@shermdog6969]

That's a pretty good supervisor you got.

[@harrytaylor6854]

Well that works great great buy for $100.00 you will get some use out of it well done sir Marty

[@ebutuoyebutouy]

NZ$100 = US$64. Great deal.

[@judygraham8643]

Lovely dog, glad you have an assistant now.

[@TT-qo9dv]

Thanks for the video 👍

[@DeanofMachines]

I love how magical a wire wheel on an angle grinder is. Makes everything brand new!

[@prassmancreations3168]

Just ot home from work, Coldie in hand & Marty T on the box. Life couldn't be better !

[@diggah]

Cracking ending shot with the drone there mate. Love it.

[@davidhoodwildlife]

Thanks for the videos. I'd love to visit New Zealand. It's beautiful there. It reminds me of here at home in southwest Virginia here in the USA.

[@ivanolsen8596]

Thanks to the able assistance of your canine helper the arch is just like a bought one!

[@CSWmanofsteel]

Hey Marty 🤙🏼 I love these videos of you doing restorations of your new found toys, I have a welding co and my family scratches their heads when they see me watching your videos and ask “why is it that you sit here and watch exactly what you do all day?” It’s because I love watching you and having the same interests, THANKS for your work in making these videos and taking the time to edit them and posting them on your channel. Also REALLY LOVE seeing your helper ( the bull terrier) growing and becoming your job site inspector 🤣🤣🤙🏼❤️THANKS AGAIN!!

[@kennethbolton951]

Some nice looking boards coming out of that tree. Well worth the effort.

[@WeeShoeyDugless]

Nice job yet again Marty, we used these in the woods back here in Scotland for years. We called them 'Sulkies'. Great video as usual👍👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@westybeastfella]

"Sulkie" would make sense as that's the thing the jockey rides on in harness racing and they're kinda the same design eh?

[@flamingskoda]

Great video as usual. I'd like that little Fiat myself

[@jamesazahn6842]

Always enjoyable and interesting! "Thanks" for sharing!

[@remog38]

Thanks Marty great find , loving the drone shots .

[@markbehr88]

Very good find.

[@genegreear4183]

Good job on the log hauler. Nice saw too. Lateri

[@smillsy23]

Great job getting the different angles of the tree 🌲 coming down!

[@bardricmacgregore4863]

Great tool to have mate.. looking forward to seeing the next!!

[@leswroe8803]

Love Watching You Marty,Amazing Talent,Nothing seems to ever Faze You.Well Done ✅👌👍👏🎯

[@yeagerxp]

Excellent work 👍👍👍. Thank you for sharing. Be safe 🇨🇦

[@daddybob6096]

You're not wrong about the split rims Mart, they can be very dangerous. Nice cuts Mart, 6x1s. Bob. LH.

[@j81851]

Truly a modern MacGyver with power tools, a ruler and micrometer. I truly enjoy your videos Marty, you are personable, so easy going and kind to animals and preserve the pioneer spirit. Thanks for a good new video. I'd watch you paint your house if you were a mind to! Appreciate you!