Milling Lightning Strike Pine Logs

Felling and milling pine trees that wee struck by lightning. Not what I expected.
Pine, Wood Mizer, woodmizer, LT15, Fall Line Ridge, lightning strike, homestead, homesteading, DIY, lumber, trees, felling, milling.

[@williamcooley9931]

Three beautiful sounds. Chainsaw, Tractor and Sawmill. Another great video. Nice Chicken Coop.

[@earlsmithson4749]

Wes you are building what I’m calling the “Chicken Mahal”. Great job Buddy!

[@vanessalake4468]

Very interesting to watch!

[@FrenchieFrench1555]

I envy your life. Thank you for the videos

[@jimmowers7675]

Well Wes, that was very relaxing. Thanks for sharing. God Bless.

[@DDL2728]

You are doing such a great job, Wes!! It's incredible that you can cut down your own trees, mill them, & then use them for your chicken coop!! That's got to be a wonderful feeling of accomplishment!! Congratulations, & thanks for your videos! God bless you and your family 🥰🙏👍

[@Ok-Mardy]

Glad you broke out the "old 77" your channel is the "Tops" best video- music-content just all around my favorite!♡

[@falllineridge]

Appreciate it!

[@bobbynewton9247]

Enjoy your videos be safe God Bless

[@rickharper1497]

What a blessing that mill is, not having to buy lumber, not having to go to box store to purchase. God bless be safe!!

[@realworldwildlifeproducts5512]

The new shed looks like it works perfect for you

[@falllineridge]

It's great! Of course, it could always be a little bigger 😂

[@gregwitkamp5583]

Im glad to see you using the Echo there a good saw

[@nigelwylie01]

So satisfying for me too Wes! Thanks for video.

[@PeterKNoone]

You have really become an expert at operating that Kubota. No need to apologize about the lightning hit logs not being special. We love watching you handle trees and mill logs!

[@falllineridge]

Thanks, Peter.

[@kenjett2434]

Great job Wes I really miss the days when I use to saw lumber and built things. I have built a couple homes the last one and probably where will be for what time I have left I am still living in. I built 23 years ago now unfortunately age and health has ended my projects but reliving some of it through your videos for that I'm grateful.

[@falllineridge]

Hey Mr. Jett. Haven't seen you post in a while, glad you stopped by! Happy you're enjoying the videos.

[@kenjett2434]

@@falllineridge I watch all your videos Wes just been busy as just got my youngest son in college. So I haven't been posting many comments.

[@billstiem6035]

Very interesting to see the felling of trees, milling of the 2x4s and their immediate use to continue the build of the chicken house. Your presentation is very interesting. Thanks for sharing this with us.

[@falllineridge]

Thanks, Bill.

[@elainerussell924]

You want to see more 2X4 go to home depo

[@bobhanes5092]

your're doing excellent work. i recently got a lt15 so im learning by watching thanks

[@graemewoodruff9988]

You are indeed a lucky man to be able to grow and cut your own timber. Gods brilliant blessing!

[@TinaBerghermtrueblood]

That chicken coop is big enough to live in as a lil house !! I'm jealous chickens , you lucky birds lol 😆 Awesome work!!!

[@jerrylittle8922]

Your doing a good job on your Chicken House project. Looks old fashioned.

[@falllineridge]

That's exactly what I was going for, thanks!

[@brendamilner9066]

Great video!

[@trampster7306]

Nice one thanks Wes! Love seeing that WoodMizer in action, and an update on the Chicken Palace! Stay safe & well! 👍👍

[@lindaleslie5634]

Great job!

[@eddykirksey8698]

Nice job!

[@wayofthewordwow7574]

I have an Echo and love it!

[@scottfortune9016]

I love building things, so I can see how much more gratification you would get to start with a tree!! Great project!!

[@chriskourlos4407]

I got a bad back and neck. Im hoping to get my sawmill i bought 8 years ago. Haven't used it or even put it together yet Nd the warranty has expired. I hope my body heals after all my many surgeries cuz I'd like to use the mill for making lumber to build sheds and polebarns and different projects. Really proud of your ability. God bless you.

[@falllineridge]

Thanks for watching, Chris! Hate to hear that about your back and neck. Hope you can get back out there soon.

[@billmorris2613]

Good morning to all from SE Louisiana 25 Aug 22.

[@yeagerxp]

Good job 👍👍👍Thank you for sharing. Take care of yourself, be safe, and healthy 🇨🇦

[@allanpeters4403]

Your videos are very interesting and down to earth country living. Thank You!

[@falllineridge]

Appreciate you watching, Allan.

[@freddiemoses467]

This chicken coup is turning out to be bigger and better built than most of the new-build houses here in the UK

[@jimmowers7675]

Great looking pine lumber Wes. Thanks for sharing your video.

[@samvalentine3206]

Very satisfying! As you said, to be able to cut down some trees that could use harvesting, then turn them into usable lumber which you then nailed into place, I was feeling a lot of "wow, that's great!" This video kind of stands for one part of all that you do on your homestead. Thanks so much for producing it and sharing. I really appreciate the efforts you make to give us some great camera angles... like having to stop your cut just before part of the mill hit your camera 17:27 - the chicken coop build is going to be a very substantial structure once completed! PS: Hope the Jeep gets fixed OK. More footage to show here? (please?) 🙂

[@rudyrivera7426]

Keep up the good work! Thanks for sharing! 👍

[@karencary3312]

I love watching you build things. Your channel gives me hope for the return to a saner USA. Sending up prayers for your family and the Country.

[@douglasmiller7618]

Pine is fun to nail in when it is green lumber. It also won't get so twisted up .Nice video.

[@madsciencegary3830]

I actually found the fact that the lighting strike damage was all in the cambium layer outward really interesting. Tells you that cambium is the conductive layer and the heat must have blown the bark outward and only split a very shallow bit of the sapwood under it. I expected it to go deeper, so I learned something!

[@joesinakandid528]

The lightning travels down toward the earth but for the instant it is traveling downward through the cambium the electricity heats the sap to steam - and that steam blows the cambium and corresponding bark away from the log. Lumber should be fine.

[@thekiltedsawyer]

AWESOME VIDEO BUDDY, YOU LOOK LIKE YOU ARE GETTING AROUND MUCH BETTER 🙏🧡👍 Office space is coming along nicely as well 👌

[@johnhamilton9229]

Another day, another chance to make saw dust 👍

[@Roger-gs5ew]

This is going to be a some solid Chicken House.😁😁

[@chrischisholm4800]

Another good video Wes! Interesting fact you taught about green lumber 🪵 Good to know. Hi to little Mr “Thumbs up!” 😄

[@falllineridge]

Thanks, Chris!

[@ray_singleton]

Good job Wes this is something I will need to do when the weather cool some . Lightning is one of the main reason I bought my LT 40 . That and pine beetles , storm damage That drops my trees .

[@09FLTRMM77]

MM77 Approved 👍🏼👍🏼

[@simonpritchard6074]

I have to say Wez..I love your videos. Over here nere London you take me away and get me thinking about retirement. Keep producing this great stuff mate. Si

[@falllineridge]

Thanks for watching!

[@arectechafterwork9772]

Nice job! That chicken coop is built like a brick outhouse! 😊 I'd be inclined to use the speed square for a straight edge when cutting and I'd put the framing nailer to good use.

[@gitatit4046]

I especially agree with that framing nailer. I do have several years on him but that hammer just don't make sense anymore. Although I have swung one A LOT in my younger days, these days it just don't sound like the plan. In other words, my 💪 is long gone. 😂

[@TyinAlaska]

Love it, man!

[@thomas5956]

oh god i need this tractor its so usable

[@danbrookshire5628]

Nice camera work.

[@davidkilbourne5422]

I was wondering about how hard it was to drive nails in green lumber, but i'd say they would be harder to drive in dry lumber. We used to build carports for people and we used dry ruff timber that an old gentleman had and we got to where we had to drill a hole before we put the nail in. That was a job in itself! I like your videos! great info in a lot of them. Have a great day!

[@ralphnorman4636]

Depends on the wood. Hardwood can dry HARD. Pine is ok dry and slightly springy green.

[@falllineridge]

What Ralph said.

[@IronOakSawmill]

It's a great feeling when you can take what would have been a dead, rotting tree, mill it, and transform it into something functional. There's a lot to be said about going from tree, to final form.

[@falllineridge]

Yes it is.

[@BRADASSOFFGRIDHOMESTEAD]

I bought some Lumber Crayons, they really made it easy to mark out a log. They sell metal holders for them too.

[@thebradleysoncatbirdhill6849]

That was great, wes! I guess when you are working with logs like that, it's sort of like unwrapping that surprise gift under the tree at Christmas.... You don't know what you are going to get! I have a large black walnut that was taken down about a year ago, and there is an obvious lightning strike with healing on one side. Can't wait to open that up👍

[@falllineridge]

Cool! I'd love to see that.

[@davidstoughton3257]

Can't wait to see it finished to see how the Supreme chicken house comes out!!!

[@jimwilloughby]

I hope the chickens lay extra large eggs as a way of saying thanks for building them the Taj Mahcoop.. I'm starting to get eager to see it finished and occupied.

[@richardthornhill4630]

Nice to have the equipment and tools to get the job done. Progress continues. Chickens will be added soon.

[@symons666]

The things we parents do to try to please the kids !! lol

[@lstone.09]

Hey I heard those chickens moved 500 mile from you. They got tired waiting for their house to get done. LOL Take care.

[@PineRidgeHomestead]

You do the same thing I do. I don't mind my studs being wider inside a wall. Less cutting.

[@rogerfoster3015]

An old man told me may yearsago to use green sweet gum for lathing. According to him, when you nail your tin onto the gum it is there for the life of the tin

[@southernyankeehomestead3230]

That is definitely a lightening strike. I had an arborist I talked with one time tell me that when lightning hits a tree it causes pockets of sap to instantly turn to water vapor which effectively explodes. If there is a high enough moisture content inside the wood the tree itself can explode and snap off. There are videos of that and they are pretty interesting. Keep up the good work on the chicken shed (too big for it to be a coop or a house IMHO)

[@lloydconner3034]

Lighting travels down the bark. because of the sap in the bark is a better conductor.

[@williamgraham8809]

I can't believe that you blamed your boy for "bumping over the logs". Lol

[@falllineridge]

Ha!

[@charlessessions7293]

Where is Lil Man 😂 ? Love to see and hear his vocabulary !! LOL

[@David-fv7zg]

In my experience of being a father myself, having had a few off road adventures with my boy, Im guessing the post jeep conversation went something like this, Father and son walk into the house after walking back, mom says "Hi guys, did you have fun?", son says without hesitation "Dad wrecked!"

[@terrencewalker2108]

That's definitely a lightning strike, Southern Pines rarely survives these strikes. Major root damage from a lightning strike may cause the tree to die without significant aboveground damage. Trees struck by lightning will not heal. Instead, they attempt to seal the wound off from the healthy parts. This is a natural process and the best thing you can do for your tree, in most cases, is to allow it to happen or cut it down as you have done and make something useful out of it. Trees do not heal. As most Southerners know, pine trees are like a lightning rod when their sap is up.

[@dgr8zod]

I have a Husqvarna 455 that has never let me down. Add it's never tasted ethanol, but it starts easily, and runs strong. The local grange has the non ethanolated fuel on all their pumps. I have a Lithelli 40V electric for yard clean up.

[@stefanpara8637]

💯👍

[@saintaugustine1715]

I was kind of surprised for your trees that was hit by lightning the yellow pines that I got here that got hit by lightning you could see the resign was cook in it and I was told they call those thunder board and they are more expensive then regular board I kept those board for decoration on my own porch put you can really tell how yellow these board came out I guess the lightning was stronger then the ones you just cut have a great day

[@falllineridge]

My theory is that those three trees were hit by the same strike so the energy was spread out. That's why there was so little damage. But, I dunno. Just a thought.

[@bnoone3072]

It would be interesting to figure out how much that chicken coop weighs. I know it'll withstand practically any wind. Maybe the roof would go, but not the framing. Great job. I see a framing gun in the future.

[@smokeybailey3080]

Be thankful there was nothing else to see. Years ago I sawmilled a large lighting struck white pine it was shattered cross grain and length way’s I thought I was going to get killed before I could get it off the carriage it was breaking into pcs a foot long. Just threw it away. Lightning struck a red oak last summer it was shattered the same way I think it wasn’t a very big bolt that hit yours .if any one doesn’t know when the electricity travels through the tree it turns the water into steam and literally blows it apart. There were pieces thrown over a hundred feet from the oak tree that got hit

[@jesseleep8921]

Yeah, nothing weird about a blue streak in wood. Great videos as always, hats off to you for showing the jeep, you could have easily filmed around it using it as a tripod, very honest sir. Alpha male

[@stephaniewilson3955]

Pines have evolved to deal with lightning strikes.

[@jerrylittle8922]

I bought a new echo 620p. I've been very impressed with the saw until recently. It quit oiling the bar and chain. In the middle of a large pine sawmill job. I think I'm gonna have to replace the oiler. The saw has about 3 hours on it.

[@falllineridge]

Bummer! I bet it's fixable though.

[@roberto.peterson9917]

There been a lot of trees / logs and firewood cut with them old saws they are all good till they are not depends on the person taking care of them have seen and used old saw that cut as good as their first day all matter of care for equipment

[@davebrittain9216]

One thing disappointing about this video, I can't smell that beautiful fresh sawn pine smell!

[@1herbert100]

You couldn't afford to build that coop if you had to buy that lumber. I just hope you built on rocks and not sand my friend. Good video and God Bless.

[@falllineridge]

You're absolutely right.

[@brucewelty7684]

Which is more fun, the milling or the feeling in your wallet?

[@dennisatkins9837]

We don’t have logs around here. We have lawgs. 😬

[@randy9293]

I live on a Farm I've had several oak trees that's been struck by lightning the lighting travels under the bark to the ground

[@HilderbrandOutdoors]

I hate the hang ups. Great to see dead trees turned into usable lumber.

[@centermid7mb]

In case of nuclear attack meet me at the chicken house. Bring beer!

[@edwarddavis507]

Hi Wes! I was just wondering if you can use the bark cuts, not sure what you call them. They look to be fairly strong and suitable for making furniture or using them as siding. What do you use them for?

[@dallas6980]

I recently stumbled on your channel looking for tractor video’s. I’ve really enjoyed watching your content! I’ve been looking for a Ford 3000 or other old tractor that’s in good running shape(but would prefer a 3000). Any suggestions? Just looked at an old Case 385 but it’s in pretty rough shape.

[@dennishinkle5010]

Chickens use some sawdust. Chippers on your old limbs for sawdust.

[@idadho]

I always knew that sticky substance to be Pine pitch or sap or resin. It is distilled into turpentine.

[@falllineridge]

I probably should have said pine tar. That's what I grew up calling it. More accurate.

[@garyfox8170]

You sure you're not a carpenter? So many carpenter traits.

[@alexandrealex4972]

📸🎞🇨🇵🎬📽🎵😁😍👍

[@albuser8641]

Just a heads-up Bro. My notification bell got turned off unbeknownced to me!

[@mzildaagostinho]

Essas arvores que você corta, são de reflorestamento?

[@3Beehivesto300]

Do you ever kill the trees and leave them verticals to cure out before cutting down?

[@michaelmorgan3273]

out of interest what do you do with the sawdust from cutting I've seen alot of sawmills pile it up to let it rot down into soil I can imagine that would be very handy for you at some point in the future

[@falllineridge]

I'll probably just throw it out. I have a friend who is looking to build a composting toilet. He may take some.

[@BRADASSOFFGRIDHOMESTEAD]

Electricity travels on the outside of wires (Theory) Which would mean, outside of the tree - ESPECIALLY if it was wet (which it was)

[@karlbogrand1239]

You get any wind shake/check in those syp logs?

[@frankcherry3810]

Was there any visible damage to the inside of the trees from the lightning strike?

[@falllineridge]

No, just a very small vein of pine tar. Very small.

[@den-nap4974]

Got a stihl saw, if it runs out of gas it will NOT start till next day. Odd

[@kenthesparky178]

Hi,will you be replanting 3 saplings in their place?

[@falllineridge]

No

[@elainerussell924]

Here comes the poison ivy

[@andrewmabry8995]

Hey, why did you cut slots in the stumps?

[@falllineridge]

Makes rain water stay in the stump for faster rot. Learned it from Wranglerstar.

[@BRADASSOFFGRIDHOMESTEAD]

Why not cut standard stud sizing? You get many more boards per tree (at least, accurately) The first one you cut could of gotten 2 more boards out of, and they would of all been the same size.

[@falllineridge]

I like the look of true 2x4s. Gives it that vintage look.

[@BRADASSOFFGRIDHOMESTEAD]

@@falllineridge one thing that's interesting is "our" 2x4 is much stronger than the 2x4 in the store. Ever notice how far apart their rings are?

[@mikehackett7522]

Did you get your dogs from Josaljo Won

[@falllineridge]

No, I live several states away from him.

[@mikehackett7522]

I plan to order some from him

[@HARLEYMLM1966]

A lighting struck pine tree will not survive, seen them many times at my deer lease. usually hang on for about 3 years.