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Little Micro Logging Today with the RK 55 and Wallenstein FX 85 Skidding Winch, Today I headed to the woods looking for some soft woods to use for framing and siding for some maybe some drying sheds. I found some good red pine that should work well for those needs.
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[@russellbowman8051]

Mike you Got A few Good Logs from that Tree!!👍👊

[@dodgeman658]

Gotta love Buckin BillyRay. Mike you are truly a good guy for recognizing people around you . Reminds me of an old saying "you scratch my back I'll scratch yours"

[@beckydavis566]

Thanks for the shout out for Buckin, he jumped to 99.7 subscribers. Love you guys

[@craigsmith8880]

I watched Buckin Billy Ray's birthday wishes to Hunter with my 30 year old son who is not an outdoorsman at least at this point. I remarked that the world is filled with a lot of people who are uncaring but this man is special and very caring. We both enjoyed his tribute to your son very much.. Buckin is a special guy. Best of luck to him and of course The Morgan Family!

[@RDW303]

It was funny that I was watching Buckin’ and you before I ever saw you two promoting each other’s channel. That day, I subscribed to both channels and been loving it ever since. Buckin’ has taught me so much about dropping trees. Still really cautious, but I am getting more confident. I really impressed my friends at elk camp when I dropped a tree through a narrow hole. We would have not dropped it, but some idiot chopped half way through it with an ax and left it. And I watch you and wish I could afford a tractor, but being retired, funds are limited. Living vicariously through you and Buckin’.

[@torstenjoergensen]

Hello from Norway. Really love your channel (and off course Buckin’s too). My lifestyle is very close to yours - ‘homesteading’, logging, milling, hunting etc. As others mention here - Norway spruce is excellent for framing (2xs). Straight logs, little or no twisting when drying and your Woodmizer will cut them like butter. Another thing - paint or siding stain stick better to spruce than pine. Kept dry it will last. Have 40+ acres of spruce ready to harvest - and lots of projects coming up...

[@larryfromlincolncountywa3989]

You're so right, Mike. Buckin' Billy Ray's site is just plain ole family-rated good stuff!! Thanks Mike/Outdoors with the Morgans.

[@merlewarnsholz2094]

Mike - Thanks for sharing. Learning more and more everyday. Keep up the great work!

[@jefferymarcelle9216]

Hi love your channel am from Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean. Always look forward to your videos. Great stuff 👍👍👍👍

[@michaelschlei6168]

Good morning Morgans! Here in South Texas we never appreciate our weather more than when we see videos like yours. I'm glad you are still able to get outside and get stuff done cause that's hibernating weather for me

[@theworshiptraveler6709]

Afternoon Morgan family. Absolutely loved the music selection in this video Mr Mike. Thanks so much. Looking forward to part 2

[@johnmyers6097]

Unfortunately I have no red pine but I will tell you it makes great framing lumber. My Hemlock is mostly shaky so it’s brittle but I have a lot of white pine. It’s great, culls burn nicely in my out door furnace. Mike, I don’t mean to be picky but watch how you set your chokers. The last log in the video, the choker needs to have the opening set facing up. This way your pulling on the strongest part of the hook, also if it were to break while you are winching, with the opening up your hook drops to the ground in a more controlled manner. I’ve been hit with a couple of my chokers breaking and flying through the air. Something you don’t never forget. Very painful. Great video. Thanks

[@dylan8285]

Any kind of pine usually make good siding or like accent wall or shiplap cause it has small knots where every branch was. Also red pine likes a more sandy soil and drier conditions, and maybe fire if it’s regenerates like jack pine. They grow as a more open forest kind of like a dry pine Savanna

[@tedbarnhart]

I just wanted to say that I think your choice of music is always spot on. Fits the video, fits the mood, perfect!

[@huckmiller1971]

Good one Mike ! Watch that hinge , take care !

[@HNLKP]

We in Estonia use alot spruce from building houses to furniture. It is a good wood.

[@darylwest560]

Norway spruce makes excellent lumber for framing. -either timber or dimension. I’ve used lots of it over the years on many buildings you’ll be very happy with it and it saws nice in a portable mill.

[@marshallhoux7987]

The red pine makes great framing and decking materials it weathers good Billy Rae is the man to ask and also it does make good firewood burns slow and puts out great heat

[@dickhansen8594]

Nice video. -19c (2 below) in central Alberta. We use a pile (huge) of softwoods here. It gets graded as ‘spf’ coming out of the mills. Thank you for sharing. We always enjoy whatever you throw up to the channel.

[@ishure8849]

Gidday Mike and Mel , I was one of the 900 and I want to thank you for expediating Buckins rise to 100 K . I also wanted to send you a small Christmas gift in appreciation of all the work you put into your Chanel . I haven't been able to work out what your PO box is as yet these devices aren't my strong point all the best Ish .

[@charlesgrant6985]

That’s pretty good song. Thanks for all the great KZbin content. 🇺🇸

[@PatrickCPalmer]

Yet another great video as you build up the mill feed stock. Can’t wait to see this milled up as it has such a nice grain with a awesome scent. Hey Hunter!!! ✋🏻👴🏻

[@donbowersock9564]

I cracked up some parts and bent bar to 45 degrees on one of my ms290 s with a 25" lightning strike walnut that way, expensive lesson. As long as no one gets hurt is all that really counts. Nice video as usual.

[@JohnWhite-si4xc]

Yes Mike the spruce is great wood for building we take them on a woodmizer 150 wood moulder and make log cabin stock we have 4 house's we are working on right now

[@bradleysnyder555]

Go for 16' or 12' butt logs, from the pine and spruce. With your building aspirations in mind. More board feet available for longer 2x framing material. 8' and 10' 2x's will develope thru attrition of the long ones.

[@BigPowerAL]

That music spoke to me.... Thanks 🙏🏻!

[@craigsudman4556]

All right now we're loggin! Were you able to get a fifth or sixth log out of that tree? Looks good Mike. Building with fresh cut lumber means one has to allow for shrinkage. I can't wait, this is going to be soooo cool! Great video Mike, thumbs up.

[@buddyseifert9507]

Great channel. You are west of my daughter and son-in-law in Chadd’s Ford. We’re in the SoCal mountains and deal with the same wood issues that you do. Keep up the good work!

[@lyndamcardle4123]

Spruce is well known for it's qualities for having use as a soundboard (that's the top with the hole cut out) in guitars and ukuleles -when its properly dried out....surprised you're out in the much-hated mud !

[@finpainter1]

Those red pine would make a nice log cabin.

[@barryespeseth7355]

You will enjoy using that softwood for both timber framing and boards. I and the farmer cut and milled 15 large white pine 3 yeas ago and have had it drying inside a 1820 barn that we plan on residing with boards from it at the farm I cut on. Good work and I am gald you have softwood to mill. Will work great on your new buildings. Hopefully 2020 will see me putting up a barn to house my toys. Looking forward in watching you build yours.

[@OldVermontGuy]

Looks like your red pine is very straight and good dimensions. You should get some very useful framing lumber and siding out of what you were showing. You will find it mills very easily and dries pretty fast when you rack it with a lot of air space.

[@mikecox7180]

I mil a lot of yellow pine. No stress very easy to mill. I burn the rest in my outside wood stove. Makes great siding.

[@tombryan720]

Buckin is a very good man. Very sincere

[@DrakeMiester]

Buckin' is a great dude,love his channel a bunch !

[@bobedmiston]

Great camera work Mike!!

[@donlaporte2301]

Done Mike !!

[@GreatNorthWoodsHillbilly]

Buckin is a great guy. On another note I discovered a market on softwood this past summer that after 20 plus years in the firewood business I didn't realize existed. Up here in Northern VT on the Canadian border we have a huge selection of good hardwood to choose from for firewood. So hardwood has always been what we sold. After a drop in the soft wood log market this past summer, I decided to put the wood into cut and split camp firewood. I sold a lot of it. By all means its better to make lumber than firewood but a great way to use up the less desirable parts of the softwood trees. I also built a kindling making machine to use up the softwood on. Works great and bags it at the same time. Keep up the great videos, love your content.

[@funk7875]

That skidding winch is working out pretty sweet for you.

[@matthewsims359]

The world needs more people like buckin, if you watch his channel, his “be kind” is genuine. Hope he gets that 100k soon. Good luck with the softwoods, hopefully you find a use for it. Say hey to the family and yall HAVE A DAY 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@kennysmith6325]

Always watch Buckin Billy along with your channel. Always great and the content . Let's get those subscribers up !

[@rockybuchner5587]

Another good start of my day, Morgan's and my coffee while I stoke the wood stove. God bless you all

[@colleenlotze3962]

Red pine burns much like white spruce, good in stove but can tar up chimney so not good in fireplaces. I have sawn lots of red pine on my woodmizer and it saws very well, the pitch gums up the lube system so use lots of water and some pine sol mixed in it to help the blade keep clean. Dry it in the open with lots of air flow or it might turn black from the moisture. Makes nice framing 2x's and if sorted and hand picked clear 1x's can be tongue and grooved for interior sheathing, very nice log cabin look once clear coated. Hope this helps.

[@rickcassell9613]

That winch line is working out nice .👍

[@olddawgdreaming5715]

Good morning Mike. You can come up with lots of uses for any of the PineTrees. You can get some beautiful milled lumber from those trees and use it for different building projects. You are getting good use of the WALLENSTEIN LOG SKIDDER and it’s going to be one of the top used tools you have around there, such a back and time saver! I hope you helped Buckin get over the hump, he has done a lot of good! Thanks for sharing with us.

[@gforcesg]

can't wait for the next one thanks -- Buckin is awesome !!!

[@davidhonsey208]

Wonderful axe of Kindness! My favorite 2 channels. BBR and the Morgans!!!

[@HerEcolife]

Yaay more logging friends :)

[@DustanT]

Very nice red pines, I have used red pine to build many things here in Michigan and it works great after milling with a chainsaw mill.

[@darrengarlough5121]

Built my horse barn from Norway spruce, framing that is. I run a tree service and come across a lot of Norway spruce, very good framing. White pine makes good siding.

[@michaelboyle1983]

I love that gospel music. Thanks! God bless you and your family!

[@carolannemullaly3341]

Love your land and all the knowledge you share with us Thank You

[@richardlefrancois7886]

Stand up and Buck. Know your tip, friend. You have the be kind part already

[@philsellers6003]

Mike, I'm from Birmingham, Al. I have been watching your channel for about a week and have noticed the number of subscribers has increased by about 2K just during that short period. Congrats on the success of your channel!

[@charlesfoldenaauer832]

Look forward to the videos! Love your stuff! I grew up doing stuff like this with my dad and enjoy seeing you and Melissa doing your thing.

[@catharinalausen6263]

In Alberta next to Birch, Pine is the firewood or choice. It burns clean with very little ash, and doesn’t spit like Spruce. Nice grain to the wood and nice finish, but is soft. Spruce is used for plywood and building studs.

[@williamjones3783]

Mike I don't know if you received my email I sent you before so I will mention it again! When you hook up your chains or cables with hooks set them with the hook facing away from you. It's less likely they will unhook and fly back and injure you or someone else! Please take note and God bless you and your family.

[@bryanblood7063]

Norwegian spruce makes good lumber. For 1x4s or even 2xs for building. We love in Genesee county Michigan and my uncle sawmills Norwegian spruce for people a lot. But if you cut that stuff and have to let it sit for a while you have to get it off the ground and also debark it incects love it if it still has bark on it. The heart of the tree on spruce will stand up to the weather good also.

[@carmineiadeluca935]

Hi Mike, looks like you got a little snow ❄ it flurried in Providence yesterday, but nothing stuck...God bless

[@lylearnold3292]

Mike you guys are great! I'm fairly new here. Live in the Ozarks in NW Arkansas. I love what you do. Great attitude! Also love Buckin Billy Ray and Ironhorse!!! Thanks for the videos!!

[@markfisher8206]

Ps congratulation grandpa and remember this grandchild will be with you as you take the tractor out to the woods when everyone else no not interested cheers

[@harryellingsworth8302]

Love Buckin Billy Ray, the Power Saw and the Ax-man all-n-one, help him get to 100,000 today, Have a Day

[@kodyoliver3873]

Good morning, Mike! You have been an amazing guidance to me and I have learned a ton from what you do so thank you! I'd like to try sharing one thing that I learned from Buckin Billy Ray that I saw in this video and could save you some lumber one day - when bucking logs to length, cut compression first! It saves your logs from splitting as the tension and compression forces fight in the last part of your cut (the bottom couple of inches for this red pine). Then you can jump back and forth from the compression face to the tension face until you work your way through the log. I don't want to come off as telling you what to do because that wouldn't be fair - but this advice from Buckin has helped me and may help you too! Stay safe and continue to do what you can to avoid that dreaded cabin fever! Thanks!

[@StreetRocketJoe]

In central Virginia we have red pine everywhere it is the most common wood by far. So we use it for everything. It does work for burning in fire pits if well dried but I wouldn’t suggest burning it in a fireplace in large quantity as it might gum up your chimney. It also works well for furniture and makes pretty good siding if you like the look. Oh and of course you can use it for framing material and for stall bedding if you chip up the limbs and the tops.

[@berticard9405]

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[@TKCL]

Love Buckin and Arms. Congratulations on all your success, keep doing what you're doing!

[@geraldharvill4699]

Mike, from what I read White Oak is great for outdoor. Not sure if it needs protection. As for the soft wood. They use to use green lumber or lumber not season enough to build sheds. Just remember that it will shrink, wood joints will shrink. But using metal fasteners , you should be able to use green lumber for your shed. My father and I used Green wood for a roof that is still standing after 50 years. Some of the smaller wood you could cut in to 6x6 and 8x8 for the shed. Save you a lot of money.

[@jeffreylane6098]

Mike and Billy Buck please be sure to subscribe Hop right on the wagon be part of the tribe Sharing outdoor life while doing the hard work Allowing us to come along really is the perk So many things to learn, so many things to say If I had to make the choice I wanna live that way Stopping by to say hello is the daily plan Soon enough you will become a Morgan/Buckin fan!!

[@gettintheresafelywithpatf2869]

Hey Mike, take the first 8-10 inches of the branches off the pine trees,split and dry them for Hunter, they make great “hot sticks” for fore starters, the dry sap is extremely flammable. These pine branches are also known as “Cherokee torch wood” almost any pine works if I’m correct, give it a try!

[@OldVermontGuy]

If you find the red pine is fairly clear and has very few knots I would suggest using some of the logs to do 2x6 and 2x8 timbers and I would also suggest cutting some logs to do those as 12.5' and 16.5' lengths. Those are really useful lengths for rafters, and base frames for sheds and outbuildings. It looks like your WoodMizer LX 150 could easily handle those lengths.

[@bobbaker6199]

I am a subscriber to Buckin Billy Ray. I started watching him when you talked about him before. Thank you.

[@jamesbarnes4781]

Mike just went over to Buckin Billy Rays and subscribed.Tom from Ohio

[@mikeadams2339]

All those downed branches made for great skidin!

[@robertappleby4734]

I wish I could identify wood species as easily as you Mike

[@tcf436]

Mike I found and joined Buckings channel thru your channel. Thanks been great having both of your channels. Everyone that follows the Morgan's go check out Bucking Billy Ray you want be sorry.

[@evilbrat5376]

Watch out for that twist, that is Not a Chubby Checker move. Straight as a arrow that trunk is, will make for nice boards when you start milling. Bucken Billy Ray part of my watch list already thanks to you. Enjoy his videos also - almost as much as yours Mike. [almost ya hear?] Waiten on the next for this series. Be safe doing it and have a good day.

[@FLEETWOODFLYERS]

I FOUND HIS CHANNEL THROUGH YOUR LINKS . GREAT CHANNEL GREAT LOVE AND A GREAT GUY. WILL ALL THE WOOD ON THR GROUND BE USED FOR FIREWOOD EVENTUALLY

[@shanehatcher9394]

Mike sir any type of pine or spruce makes excellent framing material. Been using them for years framing. Should make you very happy with the lumber you get from them.

[@thomasakaminski]

Thanks Mike, I just went and added Buckin Billy Ray!

[@wayawolf1967]

As you walk the property you could mark the trees you plan to fell with paint or marking tape. Color code the firewood timber and the lumber timber differently. Then you know whats what at a glance when passing through.

[@paulrice1918]

Love the video especially when you do the work and I sit and watch.

[@iship9705]

We watch BBR and his son for a long time (Hes a good old boy )

[@NewtonWashinton]

I enjoy your channel and i am sure i will like Buckin' Billy Ray Smith so i subscribed. That pine you cut down is as straight as an arrow,.... Nice

[@thomasdesmond2248]

They use Norway spruce for timber framing. In fact tember framing is why it was brought over. God bless

[@robertgalbraith4212]

Congratulations Grand Pa and Grand Ma

[@tommyordoyne7461]

Mike, nice work. I can't wait for the buildings. Have a productive day.

[@davemclelland9292]

Buckin is the real deal.......:-)). From Beautiful British Columbia Canada.......

[@iceroad416]

love bucking billy ray he's the best with saws learn lot about filling

[@profdave2861]

Mike, I’m not an expert by any means, but my Dad was a carpenter and I’ve had some familiarity with red pine over my years. It was very commonly planted here in Ontario for reforestation after clear cutting, and in fact I have about 5 acres of mature red pine forest on my 100 acre lot. It grows quite fast and straight, particularly if controlled in the early years to keep other species out. It makes decent lumber but doesn’t have the natural preservative properties of a species like cedar, so it shouldn’t be used where it’s continuously damp (eg. at ground level on a structure) unless you use a commercial preservative or keep it painted. It’s ok for natural siding with rain exposure as long as gets enough air to dry down, but of course will turn grey with age. Red pine can also be used for round or square log buildings, although white pine is typically preferred, partly because of the knots that tend to seep sap for years. Because of that sap seepage, if you want to paint it, you must dry it thoroughly or the knots will bleed through the paint. It helps if you seal the knots - Dad always used “shellac”, but modern sealants will work once the wood is reasonably dry. Alternately, while I haven’t done it myself, I have friends who have fired the knots with a torch to stop them from seeping sap. It seems to work well as long as you don’t mind the blackened appearance if left natural, or can be painted over with maybe a touch of sanding and a primer sealer base coat. I’m sure others can add much more information, but I hope that helps start the conversation.

[@seather863]

I love the Wolfe Ridge knit hat!

[@kenjackson4471]

I hit on your comment about the 30” limb that broke of the oak and how it “was a mess”. Yeah, a bit cumbersome to work around that stuff sometimes but, truly, that forest debris is the base of the food chain for future generations of your forest trees. “The Hidden Life of Trees” by Peter Wohlleben helped me understand the complexities of my 35 acre woodlot. A short and fascinating book that I highly recommend to forest managers. BTW, permission is granted to inform Wallenstein that I ordered an FX85 to hang on my JD 3033R. We have some thinning to do and it arrives next week. Love the vids! KJ, Hillsboro, OR

[@keystonekid7451]

Nice score mike!

[@rogerbamatutz1927]

This was a good video Mike.

[@bwayne40004]

Softwood! Now you know how the West Coast guys do it!

[@brucebello2049]

Done, now a subscriber

[@fleminj2pa]

Funny you should make the pitch for Buckin Billy Ray. I just ran across him this past weekend and subscribed to his channel. He’s a ball of fire! 😎

[@2blackdanes]

They would make some great lumber for a timber framed sawmill shack. What happened with the arborist that was supposed to come and evaluate your land? Also, what happened to wildlife Wednesday you were going to post footage of the outdoor wireless camera you put up?

[@munched55]

*Norwegian Spruce is the only spruce we have here in Sweden. It usually holds all its limbs green all the way to the ground which means about a half dozen knots circling the trunk every foot or so all the way up the tree. Serious pain in the butt to split with an ax but as boards, I imagine it would be quite pretty but sappy.*

[@batterpm11]

Love Buckin’ Billy Ray

[@lawnmanmartinfan7909]

Watching KZbin I sometimes get Pop up Commercials,, Today I got one for the big tool rack and I heard your voice On there. Great job & best of luck with the channel going forward.

[@madsciencegary3830]

SPF lumber is Spruce, Pine or Fir. Most 2x4s and 2x6s at the big box stores around here are fir, which is the weakest of the 3, so your pine and spruce should both be good for structural lumber that is not exposed to continual dampness.