Pacific Coast Lumber. Giant Walnut Milling. 23,000 pound log milled.

[@uality]

It's so grand to see the beauty revealed by the expertise of log milling, Pacific Coast Lumber has done such pristine work on this Black Walnut. I've never had the pleasure of seeing your work. Thanks for the opportunity.

[@henrywilkins5865]

Howdy Don! My bro's walnut was huge.

[@pacificcoasthiking]

Hello my friend, I hope you are having the best times! Here we are, many years later in life, after a very long friendship and lots of projects done and done, we are still doing things we love. And thank you again for your great service amigo.

[@kennethhopson7087]

That was a huge log. I don't think I would have thought about building the saw above the log. I hope to see more videos from your site soon.

[@pnwRC.]

Very neat to watch this video, after watching the removal video! It was nice to see this complete transformation of this awesome specimen of a tree. Watching it being removed, to watching it be milled into usable lumber was a treat to watch!

[@scottjones5455]

I lived across the river from the mill in Rio Dell for a while. Been a woodworker all my 60 plus years. That Northern California area is a woodworkers paradise. I attended several classes at College of the Redwoods while I was there and got to see some great creations by local craftsmen. My instructor was Henry Robertson, his specialty was doing inlay or marquetry work on really fine furniture. My class project won first place at the Humboldt County fair so I guess I was inspired by all the talent all around me there.

[@mendopix]

This is not about Pacific Lumber Company.

[@pacificcoasthiking]

Scott you are a lucky person so cool I know that College and I know a few people who attended and it is highly acclaimed way to go amigo

[@pacificcoasthiking]

mendopix correct this is not about Palco This is about Pacific Coast lumber small sawmill

[@colinkinsey1663]

Now that's a slab of Walnut..,wow.!...thank you for filming this..👍

[@pacificcoasthiking]

Thank you Collin, much appreciated. It is nice to hear from people that like this sort of thing.

[@TheFamousDana]

THat bench was the most amazing thing ever! I loved that... I almost cried! Thank you for sharing that in this video! 🌹

[@pacificcoasthiking]

Thank you for that post Famous Dana the Boggan. I agree how cool that was. She was completely thrilled.

[@csjmoore]

A beautiful end to a long life. The colors were beautiful and thanks for this video. I appreciated the tender way you treated this old beauty.

[@pacificcoasthiking]

Thank you Charles

[@glencamblin]

The real beauty is it wasn't "the end" this gift from the creator lives on in every peice built from it.

[@JD-xg3ek]

Phil I hope you are well. The cup turned out nice. I hope it serves its purpose for you over the years to come. The carbide set looks nice. Fun give away. The carbide set would work well for a wood pen turner I think.

[@TheTexn]

This certainly encourages more appreciation for things made of wood. I enjoyed this very much and I will appreciate my dining-room suite like never before.

[@pacificcoasthiking]

Thank you my friend. Much appreciated. I will pass that on to Bill, almost 70 and still working!

[@jamestyrer6067]

So as the tree lived its life and was dying the fact that it will continue to live as beautiful furnature in someone's house is great

[@rchancock]

Thank you for being such good stewards of this precious resource. Sam Maloff would be proud.

[@pacificcoasthiking]

You are correct about that. Sam Maloff would indeed be proud.

[@henrywilkins5865]

Yep he would.I knew him. Learned basic furniture making from him in 60's .Pulled weeds for Sam.LOL

[@PerrynBecky]

That's awesome that you guys gave Karen that bench to remember her walnut tree by. That made an excellent memorial the way that the landscaping was configured for it.

[@pacificcoasthiking]

Perry, I love that stuff, thank you for the comment.

[@billytopa]

I’m here in Australia and love your videos and all videos to do with wood work. Please keep them coming

[@pacificcoasthiking]

Thank you mate! The guy who took down that tree was just in Melbourne, and while there he did a bunch of tree work! Just about two months ago. His daughter lives there. Thanks again!.

[@billytopa]

Really? I live in Brighton in Melbourne, what work was he doing here?

[@Ellerard]

Im so glad you put this up I loved this beautiful giant being cut down and wanted to see it milled so badly. Thanks so much!!

[@Woodbug-b7t]

The removal and the milling are great vids guys, more so when it's a once in a lifetime tree.

[@stevenmanders1065]

Twenty years ago I cut a lot of hard woods that way and got too busy to use them,. Now that I am retired, I am looking for projects for all that dry lumber. One Elm slab was sanded flat, varnished and is about 48 inches in diameter with no splits. Cut by hand. I appreciate what went into your slabs, been there, done that, thanks.

[@pacificcoasthiking]

awesome Steven, thank you for that. I would love to see a picture of that elm. I love that stuff.

[@stevedingman474]

What a amazing counter top in a kitchen those giant slabs would make !

[@pacificcoasthiking]

Absolutely true, and a forever type of thing too. Thank you for taking the time to comment. I love this stuff.

[@wmman8256]

That's beautiful wood! Y'all did a great job at milling it.

[@pacificcoasthiking]

Thank you William. Much appreciated.

[@genarogomez9535]

Nice touch with the bench! I’m just going to have to stop by the yard for a look-see!

[@adriank9234]

normally I *hate* music overlays on things like this, but in this case, subtly done and tasteful, almost 'cinematic' style at the right place/time. "Thumbs Up" Oh yeah, the full video was great also, top job.

[@pacificcoasthiking]

Thank you Adrian, much appreciated. I tried to learn, after getting a bunch of thumbs down on other videos....doing this because I enjoy it, and FYI, I look at these activities as cinematic, so you picked words that made me feel at home amigo, thank you.

[@timcarroll4994]

Classy move with the gift to owner of tree. Thanks for video.

[@pacificcoasthiking]

Thank you Tim. The owner was extremely happy with the whole of it. Best to you.

[@MM-jx9si]

First Class, gentleman. I bet she really liked that.

[@pacificcoasthiking]

Thank you MM, much appreciated, and yes she did!

[@johnvaness8445]

Excellent Video, and a Magnificent log! Thanks!

[@pacificcoasthiking]

Thank you John, much appreciated

[@fasx56]

Impressed to see how much of this valuable furniture grade wood was saved to make finished products and the skills of the crew that brought this beauty down. Most tree removal companies do not have the equipment to do this job, congratulations.

[@thegentlecraftsman4764]

brought this beauty down? your tonedeafness is amazing.

[@jodymitchell4020]

Absolutely gorgeous cut of wood. Wow! I wish I had a dinner table slab of this!

[@pacificcoasthiking]

Hi Jody, thank you for your post. I am with you on that. What a table!

[@boB7710II]

Too bad that cable was I there

So nice to see the project completed. A thrill to watch, more than a Century in the making.

[@thegentlecraftsman4764]

how about 250 years. It amazes me to hear people ooo and aww over this...it is the killing of a fossil tree. get it bubba?

[@tthompson2538]

The Gentle Craftsman , hey numb nutz, if you had read any of earlier comments, you would know the tree was dying as per a couple of arborists. At least the wood will be reused.

[@Mytyweav]

Gorgeous Material...... And what an outstanding effort to Harvest and Save for future furniture/art.... Wow....

[@pacificcoasthiking]

Thank you Fred, much appreciated. I agree 100%

[@saltydog8244]

WTF!!!!! This is an amazing tree. Absolutely beautiful. Would be a work of art when use. You guys are great. Even though it is not standing any longer, it will live on forever. 👌

[@pacificcoasthiking]

I so agree Salty Dog, well said. And thank you for your comment.

[@donalddoty5768]

What a humbling experience it must be to mill a log like that. I hope the new owners can appreciate where the lumber came from.

[@davideiben7528]

Thank you for making the video, dont care if a mini car was in that tree. Once in a lifetime opportunity to mill a tree of that size.

[@pacificcoasthiking]

David, you made me laugh, that was a great line! Much appreciated. I have gotten so many things embedded in trees over the years, it is kind of fun in one way and a nightmare in another way. Thank you for the chuckle. I needed that. Read the next guy saying it was like witnessing a murder. Unreal.

[@toolspayless]

Amazing piece of wood, just simply beautiful. Thanks for sharing!

[@joek511]

Amazing, I know a man who built 3 LARG homes with nothing but rough cut oak. No drywall, single side finished oak floors wall and ceilings. He owns a mill and supplies RR ties to the rail roads. Very tight standars leave a whole lot of rejected oak.

[@pacificcoasthiking]

great post, thank you Joe

[@LouisEmery]

I thought that the mill isn't moving fast, but then again this is walnut. Is it OK to have the mill swaying like that? It would seem easy enough to add rigidity into the design. Beautiful and worthwhile business.

[@pacificcoasthiking]

Louis, thank you very much. Problem with a lucas slabbing system is they are slightly loose. They work fine though. A chain saw power head, or the 24 horse motor of the lucas are just a slow process on a big log like this, especially a valuable walnut log. Thank you again.

[@PeanutsDadForever]

What a save. Beautiful timber to be used to live on and be admired long after all those who were involved have passed. If you guys didn’t exist it might have ended up in land fill or firewood. Well done!👴🏻🇦🇺

[@pacificcoasthiking]

Absolutely, and Thank you!

[@brokenujoints3811]

We have had a Lucas Mill 827 for 10 years, with the slabber and beveled siding attachment, and I cut a nice slab from a huge oak a contractor was going to toss out, plus lumber above and below the center slab. Local band Mills couldn't handle it. Love our Lucas Mill!!!

[@pacificcoasthiking]

Thanks Brokenujoints! Well said, and I agree. There are plenty of things a small sawmill band mill won't do that a Lucas mill will do. Much appreciated.

[@theadventuresofbrockinthai4325]

I THINK I WOULD HAVE MADE A FEW TABLES OUT OF THOSE SLABS. IT SEEMS SUCH A WAIST TO ME TO PUT IT ON THE SIDE OF A BUILDING. IT WAS NICE OF YOU GUYS MAKING THAT BENCH FOR THE LADY THAT HAD OWNED THE TREE. OTHER THAN NO TABLE, NICELY DONE.

[@pacificcoasthiking]

thanks Brock

[@larrydaniels6532]

In no way were any of these slabs "wasted" (learn some grammar) on the side of those prefab sheds. Anyone with the money to purchase 1 of those slabs knows full well more than you how to best utilize these unique gifts of nature.

[@pacificcoasthiking]

@@larrydaniels6532 They really are gifts of nature. Well said Larry

[@donogoobo9992]

When ever I see a beautiful piece of wood and then see the tool used to cut it, my respect just goes up for the craftsman that did the fine work. I see people use computer controlled everything these days and this just tells me that there is some skill still wandering around out there.

[@pacificcoasthiking]

It is good to work with your hands isn't it. More of a personal connection.

[@donogoobo9992]

@@pacificcoasthiking No matter what media you are working, the less power augmentation you use, the more of you is being used. A good workman needs those small vindications of their efforts. That is what it is all about, personal satisfaction, but an occasional pat on the back never hurts either.

[@colinmccauley3301]

what a spectacular work of nature

[@pacificcoasthiking]

I could not agree more thank you for your comment

[@colinmccauley3301]

@@pacificcoasthiking I was amazed at the thickness of the bark on that walnut. really great job taking it down.

[@pacificcoasthiking]

Colin McCauley Bill is quite the tree guy . I am proud to be his friend.

[@pacificcoasthiking]

Colin McCauley he is now 69 yo

[@paulking962]

I love black walnuts, especially black walnut ice cream 🍦. My grandfather gave me the proceeds from a tree. Just have to wear gloves and old clothes that you don't mind throwing away when you are done.

[@jlucasound]

Wow. Lumber engineering. I am glad this epic tree was in good hands. Much thought and wisdom in processing it. Way above firewood. It will carry it's legacy almost forever. Lucas Mill. I guess we are everywhere. :-) The grain in that wood is spectacular!

[@thegentlecraftsman4764]

wisdom? When does killing old growth trees come under the heading of wisdom? How about just plain old greed?

[@hammerman8745]

love your editing style, slow the captions down a bit plz. wish you all would get back to posting vids. its so important for average folk to see how the job should be done. your climber is top notch, would love to see some commentary from him. subscribed now and will give a thumbs up and share every vid ya post. nice job all

[@pacificcoasthiking]

Hammerman, Thank you very much for that comment. It is hard to tell if the content is getting through. I will get back to posting more, and I will let Bill know his skill is appreciated. 70 years old, and still climbing!

[@pacificcoasthiking]

Also I will slow down the captions.

[@hammerman8745]

Its evident, the time and effort. amazing crew. looking forward to the next upload. the past shall teach the future.

[@pacificcoasthiking]

This was a west coast walnut, I guess there are several species called "Claro". Definitely not English. Not an eastern walnut. This western walnut gets red colors, some almost yellow orange colors, and often has an abundance of figure such as quilting, fiddleback, curly, burl figures, etc. Awesome wood!! Thank you Isaac, for your post.

[@froggleggers1805]

Would make a lovely table. This guy here would go nuts over it, He deals with these types of trees from yard cuts. He has his own mill he personally built and does nothing but slabs, hes a master carpenter, you should check out the stuff he makes from these yard logs. Matthew Cremona, his channel is: kzbin.info/door/DpL0v-Ifie7u05lbfO3zJQ

[@pacificcoasthiking]

Actually I did check his channel out, great stuff. And very creative on the mill. I have seen similar mills made. I love this stuff. Can't get enough of it. lol, I have been in the wood business my whole life. Thank you for the link to his channel. I will watch that one if I haven't already. I have an urban forestry playlist on my channel you might be interested in.

[@slanford6767]

I thank you for getting back with a reply .a lot of people just make you wonder if they ever saw your question.

[@pacificcoasthiking]

@@slanford6767 You are very welcome, I really enjoy this stuff, the lumber business and the people around it are great.

[@pacificcoasthiking]

@KelMaster Construction Some of the most beautiful wood on the planet. You are the hero for both having it and also making sure it gets used for great stuff. Way to go. You might find highly figured wood in there. Quilted, fiddleback, birds eyes, crotch figure, all highly probable.

[@roostercogburn597]

Mother nature is my all-time favorite artist

[@thegentlecraftsman4764]

yep nothing like smell of napalm in the morning~ loser

[@anthonyappleyard5688]

Dead crown likely means that its crown had grown too big for its roots to feed it all. That seems to tend to happen to walnut trees. It would be interesting to see a list of all the furniture etc made from its wood.

[@pacificcoasthiking]

Thank you for the message and I agree

[@pacificcoasthiking]

Anthony As far as the crown, it was also diagnosed with root rot, which goes with what you said Thanks again Don

[@JerryGiesler09]

3:51, what did you do with the baby trees that grew off the trunk of the walnut??? Plant them onto the ground or return the sprouts to it owner who had the massive tree removed?

[@pacificcoasthiking]

Those were completely separate trees in the forefront Jerry. After the take out, the owner planted a bunch of new trees around her world and in that town. I believe that people in her community as well as the sawmill people were all very impressed with how it was handled. Thank you amigo for your comment.

[@pacificcoasthiking]

at 14.57 ish, you can see there are no sprouts, and the trunk didn't get cleaned of sprouts prior. Thanks again. I went back and looked again.

[@jon99t]

love how you worked and what you have done with the tree

[@pacificcoasthiking]

Thank you Jon, much appreciated!

[@mathewshybrid4440]

How did you get the log up off the ground and on to those timbers?

[@pacificcoasthiking]

10,000 lb forklift rolled it onto the timber’s, then built up the Lucas mill around that, thanks Mathews

[@pacificcoasthiking]

Could be done other ways also.

[@mathewshybrid4440]

@@pacificcoasthiking awesome thanks. Great video!

[@robertbeermanjr.2158]

Black Walnut. I absolutely love this magnificent wood. I used it in any project that I could in Middle School and High school. Just last night I was taking a close look at a thick cutting board that I made for my parents while I was in Middle School. I used Ash, Mahogany and Black Walnut. This board is at least 42 years old now and is holding up very well. I must say that I am so greatly disappointed in the fact that Shop Classes are not available to our youth today. What a travesty! I was always more of a Metal Shop Man but our children today do not have the opportunity to find out what material they may be interested in working with. A shame. Really.

[@pacificcoasthiking]

Robert, I could not agree with you more. It is a horrible tragedy that shop classes are dropping from all schools, including colleges. Amazing that anyone would think this is a good path to be on, educationally as well as naturally and emotionally. Doing things with your hands and mind both are needed greatly in our world. Next to go will be music and who knows what else. Thank you very much

[@54ChickenHawk]

I live in Kansas Flint Hills, my Dad had found some old black walnut tops that had been there at lest 30 years, the stump of the tree was so big I could lay down and not touch the sides and I am 6'4". My Dad said this was one of many that had been logged out in his time.

[@54ChickenHawk]

Da would be 95 if he was still around.

[@pacificcoasthiking]

Dan, thank you for the comment. I love this stuff. Walnut is one of the most bug and rot resistant woods on the planet, those stumps would be worth quite a bit most likely, as people love the texture and stories that go into their furniture and their worlds these days. Best to you Dan.

[@noelbenoist3744]

GREAT JOB GUYS❗️😍THAT IS SOME TOTALLY GORGEOUS WOOD❗️I pray I may one day have a large family picnic table with a big slab like that as the top❗️WOW ... BACKWARD WOW... UPSIDE DOWN MOM.... UPSIDE DOWN AND BACKWARD MOM.... YUP ANY WAY YOU SLICE IT... BEAUTIFUL❗️😍😇🙏🏽☝🏼❗️

[@martineastburn3679]

Wonderful - I used to live in Felton with a number of tall trees. One thing - the Oakland sea port - has perhaps some large cargo carriers that drive over an oversea shipping container, grip it and lift. Drive away. wonder if they have an old one that would work on these logs. Maybe just at your location. Just an idea. Martin out retired in Texas in telephone/power pole country of East Texas.

[@pacificcoasthiking]

Thank you Martin from Texas, good to hear your mind.

[@railroad9000]

It is called a straddle carrier.

[@larrydaniels6532]

That is why they should market these slabs in Japan, the container fee and shipping is nothing compared to what they may be worth there.

[@allmywdwrk]

How many total board feet did the tree yield ?

[@pacificcoasthiking]

I will get back to you on that I figured it out a while ago but will dig it out and holler Thank you for your comment

[@allmywdwrk]

I appreciate it. Walnut is one of my Favorites. What a beautiful tree, both inside and out.

[@pacificcoasthiking]

About 5,000 bf in the main log Possible 10,000 in tree total About $75,000.00 + value Took him about 3 years to sell most of it Thank you again David much appreciated

[@phyl1283]

That was a big, old and beautiful tree when it was slabbed.

[@garyholmes5362]

Approximately how much does a slab cost

[@pacificcoasthiking]

The slabs were various widths, but the biggest 6 of them were worth $10,000.00 + -

[@brookswade5774]

So what would one slab of that tree sell for? I love black walnut. I’ve never seen this one.

[@pacificcoasthiking]

Hey Brooks, thanks for the comment. I think he was selling a whole slab for about $10k or so. There are still a couple or more left.

[@brookswade5774]

pacificcoasthiking I couldn’t get any but I wish. I’m a hobby woodworker and enjoy seeing new or new to me, kinds of wood. I recently stumbled across some spalted cherry and I’m waiting for that to cure. I had a black walnut fall on my truck during a severe storm a couple of years back. I managed to make some nice things out of that. Thank you for the reply.

[@pacificcoasthiking]

@@brookswade5774 Excellent, Brooks wade, thanks again. Those things you make become heirlooms some times. Very good.

[@scottprather5645]

Would have been nice if some water on it so we could really see the grain. I love that live Edge siding on the buildings

[@MrThenry1988]

How thick. Just wondering.

[@pacificcoasthiking]

3.5 inches, thank you.

[@mhenhawke5093]

I guess you cant do much about the steel cable ? Do you just keep cutting? M.

[@pacificcoasthiking]

Yup pretty much Have new blades or newly sharpened blades. Sometimes you can extract it. They got pretty lucky with this one, there wasn’t nails and porcelain etc. 👍

[@samgangmei4991]

What is the price for this particular wood very nice yah..

[@samgangmei4991]

Very nice wood but machine is too slow for that big wood

[@pacificcoasthiking]

Around ten thousand per slab my friend Thank you for the message

[@budlvr]

Would LOVE TO SEE some of what those huge slabs were made in to!!!

[@pacificcoasthiking]

I will try to get some photos of the finished product being used!

[@americanrambler4972]

What I am curious about was how much usable material was milled out of the limbs, branches and truck cutoffs. I saw a bunch of big pieces cut off that amounted to quite a substantial number of board feet. While much of it would not mill into dimensional specification lumber, a whole not of non standard size boards and other pieces could be milled with the remnants. Perfect for smaller pieces for projects. There was literally tons of wood in those knees where the branches and limbs were joined to the tree. On these you KZbin videos, it seems these smaller millers waste a whole lot of wood which could be made into useful boards instead of waste and firewood.

[@pacificcoasthiking]

Approximately 3,000 bf in the big log, and roughly the same in all the limbs and parts, total about 6-7,000. The big log was cut into large slabs, for best value purposes. The other parts were a combination of boards, fireplace mantles, and I believe, some posts. All together this may have yielded just over $70,000.00 of wood. It was a very unusual tree in that it was embedded with porcelain, and steel, rotten (hollow, unsound) in the middle. Often the buyer gets the pig in the poke. Always a gamble. This time it worked.

[@larrydaniels6532]

What an epic series of slabs. I hope that they were or are being marketed in Japan, I can only imagine the end result if a Japanese craftsman worked on them. They have such reverence for wood, I'm thinking of their wooden temples- some more than 1300 years old.

[@pacificcoasthiking]

Again, very well said Larry. Much appreciated.

[@stefanvanhooren7645]

Will you be following up on what becomes of this beautiful wood ? That'd be great.

[@theresap3467]

Thank you for a wonderful post! What an amazing tree! Walnut is my favorite wood. We have a enormous Black Walnut in our yard that was over 48" in diameter 6 years ago, that we have considered taking down. I looked into it, and at the time there was not a lot of interest in it because of risk of metal etc. I believe that there are more companies in our area now that are harvesting urban trees, so I will probably look into it again. I believe our Black Walnut tree is well over 90 ft tall because it is taller than our nearby Catalpa (Northern Catalpa) tree which is a state record holder, and it has been measured at 92 ft. These are both remarkably large trees for our area (Nebraska). The huge Catalpa covers our deck and provides a summer of wonderful shade (and debris!) One of God's great creations :)

[@pacificcoasthiking]

I had never heard of the Catalpa tree, thank you for that great post! The metal and embedded material issue is a big deal, but the dimension and length is also a very big deal in urban wood of value. Sounds like you have something worth something. At the end of the day, the guy who purchased this walnut from the owner paid out roughly 20k to take out the tree, transport, clean up, then make a bench for the previous owner, and the owner I believe got about 3-5k for it. Early in comments I outlined the cost in the "take out" video.

[@arnoldjackson8263]

Find a mill with a circle saw with carbide inserts just tell him you will replace any inserts he knocks out odds are your metal in not harden steel most anything else those carbide teeth will cut as easily as the wood. Will kill a band saw...

[@jamesshanks2614]

Seems like Pacific Coast Lumber show make up a little museum with all the metal pulled from trees cut up there With pictures if possible. I think it would be interesting as most people don't think of metal hidden in trees. Charge $ 1.00 a person to see the collection.

[@pacificcoasthiking]

I had a collection of artifacts that were found in side logs. It was amazing what all I found.

[@kenjohnson4650]

Very nice video, music was nice and low and not loud when the talking was taking place unlike the falling of the tree.

[@dwightarnold6980]

1 Piece would make a nice Bar Top!

[@pacificcoasthiking]

Another amen!

[@larrydaniels6532]

What a horrible thought!

[@benlav7151]

Hello, I would like to ask you how large it is the frame where the engine and blade it is located,I have an 8-15 electric and want to installan kohler 30HP engine not sure if there it is place. Please can you let me know. All frames are standard?? it would be much easier to handle for production

[@pacificcoasthiking]

All the Lucas mill frames are standard I believe. As I feel that a Lucas is not really a production mill but it’s way to successfully mill these types of logs easily compared to things like Alaskan chainsaw mills. The motor size doesn’t seem like an issue compared to the actual quality of the cut in expensive logs and that is about sharp chains and issues like porcelain, metal and etc.. A bigger motor can be put into the Lucas mill I believe. We also built a frame that would hold a chainsaw with a longer bar which was essential for larger logs. Thank you for your good questions 👍

[@benlav7151]

@@pacificcoasthiking Thanks for your answer. I havebought this one only for my own needs and maybe for some ocasional help for others around me. I amin Europe, because of climate changewe have lots of dead trees, compete forests are dead .I own about 1 hectare of dead trees, I would need to pay for a cleanng company to make wood cheaps, around 10000 euros, I prefer to saw mill it, I need already 10m3 which would cost me aoubt 5000 euros. Yes, the lods are small here, only 12 inch, the saw mill was sold near me, only 4000 euro with 4 complete new blades. So I jump on it . Hopefuly it will work and I will not kill myself 😀😀😀😀. Thanks, ben

[@pacificcoasthiking]

@@benlav7151 Ben you make me smile. I believe there are many ways to profit from your dead trees. I wonder what species of trees you are referring to. If they are all one type of hardwood it’s possible to grind the small ones for mushroom production. The Lucas mill will work on small logs but you might find yourself making a way to hold them while they are being milled. Like a wooden cradle? Also if you have conifers and there is a place where they can do “treated for bug and rot “ you can make fence posts and such things. If you look through my other videos you might find some ideas about other uses. I wish you the very best for what you are doing!

[@benlav7151]

@@pacificcoasthiking 😀😀 As I said I have already few hours youtube watch experience about lucasmill. Wood cheaper it is quite costly, it is coneferes wood, soft wood not so good for heating. Of course I will use everything. I have experience in the forest ,did 20 years with chainsaw for firewood and taking out logs with 120 HP tractor, very dangeros and always beeing on the look for danger, several time just excaped from dead. Yes, I saw several option available to fix the logs on lucas sawmill, also loading 3-5 logs at the time. I have a plan to get them inside by a winch because they will have the same lenth as my rails.Of course it will not work 100%as planed, I will adapt and change, slowly I will learn the job from my own errors. This is how it works always for me Ben

[@pacificcoasthiking]

You are awesome my friend!!! @@benlav7151

[@bobpowell9484]

Really interesting vid. I'm disappointed that no one counted the rings or mentioned the age, unless I missed it. That Lucas Mill is great, I expected to see the log brought into a building and a giant saw blade cut it. LoL

[@pacificcoasthiking]

All kinds of tricks in breaking down logs. The age was around 300 years or there abouts. Once I had a giant sugarpine butt log. It appeared to be clear of branches knots etc, but of course that is the outside third of clear logs, the inside third is where the undeveloped knots are...anyway I took my 6,000 pound forklift and rammed it a couple times, and got it to split along the grain. Then I was able to mill it on my wood mizer. I used to do the forklift milling on black locust to get straight fibers for a guy who made long bows. What a life!

[@bobpowell9484]

@@pacificcoasthiking Hey, thanks for the fast reply. And the rest of the comment. Awesome. I live in upstate NY, NE of Syracuse and the log trucks are constantly on the move. Cherry, etc. Harden furniture down the road was in business for over 100 years with primo Cherry wood items. Sadly, they were bought out by an Asian company but due to completely close soon. Stay safe doing your thing!

[@pacificcoasthiking]

@@bobpowell9484 Thank you Bob, I know a John Powell from Santa Ynez, Ca. A national treasure he is. Getting a bit long in the tooth now, but an incredible painter of Japanese gardens and that style. I love the guy. Sad about the Harden furniture co. Although people may not know it, but the hardwood forests are growing like crazy, as most of the oldest growth of them seem to be around 100 years or so old. Is that correct? I hear they grow like weeks. Similar out here to what the cedar and redwood trees do. Thanks again for your note. Much appreciated.

[@douglasgrant8315]

I have a question but I doubt you guys have the time to answer it just like to know how do all these items get stuck in the trees that you cut?

[@pacificcoasthiking]

Great question. In one tree I milled a few years ago. I found two hatchet heads, one old time small kerosene lamp, a deer hanging hook, and a gate hinge. In our area, there are quite a few indigenous walnut trees, and where they didn't grow naturally, people would plant them on homesteads and home sites along with locust trees, and a fruit tree of some sort. The big walnut trees were used as nut trees, and also were kind of centers of the home out side areas. They ended up being tree forts, places to butcher animals, all kind of things. And it is amazing in a couple hundred years, what all got into them and those items were grown around by the tree. Thank you Douglas

[@chriswoods3188]

How made the mill?

[@pacificcoasthiking]

They cut it with a lucas mill slabbing system. Thank you Chris.

[@DominicPaz]

Surprising they don't use a bandsaw. Any reason they prefer the lucas mill chain slabber over a large bandsaw other than cost?

[@pacificcoasthiking]

Simply cost of equipment. Not many bandsaw small sawmills that will cut 5'+ width logs. Thanks Dominic, much appreciated.

[@kaydickerson1229]

Many thanks to the skilled tradesmen. Hope yall got some interns to tea h before you retire.

[@pacificcoasthiking]

Kay, thank you for your heartfelt comment, much appreciated, and I agree wholeheartedly with you

[@jasonvandervort4904]

What a beautiful tree . Just curious what the value of something this big is ?

[@pacificcoasthiking]

Some where around 50K +. The owner is still sitting on about five of the giant slabs. I believe he is anyway.

[@ronlitz9055]

Would it be dried whole, lumber, or in a veneer state?

[@pacificcoasthiking]

Thanks Ron for the post He is cutting these slabs for best value. This log doesn't really lend itself to veneers for him, mostly because he does not have the capability to slice veneers without huge yield loss. There are other considerations as well, such as the width of the log relative to veneers ie; whole piece faces, etc., as it is over 60" wide. That said, he could ship it somewhere to get veneers cut but then more cost, etc. This will be as air dried as he can get it in San Luis Obispo Ca.. Thanks again.

[@ronlitz9055]

Thanks just curious.. worked sawmill and plywood for 45 years but not with exotic, only structural species. Nice to see the care and consideration involved in the recovery of these valuable woods. I know these trees are "scouted", and not cut without considerable discretion.

[@ronlitz9055]

thanks for your replies, I am only familiar with rotary produced veneers, have had no experience with sliced veneers. Our "seasoning" amounted to 4 to 15 minutes in steam coiled dryers. Then the layup commenced when temperature was appropriate. Appreciate your replies to a retiree.

[@pacificcoasthiking]

@@ronlitz9055 Thanks Ron, wow, 45 years cutting peeler cores! lol. Well, yes plywood plants. Good for you, and you are still standing! I wish that anything produced in small sawmill operations would have a drying time of 15 minutes. And these high end "architectural" veneers made from appearance materials are high value, but not a lot of veneer plants around to cut them here in the west.

[@pacificcoasthiking]

@@ronlitz9055 When they cut for structural panels rotary is perfect, "flat sawn" type of veneer. In hardwoods, the appearance changes dramatically between plain sliced and yields things like vertical grain and quarter sawn panels, which in architectural and cabinets, etc. are a desirable option. Ron enjoy your retirement. I am also retired. Hunting a lot of mushrooms in the woods, making some videos, and developing some hiking bib overalls out of ripstop materials! Woo hoo!

[@Pantherman63]

Was hoping a follow-up video about the tree being taken down, and there it is. Thanks for making the video. Was the trunk too big to lay on it's wider side to cut larger width boards?

[@pacificcoasthiking]

Yes, the big log was just over 5', which was the capacity of the lucas mill set up. The trade off was that you get about two extra slabs, slightly narrower. Thank you Kevin

[@russellnotestine6436]

That will make a LOT of knife handles and trophy bases! :)

[@pacificcoasthiking]

Absolutely Russell, correct!

[@theeddorian]

Not to mention guitars, gun stocks and some awesome cabinetry. My family has a large chest or sideboard my grandfather built of that type of walnut.

[@pacificcoasthiking]

@@theeddorian Thank you for the post. Awesome that you have some old furniture made of walnut from your grandfather.

[@larrydaniels6532]

I'm guessing zero!

[@mikepeine3898]

the black walnut in my yard is a 6' x 8 ' WIDE oval . 20'+ feet to the branches . it has branches as big as this tree in this video . it's dying out because of fracking water in the creek . all the smaller trees from it's nuts are strait too .

[@pacificcoasthiking]

Sounds like a tree worth keeping if it is dying. We have to do again what they used to do when they would take these old yard trees and make heirloom furniture and such out of them. Great tree, Mike.

[@mikepeine3898]

@@pacificcoasthiking I changed my moniker picture to the tree . lol the 4x8 sheet of plywood is off center . and on the 6' wide side . the nuts really hurt when falling ! lol

[@pacificcoasthiking]

@@mikepeine3898 That is a hell of a tree, what a beauty amigo! Wow. Good job, thanks for showing me that tree.

[@mikepeine3898]

@@pacificcoasthiking thank you too ! we get some scary wood here too . i'll see if I have any pictures . lol okay it might take some time to change my picture . curly cherry . demons , skulls and a Nun in the grain . the picture is on its side and small . I've seen all kinds of images in wood at my Amish friends mill .

[@larrydaniels6532]

Dude, go online and contact mills and veneering companies. You may have a goldmine in your yard.

[@jontibloom]

That really is a once in a decade log

[@pacificcoasthiking]

Well said, and very true Jontibloom. And it is going to live on forever on this. It was very special.

[@davidohagan5265]

Beautiful slabs from that tree... Just curious, why didn't you quarter saw the log? This would have brought out the beauty of the vertical grain (i.e., the medullary rays). Also the lumber may have been more valuable for furniture, cabinet, and musical instrument manufacturers, as it would have been more dimensionally stable (i.e., less prone to cupping, warping). Thanks!

[@pacificcoasthiking]

Good morning David. This was a western walnut log. While you can get vertical grain cuts out of the middle slabs, it would be wasteful trying for vertical grain boards throughout. In Vertical grain cuts the wood is slightly more stable, but it shrinks more in tangential than radial so you have to cut a little thicker for shrinkage. There are no medullary rays in walnut. Only in a handful of species does that occur. Such as all the oaks, sycamore, gravelia, etc.. The instrument side of the world in walnut requires (at least in guitars and some other instruments), medium to high density fiddleback figure. This tree didn't have much of that. Some great crotch figure though. Large slabs for desks, bar tops, kitchen islands etc is where the money is for this wood. Thank you for the post.

[@davidohagan5265]

Thank you so much for your reply... it is greatly appreciated!

[@pacificcoasthiking]

@@davidohagan5265 You are very welcome David, and thank you too, much appreciated.

[@johntripp2028]

Giving the gift of the bench to the home owner is a touch of class. Not much of that going around.

[@pacificcoasthiking]

John, Thank you for that post. Sean O'Brien is a straight up good person. That whole job was a good one. Thanks again.

[@waynemartin6841]

I do a bit of tree removal in Sydney. If the tree had useful timber I often return a bowl made from it sometime later. Good timber is a shame to chip or burn sometimes. I like finding a use for such timber and I never have to advertise for work.

[@pacificcoasthiking]

@@waynemartin6841 Thanks mate!

[@pacificcoasthiking]

@ Thank you John. I started in the wood business making folk toys when I was 26, flying copters, paddle boats, etc. Did lots of craft fairs etc, then somehow got into a hot tub manufacturer business, ran their moulder, and processing section, ground knives, gang rip, etc, then on into the building industry in a lumber yard, did that for 10 + years, and then logging and sawmills. Small sawmills, gypsy logging. In the whole of the lumber and building industry, most people were and are, rock solid good people.

[@pacificcoasthiking]

@@waynemartin6841 Wayne, I have milled quite a bit of black acacia, which to my understanding has meandered over here from your neck of the woods, pardon my pun!

[@zapfanzapfan]

Beautiful wood! What are those giant slabs mostly used for? Tables? Kitchen counter tops? Bar tops?

[@pacificcoasthiking]

Yes, pretty much. Desks. Once I made about twenty slabs of walnut for an artist who was putting counters around the inside of a gigantic art studio. I think a persons mind is the limit in such things. Thank you for the post!

[@zapfanzapfan]

That stirred a memory. The really old guy on 60 Minutes who would complain about something at the end of every episode sat at a walnut desk. He talked about it in an episode, I think it had some metal dovetail joint in it to keep a crack from spreading.

[@brians48now]

That was Andy Rooney. He was a really nice ending to the show.

[@pacificcoasthiking]

@@brians48now I remember a bit done by Andy Rooney, he described the horrors he witnessed on the hedgerows of D-Day in france. He was a reporter in the invasion. He could barely describe it.

That dovetail is called a Dutchman, a deliberate feature that's inherently functional.

[@giles-df9yu]

If you had cut that in gun stock blanks how much would you been able to sell it for.

[@pacificcoasthiking]

I tried cutting gun stock a bunch of years ago and found that you have to be very committed to that industry to be a player. It does get a lot of money but the yield of quality gun stocks is very low, and you are cutting good furniture wood down to small pieces that cannot be used for anything but gun stock or butcher block types of product. But if you get the right piece of wood, you can get big bucks for a small piece of wood. Do you have walnut available to you? Are you a sawyer? Have a sawmill? Thank you very much for your comment.

[@oneshotme]

Man that bench and house was beautiful

[@DrPsyc71]

really beautiful and amazingly huge and awesome log and your slabs from it were stunning. What you said about the sawblade vs the worth of the slab is true in many mediums. I can't say how many students I have seen ruin hundreds of dollars worth of fine fabric by stinting on needles. The log bench you made for the homeowner was a good thing.

[@pacificcoasthiking]

Thank you, what a nice comment! You teach sewing? I am on the last prototype of a new hiking bib overall. I just ordered 20 working bibs, and have to send the people at hello world fashions in LA the hang tags, care tags, etc. I am so excited. Thank you Casandra! Much appreciated.

[@billiondollardan]

how much is that tree worth?

[@pacificcoasthiking]

Billion, somewhere north of 50k in wood slabs and parts and pieces. If he were to have made it into veneer, might have been worth quite a bit more, his cost would have gone up, and etc.

[@billiondollardan]

@@pacificcoasthiking wow I had no idea it would be that much

[@pacificcoasthiking]

@@billiondollardan Big walnut slabs can be worth quite a bit. The burden of course, is betting there are no unsound areas in a log, metal embedded, and other defects. Then the milling of such a thing takes considerable investment, as well as the marketing. The sawmill guy is still sitting on some of the walnut from two years ago when it was taken out. But overall, a good investment for urban foresters. Big trees equals more uses for the large stuff.

[@pacificcoasthiking]

@@billiondollardan I could be more, but it is a supply and demand kind of a world, and the person bringing it to market takes a big risk and cost to do that. Thank you again Billion

[@buggsy5]

Why was the mill cutting so slowly - I have never seen any other videos with such a slow cut. Is that just a characteristic of Lucas mills?

[@pacificcoasthiking]

Skip tooth chain, 5' diameter log, hardwood, goes a bit slow, somewhere around 1.5 inch per minute.

[@deserthunter8363]

'That is the most beautiful piece of wood I've seen!`

[@JayKayKay7]

I think walnut is the most beautiful wood. You guys do blanks for gun stocks? The bench was a great touch. Channel the tree sitting there. I never had the cajones for high work. I didn't like walking plate when I was pounding nails in the 70's out in SoCal. I get 'wood' thinking about wood. Just kidding, sort of. Very spiritual material.

[@pacificcoasthiking]

I couldn't have said it any better. I have a short list of woods that give me that same feeling. lol But yes, walnut is certainly one of them. The western walnut is particularly colorful.

[@eastside0434]

I would have bagged all that beautiful sawdust and used it for making a wood putty or another use,no way I would have left it on the ground.looks like sawdust gold to me.

[@pacificcoasthiking]

Not a bad idea at all, thank you for your comment

[@eastside0434]

@@pacificcoasthiking you can send me a sample of some of your wood filler for the idea. I am sure I can use it for filling in some cracks in the floors of an old house I am redoing this spring/summer. Many Thanks.!

[@dhanks55]

Good job fellas

[@pacificcoasthiking]

Thank you David

[@frankcrawford416]

Good work men!

[@pacificcoasthiking]

Thank you Frank!

[@stoveboltlvr3798]

Wow, that grain is beautiful!

[@slanford6767]

How much is a tree like that sell for from a private seller I have 2 people with saw mills close buy?

[@pacificcoasthiking]

The log itself is worth somewhere around 10k or so to the seller. So much depends on size, defects, degree of difficulty etc. The buyer hopes there is little to no metal or porcelain embedded in it etc. No unsound or hollow rotten areas, etc.

[@heaven-is-real]

how much is all that walnut worth?

[@pacificcoasthiking]

Hopefully north of 50k out here in Ca. The owner still has some of the slabs. Probably most of the profit is what I think.

[@mroger29sh]

mark r pa thx excellently done

[@pacificcoasthiking]

Thanks amigo, much appreciated.

[@mroger29sh]

gras b suerte estoy intendor aprendo espan anyway thanks great vid be well and safe

[@sylviaknutcecily]

Awesome!

[@pamtnman1515]

some nice gunstock wood in that burl area

[@thegentlecraftsman4764]

aomw great homes for wildlife were just destroyed for your gunstocks...shove it.

[@EdwardT9]

The Gentle Craftsman the tree was dying, and a risk to people. what’s the issue here?

[@pamtnman1515]

The Gentle Craftsman trees have natural life spans. When they die, they fall. When they fall, things get broken. Better to remove them before hand. Reality.

[@donniegray553]

beautiful

[@shawnmclaughlin2570]

Beauty