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[@jmonsted]

Things are going to be so much easier with that new JCB. Looks like an excellent addition to the yard!

[@williamellis8993]

Yay, the neighbor's fence is intact! I agree about the hydraulics being an extension of their body. The same is true for a skilled operator of a backhoe, track hoe, excavator or any type of heavy equipment. Take care. Bill

[@rjtumble]

Matt, you might look into going to a junk yard and picking up an old hood. Put that on the ground leading the log and you can alleviate some of the furrows the logs dig as you're dragging them to the trailer. I bet you're loving that JCB, looks like off loading has become a breeze!

[@thefakesurfer]

that house owner is my favourite type of customer... watching every step of you in complete absence...10/10 🙃

[@bigburlymikesmswoodworking]

It was nice to see all three of the supervisors were there to make sure you did everything right :)

[@mcremona]

Even eating some snacks while supervising 😄

[@joelongrid7625]

I recall not very long ago introducing the JCB would have been a three part series, now nary a mention. Love it, and the trailer seems to be living up to expectations.

[@mcremona]

Thanks!

[@brianjoyce9040]

Always enjoy men playing with ‘big boy toys’. Looks like perfect weather to sit in the shade a talk too. Thx Matt

[@troyledbetter6597]

I enjoy watching you cut up wood with chain saws and making pickups! I wished you had more of these videos.

[@mcremona]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/d4ezqISga7mIrpY 😉

[@sylviaknutcecily]

Wow - moving up in the world! Lots of space, and a huge loader. Living the dream! As for me, I have to get me one of those chain shorteners. Very handy.

[@mcremona]

One small step at a time 😄

[@joeybox0rox649]

I absolutely love your new wide open setup, Matt! You've worked hard and have earned the fruits of your labor!👍👍

[@mcremona]

Thanks Joey!

[@joeybox0rox649]

@@mcremona I love to be your neighbor, but Arizona is best in the winter.🙂 Is that your new Power Lifter???

[@lesabre1972]

I have just finished my first live edge pour and now I am addicted to making them they are so beautiful and even better when I pour lights into them!!

[@karencary3312]

Can hardly wait to see them cut up!!!! Bring them on!!!

[@paulbombardier8722]

Looks like you are having a lot of fun with the mini-skid steer’s big brother! Now you have all that new space to fill up.

[@Z287899]

Just a tip, set parking brake and block your tires on your truck when winching like that. I was doing a hard pull and it actually snapped the parking pawl in the transmission. No fun. Even if you don't snap it you will weaken it by putting so much strain on it.

[@welderboy525]

He’s gut that covered the trailer has landing gear on the rear that are driven down

[@thedrewavintagelegacy6455]

Never damaged a fence but I do recall something about a down spout.😁

[@frankcoldwell4424]

Lol.

[@MRrwmac]

Fences don’t hide themselves at corners like downspouts do ... haha.

[@craigb9241]

But it was his own downspout...

[@glenschumannGlensWorkshop]

That new machine has a lot of capacity! Looking forward to seeing the band saw in operation in its new location.

[@spideybrent]

Hello from Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada. Thanks for sharing your great video’s please keep them coming.

[@RobertHorton1975]

The claw! The claw is our master. The claw decides who will stay and who will go.

[@lushdog1984]

Chooses... The claw CHOOSES

[@alanblasczyk1779]

The telehandler was such a wise investment.

[@dmfor9001]

Chain shorten device is a good tip. It is an art and science getting chain hooked to get roll you want.

[@brendenmorey2287]

Brent is my dad and he showed me your video with him using the clam truck. (he said you were kind of paranoid about him putting the smaller log in the bed of your truck). i love seeing him on your video. keep up the great work

[@olddawgdreaming5715]

Great job winching and loading those logs out of that fenced area!! You’re doing a awesome job with your trailer. Thanks for sharing with us Matt. 🙏🏻🙏🏻👍👍👏🏻👏🏻👋👋

[@macedindu829]

So joyful to see the little ones. You truly have an inspirational family.

[@mcremona]

Thank you!

[@francespeters4149]

Nice to see that you are still picking up the logs. It is so great to see you growing. I love your (semi) methodical technic.

[@The78bluedevils]

Matt, make yourself a skid plate for the logs. so they can slide easily. could make your work faster and safer. thanks for all the great videos you made.

[@brianfinnigan2269]

Sounds like a future build and video

[@randyseale9267]

I couldn't help but notice the smiling Matt sticker on the end of the telehandler boom. LOL

[@haroldhoffman5689]

Has to be a great feeling to now be relocated to new property and have the space and the tools to do what you enjoy. Congratulations

[@mcremona]

It’s so nice to be done moving and to only have one house again. Thanks!

[@matteoperuch]

Good job! I think it's easier chain the log to the forklift to unload the trailer.

[@Juangaba]

Awesome pile of logs; prayerfully I’ll be in huge log mode later in life

[@TheRedhawke]

Matt long time subscriber and fan. The JCB you have is an excellent machine, I have hundreds of hours running that exact same machine. Just a couple of tips, don't double lift logs unless you can get them both against the mast. I've noticed a couple of times your forks are really starting to give and you need to start carefully inspecting them for cracks especially at the bends. I've seen a few break at the bends but most break about 12 to 18" from the bends. Not nagging at you by any means but you are trusting those forks with several thousand pounds of log above yourself and your equipment. Your log yard is looking amazing, can't wait to see those giants slabbed up.

[@heymakerphd1982]

Love that JCB. It doesn't require metric grease. SAE grease will prob work temporarily. Good luck.

[@SilverBack.]

Going well Matt, the family and yourself take care 👍

[@markmatt9174]

Looking forward to more, guess w that telihandler you're going to get good at fender replacement on your trailer. :D

[@jgriff3218]

Was thinking the same when he unloads. Possibly make them removable.

[@mcremona]

They're removable. Not really worried about damaging them. They have a little flex so they can take some bumps and spring back.

[@markmatt9174]

@@mcremona J Griff w those forks I'm sure they're gonna be removable LMAO.

[@richardthornhill4630]

Nice to have the equipment to do the job. Technology controls productivity.

[@PappyTom61]

It looks like you enjoy having a little "space" to unload your logs.

[@befmx31]

Matt, your new place looks fantastic(doesn't hurt that is looks like a beautiful day). All that room! You can never have too much land......right?

[@littlehousewoodworking5292]

Looks like some great slices coming soon! Bet you are so happy to finally be done with the move and starting to get back into your routines. Thanks for the content!

[@mcremona]

so happy to be done with that. Still a lot to get set up though. thanks!

[@tinysworld1749]

Going back through your videos again, have you ever tried chaining the arch back of center and hanging a snatch block off it? Then you could run the winch cable out to logs that need to be skidded closer and also get some lift on the cable.

[@kenshores9900]

Andrew: I am in awe of what you do and your love for saving large logs. Especially with crouches. I believe I told you I have old growth black walnut and some persimmon (located in Kentucky). I haven’t been successful in finding anyone locally to harvest them or slab them. Haven’t given up!

[@mountainviewturning5319]

Great looking pile of logs

[@sheemondallasgeorgia]

It is such a pleasure to see how quickly your children grow! To see youngsters grow up in the middle of their fathers work was a fantasy of mine. M mistake was to choose a career which does not allow little children anything but brief, occasional visits. How blessed you are!

[@jimmowers7675]

Great video Matt. Can’t wait to see you saw them. Thanks for sharing. God Bless.

[@JS-ct5jn]

You're a total professional man! Very impressive.

[@mcremona]

Thanks!

[@plakor6133]

Chain shortener. Gotta make one of those. Thanks!

[@brianfinnigan2269]

Sounds like Brent is a source for timber for the sawmill shed and future shop

[@vaughnmaurt5013]

Wow the lift capacity is awesome

[@welderboy525]

Love the new lull. Can’t wait to see the build of making an adapter plate so you can utilize your log grapple on it

[@mcremona]

I’m planning to build a dedicated grapple. Much bigger than the grapple for the mini

[@welderboy525]

@@mcremona that’s something I look forward to seeing. Would be pretty cool if you could use the tilt function to run some kind of rotary and then the auxiliary for the grapple

[@mcremona]

I’m not sure if that would be feasible since the tilt is linked to the lift so the forks maintain their angle as the boom lifts.

[@welderboy525]

@@mcremona not sure about with that particular model but I know some brands have a switch that shuts off the self leveling that your talking about. Worse case is a diversion valve on the auxiliary hydraulics but then you need to run wires up the boom

[@jimp.4531]

big red is perfect.

[@bavondale]

great machinery moving stuff vid. enjoyed it

[@tl32246]

Can’t wait to see your saw up and running

[@lesabre1972]

I would love to do a live edge pore on the 30-inch diameter logg, I could make some nice desks!!

[@ronlavallee112]

Good lord you are good. You must be an engineer.

[@johnking8679]

Yes Matthew !! Don't forget the downspout incident !! Whoops !!

[@2_dog_Restoration]

I just landed 4 Siberian Elm log that size. I will be picking up Friday night & Saturday. I just need to get my Cremona Sawmill built so i can get to slabbing!! THANKS for the inspiration !! Dan H

[@mcremona]

awesome!!

[@cliftonsnider1520]

That looks like so much fun, you probably sell day trips to armchair loggers to come out and help you.

[@Wingnut_Stickman]

Here is my process: Log on to the internet, log on to KZbin, watch Matt log on trailer, log off trailer, log on pile, then log off internet.

[@mcremona]

😂😂😂

[@MAGAMAN]

You still using dial up internet?

[@Wingnut_Stickman]

@@MAGAMAN one mega bit per second, or, "Yes" take your pick of answer, yeah, but no, but yeah, but no.

[@167curly]

You sure are nimble with your equipment, Matt! So skillful! Just hope that your on-lookers are nimble too too in case a few tons of deadweight tree trunks get loose?

[@mcremona]

They’re inside for that part watching from the windows. Thanks!

[@garrywaters7190]

nice job getting the tree out of the backyard without hitting the fence. it sounds like you need to grease the joints on the JCB.

[@mcremona]

there's some rubbing on the carriage. thanks!

[@paulstanding7267]

Carnot wait to see you cut it to se the grain and colours especially around the fork crutch looks good.hHave you got settled into your new home and roll on the house warming party 🥳 lol take care all

[@JenkinsBoatWorks]

all I see is a keel and ribs. lol cool video!

[@patrickbass3542]

Matt has nothing better to do besides playing around all day!!!

[@marknahabedian1803]

I had no idea cherry grew that big. The bark doesn't look smooth and shiney enough for cherry, but all the cherry trunks I've seen were only a few inches in diameter.

[@giovannipetitti1588]

hello Matt, a big hug from Italy, 💯💯💯👍❤️

[@president2]

Matt we need to join you to our roads and drives the Internet built. We can build a cylinder rock filled road base that never ever gets low spots and potholes, gravel topped or coated good for winters with snow and rain as well as desert sands. Love you all great and lovely family!

[@jamesstanlake4064]

Fine examples of leverage moving large heavy logs, and now I'm off to the Bar Z Summer Bash. Wish you were going to be there.

[@mcremona]

One of these years I’m finally going to attend

[@fredspindor1624]

if you lube the forks a little & place them a little over waste high (tilted) they move easy

[@MoondyneJoe]

Matt your drivers side tyre on the trailer has a decent scar on the wall might be worth changing Tony from Western Australia 🇦🇺

[@mcremona]

Just a scuff. Thanks!

[@MoondyneJoe]

@@mcremona ah good Matt it really looked like a decent cut on the wall, I thought it was better to mention it Tony from Western Australia 🇦🇺

[@JayKayKay7]

Those are what we in Texas call 'toothpicks'.

[@dggoslee]

You should build a solar kiln. It would make a great project for your Channel and very handy.

[@adrianhanson9584]

Good you you Matt, you’re a good egg 👍👍

[@patrickpat8878]

I had a contractor who was calling me when he was clearing a parcel and there was large trees, I was cutting all it was good for me , and he was loading it on my trailer, then there was alway someone waiting for the rest for firewood, I was the alway the first one to pick the larger part , they was sometime too large for my sawmill .

[@obiwantzcanolisandmomgarde8490]

Wish you were in our area Big trees fall all the time My big tree needs taken down About 10-12 ft wide trunk

[@edwardshupe6215]

Oh Mathew! You have room!

[@idahopotato5837]

Why not lower the rear stabilizers on the trailer? Looks like you have a sidewall gash in the left rear tire. Love your vids.

[@tkjazzer]

So do you redo their yard after dragging that through?

[@oswynfaux]

Time to get that saw wired up

[@madebyodinn2426]

First cause I believe in what you do

[@tdimccullough]

using that tele handler you're probably think "where have you been all my life?"

[@vincebaker3384]

WOW is that a new forklift?

[@mcremona]

new to me

[@normolson1]

Thanks Matt

[@genelomas332]

Somewhat of a minor timesaver that JCB, huh..? ;) I guess you can use chains to yoink logs up and out from the middle of that pile without having to move the ones in front.. handy.. :)

[@infoanorexic]

Matt, I've been evaluating a persimmon near our shop, and I'm beginning to think that it needs to come down. If the butt logs are still salvageable, is that a wood you'd be interested in? I'm thinking you should figure out a way to hangdangle a log grapple onto the telehandler.

[@fastjazz]

Sure looked like the trailer fender was going to be mad!

[@mcremona]

fenders don't have feelings

[@fastjazz]

@@mcremona that fender definitely has feelings!

[@KevBotWorkshop]

I know you kinda get to logs when you can to slice them, do you ever see yourself in the future with growth or focus to get the log off the trailer straight onto the mill every single time?

[@mcremona]

I’ve actually moved away from that now that I have material handling equipment

[@andrewv5104]

I saw a couple large loads of logs down in the Prior Lake area and some of them looked kinda crotchy. I wish i knew where they were headed. They were on more log hauling type trucks though not tree removal company trucks.

[@raytalbot5890]

Take that gate post out…. Omg 👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@mcremona]

If only I had a machine that could easily pull it out of the ground 😆

[@raytalbot5890]

The log arch trailer? The telehandler? 👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@lymanhall5449]

Get a fork adapter and use your big tongs to unload the trailer… might be much easier

[@stanwiggins3423]

Out of curiosity, is the wheeled equipment you are using (extended boom forklift) owned or leased equipment? Great use of the right equipment for the right job.

[@mcremona]

owned. Thanks!

[@erikthered9357]

you should get a clam shell style attachment for your forklift. I have one for my skid steer and it works great for moving logs around.

[@mcremona]

I’m going to make an articulating grapple for it

[@seanmcguire7974]

Is there a video of you cutting this cherry tree into lumber?

[@sithus1966]

Sad that some of the wood that size would end up as nothing more than chips.

[@thezfunk]

So many trees that size wind up as chips. Just had a road widened very near me and they took down the mature oaks along the road. They were just chipping them all. Some people liberated some of the logs over the weekend but still so much waste. I talked to the tree guy who took some stuff down for me and it is cheaper for them to chip. Finding reliable people to get the logs when required is too much work for them.

[@brendenmorey2287]

Brent is my dad and the big ones that he put in the trailer are too big for the chippers their so he cant put them in the chippers. at the shop their they have massive chippers but the size of those logs cant be handled with the chipper

[@andrewsmith3121]

It must feel great to be moving logs without your equipment always feeling like it may tip over at any point! That mini skid steer forklift/loader is a great little tool, but it has limits, and you've felt every bump, slam and jostle, for sure.

[@mcremona]

For now. Just haven’t found big enough logs 😁

[@Wordsnwood]

@11:56 -- bet I can guess what one feature you wish your telehandler had. (powered left/right forks)

[@mcremona]

Very much so. My forklift has spoiled me

[@pneumatic00]

Few devices made by mankind are as useful as a telehandler. Forklifts are great but a telehandler is just killer.

[@davidpape9726]

Nice logs! Decision time on the long red oak crotch log. Do you cut the straight section off so you can quarter saw it or leave it one long log for table slabs? I vote for quarter sawing since you are doing the work.🤣

[@mcremona]

Lol I’ll cut the entire thing. There will be a couple of qs slabs in the middle. That’s plenty

[@bwillan]

Matt's next Craigslist find will be a 15 or 20KW trailer mounted diesel generator to power the saw mill.

[@colddiesel]

I have a 76 year old Lister JP3 (cold Start) which is used every day for the whole property's electricity generation and it is about that capacity. We run it every day using the cleaned oil from a margarine factory as fuel. Slow speed Listers are just about run in at this age, and the variable compression makes them reliable starters in cold climates. Also have a JP4 but that is a fraction too big. Canada is a better source for old Listers than the USA. Loads of vids on KZbin.

[@bwillan]

@@colddiesel Well that is very interesting information. I'm in Canada. I'll have to look into that.

[@madebyodinn2426]

Matt, do you sell the plans for your trailer modification. I would like to try and build one myself as well if possible.

[@darrylgraniersr.191]

Me too

[@darrylgraniersr.191]

No mods though. Matt designed and built. Great job!

[@michaelweaver6181]

Matt , thank you for the great videos. Where did you get your log tongs ? I need a heavy duty set like that.... Thanks .

[@billqqq]

Hey Matt, nice oak there. Do you generally pay for the logs, charge to pick them up, or call it a win-win for everyone?

[@mcremona]

win-win for all

[@PilchPlays]

Love how this isn't considered a super big log. LOL