Slot Dozing Sawdust

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[@petenolte4192]

Just add glue and straw and you got Ikea furniture LOL

[@zeke112964]

You need a little cardboard for a support structure

[@caramelamcphee8106]

Glue ? I thought they used Flour

[@petenolte4192]

@@zeke112964 nope I've watched how its made the straw is the binding agent

[@shexdensmore]

Lmao

[@roflstomps324]

That's a fact. Just set a little water on any Ikea 'wood' furniture and call it a night. The morning holds amazing sights.

[@schmidt60410]

In the early 80's, I worked maintenance at a company that made interior and exterior doors. We collected our sawdust with a vacuum system that deposited it in overhead bins you could drive a truck under. We were lucky to get farmers to take it for animal bedding. A few years later, I was working for a truck and trailer leasing company. One of our customers was a millwork company that leased special 45' van trailers that had ports on them so they could blow them full of sawdust. When they were filled, they were taken to another company that made wood products out of the sawdust. I do remember that the value of the sawdust was so low, it wasn't worth hauling it over 40 miles away from the millwork company.

[@vhostovich]

How you resolve your projects is endlessly fascinating to subscribers like me. We would be overwhelmed at the start of your projects. The "Like watching someone playing in a giant zen garden" was a great comment too us.

[@marvincarvin1846]

I have the best Bandini mtn around because for 30yrs, I had a cabinet shop (sawdust) and cattle (manure). Great mixture!

[@russellsmith3825]

Yup a nitrogen source (manure) and a carbon source (sawdust) = great compost

[@slomoe5409]

Foreman: HEY BOSS, THIS PLACE IS STARTING TO LOOK LIKE A SHITHOLE AGAIN....... Owner: GO HEAD AND GIVE CHRIS A CALL......

[@makingithappen9722]

Strange to just have it as fillings. Sawdust is a whole industry nowadays.

[@stanpatterson5033]

Every night, the local pallet factory ships a 48' load of their sawdust up to an industry that further grinds it down in size, then presses it into sheet form, for sale as presswood panelling used for office furniture, K-mart-grade household furniture, etc. Throughout the day, the trailer gets advanced 5 or 6 feet as the sawdust piles up, then it's levelled out with a shovel or rake by the yard guy, the tarp gets rolled over and secured, then off it goes for that 3 hour tour, and the trailer gets end-dumped on a liftbed at the customers. I know down there in the Carolinas it's hard to fathom, but up here, somebody actually pays for the stuff.

[@makingithappen9722]

@@stanpatterson5033 Correctly

[@davincrook9927]

Stan Patterson Yeah they could just get a 53 dry van trailer and figure out a way to fill it, you'd think it a full trailer would be worth a few thousand. Even at twice a year it would seem to be worth it.

[@willemstreutgers1154]

@@stanpatterson5033 yes its called MDF Sawdust can bring you good money.

[@marcryvon]

@@stanpatterson5033 In Canada too. They make compressed wood pellets and logs for heating. 0 waste. Sad to see this.

[@rileystrack485]

When I was younger and when my dad would use his table saw my brother and I would take some of our toy trucks and use it like mulch or dirt. This brought back some memories thankyou

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Nice job! Jack has plenty of room now. Boy for a minute I thought you forgot about the camera on the dozer 🤣

[@alansmith4734]

Ikea Beaver Dam ... some assembly required.

[@dexhummer1]

That Komatsu is still a beast after 7..10+ years. Been watching for a while.

[@KJ-kw7gh]

Everybody commenting on what he should do with it. He's doing exactly what he's getting paid to do. Move it for the PAYING customer.

[@tectalabyss]

I worked Maintenance at a large mill here in North east Tennessee,they sold Bark,Sawdust and chips ,to paper mills and such. Nothing was wasted,Oh almost forgot sawdust was also used has fuel,for the dry klin's . love the videos Chris.

[@mariusdd6194]

Looks like a botique mill. Small operation with no dry kilns and no boilers. If that pile was a years worth of dust then there would be no market for the small amount. Good job with the clean up!

[@drewmania6034]

Marius DD Well said

[@unavailableusername9694]

So cool, I used to bow hunt near a sawmill, every once in a while we'd hear the bulldozer clacking away doing exactly this. That stuff makes really good compost after a few years, 😉

[@arkansas1336]

Eventually mill yards need maintenance. You did a great job using 'sideboards'!

[@sandrarivera285]

Chris on the video the soil looks red n rich n clean. It's like u want to just roll n it... 🤓💕

[@RobertL78]

I'm guessing the next video will be air filter maintenance.

[@kennethcross5572]

Doing a grand job as always

[@delcasaleexcavating9508]

You gotta be glad you have a enclosed cab !!!

[@janvandenbos7085]

Dozing sawdust cleaning up the place nice again Chris.....😎✌👌

[@arisaka9963]

That blade shaker is pretty slick!

[@clevelandmatheson983]

They have a place not far from me that burns woodchips and sawdust mixed with shredded tires, the incinerator creates electricity.

[@mrs.eliteearthworks]

This vidja was really relaxing! Like watching someone play in a giant zen garden 😂

[@ohiovalleypondandexcavatio2114]

Well on a positive note that sawdust makes for a smooth ride in the dozer.

[@stevengrotte2987]

I remember paying $200.00 for a ton of pellets for my pellet stove about 8 years ago. Kinda looks like that lumber mill operation is overlooking a pretty good side income.

[@uppsalahazzemarkstedt2759]

Saw dust is very good for improve soil. You can mix it with different other stuff you need f e compost, manure, wood chips, straw together with infertile soil. Or use it as an additive if you have too wet compost. And a small warning; Piles of sawdust can self-ignite. Higher they get it's a bigger chance they do and especially if it's compacted..

[@rockinpiano1]

It's amazing how a berm on each side of the blade/Cat helps get material to where you want it.(Especially if you're pushing down hill!!!) As I've noted before.........GREAT BLADE WORK!!!!(:>).............................All I ever had was an old 46-A with a U blade!(;>)

[@jenniferwhitewolf3784]

Where I live, sawdust was once burned as waste. Today sawdust is a valued commodity, used to make pres-to logs, particle board, MDF board, charcoal briquettes, raw fiber for the paper undustry, or burned to produce steam for heat needed in drying kilns, or to generate electricity. Even small lumber mills have no sawdust waste.... its a by product to sell, with many willing buyers. they have hoppers that conveyer load trucks or rail cars.. Larger mills use a lot of their own sawdust internally for energy production.

[@lindseysmith8644]

Give us a update on the cows and fencing. I'm about to start the same project and want your opinion on your setup. Thanks for the vids. Enjoy them a lot

[@leol1682]

Good video Chris, like dozer work.

[@Johnny_RB]

I'll say it again - I bet you love your job. Must have been fun pushing around all that sawdust. So cool to watch!

[@colinwalters5281]

A pleasant relaxing video Chris

[@Quake81270]

Too bad you don't know anyone who could burn that in a kiln or something. Make pressed mold flower pots that decompose after few years.

[@30farms70]

Brings back memories of push lint piles at the cotton gin.

[@russellsmith3825]

That stuff makes good compost too

[@GerhardChristmann]

Hi Chris, free access to dirt, sand and sawdust. My potting soil comany would start today. Have fun, make money Gerhard

[@clintonemmert5184]

That’s some good driving that dozer.

[@humanoverlord6708]

Just return it to any cut forested area or find a farmer willing to truck it for his fields. Great for loosening heavy soils

[@letswork18work39]

Good job Chris that's good that you made the video long good job 👌👌

[@wtwoffroad]

Motocross track owners would pay big money for all that sawdust

[@Elswick17]

Wyatt Wells lol I was thinking the same thing

[@Bass2010]

That ramp is getting tall and that a lot of sawdust

[@delcasaleexcavating9508]

Another fine job !!!

[@xx2345000]

I know a guy in Texas that bought a pallet business (for the saw dust) just for remediation of oil. Too bad the trucking would be so expensive to get it here.

[@VideosByAl]

95% of our Sawdust is sold for Oil Remediation. The remainder goes for horse bedding.

[@scottlong6308]

I see a lot of people saying make heating pellets out of it. I'm not 100% sure where the mill is located. But, I think maybe, down south. If so, there probably isn't much of a market or demand for wood pellets.

[@farmcentralohio]

even added the blade wiggle at the support leg for style points

[@louisianadirt2188]

Man they went through few saw blades to get that much sawdust! Dwayne

[@danrossell6375]

Wade sells theirs to a paper company for boiler fuel

Valuable organic matter.. Here in California. Gold..

[@ronshauling2000]

Chris, Where is the saw mill at? We're close to the Clayton/Smithfield area and I am in need of new boards for the floor on the trailers and for the top boards on our dump trucks. We've worked with you in the past hauling mud from a couple of your pond and lake jobs. Thank you, Ron with KB's Hauling

[@george8873]

Might want to check to see if there is any build up of saw dust in the engine compartment and other places that might get hot after this job. Would be a bad surprise to have the dozer catch on fire because of it.

[@bigscout1584]

Question....why not a skid steer to aid in the removal of the pile around the shoot?? Or a front end loader?

[@charlesdyer2376]

Ol Logger Wade wouldn't let that go to waste !!

[@johnredden2557]

Having saw dust around like that can be dangerous it can actually can catch fire all by itself seen it happen back in WV when I was on a fire department

[@waynej7037]

what a shame! we have a sawdust shortage, it is hard to get and very expensive when you do. a 40' semi van full is around $2300.00

[@adamstone7568]

You may check out Ecostrat. They are based out of Charlotte North Carolina. I have a sawmill operation and ran across them. They'll buy the sawdust and woodchips.

[@dwightjones5826]

You could take the 160 and load of that that has composted and take it to your place it would be clean fertilizer with no chemical make up plus free

[@jameshall1691]

Ain't nothing free in this world. You have to remember the fuel costs and time

[@63256325N]

Lot of dust. 🤧 Thanks for the video. 👍

[@rickhemeon817]

You're on your way to making a mountain. LOL

[@rogerwilliams1838]

Post number 2 Chris is good enough to get us to watch that should tell you something

[@tazblink]

I don't know shit about dozing but it was fascinating watching how you maintained the slot. How you loaded the blade on a angle to suck it over and then kept it in the slot very cool. As someone who knows nothing about this I would have had the urge to remove that whole pile after you pushed it under the conveyer and I would have lost the slot right there. Not sure if this is basic stuff but I suspect there was a lot of subtle knowledge in this video. Anyway thanks for sharing I really enjoyed it.

[@memyselfandifarmer]

Barn bedding!

[@brianwalter1689]

After pushing all that you might have to change out your air filters along with the radiator and a good preasure washing.

[@johnclifton3910]

Chris is that the same sawmill you pushed about a year ago

[@canvids1]

That sawdust is worth lots of money Chris the farmers are buying it for bedding because or the weather and no straw etc and they love it better than straw and corn.

[@bobbaer869]

Wow that was a bunch of sawdust

[@meanjoegreen4925]

thinking you have shown this place before, i guess good enough to watch twice

[@nectcruiser]

couple more piles like that1 and you could land Piper Cubs on it

[@aarongiroir8244]

I could only imagine the amount of termites there. Wow

[@nathanmullaney6946]

You should use some of that for bedding for your cows

[@southernhomesteadtransformatio]

I love the smell of Dozer Dust in the morning.....Reminds me of......... :-)

[@JH-nf4xd]

Satisfying to watch

[@neilramseyer5348]

They can do what they want but if they put up a small bin for cost of what you just did they could get rid of it for free. Composters love that. Last semi I got in Ohio was 440$ . depending what kind of wood in it you cant use it for bedding for horses

[@jeffhelt948]

I'm surprised no local farmer wouldn't use all that sawdust for bedding. If that was near me farmers be fighting to get a load of that

[@aday1637]

Those trees out back are weeping...seeing their relative's remains...all ground up into sawdust...sad day.

[@Akrowdya64]

Does that stuff stink? We used to use field dry which was pretty much saw dust on wet baseball fields in order to make them playable. As it would break down, it would reak from the moisture..

[@imchris5000]

they need to buy a big press and press the sawdust into firewood logs just throwing away money in this operation

[@bobsyouruncle1574]

I was thinking the same thing, several thousand bags worth of wood pellets in that pile.

[@monsterkxf]

Not to mention if those piles would go up in flames (if dry enough) like a bomb going off....

[@joelhenderson3951]

Looks pretty good to me.

[@briangardiner1015]

Once again proves how using the slot dozing techinique is the best wayto move material with a dozer.

[@achum2sum]

if someone filled an empty paper towel tube with that sawdust and melted candle wax, he could stick a sparkler in that and use it to light a fire pile of tree trimmings and felled trees, instead of diesel fuel and the woosh method... but that wouldn't be much fun

[@travisdavis3974]

The woosh method keeps you on your toes

[@shawnfox8002]

Do you use sawdust for bedding of your cattle?

[@johnsmith-sw7ii]

Hard to believe there isn't a market for that stuff....Should be good for something!

[@shawnstrode3825]

With glue some molds and a press they could make particle strand board. Turn that waste into profit. Considering the price of wood right now the ROI would happen very quickly.

[@phillipbonner5215]

Has it been a year already since you did this I remember the video from before.

[@robertmceachern2428]

Not so much sawdust as it is DUST! That's some mighty fine grinding!

[@robfraley4210]

Nice, I was thinking maybe Twice a year doing that... So Zack has you clean out there only about every 10-12 mounts.?? 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@keithdunlap2701]

Sawdust moving Motha-Trucka !! lololol....

[@janetolch8129]

Is there no recycling avenue for sawdust? I thought there were companies that can make pellets that burn like coal out of sawdust?

[@davecalvo1939]

That has to be the biggest pile of sawdust I have ever seen! whole lotta pushin

[@rick8910]

Chris do you have the auto shake option on there for the blade?

[@planeiron241]

that JD runs smooth

[@LoBeau53]

Especially for a Komatsu

[@paublusamericanus292]

watching you push this sawdust with the dozer, I see why you let the sides build up. what I was thinking was a wheel loader seems like it would roll from pile to dump faster than the dozer pushing all the way, and maybe use less fuel. Am I wrong about that?

[@davidpowell2386]

I've seen a couple sawdust fires that seem to burn forever. I assume you have to leave sort of a road way just in case?

[@glenntyper1779]

They could make heating wood pellets with that and make a few dollars

[@frednewman2162]

or bag it for speedy-dry. absorbs oil better and smells good too!!

[@RKHarm24]

Beat me to it.

[@gman4937]

I looked into this a few years ago. The press to make the pellets is relatively cheap (as low as $1500). The sawdust needs to be dried to a fairly exact tolerance to make pellets. The machinery to process the sawdust prior to pressing is very expensive (starts at $150,000). Makes it tough to do on a small scale.

[@shexdensmore]

@@gman4937 or sell it to a company that does that. Unless it's primarily pine. Then the pellets would burn too fast

[@jamesstickney7042]

I would really love to have a couple of loads of that sawdust so I can put it in my horse stalls

[@donaldparlettjr3295]

Well so much for King of the Hill.... well at least we have a good plot for a garden. Now go thank the man on the bulldozer.

[@BedeMeredith]

In my day when i subscribed that was the lower end of the yard and was completely water logged, look at it now, almost 2- 3 feet higher than the rest of the yard. He really needs some one to buy it or haul it away for free.

[@carmiethompson2676]

I didn't hear one squeak or clunk from metal-to-metal contact between the track & the sprockets. The sawdust must act as a lubricant, you could hear the engine. More saw mill jobs & you'll have 6,000 hrs on a machine that only looks like 3,000 hrs. Thanks for the video.

[@Silverhornet81]

Wow.. Chris is getting roasted for dozing sawdust.. I bet they *never* thought about the recycling part.. (sarcasm). Keep the vids coming!

[@KWsandman]

You are 100% spot on. Yeah I guess I missed the part of the title that said it was Chris's saw mill and he had a choice on what to do with the sawdust. Must be people can't comprehend the idea of being hired for a job and doing what the customer asks

[@jimcraig5208]

Chris; just curious have you've been able to do anymore pond work at your place? If you have do you have any videos of the work

[@blairarthur302]

I had noticed at my friends mill the large by-product of sawdust around his mill and I had asked what he does with it and he said it's just waste I told him to sell it to the horse people around the area ,now he makes cash on it and he gets rid of a problem .Now I dont have to pay for my firewood lololol

[@jamesshanks2614]

The owner could make wood pellets or wood logs, both are valuable up north of North Carolina and all points north. Or simply install a wood burning boiler to provide heat to all the buildings at the mill.