This tree is supposed to be all but extinct!

[@russharbaugh2028]

Get well Pete !! your choices for Mark and Eddie to cut were spot on with the maple and the chestnut, beautiful wood both.

[@AmandaDoll-hi4dr]

The best way to break up a chastnut is to put your feet on each side in push it

[@Biggestfoot10209]

I hope Mark makes a video of sawing that American Chestnut. My Dad, who was born in 1914 used to tell me about what a majestic and large tree the American Chestnut was when he was growing up. I wish I could have seen them before the blight killed them off. Nice video, thanks.

[@neolithicnobody8184]

I saw on another channel just last week where a bunch of these were found in Western PA and they were healthy.....VERY HEALTHY. Experts are now scrambling trying to find out why they don't seem to be affected by the blight, as some of them are estimated to be nearly 100 years old. They know they aren't the hybrids due to the size/age. It all makes me think of the "tree falling in the forest and making noise" question, only this is more "If a healthy Chestnut tree grows in a forest and no one ever sees it, does it actually exist?" I sure hope it can make a comeback. I guess time will tell.

[@horacerumpole80]

Do you have that channel's name? Very interested to get some blight resistant chestnut trees.

[@neolithicnobody8184]

@@horacerumpole80 You're better off just doing a search on YT. There were a lot of channels talking about it at that time. I stumbled across the first one doing research stemming from a childhood memory and suddenly my Recommended page was bombarded with more. As a child in Ohio, I remember gathering, washing and roasting them. I also remember my Dad crying his eyes out when a storm destroyed the tree. He kept saying "My million dollar tree is dead." over and over. I didn't understand it at the time, but as an adult now I see and feel his sorrow. I now also see how lucky I was to even experience such a thing due to its rarity to barely exist.

[@terrancemitchell3420]

Or if a man speaks in the forest and there is no woman around to here, is he still wrong?

[@rogerboone1609]

Fun watching you in these videos!! Best of luck Pete

[@frickcirclesaw]

Pretty nice logs. Wishing you a speedy recovery. Take care.

[@obxkoastie8170]

Pete...They have actually created a hybrid of the American Chestnut that is resistant to the disease that wiped out all of the American Chestnut. To find one is truly a once in a lifetime event. I know growing up (I'm 76) of quality doors, window frames, etc and less quality furniture being made of Chestnut it was that common!

[@leeashworth9874]

😊favors a chekepen

[@TheBrushcutter]

​@@leeashworth9874 *chinquapin*

[@timberslasher4899]

Those hybrids still won't live to get over 25 feet or so yet, I donate money to them every year. My dad is also 76 and he was raised near where I live in the NC Appalachians and he said when he was a kid you could lay in bed at night with the windows open in summer and hear those dead chestnut trees crashing down. Everyone wants to be green and hate logging these days but if we had the equipment and management practices back then we do now we most likely could have stopped that disease.

[@antimattercarp2720]

They are quietly rolling out a variety with a gene inserted from wheat that is blight resistant. @@timberslasher4899

[@OutdoorsWithTheMorgans]

Call me when you guys are going to saw that chestnut, OR all you guys come here and we can saw it on my mill, little smaller kerf lol

[@markhowes126]

Almost 50 years ago worked on a farm that had some chestnut fence posts. Farmer told me they came from old split rail fences that ran thru the woods. One rail made two posts. Very rot resistant wood, what a shame we lost it.

[@CrimeVid]

Sweet Chestnut, the European equivalent was much used in a type of temporary fencing called Chestnut Paling in England when I was young. It was pieces of split chestnut twisted into a four wire twist at 4” intervals and rolled up into lengths, set up on 3” chestnut posts, most guys would not take it off the posts when moving it !

[@danielbenedict9236]

That is really neat Pete, I have never seen a chestnut. Thanks so much for sharing!

[@jacquesblaque7728]

Over here (CT panhandle) we have a couple-acre plantation of experimental hybrid chestnuts we prepped for and planted a couple years ago. Haven't checked on them in a few years, though. Last I saw they were doing very well. Local deer find their foliage very tasty, as discovered when co-worker left gate open overnight. Will have to check in on them soon.

[@JOHNHEARN-rp1dg]

Nice logs Pete! Thanks for sharing can't wait to see Mark and the crew saw them up ,

[@25vrd48]

The wood came out beautiful . Mark & Eddie were very Happy . Great video .

[@rockyevans5171]

I just found your channel and am praying for your swift and complete recovery.

[@M_Teeple....]

What a rare find! That's awesome.

[@markgalicic7788]

Hi Pete , thanks again for the Chestnut & Maple we hope to saw it up soon!

[@nuts319]

I can’t wait to see that maple. It should make some really cool lumber

[@horacerumpole80]

I watched Time with Mr. THE Eddie Horvath when they sawed it. Were their any other chestnut trees nearby? The chestnut tree people would want to gather any nuts to propagate other trees.

[@atlanticoutlaw]

I just heard about the accident from Mike Morgan,I wish you a speedy recovery,all the best from Newfoundland,Canada

[@Andyrob323]

Super cool find. Looking forward to seeing the boys saw it

[@williamellis8993]

Thanks, Pete. I'm looking forward to seeing the guys saw them. Bill

[@johnlabrossesr9693]

I'm pretty sure I said this to you but your readers probably would be interested. The term windfall comes for the chestnut tree and the king of England. When USA was 1st discovered and England ruled the roost. England cleared the land along the New England coastline. Colonists were not allowed to touch a chestnut tree. The wood was used for the mast on English ships. Because of this the king made a law that Colonists were forbidden from cutting down or touching an American chestnut tree. I believe the penalty was death as I recall. Unless the tree fell down from the wind or on its own and was referred to as windfall then colonist could cut it up, hence the term.

[@oldtireman4665]

I believe it was the white pine that they put do not cut signs on.

[@billyshumate853]

Nice video Pete. We still have some chestnut around here but it's mostly in people's yards.

[@robertgreen8695]

Mark is going to have a field day with these.

[@timothyboone5003]

I wasn’t aware of any still existing in the wild. They were expiated from my area long ago.

[@joeandmichelle7375]

As a boy growing up in New Brunswick Canada i remember an elderly neighbor used to dry these hairy nuts (LOL) in his work shop. Chestnuts apparently? So i guess at one time there were a few trees there. They were really good i remember. They've cut the province completely down so i doubt theres any more.

[@robertkennedy3632]

Hey Pete 👋, it'll be interesting to see what it looks like when it's sawed.

[@davidhuffine5084]

Good logs . I saw mark mill the chestnut .

[@quinceyvanfossen5725]

oh man your so lucky i would love to get a small slab of that tree!!!

[@KevinsDisobedience]

Neat man, I’ve got a few chestnut trees in my yard, but never seen a wild American Chestnut! Used to be the most abundant, I’m told.

[@jackholden6320]

We still have a few chestnuts here in Maryland ,and WV around the Harpers Ferry area.

[@triple6758]

Those big rings will give lots of character.

[@StumpjumperVideosPA]

Those are pretty big for chestnut! Wow nice cant wait to see the lumber!

[@TheF1shh]

the chestnut tree used to be the eastern US's sequoia. They were HUGE and put off enough nuts to feed a town. Sad

[@potatogrower7897]

We've had so many ecological problems from people importing foreign plants over the centuries. Just for trees that I can think of there's Chestnut blight, Dutch Elm disease, Emerald Ash borer, hemlock wooly adelgid with eastern hemlocks, etc. Plus non native plants crowding out native ones.

[@leecooper7374]

From Sasquatch to Smurf now that a hell of a transformation. 🤣👊

[@gregwitkamp5583]

Ambrosia Maple, Ihave some Im going to build some kitchen cabinets with

[@sassafrasvalley1939]

Pete, I had a job three years ago to replace four broken spindles on a Victorian Staircase. They were chestnut. I couldn’t find any lumber. So, I matched up some straight grain green ash and spent days finding a stain that matched the aged finish. It’s time to bring back the chestnut. I can hardly wait until those resistant hybrids are available! Thanks for showcasing this unicorn!

[@jessiehodges1513]

Is that colored anchor seal or just latex paint?

[@nuts319]

Anchor seal

[@PaulSchulz-w9q]

Here in E. Mass. never found 1 over 10 inch

[@timothymuncey9299]

They died out in our area 15 to 20 years ago Southeast Tennessee. My dad, uncle, and pa told me stories about some these trees up on mtn above us that was 4ft+ thru that just died and fell over. It sold couple years ago and is getting logged now

[@waynetharp]

Cant wait to see how they mill up! I dont think I will ask you for a hand with my next painting job after seeing the mess you made in 3 minutes!😂😂😂🤣

[@willardnicholson8026]

That is pretty cool find buddy 👍

[@lyndacampbell827]

Stay strong and make a new video in the future with an update! Praying for a complete recovery!

[@VicsYard]

That’s insane. I’ve been studying the species for a while now. The American and Chinese.

[@dougsmith9099]

Sorry Pete but I don't I'll hire you to paint in my house 😮, definitely a nice find can't wait to see mark saw them

[@ralphy1989]

What kind of paint you using Pete?

[@nuts319]

It was anchor seal

[@ralphy1989]

@@nuts319 40 bucks a gal.

[@RJM1011]

Here in the UK we are losing Ash and Larch trees.

[@lonniecraddock3990]

I'll keep a watch out at Mark's to watch it being sawn up.

[@cmcintosh5004]

Maybe they're good seeds from around it to grow more?

[@mikepici5553]

Sweet find pete,where was this job

[@nuts319]

New castle

[@zachhelming]

They just harvested some American chestnut on our land they are going tobe part of the national forest building in Missoula Mt.

[@richardanthony7433]

I’ve seen a few of the Chestnut trees in Iowa along the Mississippi valley old growth 24+ in last I heard was they are protected

[@stevenclaeys6252]

Good show, pay it forward !

[@geneporter4849]

I have a few of them on my land but I don't saw them in less they die are get blown down in a storm.but they're not down here in the south like they use to be the timber co. Poisoning them and plant a pine tree that is not native to hear and is only good for John Wayne tolet paper.but God Bless Y'all and I will enjoy watching Mark saw it up.

[@VideosByAl]

I have sawn a Chestnut log, but have sawn several Chestnut beams pulled from building demolitions.

[@ODIE-WAN]

Never seen a chestnut before that should make some beautiful wood

[@johnb2990]

Good Video

[@robertgreen8695]

Such is life. Over time mother nature will cured all if the ills of the Earth

[@dmalloy96]

Lol 😂 starting to turn Smurf

[@hayesrutherford9415]

Maybe get some to a woodturner and have something turned.

[@timothymilam732]

Pete do y'all have any old growth areas left from the 17, and early 1800's that may have what's called Marker Trees left by the Native Americans back in the days when they intentionally shaped them to show directions to a key feature of the area that was useful to many different people of the Nation's that traveled through these areas? There once were a few left around here years ago, but as I say that was many years ago, and hundreds of thousands of house's, and businesses have been built all over this area in every direction nowadays. Unless it was a marked historical site, the bull dozers have long since pushed everything over buried or burnt it down to make things civilized as they say. Myself personally I've tried to stay ahead of the masses by moving further away from the urban citified fools, but unfortunately they've caught me once again, and I have to watch vast amounts of farm land, and secluded sections of wilderness be pushed away by the yellow monsters that are constantly devouring the places that feed our nation, as well as the ever shrinking islands of wilderness that wildlife clink to trying to live a peaceful life away from mankind's bullshit. But I'm too old to pick up everything, and move further away, and what I hoped was a tiny remote piece of country side away from the masses of fools that pay hundred times what the land sold to the mega rich developers. Who then bribed the small community officials into allowing them to create these huge subdivisions that totally overload the infrastructure for the next 50 plus years. Until the area is abandoned by the people who lived there until the properties were no longer of value leaving it to those that will quickly let become a place with bars on the doors and windows which do nothing but slow the thieves down a few moments. Sad that the huge amounts of farms that have been in families for generations, and put untold amounts of food on the tables of the world have to disappear forever. I've seen it too many times, and the results are always the same after a certain time.. Yet there's never going to be anymore land as bountiful as what's being devoured by the yellow monsters that never stop, because for everyone that finally wears out, there's 10 more even bigger and able to consume three times the amount of the old ones.

[@nuts319]

I’m not sure

[@oldtireman4665]

Any idea when Mark and Eddie might mill it??

[@nuts319]

Not sure

[@albertwable3650]

You are right about a few being around. I know were there is one iam southwest of the burg

[@mikeslayer5926]

do NOT burn in your home fireplace this is POPCORN WOOD it will pop repeatedly and spread the fire around your house However in small small pieces its great kindling I accidently was paid to remove a chestnut in a problem area here in west ky a decade ago about the same size I KNOW mike

[@horacerumpole80]

Old Robbie Burns is about ready to explode because he has stopped cussing you since your accident! If you hear an explosion from Midway, that will be him.

[@nuts319]

Lol

[@robintaylor-mockingeemill8223]

Do you find much butternut ?

[@nuts319]

Sometimes

[@suemoore1965]

❤️🇺🇸💙 LIKED WATCHED COMMENTED

[@09FLTRMM77]

MM77 Approved 👍🏼👍🏼

[@jameswillis1788]

I would love to have some chestnut

[@davidhogge7865]

Get well Pete

[@pekerja27]

Wah mantap banget alat angkat kayu nya , jadi gak perlu di pukul pikul seperti saya😮

[@tomharrington1393]

👍👍

[@michaelsmith7640]

Ouch

[@nelsonsm50]

[@robintaylor-mockingeemill8223]

Having only one tractor and my wood lot an hour away , I have unloaded logs at my mill in many ways . Looks like your set up is easy . You are far to tall to become a smurf

[@bobbygreen2291]

Wow Pete ,,old men like me thought they had seen the last of the American chestnut trees n lumber ,,I’ve had friends who were born in mountain homes made of all chestnut,,I’ve stepped over and crawled over many hundreds of them in search of grouse ,,I’ve kicked the old hollow blighted logs in hopes that a grouse would flush from their hiding place on the inside of big chestnut logs only one time to be greeted by a sleeping bear who came out,,stood to his hind legs and popped his teeth at me ,,then whirled around and ran through the woods like a black rubber ball. and then there are those logs I kicked and had grouse to burn a hole through the thick surrounding forest like a saw mill with wings only to fall to the ground with the report of my old 12 gauge.

[@mikepici5553]

You can't stay pretty all the time pete

[@davidbulich1254]

Watch the video by donnie laws about chestnut trees of Appalachia , very interesting