What Berm Peak is doing about high lumber prices

We have been getting hammered with the price of lumber lately! With all these dead standing trees on Berm Peak, it's time to tap into our reserves and start getting lumber a different way.
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[@audiemccall5332]

I’m the sawmill guy and I want to say I really enjoyed the time we spent with Seth that day ! I was amazed at his expertise in the making of the video and his willingness to be hands on and learn about our operation . Hope to saw for him again.

[@stompingjacklope2217]

I hope we see you more in future videos😉

[@whatispizza]

Learned a lot from your insight Audie. Thanks!

[@klekaelly]

You've got a great operation! Learned a lot from what you did.

[@TheRandompaint]

The comments are full of compliments for you

[@pasadenapossum8054]

Sir, you talking about putting your daughter through school with your mill brought a tear to my eye. Keep up the great work.

[@slothonabike]

"We'll redesign the rig someday" And it was, in fact, never touched again.

[@CainnechK]

🤣 more like when something else breaks

[@chins4tw]

"Gaiter for sale, lightly used. Just around the property"

[@davedelarosa319]

"There is no more permanent fix than a temporary one."

[@307weasel]

*read in Morgan Freeman's voice

[@emma-eventing]

@@chins4tw lol i love how all of Seth's equipment is bent to hell haha -- did you see the ramp onto his trailer when they were unloading the timber?? omg

[@warracer03]

That sawmill operator seems like a great guy to have a beer with.

[@ScottTheBot07]

Hell yea

[@ScottTheBot07]

Crack a carlsburg

[@Jokl92]

He's an artist, I'm tellin ya!

[@ruinedrx8]

Agreed. And for the price and wood used, the planks came out great

[@mikhailroi7184]

Meh

[@evanspaulding672]

I appreciate a man who takes time to explain what he's doing in his job. That sawmill operator seems like a nice guy

[@sundayfunday5059]

He’s the commenter above you

[@joel3683]

@@sundayfunday5059 haha yeah that's awesome

[@PorterMTB]

Loved this video, that sawmill is incredible.

[@malistraja5944]

sick

[@PorterMTB]

@The Back Country Sampler hey what’s up!

[@propcircles4082]

its so cool what they are doing

[@raspyfrogg3162]

Damn good business relationship with a local. That’s what it’s all about. Great stuff Seth.

[@haydennharves]

Heck yeah, always better to do business local

[@TimeBucks]

the thumbnail is absolutely perfect

[@liamturnbull4510]

Took two tries

[@helbercesar6040]

outstanding job, gents: a class on how to manage the forest in your land, boost the local economy and save money.

[@TTVpeepplayz]

Just like my mom

[@jchrizzy6995]

Dude what is your channel??? I often see you in the comments of videos I’m on but your vids def look sketchy as shit

[@TTVpeepplayz]

@@jchrizzy6995 me?

[@_HOLDON]

That sawmill must smell absolutely amazing

[@cwest1977]

I was thinking the same thing! You can almost smell it watching the video!

[@jessmaze5170]

I was thinking the same thing!

[@singletona082]

Would go to the local mill when our horse stalls needed fresh sawdust. The place smelled freaking amazing.

[@dommy114]

@@singletona082 I too love the smell of horse stalls

[@ERKNEES2]

with a hint of Black and Mild lmao

[@LogieT2K]

That little Saw mill is the most wholesome humble business i have ever seen

[@MindBlowerWTF]

Not sure why that is but every lumbermill/sawmill I came across had the most honest, helpful people. Just what I have seen in my short work life.

[@DinnerForkTongue]

@@MindBlowerWTF Because it's the honest and helpful people that ain't squeamish about getting their hands dirty with this kind of work. They're the real salt-of-the-earth.

[@hexangel1523]

every welder watching that scene: this is a war crime...

[@leviwaite1136]

It looked oddly familiar though…

[@samuelhenrik8350]

i just put on my shade 13 helmet until it was over

[@garyboardwine3349]

At least he isnt scared of it

[@teunjansens1414]

I'm not a welder but I can weld, and yes it looks horrible

[@jaysonlima9271]

@@teunjansens1414 I was a welder once and I can almost still weld it also looks horrible lol

[@Ph-fu4fe]

Hey Seth, please be carefull felling these dead oaks. Its one of the most dangerous task in forestry felling trees that are long time dead since with just the vibration of your chainsaw and hammering wedges in to the felling cut, stems can break of and hit you being right underneath it. greetings from germany 🌲✌🏼

[@katydid5088]

Massive respect to you. I worked as an alderman's apprentice each Summer before heading out to school. It's good work but definitely scary at times.

[@supermotobuild774]

Yup a snag will kill you.many people here in new mexico have died cause of that I came close with one but I heard it crack snd got out of the way scary shit sometimes. Saftey should be #1. They should be wearing hard hat and listening and watching the trees.

[@narlycharley]

Yeah, you’ll definitely want to wear a hard hat.

[@FlyingAceAV8B]

Great video! Wish I had a mill like that nearby.

[@frannelk]

Very good point 👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻

[@ethanrahr3564]

$210 for that much. If you paid that at the store you would get a wood chip

[@luke-t2y]

That’s so true up here in ny a standard piece of plywood can cost up to $70

[@jayesh5131]

You mean toothpick

[@luke-t2y]

@@jayesh5131 my bad I guess I made a typo

[@batagnam]

Seth would just have to sell a few planks and he wood make his 210$ easily (pun intended)

[@JCintheBCC]

Before prices sky rocketed, oak was going for about $6 a board foot at the local mill around here. At $6/bft, that 525 board feet would be about 3150. I know he's doing his own felling and bucking, and it's only possible with the gator, trailer, and woodland he already had, but Seth and Kevin just saved a bunch of money.

[@leohalverson22]

These videos really make me feel like I’m part of the action. It’s almost therapeutic for someone who lives in the middle of a city of 4,000,000.

[@actuallychadmon4207]

Where do you live

[@leohalverson22]

@@actuallychadmon4207 a large city in eastern canada

[@actuallychadmon4207]

@@leohalverson22 nice

[@maxdu5515]

Suddle brag???

[@leohalverson22]

@@maxdu5515 nah

[@RZRBLAZ]

As a woodworker/furniture maker, I 100% side with you on working with the local sawmill. Always a treat to be right there with the process and take it home and turn it into something that will last for a very long time.

[@jonathanbanks2374]

Lumber prices: horribly high. Some mountain guys: "Fine, I'll do it myself."

[@bgdg323]

'I did it my self' -Berm Park. Yeah they turned ~10 logs into lumber for a enough lumber to equal $2000, instead of selling to a veneer mill That would have payed $1000+ per log ($10,000). DIY costing yourself $8,000.

[@williamdebow3478]

Lumber prices now are at an all time LOW! Hasn't caught up yet at Retail but cannot go much lower without Mills Curtailing production or losing money

[@kugelpanzerstudios4800]

@@bgdg323 they needed the planks. They didn't cut them up to sell them to a mill.

[@trif55]

@@kugelpanzerstudios4800 I think the argument William is making is they could have sold those logs and bought 3x the weight of wood of a different type, because of the value of that type of timber compared to what they normally use, however, if those planks they have are very weatherproof (I don't know my north american trees) they could well be worth $10,000 for their use, as they'll last for decades compared to the normal timber they used in the $600 build

[@littlejackalo5326]

@@bgdg323 veneer mills wrong buy that super dry standing dead wood. Derp. It's too dry and won't peel well. It's too imperfect, has too much checking, has too many cracks, etc. And selling it to a veneer mil won't help them at all. Don't you love it when you try to post a snarky comment, but you get schooled by someone who actually knows what they're talking about?

[@SoundsLikeReign]

I've met Audie before. A genuinely nice man! Great video Seth!

[@dadlife8289]

You guys sing great songs!

[@nicholasdyer3258]

All in favor for a KZbin channel with Audie? Say “Aye”

[@tanneradams20]

That mill owner looks like he’d be a blast to feature again. Totally not the channels focus, but he seems like a great dude. Hope you get some more milled soon! Lol

[@ib3287]

Seth should definitely do an interview with him on Berm Peak Express.

[@ziwuri]

Seems like a bit of a Kkona but eh, I'd rather not know.

[@griffen5748]

@@ziwuri Never heard that word in my life, had to look it up.

[@professorvaudevillain]

@@ziwuri Had to look it up, but I gotta wonder. What's wrong with that? Many who would call themselves redneck are hard working, honest people. Many are even brilliant engineers and chemists, a side effect of maintaining self reliance as a virtue.

[@TC9700Gaming]

Dude that's actually ingenious

[@benevery]

just like snowrunner right?

[@TC9700Gaming]

@@benevery Yup LOL😆

[@bendaff9618]

@@TC9700Gaming nice seeing you here bro, any info about the offroad outlaws update?

[@jaegochaloux8788]

yo hi tc i watched u since 1k subs boi rlly awsome to see u enjoy berm peak to its my fav i watched every vid lol :)

[@georgegt9532]

i can hear the streams in my head…

[@towhee7472]

What I love about this channel is, that Seth shows the whole process, even if he broke something, or did something stupid along the way. Like bending the gator. This is one of those mistaktes that would easily happen to me, and then I'd think I'm the dumbest person on this planet for 8 weeks straight. Seth just accepts his mistake, and keeps moving forward. I find this very encouraging.

[@Levi_Allen]

Seth you are going to love what welding unlocks! Such a helpful skill for the diy’er m I have that same Lincoln setup and it’s worked really hard for me. It’s so rewarding learning welding.

[@jonnyjazzz]

Exactly man. Welding + woodwork + machining skills means you can literally make anything you could possibly need.

[@joel3683]

@@jonnyjazzz very very interesting, I'm really young(19) so these will all be things I'll take an interest in doing in the future, can't wait!

[@ColeT_43]

@@joel3683 get it done man, the ability to repair your own... door frame for example, if it magically breaks, or weld a gate up because one of the bars broke, being a jack of all trades is the best way to get through life as you'll always have the basic skills for anything

[@joel3683]

@@ColeT_43 I appreciate that man:) I'm considering getting an apprentice position for carpentry so I can learn those skills for exactly how you said, being a jack of all trades or like how other people like to call, being a handy man haha so yeah man, thanks for the encouragement!!:D

[@Mtblover1]

6:53 😮

[@jonathankislov4101]

Your logger is so cool. The way he just sits there with his cigar, I love it

[@danyal5288]

Seems laid back and mellow!! Cool guy for sure

[@minidini10]

Not the safest thing with tons of flammable sawdust all around.

[@Jake-bt3fc]

@@minidini10 It's really not a big deal.

[@Irnbru_addict]

Next episode is gonna be like "committing tax fraud to fund the next feature"

[@jayesh5131]

Braah😅

[@JCintheBCC]

A year from now, Seth is going be closing his videos like "It wasn't perfect, but we got to learn how to be a site foreman this week, and we got the first 3 levels of our new office complex framed out before the Chinese investors come view it this weekend." This channel used to be about fixing your chain with a ziptie.

[@filipsimek1459]

Seth:Liked that

[@alankaye4382]

@@JCintheBCC You're complaining that Seth has been successful?

[@andreybatashov2183]

@@JCintheBCC oh yeah, John *CARPENTER* ?!!! 😜

[@jakev1341]

"It ain't much, but it's an honest livin'." - Sawmill Operator

[@AmokCanuck]

@Jack Bradford yeah seems the type of guy you could sit with drinking beer and bullshitting all night long

[@briansmobile1]

I LOVE this whole video and everything about it. Great DIY take things into your own realm of "can-do" and make it happen.

[@Professor_deKock]

Everyone needs a guy like that sawmill owner/operator in their life.

[@rcolegrave5920]

“If you’re afraid to try, you’re never gonna learn”- truer words have never been spoken.

[@samuelmatheson9655]

Warcrime wood

[@Dedthread]

What's up Seth! I broke my femur about 3 months ago and I'm starting to get back into little riding! Your videos are very inspiring. Edit: Hopefully Seth can see this! Would make my whole injury 😂❤️

[@kategrice]

Congrats on your recovery!

[@rooddood1.031]

Sick

[@joesanger0]

Hood luck bro hopefully it doesn’t happen again

[@xspartah6992]

Glad to see you made a recovery! Keep on riding my man

[@sebahattinsaral]

Please be careful, broken femur aint no joke.

[@Greengoblin2345]

“I put my daughter through college and built a house” things I hope I can do one day

[@robertgonzalez8419]

The key to it all is what he said if you can catch it it was God bless him and may God bless you to fulfill your hearts desire to do the same

[@KA-vs7nl]

@Stellvia Hoenheim lol yup

[@TripleAstyle1]

Work hard, and you will. Hard work is the only way to get further in life.

[@robertgonzalez8419]

I’ve done that hard work I tried that I find out that the favor of God is better than hard work because he has a unique way of touching the hearts of men on your behalf so I’d rather have the favor of God then money in my pocket

[@agentgreengnome]

I'm so glad I clicked on this thumbnail. I subbed, binged, researched, and a month later I've got my own mountain bike and now I'm sweating on local trails. Thank you Seth.

[@MarkLavallee]

This is why I like your channel Seth. The statement about learning and being open to learning is something I wish more people would hear. Building with wood sourced from Berm Peak, to be put back into Berm Peak, while also supporting a local business and encouraging natural curiousness and learning... just all around great stuff. Glad to watch your videos. Kudos on this.

[@TrailFeatures]

I love everything about this. Problem solving, using the resources on your land, low eco impact, supporting local trade. 11/10. Would subscribe again.

[@danyal5288]

You and Seth should collab... once you fix your upload schedule

[@TrailFeatures]

@@danyal5288 The benefits of not being a full-time KZbinr. My schedule is, "When it's done." :D

[@jasperharvey770]

@@TrailFeatures lmao

[@CaliradoKid]

@@TrailFeatures Yea! Hurry up and get all of your DUCTS in a row! 😂

[@kid_withabike7920]

You might get mugged driving with all that wood 😂

[@jssaylor]

This is my favorite Berm Peak video in a long time.

[@danjim7056]

"if you're afraid to try you're never going to learn". Truth good sir.

[@mathewemden2068]

I love how you encourage people to take risks, learn, make mistakes, and persist. What great qualities, what great life lessons. I'd love to buy you a coffee someday!

[@kingston3344]

The sawmill operator seems really cool he even agreed to be in the thumbnail

[@mikehardin9650]

For like the 4th or 5th time: Seth really needs to check out Smarter Every Day's video about snatch blocks.

[@AxxLAfriku]

SUPRISE! I am the funniest YTer evah!!!! Just kidding, it was no surprise. Everybody knew already. HAHAHHAHA!!!! That was an amazing joke (it was real talk though). WAWAWAWAWA!!!! Good afternoon, dear mike

[@antoined8179]

@@AxxLAfriku 👍🏻

[@lpharmer3496]

@@AxxLAfriku wow

[@boo7948]

cringe

[@Blaketarded]

@@AxxLAfriku sir this is a Wendy’s

[@pam97979797]

that sawmill dude is so damn chill, I love him already after 30 seconds of screen time

[@lukasrieken2396]

So nostalgic every time I watch your videos, it brings me back to you in Florida from the beginning. I used to watch your videos, religiously and then I bought a 2019 specialized rock hopper full suspension and had it for a month before it got stolen and stripped from parts by a homeless person. After that, my passion for bikes was killed and now that I crashed my car and can’t get one for a couple years. I’m hopping back on the Mountain by community and I forgot how much I loved it. Thank you for putting out such amazing Contant. It is nonstop, entertainment, and so well done. I can’t thank you enough.

[@lukasrieken2396]

The ending was perfect🤣🤣 “gator for sale lightly used just around the property”😭

[@bagofsteel9152]

"That design looks like the leverage will bend the receiver." ...watches anxiously... "Yup." I still appreciate the just do it yourself foolhardy attitudes, nobody has the gall anymore.

[@japliwanag3803]

"If you're afraid to try, you're never gonna learn" made my day

[@BrokenPrey44]

"if you're afraid to try you're never going to learn" So true

[@Rasmus_Nylander]

Damn, that sawmillguy seems like a cool fellow. I'm amazed by the level of craftsmanship. Great video 😊

[@jeff-z2v]

Dude I have even more respect for you. You have the energy of someone in there 20s and skills of an old man. We’ll done I will one day want to ride the trails you ride some day

[@nateo6806]

I'm still figuring out how a handheld drill works. You guys are MILES ahead, and the honesty in showing off what worked and what didn't is what earned you guys a subscription. :) And that mill/mill guy freakin ROCKS.

[@JsHuWa-ne6is]

Crazy how much lumber costs!!! Love the content Seth!

[@ScottTheBot07]

We love Biden lol.

[@JsHuWa-ne6is]

@@ScottTheBot07 lol

[@Dr.Schlitz]

@@ScottTheBot07 Price of lumber is mainly a function of supply and demand. As the economy bounces back and demand surges, prices will spike temporarily. This kind of short term price fluctuation has nothing to do with the President. Now, if you want to complain about Presidents, complain about the shortage of bicycles and parts attributable to Former Guy's stupid tariffs.

[@ScottTheBot07]

@@Dr.Schlitz because we’re being kept in lockdown so people are doing hobbies and building stuff. That’s why, we were put into lockdown at all. If people kept working sure it’d be boring and you’d risk wuflu but we’d be free and have lower lumber prices. That is factual and not incorrect.

[@magister0015]

@@ScottTheBot07 If by risking wuflu you mean causing tens of millions of people to die and the pandemic to last an extra forty years then yea I guess we’d just be “risking wuflu”. But at least we’d have low lumber prices!

[@myprivatephone7252]

Currently in 2021,i really don't know many people who are as wholesome and hardworking as seth

[@ScottTheBot07]

Sooner or later he’ll be painting happy little trees.

[@aliens1990990]

That was massively interesting just need to plant some trees now too so you can keep growing your own :)

[@riley4073]

As a forester with one of the largest timber producers in the world, this is precisely a scaled down version of a harvesting operation! You got the feller which cuts the logs and places them in bunches, then a skidder to drag the logs to a loader, which in my case will cut the logs to length instead of the fellerbuncher, and then load them on a trailer to be trucked to a mill. The high production lumber mills nowadays have super high tech equipment that does exactly what Audie does but in a split second. The waste chips then go towards firing kilns to dry the freshly cut lumber. I can't imagine the skill and experience it takes to determine manually how to cut up the log. Computers will scan the logs and somehow they work up a pattern to get the most out of them in milliseconds. It's amazing stuff!

[@alakazaam4292]

One of my fav videos of yours. Watched it at least 6 times. So satisfying.

[@phoenixGrassl]

I love when Kevin says I don’t think any welding took place here and you look at the weld and it is a bunch of splattered metal 🤣😂 that was better than my first attempt tho Seth

[@brentbravata7953]

Thanks for curing my mtb addiction, we’ve had 3 weeks of rain, little bit of rain every day

[@Radxcor83]

I am guessing you, also, are a FL local? Lol

[@justomarenco9574]

"If you are afraid to try you are never gonna learn" -Seth

[@huntleysheep4787]

that is in fact what he said

[@claytonp1111]

Its been said a million times in a million different ways. And will always hold true

[@craigcooknf]

"If you're afraid to try you're never gonna learn." Excellent words to live by, and a very interesting video. Thanks for sharing!!!!

[@wokejcickisapinko5162]

I'm a retired pipe line B pressure welder! When you made the comment about Getting back in the saddle You earned my Sub! .........Keep it goin fellas!

[@davomoto42]

Can we talk about how the thumbnail is absolutely perfect?

[@danyal5288]

The text on the thumbnail makes it even funnier 😂

[@WillWillWill]

As if MTB wasn't expensive enough. Now I want to own a saw mill.

[@straightnobraker4677]

totally

[@MrAvsceriola]

man, that saw mill is a work of art. It so satisfying to see how it works :)

[@gravsson4472]

Flux core is in my opinion harder to weld than regular mig welding with gas. I'd recommend doing practice runs and getting to know what the puddle should look like and be sure to use that chart that is on your machine for proper settings. After gaining experience you can customize settings based on feel. It takes lots of practice to get good at welding. I was lucky to have a good teacher who let me practice a whole lot and that helped me improve. Take your time and pay attention to how your welds look. Good luck Seth!

[@cedarbremner8750]

I have been away at camp (actually like 3 miles from Berm Peak by coincidence) for three weeks, and it's awesome coming back and seeing all this great new content. Thanks Seth!

[@natesoutdooradventures8075]

Hey Seth! Rn my friends and I are building our own trail, Slick Central! Thanks for the inspiration!

[@joesanger0]

Yes my Wednesday is finally finished after a day of isolating:(

[@baycrew8490]

same

[@killedthatshiz]

Where u from? I’m isolating NSW AUSTRALIA

[@baycrew8490]

@@killedthatshiz uk

[@ScottTheBot07]

@@baycrew8490 my gran isolated ten days in a Horid hotel with crap food and sometimes they didn’t even get you to go out and excersise

[@williamlazaris378]

Nsw gang

[@Coecoo]

"Yes hello i'd like to buy some wood." "That'd be 1000-2000$". "... Oh."

[@thomasprovencher4611]

500+ board ft of white oak, if it was kiln dried and everything, would probably be in the neighborhood of $4-5,000...

[@zteaxon7787]

Chainsaws certainly become interesting don't they?

[@theirons825]

Great job Seth, the fact that you colaborate with a small sawmill like that it's actually amazing.

[@matttauras2741]

dude honestly this is the type of truly wholesome and invigorating content that i love to see and watch bro honestly respect on your hustle

[@asimovghost8909]

I loved the way that he actually used safety gear when felling that tree most people just cut it down I really like it when I see people do things the right way

[@chadb2077]

When you got in the excavator after you bent the hitch the first thing to pop in my mind was „oh jesus what is he about to do“😂

[@VlogEpicness]

Next video can you show us how find some kid mt bikes when there aren’t any in stock 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@doodooheadfart]

Restore / resurrect one. There are millions of mountain bikes sitting around waiting to be used if you look and ask around. I have a kids trek mountain bike for sale right now. $100

[@georgelock1251]

Right now it’s just waiting, round about September to October in the UK we get new MTB bikes into shops. Don’t know what it’s like in the USA.

[@chiefsilverback]

Stock alerts! I set one for a Nukeproof Cub Scout 24, email came in last week as I was sitting here, I'd purchased within 90 seconds.

[@chickensyndrome1465]

if you have a bike collective near you they have many repurposed mt bikes, and sometimes even programs to get your kid building bikes.

[@Minecraftrok999]

Buy a used one. Go around multiple shops and ask. Prices might be a bit higher now, but there should be availability - maybe not the if you're looking for 1 specific bike, but if you're just looking for a kid mountain bike you will easily find one if you actually actively look for it

[@JDCGamer]

This may be my favorite video you have done. The how behind things is why I fell in love with your channel. Videos like these are why I keep coming back.

[@peterschoemaker9]

I like everything about this video! About being independent, supporting a local business and learning new things!!

[@WesMacaulay]

Seth, your dog needs an alignment 😂

[@boncholio]

Haha, the sawmill guy has some experience in aligning stuff :D

[@thefountain6634]

😂😭

[@maltekarp1480]

8:03 That sawmill really looks like a trap in the jigsaw series

[@ColeJT]

I don't know where, but this system needs a snatch-block.

[@vitsalava1251]

Destin approaches from the south... :D

[@samguy7587]

Why use a gater when you can just attach a snatch block to your crankset and get to peddlin

[@MajesticSkywhale]

@@samguy7587 all you need is an octuple block&tackle and you could pull one of these logs right to the sawmill

[@samguy7587]

@@MajesticSkywhale yeah but with a bike you can spin it really fast :)

[@f1rstclass289]

I absolutely appreciate and love this. Awesome Sawmill. That price difference $600 then verses $2,000 now is very interesting. I understand, supply and demand.

[@Pshady]

I love berm peak videos like this! The construction process is so awesome and fun to watch. Good riding is so easy to find online it’s boring, these construction videos are the real treasure

[@theDecendalorian]

No one: Seth sales tactics: "Lightly used Gater around the house"

[@jamiemk5234]

A bit like most used MTB ads, lightly used on road and fire trail only no big crashes🤣🤣🤣

[@LooneyTune666]

01:35 Watching that angle grinder without a guard makes me uneasy. I once attended an address where a guy used a grinder without the guard that kicked back and tore through his throat nearly decapitating him. Needless to say he didn’t make it and his loved ones were left to clear up pints of blood sprayed throughout his workshop. Not trying to put a downer on the great video, I just don’t want you or the guys getting seriously hurt.

[@____________________________.x]

It was clamped and sideways on, and guards are awkward to use in a lot of cases. That said I keep mine on and take it slow

[@kameljoe21]

Everyone has a story yet no one really knows the person. Safety stuff was invented for those who are just too stupid to be safe. If you take care when working with tools/machines you should never have a problem. Only stupid people get hurt when they are careless. Also these events/stories are so super rare that you will never encounter them in your life.

[@LooneyTune666]

@@kameljoe21 safety stuff is invented for situations outside of the control of the operator. An angle grinder can kick back quite easily or if a disc shatters the guard can deflect it. It’s like saying you can drive without seatbelts. You can be the safest driver in the world but you can’t control every external factor.

[@chiefsilverback]

I noticed a lack of safety kit when the chain saw was being wielded too...

[@jarhu86]

Remember to leave some of the standing deadwood for the variety wild species using them. :)

[@drew5027]

This is one of the best YT videos I've ever seen. Lots of object lessons embedded - (e.g. learning, creativity, resourcefulness, community partnerships, etc.)

[@Marshall24601]

"learning is expensive" so true..so very true. I would add frustrating as well, but nothing feels better than saying "I did that" to a buddy.

[@mr.stombrat4140]

5:16 The way he looked at the camera after he said he’s going to bend it back🤣🤣

[@icyon60fps81]

Hey love the vidoes! Also early gang wya

[@davisgraves3633]

The main problem with using the gator for that job is that it’s not a Polaris

[@Chubacca838]

You're right. If it was a Polaris, it would work great, provided that it started in the first place. ;)

[@paulwintermute1495]

@@Chubacca838 being a Polaris mechanic this made me laugh 😅

[@ArmyBoiSweat]

or a cj2. real trucks should be used for real truck jobs

[@TViper2369]

@@ArmyBoiSweat I'm quiet amazed at how much he's been able to do with a front wheel drive "truck".

[@stevensepic.]

@@Chubacca838 or the belt was intact

[@williamworth2746]

Dude that old run-down refrigerator idea is awesome I never thought of making them a toolbox

[@kokotree9226]

I lived up on a mountain and we had a large plot of land and I remember cutting down wood and making and into fire wood, and there was this specific type of tree that if you burned it smelled great so our entire house smelled like that and seeing so much wood in this video just bring back those memories

[@wheressu]

1:07 whenever you see Kevin pulling up you know something wacky is about to go down.

[@thelatinist5024]

When pricing this option, you really have to include the cost of your time, the materials to build the rig and, very importantly, wear on the Gator. It may still be worth it, and there may be other reasons to do it, but it’s not as simple as the cost if sawing vs the cost of buying pre-sawed timber.

[@mattgraham4340]

Well when I do something DIY, I usually get a least a little satisfaction from the time spent. Having your own blood, sweat and tears in a project gives a sort of intangible pride. I consider this as offsetting the cost of my time. Also, I'm not Elon Musk, my time is not that valuable.

[@mikehenry5817]

@@mattgraham4340 I totally agree, other than the musk part. Our time is just as valuable, we just measure ours in a more realistic fashion 😎👍

[@littlejackalo5326]

The wear on the gator is negligible, materials to build the rig are a few hundred bucks. So not really a problem.

[@LIVEONTHEEDJ]

Design engineer, seeing Seth's idea: "that's going to put too much load on that little receiver" *Hitch receiver bends* Design engineer: "Yup". Towing anything that far out from the hitch receiver is just going to break stuff.

[@mojo3398]

yep, was kind of obvious

[@Jake-bt3fc]

You don't need to be an engineer to figure that out, lol.

[@somedude0505]

The dedication and hard work is very refreshing to see. You are adjusting to hard times with hard work and ingenuity, thinking outside the box. Thank you for what you do. I really enjoy your videos.

[@briantruelove9647]

My favorite non binge channel on yt. Thanks for existing brotha

[@barrettdent405]

“Lightly used... just around the property.” 🤣🤣🤣

[@batman39400]

don't lowball me I know what I have.

[@grieve_mtb8328]

‘If you are afraid to try you are never gonna learn.’

[@bradenlanghoff3034]

Hey seth, slow down your hand movements ans how fast youre moving across the metal while welding. Should in theory make better welds

[@GradeVisuals]

I was searching for this comment. Kinda twitched looking at those welds. Had to learn it the hard way too though.

[@jackstraw5527]

Holy crap this is one of the coolest videos I’ve ever seen on KZbin. That’s some good old fashioned American ingenuity.

[@meyeame8956]

Loved seeing the local sawmill in action. That was great. Thanks for sharing.

[@rodrigoberesi6083]

outstanding job, gents: a class on how to manage the forest in your land, boost the local economy and save money.

[@MoThaLor]

the sawmill operator had such a passion for something others would say is the most boring job in the world

[@lukiotemmi]

Yooo I didn't know that The Duke had interests in saw milling!

[@zcarfanatic]

Wow, 3% mtb content and I still loved this video. What a great way to last through the supply shortage. Those trees would come down somehow, someday. This is a great, safe way to do it. and so glad Audie let you mount a camera on his saw hardware so we could get those incredible views.

[@brendanobrien8120]

Seth, this was awesome. I love bikes, and I love woodworking. This was a match made in heaven.