40,000 board feet per Shift! Huntsville Forest Products Sawmill Tour

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Жыл бұрын

Touring a full-scale commercial sawmill operation is one of those highlights I look forward to whenever the opportunity comes up. Today is a good day as I visit the Huntsville Forest Products sawmill located in Huntsville Ontario Canada. This hardwood sawmill is an impressive operation taking a variety of hardwood logs from much of the surrounding countryside and turns it into a variety of hardwood lumber varieties. You'll see the whole process today from the start of the log to the finished lumber as we head on inside and see the expert sawyers at work. Check out the automation and lasers that help the lumber experts do their job in a way that maximizes yield and efficiency. After watching this sawmill in action I start to reflect on the sheer size of this operation and how my sawmill is just a drop-in-the-bucket compared to the board feet produced ere in one day. Glad you're all along for the tour today, it's going to be a good one!
Thanks for everyone's support. New products being added regularly.
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Sawing with Sandy Merch Store
/ @sawingwithsandy
Huntsville Forest Products
www.huntsvilleforest.com/
Huntsville, Ontario, Canada
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Пікірлер: 106

@pauljelen2330 Жыл бұрын

I've really enjoy the tours that you have been doing. Excellent stuff to see and learn.

@sawingwithsandy Жыл бұрын

Great to hear that Paul!

@dylangrant7799 Жыл бұрын

I can see why Malcolm is showing you around. The guy never had to think about answering your questions, he’s literally been there done that. Respect.

@sawingwithsandy Жыл бұрын

Malcolm was a wealth of knowledge for sure. Great guy

@renatomoschen971 5 ай бұрын

@@sawingwithsandyHello, I have 30 years of experience in sawmilling and I am moving to the USA. Could you help me get a job in a sawmill?

@dumbasscountryboy Жыл бұрын

I worked at a hardwood mill for most of my life and we cut 50 to 60 thousand board feet per day on oak and over a 100 thousand on poplar but most of the people we had working there had been there for 20 years or more. I’m retired now and the mill has long since been closed but thanks for the memories Sandy I really appreciate it.

@sawingwithsandy Жыл бұрын

Sounds like a great spot to work at Jerry. Would be a neat operation!

@dumbasscountryboy Жыл бұрын

@@sawingwithsandy it really was! It was a company called Mead hardwood that owned a paper mill also and thousands of acres of forest here in north Alabama. They owned it for a little over 40 years and bought it from Louisiana Pacific. My dad worked for Louisiana-Pacific even before Mead bought it and worked there for 44 years as was the case with most of the people there.

@terrymacleod6882 Жыл бұрын

these tours you've been doing are great sandy.👍👍👍

@sawingwithsandy Жыл бұрын

Thanks Terry! Glad you enjoyed it

@alanaaliff8197 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing this awesome experience. As a disabled person, I never would be able to se something so cool! Your videos are awesome, can't wait for the next one!!

@sawingwithsandy Жыл бұрын

Always happy to hear that and have ya along!

@genewileyopa Жыл бұрын

Interesting tour. Thanks Sandy

@sawingwithsandy Жыл бұрын

Glad you tuned in Gene

@kyled6584 Жыл бұрын

Very informative Sandy. Thank you.

@sawingwithsandy Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Kyle

@lawrencesanders5134 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Sandy - great tour.

@sawingwithsandy Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed the video Lawrence

@vogelj2009 Жыл бұрын

Great tour, very informative and interesting. Thank you!!!

@sawingwithsandy Жыл бұрын

Glad you came along Jack

@russellbelliveau1694 Жыл бұрын

Very interesting thanks for taking the time to do this video!

@sawingwithsandy Жыл бұрын

Thanks for that. Great time seeing how the pros do it

@jeffhuffman5433 Жыл бұрын

Nice video Sandy in years past have hauled a lot of logs and lumber with tractor and trailer seen a lot of these big mills in operation it always fascinated me thanks Sandy

@sawingwithsandy Жыл бұрын

Bet you’ve got some stories to tell with those log loads

@m9ovich785 Жыл бұрын

WHOO HOO another Field trip. Thanks Much Sandy.. Mike M.

@sawingwithsandy Жыл бұрын

Hey Mike! I really like the field trips. Nice to see the big operations

@freetime4051 Жыл бұрын

I found this tour very informative. Thanks Sandy...Pete

@sawingwithsandy Жыл бұрын

Great to hear Pete!

@billdawson8458 Жыл бұрын

Very cool. Thanks for that!!

@sawingwithsandy Жыл бұрын

Thanks Bill

@larrykluckoutdoors8227 Жыл бұрын

Thank for the tour, great video

@sawingwithsandy Жыл бұрын

Thanks Larry!

@TomSarelas Жыл бұрын

Superb. Thank you, stay safe and God bless. TFS

@sawingwithsandy Жыл бұрын

Thanks Tom!

@Andrew_From_NB Жыл бұрын

Fantastic tour Sandy! Appreciate being able to tag along with you! Very good views and descriptions as you were going along! I like these “out on location” tour videos! Thanks again Sandy! Keep up the great work on the channel, always looking forward to your great content! Cheers buddy! Andrew from NB :)

@sawingwithsandy Жыл бұрын

Thanks Andrew! Great to get out and about to see what's going on from time to time

@contrafax Жыл бұрын

That was awesome. I love the nothing is wasted.

@sawingwithsandy Жыл бұрын

They run a good operation for sure

@outsidewithrodney8240 Жыл бұрын

That was a awesome video!!!!!

@sawingwithsandy Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked the tour

@gotti5472 Жыл бұрын

Very nice Sandy I enjoyed

@sawingwithsandy Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@PondamnsOutdoors Жыл бұрын

That was a really cool video. It's really interesting how mills operate

@sawingwithsandy Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@sal39759 Жыл бұрын

Very interesting….thanks for sharing!

@sawingwithsandy Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Glad you liked it

@doylerabjohn3435 Жыл бұрын

Great video

@sawingwithsandy Жыл бұрын

Thanks Doyle

@exotictones1054 Жыл бұрын

Good stuff buddy.

@sawingwithsandy Жыл бұрын

Thanks appreciate that

@TheFlatlander440 Жыл бұрын

Nice tour Sandy and interesting learning about how lumber is milled and for what purposes. Not terribly far from me we have Columbia Forest Products which manufactures plywood from OSB to hardwood plywood. It's one of the larger mills here in Vermont. Thanks for sharing. Cheers!

@sawingwithsandy Жыл бұрын

Sounds like a great spot there!

@secondedgeblades Жыл бұрын

So awesome to see the high yield mills in operation compared to high value milling. They're worlds apart but so closely connected. Another great tour buddy. I can only imagine how knowledgeable the maintenance guy is in this plant.

@sawingwithsandy Жыл бұрын

Yeah this was a great contrast for sure. I was like a sponge just like when I was visiting your operation as there's a lot to learn.

@scottjonker9921 Жыл бұрын

Really cool to see that scale of milling! Makes our HM130 max look like a toy. Great video.

@sawingwithsandy Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Scott

@garrettmerkison6641 9 ай бұрын

I work at a mill in South Georgia. We cut Southern Yellow Pine and we cut 300,000 Board feet a day. Really neat watching other mills run.

@rmjonsson 4 ай бұрын

How much do you make there ranged? Im about to start working at a saw mill in Nevada but have always wanted to live in Georgia.

@woodduck 4 ай бұрын

The speed difference between hardwood and softwood production is larger than i thought. The mill I work at has around the same amount of employees and similar production lines but sawing SPF instead of hardwoods and does around 350k-420k fbm

@wildchildaffair Жыл бұрын

Nice to see you touring one of Malcolm mills. I figured you knew him being in Haliburton. Great setup and one heck of a mill.

@sawingwithsandy Жыл бұрын

I've never met Malcolm before. Real nice guy and very knowledgable.

@chrisstone6548 Жыл бұрын

Once again thank you for the great content. Holly cow. Shake my head. I live in the pacific north west, timber country, and have visited many saw mills nothing like this.

@sawingwithsandy Жыл бұрын

Always happy to have ya along!

@johnwoody4905 Жыл бұрын

we have a big mill here cuts more pine than hardwood. they sell everything to even rejrected logs with metal in them. use to 3 big mills here and 3 verneer plants they all closed when obama was in. good video take care, be safe and well.

@sawingwithsandy Жыл бұрын

Sounds like a neat operation there John. Thanks for watching

@09FLTRMM77 Жыл бұрын

MM77 Approved 👍🏻👍🏻……………………You are slowly becoming the spokesman for the Canadian timber, logging, and saw milling community!! LOL!!

@sawingwithsandy Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked the video. It's a very fascinating industry for sure. Really liked this tour.

@saintaugustine1715 Жыл бұрын

I have been to a few different mill that process wood some where smaller other bigger and yes the way for them to make as much money as possible every part got to be used one of the place that I visited was what they call hand split shingles for the cedar in British Colombia that was a different mill to watch in operation have a great day

@sawingwithsandy Жыл бұрын

That would’ve been a real neat process to see

@collinmc90 5 ай бұрын

Interesting stuff for sure. My local mill is hiring an entry level oiler. I've definitely got the experience to line up with that but I do not do well with heights and that is listed on the job. So just wanted to see what kind of heights we are talking about, what kind of safety all that. Definitely not discarding the idea yet but still not sure if it's the right work for me.

@hajj5032 11 ай бұрын

We got 225,000 board feet at the mill I work at last week, it’s all spruce and fir though

@TerryC69 Жыл бұрын

Hi Sandy! He was talking about the sawdust in the background. We have always used that in our livestock stalls. Once it is full of manure, it goes into a pile and sells to farmers in the area. As he said, there is a use for everything. This video gave a nice broad overview of the business. Very informative. By the way, do you have a chipper?

@sawingwithsandy Жыл бұрын

That would be a great way to use up that dust for sure. Glad you liked the video Terry. I do have a Woodland Mills WC68 wood chipper

@carlmclelland7624 Жыл бұрын

Interesting, buddy. Now that you have an excavator for dropping trees and a mill for cutting them into lumber... are you going into competition with them?!?! Seriously, this was an interesting video. Thanks for sharing with us, Sandy............

@sawingwithsandy Жыл бұрын

hahha I think I"ll pass on the competition for now. Glad you enjoyed the video Carl

@ronsfarm103 6 ай бұрын

I used to haul logs in there

@sawingwithsandy 6 ай бұрын

It was great to see all the hard work going on there. I didn't see any trucks coming in or going when I was there but I have seen them before on hwy 11 leaving with cross ties

@wallacefrey6247 Жыл бұрын

Very interesting video Sandy, thanks for sharing. FYI- 7700 square kilometers = 2972.99 square miles.

@sawingwithsandy Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Wallace

@nathanbrenneman Жыл бұрын

Hey Sandy just wondering what camera you use for your footage ? Thanks love the channel .

@sawingwithsandy Жыл бұрын

Hey Nathan. I'm using a GoPro in this case. Glad you're liking the channel

@yvesjolicoeur747 Жыл бұрын

wow, interesting. One point that I found very interesting is that while they produce about 40000bf/shift...they need 45 employees to run the plant. That is less than 1000bf /employee. It means that on a /employee basis, you can match production /day with your mill 🙂

@sawingwithsandy Жыл бұрын

I think the 45 employees is in total where only some of those workers are working on any given shift

@superiorpropertygroup Жыл бұрын

Sandy your local to me I’m not far from your area at all we should meet up and do a video comparison with my Norwood sawmill to the woodland mill maybe give people some pros and cons between the two

@sawingwithsandy Жыл бұрын

Great to hear! Pass along an email to me sometime. Happy sawing.

@allkatakuri1102 Жыл бұрын

I'm from Brazil, how do I work in a sawmill like this, here in Brazil I work with sawmill

@renatomoschen971 5 ай бұрын

Where is this factory

@joshuacree4836 Жыл бұрын

How far are you from Huntsville Sandy?

@sawingwithsandy Жыл бұрын

Hey Joshua, not too too far

@manfredwesteroth8241 Жыл бұрын

I worked in a saw mill 60 years ago and all scrap went into the burner

@sawingwithsandy Жыл бұрын

I can imagine you've gained a wealth of knowledge in the sawmill industry. Great to have ya along for the ride.

@jryash1867 11 ай бұрын

I want to work this company

@buddyreed2623 Жыл бұрын

Hello Sandy. I could have watch this for 60 minutes. I have seen double sided sawblades. I think that would work for you to cut the cutting time in half. I do not think these guys have anything on you as they store their lumber, and you use your lumber almost as fast as you cut it. They have 45 people working and you are only one. Have good days!

@sawingwithsandy Жыл бұрын

Thanks Kilroy!

@SuperRistopaha Жыл бұрын

I was suprised how the logs are being stacked in muddy terrain. I would rather keep them high, dry and clean, foremostly clean.

@sawingwithsandy Жыл бұрын

From what I understand there’s gravel under the logs and the mud came from the big rains they’ve had lately

@captainchaos77 10 ай бұрын

milkum

@Popcorncedar Жыл бұрын

Halliburton would sell air if it could.

@seankeeley8109 5 ай бұрын

40,000 those are rookie numbers 😂 lol just playing we're lucky to get 40,000 2 days in a row

@garylines5755 9 ай бұрын

I worked as a hardwood lumber inspector in the seventies back when they used agent orange dip tanks that the lumber was run through on the green chain.They told us it was harmless but by the time I was fifty I was crippled. New Zealand is the only place people got any help after a long legal battle that is the main reason most small mills shut down in the eighties. Sorry to burst your bubble but these mills do not care about safety or the forest it's board feet and profit.