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I sawmill my trees at my property, so I’ll share a couple of things that I’d consider doing in your position. You’ll want to seal the ends of the boards - cutting off splintered edges if they already exist. AnchorSeal is the brand name and it’s good stuff, but a few coats of Latex paint does work pretty well and is a lot cheaper. Secure it so the boards don’t warp while they dry, especially important since you didn’t quarter-saw it. I use 4 tie straps and some heavy objects; I hear you guys have some large rocks. Kiln drying it can be fairly simple and speed up drying time - take some thin insulation board and tape it together around the boards, insert a dehumidifier and a heat lamp or two, and let it roast for a week; needs to hit 150F for a day or so and then rest of the time is just pulling out water. Happy Building!

First rule of milled lumber is that there is no such thing as too much of it. Every time one starts to build something, eventually half of your pile is gone. Helps a lot to have plenty on property when one has that itch of a quick project. Greetings from Scandinavia

It's amazing how much wood a pro with the right mill can produce in a short amount of time. You guys get a lot of wood and a safer and cleaner homestead. Thanks for sharing.

Courtney, kudos to you and your editing skills. In particular, I notice your music choices and your slow-mo sections. The timing and matching of music to shots is awesome. I truly appreciation your production presentation skills.

Bringing that Pro up there to complete the felling and milling was money well spent I’d think. It appeared to move much faster…. I think it’s awesome that you’re able to harvest your own wood and create lumber for build projects. True independence!

I especially loved "Swirly Bird" in the score at 8:28!

You guys should look into a fire fighting trailer for the property or maybe a sprinkler system to wet the outside of your building incase of large fires.

Years ago I had some friends that worked the 'green chain' at a local sawmill.... that is some WORK!! They were kept busy for 8 hours a day and they hurt, seriously hurt, for days afterwards... and they were just out of high school!!! That's a young man's job. Good work Rielly!!!

Easily one of the most productive and satisfying projects you've done . Imagine all the building you can get done ! Riley , your a " good man ". I'm so excited to see what you guys do with this. that cedar board can be used for a cedar closet , chest all kinds of things ! You can even build a shed /hangar to protect the lumbar from rain , over-drying. And,... you finally shot the camera angles I've been waiting for. You two have an absolutely beautiful piece of property. Don't be afraid to show it off ! Love your videos !

Hey Brother, GREAT info on the milling process!!! You scored a lot of board feet and firewood. Not bad for using the scraps the lumber company left behind and the fireproofing and removal of bad trees from near the road will definitely pay off!!!!.

You two are an inspiration. I have been watching you for awhile now. To see how far you two have come is just incredible.

Thanks for sharing. It makes a big difference rather that going to the "Box Yard Supply" and picking it off the rack! You should compare the money you spent on mill work vs. buying so others might see the savings. Also NO Deliver!!

Tyler is a Legend. This guy is the real deal, that was 2 mins into the video

We used to use the outer cuts of all bark to use as siding for forts and tree stands when we played paintball. The were either cheap or free and combined with free pallet wood we turned our multiple acres into an awesome course!

I don't know what it is about harvesting lumber... but I could watch it all day! Time for Riley to make his own mill from that CnC table!

Great work glad to see you milling those logs from your project, surprised you haven’t gotten a mill Good luck on your next project

We just watched the wood splitting segment this morning. Excellent content! You will find so much opportunity to use your milled wood plus you will have an abundant supply of firewood. You are always thinking ahead while providing amazing video content. Your energy is boundless. Little by little and piece by piece your dream is becoming a reality. Good job. Love the portable solar panel.

The gentleman that helped you out does fantastic work. Looks like he was worth every penny.

As a Forester, I love how much of those trees turned into such a wonderful amount of lumber. Now to keep them open to the air to dry and not warp too much. Cover the tops for winter and let the sides breathe. After a year they will be ready for your future planer that should be big enough to handle everything except the large beams and posts. Wonderful wrap up for the road project.

Pretty much been binge watching your channel the last few weeks. Found it by accident and started with all the bulldozer videos. Got hooked on everything else. Really impressed and low key jealous (in a nice way) of everything you guys have accomplished. Definitely inspirational for sure and have given me a bunch of ideas (as if i needed any more lol)

Nice job. Paint the end of the each beams with cheap spray can. It helping for the the wood to dry equally and prevent the extremity’s cracking. If not you gonna lose length and strength. 👋🏼🇨🇦👋🏼

Daylighting those roads will help with snow melt. We did this on a ranch in NM and found we could utilize the unimproved roads about 3 weeks sooner that ever before post project and it helps with fire mitigation

I was already impressed at the people who used little DIY log mills with chain saws, but now that I see the professional rig -- this is the only way to go. Wow! Can't wait to see how you use all that lumber. Great video.

It's so amazing to be able to mill lumber from trees on your own property. Not only a huge cost savings, compared to buying it, but you're also tidying up the property and making it more fire safe. Good job!

This is a cool project...... but wondering how the new water-well project finished up? Thanks...always interesting videos

In some way I waited for this for many - if not all - episodes. Great. And I appreciate all the effort he takes into adjusting before milling.

Fence or framing lumber always comes in handy. Two birds (cleanup and valuable lumber) with one stone is always a great idea. Does the wood need to be kept dry before use, painting, or staining? Cedar, redwood, maybe no, pine? Your dump truck is a high-value, multi-purpose tank of a vehicle.

Love those Wood Mizer's. Tyler had it set up well with options. Its alot of work, but beats the Alaska mill hands down.😁 Great editing Courtney.

Definitely clear enough from around the house and maybe use that dozer to level the ground around the place to help on for prevention. Allot of houses last longer in a fire because of cleared land around them and flattened.

Always enjoy the scenery! Glad to see you getting lumber out of the trees you've had to cut. Projects using materials from your own property and which you've put effort into transforming are always more rewarding! Thanks for sharing, and please continue to do so! 3:50 3:50

It's simply amazing & a bit overwhelming the amount of usable lumber you were able to harvest from your trees. Congratulations on All your hard work, you deserve everything you've accomplished. ❤❤❤ Keep the vlogs rolling, We Love you Guys ❤

That turned out great! We also hired a pro to cut boards for us a few times. Nothing finer than using lumber from your land to build with.

Great video Riley and Tyler. Impressive planning, harvesting and sawmilling! Can't wait to see how you use the wood. I think using the wood to refurbish some of the abandoned houses and turning them into B&Bs would be a good money-making project.

What a cool milling project! Well done guys, you certainly did a great job with those trees and it's nice to see that you didn't waste anything.

Great video Riley!! That's a very cool mill Tyler has there!! Wow - an impressive amount of lumber - extra satisfying to know you've reclaimed the lumber AND improved your property while enhancing your fire protection. Well done. And - - having a 'supermodel-beautiful' wife is just a bonus. And now OLLIE - - Riley - you are - one - very - lucky - guy!

53 years ago my first job off of the farm was at a sawmill and pallet Factory. The person in charge of the big saw was called the Sawyer. And getting the most out of each log is a art more than a science. Hiring a pro was a really good investment.

Great to see the reuse of your natural resources. Once again, it shows the huge benefits of the right equipment, planning, skill and sweat. Thank you.

You should use the newly cut lumber to rebuild the abandoned cabins on your property. Turn them into guest cabins or a B&B business.

I helped my father-in-law cut logs on his LT40 here in eastern NC. It was fun but alot of work also. That was money well spent getting Tyler to cut your trees and mill them. Much, much cheaper than going to buy it.Keep up the great videos! I look forward to seeing them and seeing y'all. (yep, that's southern) 😂

I was surprised that you did not get a Wood mill for yourselves. Sustainable logging is a useful skill that is not only useful for homesteads in general, but it helps the health of the forest allowing more light in to have new saplings grow, helps clean up the undergrowth and deadfall, and is useful for lumber in general. When I get property it is something I look forward to being able to do.

Direct sunlight will warp your green lumber, tarping it will help to prevent the warping.

ALOT of those 1st cuts can be used for firewood just cut to size easier than splitting it..😁❤️

Another great video from my favorite couple. How about a playhouse for Ollie? II and when you folks get some free time you might enjoy watching "The Cool Eats" with adorable Sofia. Never know, a country lad and an uptown girl.

Amazing to watch the science behind getting the most of your logs in a sawmill.

With the clear sidings, you could make a decent sized Sauna. Just the thing for winter:- bake in the sauna, then go roll in the snow. (Mind you, even though being encouraged by my Sisters In Law in Finland - when we visit - I am not keen on Saunas. Many people are!)

This so awesome ! I've just come from Quebec where I helped my friends father in law mill timber he'd thinnned from his forest block. It was such a great experience to help mill timber that will later build sheds and house extensions for the family

That LT40 is impressive I love the hydraulic options on it.

There is nothing like making your own lumber! Suddenly all sorts of projects come to mind, this is great!

He definitely knows how to mill. Its not just putting a log on it. Its alot to know prior to milling. You got a lot of lumber plus firewood. 🎉🎉❤❤

Great video, you just got a pirates ransom in lumber, 2x6x12 ' of that quality sell for $20 and up at home depot , my nephew said you got at least $5000.00 in lumber there awesome job, he bought 20 acres a few years back and we cleared most of it ourselves during summer whenever we could go out and work it and purchased his own mill similar to the one you used there and his friend taught us how to use it, it can make pretty short work of trees once you know what your doing and what you need to cut we did enough to supply all the wood needed to frame his 1700 sq.ft bungalow, he did have to buy the sheeting to close it in though, he did have enough left over to build a shed for his slide and quad, pretty neat it had a drive in and drive out door on each end, good enough to work in out of the winter wind and snow, and just got a cheap wood stove off marketplace for $150, who cares it was better than nothing and you could boil water on top for tea, 👍 we ended up clearing almost 4 acres of trees over 5 summers and i still have a bit for my fire pit in my backyard

A good thing you might consider if you haven’t already is replanting some trees for the ones you cut down for what ever reason disease in the way etc…. I would consider cedar trees. It is a renewable resource. So glad you are going to get good uses out of that lumber. Good stewards of the land❤️

That has got to be the most awesome portable lumber mills I've ever seen ! Controls the saw dust, lifts the logs, moves them, adjusts the blade ! Where can I get one !

Seeing all that "free" lumber stacked and stickered in your front yard has got to be one of the most satisfying things. I could definitely use him down here in Athol.

Hats off to the tradesmen of the world for their unique skills. Nice work everyone.

all that slab wood (the offcuts with the bark) can be saved and cut for firewood. Stack all that other wood and keep it dry. Ply on top with a tarp over that and weighted down. It will keep for a few years. For fire, great idea to prepare. Clear the understory of brush and low branches. Do that quite a ways around the house, at LEAST 100 feet. As to fire fighting? yeah, you don't have a lot of water, but the house is fairly resistant. I've done the same with my structures. All metal roofs, sides either metal or cement board. It is hard to use water unless you have an awful lot, which you don't. frankly, when a small fire goes thru, fine, you can deal with it with a couple thousand gallons, but a big fire, no way. You CAN get a foam suppression unit. That adds foam to the water so that it sticks to the side of buildings for a bit, MUCH better, but those aren't cheap. The thing to do is keep the burnable stuff away. yes, a controlled burn is great to do every 5 or 10 years.

It’s time to install a fuel ⛽️ tank on the property. Now that the road is passable for a service truck 🛻 to fill your home tank. Pay less per gallon and have the convenience of on site fueling 😊

Smart move.....easiest fire prevention when you are struggling with water volume.....the further you clear the forest away from structures the more prevention you have, as well as using your dozer for fire breaks .

That saw just paid for itself. Awesome lumber stacks, with all those flitches, you can now make a couple years worth of firewood too.

Great is getting mobile professional vs the DIY version other homesteaders do. Banged it all out in 4 days, go it all done, was less than the equipment cost I’m sure and was done quick. Smart.

you might want to think about getting another container for wood drying and storage

What advice would you have for some new homesteaders who were able to squeeze together enough money to purchase a couple of acres atop a mountain but now have no resources for an excavator, dumptruck, dozer or supplies need to build a 1/4 mile driveway?

Nice work! It’s really a pleasure to work with a sawyer that knows how to maximize your lumber. Great learning opportunity.

Nice jobs. I run a LT35 for a guy I work with in Massachusetts. Mostly sawing eastern white pine into dimensional material for orders and a small sales yard. The fluid for the mill we use is usually regular water with a little dish soap in it. Works well. Also, I envy that mill because it has auto engage for reving up the engine and hyraulic blade guide. The mill I run has the hydraulic loader and log turner like that one. What Tyler there does is similar to me because I do tree work and some forestry work in MA. Looking to get my full certifications so I can help other people manage there woodlands.

It would be nice to use the sawdust to make wood pellets. You can probably get a machine to do that.

Love all your videos but this was especially relaxing. Super chill music. Got lost watching it.

This is what I like about your videos, you never know what you're going to get.

You just acquired about 12,000-15,000 dollars worth of lumber. Excellent! And great work on your driveway and road. another Excellent rating.

You did a heck of a job That's a lot Of Millwood And you did a heck of a job I enjoyed the video and I'll be watching another one stay safe stay happy

Good for you, its so important to manage forests ❤

Great mill! In the 70s I had a one man Alaskan mill which allowed us to mill a lot of timber from windfall red for. Hard work, but fun. I'm glad to see you recover valuable wood, basically making money from scrap. Way to go! I'm so glad you get to do that.

Not sure what it is but there's something satisfying about watching a log mill make take a round log and make perfect straight boards.

Enjoy the milling process ,lots lumbers .

Speechless... I'm so jealous. Have fun with the lumber projects!

That's a great use of the old trees. I'm curious as to how the cost of processing your own trees compares to store bought lumber though?

Win, win all the way around. Cleaned up the dead trees and made some awesome lumber that you just can't buy from the big box stores. You could do this for weeks and still have trees that are laying down un the forest rotting away. Great video.

Great video. Never realized there was so much to consider when milling logs. Just a thought for future videos. When introducing them give them a bit of face time. Lastly it would be great if you got your hair cut and face shaved before you go running thru and stealing things. A way to save that handy sawdust, just put a plastic sheet down to catch it.

On a few other channels they build small almost greenhouse structures to help dry out the fresh cut lumber and keep rain/snow off it. may be worth looking into

YES!!! Finally getting some lumber out of those trees! EXCELLENT!!! Woodmizers are great portable sawmills

Did you ever think you guys would be milling your own lumber? Crazy awesome!

That's quite the sawmill! Very nice work! Thanks for the great video!

You're smart to bring in an expert with his own sawmill. I'm sure you got a lot more usable lumber than you would have if you had done it yourself.

Tyler sent me here from our woodmizer group. Great video. Excited to have a new channel to watch.

Mill every thing you will get plenty of easy to process of cuts for fire wood. You can also get lots of firewood from branches and tops.

The other thing is the slabs from the 1st cut you have plenty of fire wood out of it so the only thing you wont use is the saw dust .when they are dry and cut up for firewood they will make good burnig because the. Bark will make it burn well and hot .😊

That’s a heck of a lot of lumber from basically waste trees. Way to go guys!😮

First simple thing to build is a slab and pole barn for year long wood drying. This isn't going to be the only time you cut trees. When you don't have lumber you can use it for drying firewood. But I know... boring. Also a fence and gate for the front of the property. I can see you putting in stairs for easier and quicker access around the property.

couple ideas. to keep your road dry. I would cut back everything inside your right of way. they every part of the trees you are not going to use. rent a chipper shreader, and drive it up the road, turning every branch, limb, and twig into mulch. there are countless ways to use this material that would otherwise lay and rot. just my ideas. keep up the great work

I have a cousin that has a mill. Helped him set up a cooling system for it. Having worked in manufacturing I know how important cooling is for cutting tools. Great pile of lumber. Maybe you will use it to to build an equipment shed to get all the big stuff out of the weather ☁️🌡️. Good job.

Tyler is a real man!!! That’s hard work! 👏👏👏 love the Wood!🪵🪵🪵

Awesome job! I love that you are supporting local businesses.

A good friend made you a great supply of lumber! You might consider acquiring a saw mill of your own.

Thanks for taking us along with you for that, it was Very interesting and a great watch 👍🍻

Definitely can see either an addition to the existing living space or a whole new house. Either way I can’t wait to see what you have planned.

Very cool! Never knew there was so much to know how to get the most out of each log!

Amazing!!! Have you thought about... to make an underground room or room in a cave. it will be warm there in winter and cool in summer and it will protect you in case of tornado.

I wanna say I love the vids, I started watching when y’all first bought the property and have been so excited when a new vid comes out! Keep up the work!!!!

Great to see the trees going to be used around your property...rest for fuel stove...stay safe

I'm still stuck on dunage Or dunlidge. It's ok, keep going I can see your cutting all kinds and different sizes. I enjoy Your video's, they are great and make me smile.

Need to send you guys to California and Hawaii to do these work. ❤