Jon, I am anxiously awaiting your next video. I check daily to find it.

Always so impressed with your work, your creativity and ingenuity, and the variety of things you have to do. This is easily my favorite youtube channel...I look forward to every episode. It's unbelievable to me that you have less than 20k subscribers... The interest and quality of your content (along with your and Meg's personality) easily justifies a following of several hundred thousand. I'm sincerely a fan!

Aaah the lesser spotted wild MeG. From the flor ida NeWARK clan. Occasionally seen in pink digging gear. Known to hang around digs and pot holes. Finds tons of unusual treasures. Mother to two gems. Spouse of John. Overdue!!!

Something else you can do is put a heavy rag or something simular to break the whip if your cable breaks

You mentioned about getting a rope instead of the wire cable you are using. I agree they don't hold as much energy, however the way you are using it to move the logs it would be very prone to abrasion. I used both wire and synthetic winch ropes, which you discussed quite a bit in your early winching videos. For what you are doing I think wire is better. I also love the way you still pass on the little tips you have gained, like the open the Shackle a 1/4 turn and re visiting safety information with raising the bucket to mitigate the issue of cable snap. LOVE the idea for the pond too, think you might need a bigger bucket on your digger though 🙂

Try to find or ensure your underground water source is running during the warm season, trout like it cold. Oh and as deep as possible is critical for a good trout habitat.❤Cheers🇨🇦

John, i, too, wanted a synthetic winch line so I swapped. Since i have used both, the only thing i can say about the difference between the two is durability. Wire winch cable is way, i mean, waaaaay more durable than synthetic, but that is the only advantage i can see. So with that said, i switched and haven't looked back. I now store my extra winch line, all my soft shackles, tree saver straps, and recovery rings in a medium sized back pack. So between that and my 12000 lbs winch with synthetic line as well, i can move or pull out anything. Really good choice on my end, i think. Just be mindful that ANYTHING sharp can destroy your rope, so check your rings or anything that comes in contact with your rope before use, and you'll be good You're doing great, keep up the great work and your house will be built in no time.

Greetings from the BIG SKY. Just checkin out the cedar trees.

This could work as a small baptismal! Mud should clear up in a few days! It's nice to see Meg. I love your new blade lubricant system! It's amazing how much better your sawing quality is now compared to what it was a couple years ago on the mill!

You do pretty good research and I'm sure you'll find that water temperature will prohibit trout from your area.

Deez Nuts! so funny. love your show. everything you do seems to have personal relevance for me and my dreams of developing my homestead. got 25 acres 8 years ago in preparation of retiring to a more connected life with the natural world. i finally bought the HF sawmill last November and stumbled across your channel when considering upgrades. i love what you've done with yours and appreciate that you've shared the experience. thanks. looking forward to the pond dig experiment as well.

The synthetic cable is awesome. I switched to that on my truck winch and all soft shackles for attachments.

Capt Kleeman made an amazing stone bridge on part of his property 🇬🇧🇬🇧👍👍

Of all your vlogs the sawmill is always my favourite don’t know why. Love the colour of the timber. Looking forward to your next. Nice to see a glimpse of Meg though understand why she needs to work gday from Aussie land

Nice shot of your dog at the end!

Can't wait to see you mill all the boards for house and the office.

small "crop" circles could be from larvae burrowing in. we opened our woodlot to some forestry/arborist students a couple of years ago to do a tree survey and they noticed similar holes/rings on some of the uprooted/storm damaged cedars. that's some nice lumber your milling, those boards will clean up nicely.

This is Barb from Minnesota!! I am watching the last one you posted. # 137! Watched them all! Now I will be bored! 😜 Again I will say those kids and dogs and you both are living the best life!! I will keep watching as long as you keep making videos!! When you go to town for things how far do you have to drive? Anyway have a great week and keep on keeping on!! 😊

Editing is awesome

Thanks John, another great one, your editing is getting all tricked out!

Greetings from the BIG SKY of Montana.

Don't you just love that cedar smell?

That cedar!! 😍😍

Just to inform you 3/8 synthetic rope is rated at 20,000 lbs. to 25,500 lbs. depending on the manufacturer and 1/2 synthetic rope is rated at 31,500 lbs. Keep up the awesome content and I love the area you have chosen to make home...

I think those are from the dreaded tree octopus 😂

When installing subflooring over the floor joists (both being cedar in your case), most times the subfloor is laid diagonally to the joists. That's because the finish flooring on top is laid perpendicular to the joists. Of course you can do it in other orientations but that's the most common. Seems like it would have the best strength. This is not done much any more with the introduction of plywood subfloors.

A chemical pickup bottle like for a hose end between your ball valve and spray head might allow you to pour your cutting additive in it, then let water flow draw it up and mix with the water spraying on the blade. Essentially just a pot to hold the liquid concentrate and feeds through a siphon setup powered by flow over an orifice aimed direction of the flow.

If you can get a cold water input you might be able to grow brook trout, cutthroats, and rainbows. All in the trout genus.

Made it - from the uk

Jon, you only need 12-14" of good clay on the bottom to make your pond watertight. If you have clay elsewhere on your property, you can move it to the pond and pack it down slightly and it won't leak.

That cable is called wire rope.

I've seen a documentary on the Congo and a great deal of fungus lives in the soil. Those trees where laying down. Seems probable.

The clevis is supposed to be tighten all the way to get the correct rating and will mess the threads up if it is used with the pin loosened. The flat end of the pin is fir a wrench to loosen it after being used...😮

Could you use a wench to pull those up? Mount one on Ricky with a power supply? Just a thought.

I wonder if one of those hose attachments, for feeding your lawn, would syphon enough a lubrication on your sawmill water line

heartwood and sapwood

I'd expect the water to soak away into the soil sides of the pit. You'd need to spread clay from the bottom to line the side slope of a pond. I'd try a small scale pond first.

I have that same mill and I'm having problems with my roller guides matching up with my blade and where do you purchase your new blades from.

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What are the crop circle things tho?! Someone! 😆 🤔

I'm wondering how much dry time you might expect when you cut cedar?

Soon?

Makes no sense to wear eye and ear protection if your not gonna wear chaps to protect your legs

its wire rope

From what I've seen of those plastic culverts, nice try.

Ponds are great when done properly and with right equipment- otherwise they are money and time pits for amateurs. You’ll have a hard time keeping fish - hot weather will kill them and what survives will be eaten by birds and other predators.

👍 Jon another great video how many hrs on ricky now.