We were cleaning up an old family cemetery back in about 1984. My grandfather had put an Osage Orange fence post in the ground in about 1915. it was between two maple trees and the roots of the trees had grown around the post. We tried to pull it out and could not budge it. We decided we would just cut it off at the top of the ground, when we put the chainsaw to it sparks flew from the chain. We left it where it was and as far as I know it is still there to this day. If it is still there and "it was a few years back" and I am sure it is. That would be 109 years old.

Bois D'arc: East Texas (we have a community named after it in Anderson County), osage orange, hedge apple, horse apple: East Texas, hedge row: central Kansas; an elderly farmer and rancher north of Hoisington told me that in the old days they planted it a few feet apart where they wanted a fence. When it got a few feet high they would hit it with an ax about a third of the way through, bend it over and weave it into the ones near it for cattle fencing. And as the trees grew this process would be done again and that it made a fence no cattle or horses would challenge.

Looks like Osage Orange. Or, as we call it here in Kansas, Hedge. We use it primarily for fence posts and firewood. It burns super hot.

In my part of Texas, we pronounce Bois d'arc as " bore dark." Where we are, the ground is about a half inch of soil on solid rock. To put T-post in, we have to drill a one inch hole with a masonry bit and cut a point on the end of the post to drive them in. If you don't drill the pilot hole, the post will just bow and bend. For a bois d'arc to get the size of the one you just cut, it would be close to 100 years old with extremely tight grain. If you've ever tried to repair an old fence with bois d'arc post, then you know that it's impossible to drive a staple in a bois d'arc post after it's dried. If you take two pieces and hit them together, you can tell how hard they are by the sound tone it makes. You mentioned you bought that bus from a school, and im thinking that the tax-exempt stasus that schools have allows them to use red diesel.

That's one of the straightest Bois d'arc logs I've seen. Seems like it would be best to "work" the wood while it's still "green", before it petrifies. It doesn't take long.

My watermelon seeds didn't come up but I did get the cantaloupes up squash and cucumbers and tomatoes all good. Bus looks good.

loosen oil filter first then punch hole in bottom to drain out lighter when empty

Butter nut squash my favorite

Dried osage orange is amazing firewood too. Like locust wood, it burns very hot and for a relatively long time because it is so dense. I know that firewood is something y'all don't need much of down there in the more southern states. Just thought I would share that info.

Osage Orange, lots of it in Alabama. Better saw it while it's green.

Reminds me of a wood called Butternut.

Britt, you are soo good looking!

In South Central Indiana this was known as hedge. The fruit was called hedge apples.

Osage orange,hedge apple is what we called it when I was young.

Osage Orange - It was also commonly known as Bow Wood.

Hedge apple/Osage orange. If you throw the fruit under your house crawl spaces it will keep spiders away.

Looks a lot like the Locust that grows in Kentucky.

Looks like Hedge apple or osage orange

NEXT time you change the Diesel oil filter, use a CENTER punch to knock a DRAIN hole in the filter bottom. That way there is a lot less oil to spill around.

Bus looks sharp. Great job on the service

That is a beautiful piece. I hope you guys show the process of making a bow. That would be cool to watch.

As far as changing the filter, punch a hole in the filter first. If you have an odd 55 gallon drum cut it in half works great as an oil catch container.

We have hedge fence posts that are well over 100 years old. It does not hold staples very well though. I turned some on a lathe once.....the wood peeled off like a ribbon. It makes a great wood working hammer.

Some mechanics use automatic transmission fluid in the new filter. that might explain the red color in the filter.

Loved this video, so much packed into it!

Nice Garden!!

I always enjoy watching your super videos. One of my very favorite KZfaq channels. Keep up the great work

Love the Bus , Garden too ❤

I can't wait to see you making a bow. Great video.

That hedge apple was planted in the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles during the dust bowl years as wind breaks for soil conservation, along with black locust.

look forward to seein the bow's build

Northeast PA, we always called the fruit Cat's brains... I didn't know it was Osage Orange until my mid to late 20's.

MS,BRITT holding the boards up at entro was BEST PART,,MATCHING GREAT!!!!!

yes you did good job

Great video guys!👍🏻

Another Great Video Thx Wallace Farm and Sawmill ❤God Bless you all.

Great variety in this one. Good stuff. Thanks

Maybe it’s just me ,, that looks like a pretty big egg ,, great video,, how bout some plans on what ya’ll planning for the interior of the bus 😎

You forgot hedge apple! Lol that's what we call it here in Tennessee. I used it for saw guides when I was sawing on the circle mill several years ago. my grandfather and father used it for years. Makes the best guide material on this earth it slicks up like red oak but is much more hard. Long lasting!

You forgot to mention that those Osage Orange trees make Hedge Apples.

Man you guys are busy busy busy , that was some size of a oil filter on that bus. Should have lots to harvest this season, good luck with the chickens hope they lay a lot LOL. Have a great week

looks good nice colour

I haven't seen that kind of wood here in Oregon at all

Good video.

Hello there Brittany and Taylor

Looking good TY. Gonna be 1 hell of a road trip ride. Good luck with all your travels. Keep filming, you guys and Brit are awesome

Osage orange or in Tennessee, we call it hedge Orange. Also I have a question about pallet wood do you make good money sawing it?

After You've drained the base. Use a lower pan under the filter andusing a sharp punch. Make hole in the bottom of filter to drain it. you'll have zero mess.

also called horse apple here in Texas

We call it hedge

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I made some nunchucks out of Osage orange. It’s very hard, and dulled my saw blades quickly. Very abrasive. Very dense too.

Thanks for the overview of all your activities! Watch out for that oil filter!

We call that wood hedge apple, years ago they planted it for fence rows, because of the thorns livestock could not go through it! That would be in southern Mo.

In the UK we call it the yellow demon

You are lucky to have a lady as her...keep her forever...

Hedge! Osage Orange! H A R D stuff!

Sorry that filter got ya Tyler that was some Black Oil

Should make for a cool looking bow. Can't wait to see you build one or two.

You are using the best and warmest burning wood that I know of. I have used it for my wood stove and it does burn hotter than oak and cherry. I live further north than you so I value that type of wood for a different purpose. Good luck in your making the bow.

As per Wikipedia: The name bois d'arc (from French meaning "bow-wood") has also been corrupted into bodark and bodock.

that most certainly is osage orange/hedge. no firewood exists that has hire btu content than that stuff- it is at the very top of the chart.

Nice job, from California 😊

I like the color

That red color could also be from transmission fluid being used in the diesel to help clean fuel injectors. It does a good job burning out carbon deposits.

16:10 --- did you know that oil filter tool that looks like a pair of pliers can also be used to take that large kitchen sink drain nut ... yep - found out the hard way knowing about that ... :)

I wonder if school districts can use off road because they are probably tax exempt.

The White and Gray 2 tone colour looks like a prison bus, but you did a great paint job.

That is a good way to save fuel but it probably does not do your back much good have a nice day

When it dries it will be almost impossible to cut/saw/carve. Good luck

❤looks like a prison bus. Lol

Do you guys ever get any Boxelder out your way? We use to see it quite a bit 10-15 years ago, I haven’t seen any in years out here in GA.

Osage orange! You would probably be better off splitting it with wedges for bow making. Especially with the crook that's in it.

Didn't realize that tree grows that fast. We have a tree called vine maple. Probably better to just call it a nusence weed. Takes about 50 years to make 6" World record size is around 15" Only grows in the coast areas of the NW, perfers environments that get rain in feet not inches. Yet grows way slow.

On the oil filter removal. Some farm youtubers punch a hole in the bottom and let the filter drain out before removal.

folks around here call it "hedge" yes it is very hard but actually, I have never seen a piece of hedge that straight.

Nasty Oil!

Hey Britt don't think you are old enough to remember the song, "They Call Me Mellow Yellow"? But while waiting for my coffee I. Watching.

Beaudark is what my east texas uncle called it. Also hedge.

Americaunas should lay blue/green eggs, I like that bodark wood wish it would stay yellow the only thing I've seen stay yellow is sassafras but it cracks really bad if used as interior sheathing.

also known as hedge apple

Traditionally Yew wood was used for Bow making. An old English tradition.

we have a lot of hedge up in mo put some post in ground in 65 still good do u havemuch in miss love bus conversion

French name for it is Bois D’arc which means bow wood,

the hens lay easter eggs

I had a long bow made of what I was told was lemon wood was pretty yellow also

Makes great posts also. Last a long time.

Is that Osage orange the same as what we call locus here in Indiana?

Orange osage

willow strictly a guess ))) hmm the color of Brits top should have been a clue for us ))) both of you have a great week... love your videos

On the oil filter I have seen where some people punch a hole in the bottom of filter to let it drain.

Bodark is what we call it

We called it horse apple tree...in texas

Maclura pomifera or Osage Orange, Hedge apple, bois de'arc A little trivia, people used the fruit or hedge apple as a natural pestucide to keep spiders out of basements or cellars

Make some beautiful project items. Heavy like hickory. I have never saw what you would call a good-looking log but that one looks pretty good.

I have changed a bigger oil filter on a 550 horsepower Cummins engine

Same color as a prison bus. LOL

What no fishing??? Just kidding you guys have been VERY busy. Thanks for sharing.

Bois D'Arc

the girl's so pretty