Live Edge Slabs From Big Trees

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Live Edge Slabs From Big Trees

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Today‪@WorkingHorsesWithJim‬,we are getting out some more big pine, and than I will show you what we make out of it in the sawmill.
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@harveypyke4897 3 жыл бұрын

I always marvel at how precise Bill and Lady respond to your commands, very well trained. Great seeing log to finished product.

@WilliamHunterII 3 жыл бұрын

Jim -- I'll tell you what makes your videos so good. It's that there is no pretense with you. You don't try to dress it up. It's just a country boy doing what he does. Also, you never stop learning, and you highlight those moments where there's improvement to be made. You're the real deal.

@WorkingHorsesWithJim 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@johnkomosa4089 2 жыл бұрын

Sweet, Love it. Sure like how that cradle hitch lifts that log front, Beautiful massive boards and tops. Very nice.. You got that husky nice and sharp.. Thanks a million.

@Stihl4life 3 жыл бұрын

I love seeing repurposed wood. I had a guy tell me about his daughter building a new house on the old homestead, but they had to cut down some pine trees her grandmother planted over 80 yrs ago. So I threw my sales pitch that he should hire me to mill those logs up with my 60" CM. And use them as steps in the new house. So when grandma passes some day, they would have a memento. He thought that was a great idea😁. God has blessed her with a long life, she is 92 now.

@MrVailtown 3 жыл бұрын

Your the real deal , teaching comes naturally to you ; it's the desire to help All

@curtisowens4588 3 жыл бұрын

I absolutely love your videos the horses are beautiful and well taken care of. I miss living the country farm life you put out a great product. Thank you for the videos Mr. Jim.

@WorkingHorsesWithJim 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching, glad you are enjoying the videos

@garydungelman6530 3 жыл бұрын

Jim the way you communicate with those horses. This phenomenal Lovett God bless be safe

@WorkingHorsesWithJim 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks and God bless you as well!

@hattiemercer5764 2 жыл бұрын

Wow that was great I love what can be done with wood and it's always great watching you working with your beautiful horses

@WorkingHorsesWithJim 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much 😊

@paultighe3735 2 жыл бұрын

NICE LOVE THE MILL ALSO THE FINISHED PRODUCT AWESOME

@katherynlamarche7308 3 жыл бұрын

As usual I am impresset me being a wood worker and pretend to know how to work with those lovely creatures that some people do not realize what they have to give with kindness if done properly like you do. Just love how you love your family and your wonderful horses. Julien

@WorkingHorsesWithJim 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

@hacc220able 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing - especially making the boards.

@klauskarbaumer6302 3 жыл бұрын

From the standing timber to the finished product - how interesting and rewarding that must be for you. And horses play a very important role in the process.

@WorkingHorsesWithJim 3 жыл бұрын

Yes they do.

@horsingaround9182 3 жыл бұрын

I am impressed at how well your horses stand there facing out of the trail! Mine are fine standing facing in the trail but when they turn around it’s time to go.

@rcote1234 3 жыл бұрын

Nice work there Jim. That was a big one. Nice angle on the video while dropping the tree and setting up for skidding.

@pat36a 3 жыл бұрын

It's very satisfying to take something others think is junk/trash. And turn it into a beautiful and functional item.

@WorkingHorsesWithJim 3 жыл бұрын

yes it is

@johncaffrey5395 3 жыл бұрын

Please keep the wonderful videos flowing. I have worked with wood for quite a while and enjoyed it tremendously. Thanks

@WorkingHorsesWithJim 3 жыл бұрын

Great to hear!

@hfbroady 3 жыл бұрын

That looked like a hinge cut you made there sir, best way to cut a tree in my opinion! Words of wisdom "sometimes best not to overdo it" God bless you.

@WorkingHorsesWithJim 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍 and God bless you too!

@sueupham2519 3 жыл бұрын

Lovely,,,yes, we have see nice table tops in old forge .,new York

@johnnytyson8645 3 жыл бұрын

Jim you are an artist youre self i have seen logging teams myself and worked some. Y0u rs are quite remarkable. Well trained i know you are proud of them. Run a saw realgood too thank you for taking an old man along with you.

@WorkingHorsesWithJim 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

@Stihl4life 3 жыл бұрын

Haha Jim you read my mind again. It was at the 10 min mark. When you was cutting the log.

@br927 3 жыл бұрын

Funny story- When i worked in the woods, the guy I worked for was always playing jokes, so one day the cutter & I was going thru the woods and we see this big hemlock, and he says cut that down, so I did , we skidded it to the log pile- Now where the guy was taking the logs, they only took hard wood- you guessed it, we loaded that right in the middle of the load, I was milking and I heard the air horn, here he comes, one log!!

@ozorone 3 жыл бұрын

Many thanks Jim ... always a pleasure to watch you work

@WorkingHorsesWithJim 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@TWeatherford88 3 жыл бұрын

Love it, first comment, wisdom of taking a 10 when you know a 20’ would almost certainly be fine. I like all the comments on why you do what you do, it’s helpful for those that have no one experienced with teams to learn.

@WorkingHorsesWithJim 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks,hope it is helpful to people

@debbiepitcher9806 3 жыл бұрын

Wow the table tops are amazing thank for sharing that, love watching the” horses work “ but I also like seeing the whole process tree to table top. 🙂🙂

@WorkingHorsesWithJim 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much 😊

@mlr145 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome job! 🙂

@veronicasmith1147 3 жыл бұрын

Hello from Irelant💚

@WorkingHorsesWithJim 3 жыл бұрын

Hello, thanks for watching 💚

@chrisark8039 3 жыл бұрын

Kathy Ark Mi very nice using even the wood people normally wouldn't use to make somethings very Lovely and very useable

@WorkingHorsesWithJim 3 жыл бұрын

It’s nice to use what you’ve got, there’s great satisfaction in that!

@veronicasmith1147 3 жыл бұрын

Great work thanks again

@fernlintner65 3 жыл бұрын

That wood would make some truly stunning live edge “river” tables with the epoxy in the middle? Stunning

@WorkingHorsesWithJim 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, we would be good for that

@Kalkaekie 3 жыл бұрын

Interesting !!

@thestone46 3 жыл бұрын

Love to watch those big Hosses "side pass" in a turn.

@steveadams99708 3 жыл бұрын

Great video Jim. Thank you!

@garyhunter6030 3 жыл бұрын

Magnificent horses. They pulled that huge log and seemed to enjoy pulling it. Fill those holes with epoxy and you will have a beautiful bar or table top.

@williamwaha3193 3 жыл бұрын

Some people use Cement mixtures or Granites to fill holes and give a swirled color pattern through the Cement / Granite and then epoxy the whole surfaces for a glossy finish that won't rot away , it would just depend on your ' artistic skills ' and materials that you use . There's a private family company in Erie, Pa who use these color schemes on ' stone ' looking counter tops in their construction / rehab jobs . Niche market woods have value depending on the artistic types who use them .

@WorkingHorsesWithJim 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, that's the plan, they turn out very nice with the Epoxy. Thanks for watching.

@michaelwhiteoldtimer7648 3 жыл бұрын

LOVE TO WATCH THE HORSES LOGGING, THOSE TABLE TOPS ARE GREAT

@WorkingHorsesWithJim 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@andreas515c2 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Jim, it´s really great to see you working with the horses. Have a happy new year, Andreas

@WorkingHorsesWithJim 3 жыл бұрын

Happy new year to you as well, thanks

@edadpops1709 3 жыл бұрын

Yea Jim I’ve used a bar top resin, it’s almost like fiberglass resin,it dries dead clear.it is not easy ,but sure makes for a beautiful natural bar top

@WorkingHorsesWithJim 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, a lot of people buy the slabs we have and put the resin on them, it is beautiful

@strawvillecabin7211 3 жыл бұрын

A man of many talents. Another fabulous video.

@WorkingHorsesWithJim 3 жыл бұрын

thanks

@annebartz9175 3 жыл бұрын

Hi OMG that is some beautiful stuff they made. Funny how one will think no good an the next man can make beautiful and magnificent things from that tree great video thank you❤

@WorkingHorsesWithJim 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed

@larrykerr7712 3 жыл бұрын

As.always great video nice to see something a little on the rough side can be made into something beautiiful

@WorkingHorsesWithJim 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@ericlakota6512 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing any horses can pull that log jim being a tree worker for 10 years threw depreshion of 06 i started tree work and it put food on my table runing a saw but and man who knows logs knows that is alot of weight amazing their that strong its got to be around 2half ton at least 1 ton pure stranth the woods are so nice when done .all the brush will rot so fast in 2 years it will only b stumps and awsome forest

@WorkingHorsesWithJim 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Eric

@scruffy6151 3 жыл бұрын

Happy New Year.

@WorkingHorsesWithJim 3 жыл бұрын

Happy New Year to you as well!

@thestone46 3 жыл бұрын

A Very Happy New Year to all of you guys..

@WorkingHorsesWithJim 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, and to you as well!

@hannupartanen3270 3 жыл бұрын

👍 💪🐴Hyvä video.

@georgeleray5657 3 жыл бұрын

Very nice work.

@bobanmilosevic3897 3 жыл бұрын

Svaka čast džim, imaš vrlo jake i dobre četvoronožne duše. 👏👍 Biće to odlična ploča za sto.

@biddydibdab9180 3 жыл бұрын

I saw footage of a lumberjack who was limbing trees with a chainsaw. He was cutting at face level when his chain broke. It embedded in his neck. Luckily he lived. Just saying. Great job on that huge tree.

@gibbsadventures12 3 жыл бұрын

Nice mill, I have a Clake bandsaw mill pretty basic.

@none5355melvinMadigan 3 жыл бұрын

Happy New Year to you and your family

@WorkingHorsesWithJim 3 жыл бұрын

And to you!

@melanieohara6941 3 жыл бұрын

So much better to “select cut” rather than “clear cut” as loggers used to do. So much healthier for the forests, and the wood is savored and used without so much waste. Thanks, again. Wish you guys wore safety chaps over your legs though. Too scary to see if a chainsaw “bucks,” and they do.🥺

@hfbroady 3 жыл бұрын

Agree. 95% of the logging that I have done was select cut. Sometimes clear cut was needed, most often for a house.

@melanieohara6941 3 жыл бұрын

@@hfbroady Late 19th and 20th Century Timber workers out here in Wyoming would select cut with Skid horses. Then clear cutting became popular in our National Forests after World War II with big logging companies coming in to clearcut with enormous, heavy equipment, skidding with big trackers and slag piles with bull dozers. Enormous erosion followed with miles and miles of bare land hacked in chunks out of the forest, which never regrew. Heartbreaking eyesore for humans and devasting to wildlife, of course.😩

@WorkingHorsesWithJim 3 жыл бұрын

Sometimes I wear chaps, sometimes my logging pants have chaps in them. Thanks for your concern.

@melanieohara6941 3 жыл бұрын

@@WorkingHorsesWithJim Oh, good. I can’t tell in the video.👍🏻

@helenjohnson4593 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful wood!!

@helenjohnson4593 3 жыл бұрын

Make a guess on the age of your tree please..

@WorkingHorsesWithJim 3 жыл бұрын

I really don't know

@andyives5482 3 жыл бұрын

Great video Jim. Just use the chance to wish you and all the watchers A Happy New Year Best Wishes From the U.K

@WorkingHorsesWithJim 3 жыл бұрын

Happy new year!

@andyives5482 3 жыл бұрын

@@WorkingHorsesWithJim Cheers Jim

@redouaneyahiaoui2970 3 жыл бұрын

thanks

@WorkingHorsesWithJim 3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@Peter-gi3re 3 жыл бұрын

Very now nice video Jim. Maybe you should talk to your table clients about adding a link here on your channel to buy tables and you could get a piece of the pie too. Got to think of ways to “monetize” your hard work 😀

@WorkingHorsesWithJim 3 жыл бұрын

good idea

@judithclever1103 3 жыл бұрын

I think you could use a longer bar, may be

@WorkingHorsesWithJim 3 жыл бұрын

It's a 20" and it seems to work just fine

@huckmiller1971 3 жыл бұрын

Jim that's the same with a skidder or forwarder , take a drag you can pull & at the end of the day you'll have just as much done . Everyone is aways trying to pull to much & spinning or they can't keep the front on the ground & that's hard on everything .

@WorkingHorsesWithJim 3 жыл бұрын

Yes

@constantisalvador 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Jim, great job. May the year 2021 be happy and full of illusions.

@WorkingHorsesWithJim 3 жыл бұрын

Happy new year!

@joselynensign9014 3 жыл бұрын

That is quite the machine you have there to saw cut those slats.

@benjamindejonge3624 3 жыл бұрын

Ones I saw a horse driven sawmill

@cathiwim 3 жыл бұрын

Have you thought about cutting a doorway where the window is, next to your sawdust pile? It would be much easier to get the sawdust out with your skidloader.

@WorkingHorsesWithJim 3 жыл бұрын

No I haven’t, but it goes into my horse barnyard so it probably wouldn’t work

@davidgarthly4084 3 жыл бұрын

Those are a beautiful horse team. Thanks for all your vids. My 91 year old dad and I have started watching this fall. He would like to know how far on average you have to pull the logs out to the awaiting piles. Thanks.

@WorkingHorsesWithJim 3 жыл бұрын

On this job it is pretty close- probably 1/8 if a mile. Sometimes it’s a lot longer. So glad he is enjoying the videos, thanks for watching

@fernlintner65 3 жыл бұрын

Happy New Year I so enjoy your channel and family and horses thank you for the time and courage it takes to give of yourself in this way. Does the cart help the horse get the log going easier? The evened would just be dry dragging with the friction of the ground increasing the weight, Is that right or am I thinking of something else?

@WorkingHorsesWithJim 3 жыл бұрын

You are right, the cart lifts the front end of the log up and it helps

@ericlakota6512 3 жыл бұрын

Jim do you have and old video of your teams pulling at fairs ive ben watching pulls on youtube older videos and im always watching for your horses and famaly .

@WorkingHorsesWithJim 3 жыл бұрын

Don’t have much on past pulls except the one we did on this channel: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Y7mparuFlqiaZps.html

@hughvane 3 жыл бұрын

@ 17:34, Munch ... The Scream.

@melissatuason2395 Жыл бұрын

Hi Jim what is the name of that Pine tree that is very rot resistant, at one time you said the needles turn yellow during fall. Also head hear protection what do you prefer these days, I want to surprise my husband with good head protection in the woods. Thank You again love your family & farm life

@Whipple1 3 жыл бұрын

Hello Jim. Good video. I was having issues trying to get firewood skidded out of our farm woods with my ATV. The logs kept digging into the ground and the friction made it difficult to pull. When I hit a root or a rock, the machine would just dead stop. I figured that these are some of the same things you encounter when logging with horses. Have you considered a log arch for those logs that are just too big to skid comfortably behind your team? The one I built for my ATV could easily be scaled up. It straddles the log and when you pull forward the load comes off the ground and the chain slides up into a area of the arch where it locks itself until you back up. It relieves the friction by getting the nose of the log into the air and makes the pull easier for the ATV. If I can find a good email address for you, I’ll forward a photo to you of my design. Cheers! Happy New Year! Whipple

@WorkingHorsesWithJim 3 жыл бұрын

Hi, thanks. Our email address is on the home page under "about."

@Whipple1 3 жыл бұрын

@@WorkingHorsesWithJim Thanks Jim. I’ll look for it and get some photos to you. Maybe even a video. Whipple

@brucemarach8762 2 жыл бұрын

How do you deal with the dirt that gets on the wood from dragging summer & winter It must dull the saws ?

@billpolensky6290 2 жыл бұрын

Out here in the Midwest the slabs you are sawing are called a flitch. Just wondering if you have have heard of the term or are they called something else in your neck of the woods? I used to cut them for Outdoor Education centers for groups to wood burn their own brand on it. Enjoy your videos a lot.

@WorkingHorsesWithJim 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, heard them called that

@mahanehsani1246 3 жыл бұрын

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

@mervjb809 3 жыл бұрын

You need to hire an Amish boy to help you in your sawmill 😇

@printaboul 3 жыл бұрын

Eh Eh .... it is not the idea that came to my mind when I saw mister Jim pushed that slab, and then go around the mill to push the other end. I said to myself. I should adopt that pace .... Love your pace sir, too often I want to finish a task before it begins ...

@thewestnewyorker7269 3 жыл бұрын

Good sized pine there. I can see why that one needed to come down. I wonder how hard it is to teach horses to side step or back up? Hope you have a great New Year! Thanks for sharing!

@WorkingHorsesWithJim 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, it did need to come down. Teaching them is just one day at a time, so it takes an while and many lessons. Thanks for watching

@rickyhayes8206 3 жыл бұрын

Have ever hit your wedge with your saw after you have drove it in??

@WorkingHorsesWithJim 3 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, too often

@michaelchamberlain4618 3 жыл бұрын

I would like to buy some from you sometime. MGBYAAIJNA 😎 HAPPY NEW YEAR.

@WorkingHorsesWithJim 3 жыл бұрын

Happy new year!

@WorkingHorsesWithJim 3 жыл бұрын

I'd like to sell you some!

@moonwise8531 3 жыл бұрын

Loved the video we have just taken a black hearted Ash down today about 4ft girth woods going to be stunning wood for someone to work, had to come down due to ash died back in the UK also kept nocking wall down in meadow. I also stall some of my horses..... Do you use bobbins to weight the ropes in the stall? My guys don't mind stalls but some are stabled. Using one of my empty brood mares to snig with as she was getting too fat with nothing to do. Think I need to send you a picture of my old mare Jamie Summers if you think your guys were muddy ! Do you knock back feed on Sunday ? Our just get hay. My grandad always said they never get Monday morning tie up.

@WorkingHorsesWithJim 3 жыл бұрын

I give the less feed and they go outside on Sundays.

@randyganow7250 3 жыл бұрын

Frost above the slab saw...Moisture from the logs...Do you ever get icicles?

@erikajegl2762 2 жыл бұрын

Love your channel watch it all the time, the only problem I have is how you keep your horses in their stalls just facing a wall close to their faces how boring that must be for the horses they have nothing to look at sorry to say!

@robintaylor-mockingeemill8223 3 жыл бұрын

What blade do you use for your white pine ? I run an LT 50 wide and am still looking for the best one for knotty softwood . Thanks .

@waltermoon3960 2 жыл бұрын

You have alot of saw dust. Do you use it for bedding or sell it?

@WorkingHorsesWithJim 2 жыл бұрын

We use it all for bedding

@noahman27 3 жыл бұрын

How much do you suppose each of those 10 foot logs weighed?

@WorkingHorsesWithJim 3 жыл бұрын

Sorry, no idea

@tammybaker8577 3 жыл бұрын

My dad is a lumberjack like you and he told me you can tell how old that tree is by how many rings on it. Is that true?

@WorkingHorsesWithJim 3 жыл бұрын

Yes

@tomboysen7592 3 жыл бұрын

God forbid if you got hurt in woods how far and how long it would take for someone to rescue you. Are there anyone close to you or just working alone in an area

@WorkingHorsesWithJim 3 жыл бұрын

No one is too close by

@tammybaker8577 3 жыл бұрын

Have you ever have to change that blade on that machine.

@WorkingHorsesWithJim 3 жыл бұрын

On the sawmill, all the time

@louisemacdonald5299 3 жыл бұрын

How’s the new saw

@WorkingHorsesWithJim 3 жыл бұрын

I like it, but I almost smashed it today...but it's ok!

@kevinklingner3098 3 жыл бұрын

Here in Australia we find thsthose ugle pines are the seed parent trees

@WorkingHorsesWithJim 3 жыл бұрын

The problem with big ugly trees is that you are seeding bad genetic material back in to the soil, so I like to get them out of there so good trees can grow. At least this is my thinking.