Working on the wood pile. (sawmill video added )

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Mon Sep 23, 2019 11:51 am

We cut down a big popular yesterday that was 22 inch on the butt, most of the wood pile came from that tree.
Hard going with the hip but slowly gettin it done.

Also got this trailer load of dry oak.

Have this left from last year so looking good.
Now want to get some saw logs out for the mill.

.45colt · Post by **.45colt** » Mon Sep 23, 2019 12:22 pm

Looks Good You Old Geezer

. I have two cords of hard oak under cover that is going on three years old. one Big Black Ash that the Emerald Ash bugs killed to take down .firewood is no fun for Me anymore. just about everything on Me hurts. I will buy three ton of anthracite coal in the next month. If the weather isn't too cold I might make the winter. Stay Strong.

gamekeeper · Post by **gamekeeper** » Mon Sep 23, 2019 12:31 pm

You've put me to shame Lenn, I ain't got anywhere near enough in for a real cold winter, like .45colt I may have to buy in coal too.
I have got quite a bit of green ash for next year but If I need to you can burn ash even though it's green.

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Mon Sep 23, 2019 12:37 pm

Thanks pards, yea winter wood getting gets harder every year, i like doing it if it just didn`t hurt so much.
I want to fire up the mill once this year yet too, i might be buying a nice commercial planner from a friend so that would be fun.

OldWin · Post by **OldWin** » Mon Sep 23, 2019 12:41 pm

Good work, Pitchy. That oak will put out some heat on cold nights.

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Mon Sep 23, 2019 12:42 pm

Thanks Jay, we`re gettin there.

piller · Post by **piller** » Mon Sep 23, 2019 2:07 pm

Even though it is hard work, nothing beats the pleasure of sitting by a nice wood fire.

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Mon Sep 23, 2019 2:09 pm

Yep nothing compares to wood, bring it on winter.

M. M. Wright · Post by **M. M. Wright** » Mon Sep 23, 2019 8:57 pm

That big pile of wood really looks good pard. Wish mine were that big but we have a couple of ricks left from last year. Also 80 acres of tops that are dry and just need cutting up left from the logging last year. Too, we have the ground source heat pump that is very efficient. We'll get by.

Bill in Oregon · Post by **Bill in Oregon** » Tue Sep 24, 2019 9:34 am

Two things in life I really miss: a fireplace and a dog. I used to love putting up my firewood. Poor little Husky chainsaw isn't getting much used here in the desert.

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Tue Sep 24, 2019 10:16 am

Thanks Ron and Bill, we just came in from cutting trees cut a real nice Jack pine that made three saw logs for the mill.
The skid way is about full so we`ll have to fire up the mill soon.

TraderVic · Post by **TraderVic** » Tue Sep 24, 2019 11:07 am

I'd post a pic of my woodpile if I knew how, but have about two winters of seasoned oak ready for the woodstove in my living room.
I'm negotiating with an area logger for a semi load of oak logs for future winters.
Love the wood fires (and a cup of coffee).

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Tue Sep 24, 2019 12:30 pm

Sounds like your in good shape TraderVic.

TraderVic · Post by **TraderVic** » Tue Sep 24, 2019 12:38 pm

Pitchy wrote: ↑Tue Sep 24, 2019 12:30 pm Sounds like your in good shape TraderVic.

Yes sir, I am sitting pretty good and this is a comfortable feeling when our winters are as long and cold as they are.
I enjoy making wood, always have. I also believe this world would be a better place if everyone had some wood to split.....to work out their anger, anxiety, etc.

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Tue Sep 24, 2019 12:50 pm

Could be a hard winter this year, have a video coming of sawing a log then the battery went dead in the camera.
Going to saw tomorrow so will make another, first log was a Spruce, hate them pitchy things.
Vid is uploading now.

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Tue Sep 24, 2019 2:16 pm

Sawmill video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlspSrGh54g

TraderVic · Post by **TraderVic** » Tue Sep 24, 2019 2:35 pm

Nice saw mill set up. You're somewhere in Minnesota, right ?

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Tue Sep 24, 2019 2:39 pm

TraderVic wrote: ↑Tue Sep 24, 2019 2:35 pm Nice saw mill set up. You're somewhere in Minnesota, right ?

Thanks, i put the mill together from a pile of steel 35 years ago only use it a couple times a year anymore thus the confused look sometimes

Yep i`m up by leech lake.

Bill in Oregon · Post by **Bill in Oregon** » Tue Sep 24, 2019 3:41 pm

Man, I can just smell that fresh pine sawdust!

marlinman93 · Post by **marlinman93** » Tue Sep 24, 2019 3:56 pm

That sawmill is fantastic Pitchy!

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Tue Sep 24, 2019 4:01 pm

Thanks fellers, the sawmill is one of those things in my life i`ve really enjoyed, when it`s working right which is a full time job on a old mill.

GunnyMack · Post by **GunnyMack** » Tue Sep 24, 2019 4:22 pm

That mill is something to be proud of! Works like a charm and I see you have a dust extractor- you thought of everything!
What's the power plant?

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Tue Sep 24, 2019 4:31 pm

Thanks Gunny, the power unit is a International 55 HP six cyl. gas.
That saw dust remover gave us the most problem today but we got er spinning, i imagine something else will give a fit tomorrow but that`s the love affair ya have with a old mill.

gamekeeper · Post by **gamekeeper** » Tue Sep 24, 2019 4:45 pm

Thanks for posting that video Lenn, it's very therapeutic watching others doing all the work.....

You have a great setup there..

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Tue Sep 24, 2019 4:47 pm

Thanks GK, stay tuned should have a couple more coming

TraderVic · Post by **TraderVic** » Tue Sep 24, 2019 5:18 pm

Yep i`m up by leech lake.
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I was up fishing by Grand Rapids several weeks ago, took a rainy afternoon off and drove over to Walker to check out Reed's (via hwy 200 through Remer).
A bit spendy, but did get to handle a few lever guns there that I hadn't seen for some time.

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Tue Sep 24, 2019 5:37 pm

Pm sent.

M. M. Wright · Post by **M. M. Wright** » Tue Sep 24, 2019 10:51 pm

I got mesmerized just watching that blade chew through that log. Would be real easy to put me under a spell when I'm like that. Sorta like I get when looking into a fire. Read a poem by Edgar Guest yesterday about gazing into the embers. Thanks Lenn.
It really takes me back when watching the mill at Pawnee work belted to a steam tractor. That mill belongs to a neighbor so my boys have tailed it some.

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Wed Sep 25, 2019 6:32 am

Thanks Ron, i saw pretty slow so Norma can keep up and this mill never was a wood hog but it gets the job done most of the time.
Have a pretty nice pine log i`m going to saw today.

OldWin · Post by **OldWin** » Wed Sep 25, 2019 7:13 am

Runnin' smooth, Lenn. Looks good. Nice time of uear for that work.

piller · Post by **piller** » Wed Sep 25, 2019 7:59 am

We didn't have trees out on the desert high plains where I grew up. Watching you with that sawmill is so different from what I knew as a kid. It is really cool. What few trees there were happened to be along the river. Mostly cottonwood and a few elm. Elm wood stinks to me. Cottonwood is too soft to be of any use other than for the shade. Once in a while we saw locust trees. The 3 to 5 inch thorns on them were wicked.

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Wed Sep 25, 2019 2:22 pm

Thanks fellers, another vid from today.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWNVfcBZQCM

GunnyMack · Post by **GunnyMack** » Wed Sep 25, 2019 3:52 pm

What diameter is your blade? That bigger log made her grunt a bit but it went through- Great old machine you have!!

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Wed Sep 25, 2019 4:10 pm

GunnyMack wrote: ↑Wed Sep 25, 2019 3:52 pm What diameter is your blade? That bigger log made her grunt a bit but it went through- Great old machine you have!!

The blade is 42 inch insert tooth.
Thanks Gunny.

rossim92 · Post by **rossim92** » Wed Sep 25, 2019 4:17 pm

how you go about sharpening the blade? I can imagine a nail or two in the tree can give it a fit.

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Wed Sep 25, 2019 4:45 pm

rossim92 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 25, 2019 4:17 pm how you go about sharpening the blade? I can imagine a nail or two in the tree can give it a fit.

Sharpen using a flat file, if the tooth is damaged to bad it`s replaced, light nails don`t do much damage it`s spikes used for deer stands or cloths line hooks left in trees.

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Fri Sep 27, 2019 12:03 pm

Got another load of wood in this morn and half a dozen saw logs on the skid way.
I`m pooped.

piller · Post by **piller** » Fri Sep 27, 2019 12:48 pm

That is a lot of work. You have every right to be tired.

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Fri Sep 27, 2019 12:52 pm

Thanks piller, it`s this dern hip that makes me stop if it wasn`t for that i`d still be out there.

piller · Post by **piller** » Fri Sep 27, 2019 1:09 pm

Have you ever tried Arnica on your hip?

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Fri Sep 27, 2019 1:12 pm

piller wrote: ↑Fri Sep 27, 2019 1:09 pm Have you ever tried Arnica on your hip?

Never heard of it i`ll look it up.
I think its sciatic nerve issue, if not i`m in trouble, have to see a doctor one of these days.

piller · Post by **piller** » Fri Sep 27, 2019 1:15 pm

Arnica is a plant, and most pharmacies carry a gel made from it. It seems to work for many different causes of pain.

Bill in Oregon · Post by **Bill in Oregon** » Fri Sep 27, 2019 3:19 pm

Lenn, you're VA, so get that hip X-rayed, friend. You might just need a new one. As to pain relief, I use Pain Wizard, which I first heard about here -- I think from DocAJ. It's a good topical. And just for fun, I ordered a bottle of a pain reliever that's been around since about the Mexican War -- Dr. McLean's Voilcanic Oil. I'll give a review shortly.

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Fri Sep 27, 2019 3:22 pm

Oh heck i`m 65 and on Medicare now, my problem is i hate going to the doctor and don`t really give a chit but i`ll get at it one of these days.
Piller i ordered a bottle of that stuff you suggested.