I used to clean up the beaches where I lived during and after storms and threw together some rustic shelves for my antique bottles using slab wood. Two months later I couldn't keep up with demand as tourists and even locals loved them. That paid for trash bags, fuel and most important cold beer. Scraps went to community bon fires.
Bust answer, Make a pile full or cut, invite the neighbors of for a potluck (hot dish in MN) then have a fun day. That time with the neighbors is not wasted.
Good idea. Never thought about square pieces not going through a chipper. I burn all my slabs in outdoor stove. Maybe you have a neighbor with an outside stove that would take the slabs.
we use our slabs to mill up pallet wood or box wood, when we do that we also end up with "Stickens" for piling lumber, we cut down on our waste like you are doing, good job, only thing that I would suggest while watchin ur videos is, ya got to put some forks on the bucket of ur tractor...LOL keep up the good work, from ur friends up in Maine....Bear
Outdoor burning to stay warm while working outdoors in the winter. Winter walking paths to cut down on mud issues (even make a slab "patio" outside the chicken house). Bark is much harder on the bandsaw blades than the wood. Going through stacks of bark slabs is an expensive way to get down to chips. Only chip the stuff that comes off the mill already small enough to do so. The larger slabs, use for outdoor burning and mud barrier.
NEVER open a chipper with the power source running. The other problem you'll run into is sawing and chipping slabs that have bark on them will cause dull blades and knives in short order. It isn't the bark, its what is in the bark. Also, frozen bark is even worse. You might want to break down your slabs at sawing to get rid of the problem of double and triple handling your waste. Edging strips can be used for stickers for stacking wood. I have used pine and poplar as firewood, but I use them during months where heat demand isn't as high. Your chipper is too light to handle those slabs. You could put slabs in muddy areas or to build a corduroy road system that will prevent rutting where you drive your tractor. Some people use the slabs for siding material.
I think the sloppy fit on the bolts is true big issue. Have you tried metric? Get some 10mm bolts and see if they fit. That’s about .393 inches versus .375 for. 3/8 bolt.
We burn pine but not digger pine. We don't even put digger pine on our mill to much sap. We like to use slabs like that for ship lap on sheds and chicken coops it looks kinda like a log cabin
A shear pin is designed to break within a range and to break clean ( not chew up ) A bolt is designed to be over a certain strength so could be much stronger than its grade. Having said that it’s typical for occasional use items to be run as you are doing. Just a question though is this not a metric bolt? Sounds like you need to get some 10mm bolts to try 👍
Hey Red Tool! I use slab wood for heat in my outdoor wood furnace! Id say find someone maybe around your area that has one of these machines that can use slab wood to mix in with hardwoods! Id post them for free on facebook market or craigslist etc.. They burn great mixed in with hardwood in a outdoor furnace! Great set of ideas thanks for sharing!
Slabs can make good air stacking strips when ripped into one inch by one inch strips. Those same strips make descent bean sticks for your garden. Also pine chips are NOT good for your garden due to the rosin in pine. If you want to use it in your garden, then burn it first to turn it into potash and mix the ashes in small amounts into your soil. The best use would be to get one inch boards out of what you can, and don't let your saw blade hit your log dogs, because sharpening those band saw blades is not easy, and they get expensive. You can use a water tank and a small hose to keep a small stream of water on your saw blade to keep it cool and it'll help to make the blades last longer.
Yeah - why should Kelly be reduced to wearing her baby sisters pants from 16 years ago?!? 😂😂😂😂. Good thing is she’s still that size and CAN wear them! 🤣🤣👍👍👍
Never see me doing that. Most dirt and rocks are caught in the bark and the bands for those mills cost way to much to be doing that with. Plus I would imagine it is very hard to clamp and hold them in place like that without snapping a band if they come loose or do damage to machine if one comes loose.
You do realize I have to cut through the bark when I am milling the log? I pressure spray my logs to remove dirt and debris so these have been cleaned already. Blades can be sharpened and reset too.
Stand em up and edge your slabs after each log- takes an extra 4 minutes and then you are ready to chip, and don't have to handle them an extra 2 times. You need a Wallenstein BX62S chipper- eats em up like candy.
Lots of comments on another channel about how dangerous is to wear gloves when feeding a chipper. One snag on a glove and you hand/arm is in the chipper....
ANY available wood is "GOOD" fire wood !!! We burn fir pine popular all the time, what we have "Available" in a stove, you control the burn rate with the air intake !!! DUUUUUHHH !!!!! A lot of those slabs could be resawn into smaller lumber, no sense wasting it on chips !!!
Its not the fact it wont burn DUH its the amount of btu's in thr wood versus the resin creosote and ash created while burning. Evergreen trees are the highest in creosote and highly increases chimney fires plus it has half the energy output of good hardwoods. That said it is a little different in the Northwest part of the Country. There Douglass fir is more prevalent and because of colder climate it grows way more dense than the yellow pine we have here in WV.
@@kenjett2434 I know all about the heat output of wood and I found the douglas fir put out more heat than the maple, and fir does NOT leave as much ash behind !!! Burns hotter and more complete...When given a choice I always took the fir and if you burn a little hotter there is NO problem with creosote build up with the fir !!! Pine in the eastern part of the state is most available and it also burns fine !!! You burn what is AVAILABLE !!!! DUUUUHHHH!!!!!!!!!
@@wilburfinnigan2142 well you go for it its your chimney and house you risk from fire. But you only confirmed what i said about Douglass Fir and wood in general in the Northwest it does grow denser than the softwoods here in West Virginia. But here we dont have a shortage of good hardwoods hickory and oak is plentiful and we dont have to burn junk DUUUUUH!!!
@@kenjett2434 Well dumb ass I have burned doug fir Pine, alder, maple cottonwood for years and I know how it burns and I prefere the doug fire !!! Great wood to heat in a stove with and it is very plentiful and like I said dumb ass wood that is AVAILABLE is good fire wood !!! And never had a problem with any stove or chimney!!! Did normal maintainence, cleaning on it BUT if you burn right, hot you have very little creosote build up !!! Been burning wood for over 20 years !!! What is YOUR experience burning wood !!!! And dumb ass on the western side, wetter side, of the mountains wood does NOT grow dense !!! It grows FAST !!! Wide growth rings !!! I have seen hundreds of cords of that type wood !!!! DUUUUUHHH !!!!!!! You are "educated?" in your local ignorance, not GENERAL knowledge !!!!! DUUUUUHHHHHH !!!!!!!!
Wilbur, I will not waste my time cutting pine when I have more standing dead ash then I could cut in 2 life times. Ash is far superior to burn than Virginia Pine.
Not a good idea to teach the wife how to use the wood chipper. She could just drive it up next to your pig pen... Then " I don't know where Troy went." Stay on her good side now. Lol
I used to clean up the beaches where I lived during and after storms and threw together some rustic shelves for my antique bottles using slab wood. Two months later I couldn't keep up with demand as tourists and even locals loved them. That paid for trash bags, fuel and most important cold beer. Scraps went to community bon fires.
I was thinking the same thing WOOD MULCH. I hope the new shear pins will work out!!
Diggin those tunes dude
You could also cut the slabs into stickers for stacking your lumber. One can never have too many stickers.
Bust answer, Make a pile full or cut, invite the neighbors of for a potluck (hot dish in MN) then have a fun day. That time with the neighbors is not wasted.
looks like a busy day . New friend Ruthie here
A slip clutch would help with the shear pin problem. I added one to my brush hog for when I use it on my 9N ford.
I have a very good idea to use these barks as well
Use the slabs for siding on the barn.
Good idea. Never thought about square pieces not going through a chipper. I burn all my slabs in outdoor stove. Maybe you have a neighbor with an outside stove that would take the slabs.
save all that work and burn them. That's what I do. Always turn the tractor off when putting your hands near that PTO or inside that chipper.
Back up the trailer up near the chute and each work a side. Remove the scarf please!
I would try to find some erosion place where you don’t want it their and throw it in to help keep / stabilized the soil
we use our slabs to mill up pallet wood or box wood, when we do that we also end up with "Stickens" for piling lumber, we cut down on our waste like you are doing, good job, only thing that I would suggest while watchin ur videos is, ya got to put some forks on the bucket of ur tractor...LOL keep up the good work, from ur friends up in Maine....Bear
Great video. I have often wondered what becomes of all that wood. Too bad the chipper wasn't up to the task.
Literally all I've ever burned is pine
And daylight
Yep, there aren't any hardwoods around here
@@stich1960 where I live now is all hardwood and no pine lol
Fire pit wood, shred into mulch and I have seen people use them to make raised beds.
Hey Troy, have you considered installing a slip clutch on your chipper? I would not own an implement without a slip clutch.
Have you thought about resizing the holes to use a slightly larger shear pin!
Woodchiper is a good idea
Have a good day be safe god bless be safe god bless be safe god bless
Happy holidays to all
what about using some of the slabs as animal fencing, especially out in the woods where you can use trees as your posts?
Outdoor burning to stay warm while working outdoors in the winter. Winter walking paths to cut down on mud issues (even make a slab "patio" outside the chicken house). Bark is much harder on the bandsaw blades than the wood. Going through stacks of bark slabs is an expensive way to get down to chips. Only chip the stuff that comes off the mill already small enough to do so. The larger slabs, use for outdoor burning and mud barrier.
Biochar added to the garden soil after mixing it w/ compost material for awhile. The PNW is biomass rich and due for a major wildfire
I saw some that get wooden planks out of like 1by 6 and 1by 4
I would think some of those thicker pieces might have a use as fence railing
I think it was a good idea. At least you can chop up the slivers and save the square stock for those fencing repairs.
How about that large pile of sawdust next to the bandmill? Is that good for mitigating mud and the garden too?
Maybe not your style or preference, but I wonder if you could use those to make laths for lath and plaster wall work in homes.
Use the bigger wider, thicker pieces to build compost bins. Good for a couple years and they become part of the compost themselves over time.
Dancing around the fire like a heathen is fine as long as you keep your clothes on.
Here in Ga we have mosquitoes almost year round....
Lol you're taken all the fun out by keeping the clothes on! I guess if you have mosquitoes that bad clothes are probably a wise choice!
burn in the syrup cooker. you want it wrist size anyways.
A chipper with a clutch instead of a shear pin works pretty good.
Yep! My Woodland Mills chipper will run circles around the one in the vid and no shear pin issues.
Leave it at the Mill or make 'live edge' shelves or table tops.
That works! Or not. Good idea though. With a modified.
use it for walkway baracades
@redtoolhouse wrong on the creosote.
why yiu dont make wood pellets???
NEVER open a chipper with the power source running. The other problem you'll run into is sawing and chipping slabs that have bark on them will cause dull blades and knives in short order. It isn't the bark, its what is in the bark. Also, frozen bark is even worse. You might want to break down your slabs at sawing to get rid of the problem of double and triple handling your waste.
Edging strips can be used for stickers for stacking wood. I have used pine and poplar as firewood, but I use them during months where heat demand isn't as high. Your chipper is too light to handle those slabs.
You could put slabs in muddy areas or to build a corduroy road system that will prevent rutting where you drive your tractor. Some people use the slabs for siding material.
I'm new to this saw mill industry and still learning but are there no woodworkers around that would buy these from you or simply take them for free?
I think the sloppy fit on the bolts is true big issue. Have you tried metric? Get some 10mm bolts and see if they fit. That’s about .393 inches versus .375 for. 3/8 bolt.
also would have cut up and sold for camp wood its 5 dollars a bundle of 5pcs in illinois
Make BioChar out of them. John
We burn pine but not digger pine. We don't even put digger pine on our mill to much sap. We like to use slabs like that for ship lap on sheds and chicken coops it looks kinda like a log cabin
Make a slab rack and start cutting for firewood
my wood stove doesnt care about burning pine, its great heat and as long as you clean the pipe once a year its not a problem.
Put it in your remodeled trailer and drive north to Ohio, and I will use it to side a shop.
A shear pin is designed to break within a range and to break clean ( not chew up )
A bolt is designed to be over a certain strength so could be much stronger than its grade.
Having said that it’s typical for occasional use items to be run as you are doing.
Just a question though is this not a metric bolt? Sounds like you need to get some 10mm bolts to try 👍
Yes, it is a 10mm. That is what we purchased today, in fact.
Look up Biomeiler...another reuse and purpose!
Rent a 9 or better yet a 12 inch chipper. You could go through that pile in a half a day easily.
We did that last year for $250. Not in a hurry to spend that much again.
Hey Red Tool! I use slab wood for heat in my outdoor wood furnace! Id say find someone maybe around your area that has one of these machines that can use slab wood to mix in with hardwoods! Id post them for free on facebook market or craigslist etc.. They burn great mixed in with hardwood in a outdoor furnace! Great set of ideas thanks for sharing!
Slabs can make good air stacking strips when ripped into one inch by one inch strips. Those same strips make descent bean sticks for your garden.
Also pine chips are NOT good for your garden due to the rosin in pine. If you want to use it in your garden, then burn it first to turn it into potash and mix the ashes in small amounts into your soil. The best use would be to get one inch boards out of what you can, and don't let your saw blade hit your log dogs, because sharpening those band saw blades is not easy, and they get expensive. You can use a water tank and a small hose to keep a small stream of water on your saw blade to keep it cool and it'll help to make the blades last longer.
You can compress sawdust with corn oil,burns great
Hugelkultur
Troy, why dont you wear red pants to match the family?
I left my red pants in the house...
Yeah - why should Kelly be reduced to wearing her baby sisters pants from 16 years ago?!? 😂😂😂😂. Good thing is she’s still that size and CAN wear them! 🤣🤣👍👍👍
put them on yout table saw and rip them into smaller strips. mill the rest 2 inch or 3 inch
I don’t put green wood on my table saw. It would ruin it
@@RedToolHouse . .
That you
Never see me doing that. Most dirt and rocks are caught in the bark and the bands for those mills cost way to much to be doing that with. Plus I would imagine it is very hard to clamp and hold them in place like that without snapping a band if they come loose or do damage to machine if one comes loose.
You do realize I have to cut through the bark when I am milling the log? I pressure spray my logs to remove dirt and debris so these have been cleaned already. Blades can be sharpened and reset too.
Yeah that scarf is areal safety concern.
Stand em up and edge your slabs after each log- takes an extra 4 minutes and then you are ready to chip, and don't have to handle them an extra 2 times. You need a Wallenstein BX62S chipper- eats em up like candy.
Looks nice but I still like my Vermeer 935 better. I got a 6" DK2 power recently to clear my trails. I can pull it around with the four wheeler.
What a gong show !!!!!!!
NOT on the subject but when is he next sow due to farrow???
Build a FORT!
Shear pins shouldn't be shearing just going through wood. Maybe get some oem shear pins to see if they work before trying other bolts and pbuins?
mate!you handled that wood too many times for my liking.your devaluing your already hard work.
you could turn that into charcoal
Fir wood
I would have found somewhere on 100 acres to pile it no way to go to all that work
Could you tell me about the music that was used in video.l just loved.would Lis listen to it again.
Lots of comments on another channel about how dangerous is to wear gloves when feeding a chipper. One snag on a glove and you hand/arm is in the chipper....
So, just burn it. Got it, lol
i would turn that all into charcoal
the lady should really avoid to have a scarf hanging free like this, if it gets caught in something....
Jane Mansfield
Why would you operate a chipper with a long scarf on !
Why would anyone work on the chipper while attached to a running tractor???????????????
@@sgakla and the cover off to boot!
i would not wear a scarf while running a wood chipper!
That is good advice!
i always feed mine in my birthday suit.....for safety
😱😱 yeah - no scarf!!! She’s about as bad as that old man you had helping you! 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 Sorry Kel
Wood burning boil....
Do a hula culture
Wearing a scarf around a chipper is a very bad idea.
Ummm... just the safety guy in me, but lose the lose fitting clothes around machinery ie: the scarf..
First
if you were worried about carbon, use recycled wood!
I would burn way more gasoline trying to find recycled wood for all my projects. I have 100 acres of hardwood to utilize.
Are heating our house and workshop with woodchip.
ANY available wood is "GOOD" fire wood !!! We burn fir pine popular all the time, what we have "Available" in a stove, you control the burn rate with the air intake !!! DUUUUUHHH !!!!! A lot of those slabs could be resawn into smaller lumber, no sense wasting it on chips !!!
Its not the fact it wont burn DUH its the amount of btu's in thr wood versus the resin creosote and ash created while burning. Evergreen trees are the highest in creosote and highly increases chimney fires plus it has half the energy output of good hardwoods. That said it is a little different in the Northwest part of the Country. There Douglass fir is more prevalent and because of colder climate it grows way more dense than the yellow pine we have here in WV.
@@kenjett2434 I know all about the heat output of wood and I found the douglas fir put out more heat than the maple, and fir does NOT leave as much ash behind !!! Burns hotter and more complete...When given a choice I always took the fir and if you burn a little hotter there is NO problem with creosote build up with the fir !!! Pine in the eastern part of the state is most available and it also burns fine !!! You burn what is AVAILABLE !!!! DUUUUHHHH!!!!!!!!!
@@wilburfinnigan2142 well you go for it its your chimney and house you risk from fire. But you only confirmed what i said about Douglass Fir and wood in general in the Northwest it does grow denser than the softwoods here in West Virginia. But here we dont have a shortage of good hardwoods hickory and oak is plentiful and we dont have to burn junk DUUUUUH!!!
@@kenjett2434 Well dumb ass I have burned doug fir Pine, alder, maple cottonwood for years and I know how it burns and I prefere the doug fire !!! Great wood to heat in a stove with and it is very plentiful and like I said dumb ass wood that is AVAILABLE is good fire wood !!! And never had a problem with any stove or chimney!!! Did normal maintainence, cleaning on it BUT if you burn right, hot you have very little creosote build up !!! Been burning wood for over 20 years !!! What is YOUR experience burning wood !!!! And dumb ass on the western side, wetter side, of the mountains wood does NOT grow dense !!! It grows FAST !!! Wide growth rings !!! I have seen hundreds of cords of that type wood !!!! DUUUUUHHH !!!!!!! You are "educated?" in your local ignorance, not GENERAL knowledge !!!!! DUUUUUHHHHHH !!!!!!!!
Wilbur, I will not waste my time cutting pine when I have more standing dead ash then I could cut in 2 life times. Ash is far superior to burn than Virginia Pine.
Not a good idea to teach the wife how to use the wood chipper.
She could just drive it up next to your pig pen... Then " I don't know where Troy went." Stay on her good side now. Lol
you have waaaayyyy to much time sell the shit and make some mony