Motor sounds good. Ya I just run straight windshield washer fluid. Haven't had any issues with it. Glad you got it figures out. Be safe, thanks for sharing.
Another excellent video. Thank you for your honesty review using diesel. I've not tried it yet and now don't think I ever will. That motor screams through that pine.
Another good vid Tony. On my OS27 i use washer fluid and when its not freezing use water with dawn liquid soap. Has always worked fine. I’ve never tried diesel and the belt drive is why. I also use the blue kevlar belts from Tractor Supply and they work very well only replaced twice. The second one was because i had a blade snap and rip it up.
This new setup requires a 76” belt. I laughed when I went into Tractor Supply. That is the one belt the don't carry. 76”x 5/8” belt. I had to order it.
I feel your pain I'm in Florida and I cut a lot of yellow pine. Sticky stuff!! Somebody turned me on to cotton spindle cleaner You can get it at a tractor dealer. They use it in combines to keep the spindles clean. I use about a cup per 2 gallons. Keeps my blade clean and shiny. Hope this helps.
Hey Tony! I'm totally with you regarding your final comments. There are only so many hours in a day to do what you need to do. I'm convinced there is a time and place for everything. Keep up the great work 👍💪
Windshield washer antifreeze for the win. In warmer weather (your winters) it can be cut with regular w/w fluid with bug cleaner in it. Up here in Canada, we use w/w AF, or with some frozen woods (pine,etc) sometimes you can get away with running the blade dry. Keep experimenting, you will find something that will work best for the hot rod mill. Sawing with Sandy has a series of videos where he tried different fluids. Great videos.
Thank you. I love to watch Sawing with Sandy. He is a cool guy. We have worked on several different lubes now, and We do very well with Oak Dry or with just a drop of RV antifreeze. Pine seems to do OK with RV antifreeze and a few drops of soap in it. I can feel warmer weather around the corner. We have to get through a few more cold snaps. Over all, our winters are mild.
I use straight windshield washer fluid with my woodlandmills sawmill. I lived in new concord ky and just used it yesterday after 20 degree temps the night before. The fluid has alcohol in it that helps keep the tar off the belt
Hey Tony. I heard someone on another channel that he ads Simple Green to the washer fluid mixture. He has a Norwood mill. He claimed that it helped to keep the pitch build up off of the blade. It just might work. I'm glad you got that mill working for you. Tim
When I don’t use diesel on pine I use pinesol it works pretty well, I see where Nathan Elliot was not going to use diesel anymore because of the smell, it does get on your clothes, my wife got me a heavy duty apron that I wear and it helps out tremendously, keeps the saw dust and sap from getting all over me
We always used deizel drip on the old mills but the new one with the drive belt going around the big pulley I thought might get slippery so I use windshield antifreeze it seems fine
Nicely done Tony, lots of lumber made. Couple steps closer to roof over the tractors, waiting for warmer to get our saw up and running again. Take care stay warm. Mark 🏝🍻👍🔥🌴🥶
I just forgot to take the chain off. I got stuck the other day, and my wife pulled me out with the tractor. I took the chain off a couple days later, because I was tired of it falling off.
Mate you have to do what you got to do with the off cuts when you get where you like to be things will change . just subscribed like the channel, hello from Australia.
Thank you Tony for being honest about your adventure, I’m starting my journey with saw milling, and taking notes from your videos. Don’t take it badly, but please work on your cardio, you’ll feel like a new person, and discover yourself again, I’m doing just that as I speak, god bless.
dawn soap plus half/half water and winter wiper fluid works well on our canadian pine. I've seen some use half winter wiper fluid and half summer bug be gone fluid as well. Of course that depends on your low temperature, may need to adjust the ratio
nice video 2 tractor's make life much easier and sawmill ran really well lumber looks better than lumber yard. yes you don't want people coming in they will rob you blind. did wife make gizmo coat it's much nicer than mine. take care, be safe and well.
I do not know why you don't get yourself a tow strap 3 ft 4 ft or 6 ft tow strap with eyes on it use your tractor to help spend your prison box like Mike Morgan does also Mike does the same thing he uses Mike uses antifreeze and pine saw in his lubrication this is Bob from Vero Beach Florida God bless and have a great day we'll see you on your next
Hey Tony , Have you checked out the outdoors guy ? He stepped up to 1 1/2 .055 inch blade torqued to 16 ftlbs. Looks like it really cuts nice. You know , seeing how you have the extra hp. Cool channel. Just joined up. Ty.
I see nothing wrong with your operation Tony. Until you get a little more established, and some more security you don't need people coming on your property. This crazy world we live in people will definitely take advantage of ones generosity. It happens everyday and seems much worse during hunting season.
I find the jawen useful when you explain why you do things the way you do. I have learned a lot from watching your channel. Thanks for all the videos. Do you always cut green pine? We have a lot of ponderosa pine here that is dying due to the drought. I am wondering if it would be useful to cut up on a saw mill.
It's hard to mill lumber with grey market equipment. To successfully cut good lumber you need a mainstream sawmill like a Baker or a Cook. Those are real mills. You will always have troubles with those cheap mills.
I appreciate your point of view typed out on a grey market phone or computer drinking coffee from your grey market coffee maker. It was enlightening. Cooks and Baker are great-looking sawmills, but they were beyond my price point at the time of purchase.
The last belt lasted 6 months in diesel. I think more horsepower and heat helps it along. It is RV antifreeze and soap for me. It is harder to clean up, but I can not keep replacing belts every day.
You can run diesel you just need to only put a drop every couple of seconds. Do not let it run. I run a wood mizer but you can get a lot from cooks saws that is made to run diesel. Your problem with the diesel is you are getting too much of it on the blade.
I run -20 degree washer fluid in my Woodland Mills HM130MAX and cutting pine it keeps my blade clean. Must be the alcohol in the washer fluid. I do not add any soap. I get my washer fluid at WalMart and it is -20 degree winter regular washer fluid and not the deicer version.
Good morning Tony, I just received the OS23 and waiting on my trailer to show up prior to assembling. Was wondering if you could recommend where to purchase and what type of blades/bands to use?
Good video as usual. Check out this video ua-cam.com/video/bRSMrqTM7R4/v-deo.html. Jerry adds bearings to the back stops on his Frontier mill. It will make your life easier. Dave
Motor sounds good. Ya I just run straight windshield washer fluid. Haven't had any issues with it. Glad you got it figures out. Be safe, thanks for sharing.
I have been running both Sawmills and now Just the Wood Mizer and have used both lubes and have had great results have fun and keep Milling !!!
Thank you
I grew up on a farm in Southern Tennessee if you ever get the chance to work on a farm do it you can learn a lot
I grew up on a farm. It was all I knew before going in the ARMY.
That new motor is a beast on that mill, it never even bogged down.
I have dialed it in. It is even better than in this video
Another excellent video. Thank you for your honesty review using diesel. I've not tried it yet and now don't think I ever will. That motor screams through that pine.
Thank you, my friend
Another good vid Tony.
On my OS27 i use washer fluid and when its not freezing use water with dawn liquid soap. Has always worked fine. I’ve never tried diesel and the belt drive is why. I also use the blue kevlar belts from Tractor Supply and they work very well only replaced twice. The second one was because i had a blade snap and rip it up.
This new setup requires a 76” belt. I laughed when I went into Tractor Supply. That is the one belt the don't carry. 76”x 5/8” belt. I had to order it.
Tony try adding a little pine sol also might help keep the pitch from sticking so much
Thank you.
I feel your pain
I'm in Florida and I cut a lot of yellow pine. Sticky stuff!! Somebody turned me on to cotton spindle cleaner
You can get it at a tractor dealer.
They use it in combines to keep the spindles clean. I use about a cup per 2 gallons. Keeps my blade clean and shiny. Hope this helps.
I will try it. I used to know a 1SG Strickland back in the day. Thank you for your insight.
@@TonysTractorAdventure oh one more thing
When I use it I put the water flow to a very small trickle , works great and last a long time
Hey Tony! I'm totally with you regarding your final comments. There are only so many hours in a day to do what you need to do. I'm convinced there is a time and place for everything.
Keep up the great work 👍💪
Thank you. Working hard.
Windshield washer antifreeze for the win. In warmer weather (your winters) it can be cut with regular w/w fluid with bug cleaner in it. Up here in Canada, we use w/w AF, or with some frozen woods (pine,etc) sometimes you can get away with running the blade dry. Keep experimenting, you will find something that will work best for the hot rod mill. Sawing with Sandy has a series of videos where he tried different fluids. Great videos.
Thank you. I love to watch Sawing with Sandy. He is a cool guy. We have worked on several different lubes now, and We do very well with Oak Dry or with just a drop of RV antifreeze. Pine seems to do OK with RV antifreeze and a few drops of soap in it. I can feel warmer weather around the corner. We have to get through a few more cold snaps. Over all, our winters are mild.
I use straight windshield washer fluid with my woodlandmills sawmill. I lived in new concord ky and just used it yesterday after 20 degree temps the night before. The fluid has alcohol in it that helps keep the tar off the belt
Are you cutting Southern Yellow Pine? It us so sticky.
I use dawn dish soap and water. Done the same thing u did. Well I had same reaction, dawn dish liquid and water work, the blue kind soap
Thank you. I am working the sawmill everyday.
1/2 cup of pine sol to 5 gal water keeps the blade cool and clean
Thank you. I tried it, but it doesn't seem to help me on this pine.
Hard at work again! Great job, fun to watch! New engine is going beast mode on that stuff!
This video is a bit behind. My mill is rocking now.
Hey Tony. I heard someone on another channel that he ads Simple Green to the washer fluid mixture. He has a Norwood mill. He claimed that it helped to keep the pitch build up off of the blade. It just might work. I'm glad you got that mill working for you. Tim
I am willing to try anything at this point. Southern Yellow Pine is sticky.
When I don’t use diesel on pine I use pinesol it works pretty well, I see where Nathan Elliot was not going to use diesel anymore because of the smell, it does get on your clothes, my wife got me a heavy duty apron that I wear and it helps out tremendously, keeps the saw dust and sap from getting all over me
I can put up with the smell, but diesel is not in my Arsenal. The old pine pitch is tough.
I seen the tractor recovery so I subscribe to your channel thanks for sharing cool dog
Glad to have you on our adventure. Gizmo is the best.
Looks like you got it ironed out, that engine just barely pulled down running through that big slab, nice!
I try some new blades on the next video. 👍
We always used deizel drip on the old mills but the new one with the drive belt going around the big pulley I thought might get slippery so I use windshield antifreeze it seems fine
Nicely done Tony, lots of lumber made. Couple steps closer to roof over the tractors, waiting for warmer to get our saw up and running again. Take care stay warm. Mark 🏝🍻👍🔥🌴🥶
We hung trusses yesterday. We have a few days of nice weather
You can chain or strap the auger up to the post hole digger frame, This will keep it from flopping around or jabbing into the ground when moving.
I just forgot to take the chain off. I got stuck the other day, and my wife pulled me out with the tractor. I took the chain off a couple days later, because I was tired of it falling off.
Mate you have to do what you got to do with the off cuts when you get where you like to be things will change . just subscribed like the channel, hello from Australia.
Hello, my down under friend. Thank you and welcome.
Thank you Tony for being honest about your adventure, I’m starting my journey with saw milling, and taking notes from your videos.
Don’t take it badly, but please work on your cardio, you’ll feel like a new person, and discover yourself again, I’m doing just that as I speak, god bless.
God Bless brother, and thank you for taking the time to care.
Bonjour Tony
Excellente vidéo.
J'adore comme vous travaillez le bois avec la scie.
Merci et continuez comme ça
Merci. La scierie fonctionne très bien maintenant. La puissance supplémentaire du moteur rend le travail beaucoup plus facile.
Excellent info, Tony! Thanks for the video.
dawn soap plus half/half water and winter wiper fluid works well on our canadian pine. I've seen some use half winter wiper fluid and half summer bug be gone fluid as well. Of course that depends on your low temperature, may need to adjust the ratio
Thank you. We have very mild winters here, with only a few hard freezes.
nice video 2 tractor's make life much easier and sawmill ran really well lumber looks better than lumber yard. yes you don't want people coming in they will rob you blind. did wife make gizmo coat it's much nicer than mine. take care, be safe and well.
My wife got Gizmo the coat. It is nicer than mine too. Gizmo got expanding foam on it the following week.
I appreciate your comments
I do not know why you don't get yourself a tow strap 3 ft 4 ft or 6 ft tow strap with eyes on it use your tractor to help spend your prison box like Mike Morgan does also Mike does the same thing he uses Mike uses antifreeze and pine saw in his lubrication this is Bob from Vero Beach Florida God bless and have a great day we'll see you on your next
I have some ideas for the future, but for now, I am running wide open. 😇
Look up the Cooks MP 32 blade wiper system. Built one myself for my woodland mills. Diesel has definitely gave me longer cut times.
I am done with diesel. We have moved into only cutting hardwoods. All the pine has worms in it around here now. Pine is getting wiped out.
Hey Tony , Have you checked out the outdoors guy ? He stepped up to 1 1/2 .055 inch blade torqued to 16 ftlbs. Looks like it really cuts nice. You know , seeing how you have the extra hp. Cool channel. Just joined up. Ty.
Interesting!
Really enjoyed your video. I also watch Outdoors with the Morgan's. Yours is just as good!
Nice job! Lumber looked 👍👍👌
It did look good.
I see nothing wrong with your operation Tony. Until you get a little more established, and some more security you don't need people coming on your property. This crazy world we live in people will definitely take advantage of ones generosity. It happens everyday and seems much worse during hunting season.
I am a little jaded or wiser. I love all people, but I know they don't all love me back. I appreciate you.
I find the jawen useful when you explain why you do things the way you do. I have learned a lot from watching your channel. Thanks for all the videos. Do you always cut green pine? We have a lot of ponderosa pine here that is dying due to the drought. I am wondering if it would be useful to cut up on a saw mill.
We have always only had green pine. From my limited understanding, Souther Yellow Pine is one of the stickiest woods out there. Build up is bad.
More sawin' less jawin'. I love that. It should be on your merch!
That is a great idea!
It's hard to mill lumber with grey market equipment. To successfully cut good lumber you need a mainstream sawmill like a Baker or a Cook. Those are real mills. You will always have troubles with those cheap mills.
I appreciate your point of view typed out on a grey market phone or computer drinking coffee from your grey market coffee maker. It was enlightening. Cooks and Baker are great-looking sawmills, but they were beyond my price point at the time of purchase.
Who manufactures your cant hook? I love my grandfather's home made one, but I need a larger one now lol.
Try some vegetables based chain and bar oil the detergent in the fuel eats the belts
The last belt lasted 6 months in diesel. I think more horsepower and heat helps it along. It is RV antifreeze and soap for me. It is harder to clean up, but I can not keep replacing belts every day.
Don't forget that fuel mixture changes with winter mix
My Norwood LM2000 can use diesel even though it rides on drive belt. You just drip it slow .only enough to keep sap build up away
It keeps eating my belts up
@@TonysTractorAdventure i use Napa auto belts
Me too
@@TonysTractorAdventure huh, well they hold up for me.
Nice work
Thank you! Cheers!
More sawen and a little less jawen. Love it. Love your videos. Thank you for sharing
The Teeshirt is out!
You can run diesel you just need to only put a drop every couple of seconds. Do not let it run. I run a wood mizer but you can get a lot from cooks saws that is made to run diesel. Your problem with the diesel is you are getting too much of it on the blade.
Not this because of how the belt is running.
More power is always better. It’s like putting a V8 in a Vega, it’s always better.
That's right!
Tony, I don't mind you babbling as I enjoy your videos.
Thank you. I have to hold myself back from talking. 😇
I run -20 degree washer fluid in my Woodland Mills HM130MAX and cutting pine it keeps my blade clean. Must be the alcohol in the washer fluid. I do not add any soap. I get my washer fluid at WalMart and it is -20 degree winter regular washer fluid and not the deicer version.
Man, the price of windshield washer fluid has went up. The cheapest I can find is like $3 a gallon.
Might have to build a still.
There is an idea.
Good morning Tony,
I just received the OS23 and waiting on my trailer to show up prior to assembling.
Was wondering if you could recommend where to purchase and what type of blades/bands to use?
You can always buy them from Frontier, but I have been buying my blades from Cooks and Joe Maine. Joe makes Makes Woodmizer blades for any sawmill.
Thank you Sir, I will check out Joe Maine and Cooks. Frontier shipping is just way too slow…..
Both these guys will get it to you fast.
I like your dog. 👍
I like him too. He is my buddy.
@@TonysTractorAdventure my dogs bring sanity to me in an insane world
Same here.
I wouldn't call that muddy lol
Ok
Tony, how does the smaller tractor (T25) handle lift those logs?
It does excellent for most logs. I run out of lift on the large Oaks.
Yes sir where did you get the up graded clutch?
Lost the paper. I will have to research it again if mine ever goes out.
Like the video
Thank you
@@TonysTractorAdventure you are welcome
Good video as usual.
Check out this video ua-cam.com/video/bRSMrqTM7R4/v-deo.html. Jerry adds bearings to the back stops on his Frontier mill. It will make your life easier.
Dave
That is a good idea.
Too bad they don't make cutting fluid just for sawmills. Good work Tony! 👍🪵
I am sure they make something for the pro mills, but this is set up just a bit different. We are working through the problems as they arise.