Ya know man, I know it's hip to blame everything on "regulation" in the south. Ya'll forget though... It' ain't nearly about regulation as much as it's about "proprietary systems". These companies are effing each other in non-stop patent battles and those engines are the result. Then, they want a deregulated environment to force you to bring it in to their techs and charge you more money. You and I just get caught in the effluence of capitalistic warfare brother. Then they convince you to blame it "regulation". LOL A sucker born ever dang day.
-- Great idea! And dig a lined cistern with a pump and hose capability to use on the garden. Rainwater is better for the garden than treated city water.
WOW, Nathan !! Just love your new pole barn. Plenty of room to store your equipment under cover !! Gotta say - you take good care of your equipment, just like Mike Morgan takes good care of all his equipment. Got to watch and take care of all your assets !! Can't wait to see the concrete floor installed and whatever exterior walls you're gonna put up. Onwards and Upwards !! 😂
Nathan, Your building will need X bracing to stand up against Tennessee winds. I've built these & metal buildings for 35 years. We always used 5/8" rods with welded tabs as X braces. You will loose a corner entrance here or there but not the building when a wild wind comes through one night. Good bracing = longer building life.
Man, that camera shot while you were talking about the Duramx was GOLD! The sky behind you, the barn to your right, the clear view of you...like a Norman Rockwell painting!!!
Suggestion: Take plenty of pictures of ALL that OPEN space in the new pole barn. Then take a picture on the barn's one year built anniversary. That will make a great future post.
Not sure if you have mosquitos that are a constant bother - i suggest you make a few homemade Bat Houses - you already have a ready supply of scrap lumber - these bat houses basically lay vertically flat and unobtrusive - you may not notice a difference the 1st spring to fall but it will certainly be noticeable the following year - will only cost you the time to build and install - basically no expense forward - no food, no bedding, no attention
I know its less costly to plant your wood columns into the ground rather than pour piers to support wood columns. Since EPA banned tar coal creosol brush on and non-pressure vacuum finshed wood as a preservative treatment I now seperate/insulate all my concrete to wood joints with a piece of roofing #30 felt for all structual connections as any wood that goes into the ground without coal tar cresol or contacts concrete will degrade over time. Where I am it's wet and humid so about 10+ years is all a pressure treated beam/column will remain viable. This new structure will greatly enhance your operations and I believe you can expect to earn additional profits if just thru you being to process more product in the same amount of time. You have designed a lovely in scale building that will I believe prove to be extremely functional, and is harmonious with the surroundings. A great job and very smart/safe not trying to erect the building single handled kudos to you. Ray
Just purchased an XL Barn Raising shirt! Very proud to finance a couple of pounds of Nathan's polebarn concrete. 😆 There's a lot of exciting stuff going on around there, Nathan! Happy for you & your family!
But man it's fun watching these video's. You've come a long way from the beginning with the original saw. Great role model for the younger generation to learn what persistence and hard work can accomplish. Stay blessed brother.
Nice addition to your growing farm/sawmill! FYI, you may want to wait a while before putting down a concrete floor. If Tennessee is like many other states your taxes will be much lower for gravel floored shed. Can always add concrete after the tax assessor's dust clears.
I built pole barns back in the 80's. We could build a 50 × 100 in a day and a half with roof insulation fully Inclosed. They would poor the concrete and install doors after building was up. The reasoning was if a pole for some reason went bad we could hook a stinger to the truss and remove and replace the pole. Having a good crew is the key. These guy's know what it's all about for sure.
Suggestion: DON'T POUR THE CONCRETE Yet! Be patient and see if you can't put the sawmill on the dirt for a while. Other mills do this. You can too. The advantage is knowing if you like the location. You can shift it around easily to experiment where you like it best, THEN pour the concrete. A college once did this. They left the sidewalks unfinished on a new campus for a semester and let the students decide where the walking paths should be. Once the grass was trampled down, the campus designers knew the very best spot to pour for sidewalks. Brilliant!
Previous post made a great point! I would donate to have my name in the concrete!! LOL!! The lean-to looks great!! Awesome upgrade when you can keep all of that equipment out of the weather!! I bought 2 shirts, the wife insisted on having one as well. I hope it helps!
Instead of The Out Of The Woods Water Park it can be Out of the Woods Park, a place to get board! Speaking of trucks Nathan, I had a 1968 Chevy truck 6 cylinder and I’d fix and repair that old truck in the drive next to my shop. Shocks, water pumps, clutches and brakes. It wasn’t bad at all. In the winter it wasn’t so great but still pretty easy. Nowadays/daze, tubes, wires, chips, pipes, clips and the worst factor, no room to work even if you are able. Some tools metric, some not and some special tools it doesn’t pay to own. Can’t do much without a lift these days. Thanks Kindly for sharing the Fine Barn and those Amazing Construction Workers! Just think if guys like these men were politicians? Things would actually get done! Many Blessings to All the OTW Family! DaveyJO in Pennsylvania
Thanks for sharing with us Nathan, so happy for you and your family. The Pole Barn looks great and now enjoy getting things set up and ready for the sawmill install. You'll change your parking around a lot in the future. Have fun with it and stay safe. Fred.
It is pretty satisfying from my perspective to see how far you have come. I have been watching since those days when you were running your sawmill in the field, throwing water on walnut slabs, and pining for a “proper” tractor so that you didn’t have to have your neighbor move logs with HIS tractor. What’s more is that you look just as happy with all the equipment as you did when you were moving logs with that 4 wheeler and the little log trailer attached to it. Well done, Nathan. Everything sure looks nice.
Ever since I was a young boy, I've had problems with loosing/misplacing keys, my solution was to store keys where I use them but out of sight to the machine that they were intended for. That way any Looky-loo's who pass by won't see the key and the machine together. With regards to figuring the best layout efficiency for your mill and firewood splitter I would make a scale drawing (cartoon) and then using business card stock cut out the outline of the machine, include the workspace required and shuffle the pieces around until you've got the best setup. You will have to use the space a little while to tweak it for the best efficiency then you can pour your concrete. Things are looking up Nathan, great video thumbs up.
It’s 32*C ( hot as a red headed nurse who can’t find her pen for Americans) inNW Alberta and I’m working in the sun. I can’t imagine working outside in Tennessee right now
Nathan, if I cam make a suggestion: Put the sawmill just inside the lean-to and use one of the bays to access logs to the sawmill. That leaves more room for your lumber stacks for drying or whatever you want and gives you access with the logs from the road/drive.
hopefully the team will get plenty of work from your experiences, nice to see hard work creates this for them and you get a great contract project done
Good to have the video showing the progress on the barn Nathan. I am SO glad that you decided to add the lean too, you will never regret it, I'm sure. You can already see the benefit with the equipment that you have slotted in today. 'I hope all your dreams for this barn come true' & I expect there will be a number of bonuses too. Cheers, Don from South Australia.
Very very nice. You will be surprised at how quick it is filled up. Sure is nice to have the pole barn and the 12' lean shelter. The pole barn will be valuable asset for years. Being out of the rain and snow is great. Happy for you. :)
Laying out your attachments so you can hook them up from either side will be great. Getting them organized in one location and under roof will help you to make them last longer. Looking forward to seeing the barn progress.
I am so very pleased that the Lean-To is installed and that your tractors with full front and rear attachments fit in their individual parking bays. Congratulations, Nathan, really well done!!!!! Just ordered my T-Shirt, thanks for the suggestion. Bring the concrete!
Good luck Nathan, I have a 2014 Ram 3500 with a Cummins. In the shop now for last seven weeks.replaced two sensors and waiting on another. I have replaced about every sensor on it. Probably over 15,000 of replacement sensors. Have 139,000 miles. Good old Uncle Sam and his clean air stuff is killing diesels
Yes Sir it was an exciting VIDEO, I speak for myself and I am certain all Patreon members as well , we are all very excited for you and appreciate you sharing this journey with us all. Sure hope the entire repair on the Duramax is under warranty, I am still choked up on my Ford F450 PCM cost, not under warranty and still on order, NONE available imagine that. Love my new T-Shirt
Thanks Nathan your new barn is looking great. I can tell in your voice how excited you are for your business moving forward. It’s been a pleasure to watch your progress from the paddock sawing to this point in your career. Well deserved congratulations to you. 👍🏼
I would suggest parking the sawmill near the end of the center section perpendicular to the long axis of the building, that way if you ever wanted to mill extra long logs you could come right in, maybe set back from the end 10'-12' so you have plenty room for a log deck & you could install a roll-up or sliding door on that end for bad weather. Then take your saw dust extraction system and deposit the sawdust into an ibc tote with the top cut off, easily moved and dumped elsewhere.
I know literally nothing about saw milling, except what I have learned here, but I think the mill on the long side of the building is the best choice for your work flow. You will have more room to get your finished pieces off, like of the table onto a “rack” of sorts that you could just pick up with Mr Kato to go stack.
New building is looking great. There is one thing I have noticed about having a new space with lots of room; it will fill up in a flash. But it should serve your purposes well and I think the price was great.
Got to have room in back of the mill for loading logs, and room in front to handle lumber. Hope you figure out scrap and waste handling..I see so many mills with a mess under and around them that safety is a huge consideration. Take care and stay safe Nathan, God bless! Hello to all!✝️🙏🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
In the new mill,,if you approach it at an angle,and cut it before the front hits pole,you can easily park that big tractor the long way!!.i was right on the edger🎉
I have an '06 GMC Duramax LBZ engine. It has 150,000 miles and the only issues I've had are glow plugs and EGR codes. My diesel mechanic told me as long as it runs the same, clear the codes and keep on driving, which I have. Hopefully, I will have this truck the rest of my life because with the cost of new ones, who can afford one. I hope you can think through your barn layout so you can make sure you are efficient with your workflow. Having doors on both ends of the barn is smart with a building that size.
Those metal trusses are really nice. Probably cost a lot more than wood, but the span and slots for purlins is really nice. The whole interior looks really nice too.
Remember that the path from the front to the sawmill has to be kept clear to the front door, so that path takes up space. And the longer the path from the front door to the sawmill, the more space you have to leave open.
Nathan, how much concrete are you putting in your new building and your lien to? Are you putting crush stone in the lien to besides the two bays that are going to have concrete?
Hi Nathan, been watching a couple of years now and really appreciate everything you do and share. This pole barn is another terrific project I'm enjoying very much. My only question is, ' why right next to the road' ?
Nathan, make sure you strongly consider your workflow as you decide where to put the pad and saw. I assume you want to pull the waste out the open end and be able to easily move the cut lumber directly to the air dry area. Would love to check out your operation, live near you in Rogersville. Think I will use the same company you used for a barn I want to build. Great looking barn, later.
I would put the sawmill on the front of the long wall so the edger can go in line with it on the other end. Roller conveyors between them to economize effort . Or, if you plan on using the drag back extensively, do just the opposite so the lumber is dragged back to the conveyors to the edger.
As far as the Duramax goes, Chevy has always had a terrible habit of putting all of the fuel sensors in one unit that drops into the top of the fuel tank. Sending unit for the fuel guage, evap sensor, pressure sensor, etc. Be glad you bought the extended warranty, because if that is still the case, the labor on that will eat you alive. I have always called up three buddies and removed the bed to get to it. Dropping the tank from below takes hours.
Next thing you will need.....Either a bunch of gravel or some gutters on the lean-to side. Thats a lot of roof that will catch and focus a lot of water in a small area.
Can you face the loading arms out the end, so you can bring the logs from the outside, and onto the mill. then the drag back will pull back into the lean-to shed, and can sticker and stack and store, then the skid can go to the kiln. no bringing long logs though the lean to or turning inside your beautiful new barn. congrats. moving on and moving upward! Doc
I think you should have some other Sawyers come to your place and give suggestions on the layout. When it's complete, the barn will need a good christening!.
Nathan, this has nothing to do with your building. But on the hay, it would be a help moving your out of the fields if you get a 3 point hitch bale dpear for your tractor. Move 2 bales at a time. Build looks great!!!
Hi Nathan i absolutely love your new pole barn and believe the guy's who built it where good and very fast, i hope you get your duramax back quickly because i know its your prid and joy there's alot on UA-cam about all the newer truck's like Your's and it's not all good but i will say it's not all bad ether, the problem with all these trucks car's and tractor trailers is not the fact we were brought up old school and could do 99.9% of our own repairs but you have to be a computer wizz and the guy's have had there name changed from mechanics and there now there called technicians now with all there fance equipment where as we had a box of spanners and sockets now to even do anything they bring out a tablet or laptop i don't know about in USA but hear it will cost £100 British pounds about $90 US dollars to plug in, thanks for the last couple of video's on the barn build totally enjoyed watching them.
Been following you for several months. Love the content. You are living my dream. Milling and farming. Mind sharing who the contractor for the building was? I wonder if they would travel into South Carolina? That was a sang good price on the building and lean too.
ASE Master tech here. The duramax has been having issues with the fuel filter manifold. If it’s getting hot (not overheating) and it stalls, doesn’t restart. That’s where I’d start. But need to know more about your specific issue. G L
Nathan, regarding Dodge fuel switch issue, Get ahold of Eric O at South main Auto. He is located in upstate New York. However you will learn a lot from him if you watch his channel.
Hi Nathan I was wondering about how limited you would be in length if you load logs from the leanto end It seems like you could do longer logs if you load from the end of the main building
Have you considered putting in catch tank underground to hold the rain water as an emergency type of either drought/ power failure situation or as an emergency fire suppression scenario? Not meaning to say that the last part is going to ever happen, this is just a thought.
Hey Nathan, can you leave a link for the company/crew that built your building? I live in GA and I wonder if they would come here and build the same thing?
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Congratulations Nathan
Ya know man, I know it's hip to blame everything on "regulation" in the south. Ya'll forget though... It' ain't nearly about regulation as much as it's about "proprietary systems". These companies are effing each other in non-stop patent battles and those engines are the result. Then, they want a deregulated environment to force you to bring it in to their techs and charge you more money. You and I just get caught in the effluence of capitalistic warfare brother. Then they convince you to blame it "regulation". LOL A sucker born ever dang day.
Nice investment on your property .
Adding the gutters would give you a great opportunity for a rain catchment system to be able to pump up to the garden or other uses.
Washing station for the farm 🚜 toys
-- Great idea! And dig a lined cistern with a pump and hose capability to use on the garden. Rainwater is better for the garden than treated city water.
All those guys using IBC totes. PTO powered pump....fruit trees.
WOW, Nathan !! Just love your new pole barn. Plenty of room to store your equipment under cover !! Gotta say - you take good care of your equipment, just like Mike Morgan takes good care of all his equipment. Got to watch and take care of all your assets !!
Can't wait to see the concrete floor installed and whatever exterior walls you're gonna put up.
Onwards and Upwards !! 😂
Good idea, but I think the garden is far away may need an aqueduct! Maybe a couple of those big containers on pallets that could be swapped when full.
Nathan, Your building will need X bracing to stand up against Tennessee winds. I've built these & metal buildings for 35 years. We always used 5/8" rods with welded tabs as X braces. You will loose a corner entrance here or there but not the building when a wild wind comes through one night. Good bracing = longer building life.
I’m 66 now but when I was a small boy my father taught me a simple lesson - always build with triangles.
Man, that camera shot while you were talking about the Duramx was GOLD! The sky behind you, the barn to your right, the clear view of you...like a Norman Rockwell painting!!!
Suggestion: Take plenty of pictures of ALL that OPEN space in the new pole barn. Then take a picture on the barn's one year built anniversary. That will make a great future post.
That's a barn swallow nest. They eat their weight in mosquitos every day. Leave the door open about 3 inches so they can get in and out.
Pole barn is looking great. Perfect addition!
It's been so long since you cut any wood that i've forgotten where you get your bandsaw blades from!
Not sure if you have mosquitos that are a constant bother - i suggest you make a few homemade Bat Houses - you already have a ready supply of scrap lumber - these bat houses basically lay vertically flat and unobtrusive - you may not notice a difference the 1st spring to fall but it will certainly be noticeable the following year - will only cost you the time to build and install - basically no expense forward - no food, no bedding, no attention
That crew is a well-oiled machine!! Their coordination is impressive.
I know its less costly to plant your wood columns into the ground rather than pour piers to support wood columns. Since EPA banned tar coal creosol brush on and non-pressure vacuum finshed wood as a preservative treatment I now seperate/insulate all my concrete to wood joints with a piece of roofing #30 felt for all structual connections as any wood that goes into the ground without coal tar cresol or contacts concrete will degrade over time. Where I am it's wet and humid so about 10+ years is all a pressure treated beam/column will remain viable. This new structure will greatly enhance your operations and I believe you can expect to earn additional profits if just thru you being to process more product in the same amount of time. You have designed a lovely in scale building that will I believe prove to be extremely functional, and is harmonious with the surroundings. A great job and very smart/safe not trying to erect the building single handled kudos to you. Ray
Lots of space in that building, looks nice
Just purchased an XL Barn Raising shirt! Very proud to finance a couple of pounds of Nathan's polebarn concrete. 😆
There's a lot of exciting stuff going on around there, Nathan! Happy for you & your family!
Appreciate you
But man it's fun watching these video's. You've come a long way from the beginning with the original saw. Great role model for the younger generation to learn what persistence and hard work can accomplish. Stay blessed brother.
Nice addition to your growing farm/sawmill! FYI, you may want to wait a while before putting down a concrete floor. If Tennessee is like many other states your taxes will be much lower for gravel floored shed. Can always add concrete after the tax assessor's dust clears.
I built pole barns back in the 80's. We could build a 50 × 100 in a day and a half with roof insulation fully Inclosed. They would poor the concrete and install doors after building was up. The reasoning was if a pole for some reason went bad we could hook a stinger to the truss and remove and replace the pole. Having a good crew is the key. These guy's know what it's all about for sure.
Did you use Farbral or strong panel steel.
Suggestion: DON'T POUR THE CONCRETE Yet! Be patient and see if you can't put the sawmill on the dirt for a while. Other mills do this. You can too. The advantage is knowing if you like the location.
You can shift it around easily to experiment where you like it best, THEN pour the concrete. A college once did this. They left the sidewalks unfinished on a new campus for a semester and let the students decide where the walking paths should be. Once the grass was trampled down, the campus designers knew the very best spot to pour for sidewalks. Brilliant!
Good idea. 👍
Previous post made a great point! I would donate to have my name in the concrete!! LOL!! The lean-to looks great!! Awesome upgrade when you can keep all of that equipment out of the weather!! I bought 2 shirts, the wife insisted on having one as well. I hope it helps!
Thanks 👍
Looking good Nathan Great addition to the compound. Best of luck
Instead of The Out Of The Woods Water Park it can be Out of the Woods Park, a place to get board! Speaking of trucks Nathan, I had a 1968 Chevy truck 6 cylinder and I’d fix and repair that old truck in the drive next to my shop. Shocks, water pumps, clutches and brakes. It wasn’t bad at all. In the winter it wasn’t so great but still pretty easy. Nowadays/daze, tubes, wires, chips, pipes, clips and the worst factor, no room to work even if you are able. Some tools metric, some not and some special tools it doesn’t pay to own. Can’t do much without a lift these days. Thanks Kindly for sharing the Fine Barn and those Amazing Construction Workers! Just think if guys like these men were politicians? Things would actually get done! Many Blessings to All the OTW Family! DaveyJO in Pennsylvania
Another great report. I'm glad to hear about gutters coming. I was worried about that. It just looks fabulous.
Thanks for sharing with us Nathan, so happy for you and your family. The Pole Barn looks great and now enjoy getting things set up and ready for the sawmill install. You'll change your parking around a lot in the future. Have fun with it and stay safe. Fred.
A proud moment for you and your family. So rewarding to physically see the fruits of your hard labor... Congratulation's!
Good editing and entertaining narration, getting better and better, 200k soon
Man those guys work so smoothly and efficiently. No wasted movement. They know their stuff
15 seconds in and that lean to already looks like a genius move. Love the channel Nate.
It is pretty satisfying from my perspective to see how far you have come. I have been watching since those days when you were running your sawmill in the field, throwing water on walnut slabs, and pining for a “proper” tractor so that you didn’t have to have your neighbor move logs with HIS tractor. What’s more is that you look just as happy with all the equipment as you did when you were moving logs with that 4 wheeler and the little log trailer attached to it. Well done, Nathan. Everything sure looks nice.
I do miss that area and the speech patterns. Brings back lots of memories
I ALWAYS enjoy your videos. Thanks for sharin' 'em.
Ever since I was a young boy, I've had problems with loosing/misplacing keys, my solution was to store keys where I use them but out of sight to the machine that they were intended for. That way any Looky-loo's who pass by won't see the key and the machine together. With regards to figuring the best layout efficiency for your mill and firewood splitter I would make a scale drawing (cartoon) and then using business card stock cut out the outline of the machine, include the workspace required and shuffle the pieces around until you've got the best setup. You will have to use the space a little while to tweak it for the best efficiency then you can pour your concrete. Things are looking up Nathan, great video thumbs up.
It’s 32*C ( hot as a red headed nurse who can’t find her pen for Americans) inNW Alberta and I’m working in the sun. I can’t imagine working outside in Tennessee right now
Nathan, if I cam make a suggestion: Put the sawmill just inside the lean-to and use one of the bays to access logs to the sawmill. That leaves more room for your lumber stacks for drying or whatever you want and gives you access with the logs from the road/drive.
hopefully the team will get plenty of work from your experiences, nice to see hard work creates this for them and you get a great contract project done
Good to have the video showing the progress on the barn Nathan. I am SO glad that you decided to add the lean too, you will never regret it, I'm sure. You can already see the benefit with the equipment that you have slotted in today. 'I hope all your dreams for this barn come true' & I expect there will be a number of bonuses too. Cheers, Don from South Australia.
Nathan that is a really nice barn. You’ll never be sorry about building it. We love ours! They did a great job on it. 👍❤️
Very very nice. You will be surprised at how quick it is filled up. Sure is nice to have the pole barn and the 12' lean shelter. The pole barn will be valuable asset for years. Being out of the rain and snow is great. Happy for you. :)
At best it will be shade. It doesn't rain or snow in NE TN.
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Laying out your attachments so you can hook them up from either side will be great. Getting them organized in one location and under roof will help you to make them last longer. Looking forward to seeing the barn progress.
Would suggest translucent roof panels about 1/6 to allow natural light for free illumination.
I am so very pleased that the Lean-To is installed and that your tractors with full front and rear attachments fit in their individual parking bays. Congratulations, Nathan, really well done!!!!! Just ordered my T-Shirt, thanks for the suggestion. Bring the concrete!
Thanks!!!!🙏
I think that anything parked on the outside edge will get rained on in most thunderstorms because it is only a roof with no sides.
Glad to see you are Expanding your Property and your Channel.👍✅😎
Thanks 👍
Good luck Nathan, I have a 2014 Ram 3500 with a Cummins. In the shop now for last seven weeks.replaced two sensors and waiting on another. I have replaced about every sensor on it. Probably over 15,000 of replacement sensors. Have 139,000 miles. Good old Uncle Sam and his clean air stuff is killing diesels
That stinks
Yes Sir it was an exciting VIDEO, I speak for myself and I am certain all Patreon members as well , we are all very excited for you and appreciate you sharing this journey with us all. Sure hope the entire repair on the Duramax is under warranty, I am still choked up on my Ford F450 PCM cost, not under warranty and still on order, NONE available imagine that. Love my new T-Shirt
Thanks buddy.
I bought the extended warranty thank goodness
Nathan I can tell by your enthusiasm how delighted you are. Well done mate! Brad Australia 🇦🇺 ❤
Congratulations Nathan, so stoked to see it all coming together for you and the family. This is going to change everything for the good...
Aloha Mick
Thanks Nathan your new barn is looking great. I can tell in your voice how excited you are for your business moving forward. It’s been a pleasure to watch your progress from the paddock sawing to this point in your career. Well deserved congratulations to you. 👍🏼
I would suggest parking the sawmill near the end of the center section perpendicular to the long axis of the building, that way if you ever wanted to mill extra long logs you could come right in, maybe set back from the end 10'-12' so you have plenty room for a log deck & you could install a roll-up or sliding door on that end for bad weather. Then take your saw dust extraction system and deposit the sawdust into an ibc tote with the top cut off, easily moved and dumped elsewhere.
I know literally nothing about saw milling, except what I have learned here, but I think the mill on the long side of the building is the best choice for your work flow. You will have more room to get your finished pieces off, like of the table onto a “rack” of sorts that you could just pick up with Mr Kato to go stack.
Boy, I like watching kids open their presents on Christmas morning.😀
New building is looking great. There is one thing I have noticed about having a new space with lots of room; it will fill up in a flash. But it should serve your purposes well and I think the price was great.
Got to have room in back of the mill for loading logs, and room in front to handle lumber. Hope you figure out scrap and waste handling..I see so many mills with a mess under and around them that safety is a huge consideration.
Take care and stay safe Nathan, God bless! Hello to all!✝️🙏🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
That's the plan!
My Duramax is a 2004 with 444,990 miles, still going strong
that's good to hear, just got mine back today
In the new mill,,if you approach it at an angle,and cut it before the front hits pole,you can easily park that big tractor the long way!!.i was right on the edger🎉
I have an '06 GMC Duramax LBZ engine. It has 150,000 miles and the only issues I've had are glow plugs and EGR codes. My diesel mechanic told me as long as it runs the same, clear the codes and keep on driving, which I have. Hopefully, I will have this truck the rest of my life because with the cost of new ones, who can afford one. I hope you can think through your barn layout so you can make sure you are efficient with your workflow. Having doors on both ends of the barn is smart with a building that size.
No doubt I priced a new one today. Crazy $$$$
We are so very happy for you in the new building. It's going to be fun to watch you fill it up.
You have a dream set up, new barn is AWESOME!
Collect your rainwater. A source of water will be very handy. Blade coolant, washing hands, mixing herbicide, etc.......
You are going to love this building ! I’m excited for you ! You will never have enough barn you will fill it up quick .
Those metal trusses are really nice. Probably cost a lot more than wood, but the span and slots for purlins is really nice. The whole interior looks really nice too.
Remember that the path from the front to the sawmill has to be kept clear to the front door, so that path takes up space. And the longer the path from the front door to the sawmill, the more space you have to leave open.
Nathan, how much concrete are you putting in your new building and your lien to? Are you putting crush stone in the lien to besides the two bays that are going to have concrete?
All you need to do is put the mower in the upright travel position, and you can put the whole thing in the barn.
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Hi Nathan, been watching a couple of years now and really appreciate everything you do and share.
This pole barn is another terrific project I'm enjoying very much. My only question is, ' why right next to the road' ?
Easy access for log trucks
Nathan....as for the equipment keys here's a hint from Diesel Creek... Change all the ignition switches to a Cat ignition... Thus 1 key for all!
Nathan, make sure you strongly consider your workflow as you decide where to put the pad and saw. I assume you want to pull the waste out the open end and be able to easily move the cut lumber directly to the air dry area. Would love to check out your operation, live near you in Rogersville. Think I will use the same company you used for a barn I want to build. Great looking barn, later.
Nice big barn! You're going to want to get some cross bracing on it right away to keep the wind from pushing it over.
It has bracing
Thanks for watching
I would put the sawmill on the front of the long wall so the edger can go in line with it on the other end. Roller conveyors between them to economize effort . Or, if you plan on using the drag back extensively, do just the opposite so the lumber is dragged back to the conveyors to the edger.
As far as the Duramax goes, Chevy has always had a terrible habit of putting all of the fuel sensors in one unit that drops into the top of the fuel tank. Sending unit for the fuel guage, evap sensor, pressure sensor, etc. Be glad you bought the extended warranty, because if that is still the case, the labor on that will eat you alive. I have always called up three buddies and removed the bed to get to it. Dropping the tank from below takes hours.
Next thing you will need.....Either a bunch of gravel or some gutters on the lean-to side. Thats a lot of roof that will catch and focus a lot of water in a small area.
Can you face the loading arms out the end, so you can bring the logs from the outside, and onto the mill. then the drag back will pull back into the lean-to shed, and can sticker and stack and store, then the skid can go to the kiln. no bringing long logs though the lean to or turning inside your beautiful new barn. congrats. moving on and moving upward! Doc
If you also put some water tanks at one end of the barn you could also collect the rain water
I think you should have some other Sawyers come to your place and give suggestions on the layout. When it's complete, the barn will need a good christening!.
Wow OSHA would have a field day with these guys
Nathan, this has nothing to do with your building. But on the hay, it would be a help moving your out of the fields if you get a 3 point hitch bale dpear for your tractor. Move 2 bales at a time. Build looks great!!!
Hi Nathan i absolutely love your new pole barn and believe the guy's who built it where good and very fast, i hope you get your duramax back quickly because i know its your prid and joy there's alot on UA-cam about all the newer truck's like Your's and it's not all good but i will say it's not all bad ether, the problem with all these trucks car's and tractor trailers is not the fact we were brought up old school and could do 99.9% of our own repairs but you have to be a computer wizz and the guy's have had there name changed from mechanics and there now there called technicians now with all there fance equipment where as we had a box of spanners and sockets now to even do anything they bring out a tablet or laptop i don't know about in USA but hear it will cost £100 British pounds about $90 US dollars to plug in, thanks for the last couple of video's on the barn build totally enjoyed watching them.
Hide an extra key in the birds nest ! 😁
Been following you for several months. Love the content. You are living my dream. Milling and farming. Mind sharing who the contractor for the building was? I wonder if they would travel into South Carolina? That was a sang good price on the building and lean too.
ASE Master tech here. The duramax has been having issues with the fuel filter manifold. If it’s getting hot (not overheating) and it stalls, doesn’t restart. That’s where I’d start. But need to know more about your specific issue. G L
I did guess edger and I’m so happy for you. It’s a great addition to your shop.
Yes! Thank you!
I would suggest some equipment racks for all the attachments - would save space. Nice barn Nathan. Stay safe.
Nathan, regarding Dodge fuel switch issue, Get ahold of Eric O at South main Auto. He is located in upstate New York.
However you will learn a lot from him if you watch his channel.
How is Bruno doing with his driving. Once he masters driving his skill and confidence will build. GO BRUNO!!!
Looks great Nathan, those folks did a really nice job.
Man they are very efficient and have it down to a science
Congratulations Nathan. The Barn looks great. I would like to see that Lane Shark in action. I have been thinking about getting this over a bush hog.
The building turned out great, can't wait to see what else you do to it. Bummer about your truck, hope it's an easy fix.
Hi Nathan
I was wondering about how limited you would be in length if you load logs from the leanto end
It seems like you could do longer logs if you load from the end of the main building
I have a 2020 duramax. I just had the same problem. Sensor on the fuel bar went out and put me in limp mode. Sounds like a common problem.
That’s a nice pole barn, thank you for sharing this video with us.
Looking good Nathan
Have you considered putting in catch tank underground to hold the rain water as an emergency type of either drought/ power failure situation or as an emergency fire suppression scenario? Not meaning to say that the last part is going to ever happen, this is just a thought.
Nice building have you thought about using the 2 end bays for attachments so you can get to them from 3 sides
Hey Nathan,where you goin to put all your equipment attachments. They’re going to take up some kinds of room.
The barn looks great and so useful. Thanks for sharing.
Your "94" S-10 had a computer. The 4.3 L V6 was a champ.
Not only were they fast, it’s looks to be a nice job too
Rotate the red tractor so it takes up two bays in the lean to and keep it out the the main barn.
11:02 that’s why I still drive a 94 Silverado!
New to the channel.....Congrats on the new barn to store all your tractors and to put your saw mill!
Thanks 👍
Hey Nathan, can you leave a link for the company/crew that built your building? I live in GA and I wonder if they would come here and build the same thing?
Congratulations Nathan,your new pole barn it looks amazing 🤩 😮😊❤
Thank you!! 😁