Red oak and white oak what beautiful wood. The grain looks amazing. The white oak flooring is going to look awesome. Emerald and Jade are going to have to eat there Wheaties when dealing with moving oak around. Another great vid by the dynamic duo.
Whoa, 8X8 oak! You guys are tough. Jade is a beast just with the regular stuff loading lumber. Grain was beautiful on the red oak. Great video and great smiles Em! This episode made me crack a smile or two. Take care guys. Jade, smile...
Love your channel! For that 8x8 use a round dowel or round pipe (broom handle or whatever) in just inside between the stickers and the beam will roll... Stay safe and blessed.
Emerald, look up "scissor clamps", they are heavily used in the steel industry, and used by a lot of sawmills that cut custom beams. The clamps can be chained under a tractor fork, and use the weight of the object itself to generate the squeezing force on the flat pads that pinch the beam (without damaging it like tongs etc). Be well. -Andy
That would work also however to get the equipment into place is a issue from what I see at the end of the saw table there is little room also it would be a 12 foot or more boom. Nice Idea but not in a restricted location. Hand bombing material requires something that be move and light enough to handle and yet provide the swing they need.
I could see by your look at the end that you really gave it all you had. That would be a big ask for any employees so kudos for getting it as far as you did. Someone with a diesel powered log grabber can take it from there. You sisters are the coolest! Love your stuff. 🥸👍🪵👀✅
@@terrancevangemert7508 Terrance, I agree it is tight. Perhaps they could get (or grandpa could weld) a simple quick attach for the front loader or tractor that has a jib and a shackle. Be well. -Andy
When dealing with heavy objects like that beam. Get it off the mill and bring over the log loader. Get a double ended nylon strap and wrap it and use the machine to pick it up.
The wood is amazing, someone is going to get a very special floor. The floors in my barn/house are beech. Nice to get a natural material to walk on. Your weighter wood beams , look at a mobile engine hoist. At work with concrete blocks we would use a lifting table as well.
Another suggestion: add a roller table to off-load your lumber onto.coming directly off your mill. Turn your lumber/crosstie stacks 90 degrees…running parallel to the roller table. Then you can push the heavier stock onto your lumber stacks.
Years ago ('70's) in Tucson before I went to college, I worked in a timber joint. Eight by eights, ten by tens and twelve by twelves... ten, twelve, fourteen feet long. Thank God we had a little forklift. Be careful and safe. Peace on earth.
Back of the napkin: A 12 foot 8x8 works out to 64 board feet. In a store, a single board-ft of red oak would weigh between 3 and 4 pounds. This stuff, fresh off the tree, would have higher moisture content and be even heavier. Call it 5x64=320 pounds maybe?
according to a lumber weight calculator I found online that 12' 8X8 is about 240 pounds. I'm sure that is an approximate ballpark. Also, wet vs. dry would change too. Bottom line that was a big hunk of wood for you ladies to be moving around. I know I wouldn't want to try and move it. You need a fork lift or something for that heavy stuff.
Maybe roller racks like used in grocery stores would help get heavier pieces to your inventory piles. They are inexpensive and portable so can be set aside until you need them.
A 8"x 8" x 12' , = 5.333••• cuft , the weight is 277 lbs . Green Oak is 52 lbs per cuft , (12" x 12" x 12") . Green Hard Maple ( sugar maple) is 48 lbs per cuft . I use to run a circle mill and remember I had a order for 24 pieces of Oak 3"x 10" x 20' that were 216.5 lbs each ( seamed heavier at the time) for roof rafters in a new house in Eaglesmere that me and Buzz loaded on the tractor trailer and delivered to the house and unload like in July and it was very hot . Be careful when handing them big beams they can smash hands and feet or hurt you back . Work smarter not harder . If you can roll the big beams out onto the forks or kick back onto the log deck and then pick it up with the log loader and move it that will safer and easier for you . If you set up some more rollers on stands you can roll big beams out and come under them with the forks and take them away easy . Another thing I seen done at Lewis lumber they piled the boards coming of the mill on 6" pipes and when the pack was full and banded it was rolled out for the forklift to get and they would put down more pipes a start the next pile . Keep up the great work .
@@samuelluria4744 forestry is the main industry in British Columbia. I have red seal trade qualifications in both Ironwork and Mobile Crane Lattice Friction and have worked thousands of hours building mills alongside my fellow tradesmen. No lack of work ethic here. What have you accomplished?
@@maxgernand4321 Without a doubt this is not some old dry rotted 6x6 ( even that is heavy ), a timber this size and more than likely high moisture and as said that tree species is stupid heavy. I'd like to see your average male "just pack it" ... good luck with that.
Always fascinating to watch ( no particular episode btw ) ... thanks for sharing and all the best. Oh yeah, save your backs and only ever pick up one end at a time.
Emerald, you are an artist at heart. You look for patterns in wood and how they should look when crafted into a product. Does Jade have any of that sense? Some do and some don't. My wife did a lot, me, not so much. The excitement that you exude when you see a special pattern in the wood is contagious. I just love to hear you talk about it with enthusiasm. It makes me want to see a finished product also! Be careful with those heavy cuts. It's easy to get hurt quick. Be safe!
Emerald you have an appreciation of lumber grain which is very cool Try moving the large Timbers on low carts ( similar to auto “ creepers”). But not worth hurting your backs; get the forklift to move those or you will be in pain and cannot work I like your videos
That grain pattern that you showed was priceless..!! Some nice stuff there..!! That 8x8...is very hefty,n can go upside of 800 to 1000lbs!! Typically used for span beams in house building..sometimes get turned into " LDL" BEAMS,and I have seen as many as 8 guys horse one of those around!! Thanks for sharing your time with us!! 👍🐺🧙♂️🦊👍
Might want to check out those ball bearing type of roller stands . That would make easy work of moving those heavy beams off of the sawmill and onto a trailer.
Hello I'm Donnie and I love yalls videos. I was interested in 1in white or red oak and was wondering what you are selling them for. Thanks again Donnie
Quarter sawn Oak is really nice, love that ray fleck. Save your backs, a few extra steps now will save you a lot of aches and pain in the future. I never thought about it when I was young and tough but it's catching up with me now!
That was some beautiful oak wood! Looks like dad will have to build some sort of pully system to help you ladies move those large beams! Have a great weekend! And thanks for the video! TTFN
May have been one of the fastest 10 min videos I’ve watched. Was enjoying every second of it and then bam- “like and subscribe” couldn’t believe 10 min had passed
Throw a log under the 8x8 to roll it into place. Then you just gotta lift one end to remove it. Also a small chain hoist, or even a 12v car winch on an a-frame would help a ton.
Someone else may have mentioned how helpful a harbor freight style gantry crane would be for the heavy wood. I use a modified harbor freight crane to help lift, roll and position the logs and lumber on my mill. Logs 36” by 21’ are very heavy to work with but yield awesome beams.
Consider rearranging the potion of the saw and the lumber pile. Maybe the lumber stocks should be directly behind the rollers so you don't have to turn the boards as they come off the rollers they can go straight back onto the stack. The lighter scrap cut offs can be tossed off to the side.
Thank you, Roxy,Judah, Miss Jade and Miss Emerald with a glimpse of Grandpa. Seriously awesome video, I swear Miss Emerald almost said to a log 'you son of an OAK' LOL. I would think the red oak beam would be an awesome roof framing visible from the inside. Thank you again have a fantastic day off.
Em: Glad to see your hand/finger is all but recovered, you still favor it a bit but not backing away from using the hand when needed. Which also reminds me of something I think all people who work with wood experience, and that is touching or caressing a wood piece that we think is beautiful. Can be from a raw log or from a finished piece...something about the tactile nature of wood that it just needs to be touched to be fully appreciated...even if you work with wood 24 x 7 x 365. Have a blessed weekend!
Beautiful coustom oak flooring, so pretty girls, learn leverage to move big lumber sticks, the tricks of leverage move it easier, so easy does it. Latter girls! Still the coolest channel on utube. Latter bro. Devo
Great job cutting that oak. My favorite wood. The figuring was great. I've made tables from 8/4's oak, 4x8. Just the top was extremely heavy! 4x4 legs with 2x6 stretchers. Be careful! You need to figure out something to lift those beams. You could really get hurt. Some sort of hydraulics for tractor or loader.
It’s so easy to hurt your lower backs you know and the damage can last a lifetime too! Don’t risk it young ladies, for you have too much other living to do, including your dancing! Many hands make light work! Cheers
@@lumbercapitallogyard While I would generally agree with that statement, if you injure yourself attempting that large a piece, you won't be working for long. I'd make use of the machinery available to you to move it.
Get some rollers that table saw users use. They are tripods with a single roller up top and with a low height aspect ratio to the base it would work out to swing heavy lumber into place and roll into position. If they are placed right it would work for light and heavy lumber. Lowes carries the following adjustable roller stands. ToughBuilt Roller Stand - Steel - 120 lb $40 CDN TOOLMASTER 17-in W x 40-in H Steel Work Bench 198 lb capacity $50 CDN Home depot Workforce Roller Stand Model # 36014 has 198 lb capacity. low set height is 27 inches Roller width is 11 ¾-in.
Short pieces of steel or pvc pipe, 1, 2, or more inch diameter makes great rollers to move heavy beams. Just make sure fingers feet and everything is clear before rolling. Also stack up wood (short 6x6's or4x4's) under the center of the beam after it's rolled off the mill, use it like a sea saw and pivot the beam around. You'd only be lifting half the beam. It would be easier to demonstrate in person. To add to the "Staying Warm" vid, I wear a pair of exam/medical gloves (the heavier black ones in Home Depot are best) to keep the wind off my hands. They can also be worn under heavier winter gloves for added insulation. Oak floors sound nice👍
Regarding the orange woodwizard you use. These tracks that supports the machine and run along the log you are cutting. Have you inspected it such that it looks smooth and straight and doesnt have any bumps etc? Have you serviced/inspected/replaced the bearings that rides on these track such that the cutting blade cuts straight and even through the log? I would love to see you service these machines and maybe explain what parts that need extra attention due to everyday wear and tear. I am thinking sawdust would get into the main track and dick up the the consistecy of the width. Thanks for a videoclip without midroll-ads - very professional
I can't speak to red oak but I've had to install 6x10 Gluam beams up to 20ft and they are incredibly heavy. One tip for what you are doing there is to use rollers instead of the dunnage. When you tried to push it onto the pile you had way too much friction between the beam and the dunnage. 3in and 4in ABS black plastic pipe can support a LOT of weight. We use it all the time to roll beams on the floor before we lift them into place. Roll slowly and use the mass of the object to tilt it up onto the dunnage on one side, then use a long lever perpendicular to the beam to install dunnage on the other side. The only other thing I can say is make sure you are in control. If you are lifting in a way where you are barely in control of your own body/motion you definitely won't be in control off the mass once you've lifted said object...you're essentially just along for the ride as it falls, and sometimes in a different direction than you were expecting.
we used old car shock absorbers for rollers when we had to move beams onto piles. Is not a 8X8" = to 4/9 of a cubic foot and oak is 90 #/cubic foot for your weight calculations.
Amazing wood grains. Just using a chain wrapped on one end as a choker will be easy to use the fork lift to slide it in place. Plus leverage with 2x4s you can lift 10 times your weight and helps slide large chunks around. Loving watching what you cut up next and learning a few things around the mill.
Make use of front loader seen in the back 8x8 oak pole, pole on shovel and another board avoids scratches or even lift pole with shovel and cables it’s difficult could help too
Don't know if you've already done this, but I'd be very interested to hear Boss Man talk about and demonstrate how to fell a tree and drop it right where he wants it.
I was scared to death that the 8x8 was going to hurt one of you !! All of that weight and the sharp edges could have caused some serious bodily injuries. If the two of you together couldn't lift it, what would just one of you do if the beam had fallen onto the other? Please be safe in all that you do, ladies !!
Emerald may want to look at 2 man furniture lifting straps aka shoulder dolly so you can lift with your legs, that short of a distance it may just work with out puting marks on the beam, we also used roller pipes to get beams on the stack and take them out after in place. Jla
Ok, that is flipping halarious at 4:48. Your editing almost got it but not quite. I was laughing so hard my sides hurts. Awesome job Emerald.
Jus sayin what is what!!! Lol!! 👍🤷👍!!!!
Let's cut this son of a .........😂😂😂😂😂😂
I think she just got the edit right, enough to give the emotion but cut off the actual curse word LOL.
Thar that was epic !
Wow, I did not know Emerald talked that way.
According to the chart experts, bd ft for Green R O lumber weighs 5.2 pounds so your 12' 8x8 weighs aprox. 333 pounds
Depends on the moisture content but you are right--around 333 pounds or more than Em and J combined.
@@nelskrogh3238 So that would be 166 per girl....nope. I could not do that lol.
The two of them together may not make a thrid of the 8x8 they were trying to move! you girls are beast! LMAO!!!!
151 kg?
Red oak and white oak what beautiful wood. The grain looks amazing. The white oak flooring is going to look awesome. Emerald and Jade are going to have to eat there Wheaties when dealing with moving oak around. Another great vid by the dynamic duo.
You have some amazing hardcore girls there Ken. That 8x8 was a beast!
You should endorse a good coffee since you are always drinking coffee. Go for it.
Whoa, 8X8 oak! You guys are tough. Jade is a beast just with the regular stuff loading lumber. Grain was beautiful on the red oak. Great video and great smiles Em! This episode made me crack a smile or two. Take care guys. Jade, smile...
Love your channel! For that 8x8 use a round dowel or round pipe (broom handle or whatever) in just inside between the stickers and the beam will roll... Stay safe and blessed.
@user-dw9ou9sg2p can not reply to your comment. Your solution is spot-on. :)
Nice work ladies! You are right those boards are beautiful. Have a good weekend!
Emerald, look up "scissor clamps", they are heavily used in the steel industry, and used by a lot of sawmills that cut custom beams. The clamps can be chained under a tractor fork, and use the weight of the object itself to generate the squeezing force on the flat pads that pinch the beam (without damaging it like tongs etc). Be well. -Andy
That would work also however to get the equipment into place is a issue from what I see at the end of the saw table there is little room also it would be a 12 foot or more boom. Nice Idea but not in a restricted location. Hand bombing material requires something that be move and light enough to handle and yet provide the swing they need.
I could see by your look at the end that you really gave it all you had. That would be a big ask for any employees so kudos for getting it as far as you did. Someone with a diesel powered log grabber can take it from there. You sisters are the coolest! Love your stuff. 🥸👍🪵👀✅
Giving advice to experts. Meh.
@@terrancevangemert7508 Terrance, I agree it is tight. Perhaps they could get (or grandpa could weld) a simple quick attach for the front loader or tractor that has a jib and a shackle. Be well. -Andy
Someone is really gettin’ into the cinematography side. We’ll done to whoever. ❤
When dealing with heavy objects like that beam. Get it off the mill and bring over the log loader. Get a double ended nylon strap and wrap it and use the machine to pick it up.
The wood is amazing, someone is going to get a very special floor. The floors in my barn/house are beech. Nice to get a natural material to walk on.
Your weighter wood beams , look at a mobile engine hoist. At work with concrete blocks we would use a lifting table as well.
Hi girl . Great saturday and week end
You ladies have inspired me to build my own portable sawmill, this channel is great!
Another suggestion: add a roller table to off-load your lumber onto.coming directly off your mill. Turn your lumber/crosstie stacks 90 degrees…running parallel to the roller table. Then you can push the heavier stock onto your lumber stacks.
I am so veery impressed with y'all's camera work. Great views and planning. Please keep it up!
I found some tables that said 'dry' red oak weighs between 45 to 50 lbs. per cu. ft.... 8 in x 8 in x 12 ft = @5.3 cu.ft.
so it weighs @250 lbs.
Thanks Emerald and Jade it’s a beautiful video watching you work together. Thanks for sharing .
We got Red Oak, White Oak, now we need some Blue Oak.
Great work Emerald and Jade! Have a great weekend! Looks like snow coming next week. Stay safe! 👍👍👍
Years ago ('70's) in Tucson before I went to college,
I worked in a timber joint.
Eight by eights, ten by tens and twelve by twelves...
ten, twelve, fourteen feet long.
Thank God we had a little forklift.
Be careful and safe.
Peace on earth.
Cute chix and lumber, now that is a winning combo ! Excellent content, don't change a thing
Back of the napkin: A 12 foot 8x8 works out to 64 board feet. In a store, a single board-ft of red oak would weigh between 3 and 4 pounds. This stuff, fresh off the tree, would have higher moisture content and be even heavier. Call it 5x64=320 pounds maybe?
according to a lumber weight calculator I found online that 12' 8X8 is about 240 pounds. I'm sure that is an approximate ballpark. Also, wet vs. dry would change too. Bottom line that was a big hunk of wood for you ladies to be moving around. I know I wouldn't want to try and move it. You need a fork lift or something for that heavy stuff.
Maybe roller racks like used in grocery stores would help get heavier pieces to your inventory piles. They are inexpensive and portable so can be set aside until you need them.
A 8"x 8" x 12' , = 5.333••• cuft , the weight is 277 lbs .
Green Oak is 52 lbs per cuft , (12" x 12" x 12") .
Green Hard Maple ( sugar maple) is 48 lbs per cuft .
I use to run a circle mill and remember I had a order for 24 pieces of Oak 3"x 10" x 20' that were 216.5 lbs each ( seamed heavier at the time) for roof rafters in a new house in Eaglesmere that me and Buzz loaded on the tractor trailer and delivered to the house and unload like in July and it was very hot .
Be careful when handing them big beams they can smash hands and feet or hurt you back .
Work smarter not harder .
If you can roll the big beams out onto the forks or kick back onto the log deck and then pick it up with the log loader and move it that will safer and easier for you .
If you set up some more rollers on stands you can roll big beams out and come under them with the forks and take them away easy .
Another thing I seen done at Lewis lumber they piled the boards coming of the mill on 6" pipes and when the pack was full and banded it was rolled out for the forklift to get and they would put down more pipes a start the next pile .
Keep up the great work .
I really admire your family's work ethic! stay warm down there. Love from Vancouver.
Is there a lack of work ethic in British Columbia?
@@samuelluria4744 with some people, yes.
@@samuelluria4744 forestry is the main industry in British Columbia. I have red seal trade qualifications in both Ironwork and Mobile Crane Lattice Friction and have worked thousands of hours building mills alongside my fellow tradesmen. No lack of work ethic here. What have you accomplished?
@@jn9500 - Man, you interpreted me all wrong.
I do admit not all workers preform equally, but people that love their jobs and take pride in their work are worthy of recognition.
Tiger stripe. Freshly cut and milled about 55 pounds per cubic foot (45 pounds cured to near furniture grade 10 to 12%) Your 8X8 is about 300 pounds
Wish we had some oak in Alberta
Man, you girls are strong. Great effort!
Moving large items off the mill. Telehandler comes to mind. Saves your backs and is fun to use.
I can't believe Jade didn't pick up the 8 x 8 on her own. Maybe she didn't want to show off her brute strength?
That piece of wood probably weighed as much if not more then the both of them put together and there was no where to walk without tripping.
A 8 x 8 x 12 foot long piece of green oak weighs 350 pounds. Do you routinely carry that much weight around?
@@maxgernand4321 Without a doubt this is not some old dry rotted 6x6 ( even that is heavy ), a timber this size and more than likely high moisture and as said that tree species is stupid heavy. I'd like to see your average male "just pack it" ... good luck with that.
Dang that white oak looks amazing!
You girls are amazing! Thanks for sharing these videos with us. Be safe and keep them coming
Always fascinating to watch ( no particular episode btw ) ... thanks for sharing and all the best. Oh yeah, save your backs and only ever pick up one end at a time.
Emerald, you are an artist at heart. You look for patterns in wood and how they should look when crafted into a product. Does Jade have any of that sense? Some do and some don't. My wife did a lot, me, not so much. The excitement that you exude when you see a special pattern in the wood is contagious. I just love to hear you talk about it with enthusiasm. It makes me want to see a finished product also! Be careful with those heavy cuts. It's easy to get hurt quick. Be safe!
Emerald you have an appreciation of lumber grain which is very cool
Try moving the large Timbers on low carts ( similar to auto “ creepers”). But not worth hurting your backs; get the forklift to move those or you will be in pain and cannot work
I like your videos
Beautiful red oak, precious wood..
That grain pattern that you showed was priceless..!!
Some nice stuff there..!!
That 8x8...is very hefty,n can go upside of 800 to 1000lbs!! Typically used for span beams in house building..sometimes get turned into " LDL" BEAMS,and I have seen as many as 8 guys horse one of those around!!
Thanks for sharing your time with us!!
👍🐺🧙♂️🦊👍
Might want to check out those ball bearing type of roller stands . That would make easy work of moving those heavy beams off of the sawmill and onto a trailer.
Hello I'm Donnie and I love yalls videos. I was interested in 1in white or red oak and was wondering what you are selling them for. Thanks again Donnie
Same price as pine and hemlock Ken said, sounds like a steal. Check their website.
Nice White Oak! Those will make some nice flooring. Still amazes me how the LT-40 just cuts those logs like butter... Stay warm, stay safe...
Awesome vid Em you 2 girls are tough hope find a better way to lift those heavy beams stay safe.
That 8x8 is just over 5.33 cubic feet. Fresh water is 62.4 lbs./cu ft. Oak floats. So, it weighs about 300 pounds.
you guys do a good job at making mundane stuff interesting.
So I’m convinced you could have moved that 8x8 decorative log using a few sliding board tricks but in the end great vid and excellent content
I would love to see how you clean your equipment up step by step. That would be cool to see
I cannot get over the absolutely stunningly beautiful color and hair you have....wow! 😁👍
Quarter sawn Oak is really nice, love that ray fleck. Save your backs, a few extra steps now will save you a lot of aches and pain in the future. I never thought about it when I was young and tough but it's catching up with me now!
Wondering if you could reach it (the 8”X12”) with the log loader and a couple straps to protect the sides?
Looks like a half decent day for once. Hardwood is beautiful.
You guys are doing some really cool accomplishments which just add to the viewing audience. Keep it up and stay safe!!!
That was some beautiful oak wood! Looks like dad will have to build some sort of pully system to help you ladies move those large beams! Have a great weekend! And thanks for the video! TTFN
Have a great weekend.
Amazing video Emerald and Jade, And that big wood at the end omg
Need to hear the mill running for the full experience!
green red oak weight ~60-70 pounds per cubic foot. 8x8x12 is 5.33 cubic ft. 5.33 X 65 = 346.66 pounds. or very heavy to be lifting by hand.
Jade you do a beautiful job filming
Thanks for sharing your family is what America is really about God bless you all!!
May have been one of the fastest 10 min videos I’ve watched. Was enjoying every second of it and then bam- “like and subscribe” couldn’t believe 10 min had passed
Throw a log under the 8x8 to roll it into place. Then you just gotta lift one end to remove it.
Also a small chain hoist, or even a 12v car winch on an a-frame would help a ton.
Someone else may have mentioned how helpful a harbor freight style gantry crane would be for the heavy wood. I use a modified harbor freight crane to help lift, roll and position the logs and lumber on my mill. Logs 36” by 21’ are very heavy to work with but yield awesome beams.
Smart use of long leverage can move logs and beams heavy as mountains.
Red oak when green is very heavy , when it drys out it better but still heavy . It drys on the slow side also .
8x8x12 would weigh around 250 lbs. Green oak weighs in the neighborhood of 4 lbs. per board foot. That's heavy.
Consider rearranging the potion of the saw and the lumber pile. Maybe the lumber stocks should be directly behind the rollers so you don't have to turn the boards as they come off the rollers they can go straight back onto the stack. The lighter scrap cut offs can be tossed off to the side.
Smart move to mark and identify wood types prior to cutting.
You could definitely use an overhead lift of some kind - I think that most men would even have trouble lifting that critter........
Thank you, Roxy,Judah, Miss Jade and Miss Emerald with a glimpse of Grandpa. Seriously awesome video, I swear Miss Emerald almost said to a log 'you son of an OAK' LOL. I would think the red oak beam would be an awesome roof framing visible from the inside. Thank you again have a fantastic day off.
That floor will be magnificent.
Em: Glad to see your hand/finger is all but recovered, you still favor it a bit but not backing away from using the hand when needed. Which also reminds me of something I think all people who work with wood experience, and that is touching or caressing a wood piece that we think is beautiful. Can be from a raw log or from a finished piece...something about the tactile nature of wood that it just needs to be touched to be fully appreciated...even if you work with wood 24 x 7 x 365. Have a blessed weekend!
A piece of fresh red oak of that size is about 260 pounds.
I almost spit out my ginger ale at 4:47 . I love it when you leave those moments in. ;)
I love your families work ethics!
OMG...good morning Emerald.. another great video thank you again sweety for sharing your great content... much love and aloha 🤙🤙🤙
Have fun skiing!
You need a couple of steel (or wood) trestles which you slide a heavy beam onto and then you can move the beam with most of its weight supported.
Beautiful coustom oak flooring, so pretty girls, learn leverage to move big lumber sticks, the tricks of leverage move it easier, so easy does it. Latter girls! Still the coolest channel on utube. Latter bro. Devo
Great job cutting that oak. My favorite wood. The figuring was great. I've made tables from 8/4's oak, 4x8. Just the top was extremely heavy! 4x4 legs with 2x6 stretchers. Be careful! You need to figure out something to lift those beams. You could really get hurt. Some sort of hydraulics for tractor or loader.
you guys need and overhead ganrty or even just a swing jib crane, to help get the large stuff off the mill
It’s so easy to hurt your lower backs you know and the damage can last a lifetime too! Don’t risk it young ladies, for you have too much other living to do, including your dancing! Many hands make light work! Cheers
Work is work, it’s part of the job. But thanks for the concern
Work smarter, not harder!
@@lumbercapitallogyard While I would generally agree with that statement, if you injure yourself attempting that large a piece, you won't be working for long. I'd make use of the machinery available to you to move it.
I think I am a better judge of my body’s capabilities then anyone, wouldn’t you agree?
😊 doing what you love is a good thing in life I’m a subscriber from beautiful Belize 🇧🇿
Get some rollers that table saw users use. They are tripods with a single roller up top and with a low height aspect ratio to the base it would work out to swing heavy lumber into place and roll into position. If they are placed right it would work for light and heavy lumber.
Lowes carries the following adjustable roller stands.
ToughBuilt Roller Stand - Steel - 120 lb $40 CDN
TOOLMASTER 17-in W x 40-in H Steel Work Bench 198 lb capacity $50 CDN
Home depot
Workforce Roller Stand Model # 36014 has 198 lb capacity. low set height is 27 inches Roller width is 11 ¾-in.
Need to figure out a way to use the forklift on a beam that big, maybe move the wood stack and come in with the loader slide beam onto forks.
Awesome video loving how y’all stop to let us appreciate Gods design and work inside the tree grain …
Short pieces of steel or pvc pipe, 1, 2, or more inch diameter makes great rollers to move heavy beams. Just make sure fingers feet and everything is clear before rolling. Also stack up wood (short 6x6's or4x4's) under the center of the beam after it's rolled off the mill, use it like a sea saw and pivot the beam around. You'd only be lifting half the beam. It would be easier to demonstrate in person. To add to the "Staying Warm" vid, I wear a pair of exam/medical gloves (the heavier black ones in Home Depot are best) to keep the wind off my hands. They can also be worn under heavier winter gloves for added insulation. Oak floors sound nice👍
Beautiful lumber.
When I have to move something heavy by myself as in your red oak I put a piece of round pipe under the load about 2'" dia. it moves much easier.
Regarding the orange woodwizard you use.
These tracks that supports the machine and run along the log you are cutting.
Have you inspected it such that it looks smooth and straight and doesnt have any bumps etc?
Have you serviced/inspected/replaced the bearings that rides on these track such that the cutting blade cuts straight
and even through the log?
I would love to see you service these machines and maybe explain what parts that need extra attention due to everyday wear and tear.
I am thinking sawdust would get into the main track and dick up the the consistecy of the width.
Thanks for a videoclip without midroll-ads - very professional
I can't speak to red oak but I've had to install 6x10 Gluam beams up to 20ft and they are incredibly heavy. One tip for what you are doing there is to use rollers instead of the dunnage. When you tried to push it onto the pile you had way too much friction between the beam and the dunnage. 3in and 4in ABS black plastic pipe can support a LOT of weight. We use it all the time to roll beams on the floor before we lift them into place. Roll slowly and use the mass of the object to tilt it up onto the dunnage on one side, then use a long lever perpendicular to the beam to install dunnage on the other side. The only other thing I can say is make sure you are in control. If you are lifting in a way where you are barely in control of your own body/motion you definitely won't be in control off the mass once you've lifted said object...you're essentially just along for the ride as it falls, and sometimes in a different direction than you were expecting.
at 9:23 you should have lifted it from the center (counterintuitive I know) but it works
we used old car shock absorbers for rollers when we had to move beams onto piles. Is not a 8X8" = to 4/9 of a cubic foot and oak is 90 #/cubic foot for your weight calculations.
Amazing wood grains. Just using a chain wrapped on one end as a choker will be easy to use the fork lift to slide it in place. Plus leverage with 2x4s you can lift 10 times your weight and helps slide large chunks around.
Loving watching what you cut up next and learning a few things around the mill.
I'd put a conveyor belt next to that wood miser part dump truck at the other end
Make use of front loader seen in the back 8x8 oak pole, pole on shovel and another board avoids scratches or even lift pole with shovel and cables it’s difficult could help too
Don't know if you've already done this, but I'd be very interested to hear Boss Man talk about and demonstrate how to fell a tree and drop it right where he wants it.
I saw a video where Em's brother did just that.
Thanks!
I was scared to death that the 8x8 was going to hurt one of you !! All of that weight and the sharp edges could have caused some serious bodily injuries. If the two of you together couldn't lift it, what would just one of you do if the beam had fallen onto the other? Please be safe in all that you do, ladies !!
Miss Lumberyard 2023...
Emerald may want to look at 2 man furniture lifting straps aka shoulder dolly so you can lift with your legs, that short of a distance it may just work with out puting marks on the beam, we also used roller pipes to get beams on the stack and take them out after in place. Jla
Time to bring over the John Deere with the forks.