My friend had a pepper tree split open in his barnyard. Right in the middle of the crotch he found an old meersham bowl pipe with an amber stem and a gold band. He believed his grandfather had probably been working on something and forgot where he set his pipe 50-75 years before.
In the weeks before Gettysburg a group of Confederate raiders rode through the small southern Ohio town where my family lived. While there stealing horses one of the raiders horse threw a shoe. The horseshoe landed in the crotch of a nearby tree. In the 1880s when my grandma was a young girl the tree split and fell and the horseshoe was recovered. When she moved to Florida in the 1930s the horseshoe came with her. It’s still in my family, hanging on the wall at my brother’s house. I thought it was interesting that Nathan’s found horseshoes in trees before.
Hi Nathan, re. The cut out in the saw mill wall for better access, I suggest a short clear rubber curtain that hangs down to the original depth, you'll still be able to make use of the opening but there will be protection from the elements. Hope that's of use as an idea.
From my all time favorite movie..Outlaw Josey Wales. I think I have most all the dialogue memorized from it. " Buzzards have to eat, same as worms" lol
Outlaw Josey Wales. Great movie! Watch that one every fall along with Jeremiah Johnson... Great tradition! You're doing awesome things on this channel, Nathan. So proud of you, man... Making memories of your own. 👍
The brush cutter seems to work fine but I would set the height of the cutter then with the boom perpendicular to the tracks, drive Mr. Kato along the creek.
Modern technology has really come a long way. I remember back when I was young, my dad put me to work with a Size and a sling. I liked to use the sling more because it would cut in both directions. It was hard work, but it was good excercise for for young farrm boy. I still got the size and sling. I just use the weedeater now. Thanks!
There is an art to using the thing but once you get a rhythm it's a thing of beauty and you know for sure when it's time to sharpen. If you start chunking your either gone dull or you've lost your rhythm. When you're doing it right it's as smooth as butter but it will were your but out. Don't know if it's true or not but my Dad told me a man could do an acre of wheat in a day with one. That's the one with the forks on the back and someone trailing to bundle. Back when men were men and boys were on the way there.
I can explain the Mason jar: There’s a big hollow tree down the road here from me, Where you lay down a dollar or two, You stroll ’round the bend and you come back again, There’s a jug of that old mountain dew.
@@arcanask I hadn't thought of it being great-grandpappy's hiding spot. My old Uncle Sam hid his in the garden. Every evening close to sundown he would have to go out to the garden and check on the corn. Aunt Lilly knew that was code for him going to get a few sips from the mason jar of moonshine he kept hid there. He always took a little before bedtime then he would retire early.
Josey Wales : You have any food here? Lone Watie : All I have is a piece of hard rock candy. But it's not for eatin'. It's just for lookin' through. The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) - Chief Dan George
One thing that I noticed while you were using the brush hog attachment is the start and stop travel. You CAN actually leave the boom and attachment in 1 position while you travel with the excavator. It will speed up your work IMMENSELY. Then you can reposition the boom for the return cut and travel in reverse
Hi Nathan. A suggestion for when you’re cutting a straight run like along the ditch - set your brush cutter height, then drive the full length. At the end, reset your height/reach and drive the full length back. Might be a bit more efficient than stop/start sweep like you’re doing. Just a thought! Gidday from your Aussie mates. 😊
In your neck of the woods, the ball jars were used by many moonshiners. Even with the end of prohibition, they kept on going strong. The Ball corporation is still in business and one of their items is producing mirrors for space based telescopes.
Nathan, if your excavator will handle the weight hanging from the side , you can set you deep then track parallel along the ditch , and maybe do it in just two moving passes
Nice brush cutter! I have a 328 bobcat mini. Wanted one of those cutters but didn’t want to spend that much. I dug an old 4’ king cutter bush hog my father in law put to rest cause it needed a seal out of his bone yard, put a seal in it, put a hydraulic motor and a overrunning clutch on it , welded some brackets on to attach it to my machine and it works amazing! Got around 500$ in it.
Hey there friend! I follow a few mowing UA-cam channels too, so this video was like a combo deal! Just a constructive thought: what if you set the brush cutter height, angle, etc then just drove up and down the creek with minimal height adjustments. Kinda thinking the same idea as when you mow regular field grass? That way you're not having to operate and swing the excavator as much, you're just using it like an odd but purposeful mower.
I think the Outlaw Josey Whales had the old Indian and the hard rock candy!?? I love it!! All these goofy comments dont like" learning" all by themselves!! ... although, one stood out. Get about three cows or goats! They eat bout anything!! Lovin the content, from mid-east Alabama!!
Enjoyed the video can’t believe you found a bottom of a mason jar in that log, crazy! Your new brush cutter looks like it we’ll work good once you get the feel for it, so much better than standing there weed eaten. Have a great evening
Nathan has the best weatherman around. "Thunderstorms in 2:45!" My guy basically does a coin toss and gives it a 50/50 chance of being a nice day. Haha.
Add some hanging see-through plastic flaps to the cut-out in the sawmill wall and the rain should stay out but you have the range and space you need to bring in the logs.
Hey Nathan, try setting boom height and angle then track the excavator while mowing as it does not look like your blades slow down while tracking. That should produce a better cut then swinging will.
Nathan, a suggestion to keep so many logs from going bad before you get to sawing them. Might or might not be practical. When logs come in that you do not intend to mill into lumber, would it be possible to put some sort of smaller logs or dunnage under them, to hold them off the moist ground? Seems like that ought to slow the deterioration. My $.02, for what it might be worth.
Thanks for sharing Nathan, you had a couple busy days with the grass cutting and ditch cutting and a good bit of milling lumber too. Really looks great around there. Stay safe and keep up the good videos. Fred.
i have a Kubota with a similar brush cutter, for me i found it easer to be a little further away with the boom stretched out a little more. the drive fore and back instead of swinging the boom.
I'm wondering how many pump the excavator has? Figure you may want to optimize the cutter on one pump and function on another if you can. One thought I had was setting the cutter and driving instead of moving the arm all the time but I have no idea if the tracks use the same pump as the arm. In any event good luck with the cutter head. movie - The Outlaw Josey Wales
That "statement" was a line from the 1973 movie " The Outlaw Josey Wales". It was said by the character ( based on my 4th-Great, Grandfather Chief Stand Watie ) Cherokee Chief Lone Watie regarding a piece of hard rock candy. My 4th-Great, Grandfather Chief Stand Watie, was a Cherokee politician who served as the second principal chief of the Cherokee Nation from 1862 to 1866. Chief Stand Watie was the only Native American to be fully promoted to the rank of General in the ( ill- named ) Civil War - which we refer to as "The Period of Northern Indiscretion". To be more accurate his rank was Brigadier-General, and he commanded the 2nd Cherokee Mounted Rifles (1861-1862), the 1st Cherokee Mounted Rifles (1862-1864), and the 1st Indian Brigade (1864-1865), seeing hard fought warfare in eight major battles in five states. Stand Watie was born Degataga (prounced Da - gataga), meaning "Stand Firm" in the Cherokee language, 12 December 1806, at Oothcaloga, Cherokee Nation (present-day Calhoun, Georgia), to Uwatie (Cherokee for "the ancient one", ), a full-blood Cherokee, and Susanna Reese, daughter of a white father and Cherokee mother, and baptized shortly after as "Isaac" in the Christian faith. Having been a Representative of the Cherokee Nation to Washington, Stand Watie occasionally helped write articles for the Cherokee Phoenix, the first Native American newspaper, for which his older brother Elias served as editor from 1828 to 1832. The "Phoenix" published articles in both Cherokee and English. Stand Watie died 9 September, 1871, aged 64, in the Delaware District, Cherokee Nation ( present-day Delaware County ),Oklahoma. He is buried in Polson Cemetery, Delaware County, Oklahoma, U.S.
I know precisely nothing about the blood sweat and tears required to maintain a working farm year in, year out... That said, there's something that's both soothing and satisfying to my troubled soul watching an honest man performing the necessary day to day tasks that are essential to keep his farm profitable and his family safe. God Bless Nathan
Very surprising & pleasant result for you Nathan. It's an amazing result given the appearance & the fact that a big piece 'fell' out of the centre of the log before you even made a start on cutting. Interesting , if unwanted find in the log. Cheers, Don from South Australia.
Probably someone who liked his 'shine a little too much dropped his jar and it broke on the roots of that tree. His favorite jar, too. He decided to memorialize it in that tree. That's what came to mind for me. Thanks for another good video, you do really good editing work.
1 question and 1 suggestion I hope this doesn't come across as critical. Could your flail mower not do what your new attachment does? Cutting out the notch in the shed makes a lot of sense. If you're concerned about rain intrusion, you might hang some kind of flexible flap that you could drive your tractor through but wouldn't let the brunt of the rain through. Just some thoughts
I have learned to always expect some sort of prize inside old cedar logs now. We have found old beer bottles, RR spikes, musket led and even animals living in them. Love the brush cutter, that would be nice on the edge of ponds where you can’t reach with a mower. Great video. standardliving
I would try another way of setting the cutter to the height you want or need and track your way down one side of the ditch. You won't use as much hydraulic power as swinging your boom back and forth while your cutter is going.
In addition to sweeping the cutter head, can you set the head and boom then drive along the ditch or brush line without robbing pressure from the cutter head? That might give you a more even cut on an inclined banks.
I have the same exact mower from Rut and I bought a high impact glass that I put on my excavator. I have a bobcat about the same size as your Kato. You will see the need for it when you get into some brush.
I just purchased a Wood Mizer LX50 and look forward to putting it together this weekend. I guess what are some beginner tips that you can give me before I start sawing some logs up?
A while back. Well, about 25 years, I was sawing a large cedar log and near the center I hit a homemade granite marble about an inch or so diameter. All around that marble were lead round balls. I was running carbide in a circle saw so it was an expensive find.
I bought the same attachment for my mini ex. Great attachment and I recommend it. I'm still thinking about adding a piece of expanded metal in the front. I had 40 acres logged off about 6 years ago. Perfect place for it. Even whacks of the stumps to the ground since it's been long enough to rot them some. Cheers !!
In Arizona we used to process firewood, and we had red cedar Shaggy Bark and we had the Alligator Bark that was a yellow cedar. When you learn how to burn that stuff it burns excellent, very clean burning.
Thanks Nathan for giving me the opportunity to vent my anger, this is the second tree this month, the other one was a Ash tree. Keep up the good work, love your videos!!!!!!!
Will the blades spin when the excavator is moving? That’s the way the highway department cuts along ditches in my state except with a tractor and a bush hog on the side instead of in back leaving the attachment in one position instead of swinging back and forth. Definitely helping you work smarter not harder!
I started watching you because a friend of mine "Jake Dean" recommended you. your mill content and your advice are great and I have learned a lot from that. Sorry, but the rest of your stuff is like watching soap operas.
Nice attachment for the excavator, quite the weed wacker. I heard the expense when you hit that Ball jar...ouchkabibble! With regards to the opening in the wall: If you find that there is too much rain coming in a sheet of clear plastic with vertical slits cut to allow your machine to pass through should reduce the rain incursion. The light plastic will be low cost so you can replace it as needed. Great video thumbs up.
11:25 The best way would have been to just track along so you’re not wasting time going over spots missed by sweeping around. Just set height, track and done.
That's a pretty utile piece of kit !. I would have liked to be able to use on on the blackberries and bougainvillea that overtook our holiday property.
Something you may want to consider; if you are turning cedar on a lathe a respirator is required as cedar dust is harmful. I know you are much closer to the dust on a lathe but you may still want to do some research.
Had to cut down and saw up 100 foot 100 year old silver maple right next to my house and dying Right smack in the middle of that butt we hit an old horseshoe . In it for many decades. Always appreciated how you always have something new to show us and you never talk down to your viewers. Perhaps the guy didn't like the taste of the moonshine and tossed the mason chair in anger against the tree.
You can get some clear vinyl in most wal marts with a fabric department and make some flaps to hang in the opening you cut. Still allow you to load the logs but should stop most of the rain.
Think I'd try putting cutter headat desired height And travel with the tracks if it doesn't take presure away from cutter head. Instead of swinging the house. Maybe worth a try.
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Its from Outlaw Josey Wales
It was a piece of Rock candy
What kind of wood is this, man?
It was Chief Dan George talking about a piece of rock candy in The Outlaw Josey Wales.
I forgot what movie that was from.
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The Outlaw Josey Wales. Chief Dan George was the actor from British Columbia Canada. Also seen in Little Big Man.
My friend had a pepper tree split open in his barnyard. Right in the middle of the crotch he found an old meersham bowl pipe with an amber stem and a gold band. He believed his grandfather had probably been working on something and forgot where he set his pipe 50-75 years before.
Great story , thanks for sharing anymore to add to the story?
@@craignash4736 Thanks. Nope.
In the weeks before Gettysburg a group of Confederate raiders rode through the small southern Ohio town where my family lived. While there stealing horses one of the raiders horse threw a shoe. The horseshoe landed in the crotch of a nearby tree. In the 1880s when my grandma was a young girl the tree split and fell and the horseshoe was recovered. When she moved to Florida in the 1930s the horseshoe came with her. It’s still in my family, hanging on the wall at my brother’s house. I thought it was interesting that Nathan’s found horseshoes in trees before.
The Outlaw Josey Wales
Nathon, a suggestion, put two hinges on that cut out panel so you could fold it up when doing logs and fold down when it's raining.
I second that!
That's a great idea !!
Chief Dan George. It was hard rock candy.
" Aint fer eatin tho, its juss fer lookin thru!!"
@welderman1221 It released the year I was born. Still my #1 of all time.
Yep ... Outlaw Josey Wales
The Outlaw Josey Wales. Chief Dan George was a Canadian. He was in a lot of movies. He has a mountain named after him in British Columbia.
The Outlaw Josey Wales is a great movie! I liked seeing them red legs taking the Missouri boat ride.
I'm gonna go with someone hid their jar of moonshine in a hollow in that tree.
Thats what I was thinking too! Had an Uncle would put his "Shine" in a hole in an Oak Tree.
With all the rough chaotic nutcases on the internet it is a pleasure to hang out with Nathan.
thank you.
@@OutoftheWoods0623 Always a pleasure friend. Wish I could help run some scraps through the chipper.
“You guys hang in there” some of the best advice on youtube
@@timbanwell1756agreed. Constant professional
Hi Nathan, re. The cut out in the saw mill wall for better access, I suggest a short clear rubber curtain that hangs down to the original depth, you'll still be able to make use of the opening but there will be protection from the elements. Hope that's of use as an idea.
From my all time favorite movie..Outlaw Josey Wales. I think I have most all the dialogue memorized from it. " Buzzards have to eat, same as worms" lol
I really like your new format! Showing the equipment and saw milling all in one video. I like it keep up the good work!!!
Outlaw Josey Wales. Great movie! Watch that one every fall along with Jeremiah Johnson... Great tradition! You're doing awesome things on this channel, Nathan. So proud of you, man... Making memories of your own. 👍
The brush cutter seems to work fine but I would set the height of the cutter then with the boom perpendicular to the tracks, drive Mr. Kato along the creek.
Exactly what I was thinking
Great minds think alike !!
Probably doesn't have enough flow to track and run that head at the same time.
If you hear frogs from your Creek, that's beautiful, if you find salamanders you're golden, don't touch a thing!
Modern technology has really come a long way. I remember back when I was young, my dad put me to work with a Size and a sling. I liked to use the sling more because it would cut in both directions. It was hard work, but it was good excercise for for young farrm boy. I still got the size and sling. I just use the weedeater now. Thanks!
Scythe?
@@EricRush My thought also. I loved using a scythe as a kid.
There is an art to using the thing but once you get a rhythm it's a thing of beauty and you know for sure when it's time to sharpen. If you start chunking your either gone dull or you've lost your rhythm. When you're doing it right it's as smooth as butter but it will were your but out. Don't know if it's true or not but my Dad told me a man could do an acre of wheat in a day with one. That's the one with the forks on the back and someone trailing to bundle. Back when men were men and boys were on the way there.
I’ve slung many sling blade in my days in ditches making a few dollars a day
The Outlaw Josey Wales. My Favorite western of all time
I can explain the Mason jar:
There’s a big hollow tree down the road here from me,
Where you lay down a dollar or two,
You stroll ’round the bend and you come back again,
There’s a jug of that old mountain dew.
Moonshine was my guess too. Either a missed pickup, or ol great grandpappy had to hide it or he'd get a broom to the head.
@@arcanask I hadn't thought of it being great-grandpappy's hiding spot. My old Uncle Sam hid his in the garden. Every evening close to sundown he would have to go out to the garden and check on the corn. Aunt Lilly knew that was code for him going to get a few sips from the mason jar of moonshine he kept hid there. He always took a little before bedtime then he would retire early.
Josey Wales : You have any food here? Lone Watie : All I have is a piece of hard rock candy. But it's not for eatin'. It's just for lookin' through. The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) - Chief Dan George
The outlaw Josey Wales. The chief liked his rock candy.
One thing that I noticed while you were using the brush hog attachment is the start and stop travel. You CAN actually leave the boom and attachment in 1 position while you travel with the excavator. It will speed up your work IMMENSELY. Then you can reposition the boom for the return cut and travel in reverse
The Outlaw Josey Wales is my favorite western. Chief Dan George and Clint Eastwood.
Makes me think of the old expression-"the difference between men and boys is the price of their toys"
“Endeavor to persevere” that’s another great line from Lone Watie, great movie 👍right up there with Jeremiah Johnson.
Hi Nathan. A suggestion for when you’re cutting a straight run like along the ditch - set your brush cutter height, then drive the full length. At the end, reset your height/reach and drive the full length back. Might be a bit more efficient than stop/start sweep like you’re doing. Just a thought! Gidday from your Aussie mates. 😊
Probability a hidden jar of hooch!
good possibliity
Hidden moonshine first thing that I thought of. Old rancher stash. 😂
In your neck of the woods, the ball jars were used by many moonshiners. Even with the end of prohibition, they kept on going strong. The Ball corporation is still in business and one of their items is producing mirrors for space based telescopes.
Nathan, if your excavator will handle the weight hanging from the side , you can set you deep then track parallel along the ditch , and maybe do it in just two moving passes
Nice brush cutter! I have a 328 bobcat mini. Wanted one of those cutters but didn’t want to spend that much. I dug an old 4’ king cutter bush hog my father in law put to rest cause it needed a seal out of his bone yard, put a seal in it, put a hydraulic motor and a overrunning clutch on it , welded some brackets on to attach it to my machine and it works amazing! Got around 500$ in it.
Excellent. Like to see pictures of your design please.
@@texasjetman I have video and pics but I don’t know how to put them in a comment. Lol.
I think the more you use it the better you’re going to get … that’s a must for big property owners if they own an excavator …. I like it !
Hey there friend! I follow a few mowing UA-cam channels too, so this video was like a combo deal!
Just a constructive thought: what if you set the brush cutter height, angle, etc then just drove up and down the creek with minimal height adjustments. Kinda thinking the same idea as when you mow regular field grass? That way you're not having to operate and swing the excavator as much, you're just using it like an odd but purposeful mower.
Outlaw Josey wales and it was Chief Dan George it was rock candy the jar probably had White Lightning in it
I think the Outlaw Josey Whales had the old Indian and the hard rock candy!??
I love it!! All these goofy comments dont like" learning" all by themselves!!
... although, one stood out. Get about three cows or goats! They eat bout anything!!
Lovin the content, from mid-east Alabama!!
Enjoyed the video can’t believe you found a bottom of a mason jar in that log, crazy! Your new brush cutter looks like it we’ll work good once you get the feel for it, so much better than standing there weed eaten. Have a great evening
Nathan has the best weatherman around. "Thunderstorms in 2:45!" My guy basically does a coin toss and gives it a 50/50 chance of being a nice day. Haha.
The Only Job that you can be 100% wrong all the time and keep your job.
Prohibition ended in ’33. Nothing like a little Tennessee shine ;-)
Would it be feasible to set the boom in place and drive parallel to the cut area? Run a few passes to get the cut done.
Add some hanging see-through plastic flaps to the cut-out in the sawmill wall and the rain should stay out but you have the range and space you need to bring in the logs.
The Ball jar - White Lightning - Moonshine.
That was my first thought as well.
Love looking at that beautiful cedar wood!!
Hey Nathan, try setting boom height and angle then track the excavator while mowing as it does not look like your blades slow down while tracking. That should produce a better cut then swinging will.
My thoughts exactly.
glad to see that you got your new toy working
Nathan, a suggestion to keep so many logs from going bad before you get to sawing them. Might or might not be practical.
When logs come in that you do not intend to mill into lumber, would it be possible to put some sort of smaller logs or dunnage under them, to hold them off the moist ground? Seems like that ought to slow the deterioration.
My $.02, for what it might be worth.
Seems like you could set your cutter at a comfortable distance and then drive the excavator to mow parallel to the ditch.
It was hard candy and one of my favorite movies the outlaw Josey Wells.
Chief Dan George, from The Outlaw Josie Wales. One of my favorites!
Thanks for sharing Nathan, you had a couple busy days with the grass cutting and ditch cutting and a good bit of milling lumber too. Really looks great around there. Stay safe and keep up the good videos. Fred.
i have a Kubota with a similar brush cutter, for me i found it easer to be a little further away with the boom stretched out a little more. the drive fore and back instead of swinging the boom.
I'm wondering how many pump the excavator has? Figure you may want to optimize the cutter on one pump and function on another if you can. One thought I had was setting the cutter and driving instead of moving the arm all the time but I have no idea if the tracks use the same pump as the arm.
In any event good luck with the cutter head.
movie - The Outlaw Josey Wales
It has 4 pumps
Lone Watie : All I have is a piece of hard rock candy. But it's not for eatin'. It's just for lookin' through.
I must say that you have a LOT of toys to use for a small acreage!
That "statement" was a line from the 1973 movie " The Outlaw Josey Wales". It was said by the character ( based on my 4th-Great, Grandfather Chief Stand Watie ) Cherokee Chief Lone Watie regarding a piece of hard rock candy. My 4th-Great, Grandfather Chief Stand Watie, was a Cherokee politician who served as the second principal chief of the Cherokee Nation from 1862 to 1866. Chief Stand Watie was the only Native American to be fully promoted to the rank of General in the ( ill- named ) Civil War - which we refer to as "The Period of Northern Indiscretion". To be more accurate his rank was Brigadier-General, and he commanded the 2nd Cherokee Mounted Rifles (1861-1862), the 1st Cherokee Mounted Rifles (1862-1864), and the 1st Indian Brigade (1864-1865), seeing hard fought warfare in eight major battles in five states. Stand Watie was born Degataga (prounced Da - gataga), meaning "Stand Firm" in the Cherokee language, 12 December 1806, at Oothcaloga, Cherokee Nation (present-day Calhoun, Georgia), to Uwatie (Cherokee for "the ancient one", ), a full-blood Cherokee, and Susanna Reese, daughter of a white father and Cherokee mother, and baptized shortly after as "Isaac" in the Christian faith. Having been a Representative of the Cherokee Nation to Washington, Stand Watie occasionally helped write articles for the Cherokee Phoenix, the first Native American newspaper, for which his older brother Elias served as editor from 1828 to 1832. The "Phoenix" published articles in both Cherokee and English. Stand Watie died 9 September, 1871, aged 64, in the Delaware District, Cherokee Nation ( present-day Delaware County ),Oklahoma. He is buried in Polson Cemetery, Delaware County, Oklahoma, U.S.
I know precisely nothing about the blood sweat and tears required to maintain a working farm year in, year out... That said, there's something that's both soothing and satisfying to my troubled soul watching an honest man performing the necessary day to day tasks that are essential to keep his farm profitable and his family safe. God Bless Nathan
Maybe Grandma was hiding her hooch in the tree.
Very surprising & pleasant result for you Nathan. It's an amazing result given the appearance & the fact that a big piece 'fell' out of the centre of the log before you even made a start on cutting. Interesting , if unwanted find in the log. Cheers, Don from South Australia.
Probably someone who liked his 'shine a little too much dropped his jar and it broke on the roots of that tree. His favorite jar, too. He decided to memorialize it in that tree. That's what came to mind for me. Thanks for another good video, you do really good editing work.
It's from Josey Wells conservation with the old Cherokee Indian.
1 question and 1 suggestion
I hope this doesn't come across as critical. Could your flail mower not do what your new attachment does?
Cutting out the notch in the shed makes a lot of sense. If you're concerned about rain intrusion, you might hang some kind of flexible flap that you could drive your tractor through but wouldn't let the brunt of the rain through.
Just some thoughts
That new machine is a brute for sure! Glad you got to test it out and practice on the creek grass. Definitely more fun than a string trimmer!
I have learned to always expect some sort of prize inside old cedar logs now. We have found old beer bottles, RR spikes, musket led and even animals living in them. Love the brush cutter, that would be nice on the edge of ponds where you can’t reach with a mower. Great video.
standardliving
I would try another way of setting the cutter to the height you want or need and track your way down one side of the ditch. You won't use as much hydraulic power as swinging your boom back and forth while your cutter is going.
In addition to sweeping the cutter head, can you set the head and boom then drive along the ditch or brush line without robbing pressure from the cutter head? That might give you a more even cut on an inclined banks.
I have the same exact mower from Rut and I bought a high impact glass that I put on my excavator. I have a bobcat about the same size as your Kato. You will see the need for it when you get into some brush.
I just purchased a Wood Mizer LX50 and look forward to putting it together this weekend. I guess what are some beginner tips that you can give me before I start sawing some logs up?
A while back. Well, about 25 years, I was sawing a large cedar log and near the center I hit a homemade granite marble about an inch or so diameter. All around that marble were lead round balls. I was running carbide in a circle saw so it was an expensive find.
Just a thought, if ur able to turn off your cutter flow you’ll be able to raise your boom much faster, then turn ur cutter back on coming down
I bought the same attachment for my mini ex. Great attachment and I recommend it.
I'm still thinking about adding a piece of expanded metal in the front.
I had 40 acres logged off about 6 years ago. Perfect place for it. Even whacks of the stumps to the ground since it's been long enough to rot them some.
Cheers !!
Awesome videos Nathan , I believe it was the movie “Outlaw Josey Wales” we had bad T storms west of y’all.
That quote was from the Outlaw Jose Wales
I think your quote is from the outlaw Josey Wales, strange thing to find in a log, enjoying the video's Nathan
In Arizona we used to process firewood, and we had red cedar Shaggy Bark and we had the Alligator Bark that was a yellow cedar. When you learn how to burn that stuff it burns excellent, very clean burning.
Chief Dan George (character Lone Watie) in the movie "The Outlaw Jose Wales" in 1976
outlaw josey wells
One of my favorite movies! Any movie with Clint Eastwood in it.
Please forgive my ignorance, but isn't it Josey Wales?
It was said by Chief Dan George as he was " endeavoring to
persevere." He was looking through rock candy.
The outlaw Jose’s whales. My all time favorite movie.
Must be the Mexican version.
Hey Nathan, how bout hanging flexible plastic curtains on the open side of the mill? Kinda like you would see on freezer doors.
The Outlaw Josse Wales. Love that movie.
Thanks Nathan for giving me the opportunity to vent my anger, this is the second tree this month, the other one was a Ash tree. Keep up the good work, love your videos!!!!!!!
Is it possible to set your height then drive along the area your cutting rather than swinging the boom? A little hands feet and eye coordination..
Ok, your mower sounds like a 1940's bomber, and your brush cutter sounds like 1950's UFO....😂😂
OK!! You're moving right along!!🤣🤣
Will the blades spin when the excavator is moving? That’s the way the highway department cuts along ditches in my state except with a tractor and a bush hog on the side instead of in back leaving the attachment in one position instead of swinging back and forth. Definitely helping you work smarter not harder!
Have you ever tried sweeping the logs with a metal detector? It seems like a prudent step on certain logs.
I started watching you because a friend of mine "Jake Dean" recommended you. your mill content and your advice are great and I have learned a lot from that.
Sorry, but the rest of your stuff is like watching soap operas.
Nice attachment for the excavator, quite the weed wacker. I heard the expense when you hit that Ball jar...ouchkabibble! With regards to the opening in the wall: If you find that there is too much rain coming in a sheet of clear plastic with vertical slits cut to allow your machine to pass through should reduce the rain incursion. The light plastic will be low cost so you can replace it as needed. Great video thumbs up.
The Outlaw Josey Wales and it was a piece of rock candy. Great movie
Chief Dan George, Outlaw Josey Wales. One of my favorite movies.
Chief, in “The Outlaw Josey Wales” was talking about the piece of rock candy.
One of my favorite movies.
The Outlaw Josey Wales and the Indian was Dan George as the Chief who had the clear rock, nice video, enjoyed all you do, 👍👍👍👍
11:25 The best way would have been to just track along so you’re not wasting time going over spots missed by sweeping around. Just set height, track and done.
One of my favorite movies as well!
That's a pretty utile piece of kit !. I would have liked to be able to use on on the blackberries and bougainvillea that overtook our holiday property.
Impressed. I love well functioning gadgets!
You call your track loader "Mr. Kato." I think you should call this one "Sister Kato."
That's good jive!
Misses Kato
The outlaw Josey Wales it was Chief Dan George playing the part of long watty and he was talking about his piece of hard rock candy
Yes Outlaw Josey Wells. It was hard rock candy
As a thought, if you're now chipping most of what you used to burn, how long until you start bagging and selling wood chips?
Popcorn sutton, stashed that bottle of shine when he was a cookin up his beer!!!
Something you may want to consider; if you are turning cedar on a lathe a respirator is required as cedar dust is harmful. I know you are much closer to the dust on a lathe but you may still want to do some research.
Had to cut down and saw up 100 foot 100 year old silver maple right next to my house and dying Right smack in the middle of that butt we hit an old horseshoe . In it for many decades. Always appreciated how you always have something new to show us and you never talk down to your viewers. Perhaps the guy didn't like the taste of the moonshine and tossed the mason chair in anger against the tree.
You can get some clear vinyl in most wal marts with a fabric department and make some flaps to hang in the opening you cut. Still allow you to load the logs but should stop most of the rain.
Think I'd try putting cutter headat desired height And travel with the tracks if it doesn't take presure away from cutter head. Instead of swinging the house. Maybe worth a try.