I worked at a hardwood mill for most of my life and we cut 50 to 60 thousand board feet per day on oak and over a 100 thousand on poplar but most of the people we had working there had been there for 20 years or more. I’m retired now and the mill has long since been closed but thanks for the memories Sandy I really appreciate it.
@@sawingwithsandy it really was! It was a company called Mead hardwood that owned a paper mill also and thousands of acres of forest here in north Alabama. They owned it for a little over 40 years and bought it from Louisiana Pacific. My dad worked for Louisiana-Pacific even before Mead bought it and worked there for 44 years as was the case with most of the people there.
Thank you so much for sharing this awesome experience. As a disabled person, I never would be able to se something so cool! Your videos are awesome, can't wait for the next one!!
Nice video Sandy in years past have hauled a lot of logs and lumber with tractor and trailer seen a lot of these big mills in operation it always fascinated me thanks Sandy
Fantastic tour Sandy! Appreciate being able to tag along with you! Very good views and descriptions as you were going along! I like these “out on location” tour videos! Thanks again Sandy! Keep up the great work on the channel, always looking forward to your great content! Cheers buddy! Andrew from NB :)
So awesome to see the high yield mills in operation compared to high value milling. They're worlds apart but so closely connected. Another great tour buddy. I can only imagine how knowledgeable the maintenance guy is in this plant.
we have a big mill here cuts more pine than hardwood. they sell everything to even rejrected logs with metal in them. use to 3 big mills here and 3 verneer plants they all closed when obama was in. good video take care, be safe and well.
Nice tour Sandy and interesting learning about how lumber is milled and for what purposes. Not terribly far from me we have Columbia Forest Products which manufactures plywood from OSB to hardwood plywood. It's one of the larger mills here in Vermont. Thanks for sharing. Cheers!
The speed difference between hardwood and softwood production is larger than i thought. The mill I work at has around the same amount of employees and similar production lines but sawing SPF instead of hardwoods and does around 350k-420k fbm
Once again thank you for the great content. Holly cow. Shake my head. I live in the pacific north west, timber country, and have visited many saw mills nothing like this.
I have been to a few different mill that process wood some where smaller other bigger and yes the way for them to make as much money as possible every part got to be used one of the place that I visited was what they call hand split shingles for the cedar in British Colombia that was a different mill to watch in operation have a great day
Interesting stuff for sure. My local mill is hiring an entry level oiler. I've definitely got the experience to line up with that but I do not do well with heights and that is listed on the job. So just wanted to see what kind of heights we are talking about, what kind of safety all that. Definitely not discarding the idea yet but still not sure if it's the right work for me.
Interesting, buddy. Now that you have an excavator for dropping trees and a mill for cutting them into lumber... are you going into competition with them?!?! Seriously, this was an interesting video. Thanks for sharing with us, Sandy............
Hi Sandy! He was talking about the sawdust in the background. We have always used that in our livestock stalls. Once it is full of manure, it goes into a pile and sells to farmers in the area. As he said, there is a use for everything. This video gave a nice broad overview of the business. Very informative. By the way, do you have a chipper?
It was great to see all the hard work going on there. I didn't see any trucks coming in or going when I was there but I have seen them before on hwy 11 leaving with cross ties
wow, interesting. One point that I found very interesting is that while they produce about 40000bf/shift...they need 45 employees to run the plant. That is less than 1000bf /employee. It means that on a /employee basis, you can match production /day with your mill 🙂
Sandy your local to me I’m not far from your area at all we should meet up and do a video comparison with my Norwood sawmill to the woodland mill maybe give people some pros and cons between the two
Hello Sandy. I could have watch this for 60 minutes. I have seen double sided sawblades. I think that would work for you to cut the cutting time in half. I do not think these guys have anything on you as they store their lumber, and you use your lumber almost as fast as you cut it. They have 45 people working and you are only one. Have good days!
I worked as a hardwood lumber inspector in the seventies back when they used agent orange dip tanks that the lumber was run through on the green chain.They told us it was harmless but by the time I was fifty I was crippled. New Zealand is the only place people got any help after a long legal battle that is the main reason most small mills shut down in the eighties. Sorry to burst your bubble but these mills do not care about safety or the forest it's board feet and profit.
I can see why Malcolm is showing you around. The guy never had to think about answering your questions, he’s literally been there done that. Respect.
Malcolm was a wealth of knowledge for sure. Great guy
@@sawingwithsandyHello, I have 30 years of experience in sawmilling and I am moving to the USA. Could you help me get a job in a sawmill?
I've really enjoy the tours that you have been doing. Excellent stuff to see and learn.
Great to hear that Paul!
I worked at a hardwood mill for most of my life and we cut 50 to 60 thousand board feet per day on oak and over a 100 thousand on poplar but most of the people we had working there had been there for 20 years or more. I’m retired now and the mill has long since been closed but thanks for the memories Sandy I really appreciate it.
Sounds like a great spot to work at Jerry. Would be a neat operation!
@@sawingwithsandy it really was! It was a company called Mead hardwood that owned a paper mill also and thousands of acres of forest here in north Alabama. They owned it for a little over 40 years and bought it from Louisiana Pacific. My dad worked for Louisiana-Pacific even before Mead bought it and worked there for 44 years as was the case with most of the people there.
these tours you've been doing are great sandy.👍👍👍
Thanks Terry! Glad you enjoyed it
Thank you so much for sharing this awesome experience. As a disabled person, I never would be able to se something so cool! Your videos are awesome, can't wait for the next one!!
Always happy to hear that and have ya along!
Interesting tour. Thanks Sandy
Glad you tuned in Gene
Thanks Sandy - great tour.
Glad you enjoyed the video Lawrence
Very informative Sandy. Thank you.
Thanks for watching Kyle
WHOO HOO another Field trip.
Thanks Much Sandy..
Mike M.
Hey Mike! I really like the field trips. Nice to see the big operations
I found this tour very informative. Thanks Sandy...Pete
Great to hear Pete!
Great tour, very informative and interesting. Thank you!!!
Glad you came along Jack
Very cool. Thanks for that!!
Thanks Bill
Thank for the tour, great video
Thanks Larry!
Nice video Sandy in years past have hauled a lot of logs and lumber with tractor and trailer seen a lot of these big mills in operation it always fascinated me thanks Sandy
Bet you’ve got some stories to tell with those log loads
Very interesting thanks for taking the time to do this video!
Thanks for that. Great time seeing how the pros do it
That was awesome. I love the nothing is wasted.
They run a good operation for sure
Fantastic tour Sandy! Appreciate being able to tag along with you! Very good views and descriptions as you were going along! I like these “out on location” tour videos! Thanks again Sandy! Keep up the great work on the channel, always looking forward to your great content! Cheers buddy! Andrew from NB :)
Thanks Andrew! Great to get out and about to see what's going on from time to time
Very nice Sandy I enjoyed
Thanks!
Superb. Thank you, stay safe and God bless. TFS
Thanks Tom!
Very interesting….thanks for sharing!
Thanks! Glad you liked it
I work at a mill in South Georgia. We cut Southern Yellow Pine and we cut 300,000 Board feet a day. Really neat watching other mills run.
How much do you make there ranged? Im about to start working at a saw mill in Nevada but have always wanted to live in Georgia.
That was a awesome video!!!!!
Glad you liked the tour
That was a really cool video. It's really interesting how mills operate
Thanks!
Great video
Thanks Doyle
So awesome to see the high yield mills in operation compared to high value milling. They're worlds apart but so closely connected. Another great tour buddy. I can only imagine how knowledgeable the maintenance guy is in this plant.
Yeah this was a great contrast for sure. I was like a sponge just like when I was visiting your operation as there's a lot to learn.
we have a big mill here cuts more pine than hardwood. they sell everything to even rejrected logs with metal in them. use to 3 big mills here and 3 verneer plants they all closed when obama was in. good video take care, be safe and well.
Sounds like a neat operation there John. Thanks for watching
Good stuff buddy.
Thanks appreciate that
Nice tour Sandy and interesting learning about how lumber is milled and for what purposes. Not terribly far from me we have Columbia Forest Products which manufactures plywood from OSB to hardwood plywood. It's one of the larger mills here in Vermont. Thanks for sharing. Cheers!
Sounds like a great spot there!
The speed difference between hardwood and softwood production is larger than i thought. The mill I work at has around the same amount of employees and similar production lines but sawing SPF instead of hardwoods and does around 350k-420k fbm
Really cool to see that scale of milling! Makes our HM130 max look like a toy. Great video.
Thanks for watching Scott
Nice to see you touring one of Malcolm mills. I figured you knew him being in Haliburton. Great setup and one heck of a mill.
I've never met Malcolm before. Real nice guy and very knowledgable.
Once again thank you for the great content. Holly cow. Shake my head. I live in the pacific north west, timber country, and have visited many saw mills nothing like this.
Always happy to have ya along!
I have been to a few different mill that process wood some where smaller other bigger and yes the way for them to make as much money as possible every part got to be used one of the place that I visited was what they call hand split shingles for the cedar in British Colombia that was a different mill to watch in operation have a great day
That would’ve been a real neat process to see
MM77 Approved 👍🏻👍🏻……………………You are slowly becoming the spokesman for the Canadian timber, logging, and saw milling community!! LOL!!
Glad you liked the video. It's a very fascinating industry for sure. Really liked this tour.
Interesting stuff for sure. My local mill is hiring an entry level oiler. I've definitely got the experience to line up with that but I do not do well with heights and that is listed on the job. So just wanted to see what kind of heights we are talking about, what kind of safety all that. Definitely not discarding the idea yet but still not sure if it's the right work for me.
Interesting, buddy. Now that you have an excavator for dropping trees and a mill for cutting them into lumber... are you going into competition with them?!?! Seriously, this was an interesting video. Thanks for sharing with us, Sandy............
hahha I think I"ll pass on the competition for now. Glad you enjoyed the video Carl
Hi Sandy! He was talking about the sawdust in the background. We have always used that in our livestock stalls. Once it is full of manure, it goes into a pile and sells to farmers in the area. As he said, there is a use for everything. This video gave a nice broad overview of the business. Very informative. By the way, do you have a chipper?
That would be a great way to use up that dust for sure. Glad you liked the video Terry. I do have a Woodland Mills WC68 wood chipper
Very interesting video Sandy, thanks for sharing. FYI- 7700 square kilometers = 2972.99 square miles.
Thanks for watching Wallace
We got 225,000 board feet at the mill I work at last week, it’s all spruce and fir though
I used to haul logs in there
It was great to see all the hard work going on there. I didn't see any trucks coming in or going when I was there but I have seen them before on hwy 11 leaving with cross ties
wow, interesting. One point that I found very interesting is that while they produce about 40000bf/shift...they need 45 employees to run the plant. That is less than 1000bf /employee. It means that on a /employee basis, you can match production /day with your mill 🙂
I think the 45 employees is in total where only some of those workers are working on any given shift
Hey Sandy just wondering what camera you use for your footage ? Thanks love the channel .
Hey Nathan. I'm using a GoPro in this case. Glad you're liking the channel
Sandy your local to me I’m not far from your area at all we should meet up and do a video comparison with my Norwood sawmill to the woodland mill maybe give people some pros and cons between the two
Great to hear! Pass along an email to me sometime. Happy sawing.
I'm from Brazil, how do I work in a sawmill like this, here in Brazil I work with sawmill
Where is this factory
How far are you from Huntsville Sandy?
Hey Joshua, not too too far
Hello Sandy. I could have watch this for 60 minutes. I have seen double sided sawblades. I think that would work for you to cut the cutting time in half. I do not think these guys have anything on you as they store their lumber, and you use your lumber almost as fast as you cut it. They have 45 people working and you are only one.
Have good days!
Thanks Kilroy!
I worked in a saw mill 60 years ago and all scrap went into the burner
I can imagine you've gained a wealth of knowledge in the sawmill industry. Great to have ya along for the ride.
I want to work this company
I worked as a hardwood lumber inspector in the seventies back when they used agent orange dip tanks that the lumber was run through on the green chain.They told us it was harmless but by the time I was fifty I was crippled.
New Zealand is the only place people got any help after a long legal battle that is the main reason most small mills shut down in the eighties.
Sorry to burst your bubble but these mills do not care about safety or the forest it's board feet and profit.
40,000 those are rookie numbers 😂 lol just playing we're lucky to get 40,000 2 days in a row
I was suprised how the logs are being stacked in muddy terrain. I would rather keep them high, dry and clean, foremostly clean.
From what I understand there’s gravel under the logs and the mud came from the big rains they’ve had lately
Halliburton would sell air if it could.
milkum
Very hard to hear his narrative.
Sandy, as you know I love your Channel, but the Audio on this Video was horrible, not to complain.
Likely was due to it being fairly windy and outside.
@@sawingwithsandy I had no issue with the Audio Sandy. Even inside I could hear everything just fine.
Mike M.
Great video
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it.