Thanks for posting Nothing like working in the woods and it sure keeps a man in his side of the bed. We are cutting some poplar today and plan to make some siding your video explains everything.
Growing up in Northern Wisconsin in the 60's and 70's we would sap peel popple for pulp wood. You got paid 5 cents a stick which is 100 inches long + -. A good peeler could do 100-150 sticks in a day. My dad would score the top and put a slash mark across so we would know how to count our sticks. If it was over 8 inches it was counted as a double or 2 sticks, over 12 was a triple I believe. Hard work, lots of bugs and lots of cuts from the bark.
Living in the Northeast Adirondack Mountains (NY State) I use plenty of White Birch Bark so I peel only falling birch trees. Use the birchbark for my furniture rustic design. To bad North Carolina doesn't have white birch trees. I also use hickory small logs (tight bark) for my furniture making. Also, would like to try some of those bark sheets from you. Thank you for the video.
That's about the most interesting video I've seen in a long time. We used to peel small poplars and use them as framing to build sheds and things but we didn't save the bark. I've seen bark huts out in the woods where loggers could get if it came a thunderstorm. They also left their equipment there at night. Wait until December and make another barking video. That would be fun to watch! Bet it would have a lot of cussing though!
Interesting stuff. Had to look at the comments cuz I didn't understand why you were saving the bark. But looks like a pretty good deal! Thanks for sharing!
Okay, as a person who has never used a chain saw even once, I must say, that I just cannot imagine myself successfully walking backwards on a round tree trunk, a foot off the ground, going the whole long length of a large tree trunk, while holding a running chainsaw that I am lightly touching into the bark, for scribing the wood. Guess I must go back to pull out my little chisel & hammer as an artist. Peace. Blessings.
Wow! Great technique! I swear this was a miracle answer to prayer. I always see God guide me when I ask. No kidding, before this video popped up at the top of my list, I prayed about a pile of logs I have, & my desire to do sculpture with them, after drying them a long time, & if I should go buy a draw shave knife tool. This was encouraging... I'm coming back to add, that the technique shown in this video was PERFECT for my needs. I immediately went out to try it, by improvising for peeling an older, dried, smaller log. I used an oscillating multi Dremel tool to scribe the wood & get it started. I used the principle of a peeling spud, using some scrapers I have as a substitute tool; plus inserting them as a wedge, to peel more, & then just taking a strike with a hammer on the scraper. It was perfect. The bark came off in large segments this way, & was so fast. A draw knife would have been totally the wrong tool for my older dried logs. (I used my chisel for the knots/ holes). I was truly blessed to be shown this video after praying, giving the perfect technique that was exactly what i needed. Wow. What a blessing. Peace. Love wins.
My country brother. You is a dang cat squirrel with a chain saw. I was hired to build a house for a Louisiana coonass. There had been some loggin in our area of Mississippi, he saw a poplar log that the bark had sluffed off of. He saw the texture that remained on the log. I had to scour the woods lookin for logs cut but left in the cut over area. He wanted that look. I am so glad I came cross the video. I subscribed. Brother u the man
Been to nine world fairs and 6 goat ropings ain't never seen nothing like that, looks like a bunch of work hope you get paid extra, very informative video thanks
Dude you are literally the man! Thanks for the knowledge. Subbed after this video so I hope ya got lots more from me to learn from! Always trying to learn new tricks and trades. My motto is learn something new everyday! Especially new trades to work at!” And holy cow can you walk backwards on a fallen tree faster than a cat with a struck of fire crackers tied to its tail (not that I ever did that or anything lol) and while scribbing a fan tree with a chainsaw at the same time! Again, you are the man brother!
Yea I'd love to see more barking videos, those poplars are a lot taller and thicker barked than what im use to, probably because were at about 1400ft elevation
Great video and I can tell you’re an artist at this brother! I’m in Buncombe County, NC. Sounds like you may be nearby based on the way you talk. I’m watching this because I have a lot of mature straight poplars on my 1 acre place that I’m considering doing away with and I’m just curious how that kind of deal might work for the bark and lumber.
Very interesting video. Could not figure what the end product was used for but heard your comment and got smarter. Talented work for sure. Do they treat the shingles prior to installing on exteriors? Thanks for the video.
OMG, this looks so unsafe on so many levels, but you know what you're doing, dude, for sure! Very impressed, and definitely learned a thing or two here.
Ya and the bark only slips easy like that in the spring when the sap is running, I'm sure you can get it throughout early summer but with much more work
I didn't know one could do this with poplar. Out here in Oregon I don't think we have poplar unless it has been planted near a farm house for shade. It must grow fast. What part of the country does it grow? In Seattle I use to sell it to artists who would carve it.
I was wondering if mills also do this or if it's more efficient having them made by hand? The only homes I've seen this siding on are very high-end. Would be nice if it was more common.
So to make sure i have this straight, thanks in advance, the bark ON the tree, no good. Bark off the tree multiple uses? No moisture or bug rot when used in other applications? Thanks again. Awesome by the way. was watching you with awe you man! Also refreshing to see another (working alone) with the safety gear!! Nice lead by example.
MAN you have that beautiful bucket back there doing nothing. Make yourself up an adapter that will slide along one side than another to open it up. Bet you could figure out the angle and design
I understand that it's easier to debark a Tulip Poplar "when the sap is running in the spring" Could you tell me exactly when that is? When the leaves start coming on/budding? What months? Thanks :)
@@MSLLOGGING Okay Thanks I want to build my log cabin out of Tulip Poplar. I was told to remove the bark immediately after felling the trees or within a day or two but no more. Always keep it off the ground. I thought I would debark an you did then power wash, then spray them with bleach to kill off bacteria to keep from having any rot or bugs. Any thoughts? p.s., my home will be in the middle of West Virginia :)
@@MSLLOGGING I have no use for the bark but I will be hand hewing the logs after I debark them. Your method looks like the way to go to debark them. I counted 48 logs needed just for the outside structure plus smaller logs for the loft floor joist and rafters.
@@timgiles9413 you can use the bark for siding if it was me I'd let the logs dry for a while set spaces in between the logs to let air go threw cover on top with ten or something if u want to use the bark practically the same thing cut them 20 inches wide spaces in between were air will flow threw put something real heavy on top of them to flatten them
@@jonbrown112 a very long time I put some on a house bout I guess 12 years ago when i built houses probably longer than that and still looks the same as it did then
Thanks for posting
Nothing like working in the woods and it sure keeps a man in his side of the bed.
We are cutting some poplar today and plan to make some siding your video explains everything.
Growing up in Northern Wisconsin in the 60's and 70's we would sap peel popple for pulp wood. You got paid 5 cents a stick which is 100 inches long + -. A good peeler could do 100-150 sticks in a day. My dad would score the top and put a slash mark across so we would know how to count our sticks. If it was over 8 inches it was counted as a double or 2 sticks, over 12 was a triple I believe. Hard work, lots of bugs and lots of cuts from the bark.
Living in the Northeast Adirondack Mountains (NY State) I use plenty of White Birch Bark so I peel only falling birch trees. Use the birchbark for my furniture rustic design. To bad North Carolina doesn't have white birch trees. I also use hickory small logs (tight bark) for my furniture making. Also, would like to try some of those bark sheets from you. Thank you for the video.
folks this dude aint no dummy ! love yah brother give mama & the baby hugs from me & mammy !!!
That's about the most interesting video I've seen in a long time. We used to peel small poplars and use them as framing to build sheds and things but we didn't save the bark. I've seen bark huts out in the woods where loggers could get if it came a thunderstorm. They also left their equipment there at night.
Wait until December and make another barking video. That would be fun to watch! Bet it would have a lot of cussing though!
Interesting stuff. Had to look at the comments cuz I didn't understand why you were saving the bark. But looks like a pretty good deal! Thanks for sharing!
Okay, as a person who has never used a chain saw even once, I must say, that I just cannot imagine myself successfully walking backwards on a round tree trunk, a foot off the ground, going the whole long length of a large tree trunk, while holding a running chainsaw that I am lightly touching into the bark, for scribing the wood. Guess I must go back to pull out my little chisel & hammer as an artist. Peace. Blessings.
Wow! Great technique! I swear this was a miracle answer to prayer. I always see God guide me when I ask. No kidding, before this video popped up at the top of my list, I prayed about a pile of logs I have, & my desire to do sculpture with them, after drying them a long time, & if I should go buy a draw shave knife tool. This was encouraging... I'm coming back to add, that the technique shown in this video was PERFECT for my needs. I immediately went out to try it, by improvising for peeling an older, dried, smaller log. I used an oscillating multi Dremel tool to scribe the wood & get it started. I used the principle of a peeling spud, using some scrapers I have as a substitute tool; plus inserting them as a wedge, to peel more, & then just taking a strike with a hammer on the scraper. It was perfect. The bark came off in large segments this way, & was so fast. A draw knife would have been totally the wrong tool for my older dried logs. (I used my chisel for the knots/ holes). I was truly blessed to be shown this video after praying, giving the perfect technique that was exactly what i needed. Wow. What a blessing. Peace. Love wins.
Found your channel on Ralph's. Really enjoying. Takes me back to my childhood logging in TN
My country brother. You is a dang cat squirrel with a chain saw. I was hired to build a house for a Louisiana coonass. There had been some loggin in our area of Mississippi, he saw a poplar log that the bark had sluffed off of. He saw the texture that remained on the log. I had to scour the woods lookin for logs cut but left in the cut over area. He wanted that look. I am so glad I came cross the video. I subscribed. Brother u the man
Hey thanks for the sub and glad the vid helped
Thank you, ive need looking for videos on you do do this for about an hour, this one is by far the best.
Your welcome
Thank you so much. I remember my dad did this in the 70s. $.10 a stick and when he came home I asked for a quarter. I see now why he shook his head.
Been to nine world fairs and 6 goat ropings ain't never seen nothing like that, looks like a bunch of work hope you get paid extra, very informative video thanks
Dude you are literally the man! Thanks for the knowledge. Subbed after this video so I hope ya got lots more from me to learn from! Always trying to learn new tricks and trades. My motto is learn something new everyday! Especially new trades to work at!” And holy cow can you walk backwards on a fallen tree faster than a cat with a struck of fire crackers tied to its tail (not that I ever did that or anything lol) and while scribbing a fan tree with a chainsaw at the same time! Again, you are the man brother!
Thanks a bunch for the sub
So did I
i used to peel white spruce in the spring they use it for siding on the old adirondack camps pay 4 bucks per 4 ft piece
Well someone will appreciate your hard work.
Yea I'd love to see more barking videos, those poplars are a lot taller and thicker barked than what im use to, probably because were at about 1400ft elevation
I just can't help but to love and respect the common working man
Gotta pay the Bill's and feed the family
@@MSLLOGGING good man !
Proud to have ya for a fellow American !
Thanks man proud to be an AMERICAN
Never seen that done. Good job.
It will make good money if you sell the flatened bark to the pet store, it will be good background for reptile enclosure i think
very beautiful texture under the bark!
Yes but it'll cut your arms and hands
I bet there's not too many people doing that any more.Good for you.
Theys a few that still do it
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Not to mention, this saves saw blade life at the mill.
Great video and I can tell you’re an artist at this brother! I’m in Buncombe County, NC. Sounds like you may be nearby based on the way you talk. I’m watching this because I have a lot of mature straight poplars on my 1 acre place that I’m considering doing away with and I’m just curious how that kind of deal might work for the bark and lumber.
Give matt a call at the bark house in sprucepine nc they might come out and buy them off of ya and yes I'm in mitchell county
Very interesting video. Could not figure what the end product was used for but heard your comment and got smarter. Talented work for sure. Do they treat the shingles prior to installing on exteriors? Thanks for the video.
It's all natural thanks for watching
Pretty neat to see
Wow that's cool
I know you can debark tree
But now i do know you can debark tree
OMG, this looks so unsafe on so many levels, but you know what you're doing, dude, for sure! Very impressed, and definitely learned a thing or two here.
This must pay well for the effort that goes into getting it too a marketable product, in all great video watched the one you did last year.
Ya and the bark only slips easy like that in the spring when the sap is running, I'm sure you can get it throughout early summer but with much more work
I subscribed! Genius!!!
Thank u
We live in Burnsville, NC. Looks like you’re not too far from us!!
That's cool maybe we'll meet sometime
Pretty cool. Do you do this for all the poplar you cut or just the ones that look like they'll turn out a worthwhile amount?
There's a thickness you go by cant be no less than a 1/2 inch thick and no bigger than I think it's a inch or a 1 1/2 inches
I didn't know one could do this with poplar. Out here in Oregon I don't think we have poplar unless it has been planted near a farm house for shade. It must grow fast. What part of the country does it grow? In Seattle I use to sell it to artists who would carve it.
Do they use the bark as exterior cladding?
Great video!
Thanks
Belle job👍
Please tell me you saved the bark for roof shingles
I was wondering if mills also do this or if it's more efficient having them made by hand? The only homes I've seen this siding on are very high-end. Would be nice if it was more common.
I dont think mills do it and yes more on the high end houses
Great stuff to watch..where does the bark go? What do they use it for?
Goes to a place called bark house and they make house siding out of it
So to make sure i have this straight, thanks in advance, the bark ON the tree, no good. Bark off the tree multiple uses? No moisture or bug rot when used in other applications? Thanks again. Awesome by the way. was watching you with awe you man! Also refreshing to see another (working alone) with the safety gear!! Nice lead by example.
Yea as far as I no they just kill dry it and put it up all natural
@@MSLLOGGING thank you sir. Great info.
Your welcome
Interesting, never knew this was even a thing.
Learn something every day!
That is definitely a process can that be done on any tree or does popular last better than others
Mostly poplar but they take pine to dont no what they use it for though
that pretty dang cool buddy !
MAN you have that beautiful bucket back there doing nothing. Make yourself up an adapter that will slide along one side than another to open it up. Bet you could figure out the angle and design
Soooo satisfying!!! Great video brother!
Just put a choker around it and try to skid it to the landing, that will peel the bark off too hahaha poplar is a pain the skid this time of year
Yes it is pal
Have you tried circ saw or table saw may save you some time
What do you do with the bark itself though? I might have missed you talking about that if you did
I sell it to a place called bark house in sprucepine nc they make siding out of it
How much is it a square foot dry
Where did you get the hand tools for doing that? Are they custom made?
I made them but you can buy the actual spud on ebay look up bark spuds
Is July in central NC too late in the year to peel the bark?
No
I didn't hear what you are useing the bark for?
I know you can use it for side eating stuff I just wonder what you're using it for.
I sell it to a place that makes siding for houses
Please tell me you saved that bark for Roof shingles
I sell it to a place that makes siding and shingles out of it
I understand that it's easier to debark a Tulip Poplar "when the sap is running in the spring"
Could you tell me exactly when that is?
When the leaves start coming on/budding?
What months?
Thanks :)
Somewhere in the middle of June and starts tightening back up in August
@@MSLLOGGING Okay Thanks
I want to build my log cabin out of Tulip Poplar.
I was told to remove the bark immediately after felling the trees or within a day or two but no more.
Always keep it off the ground.
I thought I would debark an you did then power wash, then spray them with bleach to kill off bacteria to keep from having any rot or bugs.
Any thoughts?
p.s., my home will be in the middle of West Virginia :)
@@timgiles9413 are u using the bark for siding and the tree for building
@@MSLLOGGING I have no use for the bark but I will be hand hewing the logs after I debark them.
Your method looks like the way to go to debark them.
I counted 48 logs needed just for the outside structure plus smaller logs for the loft floor joist and rafters.
@@timgiles9413 you can use the bark for siding if it was me I'd let the logs dry for a while set spaces in between the logs to let air go threw cover on top with ten or something if u want to use the bark practically the same thing cut them 20 inches wide spaces in between were air will flow threw put something real heavy on top of them to flatten them
nice chaps HAHAHAHAHA
Who do u sell that to, I cut alot of popular, I would like to know .
The Bark House at Highland Craftsmen Inc out of sprucepine nc
What do you use the bark for?
I sell it to a company that make house siding out of it
Looks seasoned or dry? Can you do this to a fresh cut or green Poplar?
As long as the sap is coming In you can peel but when saps out no way to peel thanks for watching
@@MSLLOGGING Thanks, Eastern Ky. and I have a large Poplar stand looking at for a cabin... thanks for the info
@pompeyroad anytime man glad I could help
Does that work any time of the year?
No just when the saps coming in
Shingles for a shed or building?
I sell it to a company that makes siding for houses out of it
Do you show as what you do with all, what do you make with it
The company I sell it to make house siding out of it
@@MSLLOGGING that's cool but how long will it last
@@jonbrown112 a very long time I put some on a house bout I guess 12 years ago when i built houses probably longer than that and still looks the same as it did then
@@MSLLOGGING been looking at them they look so good, cheers mate
what is the bark used for??
The place I sell to they make house siding out of it...look them up it's called The Bark House at Highland Craftsmen Inc
Looks like alot of work!
It is very hard
Show us how to walk that skint poplar Bo 🤔😂👍🤣
Lol it's not fun lol
@@MSLLOGGING nobody knows cept us folk what that means !
I have 60 acres of pop what can I use it for?
When the sap comes in peel the bark sell it and the logs if there a market in your area
Do they pay you pretty good for that
Hey are you Guys selling any poplar logs?
I work for Columbia Carolina so yea but it's there timber
We need Boomhower to translate
Do you sell that Bark?
I sell it to a place called the bark house in sprucepine nc
Never had to bark a poplar, but I've barked many Doug firs, with nothing more than a Pulaski.. not fun.
Tell bear grylls this is how its done
I HAVE MADE BASKETS OUT OF BARK AND HAVE SEEN HERE IN NORTH GA CABINS WITH BARK SIDING NICE JOB
That's cool
Why are you wasting so much of it with your cuts and discards? Many look like usable sizes.
If they have any cracks in them or wrong length there not usable they pretty much have to be prime material