Primal Woods

A big, big Red Oak being loaded onto the Wood-Mizer LT40 Super Hydraulic

Compilation of a few short videos I've recorded during the start to the 2023 Pure Maple Syrup Season

An overview of how the installation goes, or at least how it went on this particular mill.

A walk-through of the standard blade lubrication system, which will soon be replaced with the Lube-Mizer upgrade.

From very near the shores of Lake Michigan, Neal and I fetched 7 logs from 2 blown down trees, one a Cherry, the other a Red Oak.

Not sure if I included the Utility Trailer in the "Can't Have Too Many" blogs post I wrote, but when it comes to trailers I suppose there is such a thing as too many. Still, a solid utility trailer makes life a lot easier, and I thankful for it.

The 4,000 hr rated motor failed at 450 hrs; no OEM replacement available, so made do with something close.

Quick and simple, open the doors, plug in the fans, make sure everything is as it was designed and built.

Just getting started on a 9 ft by 30 in Black Cherry log

Unfortunately it proved by definition to be not syrup, since its sugar concentration was only about 50%; a problem with the Marcland Auto Draw-Off is the culprit.