Triple T Ranch & Sawmill

Hauling trash, overview of dump bed, troubleshooting motor, shifting gears. Triple T Ranch & Sawmill on Choctaw Ridge is homesteading with a sawmill & anvil.

We had a stand that was just about gone, so we refurbished it, lifted it and decorated it. The stand is on a remote part of our property so we built a garage to park the four wheeler in when its raining. Inspired by my grandfather's duck hunting adventures. Triple T Ranch & Sawmill on Choctaw Ridge is homesteading with a sawmill & anvil.

Made from junk!

This post oak died last fall. We got a 9' saw log from it. Used tractor grapple, chainsaw, Foley Belsaw M-14 circle sawmill. Triple T Ranch & Sawmill on Choctaw Ridge is homesteading with a sawmill & anvil.

We re-purposed metal roof (that's why the different colors), cut our own cedar timbers on a vintage sawmill using my grandfather’s ‘64 Case tractor, use a homemade trencher, re-purpose railroad trestle timbers, and build a 12'x16' greenhouse for approximately $6000. This video is off limits to friends and family!! Here are the steps: 00:00:00 1 intro 00:01:19 2 design 00:02:04 3 below 00:09:04 4 foundation 00:19:05 5 logging 00:29:09 6 walls 00:43:49 7 skinning 01:07:17 8 roof 01:26:45 9 re-erecting 01:45:30 10 walkabout 01:53:48 11 reckoning Used tractor grapple, chainsaw, Foley Belsaw M-14 circle sawmill. Triple T Ranch & Sawmill on Choctaw Ridge is homesteading with a sawmill & anvil.

TWENTY-FIVE steps to install a 120 VOLT Senville Leto mini split heat pump. https://youtu.be/blMKktWmTQw Triple T Ranch & Sawmill on Choctaw Ridge is homesteading with a sawmill & anvil.

Pignut hickory germinated before WW2 died last summer. It was competing with an oak & winning in the center of canopy. Used chainsaws and rope saws and a tractor to fall it aways from the kid's fort. Charted the growth rings. Made some beautiful hickory planks. Used tractor grapple, chainsaw, Foley Belsaw M-14 circle sawmill. Triple T Ranch & Sawmill on Choctaw Ridge is homesteading with a sawmill & anvil.

Our garage is a spill out area for our 800 square foot haybarn conversion home. We show the TWENTY-TWO steps to install a 120 VOLT Senville Leto mini split heat pump. Senville LETO Mini Split Air Conditioner Heat Pump 12000 BTU 110/120V, Wifi, White Total before tax: $779.99 tax to be collected: $64.35 Total: $844.34 Senville SL-550 Wall Mounting Bracket 9000 BTU - 12000 BTU Mini Split Total: $56.46 Grand Total: $900.80 00:00 intro 00:03 pick location 00:08 drill wall 00:17 insert tube 00:22 seal tube 00:30 ensure fit 00:35 land wires 01:08 unpack lines 01:19 tape lines 01:25 hang indoor 02:04 install mount 02:09 set outdoor 02:18 add lineset 03:06 flare connections 03:42 vacuum 04:01 wire outdoor 04:09 tape lines 04:24 open service valves 05:16 check for leaks 05:29 commission 05:39 download Alexa 05:46 install bumper 06:01 seal wall Triple T Ranch & Sawmill on Choctaw Ridge is homesteading with a sawmill & anvil.

We needed to cover an old square dug well for safety's sake on our ranch. So we built a well house out of oil field pipe & covered it with used barn tin. Refurbished a 1908 clam shell digger that is lowered to the bottom of the well. We intend to recover about a foot of fill to see if there is anything interesting left at the bottom by earlier settlers on the ranch. Used the antique sawmill to mill some sweetgum timbers for a floor to work on at the well. We believe the well is near Trammels Trace trail. Used tractor grapple, chainsaw, Foley Belsaw M-14 circle sawmill. Triple T Ranch & Sawmill on Choctaw Ridge is homesteading with a sawmill & anvil.

We built a quick fixture to pickup and move our greenhouse walls on the day of assembly. Used tractor grapple, chainsaw, Foley Belsaw M-14 circle sawmill. Triple T Ranch & Sawmill on Choctaw Ridge is homesteading with a sawmill & anvil.

In this video, we align the blade with the carriage and test again with the oak. Welded down 3" angle iron down each 60' side. Used music wire to make it straight. Made some nice looking 6" oak boards. Used tractor grapple, chainsaw, Foley Belsaw M-14 circle sawmill. Triple T Ranch & Sawmill on Choctaw Ridge is homesteading with a sawmill & anvil.

Lots of ranch activities today! We buzzsaw some firewood and charcoal the chunks. Plant some pole beans, and go back to the sawmill where we find a misalignment problem. This discovery of a sawmill problem shuts down the sawmill. Used tractor grapple, chainsaw, Foley Belsaw M-14 circle sawmill. Triple T Ranch & Sawmill on Choctaw Ridge is homesteading with a sawmill & anvil.

For entertainment use only. Ignition coil outputs 20-40kV. Sperry contactless meter rated to 600V. The electromagnetic field reaches more than 12" from insulated secondary wire. The input to the coil is 24V but it is intermittent so a digital VOM will not accurately measure.

Can you see the rattlesnake?

Used tractor grapple, chainsaw, Foley Belsaw M-14 circle sawmill. Triple T Ranch & Sawmill on Choctaw Ridge is homesteading with a sawmill & anvil.

Preparing the antique mill and blade for a wider deeper cut. We hire a grumpy machinist to fit a 48" circle blade to the arbor. In the machine shop we use a lathe to mill an insert for the blade. Then we go back to the sawmill to modify the hardware to accept the new larger blade. Finally, we install and test the new old blade. Used tractor grapple, chainsaw, Foley Belsaw M-14 circle sawmill. Triple T Ranch & Sawmill on Choctaw Ridge is homesteading with a sawmill & anvil.

The church pecan trunk was over 30" so Doc & I went in halves on Jesper Moreau's Norwood HD36 bandmill. Triple T Ranch & Sawmill on Choctaw Ridge is homesteading with a sawmill & anvil.

Had some free help at the sawmill milling cracked up pecan taken down by an excavator. The ex-pilot runs the mill and a local builder offloads the boards. Sent the flitches to the buzzsaw for smoking operations. Used tractor grapple, chainsaw, Foley Belsaw M-14 circle sawmill. Triple T Ranch & Sawmill on Choctaw Ridge is homesteading with a sawmill & anvil.

Look what the bandsaw drug up that the circle mill wouldn't have!

Walnut top and bois d'arc legs from the ranch sawmill.

Daylight mating

A video of a buck that did not give up.

We dig em up and then cook em up! Used tractor grapple, chainsaw, Foley Belsaw M-14 circle sawmill. Triple T Ranch & Sawmill on Choctaw Ridge is homesteading with a sawmill & anvil.

Wild plants in the forest