We were cleaning up an old family cemetery back in about 1984. My grandfather had put an Osage Orange fence post in the ground in about 1915. it was between two maple trees and the roots of the trees had grown around the post. We tried to pull it out and could not budge it. We decided we would just cut it off at the top of the ground, when we put the chainsaw to it sparks flew from the chain. We left it where it was and as far as I know it is still there to this day. If it is still there and "it was a few years back" and I am sure it is. That would be 109 years old.

@jimeburg4828

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We used to use the hedge branches for fence posts to keep the cattle from roaming the area. I had the same thing happen to me about a fence post in the ground that had to be put there around 1930, cause they didn't rot like the present type of posts or even cedar posts. Brings back memories.

Bois D'arc: East Texas (we have a community named after it in Anderson County), osage orange, hedge apple, horse apple: East Texas, hedge row: central Kansas; an elderly farmer and rancher north of Hoisington told me that in the old days they planted it a few feet apart where they wanted a fence. When it got a few feet high they would hit it with an ax about a third of the way through, bend it over and weave it into the ones near it for cattle fencing. And as the trees grew this process would be done again and that it made a fence no cattle or horses would challenge.

Looks like Osage Orange. Or, as we call it here in Kansas, Hedge. We use it primarily for fence posts and firewood. It burns super hot.

In my part of Texas, we pronounce Bois d'arc as " bore dark." Where we are, the ground is about a half inch of soil on solid rock. To put T-post in, we have to drill a one inch hole with a masonry bit and cut a point on the end of the post to drive them in. If you don't drill the pilot hole, the post will just bow and bend. For a bois d'arc to get the size of the one you just cut, it would be close to 100 years old with extremely tight grain. If you've ever tried to repair an old fence with bois d'arc post, then you know that it's impossible to drive a staple in a bois d'arc post after it's dried. If you take two pieces and hit them together, you can tell how hard they are by the sound tone it makes. You mentioned you bought that bus from a school, and im thinking that the tax-exempt stasus that schools have allows them to use red diesel.

That's one of the straightest Bois d'arc logs I've seen. Seems like it would be best to "work" the wood while it's still "green", before it petrifies. It doesn't take long.

NEXT time you change the Diesel oil filter, use a CENTER punch to knock a DRAIN hole in the filter bottom. That way there is a lot less oil to spill around.

loosen oil filter first then punch hole in bottom to drain out lighter when empty

After You've drained the base. Use a lower pan under the filter andusing a sharp punch. Make hole in the bottom of filter to drain it. you'll have zero mess.

@wallacefarmandsawmill

16 күн бұрын

Great idea! Will keep that in mind for the future.

My watermelon seeds didn't come up but I did get the cantaloupes up squash and cucumbers and tomatoes all good. Bus looks good.

Osage Orange, lots of it in Alabama. Better saw it while it's green.

Looks like Hedge apple or osage orange

We call it hedge

Hedge apple/Osage orange. If you throw the fruit under your house crawl spaces it will keep spiders away.

Dried osage orange is amazing firewood too. Like locust wood, it burns very hot and for a relatively long time because it is so dense. I know that firewood is something y'all don't need much of down there in the more southern states. Just thought I would share that info.

@dandurham4288

16 күн бұрын

Elm

Looks a lot like the Locust that grows in Kentucky.

In South Central Indiana this was known as hedge. The fruit was called hedge apples.

@wallacefarmandsawmill

16 күн бұрын

Another name for it!

As far as changing the filter, punch a hole in the filter first. If you have an odd 55 gallon drum cut it in half works great as an oil catch container.

Osage Orange - It was also commonly known as Bow Wood.

Britt, you are soo good looking!

Osage orange,hedge apple is what we called it when I was young.

As per Wikipedia: The name bois d'arc (from French meaning "bow-wood") has also been corrupted into bodark and bodock.

Northeast PA, we always called the fruit Cat's brains... I didn't know it was Osage Orange until my mid to late 20's.

That hedge apple was planted in the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles during the dust bowl years as wind breaks for soil conservation, along with black locust.

Osage orange or in Tennessee, we call it hedge Orange. Also I have a question about pallet wood do you make good money sawing it?

We have hedge fence posts that are well over 100 years old. It does not hold staples very well though. I turned some on a lathe once.....the wood peeled off like a ribbon. It makes a great wood working hammer.

That is a beautiful piece. I hope you guys show the process of making a bow. That would be cool to watch.

@wallacefarmandsawmill

16 күн бұрын

We will! Lots of drying to do first.

@GeneMatheney

16 күн бұрын

@@wallacefarmandsawmill solar kiln? Sorry if I misspelled that word.

Some mechanics use automatic transmission fluid in the new filter. that might explain the red color in the filter.

Loved this video, so much packed into it!

look forward to seein the bow's build

Love the Bus , Garden too ❤

Another Great Video Thx Wallace Farm and Sawmill ❤God Bless you all.

also called horse apple here in Texas

Bus looks sharp. Great job on the service

MS,BRITT holding the boards up at entro was BEST PART,,MATCHING GREAT!!!!!

I can't wait to see you making a bow. Great video.

Man you guys are busy busy busy , that was some size of a oil filter on that bus. Should have lots to harvest this season, good luck with the chickens hope they lay a lot LOL. Have a great week

Great video guys!👍🏻

Nice Garden!!

Great variety in this one. Good stuff. Thanks

yes you did good job

You are using the best and warmest burning wood that I know of. I have used it for my wood stove and it does burn hotter than oak and cherry. I live further north than you so I value that type of wood for a different purpose. Good luck in your making the bow.

Hello there Brittany and Taylor

I always enjoy watching your super videos. One of my very favorite KZread channels. Keep up the great work

Americaunas should lay blue/green eggs, I like that bodark wood wish it would stay yellow the only thing I've seen stay yellow is sassafras but it cracks really bad if used as interior sheathing.

the girl's so pretty

looks good nice colour

Looking good TY. Gonna be 1 hell of a road trip ride. Good luck with all your travels. Keep filming, you guys and Brit are awesome

I wonder if school districts can use off road because they are probably tax exempt.

I made some nunchucks out of Osage orange. It’s very hard, and dulled my saw blades quickly. Very abrasive. Very dense too.

Maybe it’s just me ,, that looks like a pretty big egg ,, great video,, how bout some plans on what ya’ll planning for the interior of the bus 😎

Orange osage

I haven't seen that kind of wood here in Oregon at all

You forgot hedge apple! Lol that's what we call it here in Tennessee. I used it for saw guides when I was sawing on the circle mill several years ago. my grandfather and father used it for years. Makes the best guide material on this earth it slicks up like red oak but is much more hard. Long lasting!

@brettwilkinson8904

14 күн бұрын

We have a guy here in PA who uses hedge apple wood to make golf club drivers. Wood is hard.

Sorry that filter got ya Tyler that was some Black Oil

Thanks for the overview of all your activities! Watch out for that oil filter!

that most certainly is osage orange/hedge. no firewood exists that has hire btu content than that stuff- it is at the very top of the chart.

We call that wood hedge apple, years ago they planted it for fence rows, because of the thorns livestock could not go through it! That would be in southern Mo.

Good video.

Traditionally Yew wood was used for Bow making. An old English tradition.

@jackhand3429

12 күн бұрын

Bois D' Arc is French for bow wood, used by the Osage indians for bowmaking

Didn't realize that tree grows that fast. We have a tree called vine maple. Probably better to just call it a nusence weed. Takes about 50 years to make 6" World record size is around 15" Only grows in the coast areas of the NW, perfers environments that get rain in feet not inches. Yet grows way slow.

That red color could also be from transmission fluid being used in the diesel to help clean fuel injectors. It does a good job burning out carbon deposits.

You forgot to mention that those Osage Orange trees make Hedge Apples.

Thumbnail!!! ***Sizzle, Sizzle***

@larrycopenhaver

16 күн бұрын

more skin = more subs

16:10 --- did you know that oil filter tool that looks like a pair of pliers can also be used to take that large kitchen sink drain nut ... yep - found out the hard way knowing about that ... :)

I like the color

Nice job, from California 😊

In the UK we call it the yellow demon

You are lucky to have a lady as her...keep her forever...

Should make for a cool looking bow. Can't wait to see you build one or two.

When it dries it will be almost impossible to cut/saw/carve. Good luck

also known as hedge apple

Osage orange! You would probably be better off splitting it with wedges for bow making. Especially with the crook that's in it.

I have changed a bigger oil filter on a 550 horsepower Cummins engine

That is a good way to save fuel but it probably does not do your back much good have a nice day

Black Locust

Do you guys ever get any Boxelder out your way? We use to see it quite a bit 10-15 years ago, I haven’t seen any in years out here in GA.

Hedge! Osage Orange! H A R D stuff!

Nasty Oil!

The White and Gray 2 tone colour looks like a prison bus, but you did a great paint job.

Osage orange

As long as Britney is pointing the way ,you will do well.

folks around here call it "hedge" yes it is very hard but actually, I have never seen a piece of hedge that straight.

Same color as a prison bus. LOL

the hens lay easter eggs

Osage Orange

French name for it is Bois D’arc which means bow wood,

❤looks like a prison bus. Lol

@wallacefarmandsawmill

16 күн бұрын

Hahahahahha I thought that.

Butter nut squash my favorite

we have a lot of hedge up in mo put some post in ground in 65 still good do u havemuch in miss love bus conversion

Reminds me of a wood called Butternut.

On the oil filter removal. Some farm youtubers punch a hole in the bottom and let the filter drain out before removal.

Bodark is what we call it

Hedge

I had a long bow made of what I was told was lemon wood was pretty yellow also

Bois D'Arc

On the oil filter I have seen where some people punch a hole in the bottom of filter to let it drain.

Maclura pomifera or Osage Orange, Hedge apple, bois de'arc A little trivia, people used the fruit or hedge apple as a natural pestucide to keep spiders out of basements or cellars

Hey Britt don't think you are old enough to remember the song, "They Call Me Mellow Yellow"? But while waiting for my coffee I. Watching.

Beaudark is what my east texas uncle called it. Also hedge.

We called it horse apple tree...in texas