My most productive day

Ohio_Bill · June 05, 2011, 08:30:17 AM

My most productive day of sawing was Thursday of this week . 3400 bf of 2 inch poplar for a local cabinet shop .I had to buck the logs and saw , it was a long day but the most I have ever done in a day .

Dan_Shade · June 05, 2011, 08:52:28 AM

nice, not bad for a day's work.

ladylake · June 05, 2011, 09:36:56 AM

That's a good days work+, musta had some good help. Steve

paul case · June 05, 2011, 10:00:26 AM

nice indeed! thats a good day for sure. pc

Tom · June 05, 2011, 11:03:28 AM

I agree! You have every reason to be prould of that. There's been a many a day that I bragged on 2000 feet. My normal average was about 1300 when I was on the road.

You did good.

Ernie · June 05, 2011, 03:01:25 PM

Harking back to the thread on metrics. WOW 8 1/2 cubic meters. That would really keep you out of trouble and off the streets.

carykong · June 05, 2011, 11:26:10 PM

Impressive amount of production from bucking to a board with portable mill. Can you tell us what the cabinet shop will use 8/4 poplar for?

BBTom · June 05, 2011, 11:40:49 PM

Only time I made that much was when the logs where all pine, cut to length and stacked just right when I got there. You did fantastic.

Chuck White · June 06, 2011, 05:26:57 AM

Great job there Bill!

Lots of reason to feel good about the accomplishment!

The most I've ever done was 2300 board feet of a combination of 1" and 2" lumber!

I had 4 guys working on the other side of the mill and worked about 10 hours!

Magicman · June 06, 2011, 08:04:42 AM

One of my most productive jobs was this past March. 7238.6 bf of framing lumber in 19 hours, and I had to stop and buck the logs

pigman · June 06, 2011, 08:14:24 AM

MM, I bet you were tired after working 19 hours straight. ;D

Ohio_Bill · June 06, 2011, 11:56:34 AM

The lumber is used for tool and die cases. They have a contract with a local tool manufacturer. Also some is for shipping wedges and they will resaw some into inch.
My crew was my neighbor and myself. MM I don't ever see me breaking your record.
My truck is getting a workout these days. I delivered a load of ties this morning. Nice to have some cash flow.

Thanks for all your encouragement.

Bill

beenthere · June 06, 2011, 12:12:38 PM

I wonder how that lumber in those stickered stacks is drying, being that they are stacked so close side by each?

Maybe they are not set there for drying, but seems there wouldn't be enough air movement to keep from molding the lumber.

Just curious.

Ernie · June 06, 2011, 02:31:48 PM

Quote from: Magicman on June 06, 2011, 08:04:42 AM
7238.6 bf of framing lumber in 19 hours

Well done young fella, I can't even stay awake for 19 hours :(

cutterboy · June 06, 2011, 08:28:47 PM

Great job Bill, and you're right....cash coming in is good.

MM, you truly are a magic man.

Magicman · June 09, 2011, 02:22:02 PM

Quote from: beenthere on June 06, 2011, 12:12:38 PM
I wonder how that lumber in those stickered stacks is drying, being that they are stacked so close side by each?

Maybe they are not set there for drying, but seems there wouldn't be enough air movement to keep from molding the lumber.

Just curious.

Those SYP logs had been cut for several months and the lumber was practically dry when I sawed it. There was about ½" between boards. That was two sawing days, (it rained one afternoon) but it still comes out to over 3600 bf per day.

Tom · June 09, 2011, 02:54:22 PM

beenthere, most of the SYP down here is stacked close, even touching, when sawed green. It fairs well with a breeze clearing the stack and shrinks almost immediately to allow for vertical passage of air. I still usually stacked mine using my index finger as a spacer. It was mostly from habit though. It helps to dry even faster if the stack is all of one size and the openings between boards line up. The stack will start drafting almost immediately.

Hardwoods don't seem to fair as good when stacked tight, though a good air-flow in a pole barn covers a lot of ills.

The biggest problem I had to overcome was the stack retaining the water from rain and dew. It really pays to keep the stacks narrow and open when the weather is wet.

Coon · June 09, 2011, 05:52:16 PM

Around these parts any softwood lumber coming off a mill is usually piled tightly side by each and stickered between layers. The more commercial operations even do the same along with banding the lumber tightly.

beenthere · June 09, 2011, 07:27:48 PM

My concern wasn't about the lumber side by each, but the three stacks so close to each other. If they are drying ok, then all is well.

8)

I agree with the "stacks narrow and open". ;)

Coon · June 10, 2011, 02:53:54 AM

The stacks around here that seem to be standard are 2x10's = 4 wide. 2x8's =5 wide. 2x6's =7 wide. 2x4's =9wide.

What's the standards widths where you're from? Inquiring minds need to know. ;)

Magicman · June 10, 2011, 07:47:33 AM

I like to see them 5 or 10. Makes it easy to count and the stacks are stable. Just be sure that you do not make a wide short stack like this.

This is 2X4's and 2X6's mixed and too wide and too short. :-\

Tom · June 10, 2011, 07:57:22 AM

I tried to keep my stacks four to six feet wide, fourteen, or better, inches off of the ground and would go as a high as I could comfortably reach. I have stood on the back of the truck to get it as high as it would remain stable. I have tied stacks together by using long stickers at a 5' level that went from one stack to the other. It works for narrow stacks that are two or three feet apart. My bases were 9" concrete blocks, multiple 2x6's or 6x6's on that and 2x4's on edge for the base for the stickers. That got it 18" or 19" off of the ground.

paul case · June 10, 2011, 09:37:02 AM

Quote from: Magicman on June 10, 2011, 07:47:33 AM
I like to see them 5 or 10. Makes it easy to count and the stacks are stable. Just be sure that you do not make a wide short stack like this.

This is 2X4's and 2X6's mixed and too wide and too short. :-\

i see another motive here!
no room for more hay. less hay barning time. :D :D :D pc

Tom · June 10, 2011, 09:45:33 AM

The concern with a wide stack is that; between each sticker you have created a one inch channel that will be full of humid air. It takes a good movement of air to get that wet air to move to the outside of the stack. It's that wet, stagnant air that turns the inside of a lumber stack into a greenhouse and grows algae and fungus'. Having it indoors may even exacerbate the problem because there is less air movement. In a case like that, its only saving grace might be the distance left between boards and an escape to the top of the stack.

Coon · June 10, 2011, 01:06:34 PM

A pile like that is a pain in the ash to move. :-\ Like Tom said that pile is a disaster waiting to happen. One farmer around these parts had some custom sawing done on his farm and he tailed the boards of the mill onto a stack just like this one. He never even scraped the sawdust off the boards and they sawed out fresh stickers from the edgings. The location had inadequate airflow along the edge of the bush they came from as well. The grass was never cut around the pile thus even limiting the airflow even more. The pile was rather large as well.... somewhere to the tune of 8,000 bdft. The boards ended up being black with mold and you could see places that looked like they were charred as if they almost caught on fire from excessive heat build up. The whole pile ended up being burnt because of stupitity on the farmers behalf. :