Need portable sawmill

keloo.comly slagle · March 07, 2013, 11:44:39 PM

Looking for portable sawmill 3000 or close. Ben logging 23 years moved to southern half of state 80% of stuff junck. The rest is pretty cant stand to push in pile and burn. Whant help not to burn it limited funds im a logger!

beenthere · March 08, 2013, 12:06:11 AM

Welcome to the Forestry Forum.
We'll be interested in what you have going on. Where abouts you located?
You said you "moved" but in what state?
We like pics and pull up a stump, and find out more about what mill you might want to get.

Have been a number of discussions going about similar interests. Maybe some of those you have read already. Or not?

keloo.comly slagle · March 08, 2013, 01:14:02 AM

northern mn to southern mn cover the southern half of state now. Enviromentel work mostly state fed. No time for private, but VA qualified me four bunch more contracts. Just cant stand to waste some of this wood. I Would of killied four some of this stuff 10 years ago up north. I dont want to make money frome it just not waste it

customsawyer · March 08, 2013, 03:07:21 AM

Welcome to the forum. Check our for sale section here on the forum.

Magicman · March 08, 2013, 09:58:02 AM

Hello keloo.comly slagle, and Welcome to the Forestry Forum.

thecfarm · March 08, 2013, 10:01:42 AM

kello,who will be logging when you are sawing? Are you thinking about selling lumber? That can be kinda hard in some places. What's the plan for the mill? I hate to see trees wasted too. Good luck.

dboyt · March 08, 2013, 11:47:32 AM

Keloo, welcome to the forum. You already know logs, chainsaws & equipment, so you're way ahead of the curve. Click on any of the sponsor links to the left to get an idea what's out there. I've been very pleased with the capability and performance of my manual mill. I hate to see logs go to waste, and mill up a fair amount of urban logs (nails and all), as well as blow-downs and some logs left behind by logging crews (got some nice walnut & cherry crotches that way). Local woodworkers like them, but I don't know that it can be much more than spare time for fun and profit unless you get serious about setting up a web page and take credit cards.

Satamax · March 08, 2013, 12:04:02 PM

Keloo, since you are a logger, you might have access to old chainsaws, may be huge ones? Why not cobble up some sort of chainsaw mill for the moment?

HTH.

keloo.comly slagle · March 08, 2013, 02:20:04 PM

Hey thanks all this site is great. Dont want to make money off this deal .Just hate to waste good wood. Going to saw lumber at night weekends for fun wife says i work to much!

Ianab · March 08, 2013, 02:43:13 PM

Well most of the band mill manufacturers on the sponsors list can hook you up with a small "hobby" sized mill for not much over $3000. Or you could fine something used a bit bigger for that sort of money.

Most of those small mills are just the sit on the ground type, not truly portable, but because they are pretty might you could move them, or mount them on a normal trailer to make them truly portable.

Not high production machines, but will cut good lumber as long as you keep them running right. For the scenario you are talking about, dragging home a handful of interesting logs and slicing them up after work, ideal.

Ian