A nice Season Starter

Magicman · February 15, 2014, 08:58:55 PM

Yup, there is nothing like a nice whack of logs to start the year off. Many 8, 10, & 12" timbers plus framing lumber.

Mostly SYP logs with a few Oaks mixed in. It looks like it will take about 3 days.

The muddy ones are getting a pressure washing. ;D

The trackhoe is also helping with the timbers. These first two were 20' 12"X12".

The entire job will be sawed "hourly rate" since there are so many timbers.

brianb88 · February 15, 2014, 09:17:47 PM

Nice looking clean operation there MagicMan. 8) Being an obvious newbie I hadn't thought of using a pressure washer.

Escavader · February 15, 2014, 09:23:15 PM

Nothing like clean logs .A spruce and fir mill I use to work in had a heated hot pond to wash them before they came to the debarker. Debarker a are nice but they don't clean the ends

POSTON WIDEHEAD · February 15, 2014, 09:33:52 PM

Its about time you got out of the kitchen and went back to work. :D

Good pics Magic.

Magicman · February 15, 2014, 09:50:54 PM

The logs in the background were very clean, but those in the foreground were very dirty. The customer is trying to do what he can to provide clean logs.

Using a trackhoe bucket and thumb is a first for me to see.

scully · February 15, 2014, 11:03:13 PM

sweet job ! I want one !

hunz · February 15, 2014, 11:37:18 PM

Those look to be some quality saw logs. Won't have to break out the chainsaw for any knots or sweep on this job!

backwoods sawyer · February 16, 2014, 03:11:36 AM

Hydraulics sure take the work out of log handling ;D

I find that when working with an excavator, if you can set it up square to the mill and just keep one or two logs infront of the mill, then when the bucket comes over the mill to pick up a timber the timber dose not twist away from the mill as it is moved away.
I also find that the person climbing down out of a rig that size has generaly had a few hours on them ;)

Chuck White · February 16, 2014, 07:03:36 AM

Glad to see you're back at it Lynn!

Up here most of us have a couple of months to go yet!

justallan1 · February 16, 2014, 08:39:25 AM

Good looking logs. Around here if I come to anything without branches that high I'd probably keep going, thinking it was a power pole. :D

Allan

drobertson · February 16, 2014, 10:09:39 AM

A very nice start for sure! Having the loader sure speeds things up, and a good operator is priceless.
david

Magicman · February 16, 2014, 02:53:24 PM

I would have loved to stop and take more pictures of some of the logs, but this is an hourly rate job so I don't stop. The largest so far was 26" butt log. ;D

mad murdock · February 16, 2014, 07:16:50 PM

Could there be some "hydraulicification" in you future Magicman? I sure would love to find a shovel I could get myself into for jobs around my treefarm. Handy tool, but not cheap ones that's for sure. Very nice whack of logs too!

Magicman · February 16, 2014, 09:42:59 PM

No doubt I love it when the customer has those big toys, even if they are rented.

It looks like there are other lemons to squeeze this week and we will not be able to get back on that saw job until Friday. Actually that suits me fine because I am in the midst of building a storage building for a Daughter. Maybe I can get closer to getting the roof on. ;D

Andy White · February 17, 2014, 06:52:49 AM

Lynn,
Maybe now I am seeing where the" Magic" comes from! You don't ever stop! Are you working on your daughter's shed by the hour too?

We need pictures! Always helping someone, ain't life good? 8) 8) 8) Andy

Magicman · February 17, 2014, 07:42:31 AM

Yup, it is a work in progress and there will be pictures of the build. The two Grandsons are in right now, so hopefully we can get the porch done. That has to be completed before the 32' roof panels can go up.

At least the weather finally looks good.

dblair · February 17, 2014, 11:26:11 AM

pretty wood , it looks warm and nice . I haven't had that kind of weather in a while looking forward to enjoying it just like your doing . here's a shot of the yard this morning .

Sixacresand · February 17, 2014, 07:10:17 PM

Looks like a good job with the support equipment and I assume plenty of help. Have fun Magic Man.

Magicman · February 17, 2014, 07:21:00 PM

We built and man-handled the 22' beam up today. I'm whooped. :-\

Maybe I can upload some pictures soon and detail the build. The Grandson works 7 on and 7 off, so we only have a couple of days every other week, if it does not rain, to do any work.

wills swamp · February 18, 2014, 04:18:30 PM

when i saw on the road for someone that has support equipment it makes me very nervous.unknown operator/ machine.once had a guy wanting to load logs right on the mill bunks with a backhoe down hill that had no brakes.another time had a guy rent a skid steer and try to run it with no past experience.what i do is make sure they only load logs and remove lumber from the runners or dunage on the ground in front on the mills loading arms.i dont want unknown machines/operators over or to close to my mill.

Peter Drouin · February 18, 2014, 06:09:24 PM

Quote from: wills swamp on February 18, 2014, 04:18:30 PM
when i saw on the road for someone that has support equipment it makes me very nervous.unknown operator/ machine.once had a guy wanting to load logs right on the mill bunks with a backhoe down hill that had no brakes.another time had a guy rent a skid steer and try to run it with no past experience.what i do is make sure they only load logs and remove lumber from the runners or dunage on the ground in front on the mills loading arms.i dont want unknown machines/operators over or to close to my mill.

Magicman · February 18, 2014, 07:06:24 PM

Logs are never loaded onto my sawmill which is quite obvious with the logs staged in the first couple of pictures.

The toe boards are being used to roll the beams off of the sawmill bed. They were then hoisted onto the trailer with the trackhoe and sling. The shorter beams are being handled with the tractor/FEL and sling.

Rest assured that my sawmill is not in danger. This ain't my first rodeo. ;D

Escavader · February 18, 2014, 07:50:00 PM

Quote from: Magicman on February 17, 2014, 07:21:00 PM
We built and man-handled the 22' beam up today. I'm whooped. :-\

Maybe I can upload some pictures soon and detail the build. The Grandson works 7 on and 7 off, so we only have a couple of days every other week, if it does not rain, to do any work.

I sometimes run 8 by 15s 24 ft long through our planer mill they will kick ya butt ;D

Peter Drouin · February 19, 2014, 07:42:25 AM

Quote from: Magicman on February 18, 2014, 07:06:24 PM
Logs are never loaded onto my sawmill which is quite obvious with the logs staged in the first couple of pictures.

The toe boards are being used to roll the beams off of the sawmill bed. They were then hoisted onto the trailer with the trackhoe and sling. The shorter beams are being handled with the tractor/FEL and sling.

Rest assured that my sawmill is not in danger. This ain't my first rodeo. ;D

Magicman · February 21, 2014, 07:38:10 PM

I finished the season opener today and the logs were certainly a cut above the normal.

These 16" twenty footers were the normal.

This is an end shot of a 24" log showing the near perfect growth rings.

I shared this picture of the customer's Grandfather in the Logrite board that shows a few of the timbers. I sawed the entire job "hourly rate" so I have no idea how many bf was sawed. The side lumber was 2X4, 2X6, and 5/4.