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Started by bandmiller2, January 21, 2008, 11:39:34 AM

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bandmiller2

A number of years ago I was just north of Skowhgan Maine watched an old feller mill with a Jackson T.H.where the sawyer road on the carrage.It had a manila rope drive he put a little drain oil on the drum every so often to smooth the feed.I have never seen anouther one, suppose A good mill for A traveling man.He probibly covered 50 miles a day.He would reach down to dog the log.Powered with a 471 green screamer flat belt drive with auto tire and rim for pulley.
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bandmiller2

What I ment to ask is have any of you used one and how common are they.Frank C.
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Ron Wenrich

I've run Jackson Lumber Harvester, but they were all automatic mills.  I liked them pretty much.  Very easy to repair, and you can get the parts local.

They're still made in Wisconsin.  They have moved on from the manual mill.

http://www.jacksonlbrharvester.com/index.html
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Timberevolution

We've got one we're putting back together here in Oregon, automatic though. Pretty straightforward design. Ours has a trailer package, so is technically portable, but I'm not sure I'd be very excited about moving it on a regular basis. Most people we talk to out here have never heard of them, but I think if you get back closer to Wisconsin they get a bit more common.

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Ron Wenrich

We had one of those "portable" mills.  Ours was stationary.  When you learn how to work their downturns, they were pretty slick. 
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