Got logs?

Bibbyman · November 11, 2003, 03:04:56 PM

Mary got a little further behind in her sawing yesterday. She got four tractor-trailer loads of mostly walnut in plus some red oak, cherry, sycamore and one ash.

Some are veneer and will be shorted out. We'll custom saw the lumber logs for the broker that owns them.

The sycamore logs on this end are veneer! The broker said China buys about a half a ocean container full a year and this looks like this lot should do it.

Today, she got in logs on two more custom sawing jobs.

That ought to keep her out of Wal-Mart!

D._Frederick · November 11, 2003, 03:52:54 PM

Bibby,
What size logs do you find that you get your best production rate out of? Can Mary cut 1500 bdft / day or would that be pushing it with the WM. Have you put in anything that saves you steps so that you don't saw a board then run to off-bear it?

ronwood · November 11, 2003, 04:02:48 PM

Bibbyman,

How many bd. ft. of lumber in the stack would you estimate?
Looks like it will keep Mary busy for a while.

Jeff · November 11, 2003, 04:09:27 PM

My guess is 9 to 11 thousand feet and thats witout knowing Nahthin. ;D

Tom · November 11, 2003, 06:03:14 PM

I would say, hmmmmmmm, roughly, almost, 12332 ft.

Jeff · November 11, 2003, 06:06:49 PM

Its exactly 1 whack.

pappy · November 11, 2003, 06:11:48 PM

eventually :D

woodmills1 · November 11, 2003, 06:33:09 PM

Whack - veneer = still a whack

Bibbyman · November 11, 2003, 07:22:16 PM

Mary has often sawn mbf of 4/4 in a short day (6-7 hours) by herself with no interruptions. With me and our oldest son helping, we've done better than 2mbf in five or six hours. By then, we're ready to go to the house.

Today, Mary and son had mbf of 4/4 walnut bundled by 12:30 and quit sawing to do other things. In that time, they also had two deliveries of logs to be custom sawn.

Jeff · November 11, 2003, 07:23:35 PM

yea, thats all fine and good but how much wood is in the DanG pile?

Tom · November 11, 2003, 07:31:12 PM

almost exactly, roughly, maybe, give or take, about 12332 ft. :-/

Bibbyman · November 11, 2003, 07:31:19 PM

I don't know!

The broker that owns the logs is to be out tomorrow. I'll see if Mary can get a tally from him. ;)

We're really pleased to have the Terex now that we've got so many logs to handle. Could say we could use something even bigger..

D... We've sawn a lot of walnut logs that are butt cuts running around 16-20" and 8-10' long - making 8/4. That goes pretty fast. Then we've got a lot of short, small, and rough logs that take a lot of time. Mary does good to get 500 bf/day when sawing these.

Our LT40 Super has a board drag back and Mary uses it sometimes to pull the board back to where she can step out and pull it - when sawing by herself. When she's got help, she generally does not use it. We've got an edger but no rollers or decks or conveyors of any kind.

We pre-sort and load the logs at the skidblocks by grade, size and product so to produce as much of the same lumber with out sorting as possible. Odd stuff is stacked aside and included in the next 'run' of that length log and grade.

ARKANSAWYER · November 11, 2003, 08:05:02 PM

We should have a contest on this whack of logs to see who gets closest to the tally mark. Tom and Jeff have put theirs in the hat already. I say 13,350 bdft counting all logs in photo. Did not know there was any such thing as veneer sickymore logs. I just spalt them and saw 'em up. I wonder if them Japaneese want some spalted veneer sickymore logs? ???
ARKANSAWYER

pappy · November 11, 2003, 08:26:59 PM

10,925 fbm

Oregon_Sawyer · November 11, 2003, 08:41:51 PM

12,985 Scribner scale.

UNCLEBUCK · November 11, 2003, 08:48:45 PM

Hello Bibby, nice log pile ! Do you put anchor seal or anything on the log ends after a delivery like that or dont you mess with that , jsut wondering ! thanks . :P

Steve_M · November 11, 2003, 09:08:32 PM

I'm in at 13,600. :-/

Steve

EZ · November 12, 2003, 02:40:59 AM

Nice load of logs, Bibby. Do you run into nails and stuff in the walnut you saw. Walnut is my favorite to saw, except my wife won't help me saw it anymore cause she breaks out in a rash big time from it.
EZ

Bibbyman · November 12, 2003, 04:39:01 AM

Make your guesses in Doyle scale as I know this broker buys in this area using that scale. ;D

smwwoody · November 12, 2003, 07:28:05 AM

13652 mbf doyle

smwwoody · November 12, 2003, 07:29:40 AM

Bibby

Do we win your new loader if we are closest ? :D

pappy · November 12, 2003, 05:20:27 PM

12,825 fbm International

10,260 fbm Doyle >:(

95 pieces w/ an average of 16" diam. X 12 ft. long.

Don't forget to always ask what scale they are buying on.

That's like 25% !!!!

I could use a new loader also! :D