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Welcome to The 2024 Forestry Forum!

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How's business?

Posted in Sawmills and Milling
Yesterday at 10:05:05 PM
Written by PAmizerman
Views: 121
How's business? I just finished up a big job but aside from that it's been really quiet. I have not been this slow ever.

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Timberking 2000 clutch

Posted in Sawmills and Milling
Yesterday at 08:18:04 PM
Written by Buswork
Views: 112
Timberking 2000, clutch stop engaging, switch checks out ok, connections at clutch seem to be good, after a little while it will start working again. Anybody have this happen?

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Bangor (Nova Scotia) Sawmill Museum Fire

Posted in Sawmills and Milling
Yesterday at 06:13:43 PM
Written by Hilltop366
Views: 172

A local sawmill museum burned down a few nights ago, it is about 30 min drive from my home. I had stopped by a few times but not when it was running....always meant to go back when it was running... sadly too late now.

Bangor mill fire

A few pictures I took in 2017









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Timberjack 480c

Posted in Forestry and Logging
Yesterday at 05:20:11 PM
Written by Brett3
Views: 105
We have a 480c with the clark 28000 transmission the operator said he was backing up and it just quit moving. I've got pressure to a pump mounted next to the charging pump but nothing coming out of the line for the filter. And there are no spots to hook my Guage to. Any ideas or advice would be greatly...

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questions about swing blade mills

Posted in Sawmills and Milling
Yesterday at 01:19:04 PM
Written by NCEric
Views: 185
I'm going to throw out some questions here in case anyone is inclined to share thoughts on any of them. Thanks in advance!

1. How do the different mills -- the only ones I'm aware of are Lucas, Peterson, and Turbo, but I'd certainly be interested in hearing about any others -- compare in terms of portability. One of the things that especially appeals to me about swing blade mills is the option of taking the mill to the log and thereby minimizing the money I'd otherwise have to spend on log moving and loading equipment.Read More

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