Sawmill control room

[Walnut Beast]

Pretty interesting! This guy has a Timberking 2020 and had a circle mill with a cab and he said it made sense to have a control room. Has had the 2020 for 18 months and 1,300 hrs. Said he can run 8 to 10 hours a day and dust free.

[Southside]

I like the idea - but can see productivity dropping like a rock if I am sitting in an A/C booth running my saw while the crew is working. Yes, being the boss has it's advantages, but not sure that would work around here.  

[Walnut Beast]

Well now you have some ideas 😂

[stavebuyer]

I turned an old warehouse office cubicle into a temp controlled saw cab for my LT70DCS. With a full crew the sawyer needs to be sawing. Pushing and pulling joysticks doesn't keep you warm and mittens don't have much dexterity.

If the sawyer lets go of the joystick you are losing production.

If you are going to saw year around and maintain productivity you need a cab.

[Bruno of NH]

I hope to have something similar for the coming winter season

[kelLOGg]

After sawing all day does he go to the gym for exercise? ;D

[Old Greenhorn]

The chances are better that he writes invoices, checks lumber tallies and lumber orders, orders blades, does mill maintenance, checks tomorrows orders, looks for logs in the yard, and figures out what to do about the guy that left early because he was sick and won't be in for a few days. 

[Ventryjr]

After sawing all day does he go to the gym for exercise? ;D

I bet after a full day of sawing he does a few 16 ounce curls.  I do! 🍻

[kelLOGg]

 :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

[Bruno of NH]

I know what I'm going to do
Lean over and turn up the diesel heater when the temperature drops ;D

[Ron Wenrich]

I ran a circle mill with a booth for 25 yrs.  Hot in the summer, cold in the winter.  Hydraulics won't make you warm. 

The only down side is that you can't see the face you're cutting on very well.  Its real important to be able to see the face when cutting grade hardwoods.  Also, how do you set your tapers from that view?  A camera would probably help. 

[stavebuyer]

The LT70 can be setup to saw towards you; unlike a circle mill with a cab on the side next to the saw the best view of the just sawn face on a horizontal mill is an elevated position at the end of the log.