i was told it's a pipe dream

[POSTON WIDEHEAD]

Cedarman, when Kirk gets back from Gatlinburg tonight, I will PM you with the businesses contact info.
They are looking for Cedar pretty bad.
Thanks.

[red]

I thought this was about Smoking.  .never mind

[Cedarman]

Red, when RO, Poston, I and others are in the entreprenuerial mode, we are "smokin".  All those brain wheels get turning , the friction causes :D :D smoke to come out our ears.

[LeeB]

I thought smoke came out of the goats ears because he had a few cogs missing in there.  :D

[kwendt]

Love the stories, guys! When my grand dad bought 300 acres of swamp... they said it couldn't be done. 40 years later... he had a beautiful family camp/compound, his own gravel pit, orchard, stable, coral, lake front hand built showcase log cabin, other cabins for guests, 3.5 mile of road, a sand cove, drinking water off the mountain so pure it was certified...and a saw mill for big timber/whole logs. And those 'snickerers' called it "Lumbago" Lodge. Anything can be done, with wit and know how...

I've got the wit part anyways... lol!

[Magicman]

Da last picture I saw, da Goat had no ears, and there was a rumor that his head was full of sawdust anyway.   

[Joe Hillmann]

Those 10 benches sold in 3 days. We got busy, after hours and built 20 more. I posted a pic of my benches on Face Book and low and behold, Camp Cherokee with the YMCA saw them.
They bought all 20 benches the first round and we finished 7 more for them. Now they want more for other camp grounds and will be patient while we build them.

Any photos of those benches?

[Dave Shepard]

To the original post: I'd give that guy a rope and tell him to break one of those bison to lead. :D

[Magicman]

Any photos of those benches?

Look HERE

[buzywoodliff]

Thanks for sharing, and well played!!  No regrets

[coxy]

i'm working on "vodka" infused pork.. marketing  is key there is a new local distillery that is making vodka and i'm getting their distillers grain, which basically is fremented wheat ,the achochol has been drained off but,the pigs love it :D

ROL we did that with some of our own beef the meat was great but the fat witch I love was not so good it put a real strong flavor almost like a rotten/sour flavor  good luck hope it works out

[POSTON WIDEHEAD]

Thanks Magic. Took the family out tonight. I'm back now.

Here are some pics of the benches.

Cedar half log benches where I used a dull blade for saw marks.


  

 

Smooth Cedar half log benches.


  

  

  

 

Here are the half log Pine benches with Cedar legs.


  

 

Slab Pine Benches. We also sell Pine log tables. 16 inches tall.


 

We sell Flower Boxes.


 

The log Flower boxes are made in 12 foot sections and then sawn into 3 - 4 foot boxes after completion. They are built on the mill.


 

The benches are built in 12 foot sections a lot of times. Then the legs are installed by glueing and driving them into the holes. I then sink a deck screw into each leg for extra security. Then the 12 foot bench is placed UPSIDE DOWN on the mill to saw the legs off level. The the 12 foot bench is chain sawed into 3 - 4 foot benches.


  

 

I have found that leaving the bark on sells faster than the debarked benches. 

The YMCA Camp folks showed up today. Loaded and payed for every bench I had for their camp ground.
We will start in the morning finishing off 2 milling jobs and then get back to building more benches for Mother's Day/

[Magicman]

You are da Benchmaster.   8)

[WDH]

David,

That is awesome.

[POSTON WIDEHEAD]

Thanks Y'all! 

[kensfarm]

Wow.. nice benches.  No wonder you're making so much money.. you're using child labor.  Where are the kids..  baaahhhhh.

[POSTON WIDEHEAD]

Wow.. nice benches.  No wonder you're making so much money.. you're using child labor.  Where are the kids..  baaahhhhh.

This is how this child makes his money and I'm very blessed he don't mind breaking a sweat.
He gets payed good and that may have something to do with it. :D
40% of every dollar he makes goes into his bank account. He can do what he wants with the rest. 

[kensfarm]

That's a nice life lesson that's hard to learn..  saving money.   

[POSTON WIDEHEAD]

That's a nice life lesson that's hard to learn..  saving money.   

[Magicman]

And you will be "Bestest Buddy's" after he is grown.....I know. 

[kwendt]

Wait a minute! Mom always had me pounding stuff for her.... And I never got paid! She always told me it was my job cause I was 'closer to the ground' than she was....

Obviously.... This warped me for life! I'm STILL pounding stuff!

[sandhills]

And I bet you're a better person for it?  ;)
ROL, it's nice to hear stories like that.

[beenthere]

Raised four kids (2 girls, 2 boys) and didn't give any allowance nor pay them for work done. Chores were assigned and IIRC there was little complaining. If they wanted something or needed something, money was tight but usually they didn't have to "go without".

All four are grown up, are ambitious, are great parents, and have good jobs that they work hard at. I don't attribute that to anything we did or did not do when they were at home. But am real proud of them.

Then again, my children didn't have the distractions that our youngsters have these days... such as cell phones, computers, horrible examples for TV programs, etc.
Along with the fact that the teachers preach to the kids that anything even mildly abusive by words or deeds at home should not be tolerated and should be reported. The wheels can easily be set in motion for the state do-gooders to take control of their life in place of the parents.     'nuff rant.

[red oaks lumber]

had a couple meetings this week discussing marketing  exspansion. the one outfit i do alot for has an opportunity to supply a high end food service  company with grassfed bison and grassfed beef. where i come in is more on the beef side,i was asked if i was interested in increasing  my beef herd,which i was already planning on doing that anyway. good news the price offered now and for the for see able future is almost 15% more than  my current pricing structure.
my long term vision of having our own market is still alive in my head :D the name would be west wind market   slogan.. from our farm to your table  the products would all come from our farm, beef, bision , pork,chicken, eggs. oh ya i never mentioned my neice and i also have a aquaponics farm  so we could supply the market with fresh greens all year, currenlty we just supply a couple resturants and a grocery store.

[kwendt]

red oaks, I. AM. IN. AWE. nuff said....