I winched most of the pine out from behind the house yesterday....but was kicking myself as this would have been the perfect cul-de-sac in the right town to get a TON of press for using one of my horses to twitch the logs out.....and it would have been faster and I could have billed more, cause makin hay ain't cheap.....
But I couldn't mill yesterday, so I stored the logs off the roadway and pulled them out this morning with the 'burban;
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Then I blocked off one of the roads around a weird little island, and parked the mill on a large tarp.....
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And set up to mill:
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Being right downtown central with a lot of traffic was odd....for a quiet neighborhood.....but at least 2 people stopped by to talk, and one might lead to a job nearby milling up some large pieces of locust! I love doing this work!!! 8)
this is how it gets started! looks like great weather!
It looks & sounds like you met the challenge quite nicely. 8)
But where is the sawdust?
Quote from: backwoods sawyer on November 23, 2014, 10:14:44 PM
But where is the sawdust?
I hadn't started sawing yet when I took the photo....by the end of the day the tarp full of sawdust made clean-up easy, but it took 3 of us to drag that sucka 50 yards down the road and dump it out in the woods where I had dragged some of the logs out.....
Drug out, milled and cleaned up. Not a bad day
I went to using old billboard tarps to lay down under the mill, lot more rugged when it comes to dragging sawdust off, tie a rope around a couple corners and use the truck to drag off ;D
You did a nice job might lead to more jobs for you.I hang a bucket from the shoot it helps a lot
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Looks like a nice day's work. I use the bucket technique, as well. Works great and gives the customer something to do, if he/she wants to help. I've got a feeling you'll be doing more of that kind of work, and will have other opportunities to show off your horses.
Looks good. What town you sawing in??
Quote from: thecfarm on November 24, 2014, 09:00:40 AM
Looks good. What town you sawing in??
Sawing right on the Camden/Rockport town line....The Gold Coast......
Finished the job in a monsoon today....just in to wring out before heading to the diner for lunch with the client and to get paid......
Setup and ready to mill, day2:
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Some Sawdust for Backwoods:
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Finishing and getting ready to pull out in a monsoon.....
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Move along....nothing to see here.....
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Looks good, nothing better than having some fun AND making some cash
YH