New rule starting NOW!

[DR Buck]

I milled about 2400 board feet of red & white oak, hickory and maple this weekend.  Most of the logs were in the 16" - 18 "  diameter.   Problem was they were ALL down hill from the loading arms!  Each one had to be rolled up with cant hooks and held in place until I raised the loading arms.   

If that wasn't bad enough, It took me over an hour to get the mill setup so it was level and we could keep the loader arms almost at ground level.   I ended up digging holes in the ground on the uphill side of the mill and letting the wheel and jacks drop down into the hole.

So the New Rule from this day and forever forward is all logs will be on level ground, or up hill from the loader arms. Otherwise, I go home.

[Tom]

There's some days when the lerning curve gets real steep, eh? :D :D

Be careful of requesting uphill.   Some of these folks will have them on a hill where you can't get them stopped.

[Brad_S.]

"Well I thought your saw had one of those grabby thingys that you could just pick it up with and set it on your saw." :

"You didn't say the ground had to be level in BOTH directions. I thought if you set up parallel to the slope it would be fine." >:(

[WeeksvilleWoodWorx]

What's a hill ??? The state don't allow us to cut on them overpass thingys ;D

[Ianab]

Whats flat ground ???  :D
My usual location has a spot sorta flat enough for the log to sit on :

But yeah... logs uphill of the mill is WAY easier

[Minnesota_boy]

I'd roll logs uphill any day over trying to roll logs that are frozen to the ground.  :( :(

[pigman]

Two years ago I milled about 3500 ft of lumber on the side of a hill with a 20 degree slope. :( Took me an hour to get the mill set up. : The logs were on the up hill side of the mill, but twice the logs knocked the mill off the foot high supports on the lower side. There was a flat area at the bottom of the hill, but the customer said he didn't want the saw dust and other mess there. : I was younger and not too bright then. :-[ Now I am just older. If he wants any more logs sawed, I am going to be indefinitely busy. ;)

[Randy]

I installed a hand winch with 175ft of 3/16 cable that I use if I need to roll the log uphill or a log thats to BIG for "MY BACK" with the cant hook-----Works a whole lot better than fighting that cant hook, but It SURE does help if the logs are uphill-------------small hill that is :D. Randy

[chet]

I looked at a job last summer. All the logs were laying in a rather deep ditch.  :  The guy seemed more than a little irritated with me that I didn't want to wrestle them out of it, at no additional cost to him.   :-\   I told him if he got them up on level ground I'd be happy ta saw um up. It's been 13 months now and they are still in dat ditch.  :D