Arky gets his spot on the wall.

[Bibbyman]

The latest addition of Wood-Mizer Way came the other day.  And there it was.  At the bottom of the list of new members of the Million Board Foot Club was David Barnes – known to us as ARKANSAWYER.

For those who don't get Wood-Mizer Way.  His line said:

David L. Barnes (Arkansaw) Largest Project was custom cutting over 80,000 bd. ft. for a customer's more than 3,000 sq.ft. home and large barn.



He sent me this picture of the award he recieved from Wood-Mizer.

Congratulations Arky!  And all the other million and 100,000 bf members.

[sprucebunny]

Congratulations, ARKY  ;D That's alot of sawdust.

[Stump Jumper]

 ;D are you sure hes not using some of your bd ft tally bibby
for he calls himself bibbyman at certian get togethers :
congrats Arky ;)

[EZ]

Good job Arkansawyer.
EZ

[RMay]

Way to go Arky , that alot of steps down and back  ;D

[Tom]

Have you seen where your name is, Arkansawyer?   You gotta pick out a landmark relative to the coffee pot so everybody knows where to look.  :D :D

[WV_hillbilly]

   That's great Arky .  How long tll you get your 2nd million ? I mean with you being a millionaire and all the second one should come easier and sooner .

[Percy]

Way to go ARKY.  ;D ;D I gotta look into this myself... :

[Kirk_Allen]

My Hats Off to you Arky!  You earned it!

I hope to hit the 100,000 mark by end of January.............provided it doesnt get any colder.

[isawlogs]

Congrats Arky ,
 1-000-000-000 makes for alot of zerosss Also alot of hard work,
  Some day when I have to much time on my hands I will try and figur out how many actuel boards it took me to get to 1 mbf, average log x boards  ???

[Norm]

Way to go Arky! Now lets figure this out...say he sold that wood for an average of a buck a foot. Hmmm has anyone checked to see if he's towing Wanda with a Cadillac lately.

[MULE_MAN]

Congratulation ARKY


   You might want to give Wanda a oil change now  ;D

[Captain]

It seems this is all a little late to me....

I think it is just a ploy by the folks at WM to get Arky into a new LT70...

Captain

[OneWithWood]

Congratulations Arky 8) 8) 8)

Give Wanda May a much deserved lube job ;D

[sparks]

Congrats ARKANSAWYER. A lot of hard work is done to reach this milestone. Welcome to the 1,000,000 club.
The question has been asked "What do I need to do to join?"
If your a WoodMizer owner, and you've reach the 1,000,000 bf, you need to call 1-800-525-8100 and ask for an application to join. The applications asks a variety of questions used to approve this. We take our customers good word that what they state is true.
Once validated, you will then receive a 10% discount on most parts purchases (excluding blades and accessories) and you will receive an engraved plaque and a cool jacket with 1,000,000 bf member embroidered on it. A second jacket can be purchased for $45.00 plus shipping. 2XL jackets are slightly higher. Thanks all.

[Timber_Framer]

Wow! That's a lot O boards!
Way to go ARKY ;D

[Murf]

Congrats there Arky.  ;D

Of course being the pest-amist that I am (an optimist with experience) I do the math the other way around.....

1,000,000 BF of green wood at an average weight of say 4,000 pounds per 1,000 BF, that would be about 4,000,000 pounds of wood, plus say another 10% for slabs plus the wrestling of the logs in the first place, another 10% for a total of probably tickling 5,000,000 million pounds of wood.

I'm gettin' tired just doin' the math.......  :P

[iain]

Good on yah, whats that about 1500 blade changes ;D

i'm only on 180,000, and thats after 3 years, but i'm doing alot more outside work now 200,000 should be by the end of feb



   iain

[isawlogs]

  iain
  Does those pink coverall bring much extra work ??? ;D ;D

[iain]

Not the offer's your thinking off ;)


 iain

[ARKANSAWYER]

  THANKS!   But Wanda did most of the work.  Murf started the math but here are some more numbers,
  I have drug Wanda over 50,000 miles and worn out 6 tires, and busted off the front and rear landing legs twice going where she really did not belong.  
  It is closer to 1,700 blade changes and I have destroyed about 100.  Will showed Bibbyman one of mine up at Mt Vernon that had not a single tooth left on it sometime back.
  I have spent about $1,200 for repair parts and about $1,000 for stuff like oil, plugs and belts.
   There is no telling how many gloves I have worn out but I bet a herd of cows is missing their hides as I go through about a pair a week.
  Last March was my best month and I sawed 39,673 bdft.
  I have sawed over 80,000 bdft for one customer and Kirk Allen has been there.
  If I go ahead and expand next year ARKANSAWYER Sawmill will start sawing 1.2 to 1.5 million bdft a year.  
  I can still remember when I first got my mill and sawed for the first customer I thought that 1 million bdft was out of reach and 100,000 bdft would take a long time.  Hit 100,000 in about 6 months and been running full tilt ever since.
  Wanda shows her scars but can still cut with the best and shave a 0.030 thick board any time you want one.
ARKANSAWYER

[Bibbyman]

Yea,  I think it's been easier on Wanda.  She'll probably be still sawin' long after you've hung it up.! :D

[Swede]

Congratulations ARKY! Must be a LOT of lumber!

Do you all count sawed bdf ? I just count money earned and money spent, trying to get balance :( Perhaps time to start note M³  on my wall???

Swede.

[MULE_MAN]

Congratulation Arky

Wanda might have done most of the work,,, But your the man running the mill
and that's allot of work, I hope your taking care of yourself as you do Wanda
 People parts don't get replaced that easy  ;D

[Patty]

1,000,000,000 bdft        Wow! I am impressed. Congratulations ARKY, you deserve a break. Enjoy your holidays,  and then after January 1st, you can go back at it hard again.