Homemade board drag back question

[Kenny.jenkins]

I have a 2006 Wood Mizer LT 40 manual band saw mill.I have added a hydraulic log. I was wondering if anyone has added a board drag back on a mill like mine. If so could you tell me how you built it and how to mount it. Pictures would be great. thanks in advance.

[pineywoods]

I wouldn't do that. The feed motor on a manual mill isn't husky enough to handle a dragback, and even if it was, the electrical system ain't. 

[Bandmill Bandit]

I added a Woodmizer manual board return to my LT40 hydraulic mill and "discovered" that the carriage drive motor wasn't NOT robust enough to handle more than 1"X material and no longer than 12' and that was pushing it. Just like Pineywoods stated!

I did the carriage drive upgrade to the the same one that is used on the super and did wire upgrades to ALL the drive motors as well and everything works great now.

    

[Brucer]

I attached the drag back from an LT40 Super to my regular LT40. The wiring was already installed and there was a knock-out on the control panel for the switch.

Nobody told me the feed motor and wiring were too small, so it worked OK ;D ;D.  I was routinely pulling back slabs from 30' Douglas-Fir logs. Mind you, I was dragging them back onto a set of roller tables.

The only problem I encountered was longevity of the feed belt -- it's pretty low.