My dad and I bought a mobile dimension mill last fall at an auction. We've been working on it in the shop and finally got a good day with it. We wanted to go through everything on it to make sure it was ready to work. At the end of the day we were both smiling ;D
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/30867/21cid__Photo272.jpg)
Good for you two! Welcome to the Forestry Forum, too. :)
MeatHook, looks like a nice stack of lumber!
Welcome to the Forum. Where do you live?
Welcome to the forum. I have always thought those Mobile Dimension sawmills were very interesting machines.
Welcome to FF Look's like a wonderful project with your dad and you now all you have to do is figure out where to put all that sawdust in your pocket's LOL
Welcome to the forestry forum meathook. You guys jumped in whole hog! The MD is one sawing machine! 8)
Meathook,welcome to the forum. Good job on the pictures. I saw one of them being used at Bangor Expo a few years ago. What's all the lumber going to be used for?
Welcome to the FF, I've always thought the mobile dimension sawmills are nice.
I always did like to see them operate .Welcome Meathook.
howdy meathook, congrats on the mill, that has to be rewarding, I am happy for you and your dad. david
Welcome to the Forestry Forum, meathook.
Welcome Meathook! It's good to see another MD sawyer on here. We seem to be getting scarce.
Good deal Meathook ;D It's nice to see father and son spending time together. Welcome to the brotherhood of sawdust junkies ;)
I can't drive by a radio tower without thinking about MD mills wish we had more of them up here in the northeast.They are a classic. Mornin Dan guess your still checking the forum. Frank C.
Welcome, you and your dad have the sawdust bug now I'm sure.
We've had the sawdust bug for years. We've both spent our time in the timber industry. We own an excavation company and always run across timber on jobs. I wish i had alot of it still that i cut up for firewood now. We have some vacation property that we're going to build a new shed on in the spring. My nephew needs a new woodshed, my boat house will be getting new siding. Theres a long list of stuff to do with it.
Welcome Meathook. Glad you are here to help keep Dang on the straight and narrow. My daughter and 2 grandkids live on the tip of Kitsap Peninsula across Puget Sound. I visit once in a while.......Say your prayers....
I had a mobile Dimension mill before I bought my woodmizer, It was a lot of fun resurecting it and making lumber for the first time.(it was incomplete and in pieces when I bought it for $1200!) Some times I really miss the way that rig could throw chips! This picture is from the first day I ran it.
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/20442/mobile_dimension_001.JPG)
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/30867/21cid__Photo269.jpg) Dad cutting some cedar
Welcome to the Forestry Forum, meathook. :)
Quote from: haywire woodlot on January 18, 2013, 11:14:40 PM
I had a mobile Dimension mill before I bought my woodmizer, It was a lot of fun resurecting it and making lumber for the first time.(it was incomplete and in pieces when I bought it for $1200!) Some times I really miss the way that rig could throw chips! This picture is from the first day I ran it.
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/20442/mobile_dimension_001.JPG)
Wow Haywire those endstands are tall!
Quote from: meathook on January 19, 2013, 11:35:04 PM
Quote from: haywire woodlot on January 18, 2013, 11:14:40 PM
I had a mobile Dimension mill before I bought my woodmizer, It was a lot of fun resurecting it and making lumber for the first time.(it was incomplete and in pieces when I bought it for $1200!) Some times I really miss the way that rig could throw chips! This picture is from the first day I ran it.
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/20442/mobile_dimension_001.JPG)
Wow Haywire those endstands are tall!
I can't say that I ever really used them to there full potential, I think you'd need a ladder just to drop the clutch in gear. On another note be sure to wear a full face bucking shield when you run that thing, they don't just throw chips, small knots flung by the blades can cause real damage to soft flesh!
Quote from: DanG on January 18, 2013, 08:06:37 AM
Welcome Meathook! It's good to see another MD sawyer on here. We seem to be getting scarce.
I'm trying to join the MDS party!
Nice rig Meathook,
have you and your Dad been sawing more?
DGDrls
Yes we have. We've been making alot of sawdust and it is working great.
Welcome from another new member 8)
Welcome to the FF! Glad to hear about another father-son team making a go at sawmilling. Nice job on the pictures!