Sponsors:

Recent

Welcome to The 2024 Forestry Forum!

Do you have trees to grow? Logs to saw? A forest to manage? Chainsaws to fix? A sawmill to purchase or maintain? Timber related business to run? Lumber to dry? Trees or plants to identify? A cabin to build? Are you hungry and like FOOD?

Or would you just like to pull up a stump and visit with a friend?
If any of these and a multitude of other topics apply, then The Forestry Forum is the place for you.

What Will you Find on the Forestry Forum?

Pages: [1] 2 ... 40
Have 50 Acres of slash damaged by Helene (S. GA). Looking for advice on best approach to salvage as much as possible. 40 acres lightly damaged and 10 acres moderately damaged. Currently cutting and stacking for milling. How long will the logs keep for milling? Is there any way to preserve or protect the logs from insects? Best spray? Have found a few trees with beetle evidence. Is the best approach to get all trees on ground cut and stacked then do leaners and debris cleanup?Read More

2 Comments
Good Day,

Got an issue which I can seem to find the problem.

The harvester is cutting wood with no big issues but having a problem with the chain spinning back ward when the saw arm retracts. It seems as if when the saw arm starts to retract the oil is flowing also in revers in the saw motor.Read More

2 Comments
For those of you that have built your own sawmills, how much vibration do you get through the blade? i have a cheap Lifan 22hp engine and i believe that is the problem. At least that is what im telling my wife, because i want to replace it since i cant get it to idle. I can feel vibration through...

Read More

12 Comments

Hi all,

I got my new LT35HDG25 in September. I'm clearing some land and building a shelter for it, but in the meantime, I have a tarp over the saw head and it's stored outside.

The rail that the saw rides on is rusting like crazy. When it first started (within days) i wiped it down with ATF, but that

...

Read More

21 Comments
Hey all, I need some help. Im building a power feed on my lt15 using a wheelchair motor and a drum and cable, much the same as the rope feed and crank it originally came with. The motor is off a jazzy 1120 power chair and is a fairly large motor. Running on 12v.
The problem I'm having is the saw...

Read More

19 Comments
Pages: [1] 2 ... 40

Thank You Sponsors!