How are things going?
Instead of letting slash just lay where it falls, I now see loggers create huge slash piles that serve several acres. Why do they do this? What is the thinking behind this new technique? Because slash inhibits replanting? To suppress fires? I am curious about this because it seems to quash the idea that...
Anyone use Pennsylvania Lumbermens Mutual Insurance Company (PLM) for insurance?
I'm picking up my LT35 HD on the 29th, and plan on using PLM for insuring my mill. I will just be milling my own logs at first....maybe transporting the mill from MD to KY on occasion, and possibly down to AL a time or two. I might get into mobile milling as a business eventually.Read More
I'm picking up my LT35 HD on the 29th, and plan on using PLM for insuring my mill. I will just be milling my own logs at first....maybe transporting the mill from MD to KY on occasion, and possibly down to AL a time or two. I might get into mobile milling as a business eventually.
Is it a job if I didn't get paid??
Neighbor took down a tree last summer and had been saving the trunk because he knew I had the sawmill. He came over a couple weekends ago and the timing was just perfect so I said "Sure let's cut i it up tomorrow".
I ended up mounting the aluminum box to the tongue and pulled the mill down the road with my tractor and grapple. We spent about 4 hours cutting up the trunk of the oak tree, which I sectioned into 3x10' pieces, just barely able to lift them up on the mill with my grapple.Read More
Neighbor took down a tree last summer and had been saving the trunk because he knew I had the sawmill. He came over a couple weekends ago and the timing was just perfect so I said "Sure let's cut i it up tomorrow".
I ended up mounting the aluminum box to the tongue and pulled the mill down the road with my tractor and grapple. We spent about 4 hours cutting up the trunk of the oak tree, which I sectioned into 3x10' pieces, just barely able to lift them up on the mill with my grapple.
I have some rather ambishous plans this year for my sawmill, likely greater than my body will keep up with. As such, I'm wondering if it really matters when I fall the trees needed for my multiple projects as long as I store the logs up off the ground. While I set here, as it's raining outside I am wondering how many trees I should cut in the next 2-3 months. I have a good supply of 14-28" dbh hemlocks. My wishes are to build an addition on the side of my shop, a 14x32' 1 story, off one side of the shop, a leanto roof off the other side, 10'x28', a pavilian style cover for my Woodland Mills HM130Max on their trailer, open both ends to drive thru if I need to move the mill, a 12x16' storage shed, an 8x10 sawmill shop, with all of my equipment for the mill, sharpener, setter, chainsaw grinder, saws, logrite tools and spare parts and chains and maybe even a 8x18' solar kiln. The Kiln would come last because the projects will all be built using lumber off the mill in a short period of time (green).Read More
I have an older LT 40 With the debarker only moves in one direction. The motor does not function in both directions. Thanks for taking time to answer this