going to buy a used lt15 anything specific to check?

[nitrousbaby]

Hey guys long time lurker here but this is one of my first posts. I finally found a Woodmizer Lt 15 with a Kohler motor. It looks to be in great shape built in 2007 and owned by a older gentleman until he just passed away. I'll be purchasing it off his estate with 140 hours on it asking price is $4800 with 10 new blades 8 blades need sharpened and 8 sharpened blades. From all you guys with way more experience is there certain parts I should pay more attention to? Thanks a lot for any help this will be my first mill I'm 30 years old and purchasing this to saw up my logs from the tree service I own.

[Small Slick]

It sounds like a great buy to me!!  At that price I would check for major damage from getting hit by tractors and logs dropped from height. This may twist or bend the beds. Even at that new bed sections can be purchased for $650. Does it run and has the oil been kept up?  Look for missing and or totally rusted parts. Sounds like a great price to me.

John.

[WmFritz]

Check the dogs height on your first cut.  :D :D  :D

(don't ask!)

[slider]

Welcome and let us know if you get it.

[Jemclimber]

The 15 is a nice saw. I do the same with my LT15. If it looks in great shape it probably is, 140 hours is very new. It sounds like a good deal.  Be sure to post pics when you get, because we love pictures.  ;D

[Chuck White]

Welcome to the Forestry Forum, nitrousbaby.

If the mill has always been under cover, it should be in a little better condition, especially cosmetic!

Does the mill have a GO kit?

[Magicman]

Hello nitrousbaby, and Welcome to the Forestry Forum.   8)

Sounds like a deal on the sawmill, congrats.  Adding your location (and sawmill) to your profile will help with questions.

[WDH]

As long as the engine is in good shape, everything else should be OK.  It would take some very serious abuse to bend that frame. 

[thecfarm]

nitrousbaby,welcome to the forum. What's all the lumber going to be used for? You will need a Logrite,sponsor on the left, peavey or cant dog to turn those logs. There is a place on the Logrite website to help you decide on a peavey or cantdog. Ever been around a mill before? We all like sawing.  ;D

[pineywoods]

Don't forget to call woodmizer and register with them.

[nitrousbaby]

Thanks for the tips and quick response. The lumber will be used for multiple things I guess from all the wood workers in my family to my 15 acres and the project house that sits on it. Not to mention the house I live in now. As for moving logs I have a case with grapplers and can't hooks. I've never sawed a single board in my life so this is a brand new adventure. I do have a really good friend that works 60 hours a week as a sawyer using mostly Lt 40s hydraulic. I know its a completely different animal but I hope he can teach me a few things. I already have a huge pile of logs to mess with ash, red oak, pine, walnut, hackberry, cherry, ironwood and tons more I'm gona start on the pine first. I leave at 7 pm to get the mill

[Klicker]

Congrats on the mill  8)travel safe.

[YellowHammer]

Congrats on the new mill.  I had an LT15 and it is a fine, workhorse of a mill.  If the engine fires and the carriage rolls down the track smoothly, there's not much else that can go wrong or would be expensive to fix.
One note of caution, it is extremely drive side heavy, probably 80% of the weight is on that side.  So if you are going to lift it off the rails to transport, use straps or such so that they will not slip if it tilts radically.  Been there, done that.
Good luck,

YH

[beenthere]

nitrousbaby

As for moving logs I have a case with grapplers and can't hooks

Those be "cant" hooks, not "cannot" hooks...   ;D  just sayin.. and welcome to the Forestry Forum.   ;)

Prolly the computer forces that spelling, come to think about it.

[WmFritz]

nitrousbaby

As for moving logs I have a case with grapplers and can't hooks

Those be "cant" hooks, not "cannot" hooks...   ;D  just sayin.. and welcome to the Forestry Forum.   ;)

Prolly the computer forces that spelling, come to think about it.

My spell check always places the apostrophe and I always pull it back out even when I mean 'can not'. 
I cant think of  a more appropriate spelling for the Forestry Forum. 

[nitrousbaby]

Cant hook I know lol used them for years in tree work. But trust me it won't be the last bad grammer you see out of me. Got the mill home it seems to be in excellent shape came with 12 new blades and 8 resharpened one and 4 dull blades. The old man had a trolley set up to bring logs to his mill so we used the electronic chain fall to puck up and load the mill up. Tomorrow I'll set it up and see how many logs I screw up before I get the hang of it lol. I'm as excited as opening day of deer season.

[customsawyer]

Glad you got the mill home. You are going to have some fun today.

[21incher]

Congratulations on your new mill. Sharp blade and correct band tension and you will have a stack of perfect lumber in no time.

[GDinMaine]

Congrats to the new mill.  It will produce just as good lumber as your friend's hydraulic mill.  Don't worry about that part.  Start with the pine and smile all the way.  When you are ready for a bit more challenge, roll on an ash log.

[nitrousbaby]

Well had a little bit of time this weekend. Sawed up about 180 board feet of red oak ,90 bdf of soft Mable and 45 bdf of hard maple and wow that hard maple will sure slow things up a bit. So far its cutting straight and smooth. My buddy stopped down giving me pointers on when to roll logs and where to try to put your knots and keeping the grain centered. Also he speaks of cants and heart wood but as of now that's over my head... I'm enjoying this mill already