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Swing mill in Southern Maryland

Posted in Sawmills and Milling
April 20, 2024, 09:30:15 AM
Written by Dan_Shade
Views: 1791
In Southern Maryland:

I have a client who would like logs sawn, but I can't get my mill to his logs due to the ~15% driveway grade (the back of the mill hits way before the tires go up the incline). No option to pull in, but that would drag too.

Does anyone have a swing mill or other...

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Modern practice of huge slash piles

Posted in Forestry and Logging
April 19, 2024, 07:41:25 AM
Written by livemusic
Views: 3377
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...

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Pennsylvania Lumbermens Mutual Insurance Company (PLM)

Posted in Sawmills and Milling
April 18, 2024, 10:21:13 PM
Written by burdman_22
Views: 2398
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

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Did my first mobile job

Posted in Sawmills and Milling
April 18, 2024, 08:58:55 PM
Written by WDFL
Views: 2647
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

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is there a best time to harvest hemlock trees, eastern hemlock

Posted in Forestry and Logging
April 18, 2024, 12:44:39 PM
Written by maple flats
Views: 4020
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

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