The Forestry Forum
General Forestry => General Board => Topic started by: Nick B SW Ont Canada on October 09, 2005, 08:56:38 AM
Question to all you experienced sawyers. If you have the mill set up and running is it quicker to quarter or more a fire wood log on the mill and then hack it into stove size pieces with the chainsaw? Or would you still cut and split firewood the traditinal way?
It seems to take way less time and effort to quarter on the mill and then saw it up. I like to saw a 16' piece instead of the shorter logs. I really prefer to use the electric heat. ;D
On our mill, a circle mill, it would take longer. You'd save a little time splitting, but spend four or more time cutting the logs to length. Plus, it be a shame to put hours on a sawmill when a cheap, gas powered log splitter will do the same thing. Now if you have a cutoff saw in-line with your offbearer rolls, and a helper to cutup as you go, you can make pretty good time in fairly straight logs. A local fellow did it for years, just to give he and the boy something to do on rainy days. You're still though wearing out a sawmill when a log splitter will do the trick.